Trending Voices is the TV music special of the grand finale of the Trans Voices Festival. This will be a showcase of the various transgender and nonbinary groups throughout the USA. We'll be having celebrity performers and guests on the show, to help bring a large viewership, targeting the Millennials.

Scattered throughout will be info that helps audiences understand the history, science, and biology as to why trans people have this biological condition and need medical care, that it's not a mental illness. With all these divas coming together, we expect lots of behind the scenes drama, included in the show.

We'll have the best of the best in all areas of production and performance.

Toxic exes…with a twist. Dr. Paloma Foster is a star on the rise, a scientific luminary quickly gaining world recognition for her work in theoretical physics. When an old business associate comes out of the woodwork, however, the good doctor will discover public acclaim isn’t all that she bargained for.

TRUFFLE SAUCE, a drama short, is about Tweet, a tattoo artist, who needs to pay one more tuition bill in order to graduate from community college to fulfill the agreement with her grandparents. Graduate = get a tattoo shop. But Tweet keeps letting life get in the way. Not this time. She's gonna sell the truffle sauce, pay her bill, and start over... for real this time. That is until a customer arrives and begins to push her into a setback. Ugh, not again.

Caught up in an attention-driven media landscape, idealistic journalists struggle to overcome public distrust, re-shaping the future of news publishing.

Trusted Sources examines the reasons many people don’t trust news outlets. We go behind the scenes to see how news is gathered and reported, sitting in on editorial meetings where decisions are made that determine what gets published. Trusted Sources demystifies the journalism process, reveals the factors that influence how – and whether – stories are covered, and provides the audience with skills for deciding what news to trust.

Truth in Transition is an intimate documentary that brings science and humanity into the same frame. Built through direct conversations with trans individuals, doctors, psychiatrists, and researchers, the film explores gender identity through the lenses of lived experience, culture, and emerging scientific inquiry. In a world where trans lives are too often defined by politics and fear, Truth in Transition seeks to replace distance with understanding, inviting audiences to see this community with greater compassion, nuance, and respect.

When a funeral in rural Quebec suddenly becomes a funeral for two, a young man reflects on his relationship with the deceased.

Two for One follows Thomas, who has spent his whole life in the US, as he attends the funeral of the Québecois grandfather he barely knew. Thomas has always regretted not having a better relationship with his grandparents. Over time, his poor command of French and a significant geographic distance have led to an emotional distance with his grandparents.

Now, back in his grandparents’ rural Québec village for the first time in years, Thomas finds that he has to confront his regrets while also being surrounded by an extended family who doesn't know who he is.

Ukraine is the only country in the world where fetal stem cell therapy is legal and regulated. After curing their first patient of bone marrow failure in 1991 using fetal liver cells, a group of Ukrainian scientists have learned to extract up to 24 different organ types of fetal stem cells and deliver them to patients. Aside from taking a deep dive on the science behind this technology, this story follows patients from the United States who have made the journey to Kyiv, Ukraine to be successfully treated for muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and autism. The Russian invasion has complicated this journey. Eric Merola is the only journalist on earth covering this story.

This darker twist on the typical romantic comedy centers on Liv (40s), our heroine with a full heart and even fuller schedule, who painfully discovers the fleeting nature of time and chances not taken. For Liv to move on, she has to let go of the thing she loves most. Or does she?

1899 Texas; a grieving widow forced to take over the family ranch, while raising her children, battles a prominent landowner and his band of outlaws who try to run her out of town.

When Audrey is challenged with the safety of her two children, she forms an uneasy alliance with a rival rancher’s son.

Underbelly combines raw, psychological trauma, political corruption, and a tragic exploration of systemic
exploitation into a character-driven neo-noir thriller. Its greatest strength is not just its gritty violence, but
its deeply emotional core focusing on broken people fighting for survival and justice in the unforgiving,
dirty underbelly of the Deep South.
Underbelly is about a broken working-class father who lost his daughter to the trafficking world, and the
young runaway who forces him to confront his rage and become the judge in a corrupt system.

After another public meltdown, a vain actress must submit herself into a rehab center headed by a mysterious hypnotherapist with radical techniques for breaking addictions and the ego.

"Unlikely Heroes" highlights the fact that the bravery of a selfless few gave birth to Israel. This historical truth has never had more importance until now. No other film has the potential to inspire a generation to stand up for Israel. Let's Go!

An institutionalized woman claiming to be Tennessee Williams' iconic heroine Blanche DuBois must unravel the tragic circumstances that brought her there.

Living on the streets and haunted by the scars of war, a veteran and his devoted wife cling to each other and to the belief that their love can endure life after loss.

When her 11-year-old son is bullied into a coma, and the justice system fails to protect him, a mother is pushed to the edge, forcing her to confront faith, vengeance, and the painful truth hiding beneath the silence.

Urban Canvas: From The Underground Up is a feature documentary exploring the artists who transformed graffiti from an underground movement into a globally recognized art form. Through intimate interviews, live painting sessions, and stories from pioneers and contemporary creators, the film examines the culture, creativity, and community behind urban art. From city walls to galleries, Urban Canvas reveals how these artists have reclaimed public space, preserved cultural identity, and inspired future generations through their work.

Urban Uptake follows, Ayanna, a corporate marketing coordinator, to work. While at work, the unimaginable happens, her boss fires her due to her hair not meeting the company’s professional standard for clients. Upset, Ayanna talks to her best friend, Eesha, who suggests that Ayanna apply for a job on Urban Uptake. She finds a job posting on Urban Uptake and submits an application. To Ayanna’s surprise, she enters into a digital world called Urban Uptake, which is a place for women like her. Little does she know how close her ties are to the digital world.

While researching their town's history for a school project, a group of seventh graders uncover an ancient vampire tied to their town's dark past and must stop it.

In the quiet town of Westmore, seventh-grader Jesse and his friends—Amaya, Lucy, Tyrone, and Kevin—uncover a dark secret while researching their town’s history for a school project. The tale of the Westmore Vampire, once dismissed as an urban legend, takes a chilling turn when they discover an old journal from Jesse's ancestor, Samuel, the town sheriff in the 1800s. The journal tells of a vampire, Orlin, sealed away by the townspeople after a mysterious illness plagued the children of Westmore.

As they dig deeper, the group

A vain scientist works to cement his father's legacy by creating a new form of humanity, never considering the consequences of the worst possible outcome: What if he succeeds?

In a dystopian near future without federal regulatory agencies to stop her, a middle-aged housewife uses rogue virtual reality technology to confront her troubled younger self in the 90s, becomes obsessed with that realm, breaks all the rules, & blurs lines between the real world & complete fabrication of the past, risking her sanity & even her life. "Black Mirror" meets "Russian Doll."

When a desperate actor hatches a plan to film a fake heist movie as cover for a real casino robbery, he must navigate suspicious mobsters, a nosy documentary crew, and his own unraveling lies — all before the cameras catch the real crime.

The Documentary Film – “Voices of Grief, Honoring the Scared Journey” - shares a fresh perspective on the many ways we navigate successfully through grief or companion others along their journey. Wisdom from contemporary authors, grief experts and spiritual teachers is woven through personal stories of loss to explore the roles of compassion, community, and connection in this sacred journey.

A married couple comes one final time to their late son’s apartment to pick up his last belongings.
After a chain of events and a change of heart, their grief and needs prove to be incompatible.

Mainstream media has successfully presented the trauma of losing a loved one. But surprisingly few films explore the incredibly personal sorrow that can explode even genuinely loving marriages. We aim to explore and make visible this familiar yet unseen drama.

'Void' talks about the individuality of the healing process: everybody has different needs in order to deal with grief, and sometimes this can get in the way of love.

This is a historical biopic on George Washington. We tell the story of the man behind the legend, as he has never been seen before. A reluctant hero, and leader of a new nation.

Water is a short filmed based on a real encounter I had with a probable homeless man when I lived in Los Angeles. I witnessed him accessing a water line illegally to fill up a number of plastic water bottles he was carrying in his tattered vehicle. His car was filled with clothes and day-to-day items. He was likely one of the estimated 16,000 Angelenos who live in their vehicles full or part-time.

Water is Love: Ripples of Regeneration follows a group of young people grappling with the climate crisis while we also journey around the world to share incredible stories of regenerative ecosystem design to create water retention in communities, villages, and regions. We touch upon traditional ecological knowledge, how water makes climate, and the importance of restoring complete water cycles. Through inspiring stories from successful projects in India, Kenya, and Portugal, we aim to spark conversations and actions that contribute to a regenerative and resilient world.

Along the South Coast of Sri Lanka, surfing is everywhere. Yet only foreigners and local men fill the lineups. Surfing is not seen as a sport for girls. This is a result of cultural and societal expectations that place women inside the household, particularly in rural areas. Young girls are expected to follow certain standards: be kind, look nice, and smile. Attend school, study, work. Get married, and start a family. Be a housewife, cook, and clean.
The ocean is simply not seen as a place for women.
Sanu must decide if she wants to continue a typical life as a housewife, or risk carving her own path as a surfer. This is a story of finding one’s voice in a sea of expectations.

Race and Cancel Culture divide two friends in a battle over the company name.

After her mother’s death sends her OCD into overdrive, Flora tries to outrun her spiraling fear the only way she knows — by meddling in her neighbors’ deliciously messy lives. In the chaos, she collides with an unexpected romance and the quiet wisdom her mother left behind, learning that healing isn’t about control, but grace.

A former tribal police officer struggling with addiction must return to his home reservation and estranged family to assist in the disappearance of a young teenage girl. As he begins to confront his past and his former community, he starts to unravel the arcane and possibly supernatural elements at play.

Trapped in a mansion after tragedy, teens spiral into fear as warped divine justice takes hold.

Three trans women fight to overturn a harsh law that binds them to their past.

Tania Cordova, Eisha Love, and Reyna Ortiz are suing the state of Illinois to strike down a law that prohibits people with felony convictions from legally changing their names. A male name on their government ID exposes the women as transgender, which opens them up to harassment and danger on a daily basis. WHAT'S IN A NAME shares the personal journeys of three women who, at the risk of exposing themselves - not only as trans, but as people with felony backgrounds - have become key activists involved in the effort to pass HB2542, a state bill that strikes down the name change law.

Being human is no walk in the dog park. Indy, an ex-shelter dog, has begun to understand it soon after turning himself into a human by eating a miracle dog biscuit. But he must expose the lies by his owner's new love interest. Human Indy is ready to take back Kimmy, his owner's affection!

Among all the confusing rules and behaviors that Indy has to understand, he sees the pain he's causing Kimmy by disappearing as her dog. It will take more than living as a human for Indy to secure his spot by Kimmy's side; it will take discovering what it means to love and be loved.

The children of three families from Syria and Iraq struggle to rebuild after surviving war and forced migration. With ever-increasing barriers in their new home in Europe, the challenges are daunting. But these kids are not lost—they are working to rebuild new lives, meet new challenges, and prepare for adulthood. In this film they tell their own stories.

After a 45 year old woman hits rock bottom, she goes for her childhood dream of being a hip hop dancer in New York City.

When a small town is threatened by a proposed corporate takeover, the townsfolk have to band together to reclaim who they are and what they stand for… which in the end they realize is each other. When the Voiceless Roar is a grounded, emotionally charged ensemble drama about a community on the brink, and the quiet revolution that begins when everyday people refuse to stay silent.

In search of her missing best friend, Maddie discovers that Huntington High’s winning football team is keeping an evil secret, and its new player, Liam, has no idea what he just signed up for. When You Weren’t Looking is a mystery horror thriller that unfolds in a cabin in the woods - and not just any woods - the Wailing Woods, where you can supposedly hear tormented ghosts crying between the trees. But ghosts aren’t real, right? But to Maddie, they might be.

Seven intertwining vignettes unfold over the course of a single night in a bar, featuring a mosaic of lonesome, broken, wounded, secretive, loving, and regretful strangers.

A Puerto Rican family dramedy about messy mother-daughter love and learning to let go.

While I Have You follows a family as they say (or refuse to say) goodbye.

As their mother prepares for a final trip abroad before early-onset dementia takes hold, her daughters struggle to accept the choice she’s made.

Over the course of a single night, during a farewell party filled with humor, tension, and denial, the family dances between celebration and grief. The reality of what’s coming becomes impossible to ignore.

While I Have You is not about death itself, but about the fleeting, intimate moments before we lose someone, exploring how we choose to love someone while we still can.

Born to a working class English family just after World War Two, Paul Whitehead was destined for ordinariness but his unique outlook, unquestionable talent, and joie de vivre led him to extraordinary adventures, friendship with rock luminaries, and experimentation with identity and perception that is anything but ordinary. Now in his 70s and forced to move from downtown LA, Paul looks back on a life of playing with perception and identity as he finds the setting for his third act. He’s not who you think he is and you might not be either.

After her Nanu’s (‘grandfather’ in Hindi) ceremonial cremation brings her to the Holy Ganges River in India, 8 year-old oddball Aisha befriends the phantom of her Nanu’s rambunctious 10 year-old self. After being told those who die go to the Moon by her father, a sentiment from a traditional Indian lullaby, Aisha and her Nanu’s ghost, named Little Nanu, go to that very place themselves. Fueled by curiosity and connection, together they discover what's after death and forge a relationship they never had the chance at whilst Nanu was alive.

Celebrating the profession that creates all others.

Owners of classic wooden sailboats see themselves as caretakers and want to see these boats live on into the future. Not everyone has the time, energy or the money to keep these matrons of the sea alive. It’s not a question of can we save them, but rather do we have the will to save them.

For centuries, graceful vessels like these have carried the dreams of owners, mariners and craftsmen alike. But their beauty belies a fragile reality. There are myriad reasons why owners sometimes cannot care for their boats which quickly falls into disrepair and often die. A few lucky boats have found a way to come back to life. The stories of these boats is the heart and soul of this documentary.

On a stormy late October night, cynical journalist Eddie Thorne is called up by Craig Sutter, his magic obsessed ex, to play a supposedly cursed PC game. Now, Craig and Eddie haven't spoken much since they “sort of” collaborated on a piece about the infamous arcade cabinet POLYBIUS, which Eddie proved to be fake. However, this new game – WITCHCRAFT – seems like anything but! The old FMV title puts Eddie on edge, setting off weird sightings and strange phenomena all centered around a mysterious Witch.

From the Producer of GLORIOUS and GATOR FACE comes a wackadoo speedrun through magic, misdirection and some truly fractured relationships. But is it real? Is it illusion? Or is it...WITCHCRAFT

Based on true events from millions of women around the world and told from the heart of a dog. Sophia is a young woman who has been putting up with her abusive relationship because she can't stand the thought of leaving her beloved dog, Storm behind. She has finally decided to leave with her dog and find a safe place for them both to start a new life together. Sophia quickly learns how much her support group has been damaged by the events in her abusive relationship and how difficult finding pet friendly shelter can be. She must find the strength and determination to find a shelter that will let her bring Storm along before she becomes another victim who returns to her abuser.

A young woman living a dangerous life working on the streets takes in an elderly dog left behind when his owner is killed in a robbery. Though not a dog person, their brief relationship changes her in ways she could never have expected.

Based on the incredible short story by NYT bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde (Pay It Forward), our film shines a light on the dark realities faced by marginalized young women trapped in prostitution and explores the profound healing power of a dog's companionship.

“Dog” offers “Girl” what she's never had before: unconditional love and a sense of purpose. Together, they'll experience the most profound revelations of their lives.

A diverse collective of immigrant musicians from conflict zones and far-flung corners of the globe unite in the United States, proving that while politics divides, music heals, bridges cultures, and redefines the American Dream.

The life of an unhappily married perfectionist spirals out of control when he decides to pursue the real woman his virtual love interest is modeled after.

In New York’s endless gig economy, one broke freelancer bluffs her way into the only job where power is earned and respect is real… a BDSM dungeon.

From Liability to Asset: Healing the trauma that costs us everything to restore the contributors God made us to be.

Written in the Light follows the story of Skyler, a college student suffering from anorexia and bulimia and her mother, Leah, as they work through the healing process together.   One night, Skyler goes too far and vomits blood. Leah rushes her to the hospital where she stays for a week. Upon returning home, Skyler is too weak to feed herself and Leah offers to help her. This creates an unusual bond between mother and daughter as Leah continues to feed Skyler. Follow Skyler and Leah's journey through healing. What's written in the dark will be read in the light.

Logline: A world in chaos needs heroes; and that hero lies in each of us.

Almost 30 years after it originally aired in 1995, 'Xena Warrior Princess' continues to delight audiences with its campy, yet socially aware, stories of redemption, friendship, loyalty, and love, and inspires fans to be true to themselves; to love humanity in all its colors, shapes and forms; and to defend what is right even when it is not easy.
Xena intentionally challenged social boundaries in the ‘90’s–a TV series led by 2 “kickass” females, without a male lead; interracial casting and relationships; flirting with “subtext” that attracted a loyal LGBTQ audience. Does Xena have a message for the world today?

A construction worker with Down’s syndrome endures abuse from his father while confiding in his boss.

YOU DON'T LOOK SICK: A DOCUMENTARY SERIES follows the lives of 3 people with autoimmune disease and fibromyalgia during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Throughout the 6-episode series, Aliza, Justin and Ariana share their experiences getting diagnosed, living with chronic pain, maneuvering the healthcare system, finding effective treatments, managing intimate relationships, and enduring the struggle.

YOU NEED HELP! is a comedic web series that follows a brilliant but impulsive young professor whose viral manic episode lands her in a court-ordered support group for people with bipolar disorder. There, she’s thrown into a community of bold, unpredictable, and deeply human characters—each managing their diagnosis in radically different ways. With sharp humor and emotional honesty, YOU NEED HELP! explores the chaos and comedy of mental illness recovery, challenging stigma and centering those often left out of stories about healing.

This is a short film (proof of concept) for an upcoming inspirational feature film called "Your Love Is Strong." It's about a young woman's struggle to uphold her values and stay true to her faith as she navigates singlehood, dating, and her walk with God.

Zydeco by Birth will illustrate the evolution of Zydeco music and the history of Black French Creoles through the story of the Carriere/Carrier family. The Carrier family is a dynasty of Zydeco musicians whose story provides a window into the Louisiana Creole experience. The family story demonstrates how Black French Creole sharecroppers in the early 20th century created a unique Louisiana musical genre that continues to inspire musicians and dancers across the globe. Spanning over a century of oral and recorded tradition, living members of the Carrier family still perform and record (with notable Grammy success).

A burned-out caregiver gets swept into a zydeco, where a gritty cowboy dares her to step back in life again.