OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2021 PROGRAMME
Works with  big potential
Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world. cheerful, noisy, beautiful city. Especially in the evening.




"Best 360 Film"







► Directed by: Kostiantyn Mishchenko
•  mkostya1965@gmail.com

360 ° Walking Las Vegas
October-November 2021 Programme
Hunchback Andrey Kazimirovich quietly lives in the communal flat until Veronika appears. Struggling to avoid young neigbour's sympathy Andrey discovers something even more mysterious than his own origin.



"Best Short Film"



►Directed by: Pavel Palshin
•  kinda.knowing@gmail.com

Pkhents
October-November 2021 Programme
This award winning story follows the life of a young pilot who flew in Alaska’s frontier arctic. Experience the front-seat thrills of bush planes and helicopters operating in the most dangerous conditions on earth, airborne among the magnificent mountains, glaciers and rivers that only Alaska has to offer. Includes true-life experiences of accidents, comradeship, humor and heartbreak of life in early Alaska, gone forever when dismantled into parks in the 1980’s. Based on the book Last of the Long Hunters by Mark Rose, the scene opens with an early history of the Great Land and those that lived in it through interviews with several life-long Alaskans, including Hilda Lidner, Ray Atkins and Gale Ranney to name a few. Leading up to the introduction of the authors use of a new tool of transport – the single engine airplane, but not without extracting a terrible price. Experience what it was like to growing up among the dangerous game, hunting the massive caribou herds and absorbing the greatness of the county. Pilots will gain from the flying experiences related, and every boy, man and aviator will be compelled to grapple with its final truth, concluding with a crisis encounter that forever changed the pilot's life forever. Filmed on Location in Alaska. Premiered Spring 2020. www.alaskalonghunters.com

"Best Feature Documentary"

►Directed by: Mark Rose
• info@genesisalive.com
•  Official Website

Alaska Long Hunters
October-November 2021 Programme
YOUNG MODEST DESIGNER ALEXEY, CAME TO A DINNER PARTY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND'S PARENTS AND THEN THE REAL INTERROGATION BEGAN. DURING THE CONVERSATION, ALEXEY, IN ORDER NOT TO FINALLY FALL INTO THE MUD FACE, LIES THAT HE IS SUPPOSEDLY THE SECRET SON OF KIRKOROV.
AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE, BUT THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY ASKS TO PROVE IT.AND NOW, IN ORDER TO BE WITH HIS BELOVED, AND NOT TO GO TO THE ARMY, ALEXEY MUST FIND KIRKOROV.


"Best Short Film"
"Best Director Debut"


►Directed by: Sergey Shteps
 •  instashteps@mail.ru
 •  Official Instagram

Filipp, I'm your son.
October-November 2021 Programme
Two little mice build a cardboard rocketship to go to the moon. Why you ask? Well for the cheese of course! However, they are captured by Moon Men and must work together to escape. It's a light hearted and fun filled animated adventure!




"Best Animation"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Poster"





►Directed by: Jack Getschman

A Journey to the Moon
October-November 2021 Programme
A nun, four orphans and a glitchy robot on a quest for beauty. . . what could possibly go wrong?
Princess, Fabio, Pigtails and Curly, from St. Mary's Home for unfortunate Children, are on a field-trip to the botanical garden to celebrate
Princess' birthday. On the way they meet a curious grounds keeper and the fireworks begin. . . quite literally.

"Best Student Film"
"Best Original Soundtrack"
"Best Closing Credits"

►Directed by: Stephan Leeper
•  steve@jsleeper.com
•  Official Website

Fire Flower
October-November 2021 Programme
In a video message, a social media acolyte invites other women to have sex with her boyfriend, but only if they film their review after.
A game of power dynamics intertwines the lives of several amused participants, then the videos leak and those lives are forever changed.




"Best Feature Screenplay"



►Written by: Writer Biography
•  gio_zar@yahoo.com
•  Official Website

Review
October-November 2021 Programme
Twenty-five years after the death of her five-year-old twin brother, Sarah Prescott struggles with day-to-day life. To make matters worse, her cold and resentful mother blames Sarah for her brother's death, despite years of effort from Sarah’s father to repair the family’s fractured relationship. Aside from her well-intentioned father, the one person who gives Sarah the love, support, and comfort she needs is Dominic, a childhood friend who has always been there for her since her brother’s passing. Only after the sudden death of her beloved father, when Sarah needs Dominic the most, he is nowhere to be found. Now alone, Sarah has no choice but to confront the consequences of her childhood trauma and accept certain realities that may be hard to swallow.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

►Written by: Vanessa Chamberlain
 •  vanessa@vanessachamberlain.com

She Wasn't There
October-November 2021 Programme
A freelance journalist has been kidnapped and thrown in the boot of a car. Only the flare of his lighter can illuminate his claustrophobic prison in this speeding car. He searches desperately for any way he can escape. With time running out and hope almost lost, he will indeed be making an example, but maybe he can get one last message of hope out before the end and a final act of defiance.



"Best Thriller"



►Directed by: Alan Hamwan
 •  alan.film@hotmail.com
 •  Official Instagram

A martyr of the pen
October-November 2021 Programme
João Mendes, a Cape Verdean black guy, is the rebellious son of a fishing family. His father (Gabriel) wants him to take care of the family business, but João dreams to become a great fencer. He falls in love with a creole girl (Cesária) and will have to contend with a cruel man (Tyago), obsessed with her. João creates his masked alter ego by risking his life every night, fighting to defend the freedom and human rights of people in danger. One night Gabriel is murdered. João, destroyed by grief, is determined to find his father's killer who, before dying, gives him a scarf that hides an incredible secret.

"Best Feature Screenplay"
"Best Poster"


►Written by: Giuseppe De Vuono
• giusdevuono@gmail.com

A SHOT FOR FREEDOM
October-November 2021 Programme
In war-torn Normandy, a chaplain’s obsession brings him face to face with the enemy.
1944. Crows scatter within a war-torn Normandy village as armour rumbles in. All halting, weary British troops dismount.
A Jeep squeals to a halt. Checking his notebook, the Padre scans wearily around. Dismounting, he administers to his war-ravaged flock.
Distant battle rages as black smoke plumes on the horizon. As tanks race away to engage the enemy, the Padre follows in his Jeep.
Carnage awaits him as he feeds his obsession, to bury the fallen himself, so as their burnt and mutilated bodies are never seen by the rest of his flock.
As he performs his grim task, bullets ping around him. Raising submissive hands, he falls captive to the dreaded SS Panzergrenadiers.
Trapped as battle rages around him, the Padre does the only thing left for him to do. Make the tea. As fighting lulls, and tea is served, he bonds with the Grenadiers over German chocolate.
The order to retreat arrives. As the Grenadiers pull back, the Padre asks for one last thing. Their help in burying his dead flock. As they do, allied air-attacks roar in.
As the Grenadiers die in a hail of bombs, the Padre is forced to comfort his dying enemy in their last, desperate moments.
Broken and shell-shocked, the Padre staggers away. As British troops arrive, his flock come around to administer the loving care to him, that he has so selflessly shown to them.

"Best Short Screenplay"

►Written by: Ian Davies
 • ijdavies95@hotmail.com

PADRE
October-November 2021 Programme
Art house short film thriller




"Best Thriller"





►Directed by: Mayk Azzato
 •  ma@azzato.com
 •  Official Website

My name is Josy
October-November 2021 Programme
A geek asks his friend to test an augmented reality game for him. The latter finds himself embarked on a very surprising game.




"Best Sci-Fi"




►Directed by: Spinassou Cédrick
 •  s_cedrick@hotmail.com
 • Official Website

The eye of TERRA
October-November 2021 Programme
Bound by Blood is an action-thriller TV Pilot with strong mythological elements in which a Colonial woman unjustly burned as a witch struggles to reclaim her soul from the Sumerian demon who saved her from the flames and used her as his Ageless assassin for over 300 years. Adapted from an award-winning book series by the same author.

"Best Television Script"

►Written by: Dakota Banks
 •  dakota@dakota-banks.com
 •  Official Website

Mortal Path Series: Bound By Blood TV Pilot
October-November 2021 Programme
Rémy Cassigneul was 19, Marguerite Cassigneul 17
when, on June 6, 1944, the Allied forces landed in Normandy. They expected to see Americans, their ears theirs soon made it clear that they were Canadians. Of young men barely older than them who, after 4 years of occupation, freed them from occupation German in the Juno Beach area. A bunch of sand of ten kilometers stretching from Courseulles in Saint-Aubin-sur-mer.
75 later, Marguerite and Rémy are part of this family increasingly reduced witnesses to the D-Day landings, those whose eyes say "I was there".  For them, this famous D-Day is not a simple page from a history book, a chapter from a documentary. This is an essential part of their life that they have agreed to share with us, in this documentary, on the occasion commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Landing.
With them we go to the very place where
landed the Canadians on June 6, 1944, in the
Bény-sur-mer Canadian military cemetery / Reviers
where more than 2,000 soldiers rest, at the very place where the Canadians freed them. We also meet young people from the north coast of New Brunswick, Canada, many of whom have relatives who fought in Normandy, collectors of military vehicles….
But, above all, we give the words to those who can still speak in first person, to those for whom this land liberated by the Canadians is forever a land emotions. With an additional dimension: December 4, 2019, Rémy Cassigneul passed away at the age of 95. In his eyes, there was the gaze of these soldiers until the end Canadians who marked his life forever.

"Best War Film"

►Directed by: Arnaud Blin
 •  arnaud.blin1@orange.fr

In their eyes
October-November 2021 Programme
M. broke free from the fear of domestic violence but clashed against a deeply “machista” society and a judicial system that fails to protect the victims. Yet M. managed to find the strength to move on, maybe not only for herself, but for something greater. Her’s could be the story of any victim.



"Best Feature Screenplay"
"Best Experimental Film"



►Directed by: Andreia Albernaz
 •  grao.de.po@gmail.com

I am not beating you up - B side
October-November 2021 Programme
A young man is pushed into working for a delivery service by his father and finds himself connecting with a hero from his youth in a supernatural way.





"Best Short Screenplay"





►Written by: Bradley M. Look
 •  lookstang@mac.com

A Package of Dreams
October-November 2021 Programme
The story of two boys who strike a friendship that's out of this world.



"Best Television Script"




►Written by: Bradley Michael Look
 •  lookstang@mac.com

FRANK N' BEANZ
October-November 2021 Programme
Falling in love while saving the world is complicated





"Best Feature Screenplay"





►Written by: Stan Slater
 •  stanleyslater@att.net

Eva and the life machine
October-November 2021 Programme
Simon is an eight-year-old boy who seems to have everything from life. He’s a handsome child, he’s rich yet unhappy. He senses that there’s something wrong with his life and this leads him to wander off thanks to his fervid imagination. His greatest wish is to leave the materialistic world behind since he isn’t fond of it. That’s why the only present he wants for Christmas is for Santa Claus to take him away to live in his fairyland toy factory. At the same time, a secret that his family has been keeping for a long time suddenly comes to the surface and it is feared that the worst might happen soon. The expectation for the stroke of midnight on the night before Christmas is transformed into reality for everyone on the eve of something truly different. Something terrible that might happen.

"Best Short Film",
"Best Horror",
"Best Producer",
"Best Composer",
"Best Scenography",
"Best Young Actor",
"Best Costume Design",
"Best Makeup",
"Best VFX",
"Best Poster",
"Best Oppening Credits"!

►Directed by: Luca Machnich
• the.eve.the.short@gmail.com
• Official Website

The Eve
October-November 2021 Programme
This is a movie about the Donbas war, first-person stories. You will hear the stories of so-called "ordinary people". These people suffered from irrational from a military point of view strikes on civilian targets. They are victims of someone's desire to wage war on their territory at all costs.
There are no author's comments in this movie and no censoring of the thoughts of the local people. This film was made especially for spectators in Europe, who do not know what is happening in Eastern Ukraine.
The purpose of the film is to arouse interest in the ongoing six-year armed conflict and to make people to start to think about the responsibility of each of us for peace in Europe.

"Best War Film"
"Best Feature Documentary"

►Directed by: Lubomir Dankov
 • pr@bars-hr.net
 • Official Facebook

The Donbass children
October-November 2021 Programme
Manu Dibango is eighty years old.
Smiling like a kid, he blows out his birthday cake candles, followed by applause. An hour and half later, he is eighty-five years old. Between these two milestone birthdays, the film directors followed in the day to day footsteps of this smiling, debonair giant; for whom the expression, "quiet strength" seems to have been coined. Composer, musician, journalist, an ambassador of the Francophone world, honoured and distinguished around the world; Manu Dibango has remained himself wherever he may find himself. To the greats of this world, he speaks without flattery, and addresses the lowly with respect, without any condescension. During these five years, from Paris to Douala, from Kinshasa to Rio, from New York to Saint Calais, a small village in La Sarthe where he spent part of his childhood, a curious, open, joyful, honest and caring Manu Dibango crossed fellow brethren.
"A dream bigger than him"
He sometimes evokes the past, but with no place for regret or nostalgia. Manu Dibango is a man of the present, a man in motion, who has a dream greater than himself: to be a bridge between cultures, between generations, between continents. His multiple roots tell the story of his vision of the world, that of mixing, of horizons that cross and enrich each other, of cultures that marry to give birth to a more generous, more human world. He can be both warm and modest. To testify, there are those who love him and surround him, those who have met him and who will never forget him. From Yannick Noah - who calls him Uncle Manu - to Charlélie Couture and Ray Léma, their testimonies reveal the multiple facets of this art lover with a great A. The art he says is all that remains after man: "After all, who remembers who was a minister in Beethoven's time? No one. What's left is Beethoven's work! »

"Behind every note is Africa"

Manu Dibango is a man in a hurry who knows how to take his time. The film is in his image, giving way to long musical tracks, rehearsals, concerts, improvisations, moments of sharing with fellow artists in music, moments of grace where the unique voice of his swinging saxophone flies, swings, sways, exults or murmurs like a confidence.
His love of mixing is also expressed in his practice: this adventurer of music continues to clear unexplored spaces. He is now working to combine his music with that of a symphony orchestra, helping to bring together two worlds that have always been ignored.
Again and again, this unceasing quest for sharing, for sharing the world's cultural treasures, because once and for all, "we must stop being alone together"...

"Best Feature Documentary"

►Directed by:  Patrick Puzenat, Thierry Dechilly
 • patrick@cinq2trois.com
 • 
Official Instagram

Tonton Manu
October-November 2021 Programme
After the multiple award winning songs (and music videos) „Live your life today“, „Send me a little light“ and „When I see you“ multi Awarded composer/musicproducer Conny Conrad offers his next song/video about love, peace and humanity - „My CarGuitar“.
Featured vocals again by Gerd Kannemann.

"Best Composer"
"Best Music Video"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

►Directed by: Conny Conrad
 • conny_conrad@web.de
 • Official Website

My CarGuitar
October-November 2021 Programme
Mary Sweeny, a wife, and mother, turned vandal and cocaine addict is running amok through Wisconsin at the end of the 19th century. Frank Cooper, a local reporter, decides to capture Mary's story before she is committed to an asylum.




"Best Short Screenplay"





►Writen by: Casey Mensing
 •  casey.mensing@gmail.com

A Rather Lovely Thing
October-November 2021 Programme
Anacronte and the Sorcerers of Evil, without any emotion and fulfilling their destiny, they put to test humanity's happiness in a struggle that, in short, has each of us as winners and losers.




"Best Animation"
"Best Director"


►Director by: Raúl Koler, Emiliano Sette
 • mrbug.productions@gmail.com
 • Official Website

Anacronte
October-November 2021 Programme
By chance and fortuitously, two prisoners from the prison of the state of Yuma, Ted Logan (Micky Molina) and Ricardo Montero (José Varela) meet with freedom, in the future, a desert and an adventure that runs, Indians and an implacable Marshall. John Donovan (Pedro Lopez) Ted and Ricardo's cellmate who had previously been released for eight long years behind bars, embarks along with his brother Frank (Alex Navarro) in the search for those who betrayed him.



"Best Short Film"


► Directed by:  Manuel Olaya
 •  manolaya222@hotmail.com
 •  Official Facebook

Arizona 1878
October-November 2021 Programme
A significant day in the life of Kyra, a New Yorker who is happy to have her job, her close friends, her boyfriend, and her own place. Yet one look reveals her job is stressful, her friends are toxic, her relationship isn't great, and her beautiful home haunts her



"Best Short Film"



► Directed by: Frank Juarez
 •  silvacaw@gmail.com
 •  Official Website

The Time of Your Life
October-November 2021 Programme
On the phone with a rich man whose son he has kidnapped, with whom he hasn't had contact for fifteen years, the kidnapper gives him the chance to save his son's life and rebuild their relationship.



"Best Short Film"



► Directed by: Riccardo Romano
 •  riccardoromano21@gmail.com

Valvonauta
October-November 2021 Programme
A grieving woman comes to terms with the recent death of an old lover, by reminiscing over the good and bad times they shared.




"Best Original Soundtrack"
"Best Drama"



► Directed by: Cameron Gallagher
• peteyb1983@yahoo.com
• Official Instagram

Remember the Times
October-November 2021 Programme
Growing Up Guide Pup is a unscripted web series about two service dog maniacs named Amie and Matt. They started the first service dog organization in the world with a mission focused on education. Tax #ID 47-2288228. They produce films that promote community giving, edutainment, and lots of puppies. I mean who doesn't like puppies? A unique social agenda will help drive more people to want to raise puppies, get people interested in service dog etiquette and law, and bring the level of awareness about service dogs to a higher level of consciousness.

"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Matthew Thomas Chapman
 •  growingupguidepup@gmail.com
 •  Official Website

Growing Up Guide Pup
October-November 2021 Programme
Endless distractions threaten to destroy creativity.



"Best Animation"
"Best Director"
"Best Original Score"


► Directed by: Nicolas P. Villarreal
 • alesquitti@gmail.com
 •  Official Website

On / Off
October-November 2021 Programme
A typical high school day-in-the-life is filled with drama... flying bullets makes it fatally worse.




"Best Short Screenplay"



► Writen by: Leroy J Barrett III

Dying To Learn
October-November 2021 Programme
Dark comedy meets rom-com about a woman who, while spending the evening alone, decides to bake up a date for Valentine's Day.



"Best Short Film"



► Directed by: Jillian Vitko

HoneyDough
October-November 2021 Programme
During a heist gone wrong, a street thief is sentenced to community service at a zoo, but when the zoo's most-prized endangered monkey suddenly goes missing, he must use his criminal skills to unravel a much deeper crime to clear his name and keep the zoo from closing.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


► Written by: Turi Haim

Zoo Crew and the Missing Monkey
October-November 2021 Programme
Border-Ball chronicles Joel Tauber’s 40-day pilgrimage along the U.S. - Mexico border. He walks, repeatedly, from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, along the Border Wall, to the Otay Mesa Detention Center—and back. People share their thoughts and stories, and Tauber wonders how we can be so cruel to so many immigrants and refugees. They play catch. They hug. Sometimes they even laugh, despite it all. And Tauber continues walking, praying that things will change.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Joel Tauber

Border-Ball
October-November 2021 Programme
MAMBO MAN is the story of a Cuban farmer and music promoter who gambles everything on a deal that appears too good to be true!
With music by the Buena Vista Stars
Based on a true story and filmed in the exotic countryside outside Havana, this remarkable and engaging film will move both your spirit and your feet with its unforgettable passion and intoxicating music. The soundtrack and live performances in the film include some of the legendary Cuban artists who appeared in the box office smash, Buena Vista Social Club.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

► Directed by: Mo Fini, Edesio Alejandro

Mambo Man
October-November 2021 Programme
« GARDEN PARTY is part of DFC dance for camera project, started in 1998 by french choreographer and film maker Didier Mulleras. The idea for this film was born during a visit to the botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro. There was a woman, alone, sitting on a bench, who kept getting up, going around the bench as if she was looking for something, and then sitting down again. She did this without interruption, in cyclical iterations, sometimes punctuated by long pauses, during which she turned her head, right and left, seeming to talk to people sitting next to her. But there was no one there. Her movements, a mixture of nervous gestures followed by almost perfect stasis, were reminiscent of the very particular gestures of the actress Gena Rowlands in the film "A Woman Under the Influence" by John Cassavetes. This inspired the choreography and movement direction of the dancers in this film. Parks and gardens are the immobile witnesses of our lives, of our desires, of our thoughts. Flowers look at us, listen to us, accompany us, like calm and discreet spectators of our inner adventures. »

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Didier Mulleras

GARDEN PARTY
October-November 2021 Programme
After her pregnancy, Carmen starts to have nightmares and behaviors which are damaging the relationship with her husband Chava. Frustrated, she allows her reality to get distorted by putting all her desires and attention on her daughter Amara.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Drama"
"Best Director"
"Best Producer"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Actress"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Oppening Credits"

►Directed by: Carlos Vázquez

Amara
October-November 2021 Programme
My smell remembers this sweet and strange perfume that emanated from the street, it was the taste of freedom ... my freedom, my flight in the life of the great, finally, that I became great and strong, now I'm able to go alone without the help and presence of my father with me, the one that meant so much in my life, since these early rounds of bicycle wheels up today ! ... The darkness comes back to me, sounds fade slowly disappear, then the dark ... I'm cold, I'm afraid, I can not move, I'm stuck, no ... prisoner ! I must call, scream, yell my name ... my freedom .... ! Who am I ? Where am I ? I'm tired, I want to sleep ... I sleep ... I sleep ...

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Michaël Rué
  • m_rue@bluewin.ch

MA TERRE (MY GROUND)
October-November 2021 Programme
A millennial couple struggle to repair their relationship damaged by a recurring dream of a mysterious woman whilst preparing for an important evening. Is the dream woman real and will the couple reconcile with one another?

"Best Student Film"
"Best Composer"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Martin Lloyd
  • martinlloydpte@gmail.com

Housewarming
October-November 2021 Programme
A story by Glenna Burmer based on the Japanese saying Nanakorobi-Ya Oki, or fall seven times, but get back up the eighth. A little girl faces seven challenges to save an orphan who is lost in the snowy woods of Hokkaido.

"Best Animation"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter

Nanakorobi (Seven Falls)
October-November 2021 Programme
The Entity is a short horror, suspense, thriller about two men. One looking for answers, the other terrified of what the future brings. They meet on a secluded forest road. Little do they know, the thing they fear... Is much closer than they realize.

"Best Thriller"
"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Michael James Minard

The Entity
October-November 2021 Programme
The changes brought by time in human relations. The dissonances in such changes..And journey of a man that transcends place and time, seeking a solution for those dissonances...

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Joby Varghese
  • jobykv20@gmail.com

VUJA DE
October-November 2021 Programme
The world-renowned Adam Birkenholz AG invites the young project developer Thomas Renner to an interview. The meeting in a noble property is developing promisingly. Renner imagines the goal of his dreams. But nothing is as it seems to be. And the hope of a little glamor and glory will become Renner's nightmare ...

"Best Dark Comedy"
"Best Horror"
"Best Opening Credits"

► Directed by Thorsten Schade

The Invitation
October-November 2021 Programme
From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sami Khan (ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN) and Michael Gassert comes a gripping documentary about the shadowy nexus between the migrant trail and pro sports.
Three Cuban Baseball players leave their families and risk exile to train in Central America and chase their dream of making it to the Major Leagues.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Sami Khan, Michael Gassert

The Last Out
October-November 2021 Programme
How are relationships changing during lockdown? Is time, still and truly, the only thing missing to understand each other?
So easily as a makeup mask following down her eyes, a woman tells her true shocking story, unfortunately similar to many others in 2020, when women who were locked in their houses, paid the highest price.
Could maybe something new happen to a woman to lastly let her "victim mask" fall down?


"Best Experimental Film"


► Directed by: Brace Beltempo e Barbara Sirotti
  • barbara.sirotti@gmail.com

ARIA (air)
October-November 2021 Programme
Stories of the indigenous people of Artsakh, after the recent 44 day war with Azerbaijan and suffering a devastating loss of lives and land. The desire to live is really a right to live on their lands and be protected by the threat of war, genocide and crimes against their humanity.

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Producer"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Mariam Avetisyan

The Desire To Live
October-November 2021 Programme
The film Broke and Bloody is a country music video.



"Best Music Video"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Original Soundtrack"


►Directed by: Lanessa Miller
  • walkingstick2020@gmail.com

Broke and Bloody
October-November 2021 Programme
John Turns 94 this year and has no heirs; he never married and has no children. What will happen to his legacy, and land that he gave his life for.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Original Score"

►Directed by: Cynthia Matty-Huber

For Love of the Land
October-November 2021 Programme
LOGLINE: An ambitious Asian adopted mother attempts to balance her rising pre-pregnancy theatre career and raising a toddler. However, she continuously compares his youth to hers, which invites eager ghosts that torment her.
Riss Goodwin is mother, wife, and a reinvented actress who resumes her dreams to get to Hollywood and become a famous actress. She is therefore excited to audition for Medea the Musical in Chinatown, an avant garde iteration with music. However with in-laws coming in five hours with a two hour audition process, counting traffic, she is severely pressed for time.
As she jumps into her work she hears “the wheels on the bus go round and round” and her world alters and she grows younger and younger. In this undesired memory, Riss becomes the child version of herself, Rachel. Rachel and her brother Sang Duk were paid off to be owned by an orphanage. The children screamed for their father and the musicality of the screams push Riss back to reality she is surreal. Her eyes land on on the “wheels on the bus.” Riss fiercely turns the program off. She knows she must stay on task.
She looks around the house and grows sick by the mess a toddler can create. But with love for both her husband and son, she does her best to tidy up. Once she enters into Hosu’s (meaning lake in Korean) playroom, she grows envious by the abundance of his toys, books, and play items. She locates a book given to her at her baby shower, titled: BiBimBop - a Korean rice dish and takes a moment to read. She wants to wean away her ghosts.
However as she moves through the pages, she is jerked inside another memory. This time a ghastly series of events leave her naked with black and blue eyes. She is crying and in severe pain. Riss remembers this moment vividly. A friendly outcast brings Rachel clothes and carries her out.
We see Rachel shortly afterwards, staring in a mirror looking at herself in a ripped, tattered and stained yellow dress. She utters yellow dress, growing happier with each utterance. She smiles. Rachel sees herself for the very first time.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Kristen Johnson

Yellow Dress: a short film
October-November 2021 Programme
"People don't realize that murderers do not come out in the dark with long teeth and saliva dripping off their chin. People don't realize that there are killers among them. People they liked, loved, lived with, work with and admired could the next day turn out to be the most demonic people imaginable."


"Best Thriller"


► Directed by: Stanislav Shelestov

Yes, Darling!
October-November 2021 Programme
After a night of partying with a certian someone, Ella wakes up in a random luxury home which turns out to belong to the infamous Italian mafia boss, Tony Patranelli. Things take a twisted turn when she finds herself in a morbid situation, leading her to meet some of the “goodfellas” along the way. Is she in danger? Is this all part of “the plan”? Or is this just a … prickly situation?
“Cactus” is a dark comedy that tests your judgments about who somebody is and how actions can sometimes show maybe not your stereotypical view of ones character. Things can turn out funny when you assume the worst.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Dark Comedy"

► Directed by: Katie Trubetsky

CACTUS
October-November 2021 Programme
One elderly women pianist play again after 40 years



"Best Feature Screenplay"



► Written by: George Bakolas
  • gbakollas@yahoo.com

DENSE TIMES L
October-November 2021 Programme
Two MICHELIN-awarded chefs from Washington D.C. recount the bitter struggle to keep their restaurants alive during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as social and political unrest in the nation's capitol.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: James Bell
  • jbell@ttrsir.com

A Moment In Time
October-November 2021 Programme
After witnessing the systematically destructive behavior of the humankind Ghaar, an ancient entity from a different dimension decides to put an end to it in a desperate attempt to save what's left of this planet. and the different dimensions.

"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Leonidas Stanescu
  • leonidasmifwic@gmail.com

Dawn of Spectral Darkness, Ghaar
October-November 2021 Programme
In the middle of the 10 day war for Slovenian independence (1991), two soldiers day-dream about the future of their newborn country.
Ratko and Tugo are volunteers in the middle of a war, keeping post on a barricade... but not much is happening.
They decide to throw a small party for Ratko's 30th birthday. This causes them to speculate and dream about where their new country will be 30 years in the future.
As they literally let their guard down, they are up for a surprise.
A tale about friendship, brotherhood, an end of an era and the beginning of a new one, full of possibilities.

"Best War Film"
"Best Short Film"
"Best Director"
"Best Actor"
"Best Scenography"

► Directed by: Luka Štigl
  • luka.stigl@gmail.com

'91
October-November 2021 Programme
Rüya disappeared a year ago without a trace. She came from Turkey to study in the UK and was staying in a flat belonging to her Uncle. Her mother, Sevgi, arrives to find her daughter and as a last resort decides to appear on a TV show.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Akın Güngör

TUNNEL
October-November 2021 Programme
Hugo has been stuck at home for 4 years because his fiancee went missing during a repatriation process due to COVID-19 in 2020. Being both asocial and hypochondriac, he cut off all physical contact with the outside world, having his psychologist as his only interlocutor. Hugo finds himself stuck in a micro world of fear and anxiety, no longer knowing how to keep going forward.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Drama"
"Best Young Director"

► Directed by: Nicolas Seguel Eduardo

Hikikomori
October-November 2021 Programme
The Olympic Games transcend borders and bring together individuals from all over the world who can excel in one of the many sports disciplines as well as observe and perhaps meet some of the greatest and most famous athletes in history. Here then appears the importance of this world event that undoubtedly mobilizes millions of people around the planet.

"Best Sport Film"

► Directed by: Christian Hernández Sánchez
  • pitykis84@gmail.com

History of the Olympic Games
October-November 2021 Programme
This is the true story of an Iraqi male college student and a female rape victim from Syria, who come across each other in Istanbul. While the Iraqi guy is trying to get away from Istanbul as soon as possible in order to continue his education in Italy and meet his lover over there, the only thing that the woman wants is stay alive and feel secure.

"Best Actress"
"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Mehmet Tığlı

Refuge
October-November 2021 Programme
This short film speaks about the value of FEW STEPS to some who can't.


"Best Short Film"


►Directed by: Andrian Gurghis

Few Steps
October-November 2021 Programme
A TV pilot episode of an eight part limited series based on the short story "Herbert West - Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft.
Logline: Two medical students become obsessed with the idea of re-animating dead bodies, unaware of the horrors they might unleash in doing so.


"Best Television Script"


► Written by: Paul Grammatico
  • gramm66@hotmail.com 

Herbert West - Reanimator: "Miskatonic"
October-November 2021 Programme
After losing his favorite job of teaching and being convicted for a crime that he did not commit, Aydin Khanizadeh faces death while trying to save a desperate young woman's life. 
Aydin is a talanted painter and teacher at the school who cares for his pupils so much that he tries to teach them all they need in real life after they leave school. However, the devoutly religious school director calls him for an urgent meeting after hearing his speech about Nietzsche's atheistic teachings in the class. After a brief conversation about God and religion, the director decides to fire Aydin. 
After losing his job, Aydin is forced to work in Russia like all his other uneducated countrymen. During the journey to Russia, Aydin is witness to two murders in the same carriage that he is travelling in. Aydin becomes the only suspect and is convicted to 15 years imprisonment. After just nine years, he is released when the police finally find out the real circumstances
surrounding the incident. 

Aydin returns home and finds out that his father has passed away, and now he is all alone in the world. He
decides to go to the capital city Baku and apply his paintings for a new project. At the empty train station, he meets a young woman trying to escape to Baku because her family are trying to force her to marry a man that she does not know. Aydin promises to help but he is killed by her brothers on her wedding day. His progressive mind-set in an extremely conservative place causes his life to end unexpectedly and leaves the young woman without help and hope. 

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Elvina Alakbarova, Aflatun Abdullayev, Parviz Abdullayev
  • aflatun7@mail.ru

Eternal Dilemma
October-November 2021 Programme
This series surrounds a young lady named April who is abandoned by her mother at a very young age. Left in darkness and she grew in darkness. Her mind has now been molded by hate and a strong repugnance towards God. Her so call friends and new found family have a difficult time getting her to see the light of day. While hiding their own secrets will ultimately leave a bad stain on life that no one will be able to erase, not even God. Only Death will win this series victoriously leaving a sting the world will feel.

"Best Web-Series"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Anntreece Jones

BLOCKED
October-November 2021 Programme
In a bankrupt future, people get genetic chip implants that extend LIFE, which they trade for instant credit. This new, apocalyptic system leads a conspiracy theorist to dig deeper, and expose a plot that traces back to the Roswell crash.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


► Written by: Jay Stamatis
  • jcdsource@gmail.com

LIFECREDIT
October-November 2021 Programme
A mixed media music video exploring the layers of human identity.

"Best Animation"
"Best Music Video"
"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Ewa Sztefka
  • ewasztefka@gmail.com

Self-creation
October-November 2021 Programme
Sometimes our worst nightmares become a reality.
This film will keep you in suspense and take you to some dark places you won't think to visit.
Follow the Crow was written and produced by Ariela Rozentul when she was 12 years old. This film is a reflection of events during Covid pandemic in NYC.
At the age of 13, this is Ariela's 2nd short film. Her first film Butterfly was selected by over 20 Film Festivals all over the world and received 15 awards.
Original script, music & lyrics by Ariela Rozentul.

"Best Young Actress"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

► Directed by: Arta Kallaba, Jessika Quintana
  • butterflyshortfilm2020@gmail.com

Follow the Crow
October-November 2021 Programme

22 year old Jonathon Turner, attempts to live a normal life. Attending college, spending time with his girlfriend all the while trying to keep a horrific, dark secret about his family from being exposed.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


► Written by: David L. Anderson

  • dl.anderson@comcast.net

Bound by Moonlight
October-November 2021 Programme
Is our desire, our destiny? Is the one giving this desire to us also the partner of this sin? Seeking answers to his questions, the Old Hunter begins to question himself, the universe, life and God after two major murders. He claims that all life cycles in life, consist of hunt and hunting systems. The hunter's search in the steppes, remains inconclusive.


"Best Short Film"


► Directed by: Bulut Özdemir
  • bulutzdemir@gmail.com

Sonya
October-November 2021 Programme
Young girl founds her dream date in the dating app. Nice walk follows. Looks like some summer fun is to be expected. But already during the second date the boyfriend-to-be is often in his phone. At some point he gets stuck for a really long time. What will happen next? It it possible to spend half a life in the phone without noticing, that your girlfriend has disappeared?

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Alexandra Konopleva
  • al.konopleva@gmail.com

Just a sec
October-November 2021 Programme
Contest in Los Angeles in 2015 where i got the 2.nd place in Photography class

"Best Photography"

► Photographer by: Frode Ueland
  • frode-ue@online.no 

FACE-Awards 2015
October-November 2021 Programme
Some of my latest projects around the world

"Best Photography"

► Photographer by: Frode Ueland
  • frode-ue@online.no 

AROUND THE WORLD
October-November 2021 Programme
Estranged brothers reunite to find their missing father in an old mining town but discover a Werewolf may be afoot. They play the game of cat and mouse to discern truth from legend and discover who is really who.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


► Written by: Jay Stamatis, Edmond Coisson
  • jcdsource@gmail.com

Vested
October-November 2021 Programme
Exhale starts in shock, when a traumatic event makes you aware of your vulnerability. Your reality has been affected. Can you trust your senses? Exhale evokes reflection, letting go of your anger and overcoming the feeling of powerlessness. And ultimately regaining confidence in your own instincts and body.

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Color Editing"

► Directed by: Moniek van der Kallen
  • info@dyzlofilm.nl

Exhale
October-November 2021 Programme
A struggling director decides to wear a lie detector on the set and make a documentary about it.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Yalian Li
  • yalianli@usc.edu

A REAL DOCUMENTARY
October-November 2021 Programme
Ell is a lone station caretaker on a volcanic planet those who are forced from day to day to perform work incomprehensible to him until his contract expires. Once, due to the caretaker's negligence, the building with the neighboring explodes with power units, severely damaging the working compartment. The only living friend for whom Ell is engaged this work - is a fish named "Blabber". When it explodes, it will dies and Ell is left completely alone, alone with his problems. Now nothing feeds his capsule, but oxygen is about to be consumed. Ell calls for help and hopes to hold out until their arrival. He tries to do something to survive
but, unfortunately, he has no skills. Soon the lack of food, air and heat has a strong effect on his sanity and Ell undergoes severe hallucinations. He has already resigned himself to his fate and does not resist death. When on the third day, help still comes. In the end, Ell realizes that he was not too attentive here. After all, help is provided by another hallucination.


"Best Sci-Fi"


► Directed by: Vladislav Emelin
  • anelimwork@yandex.ru

The Station Caretaker
October-November 2021 Programme
The time is the turbulent and violent mission era, prior to the Spanish leaving California. A mixed-blood young man, having witnessed the slaughter of his tribe and mother, now serves as an unbaptized mission guard struggling to find a home, a place in this rapidly evolving world.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

►Writen by: Lynn Elliott
  • lelliott@csuchico.edu

Alta California
October-November 2021 Programme
Eva’s body merges with a seashore landscape where David is walking. A tacit dialogue is created beyond the space. David died at sea and she’s expecting his child. At the end of her mourning process, Eva chooses life, subliming her sorrow through dance.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Drama"
"Best Director"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Actress"
"Best Original Score"

►Directed by: Lisa Fuchs

RIVAGE (The Shore)
October-November 2021 Programme
Behind every meeting in Japan, there is an underbelly of “unspoken agreements.”
About an hour by car from Tokyo, there is a little town called Kiryu. Our hero, a man who once made advertisements for a living, is hired by Kiryu for the skills a man of his background possesses. “Will you come up with a plan to revive the town?” The man conducts a local investigation, identifies problem points, and comes up with a solution. A plan is constructed, and at last it is the day of the first tentative plan presentation. In the Japanese business world, the fact is that success or failure in a presentation is often determined ahead of time, by “laying the necessary groundwork.” Despite a meeting’s importance, often the actual decision-makers themselves are not in attendance. When matters outside the limited scope of the story come up, meetings often end with “we’ll have to sleep on it and reconsider.” Generally in Japanese business, decision-making is avoided at the actual meeting. Is it possible for our man to weather the storm of this risk-averse Japanese presentation culture and achieve success?

"Best Short Film"

►Directed by: Isao Furugori

FIRST
October-November 2021 Programme
Art Social Project. Main theme - violence against women in Kazakhstan. FYI: Kazakhstan ranks first on sexual violence in CIS, 2020.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Dasha Lyubimova

UNSEEN
October-November 2021 Programme
The Truck is not about a vehicle. It is a name the community have given to an ordinary guy with extraordinary physical abilities. His name is Alexandre and he is 36. When he was a young boy, arguments and rows of his parents, lack of attention caused some irreversible results. His slow development was the reason why he was not admitted to school from first attempt, his personality had already been shaped, so he was very hard to educate, and new problems came up. Despite this, Alex managed to grow into a hard-working, neat, and tremendously strong man. Still going to school, he left home in search for independent life and work. He has been shaping his willpower, stamina, and strength by taking new challenges every day, and appreciating freedom more than anything else. Eventually his dream of being a truck driver has come true, but this truck has no engine, instead it is driven by his human hard-beating heart.

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Original Score"

►Directed by: Viacheslav Merzlikin

The Truck
October-November 2021 Programme
Life is going on in Dakhla, one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years. The celebration of a film festival, the Fisahara, breaks the monotony. The event ends, life (and oblivion) continues.



"Best Short Documentary"



► Directed by: Arturo Dueñas
  • artdueher@hotmail.com

Dajla: cinema and oblivion
October-November 2021 Programme
Nate is destroyed by a recent tragedy and is working to cope with the world around him, defined in the simplest way he can find. Six quarters to wash a load of laundry, five to dry it. Nothing is even. He has to stay clean.


"Best Short Screenplay"


► Written by: Joshua Allen
  • vanyel515@mail.com

Six to Wash
October-November 2021 Programme
Chris has always been uncertain as to what he really wants and where his life will take him. Questioning is a journey through the uncertain moments in life and about finding a path to self acceptance; no matter the answer to the question.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


►Written by: Joshua Allen
  • vanyel515@mail.com

Questioning
October-November 2021 Programme
If a man is given a choice, what would he prefer first? Luck? Power? Wisdom? Maybe it's more damaged than it helps.
To the man who has lost his hands and his life, God of wisdom comes to him and promises to fulfil any desire of wisdom. But in the heaven's office there is something confusing, and to man instead of one, and God good luck, God of Fun and God of War. What choice do you make? Maybe not choose anyone and accept another guest who's not expecting? And is the Man ready for the consequences of his choice?

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Lika Krylaeva

You're lucky
October-November 2021 Programme
- Taiwanese Traditional Customs -
There is a traditional custom in Taiwan that the soul of a dead person would go home to visit his family within three days after his death. Therefore, the family would wait in the mourning hall all night to mourn the dead and express their feelings of remembrance until encoffining.
- Synopsis -
In the dark hall, candles flickered faintly. A body lay in the middle of the hall. Huei and her husband Wen Hsiung came to say goodbye to Huei’s dearest sister. The seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony seemed to hide an astonishing and dark secret......

"Best Horror"
"Best Poster"
"Best Black & White Film"
"Best Makeup"
"Best Actress"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Alan Chung-An, Ou
  • bigdreamland2018@gmail.com

Part Forever
October-November 2021 Programme
The story of a couple who have problems in their marriage. He wants to get a second wife but she becomes aware and goes and tells the second woman about the truth. This brings more trouble for all of them. The movie was made in the year 1999 without asking permission from the authorities of Iran, therefore, it couldn't obtain permission for public screening. Afterwards, Hamid Tamjidi, the producer/director of the movie gave up film making in Iran and moved to Canada. In the year 2019, the producer accidentally found a 35 mm subtitled copy of the movie and had it repaired and re-edited. He is still hoping to have a complete copy of the original negative.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Hamid Tamjidi
  • hamidtamjidi@yahoo.com

Endless Night
October-November 2021 Programme
A dark love letter to the critic, from the artist. ‘Switch’...the one who is both slave and master…(in BDSM), questions the limits imposed on filmmakers.

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Erotic Film"
"Best Black & White Film"

► Directed by: Desiree Faust, Stefana D. Brancastle
  • desireefaust18@gmail.com

Switch
October-November 2021 Programme
Two screenwriters, a ghost story, the night that goes on. Who will put an end to this?


"Best Horror"


► Directed by: Piero Cannata
  • info@pierocannata.com

SCRIPT
October-November 2021 Programme
Genetic code forces people to reproduce. Infants have no choice: they become a part of this world without any will of their own, and as completely helpless beings they are subjected to training in the civilizational norms… Is anything else possible at all?

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Composer"

► Directed by: Ema Kugler

Man with Shadow
October-November 2021 Programme
Dayna, a young girl and heir to her father's woodwork business, struggles with his desire that she is the son he never had. Unbeknownst to her, wood mafia henchmen target her family. They move in and spark a brothel. Dayna is abducted. During her enslavement, she rises up to destroy their gender stereotypes while fighting for her life.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

►Written by: Kimberly Fisher
  • kimmiecard@gmail.com

Girl On Fire
October-November 2021 Programme
After losing the person he cared for most in the world, a man must navigate through the deep waters of tragedy alone, constrained by his late-partner's family ties.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Rick Shepherd

She Knew
October-November 2021 Programme
"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Larisa Vödisch-Nikitina
  • larisavoedisch@gmail.com

THE NEW WORLD
October-November 2021 Programme
A former boxing champion, looking to leave a legacy for his son, must face his toughest battle yet: His mind, his past, and his hometown.
“Beatdown” is the story of a boxer, Rockin’ Ron Johnson who is trying to recover his life after a humiliating loss that ended his comeback. Diagnosed with a dangerous aneurysm, his boxing career ends in a swirl of rumors that he has gone back to the bottle. Ron is trying to secure his legacy by reconnecting with his son Ronnie in his old home town.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Derek G Bailey, Justin Gorun
  • warvet@mail.com

Beatdown
October-November 2021 Programme
Private Investigator Roland Drake falls for two sisters from the Montemar family. One woman is dead and the other wants to kill him.
Starring Vernon Wells (Mad Max) and Brittney Powell (Xena)
A dark tale of love and betrayal, told in the classic style of film noir. TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS is a true, hard-boiled noir. Private Detective Roland Drake has fallen on hard times in a harsh world. Drake is being evicted from his office and disgraced by a missing persons case, which has ruined him in the public eye and with police officials. It seems like it's all over for him. Then, redemption walks in... with curves. The owner of those curves is a sexy, dark haired beauty named Katherine Montemar. She wants his help. The chemistry is immediate and her concern for the disappearance of her family members pulls him into her case... and into bed.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Tom Konkle

Trouble Is My Business
October-November 2021 Programme
It is a story about two individuals who are both picking up books on opposite sides of a bookshelf at a library. There is a bit of flirting amongst the individuals, however, there is a twist in the end.

"Best No-Dialogue Film"

► Directed by: Kaizan Cyrus Irani
  • hello@madfamily.com.au 

The Bookshelf
October-November 2021 Programme
A man's lonely life is challenged at the base of a larch, when a snarky woodland spirit gives him the courage to reconnect himself with a very important person of his past.



"Best Student Film"
"Best Black & White Film"


► Directed by: Margherita Marzari
  • marzari.marghe@gmail.com

Side Effect
October-November 2021 Programme
This mental health short film is about a girl, Lillian, who is struggling with depression along with family issues and bullying. Because of her peer, Taran, Lillian is able to overcome her trials by asking those around her for help.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Kaia Hathaway
  • kaiahathaway@gmail.com

You're Not Alone
October-November 2021 Programme
A man who tragically never had the opportunity to play hockey as a youngster finds other people like him who 'are not good enough' to play with the regular boys.



"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Sport Film"


► Directed by: James Anthony McElligott

Ice hockey Orphans
October-November 2021 Programme
Trattasi della storia d'un giovane liceale, Alessandro, che per fuggire dalla sua stretta esistenza comincia a farsi chiamare Alex. Nato e cresciuto in campagna, contadino tra i contadini, conosce molto presto il lavoro, il senso della responsabilità, nonché cosa voglia dire essere orfano di madre. Aiutare lo sconsolato padre è un poco aiutare se stesso, ed Alex lo capisce molto, molto presto, responsabilizzandosi ancor di più. Alessandro, ormai diventato Alex, oltre che una buona spalla per il padre, tenta di essere anche un buon fratello maggiore, aiutando quest'ultimo, Marco, negli studi, mettendosi costantemente in secondo piano, ma sempre con quella luce di speranza nel futuro. Il suo futuro. Alex guarda avanti e vede tutto nero, a tenerlo in piedi, nei momenti più difficili, resta solamente quel suo sogno: diventare un attore. Come d'uopo in queste situazioni, il padre - che non ha più nulla per cui sognare - cerca di fare aprire gli occhi al figlio, innescando l'effetto opposto. Così inizia la svolta dello sfortunato ragazzo, che dopo tanti sacrifici finalmente si butta a tutto tondo nel suo destino, quello auto-sceltosi. Scappa di casa, delude il genitore, si massacra per costruirsi i pilastri del suo successo, tutto questo finché dal nido di partenza non arriva l'ennesima, tragica, notizia. Davanti alla malattia del padre tutto muta nuovamente di forma, le cose evolvono velocemente, con più d'un colpo di scena. Dovrà scegliere tra il padre ed il suo sogno? Riuscirà a salvare capra e cavoli? Ad ogni modo Alex è sicuro di una cosa: tali giornate, saranno quelle decisive per tutta la sua futura esistenza.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Young Director"

►Directed by: Alessandro Saccomando, Giuseppe Saccomando
  • saccomando1999@hotmail.com

MY DREAM
October-November 2021 Programme
He walks in one direction. She walks in the opposite and … they come across each other. L’amour starts from this collision … the first date, the cinema evening, the picnic. Suddenly, she takes out her mask and discovers … el amor ciego.



"Best No-Dialogue Film"



► Directed by: Pablo Martin Torrado
  • pantomato@gmail.com

el amor ciego
October-November 2021 Programme
It all begins with a peaceful sleep which turns into a dreadful nightmare. A girl is enjoying the nature on a field surrounded
by pure nature. Suddenly a terrible city noise appears, out of nowhere a forest emerge. Among all the noise a creature comes out of the forest and the girl is in danger.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Maren Nordtorp Larsen

Ignorance
October-November 2021 Programme
Now with embedding enabled and password available on request. Winner of both the Audience Choice Best Short Documentary Film and Grand Prize Best Short Documentary Film at the Marina del Rey Film Festival 2021, as well as Best Short Documentary Film at the Florence Film Awards 2021, and Best Wildlife Nature Film Cannes World Film Festival, "Land of the Free: In the shadows" is a groundbreaking documentary containing never-before-seen nefarious and subversive facts, blowing the lid off secrets behind the big business of LEGALLY killing endangered species for pride, pleasure and profit. It contains attributable contributions filmed around the world including Sir Roger Gale MP (UK), Tippi Hedren (Los Angeles), Priscilla Presley (Los Angeles) Queen Elizabeth II (House of Lords, London) 2019 Albert Schweitzer Award winner John Thompson (Washington DC) , former NCA covert operative Reg Dickason (Brisbane Australia) , John Mitchell-Adams of Destinations Africa (Sydney Australia) Derek Joubert (South Africa) and the unsung hero of the piece who saved thousands of animals on the front lines in Africa, Meryl Harrison (Zimbabwe), as well as both stunning and shocking overt and covert footage. The piece is narrated by Stargate’s Cliff Simon (who passed in a sudden tragic accident shortly after filming the narration). The film is dedicated to Cliff’s memory, his family and friends believing this is a powerful and meaningful legacy. The musical score including the heart-rendering “Last Minute” has been composed for us by the incredible Mzansi Youth Choir of Soweto, whom Cliff called “The soul of Africa”. The international production is a collaboration between Gold Coast producer Lynn Santer and Hollywood producer James Ganiere. The film is an official selection at the Burbank International Film Festival 12th September 2021 and the 30th anniversary of the Philadelphia Film Festival 27th October 2021.

"Best Short Documentary"

►Directed by: James Ganiere

Land of the Free: In the shadows
October-November 2021 Programme
During the midst of the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore, Maryland a single Mom searches for her missing son past the city curfew.



"Best BLM Film"



►Directed by: Lisa Tuvalo
  • actormorrisdsmall@gmail.com

A City in Chaos
October-November 2021 Programme
Detective Mason Jones aka Detective MJ, is a Washington DC homicide detective, who is caught in between a homicide case and a war between two gangsters that run the Washington DC underground scene.

"Best Detective"

► Directed by: Morris D. Small

Detective MJ : Shadow of a Hero
October-November 2021 Programme
Two husbands, Tasuki and Yudai have been for many years. It is getting closer to the day that Yudai will say goodbye. Now, their memories are flashing.

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
"Best Drama"

► Directed by: Katsuhide Yamago
  • katsuhide@nifty.com 

FUFU
October-November 2021 Programme
An old mob hit man who still thinks he's in his prime learns the hard way that he's not. Old mobsters never die, they just fall apart in South Philly.



"Best Dark Comedy"
"Best Composer"
"Best Actor"
"Best Original Soundtrack"


► Directed by: Eric Carosella

A Tale of Redemption and Regret with Sunny the Heat
October-November 2021 Programme
The Sound used for that Assignment has been composed by Motoi Sakuraba, for the Anime "Gensomaden Saiyuki".
Motoi Sakuraba's music is really what made my Short Animation story fully appear in my Mind... It's like I was visioning everything on a virtual screen, in my head, just by listening to that track. The Story, the characters, the rhythm... It's only thanks to the Soundtrack.
Therefore, I'm really grateful for Motoi Sakuraba's creation, I hope everybody can get a chance to listen to his compositions one day.

"Best Animation"

►Directed by: Lazy2D

Monkey see, Monkey (shouldn't) do...
October-November 2021 Programme
The poetic relationship, between the ancient ritual of Zenerù and the life of the hermit shepherd Flaminio, makes us reflect on the border between domestic and wild, between known and unknown.
At the end of the winter, Flaminio, a resistant shepherd, prepares materially and spiritually for the arrival of the spring through daily rituals, using the tools he built for himself: he moves and sows the ground, shears the sheep and makes a woolen suit for the new season. The communities of the valley chase the winter away with cowbells and bonfires through the ritual of Scasada dol Zenerù, which is inserted into the story of the shepherd’s life as a dreamlike element that draws on an ancestral memory. Flaminio’s sensitivity, strongly connected to Nature, allows him to perceive when it is time to call the community to act, starting the ritual.

"Best Short Documentary" 

► Directed by: Andrea Grasselli

Zenerù
October-November 2021 Programme
A woman wanders through the city looking for herself and her lost memory...



"Best Drama"




► Directed by: Luca Caserta

Tell Me Who I Am
October-November 2021 Programme
Perfect One is a psychological, mixed genre youth film in a Fashion context. The film is inspired by and using the context of being at school as a teenager. It is raises a lot of questions and issues through a symbolic and fantastic, genre mixing
way. The film is not just about this imagined youth, but also about living in today’s society. Pressure for being perfect, the feeling of being watched in public and
private life and it’s consequences. Psychological pressure, bullying and other threats are also part of today’s world. It is a poetic exploration of all these issues and
inspired by some of them and of course inspired by the wonderful cast and looks.

"Best No-Dialogue Film"

► Directed by: Boldizsar CR
  • boldeazy@gmail.com

The Perfect One
October-November 2021 Programme
Story about failed relationships and decisions along the way that affect the lives of many others.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Sisi Theo

Expected Unexpected
October-November 2021 Programme
"MICHIKO" coarse muscle Ryo Sukagawa and Michiko's pure love story Michiko struggled to graduate from Akita junior college and worked in Tokyo to master English. Michiko worked in English with international organizations such as the United Nations and UNICEF, She was thinking of serving the world's children And when she was a student, she went to India for a study trip, Indian reschoolers Support Organization (NGO) Meet with Khan, the representative. On the other hand, Ryo Sukagawa was born into a wealthy family and had a comfortable life. After working at a famous university, Sukagawa joined a certain prestigious general contractor with his parent's connection, and was in a modest position as Deputy General Manager, Planning Department, Overseas Business Department. And he met Michiko and got married. A few years later, Michiko developed schizophrenia due to her serious personality, and she began to spend days admitted and discharged repeatedly.
While Sukagawa nurses such Michiko, Difficulty in healing Michiko's illness deep inside Feeling, he felt helpless to be able to cure my wife. And Michiko commits suicide.Sukagawa continues Michiko's will and makes a new decision to depart for India to support the children.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Drama"

► Directed by: Ryo Kagawa

Michiko A3
October-November 2021 Programme
To acknowledge the 60 year freedom struggle of the Tibetan people and their leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, eight intrepid pilgrims take on an epic pilgrimage trek through remote Nepal into occupied Tibet, to walk around Mount Kailash, Asia's most sacred mountain. Confronting altitude, officialdom and their own physical limits, their journey reveals seldom seen experiences of todays' Nepal and Tibet. in summer 2019.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Mark Gould

A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET
October-November 2021 Programme
An interview conducted by Paul with two Mrs. Worldwide pageant winners reveals that there is a lot more involved when entering a Beauty pageant, than we care to discuss.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Opening Credits"  

►Directed by: Paul Edward Foulkes
  • paul1964616@icloud.com

Flirting with Food
October-November 2021 Programme
"Confrontation" is the story of a man who fight to prove the innocence of his sister, accused of the murders of her daughter and her husband.
In 2021, 106 106 countries have completely abolished the Capital Punishment for all crimes, while 54 countries retain it 
We can have certainties but where do we stand when we are personnally concerned ?

"Best Drama"
"Best Actor"
"Best Composer"
"Best Director"

►Directed by: Thanh Ingle Lai & Nicky Naudé

CONFRONTATION
October-November 2021 Programme
The video clip for Igor Evard's classic crossover "Time" closes the triad of clips for classic crossovers included in the debut EP “Rainbow Bridge”. The work is written on the words of the poet and linguist Anton Brezhestovsky. The vocal part was performed by the soloist of the New Opera and the art project "Tenor of the XXI Century" Sergey Pisarev. In semantic terms, the video clip "Time" can be considered a continuation of the music video "Starlight". The plot of this dilogy is looped, the rondo technique is used. The main idea of the new video is that if you help the world, then it helps you in return. You can watch "Time" by reviewing the previous video for the "Starlight" crossover, or go back to "Starlight" after. We invite you to admire again the brilliant acting of Agatha Nigrovskaya and Igor Evard himself, the beauty of nature in the frame and the accuracy of the angles. The creators of this video set themselves an ambitious goal - to explain one of the greatest mysteries of the universe and inspire viewers with a touching story of its salvation by man. Whether it turned out to realize this idea is up to you!

"Best Composer"

►Directed by: Marina Kanygina

TIME
October-November 2021 Programme
In many religions there is an entity that sits as the antithesis of God whose role is often to oppose God and God’s people. In Islam that entity is Iblis. In Judaism and Christianity that entity is the devil or Satan. The Bible goes into much detail about the many ways and the lengths that the devil has perpetrated to oppose God and human beings living in this world.
Using his forty years as a Christian and more than thirty years as a church pastor, Rev. Dr. Thomas Smith, Sr. provides a detailed framework to help a student of the Bible to understand how the devil works to deceive, to trick, and trap people in his attempt to destroy people in the earth. In these eleven chapters he looks at various passages of scripture that deal with many of the major issues involving the workings of Satan.
This book is a detailed guide to understanding the workings of Satan and instructions about how we can overcome his evil plans, plots, and traps to gain the victory as a Christian.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Robert Lugto
  • rjleonheart@gmail.com

The Bible Truth About the Devil
October-November 2021 Programme
A story about a man who is skeptical of being alive and explores absurdity. He is informed that he had a daughter, who died recently. He accepts his existence by thinking about her life.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Tomoaki Yanai

she Q
October-November 2021 Programme
At home, Vida cares for her ailing father whose dementia gives way to long buried emontional conflicts Vida has spent her lifetime running from. When young Zaria is Vida’s office at school the next day, Vida immediately recognizes in the young girl the same telltale signs from her own childhood, but is it too late now for either of them — has the damage already been done?

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Barbara Zemljič

Quiet
October-November 2021 Programme
Roy makes the biggest mistake of his life when he meets Clair and drugs her at a club.


"Best Drama"


► Directed by: Alejandro Chamorro
  • alejandro_chamorro@icloud.com 

FINAL SHOT
October-November 2021 Programme
"South of Brazil, Day of the Dead A man is brutally 'awakened' from a drinking binge. He spent all day inside the house living a 'Déjà Vu', hallucinating alone, desperate and insolvent planed a sequestration. A nosy neighbor arrives. Strange things begin to happen, until he realizes that his destiny has already been written."
“Borrowed from the devil, thinking that God would pay the bill!”

"Best Thriller"
"Best Actor"
"Best Scenography"

► Directed by: Waner Biazus

"The Neighbor"
October-November 2021 Programme
Based on a fairy family. They go out on a quest to find their father.



"Best Animation" 



► Directed by: Edmund Paul

Journey through the Northern Wind
October-November 2021 Programme
A brilliant neurosurgeon is found murdered in his operating room. The scene is disturbing. Those who killed him used the same tools as his specialty. Who is the killer? A psychopath? Anyone inside the hospital? Commissioner Lorenzo Aliprandi and his homicide team will fight against time to stop the killer who continues to kill without leaving any evidence behind him except a trail of blood. New knowledge, intense experiences and the race against time will also test the strong character of the Commissioner who, determined to discover the killers, will have to face all the challenges without sparing himself.

"Best Thriller" 
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Giuseppe Di Giorgio

STEM CELL
October-November 2021 Programme




"Best Short Film"



► Directed by: Todd Carter
  • parmidian1@yahoo.com

7 Prayers: On Honey, On Earth
October-November 2021 Programme
This documentary explores the construction of Singapore's identity through race and language and how this impacts on Singapore filmmakers in the communication of Singapore's identity in their films.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Jeanine Lim
  • jeaninelim@yahoo.com

The Construction of 'Singapore' in Singapore Cinema
October-November 2021 Programme
Life is too short to listen to false promises. An experience that "A Head on Fire" transport in their video message. Live your life according to your own principles, fear liberated and self-determined. Because your way is a beautiful path that will bring you spiritually and emotinal to your personal goal.

"Best Music Video"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

►Directed by: Lorenz Killer, Tobias Sutter

Live Another Second
October-November 2021 Programme
"After the second world war event with Superman, Nazi doctor Dr. Gerhard is captured in American Soil by the Mob. What are they looking for?"

"Best Detective"
"Best Black & White Film"
"Best Director"
"Best Actor"
"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Donny Callahan

Memoirs From Under The Yellow Sun, Ep.1- A Deadly Inquiry
October-November 2021 Programme
Sophie, a precocious 7 year-old trick-or-treater, is stalked by a man in a windowless van. When he offers her a ride home, an unforeseen night of terror unfolds.

"Best Young Actress"

►Directed by: Shelby F. Elwood, Robert Willie

The Predator's Trap
October-November 2021 Programme
Like a trail of gunpowder, everything is set ablaze by passions
Although love wants to reign, it is devoured by hell, it is put to a hard test by and destiny
Beyond Limbo is a continuous dialogue between the hereafter and the hereafter. Death that does not end to die and life that suffers and suffers, to infinite extremes, in order to fulfil its dreams.
Marina, all heart, Russian, divorced, with a little girl to bring up, sees how her love evaporates in her native country. Sergio, with a truculent life, with connections to the most ruthless mafia, makes her fall in love, but without him fall in love. Marina's struggle, against all sorts of labyrinths - doubts, envy, jealousy and disillusionment, is the great driving force of our story.
Her steps to survive, takes her to Barcelona and Madrid, where, in time, the magic chess of love and heartbreak, where over time, offers her a new opportunity.
But our intense story runs, in parallel, in limbo, where tormented souls tangle and untangle, in what they left behind unfinished on Earth. Who is good, where is the evil? The viewers will be continually surprised by the plot, which will turn life here and in limbo upside down.
In limbo will also be Elizabeth, Jorge's partner, who will meet Marina in Madrid. The struggle between evil and love, the fight between souls to find peace in the final hour of eternity, will lead us through an astonishing series of paranormal effects, that will continually threaten and shake Marina's life and the lives of all those who share her footsteps.
Who is really dead? Who thinks they are alive and survives? Who thinks they are alive and survives in the prison of invisible beings? What if goodness also caused destruction? What if wickedness also knew how to soften? Our history will always keep many questions open.
The secondary characters will not be pure comparsas; They will become key elements for the Abracadabra of this mischievous and merciless destiny. It is an action story, with almost no respite in the rhythm, where, murders, deaths that are and are not, traps, deceits, mistreatment, will show us the most abrupt face of reality. We will see how hard it is to emigrate, to make our way in a strange land, fighting without selling out to the highest bidder. It is the Odyssey of the brave Marina.
A la Luna de los amores imposibles, we won't know if our protagonists will find a place in the universe of the most intense passions, of fulfilled desires. Magic and forcefulness of life, in Beyond Limbo.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

►Written by: Olga Prokhorova

BEYOND LIMBO
October-November 2021 Programme
Diagnosed with a terminal neurological disease that is so rare there's no treatment or cure. This informative and heartwarming documentary is filled with emotion from beginning to end. Follow the journey of how Austin Crawford learns that hope still exists.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Phil Gioja

Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's story
October-November 2021 Programme
On the outskirts of Islamabad, a committed coach teaches a team of unlikely players, their families, and a community how playing Cricket can change lives.


"Best Sport Film"
"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Samar Minallah Khan

OutSwing
October-November 2021 Programme
The indigenous and the white man united by the same fight.
A poetic fresco on the state of the planet that depicts the First Nations man fleeing the ecological and humanitarian disaster since the conquest of the Americas.
Anything for the Ones We Love is a musical film with INDIGENOUS pianist Salvador Chavajay as the messenger.

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best ECO work"
"Best Composer"
"Best Makeup"

► Directed by: Louise Marie Beauchamp
  • bunk@videotron.ca

Anything for the ones we love
October-November 2021 Programme
This film deals with the restrictive nature of women's clothing throughout the ages and also with sexism in general.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Ingrid Nachstern

Shoe Horn/Office
October-November 2021 Programme
A swashbuckling braggart duellist can only save his life by, in the most hurtful way possible. betraying the woman that against all his instincts he has unexpectedly come to love

"Best Feature Screenplay"
"Best Television Script"
"Best Adapted Screenplay"

► Written by: Ruth Finnegan

The red robe, a tale of the cardinal’s France
October-November 2021 Programme
Misled by lying interested parties into believing his beautiful young wife unfaithful, talented but diffident painter, still adoring, strangles her. Now he must find a way for his tears to redeem his ill deed and resume his true identity, and his enduring love, before the police knock at his door

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Ruth Finnegan
  • r.h.finnegan@open.ac.uk

Kathy
October-November 2021 Programme
A small college basketball player gets an unexpected opportunity to play professionally in Italy, falls in love and tries to make his late grandmother's prediction come true.


"Best Feature Screenplay"


►Written by: JK Jones

Legal Passion
October-November 2021 Programme
During a mysterious pandemic, Cassie’s quarantine life has turned into a routine, day in and day out. Nothing new seems to happen, until she realizes she’s out of coffee. And she’s determined to get her cup of joe, even if she must face the horrors of the outside world. Because “she’d kill for a cup of coffee.”
In this part-animated live action short, anything goes.

"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best Closing Credits"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

► Directed by: Russ Emanuel

Routine
October-November 2021 Programme
Apache artist Keane is forced into a desperate mission to get a job before the deadline passes and his dreams evaporate, all while navigating family stresses, enemies from his past, and an unpredictable old car.
Produced on location in the San Carlos Apache Reservation and the neighboring city of Globe, Arizona, this independent feature explores the extraordinary beauty and the unique challenges of these two communities, and the scorching ribbon of highway that connects them.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Christian Rozier

Apache Leap
October-November 2021 Programme
After a traumatic childhood, the loyalty of two best friends is put to the test to discover how far they are willing to go to find the love of their lives.
Two hopeless romantics are searching for love in their 30’s. Despite having been best friends their whole lives, Jaik and Wyatt are still struggling with being with and without each other. After their group date colossal failure, Jaik and Wyatt realize they need professional help. A Matchmaker, Callie, and her Native American social media expert, Maeve, set Jaik and Wyatt on a zany quest that will test their bravery (and friendship). 2nd Date is fueled by an electrifying soundtrack of new hits and old favorites synced to everything from monster truck mudding to death-defying leaps while being chased on horseback. While rooting for the hearts of these two young men, we see love persevere throughout the story, praying that one day, after all of the chaos, it makes its way to Jaik and Wyatt to get their 2nd Date.

"Best Feature Screenplay'

► Written by: Jaik Andino
  • jaikandino@gmail.com

2nd Date
October-November 2021 Programme
When the prestigious law firm of Wayne, Rothstein, and Lincoln catches two major cases—a rape case against a white NBA star who allegedly raped a black stripper, and a murder case against a black rapper who allegedly killed a gay couple and two policemen—Bill O'Neil and Ben Turner are tasked with handling these racially charged litigations. The cases hit emotional chords with the two lawyers and force them to reckon with their interracial relationships and families. Will the racial tension of their cases destroy them or make them stronger?

"Best Feature Screenplay"
"Best Television Script"
"Best Adapted Screenplay"

► Written by: Benjamin Burgess Jr.

Black and White
October-November 2021 Programme
Louis runs into the backyard of an "abandoned" house and rethinks his allegiance with his drug gang.

"Best Thriller"

► Directed by: Sam Patzer

Your Turn
October-November 2021 Programme
A female author retreats to her family home and discovers she is being watched by members of a cult that want to make her their leader.



"Best Horror"
"Best Black & White Film"
"Best Experimental Film"



► Directed by: Justin Head

Queen of the Dead
October-November 2021 Programme
A film centred around world-class contemporary choreographer Paul Lightfoot (Artistic Director of the Netherlands Dance Theatre) losing his father during the pandemic. Not permitted into the hospital to say goodbye, he began working with a Danish dancer remotely to create a performance that processes the emotions he and many have shared worldwide. The result is a look behind the curtain into the process of a modern master interpreting loss into physical form - and a powerful beacon of hope to carry us through uncertain times.

"Best Dance Video" 

► Directed by: William Armstrong

Unspoken
October-November 2021 Programme
VIK. Mini-Series | First Ever One-Character Mini-Series
Made 1ndependently, with NO CREW.
PLOT - The Story is Set in Future, year 2028, VIK the Titular Character is a Private Detective, And He is involved in a Messed Up High Profile Case, VIK was Supposed To Solve Everything!
But Something went wrong and VIK was Backfired!
And Now They are Behind Him!
Who is VIK ?
Who are they ?
Find Out Everything, Soon!

"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Vignesh Nagabushanam

VIK.
October-November 2021 Programme
In the period from the end of November 2020, for two weeks I was undergoing treatment for coronavirus in the hospital ... 40% defeat ...
... I shot these footage on my phone in the last three days before being discharged. "Hidden" camera. I pretended to read so as not to interfere with anyone and not to attract attention.
I just decided to show that the coronavirus is serious.
It is difficult and dangerous for doctors and all health workers to be in the "red zone" today.
Just imagine walking all day long in sealed overalls and at the same time caring for seriously ill patients, giving intravenous injections through triple gloves, putting on IVs several times a day, maintaining cleanliness and, of course, saving lives ...
It is in our power not to complicate their already difficult situation.
Let us be considerate, responsible and reasonable.
To all doctors and all health workers - Thank you very much for your steadfastness, compassion and professionalism!

"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best No-Dialogue Film"
"Best Mobile Film"

► Directed by: Renad Enikeev
  • renaden@gmail.com

Red zone. COVID-19.
October-November 2021 Programme
A man and a woman, once passionate lovers, accidentally meet after 40 years apart and with pain unravel deeply hurtful misunderstandings in their past. She longs to hear just one mention from him of ‘love’, something that would turn her life from a desert to ‘a road of gold’. He starts to speak but does not finish as he has to rush for his train ( matter of life and death the other end). We are left uncertain if they are ever able to meet again.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Ruth Finnegan

A minute, a life
October-November 2021 Programme
A zealous son of an exemplary OMON officer joins a peaceful protest against the Russian Government, after witnessing horrific examples police brutality. On the scene he meets other protesters who are trying to start a violent riot in response to police actions, a fight between them breaks out when he attempts to stop their retaliation. After winning the fight he leaves, but gets attacked by the police for being associated with protestors.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Egor Trushin
  • egor.trushin.13@gmail.com

Protest
October-November 2021 Programme
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Carl Eneroth (“All the Way”) presents Sthlm Social Innovation Lab’s documentary THE CHILD MURDERESS OF VESENE, transporting us to unsettling locations of a small country village in Sweden 1929 where Ingeborg drowned her own three children in a washtub at the age of twenty-seven. We revisit the murder scene, the courthouse where Ingeborg was sentenced, and the cemetery where Ingeborg's children lie. It is a story about a murderess, but also about the humanity Ingeborg’s relatives showed when handling the taboo that followed in a time when mental illness had few cures other than discipline, hard work and praying for forgiveness. After having done the unthinkable, is there a way back for Ingeborg to a normal life? Will her husband, the love of her life, take her back?
The documentary is based on a book "It came to me in a whim" by Maria Bouroncle who, through extensive research, has strived to shed light on what led up to this tragedy involving her great-aunt that had been a tightly guarded family secret for over seventy years. 
The film has been screened extensively in Sweden as part of Maria Bouroncle's book tour. Further screenings in San Fransisco at UCLA and US Berkley has been postponed due to the Covid pandemic.
QUOTE:
"Maria Bouroncle takes us deep into a story of real-life murder to show us the humanity - even love - behind the crime. A riveting read - haunting, atmospheric, and ultimately, heart-breaking."
Manil Suri, author of the bestseller "The Death of Vishnu"

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Carl Eneroth
  • carl.eneroth@ssilab.se

The Child Murderess of Vesene
October-November 2021 Programme
Mary is a humble lady who abdicated her personal life in favor of her brother John who lives in a vegetative state after a childhood accident.
Amid difficulties imposed by her brother's condition, she finds herself in a great dilemma:
She is sick and she discovers her cancer treatment has not been effective. Alone and helpless, Maria has to decide how to deal with João, unable to live on his own.

"Best Actor" 
"Best Drama"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Rodrigo Tavares

the Edge
October-November 2021 Programme
A day in the life of a young homeless girl who endures degrading and violent acts in order to survive.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Antony Jenkins
  • grizly-jenkins@hotmail.com

CREATURE
October-November 2021 Programme
“Is he in heaven, is he in hell?” Now, revealed by a ruse, he must fight his pride to win his true love.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Ruth Finnegan

“That demmed elusive pimpernel”
October-November 2021 Programme
Two friends reminisce about the past and consider the choices that led them to where they are.

"Best Short Film'
"Best Drama"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Mark Potenza

Out There
October-November 2021 Programme
Keeping up appearances in the sphere of high society, whilst tolerating mutual infidelity - provided it’s kept secret - seems to be the only thing left sustaining Elizabeth’s and Leonard's marriage. But when celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Swiss Alps, their loveless pact is broken. On returning home from a party to their luxury chalet the accusations start to fly. This is surely the end of their relationship - unless one of them is prepared to pay a very high price...

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Niclas Ribbarp

Stroke of Midnight
October-November 2021 Programme
Michael works as a hospital janitor and he lives with his wife Ester, who has fallen into depression after the death of their son. Michael is willing to do anything he can to save Ester, even things that no sane mind would ever dream of.

"Best Feature Film'

► Directed by: Carlo Fusco

The Innovators:
How a Group of Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
John and Boris, two computer scientists, confront after the discovery of a revolutionary application that allows them to transfer thought from one person to another.

"Best Web-Series"

► Directed by: Andre Gaumond

SWAP 3 First Chapters
October-November 2021 Programme
In South Africa, as in the rest of the world, students are recognised as change agents. When the apartheid government proposed a bill to enforce separate universities for blacks and whites, students and staff from the University of the Witwatersrand, staged the first ever-academic protest march. … like Shooting Sardines in a Barrel focuses on anti-apartheid protests at Wits from 1957 to 1987. The documentary situates these events within the historical and political context of the country at the time.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Lieza Louw
  • lieza.louw@wits.ac.za

...like shooting Sardines in a Barrel
October-November 2021 Programme
A dying billionaire's inheritance is at stake. His desperate girlfriend plots to keep the money to herself, but will need the help of a gun-for-hire to carry out her risky plan.

"Best Action Movie"
"Best Actor"
"Best Thriller"
"Best Director"
"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Ersin Pertan Jr.

Contingency
October-November 2021 Programme
Imprisoned for 17 years by her father in the basement of their home, who knows what could save Sharon and her seven sibling -sons? Based on a real story.

"Best Director"

► Directed by: Carlo Fusco

THE FINAL CODE
October-November 2021 Programme
Ben, a college student in the midst of flunking out of film school, comes up with an idea that can’t fail….or can it? Meet Boris, a world-famous Russian film director. “Boris is big star in his home country and has won American award” (he has a fake Oscar statue). Ben decides to take Boris out for a spin and hires some fake paparazzi in order to eat for free in a five-star restaurant. When this shockingly works his mind races with all the situations he could take advantage of, even maybe salvaging film school. Ben’s best friend, Ken, decides to go along for the ride at first but has serious objections when Ben decides to take it further past the restaurant event.
Deciding to do what very few film students can ever accomplish, he sets out to make his own feature film with the help of Boris. After getting thrown out of every major studio in town, he finds himself being let into Galaxy Studios and having a face to face meeting with CEO Hig E. Wiggins. Suddenly, with no time to prepare, Boris is in Las Vegas at the helm of a major motion picture and quickly finds himself in way over his head.
The cast of characters Ben meets include the Three Suits (studio execs), The Gay Mafia guys (in pink), Linda his personal assistant, a famous actor and actress (Miss Marlow), Linda’s daughter (Princess) who wants to be a star and her mother who is supposed to be babysitting her, and a host of other film set types. Oh, and then there is Elvis.
When Ken shows up and blows his cover, Ben must decide what his priorities are and what kind of man he is. After he quits the film, he finds himself the subject of a cross-town pursuit by all the characters above who are trying to get him back on set to finish the film. Linda and Ken did a quickie marriage by Elvis but she realizes she loves Ben and they have to find Elvis to destroy the paperwork before he sends it in.
At the church, papers destroyed, everyone realizes the game is over and all face a new reality (some happier than others). In the end love wins.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Rod Kent, Nathan Lathroum
  • dts42g@gmail.com

Boris Saves Hollywood
October-November 2021 Programme
A sequel to Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker where the consequences of the actions in the film are addressed and characters are forced to develop in a darker turn of events.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Aleksis M Pakarinen

Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Part II
October-November 2021 Programme
Dreamscapes of memories and loneliness.
Total running time: 9'18"

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Dmitry Kormann
  • el.dimmo@googlemail.com

To sleep, perchance...
October-November 2021 Programme
In the year 4 BC, Israel is under the colonial rule of the Roman Empire. An unexpected visit from Roman soldiers causes pandemonium in the small town of Bethlehem. The citizens are awaiting the coming of the Messiah who will deliver them from tyranny.
Joseph and a pregnant Mary arrive in Bethlehem, and Mary immediately goes into labor. Joseph desperately searches for a place to stay, but no one opens their doors to them, leaving the two without a room. Meanwhile, John and Philip, shepherd boys, are on the plain, sleeping with their herd of sheep. Suddenly, a huge star appears in the sky and shines down on them…

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Sam Fischer

For Unto US
October-November 2021 Programme
Painter Joe Boehler, a former soldier, boxer and self-taught artist, says he had to choose between killing people and creating art. This documentary is shot on the eve of a new exhibition of Boehler’s work, allowing a new generation of art lovers to discover how great artists convert trauma into something beautiful and meaningful. We accompany Boehler on his path of self-discovery, and celebrate his victories late in life.

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard

Scream of the Soul
October-November 2021 Programme
A group of people are unknowingly interconnected through one man literally selling his soul to the Devil for fame and fortune. One by one each person is visited by Satan in hopes of collecting more souls from the selfishly-desperate and self-deluded people.

"Best Sci-Fi"

► Directed by: Lovie Johnson
  • supernaldarkness@outlook.com

Your24...
October-November 2021 Programme
How a friendly question becomes a real concern. How this concern, propagated and dustorted among friends, amplifies to turn into an uncontrollable worry. Fantasy or reality?

"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Natalia Arjona

The Question
October-November 2021 Programme
Using a burning piano to symbolize the state of the planet, this documentary poetically illustrates soil degradation, and proposes the implementation of a planetary ecological service as a possible solution.

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Louise Marie Beauchamp
  • bunk@videotron.ca

Millennials leave in peace
October-November 2021 Programme
Between epic lightness, buzzing control monitors and nightmarish apocalypse terra tv tells of the arrival of a species alien to us, whose signals and signs we cannot decipher. Much is implied without showing or telling in detail. The viewer is given the opportunity to complete the visual hints with his or her own imagination. The story takes place – similar to a comic – between the panels.

"Best 360 Film"

► Directed by: Marek Jacek Slipek
  • shop@marekslipek.de

TERRA TV
October-November 2021 Programme
Based on the romantic photonovela "Singing to Love” (Amazon / books) this musical was born. As in silent movies, a narrator has been incorporated who sings the love story with the help of romantic images. His songs and dances reinforce the story. Altogether it is a beautiful entertainment for the senses where the spectator can interact singing in Spanish / English.

"Best Erotic Film"

► Directed by: Antonio Bellido Marin

SINGING TO LOVE
October-November 2021 Programme
Beyond the Mirror Rim is a poetic approach to the changing versions of our mental maps and thoughts to the fascinating and daily phenomena of „reflections“.

"Best Educational Film"

► Directed by: Thomas Kutschker

Beyond the Mirror Rim
October-November 2021 Programme
It is a triangle love-story. Buddha comes to a resort of his college-friend Simon along with his wife and daughter, Gunjan and Mistu respectively. Buddha's indifference to her leads Gunjan to fall in love with a local violin-teacher, Raja. But Buddha also feels attracted to Raja. Raja responds to both of them. These very complex relationships end with a sudden discovery that throws a question whether love and passion can be only heterosexual.

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"

► Directed by: Anirban Chakraborty
  • aninantu@gmail.com

The Sleeping Buddha
October-November 2021 Programme
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