Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Kalim Armstrong , Demetre Papapgeorgiou
This is the story of 5 brothers and 4 sisters, separated by distance and decades, coming together for the first time, thanks to online DNA testing.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DOCS 2

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Mackenzie Kuhl, Danica Simonet
Bayt Jadeed narrates the search for home from the perspective of refugees and receiving communities both in Germany and in Minnesota.

Screening as part of Virtual Cinema: MN MADE DOCS 1

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Liann Kaye
When a timid, midwestern boy decides to propose to his girlfriend, he has to go through her immigrant, Chinese mother first.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Alexis Van Hurkman
Taking her hospitalized friend's place on a bike tour to the Yellow River, a high school graduate travels to faraway Gannan, racing the clock to share pictures of the journey.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DRAMAS 1

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Sebastian Schnabel
A group of kids take us on a journey into Minneapolis’ biggest parade, as the event is struggling to survive.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DOCS 2

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Amos Sussigan, Dan Lund
A recent graduate experiences the literal ups and downs of adulthood after moving into his first home, built atop a roller coaster in sync with his emotions.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Sigin Ojulu
When Ruby Oliver loses her big brother (Marty) and only friend to gun violence, she uses a VR game for a chance to talk to his “data life”, an identical data version of Marty.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DRAMAS 1

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Deepak Sethi
Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Joe Chvala
A man posing as a chef creates a percussive symphony out of a kitchen full of culinary instruments in order to hide his lack of cooking skills.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Rachel Knoll
It wasn't until the 2014 winter Olympics that women were allowed to participate in Ski Jumping. Now a young female athlete fights for the right to compete on the same size hills as her male counterparts.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DOCS 2

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Daniel Appleby
The Tao Of Bobo series features meditations on consciousness and coping with the “existential crisis” currently facing human and animal kind. This particular effort attempts a disambiguation of now.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Maria Juranic
DACA immigrants are under threat and we must continue to fight. Here we witness the struggle of the DACA documentation process as one woman tries to get her papers approved.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DRAMAS 2

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Joshua Palmer
On the outskirts of a utopian city where only perfect health and wholeness are accepted, a mute cripple and his autistic brother smuggle resources to an outcast community.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DRAMAS 1

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Finn Ryan
The Healing Circle Run Walk is meant to bring peace and healing to the communities impacted by conflicts over Ojibwe treaty rights to spear fish in ceded territories.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: International Documentaries

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Morgane Dziurla-Petit
The beginning of the dove hunting season and an argument between drunk Polish workers set off a terror alert in a small village in the North of France.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: International Documentaries

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Alison Guessou
When sharing her tips for a happy marriage, a young wife must come to realize that marriages are never perfect, or else she risks losing it all.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): Sam Winter
An intimate, musical portrait of young Ojibwe Hip Hop artists in Minnesota, in the Twin Cities and on the Rez.

Screening as part of VIRTUAL SHORTS: MN MADE DOCS 2

Watch May 15 - May 23
Director(s): John Akre
This scientific exploration of the hole phenomenon utilizes the most high tech film making possibilities that stop motion animation can provide.

Screening as part of Virtual Shorts: Comedies