Director: Holly Laurent

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2021

Synopsis: A young woman grapples with the supernatural origins of a family dinner.

Director: Greg Sharp

Country of Origin: Serbia

Defy Year: 2019

Synopsis: In the future all people will be men and and all men will be crabs and all crabs will be thirsty.

Director: Stan

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2016

Synopsis: Glorious Times is a short, experimental documentary that meditates on the experience of a death metal festival and the passion of its fans.

Director: Ruwan Heggelman

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

Defy Year: 2023

Synopsis: Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks...

Director: David Guillermo Barba

Country of Origin: Mexico

Defy Year: 2022

Synopsis: An undocumented Mexican house cleaner finds something unexpected and controversial in the homeowners' closet. She leaves an unmistakable message.

Director: Kevin Ralston

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2022

Synopsis: An intense dive into the world of one man and his quest.

Director: Brendan Walter

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2021

Synopsis: An innocent conversation about a new car between a Juggalo boyfriend and girlfriend devolves into an existential, harrowing relationship crisis surrounding infidelity, family and their (possibly fabricated) deepest darkest secrets.

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Director: Tij D'oyen

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2024

Synopsis: A woman recounts her sensual yet macabre childhood memory about the boy next door.

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Director: Steven Arrigada

Country of Origin: Australia

Defy Year: 2017

Synopsis: Pauline, a full time carer for her disabled son Nathan, orchestrates a ruse to form a meaningful connection with the man next door.

Director: Bill E Mitchell

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2022

Synopsis: Two self described independent thinkers on their search for personal truth, work themselves into a frenzy as they hasten toward a reality more shadowy than they could ever have expected.

Director: Eileen O'Meara

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2017

Synopsis: You know the nagging thoughts that start with "did I leave the coffee on?" and turn in to "am I pregnant with a devil-baby?” This hand-drawn animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one woman’s slippery hold on reality.

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Director: Sophia Parella

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2024

Synopsis: A man gains a deeper understanding of purpose after helping a talking streetlight through its existential crisis.

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Director: Frédéric Doazan

Country of Origin: France

Defy Year: 2019

Synopsis: A surgeon creates in real time the new goddess of beauty.

Director: Adam Vincent Wright

Country of Origin: United States

Defy Year: 2019

Synopsis: A child learns sign language in hopes of making a new friend.