December 2021 - January 2022 Programme
Works with big potential
Two Brother's take after their family donut shop. But there is a secret ingredient in this family's pain...

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Hunter R Hudson, Reid Egmond

Sprinkle
December - January programme
The King of Bastrop follows a day in the life of Skeeter. A Not-so-Hot Shot lives a hum drum life of easy days, booze, and his car. When this begins to complicate his life, his younger but far wiser sister, leans in to help him set his life straight.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Hunter Hudson
  • hunterhudson266@gmail.com

The King of Bastrop
December - January programme
A four part series set in the heart of the South Wales valleys in a coal mining town called Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley.
Bryn Coombes is a local character that everyone comes to for advice. The adventures of Bryn with his family, friends and the local community show the quirkier side of life in a small town in the Welsh Valleys.
Adult humour.

"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Phil Howe
  • philhoweferndale@sky.com

Bryn
December - January programme
Gifts from Babylon is a short film exploring the psychological impact of Africa-EU migration through the lens of a Gambian return-migrant. The film captures the personal conflicts that arise when Modou, a deported refugee, returns to his home country after having lived illegally in Europe for five years. Suffering from intense flashbacks of his illegal migrant journey, he wonders what has become of him…

"Best Short Film"
"Best BLM Film"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Bas Ackermann, Amadou A Silah, Babucar Manka, Modou Joof

Gifts from Babylon
December - January programme
To meet, to know, to love and then to part, Is the sad tale of many hearts. But when the memories of the past start to resurface and two former lovers cross paths again. Will they be able to find eachother once more? or was it simply a fleeting memory, a memoir?

"Best No-Dialogue Film"

► Directed by: Quine-Saide Brown, Luigino Clarinda

Memoir
December - January programme
Short documentary on how various business' in Minot, ND first heard of the Covid 19 virus, how it affected them, the positive outlook for the future, now we're in 2020!


"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Paul Brenno
  • lpaulisphotoman@yahoo.com

Covid-19 vs The Magic City
December - January programme
On May 10th, 1933 in Berlin, Germany Nazi Youth destroyed the Institute of Sexology and the famed Transgender Cabaret, the El Dorado was raided and turned into Hilter's Nazi Headquarters. Hush tells the story of Drick, one of the first successful transgender performers in the cabaret, who was operated on by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld and the chaos that ensued in the path of the Nazi soldiers. Helene, a salon girl from the Nazi brothel, Salon Kitty, overhears the Nazi planning and escapes to warn the performers in the cabaret of the upheaval. When she arrives in the glorious cabaret she is looking for Magnus Hirschfeld only to find he is in Paris. She then confides in Drick and tells the performers that they need to get out of the cabaret as soon as possible. Drick and the performers follow their hearts and stay. This is their home! Instead of hiding from fear of certain death, the troupe decides to perform their most dangerous show ever. This is surely suicide for them, but they chose to stand up for who they are and what they believe in; leaving their legacy behind in the ashes of evil and destruction.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Alex Merkin

Hush
December - January programme
Allyson and her father join after years of separation and are both forced to revisit their past together.


"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Justin Ho
  • jho16b1@gmail.com

I'm Fine
December - January programme
New Test 123 is a part of Flammable Formula series. We assembled this arthouse film from strands of thoughts on intersectional feminism floating through culture. New Test 123 is postmodern in character. We invite our viewer to participate in creative freedom by constructing their own narrative for the piece.Other pieces from the Flammable Formula series live here: https://www.annegart.com/flammable-formula.


"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Anne Gart

New Test 1-2-3
December - January programme
Who am I when nobody's watching? A personal story about growing up as a black woman in Denmark lacking identification models. A story about loneliness and searching for belonging.


"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Original Soundtrack"
"Best BLM Film"
"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Lene Kamm

When I become who I am
December - January programme
The short movie talks about the thematic of violence against women and its different facets and implications through the love story of Luca and Marzia who, separately and each one from its own point of view, tell us their last evening together.
Police Ispector Melzi is in charge of collecting the testimony of a shocked Luca and try to shed light on the mysterious and sudden disappearance of his beloved girlfriend. Instead it’s up to Anna who is responsible for an anti-violence centre for women, to welcome and comfort a frightened and lost Marzia.
Thus begins a game of cross and parallel flaschbacks thanks to which we discover not only a double version of the facts but also of the personalities of the young protagonists and that makes even harder to put together all the pieces of the puzzke and answer the question on which the whole story is built up: What really happened that fatal night?


"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Fabrizio Ancillai

THE BURNING RED
December - January programme
Based on the published book, FRUIT OF THE VINE (Weisberg and Yoffe, Waldorf Publishing, 2018). In JUSTIN AND THE WERLOOBEE, we meet Justin, a sensitive, introspective boy whose physical features and personality make him a convenient target for many of his cruel peers. One night, he wakes to find himself on a mysterious island, which is inhabited by a horde of bizarre creatures. Despite his desperation to find out where he is and, more importantly, how to get home, he becomes involved in the plight of Irvino, a beast who is ostracized on this island much in the way that Justin is in his own world. The story ends with a twist as Justin, in helping Irvino, ends up helping himself by making a lifelong friend out of Irvino. JUSTIN AND THE WERLOOBEE is unique from other stories in the fantasy genre in that it is meant not only for the grade school-aged fantasy enthusiast, but also for anyone interested in the topic of bullies, and how altruistic qualities can develop in children.


"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Ken Yoffe & Ellen Weisberg, John Vo

Justin and the Werloobee
December - January programme
A story about a very successful business man who struggles with his personal relationships.

"Best Director Debut"
"Best Producer"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Joe Schufreider

15 Roses
December - January programme
Hernán is a child who likes to daydreaming, but in his studies he is not doing well at all. His father constantly urges him to improve, advising him that he must reach very high to succeed in life. Hernán dispenses with his dream, gradually forgetting it to devote himself to his studies. Over time, and already become a successful entrepreneur, Hernán achieves the dream that his father instilled in him, reach high, until one day he will realize that he has not really achieved something he always longed for. Then he will make the crucial decision to fulfill his dream, but fate will play tricks on him. Hernán will have to face a new challenge that will change the meaning of his life.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal
  • distribution@poston.cl

The Boy and The Mountain
December - January programme
This is my dissertation thesis. It's a 7 minute Blender animation, I've worked on it for almost a year and I've worked mostly alone (besides downloading certain landscapes and textures). I started with 0 knowledge in 3D animation and worked very hard to learn everything on my own. The final short animation has exceeded the 5 minute mark it originally had. Its subject is my travels from 2019 and the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic. The Sun and Moon are present in 2D animation manner because my bachelor degree was a project where I drew every day for a year and said Sun and Moon had been in every 365 drawings, so they followed 3D me into the animation as well.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Teodora Maria Marisescu

A Happy Day
December - January programme
A young woman who has mental health disorders due to repeated childhood trauma. He always experienced failed relationships, always abandoned. When the night comes, its the time she hurts the most because she got this flashbacks Which caused her frustrated and want to end her life.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Anwar Sany, Ratna "Adek" Kusumawati

When The Night Comes
December - January programme
A woman has erotic fantasies while preparing frozen food and setting a table for two.

"Best Erotic Film"

► Directed by: Sadrak Zmork
  • diamantina@diamantinafilms.com

CHOC ICE
December - January programme
When his beautiful young wife Lita disappears, Tyler Jefferson musters the courage and the faith to wait for her...and wait for her...and wait for her. Fifty years later, his dedication may be answered when she mysteriously returns without having aged a single day.

"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Robert Berg

Heaven's Gap
December - January programme
This documentary explores from its beginnings, production, economy, conservation, future challenges ( sustainability and climate change), and the life of the olive landscape in Spain, the world’s leading producer of extra virgin olive oil, liquid gold.

"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Francisco Javier Fernández Bordonada

Spanish olive grove
December - January programme
Life is complicated, yet this song expresses a person's wish for simpler uplifting ways as inspired by a carousel, and the song draws parallels between a carousel and life and love, on a personal level and on a societal level.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Fran Sisco, Matina Grammas

"Carousel Girl" music video
December - January programme
There is one thing that unites three girls in one city.
"TRIO is an experimental short focusing on the world experienced through music from the perspective of three musicians with no apparent connection to each other." - Be Epic London International Film Festival.
"A beautifully elegant music short that demands your attention with its delicate notes and mesmerizing imagery. A break near the end that exists to give you a moment of breath and recourse, and a soft but powerful ending. A really lovely piece." - Fusion International Film Festivals.


"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Igor Chekin
  • chek.in.pro@gmail.com

TRIO
December - January programme
Angel (Oswaldo Salas), an enthusiastic high school teacher, discovers a website where his students make fun of him and his disability through some strange videos. Mixing the reality and the digital universe adolescent, Angel will be involved in a world hitherto unknown.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Sergio Fernández Muñoz

Holestepper
December - January programme
Bishop and Kali star in this playful, improvised film inspired by an intriguing card game. Hidden around the room are playing cards, each revealing a surprising nonsexual body part, like “elbow.” Together the two devise experiments around the cards, creatively exploring sensation with shared warmth and good humor. Their collaborations grow more daring, and the heat builds between them. Featuring electropop music by Dutch band Sheila & The Kit and an original dream-pop musical score by Jasper Slijderink and Marnix Dorrestein.

"Best Erotic Film"

► Directed by: Jennifer Lyon Bell

Wild Card
December - January programme
Maya is sent to market to pick up some goods. Although she is young, she makes the journey alone, with only her persistent dog for company. At the market Maya is given a cabbage and a baby goat, and must make the return journey home, negotiating the hungry goat, barking dog, and cumbersome cabbage.

"Best Black & White Film"

► Directed by: Asia Khmelova
  • asya.khmeleva@gmail.com

Bark
December - January programme
A young woman tired of being coddled because of her hereditary heart condition enters an intense physical relationship with a young man obsessed with ice swimming.
During a wintery night out in Copenhagen, Louise spots a young man swimming naked in the canal. What starts as a confrontation ends in frenzied passion in Magnus' apartment. They dive into a relationship almost competitive in its intensity, both struggling to trust one another. Louise hides from Magnus the hereditary heart condition that requires her to take daily pills and avoid strenuous physical activity. She learns that Magnus has always wanted to go to the Faroe Islands but has not done so out of fear of flying. Magnus eventually takes her to his favorite spot, a secluded beach in the North of Denmark, to swim together in the freezing sea. She refuses, almost telling Magnus about her condition, but when he taunts her she makes the decision to prove that she can do it, to herself as well as to him. Magnus is in his element and enjoying the experience when Louise goes into shock. A panicked Magnus runs away into the forest. We do not find out what happens to Louise, but instead are transported to the Faroe Islands. Magnus has moved on from his fear of flying and we see him on the Faroese shore, alone, affected and suddenly identifiable. He takes in the scenery, inhales deeply and walks towards the sea, returning to his isolation once more.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Drama"
"Best Actress"
"Best Color Editing"

► Directed by: Marley Hasselbach

KOLD
December - January programme
Acadians from Belle-Ile-en-Mer, France, visit Canada to meet their "cousins" with whom they share a common culture and history. Descendants of the deported Acadians by the British from their original homeland, they walk on their ancestral lands and attend the international World Acadian Congress. This film is about exile, the power of memory and finding your roots. (116 awards received worldwide.)

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Phil Comeau
  • pcomeau@videotron.ca

BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE
December - January programme
Children know that bodies sometimes disappear. In the postwar landscape they talk about the nature of the moon, of society and of the souls, which go away. The adults have vanished. The parents became extinct because of their own mistakes. There was no room on the planet for so many old people. There are many mysteries yet to be discovered.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Dagmara Wyskiel
  • dwyskiel@gmail.com

We could start all over from the beginning
December - January programme
Join Morgan Space Dude as he introduces us to the importance of music throughout NASA's exploration of space.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Damien Donnelly

Space Rocks!
December - January programme

"Best Producer"

► Directed by: Fabio Teriaca
  • fabioteriaca@gmail.com

I'll be with you (con te sarò)
December - January programme
A grieving old man, Terry, is struggling to come to terms with the recent loss of his late wife. When, Sarah (his middle-aged daughter) brings news that Terry’s wife left letters for him hidden around the house, to help him accept her passing, it’s all too much for Terry, unable to put his grief aside. Can Sarah get her father to fulfil her mums final wish and find peace?

"Best Student Film"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Michael Carzo, Derrick Caballes
  • michaelcarzo29@gmail.com

A Dance Through Time
December - January programme
A traveler finds a mysterious radio in an abandoned garage. A story is hiding, memories of a forgotten journey are revealed. Distant lives await to be told on a never ending ride. The connection between space and time flashes by among the city lights. We are all travelers, keepers of our past, fighting the night playing rock ‘n’ roll, dancing the night in a disco show, we will explore the world.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Mauro Elias Morone

ELYAZ - Remember Home
December - January programme
A love story between 2 older people. She realizes that only the taste of a special wine can bring lucidity to her husband, who is suffering from Alzheimer. But the bottle is almost empty…

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Fabiola Stevenson

Ofelia
December - January programme
Two US Marines are trapped behind enemy lines with vague mission objectives and an even more mysterious package...

"Best Short Film"
"Best War Film"
"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Lee Foster

Black Bag
December - January programme
In purgatory after an attempt to take her own life, a young woman must decide if her life is worth fighting for with the help of an unlikely healer.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Dr. Beth-Anne Blue

SUPPOSED TO BE
December - January programme
The last surviving Royal, her bodyguard, and small band of elite soldiers must unite a vast empire to turn the tide of the Revolution that threatens to awaken an ancient, long-forgotten evil.

"Best Television Script"

► Written by: Nathanial House

Tears of a Death Maiden
December - January programme
A short documentary telling the story of the David of Middle Tennessee State University taking on the Goliath that is SEC Champions Vanderbilt University.

"Best Sport Film"
"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Nathanial D. House
  • extreamlucky14@yahoo.com

Downing The Anchors
December - January programme
If you want to stay alive, move north of the 45th parallel. All life will move north to escape Climate Change

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: James Thornton
  • pfrenz01@mediacombb.net

The Northern Rim
December - January programme
After a skiing expedition ends in disaster, Thor-Tech explains to the Earth Corp the part they'll play in saving the planet from a meltdown as bizarre reports of animal anomalies are coming in from all over the Earth.

"Best Television Script"

► Written by: James Thornton
  • pfrenz01@mediacombb.net

The Shift
December - January programme
A young boy dreams of travelling to a faraway place only to realise his dreams.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Michael S.U. Hudson
  • michael.s.u.hudson@gmail.com

Marloe - Remember Me
December - January programme
An old woman attempts to deal with her loss as her family try to keep her from drowning in her sorrow.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Michael S.U. Hudson
  • michael.s.u.hudson@gmail.com

The Old Man In The Lake
December - January programme
The city of Hermoupolis, capital of Syros is located at the center of the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea, in Greece.
In its history one can find all the elements that shaped contemporary Greece.
This is an animated documentary telling its story.

"Best Animation"
"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Charalambos Margaritis

Hellenic Places: Hermoupolis
December - January programme
When an alien is found in the desert near a high security government facility, scientists take him in, and attempt to uncover the true nature of this being. His radioactive blood and unearthly powers make him a walking weapon of mass destruction, but the scientists will stop at nothing to contain him, and use him to forge their own nuclear weaponry.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Frankie Sutton
  • frankiejsutton@outlook.com

Nothing Left
December - January programme
The film"Creators"tells about the study of the cruel impact of the communist-bolshevik ideology on the cultural heritage and the way of thinking of Azerbaijan against the background of the life and work of Mikayil Huseynov and Sadyq Dadashov -the great Azerbaijani architects of the 20th century.
During the repressions of 1937, the overwhelming majority of the intelligentsia from among their relatives were exiled or executed, which caused irreparable damage to the nation's gene pool.
Mikayil Hüseynov and Sadyq Dadashov had to live the rest of their lives in fear and emotional turmoil.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Shamil Aliyev
  • aliyevsh@yahoo.com

Creators
December - January programme
"Hund" is a thriving rap song by Das Ding Ausfm Sumpf. Its lyrics paint a picture of humanity. While working on the clip, I thought it was more than a song. Thanks to the power of social media, we can go deeper into the concept of refugees day by day. But, again, the same social media do not neglect to wear various masks. Perhaps the most painful of these is the "sensitivity" mask. I add to the lyrics some images like plastic bottles, stars, and flames carried on the shoulders to germination. Those settle like a stain on the faces who play the role of the so-called savior.
The concept of "sensitivity supports animations"; illuminates a world where we can see the places inspired by the lighthouse and all the seas, down to their deepest parts. But, on the other hand, the "Sea-Watch" association is the focal point of this lighting. Another concept that permeates the clip's story is the "nest." Every human being is a home, and each home is a human being. Even though we are unaware that we are living on a boat that has already gone extinct, without knowing when we will sink, even our canine friends, who are more sensitive than humans, can smell this so-called sensitivity from far away. That has penetrated the bones of those hiding behind the mask. However, it is helpful to remember; No death that washes ashore sinks.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Gizem Güvendag
  • gizemguvendag@gmail.com

Dog
December - January programme
An actress who continuously suffers from the same nightmare of a former homicide case, turning out to be the victim in real life.

"Best Thriller"
"Best Black & White Film"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Opening Credits"

► Directed by: Sam Iwata aka Liu
  • iwatasam@icloud.com

METEMPSYCHOSIS
December - January programme
Besides getting a job, 42 year old Harvey has little else to do with his time but become the next big thing on the internet. So he's created himself an online persona: rapper and music producer DJ Harvest, oozing seduction, charm and a unique way with words.
He's got local dullard Paul, recruited for his ownership of a half decent camera, to film him in the most awesome... no, rad... no, sick... whatever... vlogumentray of Harvey's rise to to fame.
Who can't fall in love with DJ Harvest...?


"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Peter Halpin

Harvest
December - January programme
With a serial killer on the other side of the door, 14-year-old Kelsey is forced to confront her fear of the dark and fight for survival.

"Best Thriller"
"Best Director"
"Best Young Actress"

► Directed by: Dania Denise

I Am Not Afraid
December - January programme
Uterine fibroids affect Black women three times more than any other race. After being diagnosed, the filmmaker sets out to explore health inequities and find out why some Black women are as silent as the growth.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Taylor-Alexis Gillard

The Silent Willow
December - January programme
Non profit organization in Austin TX FUNDamentals for Foster Care whos mission is to promote healthy and positive mentors to help foster children succeed

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Paul Brenno

The Hearts that Foster Care
December - January programme
A visual project for the single "Around The Bend" off of the album "T.S.I.R "(The Struggle Is Real) from the hip-hop artist NRBARZ hailing from the Caribbean the project captures the scenes from NRBARZ's homeland the Bahamas while delivering a timeless message of encouragement about defeating the odds and overcoming the darkness.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: UNSEENMEDIA, NRBARZ

AROUND THE BEND
December - January programme
A short film about an erotic weekend in Vienna

"Best Erotic Film"

► Directed by: Missy Jubilee

Missy Jubilee 175 BEAUTIPHUL
December - January programme
A crossing in the Parisian night with a sister and her autistic brother . A stealthy complicity. A slip of vision. She invites him into her world ... he invites her into his own universe.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Chloe Belloc

Where he is
December - January programme
Multiple storylines where people in unwanted situation and life circumstances chooses to break free to become whoever they really want to be.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Guillermo Arcaya

Christopher Kenji - Summer Fog
December - January programme
When the child you once were loses faith in your current version; what can you do to believe in yourself again? When Genesis was a little girl, she dreamt of being a storyteller. As she goes through her last year of film school, her short film will be rejected unless she changes the ending. The problem is that she loves that ending very much. It represents everything she believes, but the film’s rejection as it is is hard enough to disappoint the little girl she once was. When you are torn between following your heart or following the rules, will you give up on your childhood dreams?

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Mar de Luna
  • mardeluna92@gmail.com

Never
December - January programme
While shaving his head in a dark and shabby bathroom, Jesus, thin, filthy, and in torn clothes, nurtures doubts about everything. Until the owner of the crumbling hotel where he lives knocks on the door, shouting at him for months of unpaid rent. Jesus is at his limit and runs away without direction. From humanity and from the obligation to save it. He flees from an omnipresent and manipulative father, cowardly and adored by hypocrites and murderers. Jesus flees but he is not the only one. Magdalene and Lucifer are out there. Watched by God. Lambs refusing to be slaughtered in a world of wolves hungry for eternal life.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Fabricio Estevam Mira

No More
December - January programme
A covert atheist is hired to take over a struggling theatre program at a bible camp.

"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Benjamin Mulhern

The Heathen Shane Stevens
December - January programme
The film, produced by the mother, is about the life of her 33 yrs old daughter Emma who has Down's Syndrome.
Despite all social, physical and psychological adversities she is a symbol of success as a prolific artist and emanates positive energy with calm, humour and affection. She is a genuine star !

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Mirka Anderson
  • mirkieran@hotmail.com

the sky is the limit
December - January programme
A female former singer and songwriter came back to her rural hometown to meet her family and a niece and find a new life there.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Mitsuo Kurihara

Regional exchange center, IRISO
December - January programme
26 years old man Yukiharu lost his fiance'e Mika by a traffic accident
9 months ago. His heart has been filled with grief and merely going out with people.
A woman Sayaka who secretly really liked Yukiharu since their high school try to encourage him by imitating Mika's hairstyle, clothes and singing.
However, Yukiharu doesn't like Sayaka and feels so annoying all the time. He is no interest with other girls except for Mika.
Since Yukiharu thinks about Mika so much, he can sometimes see her illusion or ghost.
One day, a mysterious old man appears in front of Yukiharu to have a trip to find his new himself.
Then, Yukiharu encounters with mysterious occurrences in the seaside of Enoshima.
On Christmas Eve, many unexpected things happen to Yukiharu in Odaiba where Mika and he promised to meet just one year ago.
This is a romantic love story which conveys the precious feelings and importance of true love.


"Best Supporting Actress"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Eri Tsukimoto

Run Through rainbow bridges
December - January programme
A text from a lonely traveler pushes a group of friends from faraway
places to reunite

"Best Animation"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Natasha Cánepa

Place to Place
December - January programme
When their sightseeing is cut short at a Syrian Army checkpoint in Lebanon, a new couple is forced to learn more about each other as well as themselves in order to find the strength to escape a life-threatening situation.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Danny Boushebel

The Olive Branch
December - January programme
A British army veteran is roaming the streets of Prague in the peak of the pandemic.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Bogdan Kozula
  • koolapictures@gmail.com

In The Shadows
December - January programme
Freaks With Lines presents an original contemporary ballet film in collaboration with some of Los Angeles's most innovative freelance artists: Nilus Cogus. This is a piece about alienation and surveillance featuring six dancers and debuts at 12AM on September 13, 2021 exclusively on Ballet Project TV.
Nilus Cogus elucidates how we are all cogs inside of a machine that is itself being manipulated by some greater phenomenon. In spite of our beliefs and disbeliefs, our awareness or unawareness, we are all simply pawns of this unknowable phenomenon.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Dance Video"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Makeup"

► Directed by: Sadie Black

NILUS COGUS
December - January programme
Thomas Crane is a singer/songwriter and a writer/director. He wrote and recorded this track and directed/filmed/edited the music video. In "Monsters Walk Among Us", he plays the Gemini Killer, a ruthless but flamboyant serial killer who attracts fame and notoriety on his cross country crime spree.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Thomas Crane

Monsters Walk Among Us
December - January programme
While searching for answers to the mass disappearance of locals, a man is pushed to his wits end in this waking nightmare as he is tortured by the ghosts of this small town.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Clemente Esparza, II
  • bonesawmcgraw1989@gmail.com

MADNESS
December - January programme
On the last day of her mission, an Astronaut must journey through an alien landscape to find the source of a mysterious biosignature. As she reaches her destination, she comes face to face with a Cyclopean nightmare and quickly learns that the human race is no longer the prime being in the universe.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Clemente Esparza, II
  • bonesawmcgraw1989@gmail.com

THE DIVINE
December - January programme
George & Nell aren't going to let a little thing like terminal illness tear them down... instead, they'll do that on their own.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Matt Clifford, Mellinda Hensley
  • mattyc1979@gmail.com

Do Us Part
December - January programme
Sachin is a hardworking teenager with a big dream that one day he will make his mark in the world of cricket like a legendary cricket player Sachin Tendulkar - whom he is named after. Sachin lives with poor family in a metro slum area of Pune. He has an immense love for cricket but can't afford professional coaching. He finds a way to train himself. He watches other kids practicing under coach and learn from it.
One day, at inter-school cricket competition, he impresses the selection committee and gets a chance to show his skills in All India Under-18 Team Selection process. But destiny has planned something else for him. Sachin Live from Pune is a universal story of how minor sport injuries which teenagers choose to hide in fear of financial burdens on parents, could affect their dreams, sometimes the life.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Sport Film"

► Directed by: Ganesh Devidas Kadam
  • slfp2021@gmail.com

Sachin Live From Pune
December - January programme
the story of the greatest Afro-Cuban music singer in Africa. Laba Sosseh was born in the Gambia in 1943 and spent most of his time in Senegal. This film traces the journey of this atypical artist who has had success wherever he has gone. From New York via Abidjan and Dakar, return on the career of an artist who will have marked his time.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Maky Madiba Sylla, Lionel Bourqui

El Maestro Laba Sosseh
December - January programme
Compelled by loneliness, two vampires set out to reclaim the child they gave up for adoption.

"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Andy Kastelic

St. Augustine
December - January programme
During the Hundred Years' War, historical fact mixes with myth and legend to tell an alternative life story of one of the world’s most famous women - the mysterious Joan of Arc - and her uncanny armed escort.

"Best Television Script"
"Best Poster"

► Written by: Orso Vesperini, Toby Osborne, Richard Lasser, Aurèle N'Dja, Carole Starcevic, Terry Newman

Joan of Arc: The Series
December - January programme
Zoom, Click, Waltz is a multimedia installation comprising 13 LED screens. A culmination of documented events, staged recording and found footage, this artwork depicts individuals in various states of “performance”, while isolated within separate window frames.
What began as an attempt to communicate with neighbours during Circuit Break, developed into an imagined possibility of individuals connecting through dance. Over a period of 2 months, residents received mailed instruction requests to perform at an interval spanning 30 minutes. These recordings were at times effective, others, futile.
Various subjects’ responses range from active to passive; with individuals participating in modes of conscious performance, and others nonchalant, in contemplation. Juxtaposed and interspersed alongside found media, separate footages are stitched together to form an uncanny, seamless reality situated in the inter-spaces between interpretation and negotiation, truth and fiction, performance and chance.

"Best 360 Film"

► Directed by: Sarah Choo

Zoom, Click, Waltz
December - January programme
A child gets lost in a garden and meets a magical dog who introduces him to another dimension. Film inspired by the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Fabio Bagnasco

Argos
December - January programme
A story about an old olive garden from the 19th-century and me struggling to revive it.

"Best ECO work"

► Directed by: Nebojsa Nebi Brajovic

Grandma's Dowry
December - January programme
A pandemic in Tokyo, Japan.
A yoga instructor in her 30s became Corona.
This is a story of her 13 days of self-isolation told by the Public Health Center.
In reality, the director herself suffered from COVID-19.
Just after her recovery, she wrote and shoot this film under the limited circumstances in a pandemic.

"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Yumi Masuda

Teal to Orange
December - January programme
Right in the verge of success, James Taylor a talented architect has his life turned upside down when his wife Sylvia is kidnapped. After paying the ransom, the kidnappers execute his wife live via webcast for James to witness. 7 years later James seems to be living normally after plunging head first into his work. As he is about to close a deal that will make him partner at the firm he works in, strange things begin to happen. Someone at work is blackmailing him to give up on his partnership, meanwhile the ghost of his wife has come back to haunt him. Has his paranoia made him lose his mind or is something more sinister taking place?

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Rafael Altamira

When You Are Gone
December - January programme
Yoshio Nakajima, who makes a living by manufacturing a homemade supplement called “Hakujueki,” goes out in mountain in order to gather herb materials. There is a woman he has feelings for, but he doesn’t have a courage to ask her out. So he has lived a single life.
One day, Mr.Nakajima goes deep in the mountain, where he comes upon a mysterious old man, who searches for gold in ground with a metal detector. The old guy tells him that he is also single and is going around the country to make a living by selling gold he’s gathered.
From the moment they talked, they became good friends and they talks about their lives each other.
On the other hand, Yoshiko Nagasawa, whose husband, Kimio, suffers from drug addiction, lives a life of distress. She tries to help Kimio regain his mental health, but a desperate Kimio wouldn’t accept her advice, so their relationships are in danger now.
Then one day, those two couples go out for a concert of Japanese drum.
Now in the concert hall filled with excitement, their lives intersect each other, and every one of them comes to the turning point of his or her life...

"Best Black & White Film"

► Directed by: Hiroshi Toda

Golden Land
December - January programme
"Best Composer"

► Composer by: Alan Donati

Subconscious
December - January programme
Xu Mingyu, who was “socially isolated” after recovering from COVID-19 He was interrupted by accident when he committed suicide. Xu Mingyu was healed by the innocence of the girl next door...

"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Young Director"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Junjie Hou
  • sam939954059@gmail.com

December - January programme
Older gentleman and middle aged woman, who have never met before, have an interesting turned uncanny conversation at a baseball game.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Joan Tofteland
  • joancolleen70@gmail.com

Appearances
December - January programme
The first episode of the video series "Chasing Portraits" featuring Adrian Richardson, telling the story behind their name, "Adrian" and sending a message of love to all those "Adrian" out there, asking the same questions.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Lester Platt

Hey, Adrian.
December - January programme
Mark tells us the story of how he survived that rough ride of being a drug addict, how he found himself fighting to survive, finding friendship and love on the way up.

"Best Director"

► Ditrected by: Lester Platt

RECTOR
December - January programme
Banjii and Mayuri continue their tour of the US for their music video series project, "Uncommon Love Story," in which they film and record music and music videos in different parts of the country. They have currently received 121 global film festival selections for the first two videos of their project including 38 first place titles.
This is the third episode of the series called "Gaslighted."
It has their children Edwin and Willow in starring roles and Banjii and Mayuri in supporting roles.
In this music video, Edwin is on a journey through the towns and landscapes of North Georgia to find a new home for his toy Llama with the help of his family.

"Best Music Video"
"Best Young Actor"

► Directed by: Mayuri

Gaslighted
December - January programme
At the height of the Cold War, a famous Russian musician sent to the U.S. as a reluctant KGB spy to uncover the government’s secret mind-control experiment becomes its next victim and when he escapes with the evidence to expose it, he, his wife, and Dr. Timothy Leary devise a plan to change the world by turning everyone on to THE TRUTH SERUM.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Martin Zitter
  • commie.spies@gmail.com

THE TRUTH SERUM
December - January programme
"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Rebecca Maddalo

Villain Music Video
December - January programme
It is the story of Ale, a writer who tells through her poetry the story of the love of her life, in a journey through time "A story with a beginning and end" starring Patricia Reyes Spindola and Agustina Tisler

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"

► Directed by: Digcy Mejias

And The Crab Turned Out Not To Be Immortal
December - January programme
This was a communication between wine and poetry, sex and spirit, emotion and love. A middle-aged couple trapped in a mediocre life, whose affections were stagnant and unable to communicate. Under the effect of alcohol and poetry, the couple suddenly started a dreamlike journey. In the blurred dreamland, they stirred up the memories of love in youth, inspected the hidden secrets deep in their heart, and became the most secret and valued misplaced lovers of each other.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Chuanfa Wan
  • chfwan@aliyun.com

Wine and Fox
December - January programme
Within the rugged walls of a southern-based ocean rock pool holds treasures in the form of people. This is the story of Liz. An ex Olympic swimmer who not only played an important role in the success of the 1956 Australian relay swimming team but is also a cherished member of the Shelly Beach swimming shed family.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Matthew WF Wells

Liz
December - January programme
This is a story of Angeliki, a young Greek woman, who left London, in order to spend the weeks of confinement at the exact opposite end of the city and specifically in a very small village in the mountains of Greece. Her lifestyle violently changed and the people she met they brought her face to face with the primitive nature of her lifestyle. Primitive as a creation, as a way of living and as an erotic existence.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Kostas Kolimenos
  • kolis1960@yahoo.gr

Return To Normality
December - January programme
“Earl Harold Paul and his best friend Darlene Bainbridge were sexually abused in the Temple tower at church in the early 1800’s. Darlene believed her attackers should be forgiven by God. She gives herself to the writing of Gospel songs that heals her of her memory. Earl uses his cake saw knife to cut the lying tongues of all adulterers, feeding them to his Wraith Wolves. Darlene uses pillars of fire of Heaven to protect the sinner from being executed by her childhood friend, the self-proclaimed “Finger of God”

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Raymond Harrison

Wicked Wretched Wraith Men
December - January programme
SATORI: Japanese Buddhist term for awakening, comprehension, understanding
"I am opening the gates
Releasing the unknown
The moment my breath comes home"
Satori is Ella’s debut dance film, which interprets the healing processes of the body and mind following trauma.
The creation was born from one revelatory and honest moment of self-reflection. Clearly and suddenly, Ella understood that trauma is interconnected in both the mind and body. If either body or mind are in a state of trauma, they cannot function to their full potential.
Satori is an intimate, sensory and energetic work, divided into 6 passages representing states of consciousness. Each passage captures Israel landscapes at various times of the day.
This refreshing creation combines Ella’s unique language of movement with original music and sound. It was designed to provide viewers a deep sensory journey.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Michal Gassner, Ella Semo
  • ellaproject8@gmail.com

SATORI
December - January programme
A young man from Shergaon living in a very remote area of mount Abu in Rajasthan, India. A man from such a place where villagers have to travel 30 km even for medical emergency.

"Best Photography"

► Photographer by: Vaibhav Mohol
  • vaibhavmohol03@gmail.com

Man from Shergaon
December - January programme
Camille finds herself prey to a notorious girl gang who want to recruit her due to a rare blood disorder she has that makes her violent towards men.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Chantelle Tibbs

Blood Run
December - January programme
Silvia, a woman suffering from breast cancer, becomes increasingly nervous as she sits in what appears to be a hospital waiting room. She is frightened by the step she is about to take and the future, but she knows this very hard decision is for the best.
Although, nothing is what it seems. She is not the only person who will be affected by this decision.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Pablo Fuentes Fernández
  • pablo_fuentes_97@hotmail.com

I don't want to cry
December - January programme
Shifting landscapes is a project which emerged from a residency in the small town of Surnedal, Norway. It weaves together poetic impressions of the Surnedal landscape, the activities of the town, and the mysterious elements which emerge between these spheres. The narrative contained in the finished film is one of scattered symbolic language translated into movements in space and proceeding through hypnogogic intervals. At times terrifying, at times sublime, it encourages the viewer to drift through irresistibly. Moving forward with the detachment of a ghost-train among the picture-postcards of places we’ve never inhabited but vaguely recall, blurring action, landscape and body into varied configurations.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Parlour Collective

Shifting Landscapes - Parlour Collective
December - January programme
A young man dances every morning at 8 o`clock in the living room in front of his step-mother – an ex-ballet dancer currently in a wheelchair.

"Best No-Dialogue Film"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Nevena Krassimirova Nikolova, Petya Atanassova
  • nevena.nikolova0274@gmail.com

MORNING
December - January programme
This film encourages people to get up, get moving, and feel alive.

"Best Sport Film"

► Directed by: Lucinda McLaren

Move Fast
December - January programme
TAIAO (POIPOI) brings together Māori, Chinese and Tibetan cultures in a new dance film. A dakini (Tibetan: khandro མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་) is a tantric deity described as a female embodiment of enlightened energy. In the Tibetan language, dakini is rendered Khandroma which means 'she who traverses the sky' or 'she who moves in space'. Sometimes the term is translated poetically as 'sky dancer' or 'sky walker'.
Taiao in te reo Māori translates as Nature or Environment. This edition of the film is framed by an ancient traditional Chinese bowl outline which encapsulating the dance within the lobe design.
The Good Company Arts digital and design team with special guest Xiao Ke performing a traditional Tibetan Dance, is supported by renowned digital artist Zhou Zihan with Daniel Belton and Alistair Fraser.
This project was made possible with in-kind support from Creative New Zealand and Massey University, and was commissioned by the Asia New Zealand Foundation for their IN TOUCH initiative.
The TAIAO dance film is a digital prayer for healing for Papatūānuku. It is a call to Nature, a reminder and a protection blessing to all Life, all Beings, and our Mother Earth.
"You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer" Thich Nhat Hanh

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Daniel Belton

TAIAO (POIPOI)
December - January programme
The Tiger has incited a sense of both awe and admiration throughout history - the prowess, ferocity, beauty and a harmony of opposites comes to mind with this powerful animal totem. Full of life, Tiger embodies spirit, the drive to achieve and make progress. In Asian culture, Tigers are an animal of the Zodiac and are thought to control the wind. They are considered sacred, standing for courage and long life.
Our fast-paced and fluid film showcases dancer Airu Matsuda. Director Daniel Belton's cut to Mark de Clive-Lowe's jubilant music (with Taonga Pūoro from Al Fraser), honours Lunar New Year of the Tiger and makes a bow to the sister peaks Mt Fuji (JPN) and Mt Taranaki (NZ). The renowned design and digital film team features Donnine Harrison, PJ Illustration, Jac Grenfell, Patxi Araujo, Jeong-Hee Shin, and Stuart Foster with Belton. In Ancient Asian philosophy, Yin and Yang is a concept that describes how contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world - they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another, cultivating diversity. The TIGER (Silver Lotus) film is a high energy dance opus to celebrate the great cat in the meadow of our consciousness throughout 2022.

"Best Dance Video"

► Directed by: Daniel Alexander Belton

TIGER (Silver Lotus)
December - January programme
Surrounded by incomprehension, mystery and anger, I seek to enter into a relationship with my autistic brother; from the failure of speech to the humility of listening to reach the greatness of silence — where the borders of reality disappear, where the immensity of his inner being opens to the cosmos. Through wolves, a medium, and a cavern, his inner world is revealed; he invites us, like a relay, to another vision of the world.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Chloé Belloc
  • bellochloe@gmail.com

WOLF WHISPERS
December - January programme
A mother and father confront strange behaviors manifesting in their eleven year old son.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Andrew Huggins

Backyard Blackbird
December - January programme
With help from the devil, a nerdy high school student returns from beyond the grave to exact revenge on those who wronged him. As the body count rises, his humanity begins to diminish.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Dillon Fuhrman

Charlie Horowitz
December - January programme
Eight Colours a Week began life as a work of pure abstraction. It was wilfully non-linear, an idea that was inspired by Peter Greenaway's work in deconstructing films and expanding cinemas' rigid reliance on traditional narratives.
In simple terms, why do we accept abstract paintings but struggle with abstract films? Are we moved by moments or just stories?
As the film developed I recalled my earnest belief as a child that each day of the week was aligned with a colour. I grew up thinking this was normal until I realised as an adult everyone didn’t, which is more akin to a form of synesthesia than an accepted world view.
Eight Colours a Week was an opportunity to present this idea in visual terms where the viewer's connections are subjectively their own.
Over the years the film continued to grow, but it also began to morph into something that could act as a recollection catalyst for an audience, where images could be triggers for their own memories. In the same way our nostalgia is activated by senses like smells or sounds, perhaps this film could also stir memories in individuals.
As the film evolved I utilised every opportunity to travel and search for new images and memory triggers. Over the course of years I traveled around the world, making the most of bargain flights and last minute offers. Everywhere was a potential location for Eight Colours a Week.
This is until Covid-19 changed the world forever.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Aaron Stevenson

Eight Colours a Week
December - January programme
Thaís Vasconcelos is the typical popular, beautiful and intelligent girl who thinks the world is at her disposal. However, after witnessing a tragic event with her classmate, she will learn that every minute is precious and how much it is necessary to change the way she sees the world.
"What your eyes see" is a story about life and death, but at the same time a true teaching on the power of empathy.

"Best Mobile Film"

► Directed by: Maike Cavalcante
  • maikecavalcante1@gmail.com

What your eyes see
December - January programme
One morning, a girl is accidentally but sexually aroused by an adorable panda tv program...

"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Zijie Zhou
  • zijiezho@usc.edu

PANDA PANDA
December - January programme
Azmur, a young shamanic warrior, on a journey of self-discovery; torn by the visions of the past, is compelled to face a formidable enemy; to free it from the clutches of a cursed existence, resulting in the uncovering of past secrets.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Jeasy Sehgal

Oyun's Quest: Prologue
December - January programme
Tim is longing for love.
He’s a lonely human being who struggles with exclusion every day. Every time Tim feels different than others he transforms into a french bulldog.
Ginger makes Tim feel human. Ginger is an old friend of Tim`s whom he was in love with, unrequited love. Tim collides with Ginger in the street, they talk and become friends again.
After meeting Ginger Tim becomes a dog again. This time he chooses to enjoy being a dog and sees all the possibilities of a dog`s life. It’s good to be a human being but it’s good being a dog sometimes too.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Felix Swahn

Being A Dog
December - January programme
A young gamer has his life fall apart, but then a mysterious app leads him to the Programmer, a man who is waging a war against the DarkWeb, a sinister corporation hellbent on replacing mankind with machines.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Joe Boi

G.I.A.
December - January programme
A hunchback boy sets off by himself to the seaside, where he experiences a reckoning with the burdens and challenges of his life.
- - -
Available in Slovenian language with English or Italian subtitles.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Young Actor"

► Directed by: Janez Lapajne

Dromedary
December - January programme
Jasmin's family are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Things got more difficult when Jasmin's mom diagnosed with cancer. Jasmin's uncle took this chances to buy Jasmin's house with a low price. Jasmin eventually put her unseen art works for sale to help her family. That decision change the future of her family for good.

"Best Covid-19 Film"

► Directed by: Chin Fook On @ Robert
  • rocfodanko@gmail.com

Jasmin's Paintings From The Heart
December - January programme
Virtual Enterprise is a unique artistic collaboration between Royal Ballet star Fernando Montaño and virtuoso songwriter and musician Reuben James. Exploring the artistic potential of Virtual Production, we film a collaboration between two accomplished artists representing two art forms rooted in improvisation.

"Best Dance Video"

► Directed by: Michael McHugh

Virtual Enterprise - Chapter 2
December - January programme
A confidently precocious, home-schooled girl begins to doubt herself and her social skills in the wake of life changing news.

"Best Young Actress"
"Best Young Director"

► Directed by: Nya Chambless
  • mjchambless@comcast.net

Just Believe
December - January programme
Marin is a self-effacing receptionist secretly in love with his colleague Heloise whom he dares not invite out. While on duty, a threatening client assaults him. This encounter leads him into a night that will prove to be saving in order to discover himself and overcome his fundamental fears.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Guillerme Alain, Sensi Lucas
  • contact@alainetlucas.fr

The Wolf
December - January programme
Blaming the Catholic Church for the death of his wife, Henry is determined to make an exposé revealing the Church’s responsibility. Not divulging the true intentions of his documentary, Henry’s quest leads him to Rome where he’s promised access to the Vatican by its highest ranking cardinal, Silvio Contini, the Secretary of State of Vatican City.
After arriving in the Eternal City, Cardinal Contini reneges on his agreement to meet with Henry. Refusing to have his plan compromised, Henry devises a bold scheme to get behind the impregnable walls of the Vatican to confront Contini. However, when the pope suddenly dies a quirk of fate throws Henry into a whirlwind when he is isolated in the inner sanctum of the papal conclave where he covertly records the secret election process, and clandestinely films Contini's unscrupulous method of eliminating papal candidates for his own agenda. Henry’s obsession to avenge the loss of his wife is put in jeopardy when his tapes are stolen, and he discovers that if Contini is elected pope he would alter sacred Church doctrine, thereby destroying the meaning of his wife’s death and all that she believed in.
To prevent this Henry must reclaim his tapes while ultimately deciding whether to smuggle them out of the conclave and use the information they reveal to make his documentary, or exploit them to the voting cardinals in order to stop Contini’s election thereby upholding the dignity of his wife's beliefs.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Paul Cross

A COUNTERFEIT PRIEST
December - January programme
Dan and Larry travel to Stillman Valley, Illinois to investigate the first battle site from the Black Hawk War of 1832. During their investigation, Dan gets numerous confirmations from Captain Adams that three spirits are still stuck on the grounds.

"Best Web-Series"
"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Educational Film"

► Directed by: Larry Eissler III

Expedition Entity: The Black Hawk War Part 1
December - January programme
A war veteran is being interviewed by a reporter in a cafe. His memories, which are transmuted in the present, will affect the surrounding environment.

"Best No-Dialogue Film"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Costume Design"
"Best Makeup"

► Directed by: Nicola Barsottelli
  • barsottellinicola16@gmail.com

Entartete
December - January programme
Carma is about Edmond, a ride share driver who finds himself buried under his wife's medical bills that he can't afford to pay. On the verge of getting his wife's cancer treatment cut off one night while he's driving through the foggy nights of San Francisco, the money is presented to him. However he can only have it if he kills a drug dealer. A life for a life.

"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Sunhee Na

Carma
December - January programme
Hello!
Here is the summary of the film:
'Potra' is a hard-hitting film that highlights the regressive social practices that affect the plight of the girl child in rural India. The story revolves around Geeta - a teenager who excels in studies and extracurricular activities. As soon as Geeta gets her periods, her grandmother nags her father to find a groom for her at the earliest. The story ends on a poignant note that highlights the blatant struggle between education and regressive patriarchal norms that strongly impact the life of a girl child.
'Potra' in marathi means 'Raw Sorghum.' Through a nuanced storyline, the writer/director draws an analogy to highlight how a girl child or raw sorghum can only continue the life cycle once they are ripe and mature not just because puberty has been attained. The folk songs used in the film beautifully underscore the journey of a girl child from fetus to adolescent while amplifying the patriarchal patterns prevalent in the society. In an honest, slice of life manner, the film introduces the viewer to the harsh realities of the rural landscape of India in its short run time.
Thank you!

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Shankar Arjun Dhotre
  • maymanmadh@gmail.com

Potra
December - January programme
Can I still be me after this torturing struggle?

"Best Dance Video"

► Directed by: Yijing Lin
  • yixiaojing1020@gmail.com

Reply to Me
December - January programme
Novalis's unfinished novel Heinrich Vonnegut Von Ofterdingen expresses the longing for a meaning in life, which arises from the experience of mysterious meaning and is capable of overcoming death. The longing is seen as blue because it is associated with remoteness, just like loyalty. The color of blue is mysterious, romantic, and it is presented by the illusionary and lost Neptune, as depicted in Plato's ideal state that symbolizes the unattainable ideal.

"Best Dance Video"

► Directed by: Guan fang

Blue Delusion
December - January programme
Anna a professional photographer who was promoted to a great career, had been selected to participate in a famous photograph festival.
But her dreams were suddenly broken by an eye disease called glaucoma
Turning her brightness world into darkness.
Blind and desparate, to get through this awful situation, she was helped by Bruno her loving, devoted, husband and an association called "eyes of imagination" giving her hope and confidence to live her first passion once again.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Stéphane Parientitho

imaginary's Eyes
December - January programme
We witness a woman who has lost her self-confidence, she's forgotten the meaning of self-love. However, she goes through the process of acceptance and remembers how to love herself again.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Felipe Luna

A Manual For Finding Beauty
December - January programme
"Pvt. Ravel's Bolero", is a "filmic poem" and historical documentary based upon the poem of the same name by author and filmmaker, JZ Murdock.
It is about the one-time "world's greatest composer", Maurice Ravel's time in WWI as a truck driver. The poem is a musician/soldier's fantasy about creating his "Bolero" while in the trenches, and the effect it could have had upon all involved...the living, and the dead.
From LgN Productions, completed January 2022.
This is a historical documentary and filmic poem wrapped in WWI & the music of Maurice Ravel. It is essentially, an antiwar film.
When WWI began, Maurice Ravel had a desire to serve, but also to experience adventure. And so he signed up. "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero", is also about Ravel's most famous musical piece, "Bolero", and how it could have come to be during, "The Great War". Which was how that war was referred to. Until one day people found a need to number Earth's World Wars.
This film is also an "experience", presenting how war affects people. Just as war is often too fast to "read", or to assimilate at times, the viewer will find the experience moving too quickly, serving up too much, too fast. Or they may find what they see & hear is not beautiful, not perfect, as they are used to in documentaries. But not necessarily because they are too graphic to behold. There are scenes shown in this film that have likely never seen a public audience before this. Because they are not perfect, or pristine.
For such is War.
A companion Outtakes reel (as noted at top of the end credits at film's end) are available here:
https://filmfreeway.com/projects/2376181
Combined film with Outtakes reel are available here:
https://filmfreeway.com/projects/2377129

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: J Z Murdock

Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
December - January programme
Food, USA is a fun Satire let loose on the world of cooking shows.
BOBBY HABENERO, a middle aged Asian Celebrity Chef, stars in his own cooking show called, USA FOOD. Traveling from state to state to find the best food served in the USA, the show seems to run smoothly. But when filming stops, the shenanigans begin.
Bobby and his crew are Hollywood crazy.
From pre-Madonna behavior to difficult restaurateurs, it’s a miracle the show gets done at all. Bobby's Producer, FORTUNE MARTINEZ, tries to keep the show on the air while trying to keep her blood pressure down. And the Director of the show, STEVEN BRUCE, scrambles week in and week out to wrangle Bobby’s talent. Even through the fights and arguments of the day to day rigor seem unmanageable, the crew of FOOD USA ban together to keep their show airing.
Food, USA is a fun show about a group of clowns exploring the eccentricities of the Celebrity Food world

"Best Television Script"

► Written by: Jesse Mattson, Sam Mattson

Food, USA
December - January programme
A girl spends her days alone in her house. Bored and soaked in monotony, the days go by with nothing to highlight, until one day she feels a strange presence inside the house.

"Best Thriller"
"Best Horror"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Pedro Morata

Blue
December - January programme
When the couple life begin to feel boring, two common couples find a different solution to solve their problems. But the problems seems to get worse.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Narcis Constantinescu
  • timisoarafilmsociety@gmail.com

Whispery
December - January programme
Based on the book "Ocean Terminal" by Piergiorgio Welby.
“When a terminally ill patient decides to give up his affections, his memories, his friendships, his life and asks to put an end to his cruelly 'biological' survival, I believe that his will must be respected and embraced with the pietas that constitutes the strength and coherence of secular thought."

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
"Best Actor"
"Best Composer"

► Directed by: Giovanni Coda
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Histoire d'Une Larme
December - January programme
A major secret is unveiled amongst friends during a Friday Night out in Atlanta.

"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Joe Jennings Jr.

#ISFJ
December - January programme
When celebrating a friend's birthday in a hot tub, women dream of knocking off the obnoxious friend who eventually gets a taste of Karma.

"Best Dark Comedy"

► Directed by: Carlos Hernan Burgos, Cindy Myskiw

Instant Karma
December - January programme
Tom will do anything to keep the love of his wife alive. Even kill for her. Then, they will dance again.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Kevin Short

Tom and his Zombie Wife
December - January programme
"Best Sci-Fir"

► Directed by: Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Imitating Stanley Kubrick
December - January programme
Julia is from Glasgow. She dreams of doing something different. She decides to take action and not give her family time to talk her out of it. She moves to France to build a life there. A life that would be very different to her staid stable life in Scotland. In addition she wants to challenge herself and face her fears.

"Best Supporting Actor"

► Directed by: Mike Colquhoun
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Julia
December - January programme
"Best Photography"

► Directed by: Guy Mayfield
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The Butterfly Keeper
December - January programme
MR. BOX & BOOGY Review Film, TV and Music along with their intuitive commentary, unique rating system and skits!

"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Al Diaz and Javi Diaz

Mr. Box & Boogy's Star Wars Saga Review
December - January programme
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