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A film about being on the phone. Bobby McCoy directs “Excuse Me, I’m On The Phone,” a high-tempo game of hot potato between erratic youngsters and their cellular crises. [Online Premiere] nobudge.com/videos/excuse-…

An emotionally exhausted nurse revisits the comforts of childhood when she hires a babysitter to take care of her for the evening. Isabel Pask directs “Goodnight,” a weighty drama about a hospice worker looking for relief. nobudge.com/goodnight

After smoking weed one time, a woman believes that remaining stoned will be the answer to all of her problems. “Schwag,” directed by Danny Hurwitz, stars a hilarious Sara Hennessey in a meandering tale of indecisiveness and pot smoking. [Online Premiere] nobudge.com/schwag

An unnamed narrator uses found footage from his childhood to construct a portrait of his father and their relationship. “Lespri,” directed by Jard Lerebours, is a poetic reflection on childhood and frayed family bonds. nobudge.com/lespri

A young woman makes a documentary about her affair with an older filmmaker. Shae Sennett directs “The Honest Movie,” a docu-fictional satire driven by self-absorbed creatives and their snappy exchanges. nobudge.com/videos/the-hon…

Greatest Scrabble Game of All Time

A recent graduate poaches rare books from his geriatric roommate. Sam Brodsky directs “Mint Condition,” a NYC story tracking a young Irish lad in his quiet quest through a niche enclave of the literary world. [Subscribers only] nobudge.com/videos/mint-co…

A recent graduate poaches rare books from his geriatric roommate. Sam Brodsky directs “Mint Condition,” a NYC story tracking a young Irish lad in his quiet quest through a niche enclave of the literary world. [Subscribers only] nobudge.com/videos/mint-co…

Two mysterious drifters wander through the desert on a journey of self-discovery. Written and performed by Matt Barats and Anthony Oberbeck, “Reveries: The Mind Prison” is a psychedelic comedy full of absurd musings and visual abstractions. nobudge.com/reveries-the-m…

A filmmaker making a doc about fossil fuel extraction is subverted by an AI agent that wants to tell a generic story. Sarah Lasley directs “Climate Control,” an absurd comedy realizing the futile feeling of calling attention to a crisis. [Subscribers] nobudge.com/climate-control

An ode to the unspoken romance between cats and their humans. LaTajh Weaver directs “Companion,” a black-and-white film poem putting a peculiar bond into perspective. [Subscribers only] nobudge.com/videos/compani…

A rising star battles an established legend at the 2025 North American Scrabble championships. Jeff Braun’s “Greatest Scrabble Game of All Time” is a comedy where a tense meeting of the minds leads to the ultimate play of a single word. nobudge.com/greatest-scrab…

A nervous magician performs one last trick. Gordy De St. Jeor directs “A Tale of an Unimpressive Magician,” a nightmarish, monochrome sequence, all in a single location where dark fate and punishment awaits. [Online Premiere] nobudge.com/videos/a-tale-…

On the day of a cataclysmic event, a young woman begins to act in an increasingly erratic manner. David Fu directs “Eschaton,” a dreamy, 16mm account of a young woman’s drift to another realm. [Subscribers only] nobudge.com/eschaton

A constable, young officer, and dysfunctional family try to get to the bottom of a murder. Jonah Bergman directs “Music for the China Doll,” an eccentric murder mystery shot entirely on broadcast television tube cameras. nobudge.com/music-for-the-…

A musician embarks on a trip up the pacific coast to spread his mother's ashes. Daniel Freeman directs “Teddy, Out of Tune,” a docu-fictional portrait—part road movie, part meditation on grief—filled with vivid detours & musical bursts. Subscribers only. nobudge.com/teddy-out-of-t…

A self-sabotaging scammer attempts to sell fake acting classes in Times Square. Ben Scott directs and stars in “You’ve Been Chosen,” a chaotic look at an aggravated young man steamrolling through a new business venture. [Subscribers only] nobudge.com/you-ve-been-ch…

A man’s talent for playing a 1990’s video game makes him famous in the LA arcade community. Zac Weathers and Brooke Palmieri direct “Time Crisis,” a documentary of the physical arcade space following one of its most devout patrons. [Online Premiere] nobudge.com/time-crisis

When a line cook hears the voices of his favorite podcasters beckoning him like sirens, the mundane becomes macabre. Ahmad Bakrin directs “Happy Ending,” an account of a young man reckoning with his loneliness. nobudge.com/happy-ending

After decades of collecting dust, a restored visual manifesto captures a revolutionary’s Afro-apocalyptic address to a burning world. Joel Watson’s “A Jet Black Future” is a frenetic piece of docu-fiction spawning an impassioned poet in Brooklyn, 2035. nobudge.com/a-jet-black-fu…