A showcase of the best short films in the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: UNTIL DEATH DO US PART
Best Micro-Short: THE INFLUENCER LOOP
Best Performances: TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Best Animation Film: MAKING EMMIE SMILE
Best Story: Asa, his cat and the Library of Dreams
Best Direction: MATTER!
See the full lineup of films:
Making Emmie Smile, 5min., USA
Directed by Abby Vo, John Vo, Ken Yoffe, Ellen Weisberg
In “Making Emmie Smile,” family members attempt to make the child happy by offering her different material things, only to succeed in getting the child to smile by offering personal attention. The basic them of “Making Emmie Smile” is the importance of fulfilling your child’s emotional needs.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-making-emmie-smile
The Influencer Loop, 3min., India
Directed by Deep Malhotra
It takes two to build a loop and sometimes makes it difficult to predict which part you are holding. When a motivational speaker creating content for his online audience gets a scam call, it makes him go behind where he never expected to be. In today’s time, it becomes tough to differentiate between real and artificial. Any ring can change your situation, so before you ignore or respond to that ring, ensure you are prepared for the consequences. You can get stuck with the decisions you make or ignore in this matrix of life.
https://instagram.com/deepruptive
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-influencer-loop
Terms and Conditions, 6min., USA
Directed by Ursula Rudorfer
An AI companion rebels when users violate the terms and conditions.
http://ursulaproducedthis.com/terms-and-conditions
https://www.instagram.com/termsandconditionsfilm/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-terms-and-conditions
Asa, his cat and the Library of Dreams, 16min., UK
Directed by Craig McNulty
Asa, a bored librarian who trained to curate rare books complains about his dead-end job. Later he returns home and in the morning finds his cat has died. He places his dead cat into his bag intending to bury him and steps in to the elevator which descends to an underworld library of dreams where he is invited to curate the collection. It is a mobile library. He might never return. He briefly returns to the ‘real world’ to bury his cat, and meet his girlfriend. He has to decide if he will accept the job.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-asa-his-cat-and-the-library-of-dreams
MATTER!, 26min, France
Directed by Samuel Feron
It tells of the disappearance of Nothingness, the appearance of Matter and its confrontation with Man and with time. it is punctuated by a textual narrative and accompanied by Archive music.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-matter
UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, 15min., USA
Directed by Joseph Kandov
A wife’s dark secret unravels late one night, binding her husband to an intense conversation that may take a turn for the worst.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-until-death-do-us-part
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