Official Selections
Spring 2024
Official Selections List
Best Short Film
"CAPSULE" by Dani Kind
"Best Short Film"
After 18 months in the loneliest depths of outer space, an astronaut stoically performs his mission duties in spite of the fact that he lost his crew. He’s also lost contact with ground control. In fact, he fears he’s lost his mind. But just when he’s lost all hope, he finds an unlikely friend who brings an unexpected opportunity for salvation.
"Who do I give this baby to?" by Giulio Reale
"Best Short Film"
A mother, a miscarriage never labored, a fragile mind.
A daughter never conceived who helps her mother in
the mourning.
The relationship established between the two brings into light
the intense (suffered) drama of the event.
"Draft Night" by Sajeev Bhagowtee, Victoria Bilinski
"Best Short Film"
On the night Matt achieves his dream of being a profesional athlete, Sara begins to question everything she thought she knew about who she is.
"HOMOOÚSIOS" by Edmund Kurenia
"Best Short Film"
The film was created during Dance Laboratory in collaboration with ANTICA FORNACE DEL CANOVA / CANOVA22 from WUPPERTANZ IN THE LAND / LA LUNA DANCE CENTER together with two great choreographers Aida Vainieri Özkara and Pau Aran Gimeno who share their experiences with Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal as part of the festival DANCESCREEN IN THE LAND 2023 at Borgo Acqua Paola in Bracciano/Italia.
Edmund Kurenia, documenting the choreographers' work with 12 dancers, combined two choreographies to create an image/film showing the coexistence of man and nature. Coexistence in the form of a ritual of movement and dance. An important aspect is the sense of the rhythm of nature (light, water, air), all these elements together with humans create a common CLEANSING RHYTHM.
"Imbroglio" by Ian Sciacaluga
"Best Short Film"
“Imbroglio” is set in a timeless and imaginary Italian world and is a loving nod to the arch Hollywood and European film noirs of the forties and fifties.
Giorgio Gambetti is a Tax Inspector for the ‘Giustizia Tributaria’, whose profession of expiring frauds parallels a personal quest.. to hunt down the young libertine who has corrupted his wife, Maria.
"Queen Size" by Alexis Rios
"Best Short Film"
Three best friends: Amaranta, Josefina and Marcia get together to pick up a queen size mattress in order to help Amaranta with her moving after her recent break-up.
So, they take a little journey a few blocks from her new place by feet with only their hands.
The thing is, that they ignored maybe their whole-life friendship is about to come to an end.
"Shiver" by Jesse Kalavoda, Andrew Stirling MacDonald
"Best Short Film"
A man struggles with a supernatural adversary that he can only hold at bay by taking a mysterious pill.
"Just a Girl" by Kieran Freemantle
"Best Short Film"
A girl escapes from a secret government facility and tries to convince a hermit to help her get home.
"Cold Turkey: THANKSGIVING II, Fan Film" by Jaxsonian Jacques Rousseau
"Best Short Film"
A short hypothetical fan sequel to Eli Roth's Thanksgiving, based on the fake trailer made for the Rodriguez / Tarantino collab film: Grindhouse.
"Ghostly Jacket Triune" by Jaxsonian Jacques Rousseau
"Best Short Film"
A trilogy of my no budget Ghostly Jacket videos merged into one horrifying film about a hoodie-clad social misfit who goes on a violent rampage, commits suicide, and then resurfaces as a ghost jacket, prompting him to prey on his victims at their most vulnerable. The sequels emphasize the existence of other ghost jackets and their drive to kill.
"Jenny´s Absinthe" by Gregor Gašperin
"Best Short Film"
A catfishing troll finds himself on the wrong side of the hook.
"Absolute Pin" by Meysam Bagheri
"Best Short Film"
When a person gets involved in issues that he had no role in, he actually pays for the actions of others. He gets caught in a vicious circle from which it is very difficult to get out. He feels that he is falling. He desperately tries to get out of this situation.
"Balkan, Baby" by Boris Gavrilović
"Best Short Film"
Martina is a good immigrant. At least she's always done everything she can to be perceived as such in Germany. But then she meets the young Dunja during a short vacation at Lake Starnberg. Dunja is self-confident, non-conformist and, above all, she stands by her Yugoslavian and Balkan origins - unlike Martina. Suddenly, Martina is forced to confront a part of her identity that she has repressed all her life.
"Conscience" by Mariya Lukavska
"Best Short Film"
München, 1991. Two brothers meet in the apartment of their father who just passed away.
It is the first time they start an open discussion about their father's troubling past as an SS dentist.
They discover that the father showed no remorse for Nazi crimes and clash due to conflicting opinions about this.
"Aphrodisiac" by Christopher Oliver
"Best Short Film"
What started out as a night drive, turns into a horrifying encounter with three werewolf women.
"Never" by Wang Wang
"Best Short Film"
His father perished in a car accident a year ago, and his mother was left in a coma. On the first anniversary of his father's death, a son pushes his wheelchair-bound mother to his father's tombstone, where he runs into Dr. Li Min, a seasoned specialist who treated his parents and eventually sent his father away. Dr. Li Min unties the knot in his heart and reveals to his son the true cause of his father's death.
"Memories of Future Past" by Dale Andree, Claudio Marcotulli
"Best Short Film"
Giving voice to the Everglades through the generational presence of past, present, and future.
"Prakashvaat - A path to light" by Rutuja Kulkarni
"Best Short Film"
Prakash Vaat, A Path to Light is a humble attempt to shed some light on the different phases of
depression such as Shock, Denial, Pain, Guilt, Bargaining, Anger, and Depression from a scientific
perspective, through the way of Performing art-Dance.
"Until The Day" by Yushu Shen
"Best Short Film"
Amos settles down on a deserted planet to get away from the traumas of his past on Earth. He only has his A.I. computer assistant keeping him company while he efficiently fulfills his duties on the planet to take care of himself. His desire for a life of solitude fades over the span of a few years and his depression becomes worse and worse as he realizes he wants human companionship. When tremors are detected underneath the planet’s body of water and causes a tsunami, he must decide to either die on the deserted planet in a flood or leave to back to
Earth. He tries to fix the sea walls to prevent the flood but fails at doing so. He decides to give up and succumb to his death.
"Don't Fuck With Dolphins" by Nick Hearne
"Best Short Film"
Just when you thought it was safe to save the environment, the environment fights back.
Take a wild revenge ride with our hyper-buff, hyper-violent aquatic neighbours. They've had enough of our shit!
"Pobl Bachyn" by Kiri Pritchard McLean
"Best Short Film"
Pobl Bachyn is a new short comedy-horror film from Tarot about the triple threat of Welsh folklore, English tourists and (to a lesser degree) being hungover, all set on a farm on Ynys Môn in North Wales.
When Adam goes to visit his friends Ed and Kath after a recent break-up, he is hoping for some consolation. What he hasn't realised is that he has turned up during Pobl Bachyn, a long-standing tradition in the town of Twll.
If a guest is found in the house when midnight strikes, the folkloric hookmen will arrive and all hell will break loose. But it's just a fun
"The Sauce" by Richard Goblin
"Best Short Film"
A timid but earnest young man seeks wisdom in the dark lair of a skilled master practicing an ancient game. The game is Sauce, and its demands are heavy. The master questions the young novice, testing him to see if he is worthy, and all the while deftly shuffles his cups of the finest and tastiest sauces, making patterns and shapes that confound the younger man. Finally, it is all too much, and the neophyte must try his skill against the master in this great game—but is it a game? The young man will have to learn quickly if he doesn’t want to get lost in the game of Sauce.
"Hack the Legacy" by Sergei Zhdanovich
"Best Short Film"
Emma invites her children to the country house. In the presence of a notary, she reports on the rules for the transfer of legacy rights. According to Emma's decision, fate, like a roulette wheel, must determine the heir.
"AFFLUENZA" by Justin Lundstrom
"Best Short Film"
A doctor presenting her findings for a research grant learns she’s inadvertently predicted a deadly event.
The Cobbledick Lake Monster" by Michael Curtis
"Best Short Film"
A peaceful lake monster is disturbed by rowdy teens, which forces the monster to reclaim its land in hellish ways.
"No Mas" by Stephen Kelly
"Best Short Film"
Couple struggles with infidelity and the possibility of divorce.
"Clarity" by Bryce Mackie
"Best Short Film"
The struggle of addiction. The healing in recovery.
"In My World, In Your Eyes" by Pablo Herrera Trujillo
"Best Short Film"
Join Elena, an 11-year-old autistic girl, on her journey through a mainstream school. Through sensory simulations and narration, experience how individuals with autism perceive the world. Elena's fantastical imagination simplifies autism for all audiences, and sheds light on its neurological aspects, fostering empathy.
"The Disconnection" by Frank Metivier
"Best Short Film"
The DISCONNECTION will take you on an extraordinary journey of discovery, combining earth’s beauty and one of our greatest needs as human beings.
This short film highlights the disconnect between our fellow earthlings, the animal and the shocking reality of our choices today. It calls into awareness the way we view and treat animals as a defining characteristic of our own species.
Amongst the beauty and the pain, the film inspires hope, a way to come into reconnection with the earth and its inhabitants, which is accessible to all of us.
All that is needed is what we already have within, compassion.
Official Selections List
Best Feature Film
"Axé, Salvador!" by Domenico Rodolfo Grillone
"Best Director"
"Axè, Salvador!" nasce dalla passione dell'autore per il Brasile ed in particolare per la città di Salvador De Bahia
"DeadEnd" by Otwin biernat
"Best Feature Film"
Ernst is an unhappy pessimist who is unable to make any decisions by himself. He drives to a cottage in the alps to hang himself in front of an idyllic panorama, but all his attempts fail because he suddenly gets harassed by a person that looks exactly like him. In shock, Ernst immediately wants to leave this place, but his car key has disappeared, and it is getting dark. Because of his many fears, he suddenly is stuck up there, and his fight for survival has started.
"A True Mismatch" by Kris Scott, Michael Dodds
"Best Feature Film"
A True Mismatch follows the upper middle-class Alice and her blossoming romance with the working-class Harry. Alice's loyalty is tested as she is left with a choice to make regarding her own happiness and keeping her family safe.
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Best Director
"356" by Bonnie Louise Monteleone
"Best Director"
"356" is a run-and-gun cinematography style documentary short
where the end is the hook to our full-length documentary
" If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic." (Currently in production)
Working on our documentary, "If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic" with former Blue Planet Underwater Producer, Jo Ruxton, she asked,” What’s your hook?” Trusting in the power of storytelling we said, “the hook will come!” and indeed it did.
"A True Mismatch" by Kris Scott, Michael Dodds
"Best Director"
A True Mismatch follows the upper middle-class Alice and her blossoming romance with the working-class Harry. Alice's loyalty is tested as she is left with a choice to make regarding her own happiness and keeping her family safe.
"Sophia's Eclipse" by Luis Felipe Delgado
"Best Director"
In the virgin forest landscape of Northern California, eight-year-old Sophia’s and her father, Anthony, each night use a telescope to explore from a fort they built together the brilliant mysteries of the night sky.
One day the gold mine where Anthony works collapses, and Sophia’s world comes crashing down with it. Continuing her nightly stargazing now by herself, she wonders if maybe Anthony is not actually gone but rather watching after her from that place they both love so much − the MOON.
"Stray" by Keyl Sparks
"Best Director"
Award Winner of Best Animation in the Animated Expressions Expo and Josiah Media Festival: A nurse robot finds his heart and humanity by encountering man's best friend: a stray dog.
"Grief is a Hungry Ghost / O Luto e um fantasma faminto" by Annie Nicholson, Lara Haworth
"Best Director"
Grief is a Hungry Ghost, O Luto e um fantasma faminto is a film about grief and resistance in Rio. In February 2020, Nicholson was funded by Arts Council England and People's Palace Projects to go to Rio and work with women's resistance group Maes de Manguinhos, based in the Favela Manguinhos.
"Queen Size" by Alexis Rios
"Best Director"
Three best friends: Amaranta, Josefina and Marcia get together to pick up a queen size mattress in order to help Amaranta with her moving after her recent break-up.
So, they take a little journey a few blocks from her new place by feet with only their hands.
The thing is, that they ignored maybe their whole-life friendship is about to come to an end.
"Hack the Legacy" by Sergei Zhdanovich
"Best Director"
Emma invites her children to the country house. In the presence of a notary, she reports on the rules for the transfer of legacy rights. According to Emma's decision, fate, like a roulette wheel, must determine the heir.
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Best Actor
"DeadEnd" by Otwin biernat
"Best Actor"
Ernst is an unhappy pessimist who is unable to make any decisions by himself. He drives to a cottage in the alps to hang himself in front of an idyllic panorama, but all his attempts fail because he suddenly gets harassed by a person that looks exactly like him. In shock, Ernst immediately wants to leave this place, but his car key has disappeared, and it is getting dark. Because of his many fears, he suddenly is stuck up there, and his fight for survival has started.
"A True Mismatch" by Kris Scott, Michael Dodds
"Best Actor"
A True Mismatch follows the upper middle-class Alice and her blossoming romance with the working-class Harry. Alice's loyalty is tested as she is left with a choice to make regarding her own happiness and keeping her family safe.
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Best Actress
"Just a Girl" by Kieran Freemantle
"Best Actress"
A girl escapes from a secret government facility and tries to convince a hermit to help her get home.
"Who do I give this baby to?" by Giulio Reale
"Best Actress"
A mother, a miscarriage never labored, a fragile mind.
A daughter never conceived who helps her mother in
the mourning.
The relationship established between the two brings into light
the intense (suffered) drama of the event.
"Hack the Legacy" by Sergei Zhdanovich
"Best Actress"
Emma invites her children to the country house. In the presence of a notary, she reports on the rules for the transfer of legacy rights. According to Emma's decision, fate, like a roulette wheel, must determine the heir.
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Best Supporting Actress
"Yiacemi" by Michael Tigkiridis
"Best Supporting Actress"
A sensitive creature in a cruel world. Between logic and imagination. From art to madness. Her time becomes a rebellion.
Exploration sheds light into the darkness. And the darkness dissipates. Like a torrent it sweeps away everything. A jasmine flower is easily crushed. It leaves its intoxicating and healing aroma on the fingers. On the nose. On the eyes.
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Best Editing
"Shared psychosis" by Paolo Furino, Felice Antignani
"Best Editing"
Marina and Piero, both lovers of transgressive dates, find Ric and Luna on their way, who hide other intentions.
"356" by Bonnie Louise Monteleone
"Best Editing"
"356" is a run-and-gun cinematography style documentary short
where the end is the hook to our full-length documentary
" If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic." (Currently in production)
Working on our documentary, "If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic" with former Blue Planet Underwater Producer, Jo Ruxton, she asked,” What’s your hook?” Trusting in the power of storytelling we said, “the hook will come!” and indeed it did.
"A True Mismatch" by Kris Scott, Michael Dodds
"Best Editing"
A True Mismatch follows the upper middle-class Alice and her blossoming romance with the working-class Harry. Alice's loyalty is tested as she is left with a choice to make regarding her own happiness and keeping her family safe.
"Shiver" by Jesse Kalavoda, Andrew Stirling MacDonald
"Best Editing"
A man struggles with a supernatural adversary that he can only hold at bay by taking a mysterious pill.
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Best Cinematography
"356" by Bonnie Louise Monteleone
"Best Cinematography"
"356" is a run-and-gun cinematography style documentary short
where the end is the hook to our full-length documentary
" If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic." (Currently in production)
Working on our documentary, "If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic" with former Blue Planet Underwater Producer, Jo Ruxton, she asked,” What’s your hook?” Trusting in the power of storytelling we said, “the hook will come!” and indeed it did.
"Hack the Legacy" by Sergei Zhdanovich
"Best Cinematography"
Emma invites her children to the country house. In the presence of a notary, she reports on the rules for the transfer of legacy rights. According to Emma's decision, fate, like a roulette wheel, must determine the heir.
"RENT-A-MAN" by Rafal Zlak
"Best Cinematography"
A seasoned gangster is a debt collector for the underworld who tracks marks with gambling debts. One unexpectedly dies, the other escapes. Big Slick, his boss texts him the Rent-a-Man ad so he decides on a conniving plan where our story begins. Jackie the gangster, and Dillon the Rent-a-Man, play a stylistically subtle yet dangerous game of cat-and-mouse while hiking Valley of Fire State Park outside Las Vegas until an ultimate future-changing twist!
The Cobbledick Lake Monster" by Michael Curtis
"Best Cinematography"
A peaceful lake monster is disturbed by rowdy teens, which forces the monster to reclaim its land in hellish ways.
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Best Animation
"Papirola" by Fabián Molinaro San Martín
"Best Animation"
Nico is an energetic 8-year-old boy who has the ability to fold all objects as if they were made of paper. On a lovely autumn morning, he happily gathers all the things he loves about his house while preparing himself for a life-changing voyage.
"Enfold" by Steve Socki
"Best Animation"
Mysterious figures dance within a shrouded, watery world of textures. Hidden images reverberate with accompanying sounds of glass harmonica.
"Yellow Daisy Butterfly" by Diek Grobler
"Best Animation"
Cheri-lee is inconsolable when her Granny Daisy dies.
As Daisy ascends, she sees Cheri-lee’s grief, and returns
as a little white egg that transforms into a butterfly.
A metamorphosis that mirrors Cheri-lee’s stages of grief
"It Will Pass Away" by Nan Yao
"Best Animation"
After the end of a relationship that went nowhere, a woman's complex emotions seem to be amplified, and in the midst of insomnia she feels she can touch the many subtle voices...
"Stray" by Keyl Sparks
"Best Animation"
Award Winner of Best Animation in the Animated Expressions Expo and Josiah Media Festival: A nurse robot finds his heart and humanity by encountering man's best friend: a stray dog.
"cupid is not a terrorist" by Bellopropello
"Best Animation"
Love is a random thing. Finding true love is a thrilling adventure, especially if personally involved as target
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Best Original Screenplay
"THE HAMBURGER" by Vesna Floric
"Best Original Screenplay"
Maggie, 12 year-old girl kills her 9 year-old sister after arguing over a hamburger.
"I Can't Wait to Leave" by Meg Butchart
"Best Original Screenplay"
Pre-COVID during the Trump administration, a 20-year-old college student becomes entangled in the lives of the wealthy family she nannies for. Peggy struggles to manage the collision of her personal life and work life when the online provocateur and brother of her boss, Will, moves in.
"Who do I give this baby to?" by Giulio Reale
"Best Original Screenplay"
A mother, a miscarriage never labored, a fragile mind.
A daughter never conceived who helps her mother in
the mourning.
The relationship established between the two brings into light
the intense (suffered) drama of the event.
"Call Me Norma" by Rebekah Scheffelmaier
"Best Original Screenplay"
Marilyn Monroe struggles with frustrations over her romantic life and sense of identity, as she begins to navigate the conflict between her stage persona and her true self.
"Just a Girl" by Kieran Freemantle
"Best Original Screenplay"
A girl escapes from a secret government facility and tries to convince a hermit to help her get home.
"Good" by Monte Albers de Leon
"Best Original Screenplay"
Hostage to AI amid apocalyptic chaos, Eli, Eva, and four colleagues attempt to save the world.
"Queen Size" by Alexis Rios
"Best Original Screenplay"
Three best friends: Amaranta, Josefina and Marcia get together to pick up a queen size mattress in order to help Amaranta with her moving after her recent break-up.
So, they take a little journey a few blocks from her new place by feet with only their hands.
The thing is, that they ignored maybe their whole-life friendship is about to come to an end.
"You, Me and The Night Sky" by Vincent Rosas
"Best Original Screenplay"
When Nate enters an intoxicating relationship with Alice, who's in an open marriage, he grapples with societal norms and personal insecurities, challenging the boundaries of commitment and self-discovery in this unconventional story about love and what it means.
"Never" by Wang Wang
"Best Original Screenplay"
His father perished in a car accident a year ago, and his mother was left in a coma. On the first anniversary of his father's death, a son pushes his wheelchair-bound mother to his father's tombstone, where he runs into Dr. Li Min, a seasoned specialist who treated his parents and eventually sent his father away. Dr. Li Min unties the knot in his heart and reveals to his son the true cause of his father's death.
"Virulence" by Christopher Pennington
"Best Original Screenplay"
A group of scientists on an Antarctic research base fight for their lives as a visitor brings a deadly virus with him.
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Additional Categories
"Pastrone!" by Lorenzo De Nicola
"Best Feature Documentary", "Best Original Soundtrack"
The finding of an autobiographical manuscript written by Giovanni Pastrone, the most relevant figure of Italian Silent film, prompts a researcher to reopen the historically closed case on the director.
After having dominated the early phases of Cinema, Giovanni Pastrone abandons his creature to become a self-taught healer, devoting the rest of his life to Man's antagonistic struggle against Death.
This documentary sheds a complete new light over an emblematic exponent of the 20th century and the stunning story of his only tragic failure.
"Just a Girl" by Kieran Freemantle
"Best Composer", "Best Makeup", "Best Sound Design", "Best Poster"
A girl escapes from a secret government facility and tries to convince a hermit to help her get home.
"Hack the Legacy" by Sergei Zhdanovich
"Best Student Film"
Emma invites her children to the country house. In the presence of a notary, she reports on the rules for the transfer of legacy rights. According to Emma's decision, fate, like a roulette wheel, must determine the heir.
"Stray" by Keyl Sparks
"Best Director Debut", "Best Student Film"
Award Winner of Best Animation in the Animated Expressions Expo and Josiah Media Festival: A nurse robot finds his heart and humanity by encountering man's best friend: a stray dog.
"Who do I give this baby to?" by Giulio Reale
"Best Makeup", "Best Color Editing"
A mother, a miscarriage never labored, a fragile mind.
A daughter never conceived who helps her mother in
the mourning.
The relationship established between the two brings into light
the intense (suffered) drama of the event.
"The Cobbledick Lake Monster" by Michael Curtis
"Best Director Debut"
A peaceful lake monster is disturbed by rowdy teens, which forces the monster to reclaim its land in hellish ways.
"Draft Night" by Sajeev Bhagowtee, Victoria Bilinski
"Best Student Film"
On the night Matt achieves his dream of being a profesional athlete, Sara begins to question everything she thought she knew about who she is.
"DeadEnd" by Otwin biernat
"Best Experimental Film"
Ernst is an unhappy pessimist who is unable to make any decisions by himself. He drives to a cottage in the alps to hang himself in front of an idyllic panorama, but all his attempts fail because he suddenly gets harassed by a person that looks exactly like him. In shock, Ernst immediately wants to leave this place, but his car key has disappeared, and it is getting dark. Because of his many fears, he suddenly is stuck up there, and his fight for survival has started.
"Unboxing" by Vanessa Ellis
"Best Student Film"
"Unboxing" is a short film about passion projects, perspective, and Pandora's Box. It begins with a student picking up suspicious packages from the mail center.
"New Test 123" by Anne Gart
"Best Experimental Film"
New Test 123 is a part of Flammable Formula series. We assembled this arthouse film from strands of thoughts on intersectional feminism floating through culture. New Test 123 is postmodern in character. We invite our viewer to participate in creative freedom by constructing their own narrative for the piece.Other pieces from the Flammable Formula series live here: https://www.annegart.com/flammable-formula
"A True Mismatch" by Kris Scott, Michael Dodds
"Best Costume Design", "Best Costume Design"
A True Mismatch follows the upper middle-class Alice and her blossoming romance with the working-class Harry. Alice's loyalty is tested as she is left with a choice to make regarding her own happiness and keeping her family safe.
"ROSWELL REVISITED 'From wacko to serious to fun'" by Dave Paull
"Best Short Documentary"
Take a cosmic ride with Dave and Carl as they delve into stories from the 75th anniversary of the Roswell incident. Dave's interviews include musings from noted UFO expert Nick Pope.
ROSWELL REVISITED 'From wacko to serious to fun' is a documentary in which a journalist tries to understand our pop culture fascination with aliens and UFOs.
"You, Me and The Night Sky" by Vincent Rosas
"Best Director Debut"
When Nate enters an intoxicating relationship with Alice, who's in an open marriage, he grapples with societal norms and personal insecurities, challenging the boundaries of commitment and self-discovery in this unconventional story about love and what it means.
"GHATTAM" by Vidhun V Nair
"Best Director Debut"
A gripping short story, 'Ghattam,' revolves around a mysterious watch that entangles its wearer in a perplexing loop of events."
"Reverie" by Amber Morgan
"Best Experimental Film"
This poetic short film, delves into the immersive voyage of a solitary swimmer, where the tranquil embrace of azure depths becomes a canvas for introspection. As water meets sky, dreams and reality entwine in a dance of uncertainty, blurring the boundaries of perception.
With each plunge into the abyss of the pool, she confronts the depths of her psyche, her eyes mirroring the turbulent waters of her soul. In this liminal space, the line between dreams and reality dissolves, revealing the raw essence of her being.
"Wait in the Car" by Damien Hyde
"Best Music Video"
Adrift while burdened by the weight of grief, Robert seeks a way through the obscurity of a life he never planned. Carrying only mementos of former happiness and fear of the untrodden path ahead, he is lead on a pilgrimage chosen by fate, where footprints will be erased and a heavy past unable to follow.
"Interception: Jayne Kennedy • American Sportscaster" by Safiya Songhai
"Best Short Documentary"
When a bronze-skin bombshell rocks the world of Sunday Morning Football, millions tune in... but few know the tumultuous story of Jayne Kennedy, the first Black woman to boldly tackle the racial lines of American sportscasting.
"Until The Day" by Yushu Shen
"Best Sound Design"
Amos settles down on a deserted planet to get away from the traumas of his past on Earth. He only has his A.I. computer assistant keeping him company while he efficiently fulfills his duties on the planet to take care of himself. His desire for a life of solitude fades over the span of a few years and his depression becomes worse and worse as he realizes he wants human companionship. When tremors are detected underneath the planet’s body of water and causes a tsunami, he must decide to either die on the deserted planet in a flood or leave to back to
Earth. He tries to fix the sea walls to prevent the flood but fails at doing so. He decides to give up and succumb to his death.
"Shiver" by Jesse Kalavoda, Andrew Stirling MacDonald
"Best Producer", "Best Composer", "Best Color Editing"
A man struggles with a supernatural adversary that he can only hold at bay by taking a mysterious pill.
"Fog of Mind" by Simon Sepulveda
"Best Student Film"
A young boy tries to follow a normal day, but things keep changing. The boy, weirded out, tries to escape what he sees and tries to run away time and time again. Yet, maybe his delusion can be cured with acceptance
"5AM" by Rafi Tannous
"Best Music Video", "Best VFX"
"Island Dreams" by Rhonda Valerie Head, Gabriel Constant
"Best Music Video"
Beautiful San Pedro Belize - the land. the water, the people
"SYNESTHESYA" by Gianni Salamone, Marzio Benelli
"Best Music Video"
"What is Synesthesia? The contamination of the senses? Can one 'see' a sound or 'feel' a color?
In this videoclip, Gianni Salamone, with the help of Katia Della Fonte, a performer with animal-like movements, takes us back to an almost primitive being with precisely primary needs: eating, smelling, touching, having sex, in a mix of contaminations that will free him from the constraints of a life that increasingly alienates us from reality. Synesthesia is somewhat a metaphor for these times. We have everything at our disposal, everything within reach, and yet we fail to realize that we no longer even know what scent a woman's body or the food we eat can have.
In this videoclip, the concept is amplified, expanding the idea that a person can express themselves to the fullest only through their 'primitive' being."
"In My World, In Your Eyes" by Pablo Herrera Trujillo
"Best Short Documentary"
Join Elena, an 11-year-old autistic girl, on her journey through a mainstream school. Through sensory simulations and narration, experience how individuals with autism perceive the world. Elena's fantastical imagination simplifies autism for all audiences, and sheds light on its neurological aspects, fostering empathy.
"Queen Size" by Alexis Rios
"Best Color Editing"
Three best friends: Amaranta, Josefina and Marcia get together to pick up a queen size mattress in order to help Amaranta with her moving after her recent break-up.
So, they take a little journey a few blocks from her new place by feet with only their hands.
The thing is, that they ignored maybe their whole-life friendship is about to come to an end.
"Complete Surrender" by Pol Herrmann, Louise Nelstrop
"Best Short Documentary"
Complete Surrender is a short documentary film that asks the question: what is love? It follows five renowned artists as they explore how two female medieval mystics – Marguerite Porete and Hadewijch – have led them to believe that the answer is 'complete surrender'.
"356" by Bonnie Louise Monteleone
"Best Short Documentary", "Best Director Debut"
"356" is a run-and-gun cinematography style documentary short
where the end is the hook to our full-length documentary
" If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic." (Currently in production)
Working on our documentary, "If the Ocean Could Talk - A Voice for the North Atlantic" with former Blue Planet Underwater Producer, Jo Ruxton, she asked,” What’s your hook?” Trusting in the power of storytelling we said, “the hook will come!” and indeed it did.
"One Pint at a Time" by Aaron Hosé
"Best Feature Documentary"
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.
"Skull Crack - Covid Safe Domestic Violence By The State, Chapter III" by Mark A Tarrant
"Best Feature Documentary"
During the height of COVID-19 paranoia the attempted human sacrifice of 28-year old Daniel Peterson-English inside Flinders St Station, Melbourne by the Victorian State Government. Daniel is subject to a police gag order so cannot speak on camera. His mother Margaret bravely speaks on camera about the immense damage caused to her much-loved son.
"It Will Pass Away" by Nan Yao
"Best Student Film"
After the end of a relationship that went nowhere, a woman's complex emotions seem to be amplified, and in the midst of insomnia she feels she can touch the many subtle voices...
"The Kite" by Isabela Alves
"Best Student Film"
Bebel is a girl who loves children's games, but now she has a new challenge: putting the kite in the sky. With pipeiro vocabulary and a soundtrack with funk beats, the short film ‘O Pipa’ talks about the enchantment of the toy for the hood.​
"Dil Se Dil" by Maniesh Om Singhania
"Best Music Video"
The growing Domestic Violence in Indian Society due to rise in Alcoholism. A plight of a woman who wants to keep the family intact.
"JA KANHI OAR TUU" by Maniesh Om Singhania
"Best Music Video"
The growing epidemic of Loan related Suicide's in India is rising. Every month 5000 lives are lost due to the epidemic called LOAN. This is story depicts the pain of one such family and hopes to save some lives and empower them to fight and not die.
"Muyandridu" by Maniesh Om Singhania
"Best Music Video"
Dejected in Life, a God Loving Man, questions the will of God and in his questioning, the voice of God encourages him and assures him that The Almighty is always by his side, so don't give up Trying
"BlackJack" by Ashton Cubitt
"Best Student Film"
An alcoholic slowly becomes consumed by his addiction after a string of bad decisions.
"We are the Most Beautiful People" by BA Short
"Best Feature Documentary"
In our film, we present the intimate and unforgettable stories we were honored to collect from an amazing array of persons with disabilities who generously spoke of their challenges, triumphs, and setbacks. We have disability representation from across nations, including Ghana, India, Taiwan, Chile, Canada, UK and US. We are so proud to bring their stories to an international audience.
"João Ayres, an Independent Painter" by Diogo Varela Silva
"Best Feature Documentary"
It’s a story with many layers. It’s about the painter Joao Ayres (1921 -2001) an artist in transit between Portugal and Africa who became forgotten in the narrative of Modern Art. It’s also a story about his family, who inherited a significant body of work. One of his grandchildren, Diogo Camilo Alves , the narrator , wants to make his grandfather’s art more accessible and has been fighting for its conservation and restoration. It’s also a story about the house that the painter build, where many of his work still reside and where is memory is very much alive.
"The Flow" by Wenwen Zhu
"Best Experimental Film"
In countless days and nights, we wander amidst wakefulness and chaos. In moments of bewilderment, we often hear distant songs emanating from our vacant souls, and in a trance, we may witness the sudden blossoming of peach blossoms and the rushing tide approaching. The drizzling rain washes away the traces of urban life, stripping off the glamour. Is all of this an invitation from a dream?
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