Looking for a job? When a happy family man is dismissed after twenty-five years of loyal service at a paper company, he finds the perfect solution to land his next role: truly eliminate the competition.

Shortlisted filmmakers for The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2026 in Film present and discuss their work.

Earth, water, air and fire. Experimental, collaboratively made shorts exploring the entanglement of nature, architecture, and colonialism in Central Asia. Each film corresponds to a natural element.

Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.