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March 13-14, 2021
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FESTIVAL WINNER
Ruby Red
2ND PLACE WINNER
Food Medicine
3RD PLACE WINNER
Emil
BEST BY AUDIENCE
Food Medicine
BEST SCRIPT
Ei8hty-Ei8ht
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Mother
Director Serge Velbovets in Short Sci-Fi Canada 4:38 When a boy is getting ready to sleep, he hears a familiar loving, caring and supporting voice. But what he hears during the next two minutes really shocks him. Inspired by the “The Black Mirror” storytelling style, this dystopian short film is only 4 minutes long but according to the film director Serge Velbovets, it creates a paradigm shift in our understanding of today's world. |
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Mars
Director Hannah Beach in Short Drama United Kingdom 14:22 Leon is forced to confront his sexuality when he meets his favourite queer author, Martin McAllen, whilst surrounded by the toxic masculinity of his homophobic colleagues. |
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The Painting
Director Ludo Jaccard in Fantasy Switzerland 14:21 On a Sunday afternoon, a father convene his wife and their two children in the living room. They need to make an important decision: Where to hang the painting he just bought ? Facing both his family's lack of interest and the technical issues related to the hanging, the father will find himself swept away by an existential crisis. |
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Charlie Surfer
Director Pia Strømme in Short Documentary Norway 18:00 Charlie is 10 years old and diagnosed with Aspergers. He is proud of his disgnosis but sometimes he wishes he could be more like the other boys in his class. Feeling different makes him feel left out at times. Because of his Aspergers Charlie struggles with team sports. But he has found two things he loves to do, surfing and dancing. We follow Charlie through ups and downs at this years surf camp. |
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Pigeon Therapy
Director NADIA MASRI in Short (any genre) Luxembourg 19:36 After her father passes away, Emma visits a therapist for the very first time. When, during the session, a pigeon flies straight into the window, Emma finds herself taking on the all too familiar role of good samaritan. |
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#SheIsNotDoingGreat
Director Manas Thakkar in Super Short Poverty Story (under 5 min) India 2:09 #SheIsNotDoingGreat tells the story of an unsettling truth about female farmworkers in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Where women don’t get hired if they menstruate. As a result, they remove their uteruses to earn a livelihood. The victims of this life-threatening practice are in lakhs. On Women's Day 2020, Healthians told the world this inconvenient story through a film. The film was shot in a remote village near Nashik city, featuring real sugarcane workers. It went live on Healthians’ social pages and asked people to raise their voices against this practice by signing a petition. Within 48 hours, it got over a million views, Those who saw it expressed horror and concern. To date, the cause has almost 1,700 supporters. But injustice still prevails. |
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THE PARCEL
Director Samad EL KHARROUBI in Short (any genre) Canada 8:53 It is an ordinary end of the day for Sami and his mother until they receive, by mistake, a parcel that will make their evening more agitated than usual. |
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I'M A PEBBLE
Director Mélanie BERTERAUT PLATON, Yasmine BRESSON, Léo COULOMBIER, Nicolas GRONDIN, Maxime LE CHAPELAIN, Louise M in Short Animation France 6:55 Bubble a young otter, lives with three mossy stones and thinks of them as her family. Bulle imagines them as real otters, but as she becomes aware of their true nature, she has to face her loneliness. |
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To The Moon
Director Michael Gene Conti in Short Comedy United States 14:33 Two struggling actors devise a foolhardy plan to rob the box office on the opening night of their new play. |
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NOVA
Director David McAbee in Short Horror United States 8:08 Dr. Nova Thorpe must warn everyone that something is on the loose. Something, different. |
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A Fresh Start
Director Brittney Michelle Shepherd in Short Horror, Micro Comedy (10 minutes or less) United States 10:07 Logline: An earnest young woman's first virtual date leads to mayhem as both her and her suitor's hidden selves come to light. Synopsis: Elizabeth is excited to jump back into the dating pool but her first attempt is with a self-centered, pseudo-hippie who just wants to brag about his homegrown tomatoes. But as the date progresses, she convinces herself to take a chance on him - until it all goes wildly awry as intrusions by her weirdly terrible ex-boyfriend lead to both Elizabeth and her date revealing their darkest selves. Elizabeth wants a fresh start, but it's going to come in a totally unexpected way. |
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What is Enough?
Director Natasa Prosenc Stearns in Short Documentary United States 26:00 A hundred people from different walks of life, different ages, races and sexual orientations, tell stories about what ‘Enough’ means to them, addressing our culture of consumption with huge economic and social disparities. Do we ever have enough money, food, education, friends, love…? Is desire for more ingrained in us? Are there other ways to achieve happiness? The answers are layered with personal stories, linking everybody into an interconnected slice of humanity. |
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The Strong Box
Director Hassan El-Amin in Short Horror United States 10:19 Randall is flat broke and in debt. His only way out of the hole is the crap night job he works, cleaning old buildings for an overbearing boss. While on one of his many work-breaks, he finds what may be the answer to his empty pockets...an ancient strong box. Inside, he discovers golden treasure beyond his wildest dreams. The treasure can be his...if he grants one small request. |
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Tell Tale Signs
Director Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy in Short Drama United Kingdom 20:30 A short coming-of-age drama about a chance encounter between two strangers setting them off on a path that will fundamentally change both of their lives forever. The film explores themes of self-realisation, physical abuse and mental health. |
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Big & $ave
Director Jay Scully in Short Comedy, New Media/Web Series United States 4:45 General Manager Miles Miller tries to prepare his big box store employees for Black Friday. |
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Ruby Red
Director Philippe Audi-Dor in Short (any genre) United Kingdom 7:49 Theo's drunken night takes a troubling turn after the enigmatic Ruby forces him to reveal his deepest fantasy. |
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Everything'll fall out of place
Director Cheyenne Canaud-Wallays in Short Animation France 4:00 "Every Saturday is the same choreography: trucks arrive on the square and customers fill the aisles of the market.Adam sells bananas, helped by his brother Reda.But this morning,a new stupidity of Reda exasperates his brother and he decides to do without him. Adel is now alone in front of impatient customers and he can’t keep up with the pace.” |
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Body and Soul
Director Charlotte Cristin in Short (any genre) Belgium 20:41 Lucie is a shy young girl, reluctant to talk about sexuality. When she finds herself forced to reveal her virginity at a friends' party, rumours start to spread and she decides to do everything it takes to solve this "problem". Even if it means turning away from herself to be like everyone else. |
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True Love
Director Marc Herrmann in Short (any genre) United States 14:54 A junkie comes home to his wife after ripping off a drug dealer. Everything seemed great until... |
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LemonMilk
Director Wylie Chan Wai Yee in Short (any genre) Hong Kong 14:49 In the insurance exam hall, Wing is afraid of being categorized as social failures. She trains hard to be professional. However Wing is pressured by the examiner Chan and it’s been tough. With Wing’s pure heart, the system slowly malfunctions… When life gives you lemon, you make lemon tea and you swallow it. But is this our only way out? |
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The Assassination of a Man
Director Daniel Riser in Short Comedy United States 3:12 A hitman gets a call from his irate wife while on the job |
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I Wash My Hands In Innocence
Director Daniel J. Hickson in Short (any genre) United Kingdom 15:00 Nick expresses his nerves in a call to his mother on his way to a meeting with Xander. His mother is busy and they agree to catch up after. Xander, a charming senior executive in the modelling industry hosts an evening of entertainment for the young wolf, Nick; a young and unknown future star. During dinner Xander plays his position. He gives Nick the good news of exciting upcoming work and offers career guidance by reflecting on his own missed opportunities. After dinner Nick is persuaded into a mini photo shoot, which leads upstairs for a clothing change and ends with Nick cornered against the headboard. Nick calls his mother, but decides not to share any of the details from the night. |
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The Room With a View
Director Surender Singh in Short Drama United States 4:47 A family in turmoil makes a 911 call. The situation takes a familiar sinister turn. Will this family suffer the same familiar fate? |
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Perfect
Director Parham Hasibi in Short Drama United States 12:21 Bryan, a mid 20s computer programmer ends his relationship with long-term partner, Claire, due to his uncertainty regarding their future together. Being a passion project of his, Bryan creates an A.I. software accustomed to simulate his perfect partner based on previous likings and dislikes in relationships. As time passes Bryan resents his creation and realizes that he is unable to replace an authentic human relationship with a machine…. |
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Frankie's In Town
Directors Adam Hersko-RonaTas, Sam Rubinek in Short Horror United States 24:19 Devon’s solitary LA lifestyle is suddenly interrupted when an old high school friend Frankie shows up at his door unannounced. When small gestures of kindness turn into covert acts of hostility and everyday conversations turn into subtle usurpations of power, a friendship slowly falls apart as the lines between reality and illusion blur into a nightmare. |
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52 - A Tale of Loneliness
Director Johnny DePalma in Short Animation United States 4:31 Far beneath the beautiful sea, a unique whale sings a song that is all his own. Inspired by the incredible true story of the 52 Hz whale, “52 A Tale of Loneliness,” invites viewers on an underwater journey that is certain to be as unique as 52 himself. |
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The Ball of Light
Director Nick von Schlippe in Short Comedy United Kingdom 5:04 When an old school bloke goes to his first ever yoga class the results are anything but enlightening. |
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Pipo and Blind Love
Director Hugo Le Gourrierec in Short (any genre) France 12:00 In a dezhumanized world where emotions are rationed and measured by a gauge, Pipo, a factory worker falls in love with a woman sitting on a bench. He will try anything to attract her attention and seduce her with his own « language ». |
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IN BETWEEN
Director Ana Pasti in Short Drama Romania 20:05 It's a late December night. Amalia is a career driven woman in her mid thirties and a mistress in a complicated love affair with a complicated man. While waiting to hear from her lover, Amalia encounters a 12 year old boy selling used books in the parking lot of a fast food drive through. She decides to "save" him from the long hours of waiting in the cold winter's night for his bus to arrive in the morning, by giving him a ride home. The more they drive into the night the less certain it is who is saving who... |
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Silence
Director Rabail Khan in Short Animation United States 2:27 Showing an entire lifetime in a short animation, SILENCE dramatizes fatherhood, showing the joys of raising a family and the tragedy of losing what you love most. |
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Uncle Zsiga
Director Edit Jakab in Short Drama United States 10:48 "Uncle Zsiga" is a contemplation on the possibility of forgiveness. Regretful of the past, an old Hungarian man, after fifteen years, musters up the courage to emigrate to America to confront his long-lost daughter. Is he able to forgive himself? |
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EMIL
Director Neda RADIĆ in Short (any genre) Croatia 15:35 Emil is a 12 year old boy in total admiration of his mother’s partner Dino. He is a small time dealer and the young boy follows him in all his dirty deeds and tries to mimic him. That is until the day he helplessly witnesses his mother being raped by the thug. |
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FARAWAY
Directors Dae Hyun Kim, Niko Yingqi Ren in Short Sci-Fi United States 3:00 An Astronaut faces death in the space and without any ways of communication he farewells to his daughter on earth from the far distance |
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NIGHT BLOOM
Director Coco Baudelle in Short Experimental United States 5:10 A magical incident pulls a young woman in quarantine out of the blues. |
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The American Dream
Director Baldev Sandhu in Short Comedy United States 5:22Three immigrants about to cross the border sit around a fire and discuss what "The American Dream" means to them. *Contains adult language. |
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The Last Starship
Director Eric Haywood in Short Sci-Fi United States 17:41 After most of the human race has evacuated earth and relocated to a new world across the galaxy, a group of survivors forms a desperate plan to escape our planet and join the rest of humanity…but the plan comes with a significant risk. |
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WINE NIGHT
Director Jess Wolinsky in Short (any genre) United States 8:37 The Oedipus story you didn't ask for. |
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Birds Of A Feather
Director Varad Bhamburdekar in Short Animation United States 2:22 In the courtyard of an Indian Palace a male peacock named Kana fails to get his feathers up for a female named Ami until he meets another peacock named Madan with the same problem. They both finally bloom to reveal their feathers and their attraction for each other as the film closes with a Bollywood dance sequence as the peacocks celebrate their new found love. |
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Not Your Average Bear
Director Cliff Skelton in Short (any genre) Canada 14:32 A daring robbery pulled off by the most unlikely of culprits. What an average man will do when pushed to his limits. |
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Quaranteen - A tale of confinement
Director Gustavo Carreiro in Short Animation Portugal 3:35 Puberty is a peculiar time, characterised by enormous changes, insecurities and questionable choices. Now imagine if you add a global virus to the mix. |
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RAGE
Director Chad Carlstone in Short Comedy United States 6:35 Two passive friends finally put their foot down, but their new power takes them over the edge, and underwhelms everyone else. |
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Food Medicine
Director Lani Cupchoy in Los Angeles Artists United States 3:28 Deep in the suburbs of Los Angeles, CA during the COVID-19 pandemic, mother and daughter use undervalued home garden methods to grow, share and deliver fresh healthy abundant produce with family, neighbors, and friends. |
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Hidden Voice
Director Ifigenia Dimitriou in Short Drama Greece 3:00 A symbolic figure of a woman is walking next to the sea. She wants to connect with the environment, feel the sun, breath the fresh air, when suddenly a strange sound disturbs her calm. The sound source is indefinite. The woman approaches the sea and the sound gets louder. The sound invites her to follow the source. She walks into the sea until her face touches the water. The woman now clearly hears voices, cries and screams of people that exhale out of the sea. A soundscape brings to her scenes from the rescue of refugees. |
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Quarantine in Pink
Director Kevin Lee Loader in New Media/Web Series United States 10:12 Three naive and compulsive roommates live in a pink house during the “Shelter in Place.” When the house run’s out of toilet paper, the roommates begin a series of events that threaten the order of the home. Written and filmed during California's "shelter in place," this web series follows the journey of three roommates; from their initial attempt to purchase a bidet, to plotting a murder, and performing an exorcism. Unfortunately, their warped views and problematic judgments often lead them into more trouble, creating a slew of uncomfortable situations that make every decision, a disaster. |
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Next Door
Director Isaac Burt in Short Comedy United States 10:55 Julian, a shy but lovable college student, falls for the girl who just moved in next door. He tries to ask her out but everything goes wrong when he finds out she has a boyfriend. With the help of his roommate, Julian tries to muster back the confidence to talk to her again, and realizes everything might not be as it seems. |
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Avernus
Director Simon Ross in Short Drama United Kingdom 11:04 Successful businessman and golden boy, Jack Wells, is unscrupulous, immoral and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Along the way he has made many enemies – and today they’re out for revenge! |
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Spokespeople
Director Ryan Mekenian in Short Documentary United States 23:30 For Los Angeles natives living in the early 1900’s, bicycles and streetcars shared the road as our primary modes of transportation. But the arrival of the freeway effectively wiped them out. Today, a collective of cycling communities fight for protected bike lanes and road safety; determined to bring a new era of mobility justice to the city. |
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Mother Figure
Director Chang, Chia-Tse in Short Animation Taiwan 14:23 Drawing from a close friend’s childhood memories and his struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Mother Figure is centred on a man and his toxic relationship with his mother growing up. The animation begins with the protagonist whipping out his radio from childhood. As he presses the play button on the radio, mellow music starts to fill the room. A familiar whirring sound starts to envelope the protagonist as well, whisking him back in time. As childhood memories begin to flood back, recollections of Mother start to creep up on the protagonist as well. An overbearing Mother dictates his living space to nothing beyond a red box, while the earnest protagonist yearns for nothing but Mother’s love. Tragedy strikes when the protagonist goes out of bounds and messes with Mother’s lipstick one day... |
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It's Okay
Director Justin Giddings & Ryan Welsh in Short Sci-Fi United States 9:02 In the style of Black Mirror, It's Okay follows a couple as their life takes an unexpected turn in this futuristic, Sci-Fi short. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS VFX led by Ingenuity Studios (MARVEL, HBO, NETFLIX, UNIVERSAL) Crowdfunded on Seed & Spark |
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Figurant
Director Jan Vejnar in Short (any genre) Czech Republic 13:45 A man follows a group of workers coming for daywork in an industrial area. Soon, he’s stripped from his clothes and identity, dressed in a military uniform and armed. His determination not to fall behind the others is then tested by a series of unsettling events. |
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Harvest
Director Sun Lijun in Short Animation China 4:00 In the autumn—the harvest season, a young katydid is attracted by the pomegranate high in the courtyard full of fruits. After many attempts he fails，but eventually, he turns out to jump on the pomegranate, which he has long expected. How can we know that misfortune may be not an actual blessing? |
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Small World
Director Jim Ford in Short Comedy United States 3:00 Two strangers meet in a far away land and realize they are from the same town. |
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16th Week
Director HaShem Jahromi in Short Drama Iran, Islamic Republic of 25:30 A woman trying to have abortion without consciousness of her husband to save him |
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Kingsnake
Director Jon Mark Nail in Short Drama United States 20:46 The dark side of a small Appalachian town is uncovered when a sex trafficker is confronted by a victim from his past. |
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W
Director Stelios Koupetoris in Short (any genre) Greece 6:00 A teacher is set to do his daily routine classroom at the school he works, during one of the most difficult days to teach. |
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TILL THE END OF THE WORLD
Director Florence Bouvy in Short (any genre) Netherlands 26:33 Marie is eight years old and loves her dad. In a world where playful dreams can suddenly turn into empty eyes that don't seem to see her, she tries to stand her own. A story about the strength of a child fighting for the unconditional love of her father. |
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SOLITAIRE
Director Elena Brodach in Short (any genre) Russian Federation 18:00 Alexandra, a French architect working on a significant project in Moscow, is an intelligent, driven and independent career woman. But when her life’s desire turns to having a child, and with her biological clock ticking, she is suddenly faced with a serious choice: does she have the time to wait for love or must she take responsibility to have a child alone? |
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MÜTTER - MOTHERS
Director Lorenz Christian Kohler in Short (any genre) Germany 8:57 A female arabic refugee in immigration authority: She is begging to catch up with her children. They got separated. The responsible official tells her that his hands are tied. As the situation escalates the official throws the woman out of his office. A bit later, we see him, visiting his old mother. With her, we are traveling in her past – we will see what happened with her, 40 years ago in West-Berlin...The same situation, the same dialogues, the same office... The film is dealing with the tragedy of separation between children and mothers beyond cultural differences. |
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MILK
Director Samiramis Kia in Short (any genre) Canada 12:29 In this family drama, a Russian immigrant couple do all they can to provide help to their daughter while facing their differences. |
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MILA
Director Andreas Vakalios in Short (any genre) Greece 14:50 Based on a true story, "Mila" is a "polaroid picture" of a daughter's and a father's last encounter at the hospital. She is a twenty year old girl who likes to skate and who hates talking to her mom. He is a forty-five year old hospitalised alcoholic life artist. They haven't spoken or seen each other for years. Their encounter at the hospital might change everything. Or, it might not. The film was shot on location in a working hospital with natural light bounced into the hospital rooms with the use of DIY stands and mirrors. |
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MATCH
Director Martin Geisler in Short (any genre) France 10:00 Tom, 20 and Max, his basketball partner, have opposing views on how to best approach a girl. While Tom is secretly attracted to Lucie, Max, keen on dating apps, flirts openly with her when they meet for the first time. And so the match begins. |
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LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
Director Amanda Aagard, Alexander Toma in Short (any genre) Sweden 15:00 Somewhere in a dystopian world a woman sees that her neighbour forgot to lock the door. Controlled by her naive curiosity she decides to break into his apartment. During her visit she uncovers a forbidden erotic painting. The woman, who has never exposed to this kind of art, feels something awakening inside of her. She finds and steals her neighbours spare key, knowing that she has to return. During her forthcoming visits she examines more and more personal belonging of her neighbour. She discovers literature, music and even dance. But the arts unleash an even bigger affection and lust. How far is she willing to go to calm her now uncontrollable needs? |
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IL GRANDE PRESIDENTE - THE GREAT PRESIDENT
Director Giovanni Basso in Short (any genre) Italy 5:00 After the last political elections, during a family reunion two twin brothers face the secret that binds their destiny to the future of the Country. |
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HANS IM PECH - HAPLESS HANS
Director Rena Dumont in Short (any genre) Germany 29:00 The grumpy factory employee Hans Himmelreich has to travel behind the Iron Curtain into a profoundly communist Czechoslovakia of the sixties to have his deceased grandmother buried. Despite prejudice he unexpectedly finds happiness in this Sudeten German province. |
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FREIGANG - DAY RELEASE
Director Martin Winter in Short (any genre) Germany 35:00 Die 25-jährige Gefängnisinsassin Kathi erhält am Geburtstag ihres Sohnes Freigang aus einer Wiener Justizanstalt. Sie findet ihren Sohn, der bei ihrer überforderten Mutter in einer kleinen Wohnung lebt, in verwahrlostem Zustand vor. Der Tag entwickelt sich zur Tour de Force und Kathi muss am frühen Abend in die Haftanstalt zurückkehren. Sie ist gezwungen bis dahin eine neue Bleibe für ihren Sohn zu finden und wird dabei immer öfter mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Es entsteht ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit und ein Ringen mit persönlichen Bedürfnissen. |
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CRUSH
Director Heather Harris in Short (any genre) United States 16:00Greyson is a writer who previously attempted to commit suicide via drowning in a deserted indoor swimming pool. She survived the attempt but has been in recluse ever since and no longer leaves the house. Her only close relationship is with her girlfriend, Grace, who came into her life after the attempt. When Greyson is contacted by the Suicide Survivors Association about writing a speech she is thrilled by the opportunity and tries to get back on her feet. Unfortunately, during this time Greyson begins to experience psychosis and her partner, Grace, becomes more and more sinister and soon Greyson isn't sure of what is real or not anymore. When it is revealed that Grace isn't real, Greyson overdoses and drowns herself in her bathtub and Grace, who represents her inner struggle, triumphs. |
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BONBON - DAS MUSICAL
Director Daniel Meier in Short (any genre) Germany 19:24 Dazzling, extravagant and bloody: In ‘Sweet but deadly - The Musical’, ‘Hairspay’ meets ‘Sweeney Todd’. When JUSSEL MEYER, a child model of a famous candy brand suffocates while choking on a candy it calls for a new casting to find the next commercial face. While the whole town is preparing for the upcoming audition, PATRICIA, Jussels former nanny pursues a different plan: She wants to prevent at any cost that someone else fills her protégés shoes. However, when the highly influential casting director CLEMENS WINTER tries to impede her plans, she is ready to take all necessary measures to reach her goal. |
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I GREW A STATUE
Director Aaron Arens in Short Sci-Fi Germany 29:00 Oskar is having an affair with the artist Hermione. Out of love and devotion he decided to build a perfect replica dummy of her. He works himself into a trance in which the line between reality and fantasy slowly blurs: Is it possible, that the dummy becomes more and more alive and Oskar confuses her with the real Hermione? When Hermiones husband suddenly visits Oskar in his studio, Oskar finds himself flabbergasted: Both men look disturbingly alike |
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DAS BUCH SABETH - THE BOOK OF SABETH
Director Florian Kogler in Short Documentary Austria 29:27 We encounter 95-year-old Elisabeth Mnatsakanjan, a writer, poet, painter, and scholar from the USSR who emigrated to Vienna in the 1970s. Her stories, her poems, her music and an encounter with an old friend depict a life dedicated to the arts and language. |
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#THERAPY
Director Luc Godonou Dossou in Short Documentary Switzerland 12:37 We become the reflection of our dominant thoughts. Live your dreams rather than dreaming your life is the choice of these women that take their destiny into their own hands in order to transcend their existence and rise above the monotony of daily life. |
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MOTHER AND MILK (dir. Lindholm)
Director Ami Lindholm in Short Animation Finland 10:00 Mother and Milk describes the mental process of becoming a parent - imagined as a catastrophe film. When the baby is born the new mother has to give up the life she knew. A flood of breast milk covers everything - her home, work, friends, relationship and a good night’s sleep. Only after realizing she is a part of the eternal chain of generations, Mother is able to accept the situation and start living her new life in the family. The film’s humour is sharp but warm, and the disaster turns into a newly found acceptance of the change. The film talks about the important subject of breastfeeding in a hilarious and heartwarming way. Although babies are cute, the difficult situations, sleep deprivation and and negative feelings might come as a surprise. |
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COMO Y PORQUE SE HA ESFUMADO DON JOSE - HOW AND WHY DON JOSE DISSIPATED
Director Moshe Ben-Avraham in Short Animation Spain 12:38 A delighted bee disturbs the tranquility of vacationers on a quiet pastoral island. Disturbing Don Jose in the middle of a relaxing gaze, he spits at her and she falls into his drink. Attempting to save her from drowning, Don Jose becomes emotionally attached to the bee. When the bee is suddenly devoured by a duck, Don Jose starts his pursuit of the duck, embarking on a chase of logic and a surrealistic journey into the depths of his consciousness. |
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TERRA VISIONIS
Director Vladimir Podgoretsky in Short Drama Russian Federation 21:00 The story about the Soviet fireman and his wife became widely known after the HBO TV series "Chernobyl". Our film TERRA VISIONIS tells the story of Ludmila Ignatenko 20 years after the tragedy. The film is based on the interview with Lyudmila published in the book "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich. This is the story of a simple woman. You would not recognize her in crowd of others.But if you try to talk to her or maybe just look into her eyes you would plunge into a surreal world of her deepest tragical memories. Many years ago, she has lost her husband and child during the Chernobyl disaster. Her husband was a fireman who was one of the first who came to fight the fire to Chernobyl nuclear power station. Everyone who extinguished the fire that night died over the next two weeks. Years later, living her day to day life, she constantly scrolls through her memories and relives every moment of those last two weeks she spent next to her husband's hospital bed, watching him dying from radiation sickness and hoping for a miracle of salvation. She tries to find the answer to the same question: why her husband died and whether she was guilty of the death of their child? |
Official Selection- Screenplays
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Coffee with Squid
Writer Alexander Hadley in Short Script / Screenplay United States Two unlikely and lonely souls are brought together over a good cup of coffee. READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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Over and Out
Writer Callie LeClaire in Short Script / Screenplay United States A lost hiker's only chance to be saved is a high-functioning autistic boy and a two-way radio. script READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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No Place Is Home
Submitter Dina Laura in Short Script / Screenplay United States Sometimes one moment changes everything. A chance encounter between a teenage boy and a homeless woman shows them the true meaning of home. READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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On how to quit smoking during a global pandemic
Writer Phil Vengrinovich in Short Script / Screenplay United States A young man flies for an out of town job interview in the midst of a global pandemic. READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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Ei8hty-Ei8ht
Writer Doug Maguire in Short Script / Screenplay United States Before baseball had instant replay, Doug Maguire suffers a hard loss in 2005 as an Anaheim Angels fan. Maguire also shares the same first name as Major League Baseball Umpire Doug Eddings, the home plate umpire who missed an obvious strike 3 call and the ump who wears #88. One bad game sends Maguire on a journey of uncontrollable fail. He encounters die hard Angels fans in Anaheim, an unhelpful desk clerk at a Glendale motel and some neo-Nazi skinhead meth dealers from San Francisco. Now the entire Glendale/Burbank Police and Fire Departments want to know what Doug Maguire is up to after another terrible call has been made - this time to a 9-1-1 Operator. READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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Amongst Us
Writer James Abney in Short Script / Screenplay Kenny, a young black man in the projects, suffers from depression and an abusive household, both factoring into his decision to commit suicide. But when a mysterious wolf-like creature attacks him, he's forced to fight his new internal demons as they seek revenge on those who've wronged him in the past. READ SCRIPT HERE (AVAILABLE ONLY 13-14 MARCH, 2021) |
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