Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: REUE – REGRET
Best Long Form Short Film: A WAY FOR TOMAS
Best Sound & Music: MALCOLM SPEAKS
Best Direction: BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE SNOW
Best Cinematography: TRIGGER
Best Performances: RETURN
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
TRIGGER, 10min., UK
Directed by Corry Raymond, Ed Palmer
Trigger is a short about a soldier called Fletcher who returns home to the UK with PTSD whilst serving in Afghanistan. The film follows Fletcher as he struggles with his ever growing mental illness and his struggles to adapt back into civilian and family life. Until a tragic life-changing event happens that will change his and his family’s lives forever.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE SNOW, 11min,. Denmark
Directed by Peder Thomas Pedersen, Heine Kaarsbjerg
A man overtaken by deep sorrow and not able to choose life, tries to flee his own mind by taking a trip to eastern Europe.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
A WAY FOR TOMAS, 29min., Columbia
Directed by Andrés Ricaurte / Martín Agudelo Ramírez
Tomás, desperate, knocks insistently on the door of a lonely house. Nobody opens it. When he leaves the place, he sees some bushes moving and goes into a wooded path. Along the way, from his memories, he faces several episodes of fear in his life until he reaches the exit of the path, which takes him back to the door of the house. Tomás enters and talks with a woman (who represents death), at which point he decides to face his fears.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
REUE – REGRET, 6min., Germany
Directed by Duc Bao Bui
Once united in love, a scientist and a musician now find themselves immersed in regret as they’ve chosen their professions over each other. Through a tapestry of digital projections, they embark on a surreal journey where the hues of Black and White merge, reflecting the duality of their lost bond.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MALCOLM SPEAKS, 25min., USA
Directed by Michael Alvin Wynn
A rendition of the Malcolm X House Negro Field Negro Speech
THE MOVIE
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
RETURN, 16min., China
Directed by Boyu Chen
In the gripping drama ‘Return‘, Lao Shen reaches a crucial turning point in his life. Tormented by his son’s suffering at school due to their broken family, he realizes he can no longer drown his sorrows in alcohol. Determined to change, Lao Shen resolves to confront his past mistakes.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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