Best Works in June 2022 Programme
The Hollows of the Moon
"Best Short Film"
Synopsis:
Carmen (41) is a shy lower class cab driver who works through the chaotic streets of downtown Lima. One night, she witnesses an attempted femicide that brings out her worst fears. To avoid being absorbed by her own frustrations, she starts telling a twisted story that makes her feel more self-confident. But an unfortunate encounter confronts Carmen to such an extent that makes redemption the only way out.
Directed by:
 Paula D'Angelo Schmid
My Life is a Movie
"Best Feature Film", Best Opening Credits"
Synopsis:
Directed by:
Alessandro Fantin
Libélula
"Best Student Film", "Best Horror", "Best Original Screenplay", "Best Actress", "Best Supporting Actress"
Synopsis:
Lucía travels with her boyfriend, Álex, to the house of her enigmatic sister Lula.
A place caught in time and memories. During their stay in the last days of summer, ghosts and family secrets return to their lives.
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Directed by:
Pedro Riutort Arroyo
Best Actress:
Irene Corbelle
Best Supporting Actress:
Marta Travesedo
Horizon
"Best No-Dialogue Film", "Best Makeup", "Best Young Actress"
Synopsis:
In the borderlands, crossed by climate refugees looking for safety, men face their primordial nature, in a bleak reality where the law of the strongest rules the world. Hidden in an underground shelter and resigned to his fate, the main character observes the definitive decline of society as it surrender to the evil nature of men, until a special encounter, interpreted as a divine sign of light, turns on his faith and hope for the future of humanity.
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Directed by:
Daniele De Muro
Best  Young Actress:
Viola Scuderi
Birth
"Best Actor"
Synopsis:
Years ago, in the basement of the Ravencrest Hospital, a deal was made to spare the life of a young child named John. In exchange for his life, he must give up the soul of his first born son, and the time has come for that price to be paid. So now, John is given an ultimatum; kill his unborn child, or watch as the demon consumes them both and he loses everything. John will fight for the life of his true love, and the soul of his unborn son, but he is up against something far more sinister than he ever could've imagined.
Directed by:
Ozlem Altingoz
Best Actor:
Dustin Ardine
Tóxico
"Best Drama", "Best Poster"
Synopsis:
Gilberto, a man in his mid-30s, seeks a therapy session to resolve issues in his struggling marriage. During the session, Denise, her psychologist, begins to notice that there are many other issues to be resolved, which are not just about their relationship, but about society's mirror in their behavior.
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Directed by:
Rubia Lima and Rafael Henrique Lima
T
"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
Synopsis:
Indian film industry has mostly portrayed the transgender community in a cliché comic & negative light. In international movies & documentaries, “the world of the Hijras was portrayed as a trans-utopia, where gender differences are celebrated & even revered. What we need to gauge in the depiction is the fact that most of the Hijras are maligned in real life & are mistreated every day of their lives. Many are forced to beg & make a living by sex-work. First time a real biopic film on transgender made in odisha.
The film is a real life event. Its a biopic and Real life story of Meghna Sahoo india's first Transgender Cab driver and social activist. A real inspiration to transgender community and to the global community.

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Directed by:
Jitesh Kumar Parida
Missing Children
"Best Original Soundtrack", "Best Original Song"
Composed by:
Dennis Walter Smith Sr
GOLF - Tee Shot
"Best Comedy", "Best Dark Comedy"
Synopsis:
Rocko & Dickie go ducking and diving like a couple of wannabe entrepreneurs. Everybody is on a drive to become Captain of the Golf Club. But, has Rocko got the balls for it?
Directed by:
Zeff Lawless
THE DREAM CATCHER
"Best Thriller", "Best Director", "Best Cinematography", "Best Color Editing", "Best Sound Design"
Synopsis:
Psychological thriller about a young girl who builds a peculiar relationship with an AI robot.
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Directed by:
 Piotr Szkopiak
The Whistle
"Best Symbolic Film"

Synopsis:
Three children want to hunt, attend World Peace Day celebrations, they hunt for the symbol of peace.
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Directed by:
Adil Abdolmajeed Yusf
The Last Earth Station
"Best Feature Screenplay"

Synopsis:
Local legend has it that the lost ship is a harbinger of doom; ravaged planets and broken civilizations littering its wake. But the crew of the scout ship, Erebus, finds a thriving community, seemingly unaware of its reputation. For expedition leader, Sarah Kendrick, touring the station with mercurial commanding officer, Michael Decker, is a history lesson brought to life. Black Star, flagship for the abandoned Homestead Project, is fulfilling its purpose as a generational ship.
But not everyone is happy at the prospect of being taken 'home'. The Erebus' cultural anthropologist, Dr Phelps reports tension among the passengers; their fears fueled by the preaching of an activist opposed to warp tunnel technology.
As inconsistencies emerge, Sarah's curiosity and growing attraction to the commander, sparks a chain of events that leads to sabotage, suicide and the revelation of a soul-destroying bargain that Decker struck with an alien race to keep his passengers and crew alive. The return journey, a high-risk transit, demands further sacrifice but offers redemption to a man who has been tested to his limit.

Written by:
Kathryn Radmall
Meridian Island
"Best Short Documentary"

Synopsis:
Yaiza Guimaré, actress of a successful TV series, returns to the island where they filmed to discover all those feelings that forever left a mark on her.
Yaiza Guimaré, actriz de una exitosa serie de TV, regresa a la isla donde filmaron para reencontrarse con todas aquellas sensaciones que la marcaron para siempre.
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Directed by:
Quike Francés
THE GLOVED ONE
"Best Short Screenplay"

Synopsis:
During the Civil War era, a notorious horse thief terrorizes small farming towns in Indiana.
One hot and windy summer night in Wingate, a man discovers his best steed was stolen. He sets out to “catch a thief” with the help of the National Horse Thief Association.
The man’s farmhand, a young man with physical limitations, desires to find the horse and return him to his employer. He is confident that with his secret weapon he will guarantee the horse's safe return. Although the man is moved by the farmhand’s confidence, he urges him to stick to farming and let the men from the Association find the horse.
The farmhand’s eagerness gets the best of him as he sneaks away to find the horse.
Trouble rises with the sun when the man discovers that his farmhand is missing and the handmaid confirms the farmhand's quest to locate the steed.
The man, and his farmhand, are met with challenges when searching for and retrieving the steed.
Written by:
Alice Bowden
Mars Mission
"Best Web Series"

Synopsis:
“Mars Mission” is a webserie with 25 episodes of 2 minutes in vertical format. A thriller that tells the story of four astronauts aboard the Chinese spacecraft Tiangong during the first colonization of the red planet. After waking up from the hibernation system, the astronauts find themselves trapped in the capsules and desperately try to get out of the compartment before the spacecraft lands, within 72 hours.
Directed by:
Pedro L Filizzola and Tarley McCartiney de Sousa
Onyx
"Best Romance", "Best Erotic Film"

Synopsis:
Bruno lives a psychological drama arising from a strange emotional connection with his grandfather, a former political prisoner in the 70s. Near his house, he bumps into Caio, a troubled man who does not accept his own essence. The casual encounter becomes intense and sensitive as they both expose their weaknesses, memories and melancholy.
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Directed by:
Aguinaldo Flor
Broken Legs
"Best Young Director"

Synopsis:
Inside a waiting room, things can get misunderstood.
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Directed by:
 Lori Mae Hernandez
Dreamcatchers
"Best TV Script"

Synopsis:
In the future, as a dystopian world tries to control the lucrative mining of dreams, a courageous teenage girl’s unique paranormal abilities place her in danger as she attempts to cure her dream-damaged young brother, and by doing so lead a lost army of Dreamless back home.
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Written by:
Felicity Bolitho and  Anton Ballard
Two Hitmen from Gonzago
"Best Composer" (Joe Pignato), "Best Original Score", "Best Duet" (Jeff Williams and Austing Taylor Jacobs)

Synopsis:
Two newly partnered coworkers confront the absurdities of life while waiting for their boss to arrive.
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Directed by:
Peder Trusiak
Where the Sweetgrass Grows
"Best Adapted Screenplay"


Synopsis:
A female investigative reporter for a local Charleston, South Carolina television station uncovers a pattern of suspicious teenage girl disappearances with the assistance of the ghost of one of the missing girls. This reporter must identify and find the killer before he claims his next victim.
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Written by:
Tommy M Anderson and  Susie Schaefer
Life After Oblivion
"Best War Film"


Synopsis:
Life After Oblivion Plot Summary: Phil, A Marine sniper, faces internal struggle and ghosts as he contemplates protecting his military compound along with it's aftermath. He imagines that the insurgent boy that he and Jeff, the spotter are observing, reminds him of Phil's own 13 year old son. He returns after his tour to marital strife and demons and seeks psychiatric help to deal with his post traumatic stress. Scenes include the 1. military compound, including Phil, Jeff, several Marines, and a female Corpsman 2. Phil at a session with his Psychiatrist at the VA Medical Center and 3. a Homecoming with family and friends with Phil, Jeff and Marines returning the to US.
Official Website
Directed by:
Floyd Strayer
COUNTERPOINT
"Best Experimental Film", "Best Black & White Film"


Synopsis:
A widow seeks to overcome the traumas of the past and seeks advice from another woman like her.
Directed by:
Alberto Martín-Aragón
Fraternity
"Best Scenography", "Best Costume Design"


Synopsis:
FRATERNITY is the story of David von Scharrenberg, who joins the student fraternity Corps Teutonia.
We accompany David on his way into the archaic world of the corps, dictated by traditional regulations – an academic fencing fraternity that quickly becomes a family substitute.
David slowly realizes that the corps doesn't just offer protection. It expects total obedience.
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Directed by:
Alexander Pfander
To speak is to live - Freed from stuttering
"Best Feature Documentary", "Best Educational Film"


Synopsis:
In the documentary, 11 formerly stuttering people aged 9 - 30 years tell of their daily, painful experiences around stuttering with its limitations. Stuttering affects 1% of the world's population.
They all felt powerless at the mercy of stuttering and were looking for a way out. The therapy odyssey of the affected people, which sometimes lasted for years, left its traces, destroyed hope and made a vision of the future according to one's own ideas impossible.
In the worldwide unique therapy concept against stuttering "D.E.L.P.H.I.N.", they found the solution for their goal to overcome stuttering.
The comprehensive transformation from stuttering to normal speech is life-changing. How much speaking means life becomes visible through the deeply touching stories.
Experts from the fields of psychotherapy, medicine and politics comment from their perspective on the scope of the disease of stuttering and the liberation and development of potential that has become possible.
Official Website
Directed by:
Sonja Schütz and Sabine Schütz
Whispers
"Best Director Debut", "Best Producer"


Synopsis:
On a quiet night in the suburbs, a woman must escape a lurking danger hiding amongst the shadows.
Directed by:
Arsenio J. Alvarez III
PIVOT
"Best COVID-19 Film"


Synopsis:
How do people overcome a pandemic? They pivot. This film uncovers the journeys of businesses and communities paying it forward during a crisis. A small glimmer of hope during unprecedented times, created by people coming together.
Directed by:
 Tom DiDonato and  Robert Hunkele
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