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Title: Snowman
Runtime: 6 min
Country: USA
Director: Joyce Zhang
Placement: Best Short Film
Competition: March, 2026
Synopsis: When Dylan’s terminally ill mother collapses at home, the young man retreats into the childhood fantasy she once created for him: a “magic doctor” who lives inside their fridge and can fix anything broken. Hanging on to the last thing that he believes, Dylan makes a heartbreaking choice desperately trying to save her. But when a longtime family friend visited them, Dylan is confronted with the painful truth waiting behind the fridge door.