Official Selections
Summer 2024
Official Selections List
Best Short Film
"the woods are lovely, dark and deep" by Mykel Salazar
"Best Short Film"
The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep finds Anjelica returning to a place of her youth under unwelcome circumstances. Her Aunt Fern, who Anjelica despises, lies unconscious in a hospital bed. Anjelica takes up residence in her aunt’s home, a cabin tucked among the shadows of massive trees on an island off of Seattle. Roarke, a childhood friend, notes that if people didn’t keep cutting the forest back, it would take over everything in a short time. Soon, Anjelica begins seeing and hearing things that aren’t really there — or are they? As her aunt’s condition worsens, the forest seems to creep in, swallowing what was left of Anjelica’s sanity.
"The Art of Wiping" by Tyler Coe
"Best Short Film"
Walt’s a 27-year-old man just trying to recover from heart surgery when the unthinkable, yet completely inevitable happens, his girlfriend, Nora, has to wipe his butt. The recovery has left him immobilized and his pride isn’t the only thing suffering the consequences.
The “wipe” throws the relationship into turmoil as uncrossable boundaries have been crossed and neither partner knows how to adjust. Filled with anxiety, frustration, and stubbornness Walt does everything he can to push through, but in the end, he’ll realize that every now and then, we all just need a little help with the art of the wipe.
"Last Night" by Trapper Piatt
"Best Short Film"
A young man has a dream-like visitation from his deceased father as they reconnect after years apart.
"HIDE" by Ian Curtis
"Best Short Film"
17 year old Abi struggles to care for her family whilst battling child poverty and social deprivation. The dangers of the outside world are minuscule compared to the burden inside her four walls. Love is the only sticking plaster to keep them all safe and when that plaster is ripped off and her family are threatened, Abi is left with a life-changing decision. There is a code where they live and that is to: Trust no-one. And when trouble strikes... Hide.
"Room 57" by Mazdak Taebi
"Best Short Film"
After being arrested for dancing in the streets of Tehran, 22-year-old Lida is summoned to the Islamic Republic Judiciary for punishment.
"The Red Sound" by Elisa Quarello, Heiwa Wong
"Best Short Film"
Alone in her home, a mysterious woman lives in anguish and deep concern. A disconcerting painting by Artemisia Gentileschi hanged in the room suggests her shocking past. The cigarettes’ smoke follows the timeless flow of her thoughts, until a sudden blaze of light enlightens her eyes: the protagonist rediscovers the strength for fighting sorrows and troubles of an inauspicious fate.
"ALICIA ASSHOLE" by Gerard Miró
"Best Short Film"
Alicia, an Art student, must present her final thesis in the midst of a creative meltdown that causes her to have fits of anxiety and paranoia. People chase her wherever she goes, reminding her of the mediocrity of her life. They are not strangers.
"The Cascade" by Pablo Delgado Sanchez
"Best Short Film"
A man discovers he's been crying for several months without even noticing. Strangely, his tear ducts have decided to work in an inverse manner, transforming his interiors into a waterfall. The man will have to find a way to stop a cry that he can't even feel.
"Silent Witness" by Elly Kalman
"Best Short Film"
An anthology of 4 murderous stories from the point of view of the only silent witness in each — the murder weapons.
We get to see a series of murders through the eyes of the objects they were committed with. They are here to answer the questions every fatal instance leaves in its wake: why did it happen? What were their last words? And can a murder be justified?
"The Last Shoemaker" by Ali Musoke
"Best Short Film"
When dwindling customers and competition from cheaper, imported, and less durable shoes, threatens the survival of family-owned businesses, and the weight of inheritance rests on the shoulders of a young woman, the fate of The Sun Original Shoe Factory hangs in the balance.
"Trust the Process" by Sisy M Gomez Peña
"Best Short Film"
Zoé exists between starkly contrasting realms: the glittering facade of the virtual world and the raw, unfiltered reality. In the digital sphere, she shines as a celebrated influencer, while in the tangible world, she is an immigrant actress confronting the harsh truths of life and self. Zoé's journey through these opposing landscapes is a relentless pursuit of the elusive essence of true happiness
"Apache Girl" by Richard A. Pines
"Best Short Film"
"Apache Girl" is a tribute to the valiant, indigenous Apache women enduring acts of barbarity and whose heritage and lives were stolen.
During the Apache War beginning from1861 and lasting until about 1924--the Americans battled the Apache warriors stretching from Southern Arizona to New Mexico.
Amid the atrocities of both military and civilian Americans against the native Indians, two brave Apache women rise above their People-- Lozen and Dahteste.
"The Yesterday" by Benita Vera von Sass
"Best Short Film"
A disillusioned successful businesswoman struggling to find meaning in her privileged life, finds unexpected love and is forever changed.
With provocative elements of surrealism and paranoia, von Sass’s often dreamlike visionary debut is a love story steeped in psychoanalytic symbolism. Non-linear glimpses blur the line between reality and fantasy - a philosophical journey from disillusionment to self-love. Set to a predominantly rhythm guitar infused score including both 70’s San Francisco sound hits and current hits by Chris Norman and Calum Graham, ‘The Yesterday’ is a bittersweet ode to love.
"Fishbowl" by Ugrin Vuckovic
"Best Short Film"
An absurdist short film featuring a man, a coat hanger and a ladder; they converse against the backdrop of the rise of Communist Russia.
"The Future Can Be Yours" by Simon Ball
"Best Short Film"
A man and a woman fall through the trapdoor of infinity.
"WAR and PEACE" by Iman Hassanzadeh
"Best Short Film"
WAR and PEACE
"Relived" by Luis Arcaráz
"Best Short Film"
The funny and crude story of two homeless about to be executed by some mobsters, who upon waking up from a dream realize that they had already lived it.
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Best Feature Film
"The Last Hope" by Bailey Dylan Mckenzie
"Best Feature Film"
The Last Hope follows a grief stricken detective searching for redemption for the death of his son
"Asker Zone" by Öystein Thorsen
"Best Feature Film", "Best Director", "Best Original Screenplay"
A week has passed since the people in the rural village Asker has observed a spaceship beyond the atmosphere. When PELÉ (27) realizes that the entire community is trapped behind an invisible barrier, he decides to look for a way out.
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Feature Film"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"Man in the Red Jacket" by Iman Bahrehbakhsh
"Best Feature Film"
Thrilled by his nephew Amir's migration to the US, Bruce's elation dims as he uncovers Amir's enigmatic nature and the unraveling mysteries threaten to shatter his world.
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Feature Film"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"The Bangkok Job" by Clive Saunders
"Best Feature Film"
A washed-up hitman and a safecracker on the run are the unlikely team hired to assassinate one of the most powerful gangsters in all of Asia —The Beast of Bangkok (he's called that because no one can pronounce his real name).

You don't sleep with another man's wife, rip off The Boss, fix horse races, fall in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with, go on suicide missions, trust scumbags to sell you decent guns or work in a hair salon in the back-end of Bangkok without there being some sort of payback. Just ask Bernie Gold and Frank Green.
"The Reflected Self" by Kelvin Richards
"Best Feature Film"
Dion awakes in a different reality. His existence is thrown into uncertainty as he begins to transcend between a real and projected world within his own mind, a projection that was created to mask the events of his traumatic past.
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Best Director
"Vasomotor Rhinitis" by Mikheil Gabaidze
"Best Director"
The film's central theme is the condescending attitude of a simple civil servant towards high-ranking government officials. The short film was based on Anton Chekhov's "Death of a Civil Servant" story.
The film's main character, a man, sneezes in a concert hall and puts a high-ranking official in an embarrassing situation. Despite apologizing, the main character feels a slavish fear that ultimately proves fatal to the man's life.
"The Reflected Self" by Kelvin Richards
"Best Director"
Dion awakes in a different reality. His existence is thrown into uncertainty as he begins to transcend between a real and projected world within his own mind, a projection that was created to mask the events of his traumatic past.
"The Last Hope" by Bailey Dylan Mckenzie
"Best Director"
The Last Hope follows a grief stricken detective searching for redemption for the death of his son
"Silent Witness" by Elly Kalman
"Best Director"
An anthology of 4 murderous stories from the point of view of the only silent witness in each — the murder weapons.
We get to see a series of murders through the eyes of the objects they were committed with. They are here to answer the questions every fatal instance leaves in its wake: why did it happen? What were their last words? And can a murder be justified?
"Quest for silence" by Julien Guéraud
"Best Director"
Boris Jollivet, an acoustic ecologist, with whom we travel through remote areas so as to know whether there are still silent zones in France, zones where the noise of men is not heard any longer.
"Relived" by Luis Arcaráz
"Best Director"
The funny and crude story of two homeless about to be executed by some mobsters, who upon waking up from a dream realize that they had already lived it.
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Best Actor
"The Reflected Self" by Kelvin Richards
"Best Actor"
Dion awakes in a different reality. His existence is thrown into uncertainty as he begins to transcend between a real and projected world within his own mind, a projection that was created to mask the events of his traumatic past.
"The Bangkok Job" by Clive Saunders
"Best Actor"
A washed-up hitman and a safecracker on the run are the unlikely team hired to assassinate one of the most powerful gangsters in all of Asia —The Beast of Bangkok (he's called that because no one can pronounce his real name).

You don't sleep with another man's wife, rip off The Boss, fix horse races, fall in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with, go on suicide missions, trust scumbags to sell you decent guns or work in a hair salon in the back-end of Bangkok without there being some sort of payback. Just ask Bernie Gold and Frank Green.
"Man in the Red Jacket" by Iman Bahrehbakhsh
"Best Actor"
Thrilled by his nephew Amir's migration to the US, Bruce's elation dims as he uncovers Amir's enigmatic nature and the unraveling mysteries threaten to shatter his world.
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Best Actress
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Best Editing
"The Victims of Sundarbans" by Dilip Ghosh
"Best Editing"
Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 28 minutes and 11 seconds.
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Editing"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Editing"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"The Bangkok Job" by Clive Saunders
"Best Editing"
A washed-up hitman and a safecracker on the run are the unlikely team hired to assassinate one of the most powerful gangsters in all of Asia —The Beast of Bangkok (he's called that because no one can pronounce his real name).

You don't sleep with another man's wife, rip off The Boss, fix horse races, fall in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with, go on suicide missions, trust scumbags to sell you decent guns or work in a hair salon in the back-end of Bangkok without there being some sort of payback. Just ask Bernie Gold and Frank Green.
"Fishbowl" by Ugrin Vuckovic
"Best Editing"
An absurdist short film featuring a man, a coat hanger and a ladder; they converse against the backdrop of the rise of Communist Russia.
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Best Original Score
"A Red Rose For My Love" by Jasper Ku, Yunni Lin
"Best Original Score"
A tale as old as time: When a homosexual falls in love with a heterosexual.
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Best Cinematography
"Quest for silence" by Julien Guéraud
"Best Cinematography"
Boris Jollivet, an acoustic ecologist, with whom we travel through remote areas so as to know whether there are still silent zones in France, zones where the noise of men is not heard any longer.
"The Victims of Sundarbans" by Dilip Ghosh
"Best Cinematography"
Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 28 minutes and 11 seconds.
"The Reflected Self" by Kelvin Richards
"Best Cinematography"
Dion awakes in a different reality. His existence is thrown into uncertainty as he begins to transcend between a real and projected world within his own mind, a projection that was created to mask the events of his traumatic past.
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Best Animation
"Round Trip" by Ladsumeeharan Arulselvam, Kajni Anandanadesan
"Best Animation"
In his despair, a middle-aged immigrant is torn between two places he calls home. A familiar taste draws him on a journey back to his motherland.
"LAIKA" by David Wesley Gelb
"Best Animation"
On November 3rd, 1957, one month after Sputnik launched, the space race went into hyperdrive when the Soviet Union sent a second satellite into orbit, this one carrying a dog named Laika. Six times heavier than the original that went up October 4th, the new satellite circled the Earth about once every 100 minutes at a height of 560 miles, traveling nearly 18,000 miles an hour.
Despite initial claims that Laika would safely return to earth, her fate was sealed.
Soviet officials eventually claimed this was done not for the sake of cruelty but the benefit of humanity – yet it is not the fate of the dog, but that of the human, that worries us.
"The Esteemed Priority" by Al Bohl
"Best Animation"
The Esteemed Priority is a short, animated film using silhouette puppets on a journey that shows the true meaning of love.
Treatment:
The Esteemed Priority is a short stop motion animated film using silhouettes paper cut puppets in the classic tradition of the filmmaker Lotte Reiniger. It’s a story as old as time but just as timely. In today’s world where the chaos of hate, prejudice, and racism is everywhere we ask the questions, “what is love? Is what we call love, really love? How do you know? Is there a means to measure or determine if we truly love something or someone?” Yes, there is a way, and this makes love – the priority of highest esteem. A man went on a journey….
"Shiva" by Nguyen Khanh Bui
"Best Animation"
The past and present come together from a girl fishing trout.
"Book!" by Chris John Georgenes
"Best Animation"
The age-old question, "why did the chicken cross the road?", can finally be put to rest. The concept for this animated short started back in 2009 with the audio recording of my daughter who was only 6 years old at the time. The audio files sat in a folder on a hard drive in a desk drawer for the next 13 years before it was rediscovered in 2022. I promised myself I would finally finish what I started.
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Best Original Screenplay
"The Screecher" by Lazar Karov
"Best Original Screenplay"
Decebal Cornea direct descendant of Radu the younger brother of Vlad III Dracula, unknown to him, is racing against him to catch The Screecher before he does preventing him to build his army of bloodsuckers.
"The Bangkok Job" by Clive Saunders
"Best Original Screenplay"
A washed-up hitman and a safecracker on the run are the unlikely team hired to assassinate one of the most powerful gangsters in all of Asia —The Beast of Bangkok (he's called that because no one can pronounce his real name).

You don't sleep with another man's wife, rip off The Boss, fix horse races, fall in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with, go on suicide missions, trust scumbags to sell you decent guns or work in a hair salon in the back-end of Bangkok without there being some sort of payback. Just ask Bernie Gold and Frank Green.
"Relived" by Luis Arcaráz
"Best Original Screenplay"
The funny and crude story of two homeless about to be executed by some mobsters, who upon waking up from a dream realize that they had already lived it.
"The Victims of Sundarbans" by Dilip Ghosh
"Best Original Screenplay"
Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 28 minutes and 11 seconds.
"The Royal bank of New York City" by Lazar Karov
"Best Original Screenplay"
When the hospital bills transferedfrom his deceased mother, Ian sees no other way around the financial wall but to rob the bank he works.
"The Light Under The Door" by Robert LoBianco
"Best Original Screenplay"
Two gay men, Matthew and Andrew get married. Matthew slowly realizes Andrew has a very controlling nature. Things escalate as Andrew starts to physically abuse Matthew. Ashamed to tell anyone, and hoping Andrew will change, Matthew hides the domestic violence from his friends and family. One of his friends suspects what is going on, and confronts Matthew about it. He convinces him to do something about the situation.
"VIATOR" by Angelina Fluehler
"Best Original Screenplay"
TORY GAMES, VIATOR, an attractive and charismatic businessman in his 30s, is the owner of a software company. He goes for a walk and is greeted by a mysterious old man named Gabriel, who tells him some supernatural and philosophical words that Tory can’t decipher. In fact it was a hint on how to win in the game and collect enough points.
"Gangkhar Puensum" by Lazar Karov
"Best Original Screenplay"
Honoring their recently deceased friend's bucket list by climbing Gangkhar Puensum, a group of men and women started to fight unraveling their past love affairs.
"The Amber room" by Lazar Karov
"Best Original Screenplay"
Searching for the Amber Room and getting imprisoned in Koenigsberg Russia, Michael finds his father who he thought has been long dead, realizing they have been both tricked by the same man.
"Purgatory Plains" by Richard A. Pines
"Best Original Screenplay"
1863: Angelica, a young Asian uplifts and moves to Purgatory Plains after her husband’s brutal killing. She meets two confederate sympathizers, Shame and Reb, on the run for Murder and Bank Robbery.
Winston, a calculated saloon owner offers her a job working as a lady of the evening despite the initial rejection of his wife, Margaret. Winston meets new arrivals, Edward and Benjamin, and is told of their company’s plan to start mining in the area along with the addition of the railroad coming through. He will stop at nothing to keep this newly found information a secret which he believes is his path to becoming rich. Ramus, Winston’s brother, recently released from jail arrives in town and helps out in the saloon against Margaret’s wishes. Reb gets involved in a brawl and is arrested by Sheriff Parker who knows both men are wanted. Shame escapes with unanticipated help from Angelica who rides out of town with him.
"Picklers" by Matthew Karzis
"Best Original Screenplay"
Pickleball is everywhere. The world’s fastest growing recreational sport is becoming exponentially more popular by the day, with a spot in the 2030 Olympics a likely outcome for the upstart game. Looking to capitalize on the sports’ ever-expanding popularity is controversial billionaire-bro TOM RUNYON. Known in the business world for his brazen, often outlandish ideas, he decides to host a singular, unprecedented sporting event: a nationally televised Amateur Pickleball Tournament. Investing an undisclosed amount of money, his bet is that if the unique and quirky sport can capture the affection of viewers the way it has its infatuated players, this could be one of the most ground-breaking – and highly lucrative – enterprises in the history of sports.
"Silent Witness" by Elly Kalman
"Best Original Screenplay"
An anthology of 4 murderous stories from the point of view of the only silent witness in each — the murder weapons.
We get to see a series of murders through the eyes of the objects they were committed with. They are here to answer the questions every fatal instance leaves in its wake: why did it happen? What were their last words? And can a murder be justified?
"Man in the Red Jacket" by Iman Bahrehbakhsh
"Best Original Screenplay"
Thrilled by his nephew Amir's migration to the US, Bruce's elation dims as he uncovers Amir's enigmatic nature and the unraveling mysteries threaten to shatter his world.
"The Dishreader" by Fernando Haro
"Best Original Screenplay"
Álvaro dies after his first day working in a supposedly French restaurant and Sérgio, his husband, applies for the position to try to investigate the presence in Carlão's place, a man who seems to be able to predict the future just by looking at the shape of a dish. was assembled. After having his own dish read by him and putting his prediction to the test, Sérgio confronts him, because Carlão could have saved Álvaro. Carlão will now have to deal with the consequences of his own gift.
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"골목춤 보광동 (Alley Dance Bogwang-dong)" by Yeajean Choi
"Best Composer"
Dance Film <Alley Dance 'Bogwang-dong'> is a work that records/archives the village Bogwang-dong which is about to be destroyed for the Hannam New Town government project.
"She was taken to the madhouse)" by Désirée Jung
"Best Experimental Film"
A brief first person narrative into the paradoxes of being born.
"THE ORDER" by Wojciech Turek
"Best Experimental Film"
Film titled: THE ORDER is a search for answers to questions about people and the world. It is the result of "conversations" with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Why shouldn't the "creator" ask the "creation" what he thinks about it?
"Fishbowl" by Ugrin Vuckovic
"Best Experimental Film"
An absurdist short film featuring a man, a coat hanger and a ladder; they converse against the backdrop of the rise of Communist Russia.
"Smoking Babas Holy Men of India" by Wojciech Turek
"Best Feature Documentary"
A human approach to the mystical secrets of India. Documenting the sadhus as had rarely been filmed on many peculiar occasions. A charismatic character is the thread of the story revealing a hidden side of these sacred Hindu sects: children sadhus.
"The Red Sound" by Elisa Quarello, Heiwa Wong
"Best Music Video", "Best Composer"
"Mon Orage" by Loïc Suty
"Best Music Video"
"Mon Orage" is a simple and poetic visual experience, a moment of reflection on the importance of spending time with those who are dear to us, a celebration of the friendships and loves that emerge in our lives and can change everything, an invitation to remember the people who have counted for us or the moments that have marked our existence...
"Liberi Respiri (and the silence in between)" by Wojciech Turek
"Best Music Video"
An important experience unites two old friends who, in the loss of a loved one, rediscover the profound meaning of their dialogue far from the things of the world and from the now intrinsic inability of the same to tell and tell us for what we are. It is from these assumptions that Lory Muratti starts to build a new visual work as a commentary on the second single from Stefano Attuario's album. Muratti, already directing the previous video clip, therefore returns to the project to consolidate, with this new episode, the partnership between his visionary and out-of-the-box approach as a director and the profound themes addressed by Attuario in his musical project. Actuary moves within the video together with the international guest Ray Haffernan and the actress Miriam Vangelista, once again chosen to play the role of "presence", of "angel and demon" and of "intermediary" in the dialogue that the two protagonists they establish by trying to actually speak with those who are no longer among them.
"2023 a Requiem: From Turmoil to Transcendence - for flatscreens" by Ragnar di Marzo
"Best Experimental Film"
While my VR films are crafted for an immersive, 360-degree stereoscopic experience, I understand the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in storytelling. To ensure that my work reaches a broader audience, including those who may not have access to VR headsets, I have created widescreen versions of all my films. These flatscreen adaptations retain the essence and artistic vision of the original VR experiences, allowing more viewers to embark on these cinematic journeys.
"The Bangkok Job" by Clive Saunders
"Best Opening Credits"
A washed-up hitman and a safecracker on the run are the unlikely team hired to assassinate one of the most powerful gangsters in all of Asia —The Beast of Bangkok (he's called that because no one can pronounce his real name).

You don't sleep with another man's wife, rip off The Boss, fix horse races, fall in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with, go on suicide missions, trust scumbags to sell you decent guns or work in a hair salon in the back-end of Bangkok without there being some sort of payback. Just ask Bernie Gold and Frank Green.
"The Last Hope" by Bailey Dylan Mckenzie
"Best Director Debut"
The Last Hope follows a grief stricken detective searching for redemption for the death of his son
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Director Debut"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"Return To Planet Underground (Part1)" by Gideon Homes
"Best Experimental Film"
A former underground techno dj working at a big famous law firm spirals down to dark sides of society where the war already started and finds himself in moral grayareas. With one eye on the past and one eye on the future he stirs among the ashes of the real underground.
"Fear Movie" by Haritha Gogineni
"Best Director Debut"
Sindhu's world is shattered when her boyfriend vanishes. Held captive in a mental asylum, she must confront the evil forces driving her madness and confront the terrifying truth about her own past in order to escape and uncover the truth.
The Fear movie is a psychological suspense thriller based on true events. The movie delivers a valuable concept to the public. The movie caters to a wide range of audiences, particularly those who enjoy thrillers and screenplays. The Fear is a purely screenplay-based movie that runs between three layers.
"ADM" by Javier Ruiz Mazarío
"Best Student Film"
Pandora, a young woman who takes care of her sister, is invited to participate in a strange experiment. After being locked in a remote cabin in the woods with three other people, she discovers that what initially seemed like a small test has turned into a sadistic psychological game filled with secrets. In 30 minutes, they must abide by a simple rule: one of the individuals present must die if the others want to leave alive.
"Pay Your Bill" by Anne Bio
"Best Poster"
A single camera workplace comedy that takes place at a collection agency where hope and dreams go to die!
"GIRL, LAMP, RADIO" by Minhyuk Che
"Best Experimental Film"
Teenage K-Pop idol Gina lives under the spotlight on social media, but her mind suffers from emotional distress due to hate comments. In her solitary room, a stage where her emotions appear, two players connected in real time exist as 'Lamp' and 'Radio'. They become beings that help her journey of mind, and at the moment of crisis they collaborate to project the film of her memory with a sense of light and sound. Starring Sunye, a former member of the girl group Wonder Girls, in the lead role.
"BLIND FAITH: Moments of Missed Understanding" by Robert Scott MacLeay
"Best Experimental Film"
A performance art-based narrative that deals with the reaction to actions in a closed environment in which everyday actions and reactions (some positive, some negative) are drawn by chance by performance artists who are required to perform their chosen action/reaction sequentially in a completely honest manner in the moment. Once the initial action/reaction sequence completed the artists are free to follow the instincts awakened by the situation they created or to stop. The resulting narrative is presented behind a thin textured veil hinting that it takes place in another dimension, in another state of consciousness. The use of a neutral, seemingly hand-coloured palette and a slow, methodical tempo reinforce this sensation.

BLIND FAITH is a dream-like, non-linear narrative composed of one complete chance-based performance session peppered with extracts from two other sessions. It documents the complexity of messaging between two people, the interpretation of non-verbal communication and the difficulties inherent in reading messages that are not clearly articulated.
"Woman: 3 Essential Questions" by Jana Lulovska
"Best Experimental Film"
Haunted by her grandmother's three essential questions - an everyday motivational tactic, which were once an annoyance during her 20s, a woman in her 30s finds herself grappling with their significance as part of her female heritage. As she contemplates the passing of her grandmother and the echoes of these questions in her own mind, a moral dilemma arises. Should she embrace them as a precious female legacy to be passed on to her successors, or abandon them entirely? This introspective film uses stop-motion animation to explore themes of self-discovery, ancestral connections, and the weight of inherited traditions.
"Man in the Red Jacket" by Iman Bahrehbakhsh
"Best Director Debut"
Thrilled by his nephew Amir's migration to the US, Bruce's elation dims as he uncovers Amir's enigmatic nature and the unraveling mysteries threaten to shatter his world.
"Clove" by Sofie Dawn LeDean
"Best Director Debut", "Best Short Film", "Best Cinematography"
A young couple who struggle to communicate effectively embark on a roadtrip together to determine the fate of their relationship.
"SIS-TER" by Gokhan Toka
"Best Experimental Film"
It's the end of 90s. A kid witnesses the tragic death of her pregnant mother while filming her with a hand-cam. Many years later, he finds an old cassette left on his door. While he goes on a quest to find a way to listen to it, he is drawn into a dark abyss of memories and is once again haunted by a ghastly figure arising from the past.
"The Reflected Self" by Kelvin Richards
"Best Poster", "Best Original Soundtrack"
Dion awakes in a different reality. His existence is thrown into uncertainty as he begins to transcend between a real and projected world within his own mind, a projection that was created to mask the events of his traumatic past.
"DADDY BLUEBERRY - just like a movie" by Jonas Myrstrand
"Best Experimental Film"
A blue drama comedy.
An Autofiction, documentary and animation film.
A blueberry race, a daughter with her lost father, but everything return into the same spot of loneliness, in the dark of the forest, 20 years later. Because some stains you just have to live with...
This is the feature film upon 3 Award Winner Shorts: Separation, Blueberry II and The Branch.
"Dream Retreat" by Arken Wheeler
"Best Experimental Film"
After going cold turkey on her psych meds, a tormented painter from the city gets invited to an isolated artist retreat with a mystical reputation, where she seeks real magic and inspiration, a seemingly impossible quest thanks to a skeptical journalist vowing to debunk the rumors of fairy sightings.
"The Unknown Girl: The Last Annihilation" by Eduard Román Gatnau
"Best Student Film"
Twenty years after the first massacre: Violeta is one of the survivors in a country where an immortal serial killer has slaughtered thousands and thousands of citizens. One day, she will discover that someone has been following her.
"Just like me" by Andreas Thelander
"Best Student Film"
The movie is about the somewhat peculiar but spontaneous Maria (28) who wins 250,000 SEK on a scratch-off lottery ticket on TV. She dreams of a typical "Svensson" life, which refers to a common, ordinary Swedish family, but she's not quite sure how to get there. So, when the TV host asks her what she will do with the money, she says, "Anyone who wants to have coffee with me will receive 1000 SEK." Her calendar quickly fills up with people who want to have coffee with her, and one thing leads to another, and somewhere over there, perhaps that ordinary life she desires exists, or maybe not.
"The Spark" by Andreas Thelander
"Best Student Film"
This movie conveys the rationale that necessity need not be the mother of invention, sometimes it is laziness or idleness that makes the greatest inventions possible as quoted by Agatha Christie.
"Flesh Wish" by Timothy Benjamin Slessor
"Best Music Video"
An experimental horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, David Cronenberg and Clive Barker, this music video / short details in an abstract way the summoning of demons through a ritual performed behind the locked doors of a 1970s terraced house. Images were initially generated with the use of a variety of AI platforms before they were brought into After Effects were they were HEAVILY manipulated, with many layers of texture, noise and grain added, lighting added or altered, images distorted and blended together and so on. The actual editing was arduous, often frame-by-frame (everything was done by hand) with images further distorted and manipulated with a variety of blending modes. It was a one-man job and that one man was very, very tired by the end of it! (please note that the encode on the FilmFreeway screener is not very good, a sharper version can be seen on the Vimeo link used as the project website below)
"every dove is a pigeon and every pigeon is a dove" by Kate Colenbrander
"Best Student Film"
every dove is a pigeon and every pigeon is a dove is a film about the defiance of pigeons to our contradictory, and ultimately exploitative, relationship with the natural world. In cities in particular this separation of humans and the environment can only exist if mentally maintained and socially practiced. Through the past and present relations with pigeons this film forces the audience to confront our indifference, hatred and domination of environment as it peeks through the cracks of the urban. Because despite building ourselves into this isolation we will always be a part of the nature we attempt to eradicate.
"399: Queen of the Tetons" by Elizabeth Leiter
"Best Feature Documentary"
For nearly two decades, Grizzly #399 has been a fixture in Grand Teton National Park. Known only by her research number, #399 has captivated photographers since 2007, becoming the world's most famous — and photographed — grizzly in the world. Our narrative follows #399 as she struggles to raise an unusually large litter in the face of human encroachment and a rapidly changing climate.
"The Victims of Sundarbans" by Dilip Ghosh
"Best Short Documentary"
Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 28 minutes and 11 seconds.
"RIVERBOOM" by Claude Baechtold
"Best Feature Documentary"
In the year following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, young journalist Claude Baechtold finds himself in the war zone of Afghanistan. Not entirely voluntarily, the self-confessed anti-militarist from French-speaking Switzerland is dragged on a tour of the entire country by two fearless reporters. Equipped with a video camera he bought at a bazaar in Kabul, he follows them for two months on a daring journey. With impressive archive footage that was until recently thought lost, Baechtold captures in his humorous road movie doc how he inadvertently becomes a war reporter and is able thereby to deal with his own personal strokes of fate.
"Quest for silence" by Julien Guéraud
"Best Feature Documentary"
Boris Jollivet, an acoustic ecologist, with whom we travel through remote areas so as to know whether there are still silent zones in France, zones where the noise of men is not heard any longer.
"Interview with a Woman" by Issara Maneewat
"Best Short Documentary"
A documentary is an interview that asks questions. with an emphasis on femininity female-male But as I interviewed her I want to express that "Femininity" in my male body The movie is like a superposition of the thoughts and feelings of two people who have "femininity" in their hearts as I interviewed her. I would also like to have a voice to express my opinion. In the hopes that someone will come to interview about a life that has been overlooked because the body is not a "woman"
"Different Roads - Navigating Change" by Dave MacFarlane
"Best Short Documentary"
For those with Parkinson's, it’s a condition largely misunderstood, Janet Shipton was diagnosed at 47 and quickly found her direction in life changed.
Whilst navigating the personal challenges the condition brought, additionally she found her social world changed as well.
Whilst witnessing the onset of the condition Janet talks about her body’s decline, her campaign for greater awareness and demonstrates that she refuses to be defined by misconceptions surrounding Parkinson’s.
"Music, Freedom and Mountains" by Jose Ignacio Mateis
"Best Short Documentary"
he story of a Venezuelan migrant musician, producer and DJ who tells that to treat his depression he climbs mountains and composes songs despite the setbacks. A story told by music and images
"Figures" by Rhett Cutrell
"Best Feature Documentary"
A zoologist couple travels to West Africa to document some of the worlds deadliest snakes. Their expedition reveals a surprising similarity between handling deadly snakes and living in a healthy relationship.
"Stronger than Ever" by Marcin Jamkowski
"Best Feature Documentary"
Rock climber Maciek "Pastor" Kubera, 52, has a tragic fall while climbing, breaking his arm, his leg, his pelvis, his heel and four vertebrae. From his hospital bed, he vows to come back stronger than ever to tackle the toughest climb of his life - a super steep route called Andromeda on the Greek island of Kalimnos.
The film paints an intense portrait of a man of passion and dedication who imposes a draconian training regime on himself, with his life governed by the schedule in his training logbook. To his own surprise, he finds that his needs go far beyond physical strength - he is now limited by his psyche. Fear has taken over his climbing and he doesn't know how to tame this previously unknown beast.
"Not everyone wants to leave home" by Alfonso Duarte
"Best Short Documentary"
What happens when a Mexican president engages in a full-on war against the drug cartels? This is the story of just one of the thousands of families who were forced to flee their homes in the once-booming Mexican border city of Juarez due to widespread violence during the Mexican Drug War.
"Roter Hund" by Joseph Bisat Marshall
"Best Music Video"
Roter Hund is a song/video about the darkness of our own mind and the struggle within ourselves that arises as a consequence of that discovery. The struggle of human beings to conceal and dominate our animal instincts in order to coexist in society becomes an ultime fight for survival. A fight against ourselves.
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