We follow the true heroic stories of Rosen and Uri, who travel from their home countries of Bulgaria and Ukraine in search of a better life.
On the journey to their new lives, they meet and become friends, only later to shoulder each other's burdens as they realise the new life, initially hoped to be a blessing, was hijacked into a life of modern-day slavery for hard labour in Greece.
They become complicit with their new masters to stay alive, and the joy of their former lives and family feels like a distant memory. They are punished for the slightest mishap and witness the pain and suffering of other "employees" on the farm.
Uri, originally from Ukraine, is motivated to escape as he learns of the war breaking out and the impending doom he feels for his only family, his "Babusya"; he tries to convince Rosen of an escape route.
Rosen is fearful and angry at Uri, and their friendship is torn as Rosen refuses to help in what he feels is a suicide mission. However, Uri continues regardless and ultimately gets caught by the trafficking gang, and Rosen and other victims believe he could now be dead.
Rosen then casts aside his fear and decides to get help by the very means Uri explained to him. He begs a local shopkeeper to use his phone, who is initially reluctant but concedes, seeing his genuine demise. This sets the scene for their intervention leading to their deliverance.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Director"
"Best Producer"
"Best Actor"
"Best Editing"
"Best Sound Design"
"Best Composer"
"Best Poster"

► Directed by: Christian Elliott, Elle Ginter

• elliott.christian@gmail.com
• Official Website

Marie is driving on the highway and needs to pee urgently. But the toilet at the rest stop is broken. And an increasingly absurd odyssey through this toxic male biotope begins for Marie - and ends in blood.
Trigger warning: sexualized harassment, violence.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Lena Fakler

• post@lenafakler.com
• Official Website

Milo and Ollie, half brothers, realize that loyalty and devotion can have horrendous results.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Producer"
"Best Adapted Screenplay"
"Best Color Editing"
"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Gregg Prosser

• gregg.prosser.ny@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

A man finds a 20 year old camcorder outside in the dark and decides to take it home and test it out…

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Adrian Roberts

• thehitstart.yt@gmail.com

Shane Lucas, an ex-Yakuza member and 4th degree black belt in Judo, is hunted down at his local dojo in Los Angeles 1985 by his long-time rival, Elias Da Rosa and his crew members from the same crime family. Shane is threatened to come back to the Yakuza or would suffer the consequence of not.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Action Movie"
"Best Director"
"Best Producer"
"Best Adapted Screenplay"
"Best Actor" (Jon Paul)
"Best Supporting Actor"(Christofer Aguero)
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Editing"
"Best Sound Design"
"Best Composer"
"Best Closing Credits"

► Directed by: Armin Alic

• jonpaul1090@gmail.com
• Official Website

Knockout is the story of a young man trying to find success in the competitive world of Boxing, only to face external conflict and confront inner demons.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: RALPH GIORDANO

• rgiordano92@msn.com
• Official Facebook

The film tells the life of the young patriot Goffredo Mameli, who died at the age of 21, fighting against the French in Rome, to defend the Roman republic, presided over by Giuseppe Mazzini. The story that starts from Goffredo's childhood also wants to highlight his relationship with his family, his first battles for the freedom of Italy from Austrian and French domination and his first love stories. Furthermore, Goffredo also wrote the text of the "Canto degli Italiani" which later became the national anthem of Italy.

"Best Historical Film"

► Directed by: ANGELO ANTONUCCI

• informaonline@gmail.com
• Official Website

It's Christmas in a Trás-os-Montes village, a time of dreams and desires.
Valentine has only one: to go to Luxembourg to see his father. To achieve this, he allies himself with Justino, a wise old man with any answer on the tip of his tongue. A tale about a little apprentice and his demanding master.
The tale of the boy and the old man.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Young Actor"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Rui Falcão

• filmografo.fest@gmail.com

MMA-Fighter number 362 is just steps away from the ring, when his social anxiety disorder takes over. The society he lives in is divided in rankings, the higher the ranking, the more freedom you have as a civilian. In order to climb up in ranking, 362 has to win a personalized trial; a streetfight. During his path to the ring his perception of the reality starts to twist, panic attacks increase and his inner demons project into the real world. He is captivated by his own reality, his own blurry mind and it seems like the world that he lives in, is turning against him. The only way 362 knows how to deal with his fears is to either fight or flight but this only takes him further away from winning the game. After trying to escape multiple times, his anger and despair take over which brings him to the point of madness. Whilst being in the middle of his anxiety, the audience tells a visual story through hiphop dance to confront him and make sure he can not run away. He stands across his biggest fear, who is manipulative, a bully, a fighter, a demon and only wants to bring 362 down. Neither fighting or flighting will get him to win the fight. In order to win and go up in ranking in the hierarchy of his society he has to stay calm, overcome his anxiety and let go of the insane.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Young Director"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Jody Geijsendorpher

• jodygeijsendorpher@gmail.com
• Official Website

A happy young girl is her Dad’s shadow as they work their farm. When a family tragedy causes her Dad to retreat into himself “Shadow” takes it on herself to secretly keep the show on the road while her Dad finds his way back to her.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Janna Kemperman

• production@escapepodmedia.ie
• Official Instagram

Anna has been dancing on ice for over fifty years. She is fascinated not only with ice skating itself but also with dancing with a partner. In the last years it was Jan with whom Anna was ice skating. The pair of amateur skaters many times won the World Championships in Oberstdorf in their category. Will the plans to win the following competition be accomplished? Anna and Jan, as well as Dorota and Monika, two solo ice skaters from the same team, break the cultural stereotypes stigmatizing people because of their mature age. This film is about their passion for dance, about experiencing oneself and the world through the body, about fighting not only to achieve success in sport. The ice-skating arena at Warsaw’s Torwar being the venue of their trainings becomes a stage on which interpenetrate various emotions, where relationships are built and end. The fate of the characters, as well as their desire of beauty and accomplishment make a full of hope ode to life.


"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Sport Film"

► Directed by: Józef Romasz

• romasz@wa.home.pl

Sophia, is an 8-years-old girl suffering from Alopecia, where she can have sudden hair loss or a receding hair line. She gets bullied by other kids for her hair condition, but then surprises her mom, Mary when she asks permission to try-out for cheerleading which unexpectedly builds bravery and confidence in her.

"Best Young Actress"

► Directed by: Renee Garcia

• nesterovavalentyna@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

Ukrainian soldiers that defend our land need to know that we have their backs. All Ukrainians that can contribute to victory in any way are doing just that. Each man that is not on the frontlines understands that his safety wouldn’t be possible without someone else taking under enemy fire, so the civilians try to contribute in an effort to make things easier for those who are on the battlefield.
This is a tribute to doctors, volunteers and many ordinary people of Ukraine. Those who do not draw attention to themselves and their help goes unnoticed at times. They constantly put in work where it’s most needed, because they feel like they are the ones who need it the most. Need to do it. Need to help. For the sake of their humanness and their honor.
Rivne City Hospital. An ordinary clinic in an ordinary Ukrainian town. This is about those people who care. Those who consider Ukrainian land their home. This film is about them. The words of Stepan Bandera were prophetic when he said that there will be a time when if one shouts “Glory to Ukraine” millions will reply in unison – “Glory to the heroes”!

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Alexandr Bochko

• bochko1@gmail.com

The short film takes its name from thoughts about criminal organizations and the slang used by them to describe, respectively, the small executioner and the boss.
Filmed with an iPhone, the video is an exchange of considerations between the artist and her brother about the illegals’ way of life and the aggregations’ rituals.
Having as the main location a leper colony–now a place of rave parties–Small Fish, Dog Fish turns from techno music and police alarm to the presence of sea, nature and calm. Going from hallucinations to clarity of mind, the viewer feels a kind of hope in life changes.

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Mobile Film"

► Directed by:Silvia Mantellini Faieta

• si.mantellini@gmail.com
• Official Website

“Instagram Influencers, Colin and Fiona, seem like the perfect couple to their loyal followers, but their relationship is put to the test when a crazed serial killer breaks into their home. Chained to their bed, the couple is forced into a sadistic game of relationship trivia in which honesty is their only way to survive.”

"Best Horror"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Adam Jack

• mradamjack@gmail.com
• Official Website

In 2012, a radical Islamist opened fire on a Jewish High School in Toulouse, France, killing three children and a religious instructor. In this documentary, Lisa Burkhardt Worley will retell the story of this antisemitic attack and will explain the state of antisemitism in France today.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Editing"

► Directed by: Lisa Burkhardt-Worley

• lisabworley@pearlsofpromiseministries.com
• Official Website

A surrealistic and eerie short film about the character Mol and his longing to be taken by the lighthouse's light. He resides a dreamlike purgatory were the only way to leave is to be taken by the light. But for this to happen, Mol must face his fears.

"Best Animation

► Directed by: Victoria Hernández Borbón

• victoriaherbor@gmail.com
• Official Website

The Artists emotions and loneliness is overwhelming. But does he run away from the emotions, or does he dive into them? The forces of nature, the ocean, the waves, the wind - the video shows you all this. Beautiful, dangerous, mighty! As metaphores of his feelings and his struggles, but maybe also his savior, his redemption? This music video takes you into the world and thoughts of the Artist, you experience the forces of nature first hand - but also the calm of it all. We all need to dive into our emotions sometimes, face what comes our way - and then hopefully, be able to move on. Emotions are part of life for all of us.
This Music Video was made from a love of music and nature, for the song Turn Off My Heart. This was Bjørn Olav Edvardsens debut as a solo artist in the norwegian selection for Eurovision 2023.

"Best Music Video"
"Best Composer"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Original Song"
"Best Director"
"Best Producer"

► Directed by: Bjørn Olav Edvardsen, Jostein Vedvik

• bjornolavonline@gmail.com
• Official Website

In an unknown time...
...after the great war and depression...
...Laws have been reshaped around the world.
There were no more courts. in new laws. The judges decided what would happen to the criminals.
The judges were impartial.
... the judges were immortal.
and they judge criminals wherever they want to die and sentence them to death.
Only one person survived the judges.
Oda was the only person on Earth whose soul could remain pure.
There was no concept of time and death for that person

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Mesut Kaya

• director.mesutkaya@gmail.com
• Official Website

"Cremantique" is a supernatural short film exploring isolation, sleep paralysis, and that haunting carnival of late-night anxious thoughts, ringing like an operatic chorus line of evil puppets in your head.

"Best Music Video"
"Best Covid-19 Film"
"Best Fantasy"
"Best Symbolic Film"

► Directed by: Remy Powell Lamont

• remy.lamont@gmail.com
• Official Website

Based on a true story - A rooftop party for two, a brother & sister celebrate their love. She has escaped from a violent husband but her scars run deep. She makes the ultimate choice.
With Tamzin Outhwaite, Previous credits include: EastEnders, Death in Paradise, Ridley Road.
Danny Bayne, The Peripheral (Netflix) Hollyoaks,
Grease is the Word- Winner- BBC

"Best Short Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Paulette Randall MBE

• lee@leemorgan.biz
• Official Website

The love story between a novelist and his muse ends up abruptly with the revealing of an unexpected secret.

"Best Romance"

► Directed by: Zoran Zonde Stojanovski

• marcodeornellas@gmail.com
• Official Website

A tight-knit group of teachers at an all-girls school, where there is not a single male educator, is getting a new Computer Science teacher…His name is Edward Henrihovych Shokoladenko. This stunning news is wreaking havoc on a teacher’s meeting, pushing the estranged best friends to re-evaluate their relationships.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Olexander Leonidovich Onufriev

• alexonf1978@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

A desperate father enters into a murderous game, normalized by a society greedy for cheap thrills, in order to save his terminally ill daughter. Win or lose, this is his last chance.

"Best Horror"
"Best Director"
"Best Actress"
"Best Young Actress"
"Best Supporting Actor"
"Best Costume Design"

► Directed by: Taylor Martin

• Holdenmissedone@yahoo.com

In the 1970s, Mexican immigrants were subjected to sadistic experiments at hospitals along the US border. Today, the men who committed those heinous acts live with their guilt, waiting for the ghosts of their past to return.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Michael Snyder

• mks@crashfilmsinc.com
• Official Website

Sofia is a perfectionist and obsessive young illustrator who suffers from a creative block. One night, she receives a letter with instructions for an occult path that leads her to a brutal choice.

"Best Horror"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Covid-19 Film"

► Directed by: Lucas Pivatto

• lucas_pivatto@hotmail.com
• Official Website

Shitamachi (traditional commercial district) Tokyo. Asakusa, Taito-ku. At an old public bath, there is an old fashioned, stubborn master who doesn't speak much and his beautiful wife. The couple runs the business well, but the wife leaves home due to the husband's bad drinking habit. Instead of learning from his wife's leaving, his drinking habit gets worse. Losing patience, his nosy neighbors visit him and persuade him into getting back together with his wife... Set in the public bath "Arimayu", which was built in 1930 and is still open, the story depicts the relationship of a married couple and humanity.

"Best Comedy"
"Best Costume Design"
"Best Supporting Actor"

► Directed by: Yusuke Ishide

• fukunekofilm@gmail.com
• Official Website

A couple finds out that they are living inside one of the most borring and ankward scenarios: a low budget short.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Martín De Benedetti

• martindebenedetti@gmail.com

When a video found by the police on an inanimate body and it leaks on the internet, a simple fact becomes an urban legend. Between facts and rumours, Luc Rife, an independent investigator, seeks to uncover the truth about the mysterious vigilante in town named The Nightstalker.

This pseudo documentary is linked to all the universe put in place by the group Sercati and The Nightstalker.

"Best Experimental Film"

• ► Directed by:Steve Serpent Fabry
• steve.fabry@hotmail.fr
• Official Website

A young skate videographer finds a group of voodoo dolls based off him and his friends. What began as an innocent project to make a skate video ends up transforming into a waking nightmare. Curiosity killed the cat...

"Best Horror"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Editing"
"Best Young Director"

► Directed by: David Cesar Verba

• cesarverba@gmail.com
• Official Website

A young woman posts a photo on flimsy outfit on social network. Little by little a quiet man horde invade her house and decide to keep her body.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Manon Lantignac, Lilou Romans

• lantignac.manon@hotmail.fr
• Official Instagram

Somewhere in the space between reality and fairy tale. A poet left in tragic loneliness sees as if on a film, his entire past and the price he paid for his poems.

"Best Historical"
"Best Actor"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Costume Design"

► Directed by: Nikolay Bogomilov

• b.hermes@hermesgift.bg

Ricardo Darring is a moderately successful theatre director/actor. He staged some memorable plays a long time ago. Lack of the ideas for his writings and debts lead Ricardo to accept a proposal from a childhood friend, now mayor of his hometown Jorge Salcedo. On the occasion of the reopening of the Municipal Theater, Ricardo revives with the original cast the play that 30 years ago boosted his fame but forced him to leave his fellow cast member behind. Ricardo begins his journey back to his hometown full of doubts. He looks for the original cast and tries to convince them to participate in the play once again. He invites first Marcelo, his good friend from the past, and Clara, his youth love. Marcelo has a relationship of intense enmity with Salcedo. Ricardo decides to hide from them the real reason to participate in the play again and lies to convince him. Clara is torn between a relationship with Marcelo and the curiosity of discovering her first passion again. Ricardo has to recover the rest of the cast: marginals, alcoholics or simply lost in everyday life. The rehearsals go on and the play seems to have more and more things in common with real life. When it is revealed that Salcedo is sponsoring the event, Marcelo discovers Ricardo as a liar and a traitor. Ricardo faces the greatest dilemma, to repeat the betrayal of the past or to redeem himself in anonymity.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Nicolas Di Cocco

• nicodicocco@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as a vulnerable teenager. Despite life going against Mel at every turn, she is determined to see the good in people and find hope before her past catches up with her.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Original Screenplay"

► Directed by: Rhoyce Nova

• livingwellmel@gmail.com
• Official Website

In Five Questions, Jill, a young woman played by Amber Paul, comes to terms with an early trauma in her life. In each of the film's five scenes, a question is asked that propels Jill forward and toward an answer that opens a path to resolution.
Written and directed by David Arrow, the film stars Amber Paul as Jill and features a diverse supporting cast that includes Donna Lynne Champlin, Kiera Allen, Joyia D. Bradley and Elijah Guo. The film was produced by Leon Derriey.

"Best Drama"
"Best Actress"
"Best Director"
"Best Original Screenplay"

► Directed by: David Arrow

• fivequestionsfilm@icloud.com
• Official Instagram

some end up well, some end up badly

"Best Thriller"

► Directed by: Filippo Cristiano

• mrcrazyshortmovie@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

When Jo Martin, a nurse, notices significant changes in her father’s paintings, she becomes suspicious of a medical issue. Afraid he’s causing damage to his beautifully intricate pieces she begins a journey of understanding and instead uncovers Pete Martin’s life and work as an artist over seventy-five years. Pete is in a race to finish his pieces and Jo is in a race to safeguard her father's legacy.

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Mobile Film"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Educational Film"

► Directed by: Jo Martin

• jo@lanternupstairs.com
• Official Website

"Sathy" is an inspirational story set within the depths of the Sathyamangalam Forest. Once a casualty of mankind's greed, the forest's vibrant wildlife and rich flora were on the brink of extinction. As the balance of nature teetered on the edge, a group of super-humans, known as the Green Warriors, emerged, pledging to restore the forest and its wildlife.

Despite the immense challenges posed by modern society, these dedicated protectors stop at nothing to safeguard the forest they hold dear. Their relentless efforts result in the phenomenal recovery of the forest, particularly noticeable in the resurgence of the tiger population.

Integral to the narrative is the role of local communities, many from local tribes, who bear hardships and cooperate actively in conservation efforts. Their participation underscores the human benefits of conservation, particularly as the forest provides essential water resources to surrounding districts.

"Sathy" presents the forest's struggle and resurgence as an urgent wake-up call for humanity, stressing the importance of coexistence and the constant readiness of green soldiers to defend Mother Nature. This is not just a story, it's a testament to the resilience of nature and the power of determined guardians.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Anil Narahari

• anil.athreyasa@gmail.com

A physicist thinks he has bad luck but turns out it's because of coffee! He goes about exploring the idea of how a simple coffee could affect our life and questions whether we have free will.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Comedy"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Producer"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Poster"
"Best Original Soundtrack"
"Best Opening Credits"
"Best Closing Credits"

► Directed by: Vinith Bejugam

• vinithbejugam@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

Helene and Hans have been dating for over three months. Today she'll visit him for the last time. As they talk about their attempted relationship, they get to know each other and themselves more than they are comfortable with.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Franz Quitt

• franz.quitt@gmail.com

After the devastation of the land produced by the exploitation of natural resources, Arrow Corp., a multinational, controlled and genetically manipulated food, in order to produce them, making the population sick. After these events, a group of survivors resists Arrow's domain. But clashes are increasingly deadly. This is why Arrow decides to develop a combat android with AI (Artificial Intelligence), intended as an anti-conflict force to end the resistance and dominate what remains of the planet. Once active AIDAs begin to defect on the battlefield, the last one to activate is EVE, which after leaving the weapons is seriously injured and taken to what remains of the Arrow Corp. development facilities to be interrogated and detect the error.

"Best Sci-Fi"
"Best Action Movie"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Edu Matus

• eddmatus@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

FAMILIAR REALM is a story about an obsessively driven yet morosely unstable musician who struggles with his lack of success, personal demons, and the past in a 1980’s blue-collar neighborhood on the skids.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Jose Montalvo

• montalvoscripts@gmail.com

A couple in crisis is about to renovate an apartment. The state of the walls is like the state of their relationship.

"Best Drama"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Muxel Paule

• muxpau@gmail.com
• Official Website

A couple of baby boomers relive summers in the nineteen fifties. Paralells are made between the Covid epidemic, the Cold War and the polio epidemic. But are there lessons learned?

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Elizabeth Lewis

• elewis1930@outlook.com

Young Billy is put into a mental institute for talking to animals, rocks, clouds and "God" and they all talk back, according to Billy. Upon his release, he sets out on a mysterious road trip to find some answers.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Eric Kelso

• evkelso@gmail.com
• Official Website

Quirky cousins Jason and Inga are on the case when bad lighting reveals a thief among their gathering of misfit friends. They are determined to discover who stole their family heirloom fish and the aebleskivers they worked so hard to make.

"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Cassandra Tittle

• SkittlePictures@gmail.com
• Official Website

Multispecter Video - Ensouled Multipicture Carpets ????????????
Ten- two hands- this is the number of those Videos.
The idea for Multispecter Videos arised during a travel through South- and Centralvietnam from November 2015 to February 2016. I found there my own pictures by putting different videos together, by arranging and finally composing them. I created a new video as a composition of more than one videos with same theme or an associated theme, but with another start, another speed or another perspective, by zooming, mirroring, looping or stoping the video. The composition or collage of videos is inspired by the great vietnamese Kitchen: Hot spicy soup with a lot lot of fresh herbage, cinnamon, cardamon and sugar- but I mixed slow videos with fast videos or a close-up view with a long shot. But the new video should include the soul of the theme like a carped of videos wich starts having it`s own life- a living carpet. The titels were added to intensify the relationship between the content of the songs or poems and the carpets, the style is inspired by Alexander Kluge.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Johannes Horak

• filmfestival@mail.de
• Official Website

An eccentric group of people seeking answers and justice band together in the summer of 1973 to try to take down a killer carnival on the run.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Anthony Cross

• anthonycross23@gmail.com

The recurring idea is to show women’s development, which divided into four stages.
The first trailer shows a childhood of a girl. There are only round forms, which shows simplicity. The feather is the center of the idea about Gabriell’s childhood. She have met a death when she was too little. Moreover, this emotions start to affect her brain and all her inner world.
The second trailer is about the next stage of a Gabriell’s life. It is an adulthood. The scenes shows both forms: sharp and round. There is also a complexity and a chaos in a grown up mind of a girl. She found herself as a mortician. The job helps to her to forget about the past and her mental problems.
The third trailer is when Gabriell found herself. The lines are sharp which represents independence and clarity about her life.
Suddenly, she lost herself it in one day.
The fourth trailer shows her final stage of her life. She decided to commit a suicide, because she cannot control her distorted world anymore.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Aygul Abizgildina

• aygul.abizgildina@the-bac.edu
• Official Website

An unexpected decision at a bad time will highlight the fragility of a young couple´s relationship.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Nuria Cánovas Navedo

• david.g.estrella@outlook.es

Night Watchers - A science-filled adventure with the Story Monster. Readers join Story Monster as Eddie the Elf Owl serves as a learning guide to explore the amazing world of nocturnal creatures that live throughout North America. The book uses engaging storytelling, dynamic language, and fun, "graphic novel" style illustrations to ignite a reader’s curiosity. Night Watchers blends nonfiction topics with a captivating narrative in an effort to promote literacy and a desire to learn more about science and nature. The book is designed for young readers, teachers, and parents who want to foster a love for S.T.E.A.M. subjects.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Conrad J Storad

• Linda@storymonsters.com
• Official Website

When the murder of a Black woman in ‘60s Florida goes uninvestigated, a downtrodden detective goes rogue to expose the corrupt world of law enforcement and finally stand up to his racist father—the Chief of Police. Inspired by true events.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: John P. P. Hallar

• john.p.hallar@gmail.com

"Arizona Way Out West and Wacky" is a must-see play for anyone interested in Arizona's rich history, unique wildlife, and colorful characters. Join Ringtails named Johnny and Jayne Ringo on an educational and hilarious journey through the Wild West, from Arizona’s earliest documented territorial days to its statehood in 1912. The play offers a perfect balance of learning and entertainment, with cleverly crafted dialogue, enthusiastic actors, and memorable characters. The play explores Arizona's past and present, sharing fascinating facts, amusing anecdotes, and touching moments. Don't miss this opportunity to know Arizona more while laughing with two of the state’s “Official State Mammal.”
This book includes two complete plays for primary and elementary grades, specifically, these plays are written for grades 2-3 and grades 4 and up.


"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Zachary Simpson

• linda@storymonsters.com
• Official Website

When a young potato is rejected by his family, what's a boy to do? Go into fashion, of course!

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Lori Hamilton

• lori@thelorihamilton.com
• Official Website

On July 6th, 1808, the "Bom Sucesso" caique and 18fishermen left Olhão, in Portugal, towards Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), taking with them the good news that Portugal was finally free of Napoleon's enemy troops. But in the midst of a great storm, men lose their bearings and faith. The "Bom Sucesso" caique enters an enchanted realm, where a fantastic Marine Creature falls in love with him and will try to save him from a tenebrous Monster in the service of the enemy.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Zachary Simpson

• linda@storymonsters.com
• Official Website

Pretu Fuguli is a creole expression that is used in a discriminatory manner. This term has been revived by the Guinean visual artist, Nu Barreto who transformed it into a visual concept, with a large production and international projection.
Following the artist to Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Macao, and even Paris where he lives and works, we are invited to dive into Nu Barreto's life and work in order to understand his creative process and the conflicts in which lives the artist, who is from one of the poorest countries in the world.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Costa Valente, Monica Musoni

• filmografo.fest@gmail.com

Two people tell the story of a family in the countryside enjoying their day and the nature around them.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Lauren Hammersley

• lauren.hammersley@outlook.com
• Official Website

Your face was hidden
But I know that sooner or later
Will return
I do not see you
But I know that you are watching me
Day after day
Night after night
My ears no longer hear your voice
But my heart hears everything
A thousand years from now
In 1 day, 1 year, 100 thousand years, your face I will see again
In 1 day, 1 year, 100 thousand years, I don't know where, but you will find me again
In 1 day, 1 year, 100 thousand years, I know your face next to mine I will see again
I will be the cloud and you will be the moon.
I will cover you with both hands
And our roof will be the sky


"Best Original Score"
"Best Original Soundtrack"

► Directed by: Carlo Chiarotti

• carlo.chiarotti@gmail.com
• Official Website

A well-liked monitor has this "superpower" driven by his anger. A year later, he finds an ad looking for a hall monitor giving him one more chance, but this time controlling his anger.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Lauren Hammersley

• lemurboii052@gmail.com
• Official Website

Two, late Cold War lovers sadly depart in the chaos of 1989. Yet then cross paths during intricate 2014 Greenwich Village to Havana spy operation, which changes the course of the mission and their lives.
Well, thanks for the opportunity to explain that in contrast to my ‘Dancing with Spies’ feature a few years ago and more recent award-winning TV Pilot script, I have created now an entirely new first half for this feature, which I also call Episode 1 or the tv pilot. This first half of 2023 ‘Dancing with Spies @GODDESS’ is an adaptation from my novel manuscript work from ‘Part Two – Prior Times of Olga and William’ section. Then I also decided to use the book manuscript’s ‘Part One - Olga’s Promise of 2014’ once more, but for the second half of feature called Episode 2.
My goal for September of 2023 is to complete Episode 3, an adaptation from ‘Part Three – Thereafter with C.T.F.U’, the third and final section of the book manuscript.
But there is more to come this fall! Specifically, in organizing a tv or web series, where I arrange and plan episode scenes in order on index cards with perhaps two sentence summaries, in addition to (of course) episode titles from the manuscript for both Season One and Season Two.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Directed by: Francis Longworth Billingsley

• billingsleyfrank9@gmail.com

Far and away form the traumas of her childhood, Evelyn has made a new life for herself with her adoptive family, but as the horrors of her past, and the hideous monster that accompanies them, come back to haunt her the deep rooted secrets of the people she thought she knew come to light.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Anthony A. Labriola

• antalabriola@gmail.com

Witness the modern wild west as a group of big city construction workers follow the american dream into the countryside to live out their own spaghetti western.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Anthony A. Labriola

• AntALabriola@gmail.com

After a twenty year murder spree, a suicidal man comes back to finish what he started.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Anthony A. Labriola

• mdowdrick1300@gmail.com

Witness the modern wild west as a group of big city construction workers follow the american dream into the countryside to live out their own spaghetti western.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: L.S. Strange

• lsstrange@lsstrange.com
• Official Website

A film where two women are chased by an unstoppable killer until the dead themselves save them... but for how long?

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Austin Janowsky

• tinskymedia@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

Struggling with anxiety disorders for years, Valérie rarely leaves her neighbourhood. However, she must face her fears when her new boyfriend arranges to meet her out of town for mysterious reasons. Disturbing revelations will force her to confront her deepest fears.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Vanessa-Tatjana Beerli

• cinetapisrouge@gmail.com
• Official Website

Salzburg, the city of Mozart, of music and of musicians: who are they, what do they do and why? what is music to them? what is behind the beauty and the emotions of their concerts? Where and how does the path to becoming a musician begin?
The documentary film Zauberwege (Magical Paths) follows the young flutists of a music school in Austria and their teacher, the Italian musician Francesca Canali, who lives in Salzburg, through various everyday life situations (lessons, preparation for concerts and exams, concerts), giving voice through their interviews to the thoughts, feelings, emotions that accompany their paths (Wege) of life and musical development.

"Best Short Documentary"
"Best Educational Film"

► Directed by: Francesca Canali

• francesca.canali@gmail.com

A weekend long Ultimate Frisbee tournament turns into a bloodbath when body snatching alien worms begin to attack.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Damon Fabbo

• Damonfabbo@gmail.com

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Ilja Dombrovskij

• kk.electronicsmusic@gmail.com
• Official Website

Locked in a struggle for faith, a man only further finds himself lost to the darkness and devil at his door.

"Best Horror"
"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Caden Paul Nahf

• cadennahf121@gmail.com

When a lonely man, a fashion photographer, meets the sweetheart of his youth, from whom he separated under the pressure of his Oedipal mother, he is attacked by fragments of past memories and does everything he can to realize the love of his life, doubt in the dream - doubt in reality, doubt in the present - doubt in the past, under the influence of a literary and surrealistic character Gradiva.
Ave Gradiva tries to challenge the conventional perception of a short film as something limited in terms of time, place, and plot, and instead - to create a 19 min' show that embraces different countries and civilizations, lasts for thousands of years, and contains within it several kinds of LOVE - human phenomena which take place on the border between Dream and Reality.

"Best Romance"

► Directed by: Yuri Riklis

• riklisy@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

2023, Laik, Quentin, two homeless people take us into their difficult daily lives and show us how they survive in their precarious situations.
On the other hand, we have the marauders who help the homeless as best they can and testify to what they can see in a community forgotten by society...

"Best Short Documentary'
"Best Director"
"Best Sound Design"
"Best Color Editing"

► Directed by: Maxime LEFEBVRE

• lefebvrem282@gmail.com
• Official Website

NO, PRIME MINISTER! A tough bodyguard was promoted to the position of head of the Prime Minister's security team over her seniors. In her new role, she has to face the Prime Minister - a lonely, powerful, and macho man whose policies are controversial, in order to establish her position and fulfill her role and protect the Prime Minister's life, in the midst of a tumultuous election campaign and in the shadow of threats to his life, behind which there is a former Bodyguard.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Yuri Riklis

• riklisy@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

An expressionless young woman goes about her daily routine in her big house but not everything is what it seems.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Safirah John

• safirahu@gmail.com

A single camera comedy that shows the on air/off air shenanigans at the Home, Outdoor, and Entertainment shopping channel. Rhonda Stevenson comes to H.O.E. to sell her latest item for male consumer confidence, The Bulge!

"Best Director"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Robin Leabman

• rigarrao@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

CARLA KING, 30s, seems to have it all: beauty, wit, and a successful career, yet this 30-something-year-old single Mother struggles with the tragic loss of her husband.
Her best friend NIKKI, and secret office crush, ANDRE, introduce her to the world of online Karaoke, where she meets the genius behind the growing trend, Sterling. Sparks fly and Carla begins to feel the warmth of life again.
After unforeseen events threaten Carla's international client, she goes to Sterling with a proposal to save her project. The undercover playboy uses the opportunity to slither his way into Carla's heart, and her project funds, and relishes a successful end to his latest conquest. Meanwhile, Andre sees through Sterling's games and enlists Nikki to help show Carla who Sterling really is.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Gregory Bonds

• gregorybonds@gmail.com
• Official Website

Dealing with phobia and how it can damage your life without any real influence

"Best Short Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Zafir Ahmed

• waelshiko1976@gmail.com

A vampire cult initiation takes a turn when the new recruit refuses to suck blood.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Wayne Landreth

• waytoland96@gmail.com

Daniel's time has run out, to his horror, as he experiences The First Terror from The Book of Revelation...The Locust.

"Best VFX"
"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Danilo Buendia

• danilobuendia@yahoo.com

In first level it is a very old house (neglected, run down, in need of demolition) ask herself about the meaning of his life...in lyrical form.
A young woman comes in and recognizes the potential and lets light and air into the dark rooms again.
In second level the house stands as a metaphor for sick, old, dement, disabled people in our society who do not correspond to the supposedly general norms of a "life spent meaningfully".
But now there are people today who take care of such people and enable them, sometimes at great sacrifice, to lead a better life and "bring them back" into society.
It is also a homage to all those who devote themselves to the disadvantaged in our society...i.e. social workers, geriatric nurses, nurses, volunteers...

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Stephan Puppe

• stephanpuppe@arcor.de
• Official Website

A modern-day version based on the myth of Pandora’s Box. This is a story of when a young girl falls victim to temptation. After an argument with her mother, Nae is sent to her grandmother’s house and discovers a hidden box. Even though she was told not to, she opened the box. Evils were released and possesses her grandmother. Nae must learn the meaning of hope in order to save her grandmother.

"Best Black & White Film"

► Directed by: Renee Cox

• reneedirector@gmail.com

After ten days, Animesh walked and stood on the roof. Whatever, according to the doctor, be the cause of his back injury, he is sure that it is hidden in the distant past. Thereafter everything was going well, but ten days ago suddenly ...

"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Subhadeep Ghosh

• s.kino1980@gmail.com

"Happy Birthday" tells the story of a young girl struggling with addiction and loneliness. Nora realises she has lost control over her life through her sister's voicemails

"Best Student Film"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Vittoria Benigno

• vittoriabph@gmail.com

Elsa, 18, is sent to live with her strange step-relatives Aunt Marcia and her two twenty something sons, Tab and Emery. Tab is a pianist and Marcia's favorite while Emery is the Cinderella of the family and they never leave their house. Both brothers fall madly in love with Elsa shattering Marcia's control. Who will leave with Elsa? Stay tuned and find out.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Romance"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Actress"
"Best Supporting Actress"
"Best Original Soundtrack"
'Best Composer"

► Directed by: Victoria Bugbee

• vicky@victoriabugbee.com
• Official Website

A girl who got lost in the track of time, nostalgia, and dreams, now has to make the most important decision of her life.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Student Film"

► Directed by: Elizaveta Dyachkova

• 1liza300302@gmail.com

When a meteor falls on a base on Mars and unveils a mysterious cave where aliens hide genetic research laboratories, commander Julius Favalli bypasses formal orders to investigate the hidden history of the bases of Mars and the reasons behind the aliens' previous attack on the human colony. He then faces the anger and desperation of a dying civilization fighting for survival.

"Best Television Script"

► Written by: Line Rainville, Franco Pirrone

• l.rainville61@gmail.com

Tap dancer Bobby grew up and thrived in London, his single mother respected in her job. But now they must grapple with moving after suffering the towering cost of living. He navigates his final farewells with friends and his home.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Harry Tomlin

• harry.tomlin@aol.com
• Official Website

In the attic of a big old house, a curious monster is sketching a little drawing with a bone. She looks at the bone and lets out a bored sigh. This monster is called Lucie. She used to be haunting this place but right now the house is empty. So many rooms in this house but no one to play hide and seek with. Wandering around the house, she remembers moments where she used to torment a child. Feeling nostalgic she enters the cellar to throw away the bone on what seems to be the remains of the last inhabitants of the house. Her boredom is quickly interrupted by the sound of a car approaching. Two kids come out of the car running happily to discover their new home. They don't know that someone is already waiting for them, eager to be their new friend.

"Best Horror"
"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Tatiana Michelle Dutuit-Sauter

• tatiana.dutuit@gmail.com

A short film based on Mark Antony's funeral speech from William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar."
Antony takes it to the people, delivers Caesar's stirring requiem, and turns the tables on his assassins.
Starring Sean Tansey.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Sean Tansey

• samizdatxproductions@gmail.com
• Official Website

A moth follows a warm glow, and moves through a surreal landscape towards a final metamorphosis, culminating from love, tragedy and visceral desire.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Maggie Nightingale

• maggienightingale@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

"Best Dance Video"

► Directed by: Lamara Sogomonian

• lamara1stad@gmail.com

A jogger is pursued by a shape-shifting monster who takes the form of a white flower.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Jeffrey Ashkin

• raindancefilms@gmail.com

Trying to rekindle their relationship, Sophie organizes a weekend trip with her boyfriend Mark. However, Mark soon becomes obsessed with the diary of the woman who lived there long ago, and Sophie starts to feel like she's seeing this woman at every turn.

"Best Horror"
"Best Cinematography"

► Directed by: Bernardo Hippert

• gibson22@bu.edu
• Official Instagram

"Best Short Film,"

► Directed by: Brandon Ladson

• ladsonb190@bellsouth.net