Sandstorm/Mulaqat (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
An older man, who has somehow seduced a high schooler, takes advantage of cultural and religious customs and values to coerce a meeting.
Not Rated
Night Bus (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this unfolding mystery, you may find yourself underestimating what will happen – thus leading to your mouth gaping by the end.
Daddy’s Girl (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
A father and daughter bond while moving her out of a rather swanky apartment.
F^¢K ’€M R!GHT B@¢K (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
On the way to their dream, a rapper named Sammy finds their day job threatened thanks to someone with a fatty.
Champ (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
After practice, the girls’ basketball team gets together to play video games and talk, leading to a reveal that calls for revenge.
Huella (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this light horror short, a granddaughter finds herself facing her grandmother whose dying day was missed only by her.
The Right Words (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Right Words will have you twisting in your seat and glad you don’t speak French so you can block out everything but the subtitles to see how everything goes down.
Hallelujah (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this emotional short, two men, unprepared to raise kids, contemplate if they will take on their niece and nephew’s rearing.
Breathe (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Is it a con, or are they legit? That is what is explored in Breathe as a father/daughter duo attempt to do an exorcism.
Shark (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The comedic stylings of Shark will make you clamor for a full-length film featuring the prank-loving couple of Jack and Sofie.
Swallow The Universe (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Swallow The Universe is pure “What The F***” as it tells the story about a young person fighting off gods and animals who want their face.
Meal On The Plate (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In a way, Meal On The Plate seems to poke fun at those who have an aversion to vegetables and makes for a precautionary tale you could show children (of a certain age).
Leonor Will Never Die (2022) – Review/Summary (with Spoilers)
Leonor Reyes is a retired action film director who finds herself inside the dangerous world of her new screenplay.
BUMP (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Prep for a series of chuckled thanks to Bump.
Training Wheels (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this awkward comedy, a socially inept woman decides to call on an escort to help her understand what
Chilly & Milly (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this tearjerker, a son talks to his mom about the love of her life, his father.
Appendage (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this gross-out horror, our lead’s insecurities grow into an appendage hell-bent on destroying its host.
I Didn’t See You There (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
I Didn’t See You There, in making the world the subject, not the potential person of interest, puts a lens on those who don’t realize their impact on another person’s life.
Girl Picture (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this coming-of-age tale, which takes place over three weeks, we watch 3 girls explore what it means to be loved or in love, to varying degrees of success.
Emily The Criminal (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Aubrey Plaza reminds of her versatility as she takes on a woman desperate to make money and avoid being exploited.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
What starts off as a comical mockumentary about a megachurch trying to make a comeback becomes a film that struggles to shift to a serious tone as it addresses what led to the downfall.
Am I OK? (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In depicting the awkwardness of coming out and exploring in your 30s, in this generation, Am I Ok? brings you a coming-out story far different than what we’re usually given.
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In this cautionary tale, we watch as a grown-ass man seduces a young girl who still has -teen in her age.
Babysitter (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
One nationally seen moment threatens to derail a family, but between an opportunistic brother and eccentric babysitter, maybe there is hope?
God’s Country (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
God’s Country is a reminder that, when in doubt, speak softly but carry something that puts an emphasis on your words.
Happening (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Happening, in its almost raw portrayal of what it was like to get an abortion outside of a medical office, is a clinch-worthy reminder of what life for women used to be in some places, and still is in others.
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future boils down to toxic family relationships that need to be acknowledged, addressed, and corrected, or else that toxicity will kill more than just family members.
Maika (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Maika is probably one of the most entertaining sci-fi action films, aimed at kids, I have either ever seen.
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande acts as a reminder that intimacy and vulnerability go well beyond sex and is really about allowing someone to know you beyond the physical.
Master (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Master for PWI may have the same effect that Get Out had on Black man/White woman relationships.
Emergency (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Emergency taps into that innate feeling many Black Americans have about getting involved with certain people who automatically lead to suspicion and the police.
Stop-Zemlia (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
In Stop-Zemlia, it feels like you learn so much yet so little, but considering the constant shifts in friendships and self-image as a teenager, it is almost fitting.
The Free Fall (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
At times confusing, but often disturbing, The Free Fall is a horror movie best watched at night and alone.
See For Me (2022) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
See For Me gives you a quality, one-location thriller that forces you to have complicated feelings about the lead, despite them being legally blind.
Reasons (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The voice presented in Reasons pulls you between wanting a full-length movie focused on Mercy’s story and/or a series.
Therapy (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Therapy is the kind of short that just starts getting good when it ends.
The Little Death (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
The Little Death chronicles the heartbreaking story of one couple trying to get pregnant and the test it presents for their marriage.
The Last Days (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
Despite a rather interesting premise, The Last Days devolves into a simple poem that acts as a reminder of racial injustice for Black people in the UK.
Luv U Cuz (2021) – Review/ Summary (with Spoilers)
With an FX/ Adult Swim vibe, Luv U Cuz might be one of the strangest animated shorts out of NewFest but might be one of the most memorable things we’ve seen overall.
