January 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: AUDIENCE CHOICE Best FILM: MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP Theme of night: The intelligent prevail. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN… Continue reading January 2021 Festival – Highlights and Videos

Short Film: HONG KONG DIALOGUES, 40min., Hong Kong, Experimental Documentary

The experimental documentary shot on the ground by citizen-journalists during the Hong Kong protests of August 2019 to January 2020, it captured the conversations and words appeared during the Hong Kong Movement in 2019, from slogans chanted by the protestors to, speech by advocate, argument between local residents, to graffties on the wall. It tends… Continue reading Short Film: HONG KONG DIALOGUES, 40min., Hong Kong, Experimental Documentary

Director Biography – Nicolas Polixene, Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol (AMERICAN DREAM)

Nicolas POLIXENE. Born on 04 March 1983 in the Paris region and originally from the West Indies.Fascinated by the 7th art since childhood, Nicolas decided to stop his scientific studies and devote himself to cinema. He took his first steps at the EICAR (International School of Audiovisual Creation and Direction). There, he learns the basics… Continue reading Director Biography – Nicolas Polixene, Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol (AMERICAN DREAM)

Short Film: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama

Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for black people he had in France, Mickael has been living in the United States for the past 5 years. Proud of his success, he invited his little brother (Matthieu) to Chicago to convince him to try his luck here. Unfortunately, everything turns into a nightmare when they accidentally… Continue reading Short Film: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama