Official Selections
September - November 2022 Program
Morituriosis An emotionally repressed, yet complacent, thirty year-old man dying of chronic alcoholism receives a mysterious six-foot tall wooden crate at his place of residence while both his body and mind begin to fail during a 72-hour-plus period of acute alcohol withdrawal— that abruptly escalates into a psychotic, hallucinogenic nightmare of unspeakable proportions— as he refrains from reaching out for help, while desperately fighting to stay alive. "Best Feature Screenplay" "Best Original Screenplay" |
THE CANVAS Art requires concentration, most often solitude. This condition is essential for the painter Salvatore Garau. Yet the artist decides to question himself by taking a large white canvas (2mx5m) and sharing the creation of the work together with the inmates in the high security prison of Massama, Sardinia. He does not intend to teach prisoners how to paint, but to share creative energy with those who are not used to freedom, let alone creative freedom. On the canvas the prisoners can unleash their imagination that leads to wonder, and wonder is power. Power is openness without fear. The documentary "The canvas" follows this challenge, the surprising discoveries, the beginning and the development of a project that shows the power of art and speech, especially in shady and sad places like prison. "Best Feature Documentary" "Best Director Debut" |
The Prototype Garrett Brown wakes up to a destroyed world 300 years into the future. His memory is slowly coming back thanks to drinking a blue liquid provided by human clones that survived the nuclear holocaust. Garrett remembers being part of a United States government agency and leading an investigation, in which terrorist aliens, led by Reverend Jeremiah C. Hope, plan to take over the planet. Garrett dies protecting us but is buried and hidden by the agency to later resurrect in the future. He and the clones who saved him must now come together to overthrow Piak, the alien conqueror, and take back Earth. Garrett fulfills his destiny and becomes The Prototype - the only hope for mankind. "Best Sci-Fi" "Best Producer" - Marcelo Grion |
Burnt Tonja and her daughter Anna, two Scandinavian blonde and enigmatic women, live alone in a large isolated farm under the Mediterranean sun. Every day is repeating itself, like an immutable, ritualized and distressing daily life. Getting up early, eating frugally, dressing simply, wearing the same necklace, praying, feeding the animals, reaping the fruits, studying at school, going to the station, coming back from the station, going to bed early... Despite the end of the summer, the sun is still there, burning more and more, until a premonition upsets the course of their destiny. "Best Short Film" |
Agniyogana - Lower the head, Invoke the fire AGNIYOGANA is a meditative inquiry into the lost art of classical Hatha Yoga. Offering an experiential collage of action and stillness, light and darkness, sound and silence, AGNIYOGANA explores the richness of traditional Hatha Yoga teachings and the deeply connected states of heart, mind, and freedom these practices deliver to sincere truth seekers. AGNIYOGANA takes the viewer on a journey through time and space to rediscover the inner dimensions of Hatha Yoga and reconnect the human spirit to the true meaning of “yug,” the connecting root of all yogas. Our documentary film begins with a visual and aural initiation. "Best Feature Documentary" "Best Symbolic Film" "Best Producer" - Emma Balnaves |
My King Looks Like Me Alexa has always battled her feelings with the opposite sex. She always do what her family wanted her to do - Engineering degree, HBCU (Historically Black College University), and even her engagement to her boyfriend of 5 years, Malik. But something has always been missing. A void in her heart that's never been filled. Until she met, Catalaya, a new intern that transferred from Seattle. Catalaya is a Puerto Rican mixed 30 year old woman who was very open about her sexuality. From day one, Catalaya and Alexa always had a unique connection. They were inseparable. Alexa does not want to be disloyal to her boyfriend but the chemistry between her and Catalaya is indescribable. What's a girl to do? Over the next few months, Alexa can't seem to shake her feelings towards Catalaya so they agreed to start an “informal” relationship. Alexa loves every moment of it and totally forgets about her upcoming wedding with Malik. Stuck between what her heart wants to do and what society tells her to do, Alexa has a tough decision to make. Whose heart will be broken? Will Alexa's King be Malik or Catalaya? "Best LGBTQ+ Film" |
Shave to Reborn Mt. Koya was snowy, suddenly, the shaved hair fell gently on snow… The one who has had his hair cut was stirred up with memories, let bygones be bygones, all troubles left with the hair… “Shave to Reborn” is a unique documentary, it records how 41 students of Shingon Buddhism practiced unusual lives to become Acārya (Preceptor of Shingon Buddhism). 41 students came from different sectors of the community, someone couldn’t escape from the sorrow of family’s death, someone had been suffered from broken marriage, someone met his Waterloo in business… Life is like a box of chocolate, but they just wished to seek for peace and a corner to rest. Driven by fate, they came to “Grand Master Kukai Memorial Hall”, following Master Edward Li, holy-monk named Yi Ran, to learn Esoteric Buddhism for years. Some of them chose to leave their big business behind, some of them were brave to face difficulties in lives… Embraced by Buddha, they prayed and sang, let the original sound of the universe wash their troubles and sorrows away, every cell of them were motivated, it made them feel like having a new life! While learning how to practice “Fire Puja”, an offering ceremony by burning wood in fire, those 41 students could feel the fire removing their accumulated burdens and sadness, they were set free and shining again! “Fire Offering Ritual”, daily practices, shave and reborn... Through these valuable records, Master Yi Ran would like to disclose and share the core knowledge of Esoteric Buddhism to the world. "Best Feature Documentary" |
Metamorphosis Metamorphosis deals with the theme of Virtuality. On a futuristic stage, avatars of the singer Fifi Rong in the form of holograms make their metamorphosis. In a clandestine speak-easy lost in the middle of the Universe, the customers are adventurers of passages. With the help of a retro remote control, they make the holograms of their fantasies appear in turn... But from desires to whims, the hologram glitches more and more, leaving the viewer questioning: Is it really a hologram or is this woman feeling the effects of what this ghost of herself is going through? "Best Music Video" "Best Original Song" |
Phoenix Incident Thursday March 13th, 1997 marks the date of the Phoenix Lights, the largest mass UFO sighting in US History. The night of the incident, four Phoenix residents vanished in the Estrella Mountain National Park, south of Phoenix, becoming the longest unresolved missing person’s case in Arizona history. This transmedia motion picture features never-before-seen classified recordings and material, Phoenix Incident presents incontrovertible evidence that the four men were victims of an extraterrestrial attack resulting from the US Air Force direct engagement with unidentified craft over the Estrella Mountains. The combined footage, testimonials and the government’s continued disinformation campaign are brought to light in this gripping documentary that will leave you questioning everything you think you know about "The Phoenix Incident". Dozens of hidden websites, social media interactions and 4 hours of secret footage and materials comprise the alternative reality experience of the Phoenix Incident. "Best Director Debut" "Best Thriller" |
NOTRE DAME IS IN FLAMES Resourceful Gendarme Margaux is joined by her former beau after the Notre Dame fire as they follow clues left centuries earlier by Napoleon and Victor Hugo, ultimately leading them to the lost Charlemagne's Crown. "Best Feature Screenplay" |
The desert Rocker The desert Rocker is an intimate, witty and profound portrait of the extraordinary Hasna El Becharia, pioneer Gnawa artist. The first Algerian musician to break through the social barriers of this culture, she empowers and inspires women of all ages by reclaiming a musical tradition reserved for men for centuries. A singularly talented artist, she leads women to redefine their roles and challenge cultural norms, one musical performance at a time. "Best Feature Documentary" |
DO YOU SEE ME? After the mysterious death of her white best friend a young black woman must decide what secrets she will protect and the lengths she will go to protect her friend. "Best Feature Screenplay" |
Seeing Things Differently An old man doesn't want to leave his long-time home for an old age home. When a most unusual woman gives him a pair of glasses, he begins to see things differently. "Best Short Screenplay" |
Scowling Dusk: The Haunting Of The Midshipman Following on from the events of Valdís (web-series) this prequel to the Scowling Dusk Trilogy. An epic arthouse Grand Guignol presented in two parts. Set in a strange 'limbo' world between life and death and close to the river Styx, we meet a puppet who begins to tell us about his friends who may or may not be already dead... This substantial independent film was shot over a number of years with the same company of actors working with the unusual vision of director Aidan J Crowley (Valdís). An exploration of the influence of psychosis on the human condition as well as ancient mythologies and the tragic consequences of death and suicide. Using the forte of fantasy cinema and puppetry, a suggestion of stop-motion, Shakespeare verse and most importantly the faces and voices of his actors playing multiple characters, Crowley weaves a disturbing, confusing but splendid web of imagery and noise, complimented by the beautiful cello score of Deryn Cullen. This is a challenging film, presented in two parts, atypical of any modern movie and with an intermission; but it is certain that you will be enthralled, irritated, confused, moved and impressed by the end of this opus. Crowley remains a unique filmmaker and one to watch. This introduction to his 'Scowling Dusk' world makes an impression on your subconscious. "Best Experimental Film" "Best Actor" - Aidan J Crowley "Best Supporting Actor" - Justin K Hayward "Best Composer" - Deryn Cullen |
THE GOAL OF THE CENTURY FABRIZIO, AN EXCEPTIONAL SOCCER PLAYER CHILD SUFFERS BULLYING FROM SULTAN, A YOUNG DEALER AND HIS GANG. UNTIL HE MEETS A MYSTERIOUS OLD MAN NAMED KALIOS, WHO FORCES HIM TO TRAIN WITH BLINDFOLDED BOYS FOR THE GOAL OF THE CENTURY COMPETITION...OR HIS BELOVED GRANDMA MIGHT NEVER SEE ANOTHER DAY... "Best Short Film" |
Darwin's Fox Driven by the urge to prove the existence of an extinct creature, a father and his son head off into the wilderness. But soon the search becomes much more personal, when the son suddenly vanishes without a trace. "Best Director" - Ben Scharf "Best Composer" - Tobias Vethake |
The Real Beauty In a quiet and small town in Calabria, there was a young girl named Martina who was leading a normal life, or so it seemed. Her mother was a shadow in the girl's life: behind her back, Martina hides a discomfort that kept her isolated from the world. Plunged into a nightmare, Martina tries to react by involving her mother in her daily life without any success. Her mother was too busy with her duties to pay attention to the decision that her daughter has made. "Best Short Film" |
The S.S. Robin In middle-class Brooklyn in 1971 a mixed race family was simply not the norm. The S.S. Robin takes place in Brooklyn, New York in 1971. It tells the story of the DeLucas - a working-class Italian/American family who struggle with the turbulence of the early 70’s, while facing new and unexpected challenges stemming from the inclusion of a mixed race child into their home. The S.S. Robin opens with the unexpected arrival of Robin, a 3 year old Hispanic/black foster child into the DeLuca family. A child with a fully-formed personality who interacts with the family, develops a strong bond with each member and calls the DeLuca parents mommy and daddy as natural as if they were her own. The story spans 18 months where we watch the family celebrate birthdays and holidays, experience day-to-day family activities as playful as learning how to swim in the family pool to tension-filled, near violent arguments and dramas between neighbors and strangers and children and parents all of which could potentially alter relationships forever – many of those conflicts centering around Robin. The DeLuca’s story reflects the social and political clashes of the time. We see the racism that is present in both the world outside of the DeLucas and within their own family and community. While the DeLuca’s love for Robin develops so deep as to consider the lifelong commitment of adopting her, they never expect the reactions that a mixed race child fosters in their circle of family, friends and neighbors. The main characters include the mother Rosie, a 50 year old Italian/American woman who lives for her husband and children. Her own issues of childhood loss and abandonment complicate her choices as she mothers her own maturing family. The father, Gianni, is a proud 47 year old man who lives for God, country and family. Is Gianni’s allegiance to the New York Yankees and Italian music enough to validate his patriotism and family values? Their three children are Johnny, Christopher and Anna. The 50’s born children are caught between their parent’s WWII generation of unquestioned duty and obedience and the Vietnam War generation of questioning authority and maintaining suspicion. And, of course, Robin. We watch Robin, a rejected, innocent interloper, expose the DeLucas to a sobering new world of conflict that they never knew existed right in their own backyard - along with an unconditional love and acceptance that even they didn’t know they were capable of. "Best Feature Screenplay" "Best Original Screenplay" |
The Redeemables Based on true events that focus on New York City's landlord tenant laws. Alexander Reed (Swiped), Mesha Millington (Guiding Light) and Gregory Korostichevsky (The Blacklist, Orange is the new black) star in this off beat hilarious comedy about a young man who after inheriting a house, let's his love interest and others move in thinking they will pay rent which they don't. "Best Comedy" |
In a Tamasic World A dreamlike symbolic journey into the modern world. Anima – the human soul – is threatened by dark forces, who besiege her as hooded strangers. Hyperion – the mad sage, and Clotho – the Moira seamstress of fate who spins the thread of human life, measure up against infinity and fate. Maya – queen of fire and illusion, evokes the lifeforces needed to sustain Anima in the confrontation that awaits her. On the chessboard of good and evil, where the struggle is being fought with tamasic forces, Anima appears to capitulate – but the immortal current of life will prove stronger than everything else. "Best Music Video" "Best Original Song" |
No Oxygen After a global disaster, a man wakes up among the ruins, in a dystopic environment. Finding his brother dead he realizes that he may be the only survivor on Earth. While struggling to survive, he soon finds out that life is incompatible with the new reality of the planet. "Best Actor" - Nikos Kourou |
Еcho of victory "Echo of Victory" is a documentary film dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. Our film is a gratitude to our veterans for their heroism and for the fact that we live in peace. We keep the eternal memory of them, their history. Nobody is forgotten! Nothing is forgotten! "Best Feature Documentary" "Best War Film" |
Locked. A man got stuck with himself and has no idea how to get out. He philosophizes about life and knows to answer questions in his own way. His wife cannot reach him anymore and has out of despair stopped living. She hopes that someday they will reach each other again. Will they be able to find each other again? Or is the separation a fact that they must both learn to live with? "Best Experimental Film" "Best Symbolic Film" |
Miin-mory - Searching for the stories of the defense line of frontier guards In the past, Taiwanese indigenous peoples were often harassed by foreign immigrants, which led to constant conflicts. Different styles of boundaries were set up as regimes changed, but all aimed to warn both the Hans and the indigenous peoples not to cross the line and bother each other. Do you know what are the differences between the Tuniu Ditch of the Qing Dynasty and the defense line of frontier guards set up by the Japanese? Can we still see these boundaries nowadays? How do we tell whether they were constructed by people or simply the art of nature? Let's meet the ethnicity expert, Professor An-hsi Cheng. He'll answer all our questions. During the late years of Japanese rule, the colonial government controlled the mountain areas by directly entering the tribes through Roads for Governing Aborigines. We'll visit Btwanokan in Fuxing District, Taoyuan, which was once the administrative center of the region. One of the most unique infrastructure here was a building entirely made of stones. What was it for? Why do the Atayal still keep it in the village? Let's roam in the tribe and let the history of Btwanokan unfold in front of us. "Best Historical Film" "Best Feature Documentary" |
Emerging from the Shadows Takeda was forced to leave Asia after a tragic incident. He travelled but stayed close to the woods in order to remember his heart, but also to live a new life in Europe and tries to forget his past. After three years this peace is suddenly disturbed. While he goes running in the woods, Muto, an Italian gangster discovers suddenly an Asian man in the woods. Maybe this could be the killer his boss, Martello is looking for since many years. Karyudo, a powerful hunter who is also an excellent martial artist, was sent by his corrupt police chief to help the Italian gangster boss. He wants to know where Muto found this Asian man. They have a small issue to arrange and at the woods, Karyudo's sensitive instinct tells him his prey is there. Karyudo, who has a great sense of honour and justice, doesn't know the exact details of this hunting, but with the help of Muto, he will track this Asian man in the Italian woods. Doubt will grow in his mind. Martello's hate during these three years will finally find a reason to be. They will hunt this Asian man down and make him pay, no matter what. Takeda has no other choice than to rise from the shadows, confront his past and fight for his life. "Best Action Film" "Best Mobile Film" "Best Opening Credits" |
The Cat Sat On The ... Challenging media complacency and the 'blanding' out of culture (and 'cancel culture' toxicity at the more polar end of the spectrum), the film explores big-cheese-corporate-media backed manipulation, monopoly and collective (from fringe to society at large) control and the relentless associated 'brain feed' of new and age old dogma forming a digital era gridlock to the collective neural networks of bland formulaic franchise media and entertainment output. With tongue firmly in cheek the film uses metaphor including a 'birthing sequence via ear canal' to showcase what is seen as a toxic codependent relationship and the choice to free our minds from this toxic engineered algorithmic stream of doldrum via a means of inner alchemy proactively reshaping the effects on us in a mindful way opening the doors to new insight once again. "Best VFX" |
Butterscotch Chocolate Roni is a beautiful and classy hot shot lawyer who seems to have it all together. However, her constant battle with a mental illness and sexual addiction causes her career and life to be altered in a way she never imagined. "Best Feature Film" "Best Actress" - Brittany Passion "Best Thriller" "Best Original Soundtrack" "Best Opening Credits" |
WATER FABI IS A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY, HE IS ALONE IN HIS HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GREAT FLOOD, THE SOLIDARITY OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THE COMPLICITY OF A CRAZY BUCKET HELP HIM TO IMAGINE AND RESIST THE MOMENT OF UNCERTAINTY BEFORE THE CATASTROPHE IN WHICH HE WAS IMMERSED. THE STOP MOTION SEQUENCES OF THIS SHORT FILM ARE MADE WITH DISPOSABLE MATERIAL, THAT IS, WHAT MOST PEOPLE CALL GARBAGE, FOR THE PRESERVATION AND CARE OF OUR HOUSE, THAT IS OUR PLANET EARTH!!! "Best Animation" |
The Soul of Sicily The food we eat connects us to a vast web --from farmers to producers - involved in getting food from farm to fork. We probably don’t pause to think about it while eating an apple or cheese, but this global food system is central to some of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Farmers are our most fragile link in this food chain. "Best Short Documentary" |
THE CANVAS Art requires concentration, most often solitude. This condition is essential for the painter Salvatore Garau. Yet the artist decides to question himself by taking a large white canvas (2mx5m) and sharing the creation of the work together with the inmates in the high security prison of Massama, Sardinia. He does not intend to teach prisoners how to paint, but to share creative energy with those who are not used to freedom, let alone creative freedom. On the canvas the prisoners can unleash their imagination that leads to wonder, and wonder is power. Power is openness without fear. The documentary "The canvas" follows this challenge, the surprising discoveries, the beginning and the development of a project that shows the power of art and speech, especially in shady and sad places like prison. "Best Director Debut" |
SHE WAS LEFT ALONE Imagine being in a moral dilemma so horribly surreal you find yourself alone, frozen and hungry in northern Siberia - with a child's future in your hands..." An American woman's unexpected meeting with a sick Siberian child who is returned to her homeland compels her onto a journey to keep her promise of adopting the child. The first adoption attempt of its kind in this desolate region of frozen Siberia. Based on her inspiring true story of hardship and determination in the hostile frozen tundra of northern Siberia. "Best Original Screenplay" |
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction, A Coming of Age, Selfie Film Two traumatic events structure the 'Girl's' high school year: a Lock Down and a family secret. She is shocked yet manages to recover and to understand the importance and value of family and the complexity of truth. "Best LGBTQ+ Film" "Best Young Actress" |
The Ride When Blake picks up a young Marine hitching his way down the highway, he has no idea giving the veteran a simple ride will have such a life-changing effect on both of them. "Best Short Screenplay" |
Beverly Ever After On the night he plans to propose, a young scientist experimenting with time travel gets a visit from his future self...and his bitter future ex-wife. "Best Sci-Fi" "Best Comedy" |
Il Duello A bounty hunter rides for days looking for a bandit.... He finds him reveling in a saloon and decides to challenge him in a different way Un cacciatore di taglie cavalca per giorni alla ricerca di un bandito.... Lo trova a far baldoria in un saloon e decide di sfidarlo in un modo particolare "Best Short Film" |
Scarpedicemente Delusional gangster Luigi Scarpedicemente and his wife, Holly, sneak off to a desert Vegas motel to avoid bodyguards Ricco & Rocco and celebrate their one year wedding anniversary. What's the worst that can happen? A dark comedy that pays homage to classic cinema! "... sexy, frisky, and funny. A 21st [century] film noir for lovers of great gangster films of the past." "Best Director Debut" "Best Actor" - John Vamvas "Best Actress" - Olga Montes |
Roma "All roads lead to Roma" Natalie finds an old photograph that leads her to reflect on her life and the lives of her friends. Each of them goes down a different path with different dreams and aspirations. How many different destinations? "Best Short Film" "Best Director" |
WHISTLE, AND I'LL COME TO YOU 1900, Cambridge, Easter holidays. A young professor of Ontography, who only believes in science and facts, takes a one week vacation in a little village by the sea, Burnstow, in a beautiful hotel. A colleague of his, teacher of Archaeology, asks him to take a look at a Templars' ancient site that is near the beach. Here, the young man will find a strange bronze whistle and, seeing no danger in it, he proceeds to take it to his room to study it. But what lies beneath those old Roman ruins...? "Best Horror" "Best Original Score" "Best Black & White Film" |
The Ledge A zany dark comedy with an unexpected twist! "Best Duet" - Keith Biondi & Areana Cirina "Best Dark Comedy" |
Switch Cam Marina is incredibly stubborn, nonchalant, often vulgar, impolite, insolent, and can’t bear her mother. Anyway... Marina is 16! And amongst her many flaws, one can be particularly dangerous: her indiscretion. Because Marina has a hobby: she tells online every single detail of her personal life. No secrets with her. You want to know where she is? Follow her on Instagram or Mindbook, you’ll find the tidings on live feed. And if on top of that she uses Switch Cam, a technology capable of making a video in a single live stream switching between devices, it comes with no surprise that, one night, when she’s alone with her mother, an intruder enters the house.. "Best Sound Design" "Best Editing" "Best Supporting Actress" - Chrystelle Dominguez |
Can you hurry This is the story of Mia, a woman in her thirties about to commit an act of suicide by jumping off a roof in Chicago. She hesitates for a moment when she hears the voice of a man (Thomas) who asks her: "can you hurry?" "Best Short Film" "Best Director" - Igor Lewicki "Best Actor" - Igor Lewicki "Best Actress" - Alexandra Miller "Best Cinematography" |
Rosie's Rescue When events in Rosie's life trigger a crisis, she embarks on a quest to find the mysterious man who saved her life as a child. But now that man is dying. Can she reach him before it is too late? "Best Short Film" "Best Director" - Terry Weston Marsh "Best Actress" - Tia Link |
KHARON I see him there at the oars of his little boat in the lake, the ferryman of the dead, Kharon , with his hand upon the oar and he calls me now. ‘What keeps you? Hurry, you hold us back.’ He is urging me on in angry impatience." "Best Horror" "Best Experimental Film" |
Pain of Silence Our world has lost too many traditional art forms. “Pain of Silence” thoughtfully captures the struggles of five traditional Thai artists whose existence has been further threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Director Christopher Janwong McKiggan, a Thai-English filmmaker and classical pianist, and co-director Poomphong Kumwong, a Thai traditional musician and filmmaker, explore the world of Thai traditional arts in a series of captivating interviews. They uncover the harsh realities faced by the practitioners, their resilience in the face of adversity, and the uncertain future that threatens to engulf these traditional and revered art forms. "Best Feature Documentary" "Best COVID-19 Film" "Best Director" - Christopher Janwong McKiggan & Poomphong Kumwong "Best Cinematography" |
Making of Making Nothing The filmmaker makes frequent visits to her old mother who lives far away. The visits are trying. Invaded by the past she loses her creativity and sinks into lethargy. Why mother and daughter couldn’t they build a bond of trust? How was the life of her female ancestors? The filmmaker decides to tell this period starting with the family photos, and the videos and artistic photos made during this period. She sees her mother in a last encounter. "Best Short Documentary" |
FEMINAM The movie FEMINAM, Latin for woman is an autonomous visual work by Marijke De Belie in which the artist plays with representations of women throughout the centuries. Still it has not become a scientifical chronological enumeration of all female icons but more a flood of images like the one we experience in our REM sleep. For this she uses a direct animation technique. With a black aquarel pencil on a white panel of wood she registers the drawing process itself, in an authentic and uncomplicated drawing style. "Best Symbolic Film" |
A few Clownish Cents An old clown, earns his life through his pension. He is asked to do some electronic paperwork, he refuses because he doesn´t understand how to do it. When he is back he has been evicted and his pension is cancelled. He comes in by force. An old and crippled lawyer, knocks his door. He comes to solve all his problems. The only solution is to hurt himself to collect his health care, while he does, we realize there is no lawyer and the clown is alucinating while he was drinking acid to kill himself. "Best Student Film" |
Seven Ridges In a desert by the sea, an ancient culture endures modernity. A grandmother and her granddaughter intertwine in estrangement over memory. The myth sheds controversy; time falls in dreams of sand, old songs and rock music. First full-length feature drama to be ever produced in Cmiique Iitom (Seri language) "Best Experimental Film" |
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain Set to a poem by Emily Dickinson, the music video is a phantasmagorical illustration of the myth of Babylon, featuring a dark array of emotions conveyed through the powerful chords of an acoustic guitar, a captivating vocal performance, and a mesmerizing visual journey with fantastic creatures across the desert. "Best Music Video" "Best Original Song" |
A Month. A Day. A Year. A dream. A nightmare. Reality. Serge is a young man living with autism and dealing with ongoing depression. He lives on a schedule to try and keep his negative thoughts in check. Everything comes crashing down when he has to face his fears in a confession for therapy. "Best Editing" |
Stronger Than Yesterday This song was inspired by my friend Kent Soper who is featured first in the music video. He still delivers his mail route even during treatment for stage 4 esophageal cancer. I asked him what motivates him and he told me his personal mantra is that he is stronger than yesterday and that it would make a good song. I then decided to interview people I knew had been effected by cancer. I interviewed over 2 dozen cancer fighters and their family and used the notes from their interviews coupled with my own feelings to write the lyrics to this song. I used their thoughts and experiences to consider what would be the best way to approach shooting a music video. I hired Vincent Pelina to bring the song to life in a music video that would pay tribute to real cancer warriors and real people who had lost someone they love to cancer. My hope is that this video will give encouragement,Inspiration and comfort to those who are dealing with the effects of cancer or any life threatening illness. "Best Music Video" "Best Original Song" |
The Best An exploration of the biggest camming studio in Romania, inquiring on its business model, on the thoughts of the people involved, and exposing the scale of its operation. "Best Short Documentary" |
Where the Roses Bloom After finding a flower embedded in her skin, Thea must confront her past sorrows in order to gain back the control she once had over her life. "Best Experimental Film" "Best No-Dialogue Film" "Best Symbolic Film" |
Frankie and the Doll Frankie has lost her inner light. She muddles through life finding joy in the little things - cute, tasty, paranormal things. A battle to the death with a deranged, bloodthirsty doll forces Frankie to summon her inner warrior but is the demon too powerful? Canadian actress, Tamara Van Horne stars as Frankie in this multi-genre, horror-comedy short written and directed by Amira Jacobs. Frankie and the Doll is an unexpected story of good and evil with a feminist twist that challenges the portrayal of women in film. "Best Actress" - Tamara Van Horne |
Psyops Free Scott Ryan a veteran of covert military assignments is retired to his civilian life when he must deal with deciphering the difference between PTSD and the psychological side effects of his black ops training that give him nightmares. "Best Short Film" "Best Original Score" "Best Composer" |
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