Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Awards:
Best Short Film: ICE BREATH
Best Direction: Wizard of Oz
Best Micro-Short: The Story of Marjan the Bunny
Best Story: Sowing the Seeds of Love
Best Documentary: Echoes of the Ice (Indigenous Geographic)
Best Music Video: Eldritch Karaoke
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Sowing the Seeds of Love, 18min., USA
Directed by Riley Young
Sowing the Seeds of Love explores the obscure and peculiar sex lives of animals through the eyes of Hulk Hogan (1980’s WWE wrestler icon), Joyce DeWitt (Janet Wood from the popular 1970’s sitcom Three’s Company), and Robert Picardo (known for his character as the Holographic Doctor on the 1990’s Star Trek: Voyager series). Their role in this film is to satire their popularity to make the subject of animal sexuality more digestible to those without a scientific background.
https://www.instagram.com/_riley_young_/
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The Story of Marjan the Bunny, 3min., Slovenia
Directed by Mitja Man?ek
Marjan the bunny was the first pet of little Mitja, which was named after his dad. One day boy found an empty cage and he didn’t know where the bunny had disappeared.
http://www.mancekmitja.si/en/Films/ProfessionalYears/TheStoryOfMarjanTheBunny/
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Wizard of Oz, 7min., Germany
Directed by Alex Sebastian
Young Astronomer Truth needs to prevail in a world of social media misinformation.
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https://instagram.com/alexsebastianmuc
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Eldritch Karaoke, 5min., Ireland
Directed by Joe Loftus
A young woman on the road to escape her past is hit by a car and descends into a chaotic musical after-life. She must decide whether to join the song or die.
https://www.instagram.com/brokenmotor/
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Echoes of the Ice (Indigenous Geographic), 18min., Canada
Directed by Matt LeMay
In Echoes of the Ice, Inuk filmmaker & Indigenous Geographic Co-founder Crystal Martin embarks on a journey to Iqaluit during late spring to delve into contemporary Inuit life and the profound impacts of climate change. From sharing a traditional meal with family to traveling with Inuit hunters to the iconic floe edge—a hub for traditional hunting and community connection—Crystal experiences firsthand the challenges and resilience of Arctic life.
http://www.indigenousgeographic.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/matt_lemay_/
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ICE BREATH, 42min,. Romania
Directed by Leonard Alecu
Between 2015 and 2024, Leonard Alecu filmed the melting icebergs off Greenland’s East coast. Sailing dangerously close to icebergs, Alecu handled his camera to record the ice masses yielding to the ruthless ocean. Filmed in black and white, Ice Breath is a cinematic poem whose only elusive actor is the filmmaker’s gaze. In 43 minutes, a sequence of flat pictures turn into dynamic tableaux, an existential journey from genesis to extinction. The hypnotic feature of the film is enhanced by the soundtrack Become Ocean, a haunting composition by John Luther Adams suggestive of a relentless tidal surge, of melting polar ice and rising sea levels. Become Ocean received critical acclaim, earning the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and the 2015 Grammy for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. More than an environmental documentary, Ice Breath and Become Ocean is an experimental fusion exploring the vast, inscrutable meanings of climate change.
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