Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: 13 STROKES….
Best Long Form Short Film: JUST A GIRL
Best Direction: WHO WE ARE….
Best Performances: ARNOLD: THE UNREAL STORY
Best Sound & Music: VOICEMAIL
Best Cinematography: FROM A BARREN STATE
Best Story: THE PENCIL
Best Documentary: REDUCE, REUSE, RUMINATE
Best Experimental: A’AI
Best Student Film: TOXIC SHOCK
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
TOXIC SHOCK, 9min., Canada
Directed by Jamie Norrie
Tatiana wakes up confused about where she is, what happened the night before, and why there’s a gorgeous man sleeping next to her. She discreetly makes her way to the washroom to avoid disturbing her mystery partner, until she discovers an unwanted surprise. She hurries back to the bed and finds out that her worst nightmare has come true. She’s left a giant red period stain on the bed. Suddenly, Tatiana feels like a criminal in a crime scene and does everything in her power to hide the evidence. Despite her best efforts of hiding the stain, it only gets worse. She ends up calling her best friend Sarah to come to the rescue. Just as she’s about to escape, Tatiana realizes that maybe she’s not so guilty of a crime after all.
https://www.jamienorrie.com/toxic-shock
https://www.instagram.com/toxicshockfilm/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
13 STROKES…., 7min., Greece
Directed by Ioulia Lymperopoulou
To write and create the short art experimental film “13 Strokes…” [Dark Traces (Collective), Publishing House Iliaxtida, Athens, September 2022] i was inspired by my short story “Thirteen Strokes”, concentrating on the heart of the narrative, the uncured trauma that keeps on taking up space in the thoughts and ends up consuming vital energy. Sometimes by appearing in the dreams in different or repetitive forms, even in an evolving way, in time. Time was an essential element in my short film. Time that people spend on important relationships creating deep bonds, from which stems a thread that goes beyond our dimension, beyond death and inevitably determines our lives. Another important element, as a different facet of the conception of the idea of time, was the internalization of the experience and the subjectivity in which the experience is kept in the memory and maybe mentally revived or relived.
https://ioulia.gr/
https://www.facebook.com/ioulia.lymperopoulou
https://twitter.com/ioulialibera
https://www.instagram.com/ioulia_libera
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
JUST A GIRL, 19min., UK
Directed by Kieran Freemantle
A girl escapes from a secret government facility and tries to convince a hermit to help her get home.
https://www.instagram.com/justagirlshortfilm/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
REDUCE, REUSE, RUMINATE, 15min., Canada, DOC
Directed by Sarah Wray
In Canada, 58% of the food we produce is wasted. Food waste is a problem that needs to be examined and tackled at every link in the supply chain, from farmers to retailers and consumers. Reducing food waste can help save money, improve food security, support efficiency in the agriculture and food sector, and significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In Canada, emissions from municipal landfills represents the second largest source of methane, after fossil fuels.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FROM A BARREN STATE, 15min., USA
Directed by Priyam Sadhukhan
The title ‘From a Barren State’ represents the barren land that Lena was rescued from only to serve a childless barren woman who falsely promised to hydrate the barren life of Lena through kindness. It represents the journey of Lena from wandering in a barren land to the comfort of a home; alongside the journey of Martha from a barren woman to the desire of being a mother which ultimately seals her fate.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE PENCIL, 10min., USA
Directed by Thomas Calvin Schultz
Sara, a struggling artist who discovers a unique pencil that can solve all her problems. But her dreams turn into a nightmare when a malevolent demonic creature from Kazakh legends gets unleashed.
https://thepencilshortfilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thepencilshortfilm
https://www.instagram.com/thepencilshortfilm/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
VOICEMAIL, 12min,. UK
Directed by Lewis Evans
Through ignored and then forgotten voicemails, an up-and-coming filmmaker learns the personal cost of success.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
A’AI, 5min., USA
Directed by Kalie Granier
A discussion with a pelican on the shore who is announcing the funeral dance of its kelp forest to a Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation woman.
https://kaliegranier.com/
https://www.instagram.com/kalie_granier/?hl=fr
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
WHO WE ARE…., 9min., USA
Directed by Noah Berlow
Who We Are…” is a heart-wrenching short documentary that addresses the social issues of how many young women fall victim to the influences of drugs, domestic violence, poverty, and self-harm, but Pathway to Independence, a non profit organization in Southern California, provides a way for these women to rejuvenate their lives, with a program that allows them to graduate from a four year college and ultimately live a life of independence.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ARNOLD: THE UNREAL STORY, 16min,. Australia
Directed by Jarrad Bhatia
In 1979, a young bodybuilder named Arnold dreams of becoming the biggest movie star of all time.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SHARED SPACES, 6min,. USA
Directed by Collin Black
A woman driven to the edge by her annoying new roommate finds solace in their adorable cat.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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