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1 A CONSPIRACY MAN
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Valerio Ferrara, Alessandro Logli, Matteo Petecca
Director: Valerio Ferrara
Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Andrea Pietro Munafò
Sound: Giulio Maria Seren
Editor: Diego Bellante
Production Designer: Nike Paolucci
Synopsis:
In a lower class neighborhood in Rome there is a barber who believes to conspiracy theories. He is the laughing stock for his family and at work. Nobody takes him seriously until he gets arrested by the police.
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) Italy 81
2 ALMOST HOME
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Nils Keller, Max Richert
Director: Nils Keller
Producer: Jonas Lembeck, BR Claudia Gladziejewski
DOP: Georg Nikolaus
Sound: Andrew Mottl, Nils Keller
Editor: Jan von Stebut
Production Designer: Nena Jägersberger, Pan Patellis
Synopsis:
Having lived aboard a cramped spaceship with his mother for two years, Jacob's dream of returning home is finally about to come true. But as they close in on Earth, they receive word of a great danger that could put the teenager in mortal peril.
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) Germany 80
3 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Simon van der Zande
Director: Simon van der Zande
Producer: Simon van der Zande
Animator: n/a
DOP: Matthee Van Holderbeke
Sound: Michel Coquette
Editor: Matthee Van Holderbeke
Production Designer: Simon Dardenne
Synopsis:
From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on to voice his discontent with Europe.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) Belgium 64
4 ANANSI
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Aude Forget
Director: Aude Forget
Producer: Etienne Lévêque, Enguerrand Déterville
Animator: n/a
DOP: Margot Besson
Sound: Martin Peignier
Editor: Lucas Marchina
Production Designer: Lucie Guillaume
Synopsis:
Eden, an afro hairdresser, tries to overcome her recurrent stomach aches by taking it upon herself. Not heard by the medical profession, she tries to take care of herself. When her pains catch up with her, her daily life becomes unbearable.
La Fémis France 47
5 DRIFTING
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Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Marion Reymond
Director: Marion Reymond
Producer: ECAL & Imajack
Animator: Tom Wahli
DOP: Pierre Daendliker
Sound: Massimo Del Gaudio, Marine Maye
Editor: Mila Olivier
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
A young caregiver reverts to a fantasy world to cope with the grief of losing her mother and to escape from the drudgery of the care home where she works.
Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) Switzerland 44
6 FARXIYA
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Length: 22'
Screenwriter: Barudin Ga’ur
Director: Barudin Ga’ur
Producer: Marius Hallem Nysæter
Animator: n/a
DOP: Joshua Jakob
Sound: Kim Wroldsen, Gabriel Tapia
Editor: Eskil Kønig
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
The year is 1977. Sharif is a Somali citizen living in the Soviet Union with his Russian wife Anna and their daugther Farhiya. When an international war breaks out, all Somalis in the Soviet Union are forcibly deported. This leads Sharif on a long and dangerous journey where he must do everything in his power to keep the family together. The film is based on a true story.
Westerdals Department of Film and Media School of Arts, Design and Media, Kristiania University College Norway 41
7 ISTINA (TRUTH)
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Length: 28'
Screenwriter: David Lorenz
Director: Tamara Denić
Producer: Christian Siée (Creative Producer)
Animator: n/a
DOP: André Stahlmann
Sound: Thekla Demelius, Studio Funk, Germany
Editor: Michael Münch
Production Designer: Philipp Bahr
Synopsis:
A committed photo journalist is threatened in Serbia, whereupon she flees to Germany with her daughter. But then she also experiences increasing hostility and violence in her new home due to her work...
Hamburg Media School (HMS) Germany 39
8-9 IT WILL RAIN
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Zeynep Dülger, Amir Zaza
Director: Amir Zaza
Producer: Aziza van den Berg, Ingmar Conjarts, Loes Lucker
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tonko Bossen
Sound: Tauro ter Horst
Editor: Marre Bonke
Production Designer: Muhammed Zekeriya Berber
Synopsis:
When the two brothers, Nawras and Ward, are being wrongfully imprisoned in a horrific Syrian prison after they attended a protest, the end of their lives seems near. Miraculously, Nawras is released from prison. This makes him face a terrible dilemma: should he stay to fight against injustice in Syria or should he flee his homeland?
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) Netherlands 38
8-9 WHITEBOY
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Matty Crawford
Director: Matty Crawford
Producer: Karima Sammout-Kanellopoulou
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jack Edwards
Sound: Oliver Mapp
Editor: Mira Thu
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
WHITEBOY’s first visit to his ‘home’ country of the Philippines takes a strange turn when he encounters a local spirit.
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) United Kingdom 38
10 STATELESS
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Tawfik Sabouni
Director: Tawfik Sabouni
Producer: INSAS & ATELIER DE REALISATION
Animator: n/a
DOP: Charlie Nazmjou
Sound: Lucas Lauwers
Editor: Josephine Doublet
Production Designer: Laure Stemmann
Synopsis:
When Salma, a Syrian refugee, gets her residence permit, she discovers that the Belgian authorities have withdrawn her nationality and that of her son. Salma then fights for the recognition of their lost nationality.
INSAS Belgium 35
11-13 MADE IN GERMANY
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Length: 25'
Screenwriter: Dario Haramustek
Director: Simone Schneider
Producer: Franziska Wieden
Animator: n/a
DOP: Martina Di Lorenzo
Sound: n/a
Editor: Tim Egner
Production Designer: Jessica Kaczmarek, Clara Wanke
Synopsis:
A nearly finished construction site. The construction manager Thomas Zetzsche is proud of his achievement. But suddenly more and more defects appear and the opening date has to be postponed. Thomas must confront his own responsibility in this faulty system.
ifs internationale filmschule köln Germany 34
11-13 THROUGH GLOOM
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Arnas Balčiũnas, Augusté Perstinevičiũté
Director: Arnas Balčiũnas
Producer: Marija Kazlauskaité
Animator: n/a
DOP: Milda Juodvalkyté
Sound: Agatas Savickis
Editor: Antanas Skridaila
Production Designer: Diana Tumenaité
Synopsis:
A talkative taxi driver roams the nightly streets. An apathetic girl enters his car. The two don't seem to connect, until she asks to make a stop with intent to cause harm. Does their shared trip even have a destination?
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) Lithuania 34
11-13 TO THE DUST
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Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Sophia Youssef
Director: Sophia Youssef
Producer: Ella Chi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tom Hernquist
Sound: Paola Magrans
Editor: Li Mary Ma
Production Designer: Marc de Bertier de Sauvigny
Synopsis:
Living in the expanse of the Wild West, a disabled woman fights not only the elements but also her own grief when confronted with an unexpected loss.
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI) United States 34
14 SUPERDUPERMEGAGIGASINGLE
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Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Sunniva Kviteberg
Director: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Producer: Louise Beyer
Animator: n/a
DOP: Anna Fabricius
Sound: Jakob Bechmann
Editor: Anna Løvlund
Production Designer: Fredrik T. Skrattegård
Synopsis:
When Tyra returns to visit her family, on the 20th anniversary of her beloved father’s death, everything changes when her dad comes knocking on the door that same evening – forcing the family to examine what grief has done to them.
The Norwegian Film School (NFS) Norway 33
15-16 CHILD'S PLAY
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Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Silver Õun
Director: Silver Õun
Producer: Sander Lebreht
Animator: n/a
DOP: Fidelia Regina Randmäe
Sound: Kaspar Kosk
Editor: Villem Roosa
Production Designer: Kätlin Loomets
Synopsis:
When dads leave their 6-year old sons unattended outside to chop the wood, an accident happens that no parents want to see.
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University Estonia 32
15-16 DEVIL
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Length: 19'
Screenwriter: Jan Bujnowski
Director: Jan Bujnowski
Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kasper Lorek
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Editor: Olga Bejm, Stanisław Frankowski
Production Designer: Weronika Lipka
Synopsis:
According to researches made throughout 1990s by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (OBOP) approximately 95% of Poles identified themselves as a believers. At the same time unemployment rates reached record values. In times of crisis, when people sought spirituality, seemingly impossible events were possible...
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) Poland 32
17-18 ISLAND OF FREEDOM
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Length: 27'
Screenwriter: Petr Januschka
Director: Petr Januschka
Producer: Tomas Bata University in Zlín / František eF. Horvát
Animator: n/a
DOP: Filip Blažek
Sound: Ielyzaveta Nazarenko
Editor: Josef Erla
Production Designer: Alojz Vyšlan
Synopsis:
It’s 1981 in the communist Czechoslovakia. A young man named Jindřich (30) surprisingly meets his childhood love Eva (30) on board of a flight of Czechoslovak Airlines from Prague to Havana. They immediately strike up a conversation and are once again charmed by each other.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) Czech Republic 31
17-18 SHITHEADS
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: May Rash
Director: May Rash
Producer: Ayelet-Hashachar Friedland
Animator: n/a
DOP: Rotem Dimand
Sound: Dana Maimon, Rotem Dror
Editor: Ziko Ben Yakov
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Thirteen years old Ben-Zur tells his friends stories about his fake girlfriend that lives in a faraway city. When they decide to go after him to her house, he will do everything to prove to them that he is a man.
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) Israel 31
19 NOT THE 80'S
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Ludwig Meck, Christine Duttlinger, Max Rauer, Marleen Valien
Director: Marleen Valien
Producer: Ludwig Meck, Markus Krojer, Lotta Schmelzer, Christine Duttlinger
Animator: n/a
DOP: Max Rauer
Sound: Frederik Thomsen
Editor: Vreni Sarnes
Production Designer: Christina Mammes
Synopsis:
Lucy likes Anton and Anton likes Lucy. As both are having two "cool looking drinks," Anton reveals that he is HIV positive. Meanwhile Lucy has to realize that her HIV education is in pretty bad shape.
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) Germany 29
20 PAO'S FORREST
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Pham Thanh Phuong, Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Director: Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Producer: Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hieu Adi
Sound: Hoang Thu Thuy
Editor: Vu Hieu Trung, Nguyen Pham Thanh Dat
Production Designer: Dong Quan
Synopsis:
Pao is forced into marriage at a young age due to the H'Mong's tradition at the age of 14. Turning 18, he meets Di, a young tourist, and falls in love for the first time. Although he likes Di, he does not dare to take one more step. All are just memories of Pao about Di, she had left since the last time they met, Pao was unable to express his feelings and make her stay. Finally, Pao returns to the village with his family, but the scenario of sitting in the car to come and find Di keeps playing in his mind.
Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema Vietnam 26
21-23 CAMERA OBSCURA
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Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Côme Chatelain
Director: Côme Chatelain
Producer: HEAD GENEVE
Animator: Côme Chatelain
DOP: Arno Zhao
Sound: Vuk Vukmanovic
Editor: Jeanne Nicolet
Production Designer: Côme Chatelain
Synopsis:
A film crew makes a film in an industrial area. Suddenly, a power outage occurs on the set. The filming technicians put the studio fuses back in place. Filming seems to be able to resume. But the power cut is renewed which produces a deafening noise. Lily who suffers from tinnitus leaves the studio to isolate herself from the noise. Hearing a dog barking in the distance, she decides to go and see. She then discovers the phenomenon which is at the origin of the blackouts, a field of antennas in overvoltage.
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) Switzerland 22
21-23 INN
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Pooya Badkoobeh
Director: Pooya Badkoobeh
Producer: Babak Badkoobeh
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ashkan Hosseini
Sound: Peyman Vahedi
Editor: Emad Khodabakhsh
Production Designer: Pooria Akhavan
Synopsis:
Teheran-Iran 2022. An elderly couple is evicted from their apartment. They have no more means of paying the rent. The cheap, run-down hotel where they find shelter for a night cannot be a permanent solution. Could the solution they finally find solve their problem and ease their suffering?
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts Canada 22
21-23 LULLABY
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Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Magdalena Chmielewska, Andreas Schiessler
Director: Magdalena Chmielewska
Producer: Saskia Arth
Animator: n/a
DOP: Manuel Prett
Sound: Lisa-Maria Hollaus
Editor: Luzia Johow
Production Designer: Tamara Kanfer, Rosay Dreyer
Synopsis:
In her desperate search for sleep seventeen-year-old Eva does everything to stay the night at other people’s houses where she watches others sleep. When Eva is awake at night, she takes us to the darker side of normal life while forcing her family and friends to develop a different perspective on what they consider "normal".
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) Austria 22
24 THE ENHARMONIC NOTE
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Julian Magallon
Director: Felipe Urtizberea
Producer: Camiia Soledad Reyes
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tatiana Cibelli
Sound: Francisco Polosecki
Editor: Nicolas Passero
Production Designer: Michelle Amoroso
Synopsis:
In a dystopian Buenos Aires, where the government is in charge of assigning couples to the population to increase productivity, an official from Ministry of Matchmaking breaks the only rule: falling in love.
Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) Argentina 21
25-26 MANAR
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Length: 22'
Screenwriter: Rachel Albert
Director: Rachel Albert
Producer: Rachel Albert, Elinor Cohen, Noa Sagi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Shaked Gorbatt
Sound: Dana Mimon, Liav Bitan
Editor: Inbar Banda
Production Designer: Shahar Moshe
Synopsis:
Manar is held captive in a tin shed for refusing to consummate her marriage. Facing boiling days and cold nights, she tries to resist her captors and resourcefully attempt to escape. However, as time pass Manar learns the bounds of her body and what's the price she's willing to pay for her freedom.
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College Israel 20
25-26 VACUUM CLEANER SALESMAN
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Līva Polkmane
Director: Līva Polkmane
Producer: Alise Peniga
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ritvars Bluka
Sound: Jevgeņijs Nacišs
Editor: Krista Gabriela Roba
Production Designer: Ieva Filatova
Synopsis:
Roberts is a struggling young actor who decides to try his luck as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. On his first day of work, he sets out to close at least two sales deals. However, when faced with the peculiar inhabitants in a block of apartments, his task no longer seems so simple.
Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) Latvia 20
27-28 HIBERNATION
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Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Daniel Howells, Leandros Brown
Director: Leandros Brown, Daniel Howells
Producer: Leandros Brown, Daniel Howells
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dylan Marriott
Sound: Nux Schwartz
Editor: Leandros Brown
Production Designer: Acacia Anthony
Synopsis:
An Afrikaans film. During a never-ending winter, an old man descends from a mountain into the valley of oblivion. There he stumbles upon two sisters who live amidst the ruin and search for any sign of salvation.
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) South Africa 19
27-28 SONS OF ROISIN
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Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Conor Bradley, Cian McCarthy
Director: Conor Bradley
Producer: Ruairi Bradley, Hana Mohammed
Animator: n/a
DOP: Carlos Moguel
Sound: Rory Sweeney
Editor: Lauren Cullen
Production Designer: Evelyn Hassett
Synopsis:
Padraig is an 18 year old painter with a hearing impairment. One month after the tragic loss of his best friend and brother Fionn, he visits an audiologist to learn that his hearing has deteriorated beyond repair. Recommended to begin preparing for alternative means of communicating, Padraig refuses help and hides his loss from those around him, including his job, friends and family. In the depths of his alienation, it is here where Padraig finds the comforting stillness of silence, where he finds the space to begin to grieve.
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) Ireland 19
29-30 MON AMI
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Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu
Director: Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu
Producer: Daniel Nuță, Ela Gavrilă
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ștefan Aghițoaie
Sound: Tijana Marjanović
Editor: Ilinca Miroşanu
Production Designer: Denisa Avram
Synopsis:
“Mon Ami” follows the story of a successful film director, Marius, during the casting process for his new project. Although Marius looks to have it all: a loving wife, a group of good friends and a blooming career, he comes to realise that he feels more and more miserable. The casting is not as it should be, his wife doesn’t really understand his needs and the group of friends has a very superficial approach over work. Marius feels lost until he meets Stelian, a 14 years old rroma boy, who makes him rediscover himself.
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) Romania 17
29-30 VINLAND
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Martin Kuba
Director: Martin Kuba
Producer: Tomáš Šimon (FAMU), Natálie Pavlove, Miloš Lochman (Moloko Film)
Animator: n/a
DOP: David Hofmann, Tomáš Kotas, Tomáš Šťastný
Sound: Miroslav Chaloupka
Editor: Michal Böhm
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Daniil, a Georgian teacher, departs from his wife and kid for what should be a seasonal job only in Prague. His return home becomes uncertain, as he‘s driven into the strange new reality in the West.
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) Czech Republic 17
31-34 50 MOUSE STEPS
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Marina Tsoneva, Boyka Stefanova
Director: Boyka Stefanova
Producer: Prof. Dr. Stanislav Semerdjiev
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dimitur Yordanov
Sound: Irina Ivanova
Editor: Teodora Garbova
Production Designer: Jessica Slavova
Synopsis:
Ognyan and Vera meet each other again after 10 years of separation. What brings them together is a "time capsule" buried by them when they were kids. The memories from childhood lead them to the beginning of a one-day adventure that may turn out to be their last one.
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) Bulgaria 15
31-34 BETWEEN HER
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Bar Cohen
Director: Bar Cohen
Producer: Rotem Grossman
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mya Kaplan
Sound: Tal Shimches
Editor: Johnny Doov
Production Designer: Gilli Cooper
Synopsis:
Aya is a young trans girl, frustrated by love life and men. But one evening, she meets a guy from the distant past. This meeting causes her to face her biggest fear, herself.
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) Israel 15
31-34 SAMMY, WITHOUT STRINGS
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Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Will Henderson, III; Ralph Parker, III
Director: Ralph Parker, III
Producer: Jenna Cusack; Grace Williamson
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ariano Treviño Angelone
Sound: Daniel Christie, Kendall Best
Editor: Kendall Best
Production Designer: Grayson Fisher
Synopsis:
When a Black puppet named Sammy, performing at the hands of his malevolent Puppeteer, falls in love with a Woman in his audience, he sets his sights on freedom from his strings to live a life of dignity and humanity with her.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) United States 15
31-34 VOILA
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Gabriel Navarro
Director: Gabriel Navarro
Producer: Vincent Melilli
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mohammed Malik
Sound: Reda Rouibaa
Editor: Rym Ouartini
Production Designer: Gabriel Navarro
Synopsis:
In a present-day Morocco, a young couple washing their laundry. Late at night, a dirty, empty, tacky, laundromat. He is a writer, she is a singer, he is neurotic, she is the vitality, he is sad, she is free. Together, they are young, broke, artists and in love, their destiny is uncertain, heads full of dreams. Voila tells the story of two marginal over a decade, of their 20's, times full of troubles and doubts, existential crisis, difficult for them to make ends meet every month. imperfect romance although passionate.
Marrakech School of Visual Arts (ESAVM) Morocco 15
35-36 LAMBLIKE
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Length: 22'
Screenwriter: Aleksandra Jovanovic, Jovan Dimoski
Director: Jovan Dimoski
Producer: Arsenije Milenkovic, Natalija Kidisevic, Tamara Tomasevic
Animator: n/a
DOP: Vladimir Djuric
Sound: Jana Baljak, Natalija Strahinic
Editor: Matija Djukanovic
Production Designer: Matija Jovan Jokic, Vladimir Ciric
Synopsis:
On the last day of their summer holiday, right before they start high school, two best friends decide to finally meet the guy from their neighborhood they've been stalking for a while.
Fakultet dramskih umetnosti Serbia 14
35-36 THE LOAD
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Ilia Jibgashvili, Miranda Namicheishvili
Director: Miranda Namicheishvili
Producer: Dali Narimanidze
Animator: n/a
DOP: Davit Gujabidze
Sound: Tamta Mandzulashvili
Editor: Miranda Namicheishvili, Mindia Inasaridze
Production Designer: Anano Dolidze
Synopsis:
The film tells the story of a 33-year-old man, Mate, who is trying to enter the United States of America illegally. In Turkey, Mate will be placed in a wooden box loaded with soft toys on a ship. Soon it turns out that in the container where Mate is placed, two more people - Ray from Congo and Mohammed from Tunisia - are traveling illegally.
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) Georgia 14
37-41 ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Adrien Delcan
Director: Adrien Delcan
Producer: Rahul Alexander, Adrian Delcan
Animator: n/a
DOP: Raviteja Anumukonda
Sound: Braden Swope
Editor: Connor Simon
Production Designer: Jen Ledbury
Synopsis:
A skilled wildlife foley artist has his methods challenged by a newcomer with an innate understanding of animal behavior.
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts United States 12
37-41 HUSSIES
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Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Kalliopi Arampatzi
Director: Despina Mavridou
Producer: Diana Kokozidou
Animator: n/a
DOP: Angelos Charalampous
Sound: Elias Floudas, Enes Achmet Kechagia
Editor: Photis Korosiadis
Production Designer: Eva Kourelia, Eleni Sampri
Synopsis:
A coming of age story about two sisters leading their lives in pole positions, who are summoned to a night's call of decision making. In a frantic attempt to truffle out money, they come up against both a traumatic past, and a disturbing reality, realising how difficult it is for a family to make ends meet.
School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece 12
37-41 MON EMIL
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Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Tamar Gefen
Director: Tamar Gefen
Producer: Manon Baravalle, Signe Wendrich
DOP: Emma Theresa Jensen
Sound: Hannah Faber
Editor: August Schultz-Jørgensen
Production Designer: Manon Baravelle, Signe Wendrich
Synopsis:
Young Zoé is on the run from an abusive relationship and replies to an au pair job posting in rural Denmark.
European Film College (EFC) Denmark 12
37-41 OLD ZHANG
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Zhang Guanyi
Director: Zhang Guanyi
Producer: Li Chen
Animator: n/a
DOP: Wu Zhenxu
Sound: Wang Xinyi
Editor: Zhang Guanyi
Production Designer: Han Yingying
Synopsis:
Old Zhang, who had been divorced for half a year, adopted a stray dog. His ex-wife suddenly visited with her daughter, which distrupted Old Zhang's "quiet" life. He had to postpone meeting his girlfriend. Feeling anxious, Old Zhang lost his dog when he was in a daze in the yard. The arrival of his girlfriend put Old Zhang in an impossible place and not knowing what to do. Will Old Zhang continue to live in lies and avoidance?
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) China 12
37-41 THE SOURCE OF ALL BEAUTY
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Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Rachel Lévy
Director: Rachel Lévy
Producer: Yotam Deshe
Animator: n/a
DOP: Shaya Chesner
Sound: Amit Ben Atar
Editor: Noam Weizman
Production Designer: Yotam Deshe
Synopsis:
Yaeli, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish young woman, carries a terrible secret - she is unable to bear children. David, a brilliant and eligible yeshiva student, seems interested in meeting Yaeli, but her father, in an attempt to protect her from the pain and humiliation of rejecton, refuses to give his permission for the two young people to meet.
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) Israel 12
42-45 CARER
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Length: 19'
Screenwriter: Oliver Wicks
Director: Oliver Wicks
Producer: Oliver Wicks
Animator: n/a
DOP: Cameron Dunlop
Sound: Brad Vaughan
Editor: Oliver Wicks
Production Designer: Rose Morgan
Synopsis:
A day in the life of Mitch, a kind but wayward disability support worker, and Connor, a charming and sensitive young man he works with.
VCA Film and Television Australia 11
42-45 INERT
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Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Tim Truyens
Director: Tim Truyens
Producer: RITCS
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kobe Van Gronsveld
Sound: Jeroen Bollen
Editor: Cato Kusters
Production Designer: Jaap Van Veen
Synopsis:
INERT is a psychological slow-burn horror. After the death of his father, Casper is plagued by self-blame and post-traumatic stress. These feelings slowly but surely drive him into a corner and force him to face himself.
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) Belgium 11
42-45 LAST WINTER, BRUNA
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Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Marko Bičanić
Director: Marko Bičanić
Producer: Vid Oluić
Animator: n/a
DOP: Urh Pire
Sound: Nina Ugrinović
Editor: Marta Bregeš, Marko Bičanić
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Bruna can't stand the Christmas season, but her girlfriend, Lea, makes it bearable. As Lea changes her mind about Bruna's plans to celebrate New Year's Eve together, doubt seeps in and the winter turns older.
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) Croatia 11
42-45 MIRROR
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Trailer
Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Meg Sueyoshi
Director: YuChun Su
Producer: Mei Xu , Ying Zhou Zhao
Animator: None
DOP: Jia Run Fei
Sound: Shunta Namise
Editor: XinYu Zhang
Production Designer: ZiXuan Zhou
Synopsis:
Maverick Naomi appears before inmate Yuri in a facility where mirrors are forbidden. When Naomi hurts her finger, Yuri develops a wound on his own finger. Yuri starts sharing his consciousness with Naomi and is pained by returning frustrations. However, he converses with Naomi and their mutual understanding saves him. And then, Yuri meets his true self.
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media Japan 11
46 ONE LAST BREATH
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Trailer
Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Carla Civalleri
Director: Audrey Karras
Producer: Jérôme Enrico
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alexandre Surun
Sound: Amaury Duffaure
Editor: Nicolas Berillon
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Robyn, a 42-year-old actress has just lost her son. As she is about to give up on life, she hears a mysterious guitar tune coming through the wall.
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) France 10
47-51 A BEACH STORY
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Trailer
Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Balaresque Marie
Director: Balaresque Marie
Producer: ENSAV
Animator: n/a
DOP: Meunier Amanda, Peguy Floriane
Sound: Besson Lorice
Editor: Balaresque Marie
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
On a country side road, a little boy and his sailing boat are looking for the sea.
ENSAV France 9
47-51 A RIDE HOME
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Trailer
Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Amin El Siwi
Director: Amin El Siwi
Producer: Saylor Madden
Animator: n/a
DOP: Marwan Mounir
Sound: Bassam Farahat
Editor: Amin El Siwi
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
A grieving mother finds comfort in the company of a stranger who reminds her of her own son.
American University United States 9
47-51 HE, BEHIND THE GUN
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Trailer
Length: 23'
Screenwriter: Gabriel Esdras, Daniel Luna
Director: Gabriel Esdras
Producer: Gabriel Esdras, Salvador López
Animator: n/a
DOP: Francesca Volpi
Sound: Sebastián Santana
Editor: Samuel Baumbach, Gabriel Esdras
Production Designer: Daniel Luna
Synopsis:
In the middle of the chaos of anti police riots, Marcos, an ex-tagger, now security guard, skips work to see his old friends one last night.
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department Mexico 9
47-51 SELLOUT
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Trailer
Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Adrian Blomqvist
Director: Adrian Blomqvist
Producer: Linnea Ahlstedt
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kristofer Söderström
Sound: Ville Holmström
Editor: Kristofer Söderström
Production Designer: Kenneth Mattila
Synopsis:
A once best-selling crime fiction author has lost his creative touch. While working on the latest novel he is confronted by the protagonist in the series who demands changes to the story.
ARCADA University of Applied Sciences Department of Culture and Communication / Media Culture Finland Finland 9
47-51 WINDS OF SPRINGTIME
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Trailer
Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Alberto Herrera
Director: Carmen Pedrero
Producer: Desiree Yi Peguero, Carlota Rodas Jimeno
Animator: n/a
DOP: Camila Monroy, Paula Romanillos Alía
Sound: Pedro Cedenilla Bonet
Editor: Enrique Bresca, Miguel García Otero
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Amelia have been wearing a back brace for four years, and now is going to be removed, she would finally be able to wear trousers or go to the end-of-school trip. But the doctors bring bad news, she must keep wearing it.
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) Spain 9
52-56 2030
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: David Champaigne, Lev Mastnak Trobentar
Director: David Champaigne
Producer: The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Animator: n/a
DOP: Maja Štojs
Sound: Jure Žigon
Editor: Aljaž Zorko
Production Designer: Žan Šabeder
Synopsis:
2030. War across Europe and the World is spreading rapidly. As totalitarian leaders rise to power, the World is being split in two: the Allies and the Triade. Slovenia is being led by a totalitarian government. People are forbidden to enter and exit, the country. The close monitoring of each individual's life and curfews are justified by the ongoing war and extremely high growth in illegal migrations.
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) Slovenia 8
52-56 DURGA
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Abhishek Parasher
Director: Abhishek Parasher
Producer: Marco Alexiadis
Animator: n/a
DOP: Pete Moses
Sound: Jayden Whitbread
Editor: Amy Dunn
Production Designer: Eleanor L’Estrange-Stranieri
Synopsis:
A young woman tries to fashion an escape from her volatile household, as her husband and sister-in-law demand more in dowry payments.
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Australia 8
52-56 EMBRACE
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Trailer
Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Alicia Tremblay
Director: Alicia Tremblay
Producer: Romane Gagnon, Jérémy Gendron
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alexia Toman
Sound: Amélie Richter
Editor: Bastien Blanchot
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Noah, a woman in her late twenties, in the aftermath of a no-strings-attached affair, finds herself pregnant and forced to make a heartbreaking decision. By turning to the tranquility of the countryside and the wisdom of her grandmother Beatrice, Noah will be able to move forward on her reflections.
University of Québec Montréal / School of Media (UQAM) Canada 8
52-56 PHANTOM PAINS
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Trailer
Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Vyacheslav Belomestnykh
Director: Vyacheslav Belomestnykh
Producer: Ermakova Ekaterina
Animator: n/a
DOP: Maria Dodon
Sound: Dmitryi German
Editor: Vyacheslav Belomestnykh
Production Designer: Yana Litvinova
Synopsis:
A woman appears at a tram depo, where everyone reminds her of her dead husband. A young guard desides to take advantage of this, but he doesn’t know how destructive her love can be.
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) Russia 8
52-56 UNFAMILIARS
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Chinh Van Tran
Director: Lauri Elstela
Producer: Nevena Semova / Kino Eyes The European Movie Masters
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jiali Liang
Sound: Sangam Panta
Editor: Hassan Akil
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
A human drama about a mother obsessed with documenting her dead son's apartment, a sister forced to inherit her dead brother's old belongings, and a son-in-law pretending to ignore a past affair with his dead lover. Together, they navigate familial tensions and secrets held from each other inside a house that is home to nobody.
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) Portugal 8
57-62 A GLIMPSE
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Aldana Santantonio, Emilia Tauil, Malena Schargrodsky
Director: Aldana Santantonio
Producer: Malena Schargrodsky
Animator: n/a
DOP: Karen Reich, Juana Molina Galmarini
Sound: Diego Medrano
Editor: Marcela Bravo Buitrago, Aldana Santantonio
Production Designer: Emilia Tauil, Milagros Carbery Noriega, Marcela Bravo Buitrago
Synopsis:
Mariné lives silently and in the shadows in a house inherited from her grandmother, where a mysterious room remains permanently closed. After Lu’s unexpected visit, together they will figure out whether her grandmother’s ghost remains trapped there.
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) Argentina 7
57-62 CRIMSON MOONLIGHT
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Trailer
Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Sergio Saravia
Director: Sergio Saravia
Producer: Katherine Campos
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sebastián Morales
Sound: Sergio Saravia
Editor: Sebastián Morales
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Two carshop mechanics fall in love, but must keep their love a secret.
School of Image - Veritas University Costa Rica 7
57-62 DIRTY LAUNDRY
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Trailer
Length: 19'
Screenwriter: Kyaw Shoon Le Yee
Director: Kyaw Shoon Le Yee
Producer: Linnet Ong
Animator: n/a
DOP: Chua Xin Yun
Sound: Angel Ho Miao Ying
Editor: Ng Renee
Production Designer: Muhammad Khairulameer Bin Ramlan
Synopsis:
In a society where women's clothes are considered dirty, Sandar hangs her skirt outside the house. A blunder that causes their fellow Burmese neighbours to criticize Sandar for her improper act and her parents for not teaching her right. Governed by traditions and rules that she does not agree with, Sandar seeks to escape. It's the only way. As tensions rise within the family, Sandar makes a bid for freedom from traditions that pin her down.
Nanyang Technological University Singapore 7
57-62 JERK
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Trailer
Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Philémon Antoine
Director: Philémon Antoine
Producer: Médiadiffusion
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hugo Malidin
Sound: Nathan Delporte
Editor: Antoine Dognaux
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Nemo spends the evening with friends. That evening, there is Ambre, the only girl invited by one of the boys of the group.
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) Belgium 7
57-62 PORTRAIT OF A NOISE
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Trailer
Length: 27'
Screenwriter: Federico Sanchéz
Director: Federico Sanchéz
Producer: Juan Ignacio Ramos
Animator: n/a
DOP: Gianluca Costa
Sound: Federico Dávila
Editor: Paulina Perandones
Production Designer: Garin Sarkissian
Synopsis:
A young man who is informed that he will lose his hearing, goes to work in a hotel to buy hearing aids, while his condition worsens.
Film School of Uruguay (ECU) Uruguay 7
57-62 THE SILENT ISLAND
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Trailer
Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Ann Chan
Director: WU Ruo Shi, Dorothy
Producer: Mak Chun Kau Mike
Animator: n/a
DOP: Steven Huen
Sound: Pang Ho Ling Gloria
Editor: Ada Cheung
Production Designer: N/A
Synopsis:
A 16-year-old girl, Yan, met a new sculpture teacher, Wah. After a while together, their relationship developed further during after-school tutoring. Since then, Yan began to use various methods to make herself closer to the particular and beautiful in Wah's eyes. However, Yan accidentally discovered Wah's secret, and she began to question whether it was true, or just her own fantasy...
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts / School of Film and Television (HKAPA) Hong Kong 7
63-69 BOXING DAY
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Leigh Schilling
Director: Leigh Schilling
Producer: Phillip Pitsillou
Animator: n/a
DOP: Miranda Wilson
Sound: Christopher Lecnik
Editor: Nickolas Sideris
Production Designer: Kayleen Montalan
Synopsis:
In the height of an Australian summer, a fun-loving eight-year-old boy experiences loss for the first time as he struggles to come to terms with the disintegration of his family unit.
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) Australia 6
63-69 BREEZE
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Trailer
Length: 25'
Screenwriter: Hamidreza Ghasemi
Director: Hamidreza Ghasemi
Producer: Hamidreza Ghasemi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ali Hossienzadeh
Sound: Hasan Mahdavi
Editor: Hasan Kouchaki
Production Designer: Hesam Hossieni
Synopsis:
An Iranian who grew up in a European country, after the death of his parents, goes to Iran, as it seems to him, to his homeland, but Iran turns out to be not the country he imagined, not the one his parents told him about. A collision with a harsh reality, a desire to return back - to the comfort zone - where everything is clear. He meets by chance with a prostitute - who - suddenly - helps him to sec another homeland - tender and passionate.
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK Russia 6
63-69 FARMER
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Luz Vázquez Pérez
Director: Diego I. Zendejas
Producer: Emiliano Contreras Pérez
Animator: n/a
DOP: Iñaki Malvido
Sound: Sajei Sánchez
Editor: Kyara Muñiz
Production Designer: Alejandra Malvido, Belén A. Martínez
Synopsis:
Campesino tells the story of Toño, a young farmer who lives in Yajalón, Chiapas. Toño lives with his sister, Rosa, who he is responsible for after the lost of their mom and the absence of their father. The young farmer works in a corn field, and because of his salary he can barely pay the bills. One day his father gets ill, and this situation, which seems to be out of his hands, ultimately, becomes a very personal issue that he ́ll have to overcome.
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) Mexico 6
63-69 FLORA
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Trailer
Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Dolev Omer
Director: Dolev Omer
Producer: Shoval Harel Atia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dolev Omer
Sound: Sam Braverman, Guy Benami
Editor: Dolev Omer
Production Designer: Ron Robert Levi
Synopsis:
"Flora" follows three characters who are all in different stages of a mysterious and deadly disease caused by contact with flowery objects that fell to earth from the sky.
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) Israel 6
63-69 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY
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Trailer
Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Sophia Groening, Jan Bonny, Jan Eichberg
Director: Sophia Groening
Producer: Sophia Groening, Bazon Rosengarth
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jakob Berger
Sound: Tarik Badaoui
Editor: Sophia Groening
Production Designer: Victoria Herzog
Synopsis:
Four friends are sitting at a square in Cologne Finkenberg, looking for the right words and punctuation marks for a text message to a girl that will never be sent.
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) Germany 6
63-69 KUNTA
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Arttu Järvinen
Director: Arttu Järvinen
Producer: Janita Sarpola
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sara Aaltio
Sound: Eino Brusila
Editor: Atte Liikanen
Production Designer: Janita Sarpola
Synopsis:
A 24-year old young man tries to flee his small hometown that no one ever leaves. His school application to the city gets denied. That makes him really distressed, but other inhabitants of the town are glad.
Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TUNI), Degree Programme in Media Finland 6
63-69 REMEMBER OUR SISTER
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Trailer
Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Jo Hayoung
Director: Jo Hayoung
Producer: Park Sojin
Animator: n/a
DOP: Lee Jae Hyuk
Sound: Lee Dong Wook
Editor: Lee Jae Hyuk
Production Designer: Jung Sewon
Synopsis:
South Korea in the 1980s. The story unfolds in a military camp town built only for the entertainment of the U.S. soldiers. Hong (13/Girl) lives with her big sister who works here. She has fun days. But one day she witnesses her sister being killed by an American soldier. This is a film based on a true story.
Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts (DIMA) South Korea 6
70-71 AUGUST NIGHTS
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Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Alkisti Michalopoulou
Director: Alkisti Michalopoulou
Producer: Alkisti Michalopoulou, Manos Tzivakis
Animator: Nikos Hatsios
DOP: Michaela Savvidi
Sound: Thanos Zarkalis
Editor: Niki Innesto
Production Designer: Evaggelos Nikolaoy
Synopsis:
Christos and Yannis, two teenage boys who spend their summer in the empty streets of Athens, begin to discover their repressed romantic feelings towards each other, in the context of their otherwise macho group of friends.
Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos (HCTSS) Greece 5
70-71 STANDING STILL
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Trailer
Length: 27'
Screenwriter: Lucia Ditte, Monika Mahútová
Director: Monika Mahútová
Producer: Magdaléna Neved'alová, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Lucia Koval'ová
Sound: Daniel Horňák
Editor: Martin Piga
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
An adult daughter must defy her mother in order to find a way out from binding stereotype and search for her own freedom.
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) Slovakia 5
72-79 BEYOND THE SEA
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Melinda Delaloye, Diva Yaghi
Director: Melinda Delaloye
Producer: Lyne Khoury, Melinda Delaloye
DOP: Melhem Abi Farah
Sound: Elie Harb
Editor: Melinda Delaloye
Production Designer: Jessica Toubia
Synopsis:
Rebecca, a 24 years old woman, lives with her mother in Beirut. Single mother, she struggles to bond with her son, Elias. The day before his sixth birthday, Elias asks if she can take him to see the sunset by the sea. Reluctant, Rebecca is forced to face the memory of a traumatic event that has been haunting her for years.
ALBA Lebanon 4
72-79 CHILD IN WINTER
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Trailer
Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Chang,Chuang-Ching
Director: Chang,Chuang-Ching
Producer: Chen,Hsiao-Hsuan
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nurhaci Junior
Sound: Wang,Tzu-Jou, Liang,Hui-Hsuan
Editor: Chang,Chuang-Ching
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
My sister and I went to grandma's house for a funeral when I was 10 years old. That was a special winter to me. Those days will be everlasting as our own memories.
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) Taiwan 4
72-79 COVERED ONE
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Trailer
Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Pedro Alegria
Director: Rodrigo Rebello De Andrade
Producer: Lisbon’s Film & Theatre School
Animator: n/a
DOP: Pedro Mineiro
Sound: Rafael Pires
Editor: Sérgio Viamonte
Production Designer: Miguel Pinheiro
Synopsis:
Vargas is an undercover agent whose mission is to capture a group of robbers. After a conversation with Ricardo, one of the group's members, Vargas questions his view of the enemy, making the mission much more difficult.
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) Portugal 4
72-79 KINGDOM OF STRANGERS
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Randa Ali
Director: Randa Ali
Producer: Randa Ali, Changhui Shi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jackie Fang
Sound: Sara Kaddouri
Editor: Randa Ali
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Ali, an Egyptian living in self-exile in Los Angeles is visited by a memory of an old friend. Together they try to make sense of a past haunted by trauma and a present that makes no sense.
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 4
72-79 MACIERZ
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Alicja Pahl, Stefania Burla
Director: Stefania Burla
Producer: Filippo Bonacci
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alicja Pahl
Sound: Patrycja Pakiela
Editor: Dorentina Imeri
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Due to the current tense political situation in Poland, mother and daughter are travelling back. The two plan to turn their backs on their home country for good. They want to convince the grandmother to sell everything and come with them to Switzerland. However, the patriotic old woman refuses. Meanwhile, the youngest increasingly identifies with her roots.
Zurich University of the Arts / Department of Performing Arts and Film (ZHdK) Switzerland 4
72-79 PRAGMA
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Trailer
Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Bianka Szelestey
Director: Bianka Szelestey
Producer: Attila Csáky
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ádám Polhodzik
Sound: n/a
Editor: n/a
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Pragma is a mother-daughter story set in the course of a day, in which the repressed tension between Juli and Lili and the lack of real, attentive love that the girl would need from her mother is symbolised by the daughter's inability to eat her mother's cooking without being sick at their own birthday lunch. A drama with some absurd. At the core of the dysfunctional relationship dynamics is none other than the grandmother, who raised the mother in a very oppressive way, with difficulty expressing unconditional love.
University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest (SzFE) Hungary 4
72-79 TALK TO ME
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Trailer
Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Ribal Chedid
Director: Ribal Chedid
Producer: The Institute of Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies (IESAV) of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tony Keyrouz
Sound: John Paul Jalwan
Editor: Ribal Chedid
Production Designer: Nadim El Khoury
Synopsis:
Farid works abroad to support his family. Since his return for a short visit, his 20-year-old son Rawad locks himself in his room regularly, and Farid suspects he is hiding something there. To find out what Rawad has been hiding, he decides to enter his son's room on the last day of his stay, and ends up locking himself there following a shocking discovery. Separated by a locked door, the dysfunctional dynamic between them intensifies, and the past resurfaces.
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) Lebanon 4
72-79 WILD CHRYSANTHEMUMS BETWEEN PAGES OF MY AGENDA I PUT A FLOWER
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Trailer
Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Valeria Díaz
Director: Valeria Díaz
Producer: Abraham Naquid
Animator: n/a
DOP: Isabela Ripoll
Sound: Guillermo Bello González
Editor: Raúl Padilla Nateras
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Miranda is a college student who is writing a thesis about haiku, with an experimental twist that her advisor doesn't understand. The little communication between them becomes more difficult because she speaks all kinds of languages (without understanding them) except for Spanish (the only one she can understand). In the middile of the stressful moment she is having, Miranda buys a painting of the sea with a leak.
National School of Film Arts / National Autonomous University of Mexico (ENAC/UNAM) Mexico 4
80-85 ANGELO AND AJIT SMOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Emanuele Tresca, Angelo Giordano
Director: Marco Pacchiana
Producer: Matteo Adriani
Animator: n/a
DOP: Federico Di Maria
Sound: Andrea Rampini, Matteo Ferrario, Stefano Monticelli, Andrea Moleri
Editor: Edwin J Tonin, Sara Canepari
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Finding themselves inexplicably alone at a dinner with their classmates, Angelo and Ajit will deal with their disappointments by establishing a tender and genuine friendship.
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) Italy 3
80-85 BAGGYSUIT
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Trailer
Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Myles Flusser
Director: Myles Flusser
Producer: Myles Flusser
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alex Young
Sound: Myles Fluser
Editor: Myles Fluser
Production Designer: Sonnie Skinner
Synopsis:
A struggling voice actor prepares for an audition.
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology United States 3
80-85 HOMO DEUS
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Trailer
Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Loïc Matos, Alexandre Martins
Director: Loïc Matos
Producer: ENS Louis-Lumière
Animator: n/a
DOP: Guillaume Pradel
Sound: Gautam Shukla
Editor: Joshua Lac, Mathias Selou
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
… Soon in the future, the human race has been transferred into look alike machines called Homo Deus. David and Eve are two officiers required to transfer the last biological humans, like Richard, an old man, who they are about to come visit.
ENS Louis-Lumière France 3
80-85 MRIGHTRISHNA
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Trailer
Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Madhav Taneja
Director: Madhav Taneja
Producer: Shakti Brar / Whistling Woods International
Animator: n/a
DOP: Keshav Madhav
Sound: Asad Khan
Editor: Namrata Hathiramani
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
A man in his early-twenties who struggles to choose between a nine-to-five job and his passion in an urban city. The film is about the loss of self that happens in an attempt to find oneself.
Whistling Woods International (WWI) India 3
80-85 SOLDIERS
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Trailer
Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Zhaoshuai Wu
Director: Zhaoshuai Wu
Producer: Jinghao Lu
Animator: n/a
DOP: Guoqing Cai
Sound: Yinfei Gong
Editor: Zhiyi Zhu
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
An elderly man living alone, out of touch with modern life, keeps a young cockfight. One morning, he finds his best friend, who has shared weal and woe, dead at home. Meanwhile, his estranged son wants to send him to a nursing home. Having witnessed too much life and death, he began to think about finding his own way to die.
Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ) China 3
80-85 TREMBLING EYES
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Trailer
Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Leno Taborda
Director: Leno Taborda
Producer: Victor Stoll
Animator: n/a
DOP: Luiza Tomaz, Natalia Evangelista
Sound: Lais Vallina
Editor: Luiza Tomaz
Production Designer: Daniel Torres
Synopsis:
Juliano is a young artist who lives a happy life with his boyfriend, Nuno, a 65-year-old man, until his relationship is shaken by the discovery that his partner has a degenerative disease.
University of São Paulo / School of Communications and Arts / Department of Film, Radio and Television (USP) Brazil 3
86-92 A SINGLE ROOM
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Nicolás Dolensky
Director: Nicolás Dolensky
Producer: Universidad del Cine
Animator: n/a
DOP: Joaquin Neira
Sound: Jesica Suarez
Editor: Francisco Noriega, Franca Malfatti
Production Designer: Maira Juarez, Nicolás Dolensky
Synopsis:
In the absence of projects in which she can establish herself as an actress, Franca seeks unconventional alternatives to gain recognition.
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) Argentina 2
86-92 ALL RETURN FROM THERE
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Trailer
Length: 9'
Screenwriter: German Han , Elizaveta Nemchinova
Director: Galina Bigun
Producer: Galina Bigun
Animator: n/a
DOP: Anton Mescheryakov
Sound: Ilya Savelyev
Editor: Ulyana Gerasimova
Production Designer: Darya Soldatova
Synopsis:
Two souls in temporary bodies meet in the pre-trial detention cell and are conversing about their future reincarnation on the planet Earth as maximum-security prison. The senior soul having a very pessimistic view is trying to give a piece of advice to the younger one. How can they turn away from their destination?
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL Russia 2
86-92 FOR MAGDA
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Hipatia Argüero
Director: Carla Larrea Sánchez
Producer: Carla Larrea Sánchez, Alegría Albán
Animator: n/a
DOP: Enrique G. Menéndez
Sound: Gabriela Yánez, Emil Plonski
Editor: Emmanuel Blanchard
Production Designer: Sara Rojas Salvador
Synopsis:
Josefina and her daughter Magda take refuge in the Andean mountains to find a way to ensure a free future, despite the fact that this decision could land them in prison.
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) Mexico 2
86-92 LAY OF THE LAND
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Kristal Sum
Director: Kristal Sum
Producer: Jason Toh Jia Xian
Animator: n/a
DOP: Chow Hui Xian
Sound: Seah Zi Keane
Editor: Seah Zi Keane
Production Designer: Ng Zi Hui
Synopsis:
Being forced by her mother to move overseas, Emily struggles to decide what is worth keeping and what she is willing to let go of.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies Singapore 2
86-92 PEEP
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Trailer
Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Margot Richalet
Director: Margot Richalet
Producer: CLCF
Animator: Valentin Enee
DOP: Gaelle Guerin
Sound: : Mario Escandell
Editor: Mikael Ory
Production Designer: Fanny Lehongre
Synopsis:
Jules, a young journalist, has been given the task of going to the most mysterious cabaret in town to take photographs of the dancers. A matter of life or death is asked: Are you able of not looking?
CLCF France 2
86-92 RETURNING SOUTH
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Sofia Ayala
Producer: Rike Lange
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hannes Schulze
Sound: Elena Weihe
Editor: Elena Weihe
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Father is dead. Daughter and son carry his corpse south of the border. Despite the risk this journey entails, they set out to bury him at the place that used to be home. A migrant family story.
German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) Germany 2
86-92 STUFFED
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Basil Ayoub
Director: Alex Power
Producer: Brodie Leuba
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dasha Melnik
Sound: Jake lsard
Editor: Hamish Paterson
Production Designer: Charlotte Bayly
Synopsis:
A couple are forced to confront their rocky marriage when their recently deceased friend presents them with a gift from beyond the grave; himself...stuffed.
WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University Australia 2
93-95 BE LIKE JOSE
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Leonardo Ortiz
Director: Leonardo Ortiz
Producer: Mabel Quizpi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ana Belén Gonzalez
Sound: Martin Sanchez
Editor: Ana Belén Gonzalez, Leonardo Ortiz
Production Designer: Erika Tenezaca
Synopsis:
In a famous program from the 60s, the protagonist "José" has to finish transcribing some documents to finish his day and go home. However, the narrator of the program becomes an impediment for José to fulfill his objective. For this, the narrator gives José a great gift. José, when he sees what is inside, reacts aggressively against the narrator and tries to leave. of the show but gets caught by the edges of the camera frame which are manipulated by the narrator.
Advanced Institute of Film and Acting (INCINE) Ecuador 1
93-95 CRINGE KID KYLE: THE MUSICAL
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Ian Severino
Director: Ian Severino
Producer: Apisak Max Chaisomkhun, Daniel Le
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mandy Sugihara
Sound: Cameron Kaleipoʻokela Kalaukoa
Editor: Karlyn Kaai
Production Designer: Eric Wilkins
Synopsis:
Kyle, the humiliated face of a viral meme, invites his high school classmate, the hotshot gamer known as "Leethality808", to play a competitive match of Fortday together online hoping to impress her. However, if he wants to win her affection, he must find the courage to confess his cringey identity.
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media United States 1
93-95 RESPONSIBLE
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: María Matthíasdóttir
Director: María Matthíasdóttir
Producer: María Matthíasdóttir
Animator: n/a
DOP: Leví Baltasar Jóhannesson
Sound: María Matthíasdóttir
Editor: María Matthíasdóttir
Production Designer: María Matthíasdóttir, Arnheiður Diljá Benediktsdóttir
Synopsis:
Johanna, a 19-year-old woman, comes to terms with adulthood as she struggles with the unfortunate reality of domestic violence. As a result, Johanna has taken on a big responsibility for her mother and brother. The effects of her position and trauma are unpredictable. However, what happens next will change her life forever - but where does the responsibility lie?
Icelandic Film School (IFS) Iceland 1
96-121 A MAN I KNEW
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Trailer
Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Noa Szatmari
Director: Anca Radu
Producer: Anna Ungureanu
Animator: n/a
DOP: Krystof Keszthelyi
Sound: Joe Phillips, Cedric Wiegel
Editor: Alice Sacco
Production Designer: Mara Cracaleanu
Synopsis:
When a priest witnesses his seminary students on the verge of committing a grave mistake, he is pushed to relive the accident that tarnished his moral code. A contemplative short film about youthful sexual experimentation, collective guilt and the act of watching.
Westminster Film BA / University of Westminster (WFS) United Kingdom 0
96-121 BRAVE
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Trailer
Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Lei Fan
Director: Lei Fan
Producer: Manlin He
Animator: n/a
DOP: Yufei (Jim) Zou
Sound: Samual Pike
Editor: Siyuan Lin
Production Designer: Dai Shi
Synopsis:
Work and life pressure lead Xinyue to anxiety and depression. By chance she meets a young girl who gives her warmth and courage to ask for help.
Sheridan College Canada 0
96-121 CHOIRBOY
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Trailer
Length: 12'
Screenwriter: James Fry
Director: Mercer MacWilliam Hughes
Producer: James Fry, Billy Cooke
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alice Tucker
Sound: Elijah Oakes
Editor: Alex Marshall
Production Designer: Ugne Krisciunaite, Lindsay Potter
Synopsis:
10 year old Jason’s tranquil existence is shaken after his choirgirl sister, Dawn, suddenly falls ill. With her now too ill to sing and hidden away in her room, Jason joins the church choir in a bid to keep his family together.
Bournemouth Film School (AUB) United Kingdom 0
96-121 GET A GRIP
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Trailer
Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Miranda Tantlinger
Director: Miranda Tantlinger
Producer: Nathan Everett
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jacob Peterson
Sound: Alejandro Flores
Editor: Miranda Tantlinger
Production Designer: Emilia Trejo
Synopsis:
A man who tries to do a good deed stumbles into the strange world of film production.
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) United States 0
96-121 GROUNDED
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Trailer
Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Alexander Wedlock
Director: Aidan Hawkins
Producer: Gbemileke Otudeko
Animator: n/a
DOP: Geet Suri
Sound: Leonardo D’Andrea
Editor: Noora Lappalainen
Production Designer: Gbemileke Otudeko
Synopsis:
When Nell is offered her dream job she’s faced with a daunting task: telling her family that she’ll have to relocate to Mars.
Screen Academy Scotland (SAS) United Kingdom 0
96-121 KEEP OFF THE GRASS
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Trailer
Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Francis Rudd
Director: Francis Rudd
Producer: Tyla Sharp
Animator: n/a
DOP: Deen Goss
Sound: Steven Li
Editor: Claryn Chong
Production Designer: Rachel Craddock
Synopsis:
Young amateur footballer Sunny Cooper struggles to come to terms with his sexuality and as the final game of the season approaches, tensions rise. He and Josh can't bring themselves to embrace their connection in this environment. Sunny has to fight for what he wants on and off the pitch.
London College of Communication United Kingdom 0
96-121 LIFEBOAT
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Trailer
Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Çağan Çamlıbel, Öge Sözbaş
Director: Çağan Çamlıbel
Producer: Kutay Altunkaynak (Line Producer)
Animator: n/a
DOP: Eda Taşkın
Sound: Kutay Altunkaynak
Editor: Kutay Altunkaynak
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
When they get stuck in a car, Nihat and Kuzey cannot escape from each other. The improvement of the relationship between this father and son, who cannot get along, will be possible when someone else gets out of the way and this time the father truly becomes an adult.
Yasar University Faculty of Communications Turkey 0
96-121 NINA
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Trailer
Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Chiara Toffoletto
Director: Chiara Toffoletto
Producer: ventura film I CISA
Animator: n/a
DOP: Antonino Mangiaracina
Sound: : Massimo Mariani, Alberto Morelli
Editor: Julie Kiihner
Production Designer: Mattia Monticelli
Synopsis:
On a dreary day of spring, filled with games, cross-dressing and desires, Nina and her friends Cora and Bea decide to strike a deal. They have to find guys and have sexual intercourse for the first time. All three, the same day, at the same time.
Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) Switzerland 0
96-121 NINO
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Kiara Mezzina
Director: Kiara Mezzina
Producer: Lawrence Greene, Kiara Mezzina
Animator: n/a
DOP: Charlie Costin
Sound: Darcy Grant
Editor: Connor Wikaira
Production Designer: Natasha Green
Synopsis:
When Cosi moves the family to Australia in hopes of a better life, his son Nino must deal with culture shock in a country whose language he cannot speak. Luckily for him, his cousin Salvo has been through this before. Reluctant at first, Nino, with Salvo’s guidance, navigates the contrasts of culture, language and lifestyle to overcome prejudice and alienation.
Griffith Film School (GFS) Australia 0
96-121 PAN
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Mariana Salek
Director: Mariana Salek
Producer: Soroosh Mougahi, Mariana Salek
Animator: n/a
DOP: Joshua Esteban
Sound: Stephen Pryke
Editor: Joshua Esteban
Production Designer: Mariana Salek
Synopsis:
A twenty-year-old girl moves to a foreign country to study and ends up experiencing something totally different from what she had planned.
University of Hertfordshire United Kingdom 0
96-121 PRIMA BALLERINA
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Trailer
Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Ayanda Hlatshwayo
Director: Kagiso Selepe, Mbulelo Katise, Shadrack Mashaba
Producer: Kgahlisho Shokwe, Ayanda Hlatshwayo
Animator: Marco Coetzee
DOP: Dexter Verveen
Sound: Shadrack Mashaba
Editor: Lilian Mgwenya, Christian du Toit
Production Designer: Fiola Seruba, Antoinette Myutu
Synopsis:
Horror and drama at a prestigious ballet school turns a young ballerina’s biggest dream into her worst nightmare when her deceased best friend (and lover)’s spirit returns on the anniversary of her death.
Tshwane University of Technology South Africa 0
96-121 SHADOW
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Trailer
Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Gemma Bonfoglioli
Director: Gemma Bonfoglioli
Producer: EICAR
Animator: n/a
DOP: Woody Wu
Sound: Leon Delaunayv
Editor: Rickard Boström
Production Designer: Goa Chubing
Synopsis:
When a disturbed violent man tries to turn over the leaf, he is hunted by a dark force until he is forced to face with deepest fears.
EICAR, The International Film & TV School France 0
96-121 SHEEPLE
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Laura Bailey
Director: Laura Bailey
Producer: Hannah Rady
Animator: n/a
DOP: Zosia Fanka
Sound: Idan Kotzen
Editor: Tommy Tran
Production Designer: Nabilah Parsons
Synopsis:
In an abstract world of half sheep half people, a young couple are torn between their relationship and truth as seeds of doubt are planted by an ominous radio host.
University of Technology, Sydney Australia 0
96-121 SOL
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Trailer
Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Taylor Leigh Aguilar
Director: Taylor Leigh Aguilar
Producer: Taylor Leigh Aguilar, DeZELL Lathon, Rio Johnson, Kenneth Walter, Addison Woodside
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sophie Gemelas
Sound: Rachel Corrales
Editor: Pamela Cressall
Production Designer: Miles Bergman
Synopsis:
Appalled at the idea of taking her mother to a father-daughter dance, 16-year-old Solana "Sol" Vigil cuts school to meet her biological father for the first time behind her mom's back.
Loyola Marymount University / School of Film and Television (LMU) United States 0
96-121 SOME FILM BY GURU DUTT
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Trailer
Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Himanshu Tomar
Director: Himanshu Tomar
Producer: SRFTI
Animator: n/a
DOP: Aakash Choudhary
Sound: Eemon Ray
Editor: Sohini Das
Production Designer: Vivek Alankar
Synopsis:
Inspired by Tennessee Williams' short story "Something by Tolstoi," this movie is about a cinema projectionist whose wife decides to leave him so she can become a well-known actress in the movie business. The projectionist had been rewriting the happy endings of Bollywood tragedy films since he was a young boy. He was a closet writer. Despite his talent, he lacked the confidence to survive outside his movie theatre. The projectionist loses all control as he creates a variety of happy endings for his love tale in an effort to win back his wife. After a decade, fate steps in and brings his wife back. However, he has forgotten who she is and what he has been looking forward to for all these years.
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) India 0
96-121 SOUK
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Trailer
Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Wendkoagnda Gaston Bonkoungou
Director: Abdoul Latif Keita
Producer: ISIS-SE/UNICEF Burkina
Animator: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: Severin Kabore
Editor: Cyrille Ouedraogo
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Burkina Faso faces several regular and permanent terrorist attacks. Binta, a 7-year-old girl lost her father in her attacks. She lives in an IDP camp with her mother and 6-month-old baby brother, but she thinks her dad is still alive. There is a lack of water in the region and the thirst is intensifying. She travels miles every day to find water Binta has one passion: drawing.
ISIS Burkina Faso 0
96-121 TENEBROUS
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Trailer
Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Danny Lavin
Director: Charles Pears
Producer: Charles Pears
Animator: n/a
DOP: Oliver Ridehalgh
Sound: Alex Dixon
Editor: Robyn Kitley
Production Designer: Emilia Lester
Synopsis:
An introspective experimental drama: Lost in a place he knows all too well, a man finds himself stuck in a way he can’t quite explain. He longs for release, to know what is happening, but first he must know and accept where he has come from.
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) United Kingdom 0
96-121 TERMS & CONDITIONS
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Trailer
Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Teidi Domi
Director: Teidi Domi
Producer: Eol Çashku
Animator: n/a
DOP: Fabio Trifoni
Sound: Marjel Shima
Editor: Teidi Domi
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
Devli, a guy in his twenties wakes up and starts a routine day. All the people he keeps meeting during the day keep acting strange and follow him in everything he does. How will Devli cope with this?
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) Albania 0
96-121 THE COCKROACH
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Trailer
Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Ju Hyeon
Director: Ju Hyeon
Producer: Oh Semi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kim JeHo
Sound: Lee Yein
Editor: Park Sumin
Production Designer: Kim Yeonjin
Synopsis:
Tae-soo, who stops Su-yeon from trying to kill herself, seems to have another plan.
KUMA South Korea 0
96-121 THE EXHIBITION
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Trailer
Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Emir Aktel
Director: Emir Aktel
Producer: Emir Aktel, Ali Yiğit Pekyener
Animator: n/a
DOP: Emir Aktel
Sound: Şimal Sanlı
Editor: Emir Aktel
Production Designer: Selen Başman, İrem İmre
Synopsis:
While the artist attended his eagerly awaited exhibition, his mysterious past jeopardizes the auction.
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) Turkey 0
96-121 THE FUGUE
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Trailer
Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Can Baran, Koray Al
Director: Can Baran
Producer: Defne Yaramanoğlu
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ege Demirağ
Sound: Yamaç İbanoğlu
Editor: Can Baran
Production Designer: Koray Al
Synopsis:
Benyamin, a senior violin student, wants to complete the cello sonata left unfinished by his mother to mourn her death. On the other hand, he has to qo on the path full of ambitions drawn by his despotic father. Benyamin has to choose between his passions or his ambitions.
Bilkent University Turkey 0
96-121 THE RIDE
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Trailer
Length: 2'
Screenwriter: Nomfundo Shabangu
Director: Nomfundo Shabangu
Producer: Kagata Mamabolo
Animator: Khanyi Mgquba
DOP: Okgonne Tshesejane
Sound: Kagata Mamabolo
Editor: Khanyi Mgquba
Production Designer: Okgonne Tshesejane
Synopsis:
Two young woman request a ride with a driver who seems to have his own ulterior motives, as the ride goes on he tries to reach for his weapon, but the two girls strangle him to death.
Wits School of Arts / Division of Film & Television (WSOA) South Africa 0
96-121 THE SUNLIGHT FROM YOUR TONGUE
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Trailer
Length: 13'
Screenwriter: M. Ceren Arslan
Director: M. Ceren Arslan
Producer: Shannon Sutherland
Animator: n/a
DOP: Madilyn Witherspoon
Sound: M. Ceren Arslan
Editor: Aaron Kudja
Production Designer: Sydney Hendrix
Synopsis:
Wanting to help her depressed lover, a woman agrees to be present while her partner commits suicide, accepting a tragedy that will ruin her forever.
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) United States 0
96-121 UNBOUND
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Trailer
Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Ankur Abhishek
Director: Ankur Abhishek
Producer: Film & Television Institute Of India, Pune, India
Animator: n/a
DOP: Shubham Kilari
Sound: Caster Rinoy Gomez
Editor: Navtika Sharma
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
The film is set in a world which has no source of fire left, thus the humans are adopting to live without fire. The film explore the journey of a father whose child is not able to adapt to these new condition and is thus dying because of cold and hunger, for he is not able to eat raw meat (vegetation has become poisonous). The father takes the journey to find the fire which his wife believes is still present in the form of a fire God who is cursed.
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) India 0
96-121 VULPES
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Trailer
Length: 7'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Laura Hoffheimer
Producer: Laura Hoffheimer
Animator: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: n/a
Editor: n/a
Production Designer: n/a
Synopsis:
After many years of conjuring the idea of 'man' and what it means to be human, a sly nimble fox spirit becomes a human to learn their ways.
Emerson College United States 0
96-121 WISH UPON A DISCO BALL
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Trailer
Length: 19'
Screenwriter: Anabel Iñigo
Director: Anabel Iñigo
Producer: Rachel Allen, Alissa Nguyen, Danielle Mullins
Animator: n/a
DOP: Matt Wilder
Sound: Lai Jiang, Bunthoeun Real
Editor: Julian Stern
Production Designer: Oscar Lujan
Synopsis:
With teenage sisters Olivia and Juliana growing apart after their dad's death, Olivia asks Juliana to go to a disco. Juliana's boyfriend Leo is against it, so Olivia wishes on her dad's disco ball that they would break up. Olivia is surprised to find that her wish comes true - Juliana and Olivia hang out without Leo and go to the disco together. only to have Leo show up too. As Juliana talks to him, a hurt Olivia remembers how their dad united her and Juliana using disco. In a disco dance, the two sisters apologize: Olivia for wishing that Juliana and Leo would break up, and Juliana for not spending enough time with Olivia.
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) United States 0


Documentary

Place Title School Country Points
1 BEFORE BEDTIME
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Length: 27'
Screenwriter: Fábio Zilberman Luchno
Director: Fábio Zilberman Luchno
Producer: Lev Orlov
Animator: n/a
DOP: Fábio Zilberman Luchno
Sound: Neal Gibbs
Editor: Rachel Schatz, May Resh
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
3 years after receiving a terminal ALS diagnosis, 47-year-old Michal lost everything she was, except for being a mother. Trying to live her last months to the fullest, she and her 7-year-old son Naveh discover a common love for trails, wilderness and the forces of nature. Michal hopes to be remembered as a functioning mother, while Naveh tries by himself to understand what no one dares to explain to him.
Sam Spiegel Film and Television School Jerusalem (JSFS) Israel 61
2 FATHER.SON
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Length: 18'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Jakub Gomółka
Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nikodem Marek
Sound: Grzegorz Maciąg, Rafał Nowak
Editor: Celina Przyklęk, Jakub Gomółka
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
After leaving prison, Mariusz and his son attempt to adapt to reality, interweaving the habits of jail with the struggle of everyday life. The protagonists' sensitivity contrasts with the heartless reality that leaves a scar on former prisoners excluding them from being a valuable members of the society.
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) Poland 60
3 REQUIEM FOR A WHALE
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Ido Weisman, Alex Khosid
Director: Ido Weisman
Producer: Ido Weisman
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ido Weisman
Sound: Dan Ben Haim
Editor: Alex Khosid
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
On a stormy night in early 2021, a whale’s body washed ashore at Nitzanim beach in Israel. Over the documentation of the encounter between people and the carcass, we hear the voices of several witnesses who were present at the rare occurrence. From the fabric of responses, a collective experience shines, regarding the dialogue between life and death.
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television (TAU) Israel 54
4 BITTER SEPTEMBER
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Sophia Farantatou
Director: Sophia Farantatou
Producer: HEAD GENEVE
Animator: Sophia Farantatou
DOP: Sophia Farantatou
Sound: Lenny Moreau
Editor: Olivia Frey
Production Designer : Sophia Farantatou
Synopsis:
After the murder of Greek activist Zak Kostopoulos, his childhood friend, Sophia Farantatou, finds herself in the middle of an impasse, between the media storytelling and her own archive footage she had shot with him. Only time can give her the space to mourn and confront the absence of her friend.
Film Department/cinéma du réel - Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) Switzerland 53
5 LOUDER! SO I CAN HEAR YOU
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Laura Bokhoven
Producer: Patou ten Cate, Marie-Louise Keur
Animator: n/a
DOP: Thomas Weber
Sound: Zoé Beekes
Editor: Laura Helbing
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
In this documentary road movie, a hidden story about the filmmaker's deceased father sets off a journey in the present. Along the way, the landscape mingles with a poetic dialogue between father and daughter, and passers-by serve as counselors in the grieving process and the search for her father's past.
Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) Netherlands 49
6 EVERYTHING'S FINE, POTATOES IN LINE
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Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Piotr Jasiński
Director: Piotr Jasiński
Producer: Tomáš Šimon (FAMU), Amélie Kostelková
Animator: n/a
DOP: Vojtěch Lukeš
Sound: Vojtěch Vilém Cibulka
Editor: Oleksandr Veremeyenko
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
During the political conflict between Poland and Czech Republic around "Turow" coal mine, Teresa (50 years old, Poland) decides to fight with "the enemy" ...In the potato salad contest.
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) Czech Republic 48
7-8 REGARD SILENCE
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Santiago Zermeño
Producer: Andrea Juárez, Lau Charles, Santiago Zermeno
Animator: n/a
DOP: Angel Jara Taboada
Sound: Jorge Leal Carrera
Editor: Santiago Zermeño
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A group of deaf people explore the Mexican Sign Language through a scenic lab of poetic creation. Regard Silence shows this unique creative process, while attempting to make explicit the distance from which we listeners (the audience) connect to the sensations proper to Deafness: almost always failing to recognize them as a different way of naming and inhabiting the world.
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C. (CCC) Mexico 37
7-8 THE DAUGHTERS
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Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Pedro Greco
Director: Joaquin Echevarria, Juan Martin Torres
Producer: Maximiliano Di Napoli
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tomas Regidor
Sound: Hernan Puga
Editor: Sofia Caivieiio
Production Designer : David Mendoza
Synopsis:
Former students of an orphanage return every year to celebrate their birthdays. They wander around the building looking to answer what brings them back and, at the same time, face the ghosts of their shared past.
Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica (ENERC) Argentina 37
9 MOON
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Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Zineb Wakrim
Director: Zineb Wakrim
Producer: Esav Marrakech
Animator: n/a
DOP: Amine Berrada
Sound: Mehdi Jaouhari
Editor: Pierre Bael
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A poetic film about two Moroccan and Amazigh moon children, Hasna and Samad, 14 years old. Art and painting help them to resist and catch the light in the middle of the darkness. The film is inspired by Persian poems of Farrokhzad and it's in the Berber language.
Marrakech School of Visual Arts (ESAVM) Morocco 33
10 ADRIA
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Alessandro Garbuio
Director: Alessandro Garbuio
Producer: ventura film I CISA
Animator: n/a
DOP: Antonino Mangiaracina , Ares Barella
Sound: Alberto Morelli, Davide Londero, Reto Gelshorn
Editor: Sophie Jean-Richard, Alessandro Garbuio
Production Designer : Mattia Monticelli
Synopsis:
Adria is a place that can be many things. You only need to move one's gaze beyond the banks of the river Dora Baltea, in the shadow of the castle and the factories, to see an industrial town, an ancient village, and a land of small merchants emerge. Here, where a Utopia now faded in time and where the dream of a community was shattered, shadows remain that no longer have coordinates.
Academy of Audiovisual Sciences (CISA) Switzerland 32
11 THE VIOLENCE BETWEEN US
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Camila Guerreiro
Producer: Alex Handschuh
Animator: n/a
DOP: Carol Quintanilha, Loiro Cunha
Sound: Jan Sigsworth
Editor: Mira Thu
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
In Salvador, Brazil there's a hidden war being fought. Every hour a woman is killed by someone she’s close to. To combat the violence, the police have trained a special team of officers. But they don’t just tackle the aggressors - they also spend time with the women, offering them confidence and protection. And the results are remarkable.
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) United Kingdom 31
12-13 THE UNICORN IN SNOWPANTS SUDDENLY RAN OFF
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Details:

Length: 18'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Philipp Schaeffer
Producer: Fabian Leonhardt
Animator: n/a
DOP: Leon Hörtrich
Sound: Frederic Hellmann
Editor: Jan Wollenschläger
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
„The Unicorn in Snowpants Suddenly Ran Off" explores the clash between blind children's fantasy worlds and the reality they live in. The film draws us into the worlds of three confident children, for whom blindness is not a disability but rather a different kind of normal. Larks, telephones and short stories each play a role.
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) Germany 29
12-13 TILL THE END
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Beatrice Perego
Director: Beatrice Perego
Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Beatrice Perego
Sound: Luca Rinaudo
Editor: Beatrice Perego
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Martina often thinks about death and every year she rewrites her will. This year she has decided to organize her funeral. By watching her, the director finds the courage to face a painful loss and to recreate the last goodbye to someone who has recently disappeared.
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) Italy 29
14 LAZARE
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Details:

Length: 23'
Screenwriter: Levan Chkonia
Director: Levan Chkonia
Producer: Levan Chkonia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Levan Chkonia
Sound: Irakli Margishvili, Saba Padiurashvili
Editor: Levan Chkonia, Giga Japaridze
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Several days in life of a 9-year-old boy.
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) Georgia 27
15 ON ITS WAY DOWN
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Details:

Length: 23'
Screenwriter: Sebastian Schaevers, Joren Peeters
Director: Sebastian Schaevers
Producer: Sebastian Schaevers
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sebastian Schaevers
Sound: Sebastian Schaevers, Raf Enckels
Editor: Sebastian Schaevers
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Even when a paraglider mysteriously falls from the sky, the people of Zinal don’t seem to be bothered. The small town in the Swiss Alps looks straight up toward the melting glaciers of the Couronne Impériale. But what to do?
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) Belgium 25
16-17 BAD HOMBREWOOD
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Guillermo Casarin
Director: Guillermo Casarin
Producer: Marian Cook, Santos Herrera
Animator: n/a
DOP: Cory D. Ewig
Sound: Naixin Fan, Federico Arboleda
Editor: Sergio Ortiz, Blaine Morris
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
For decades, the film industry has confined minorities to stereotypical characters. Now, filmmakers fight to change the Latinx role in Hollywood. Guillermo Casarin, embarks on a quest to answer the question, "Do I have a place in Hollywood?" Through compelling interviews and archival footage, Bad Hombrewood reveals the dark side of Hollywood's history, the war stories of casting, and the challenges each filmmaker encounters trying to succeed in the entertainment industry. Latinx filmmakers and allies coming together and answering the question, "How can we create a place for us in Hollywood?"
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) United States 24
16-17 FLOWERS IN A HAILSTORM
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Details:

Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Maharshi Kashyap
Director: Maharshi Kashyap
Producer: SRFTI
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nandan Kumar
Sound: Arnab Borah
Editor: Sharmistha Chakrabartty
Production Designer : Sagar Mahindra
Synopsis:
While trying to craft a film on deserted abandoned in houses, I was forced to confront my deep-rooted abandonment issues and, eventually, come face to face with my dead self. Incidentally, my lover Susmita can magically ignite and enliven the soul of the dead.
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) India 24
18 STATE OF ANXIETY
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Details:

Length: 22'
Screenwriter: Quynh Le Nguyen
Director: Quynh Le Nguyen
Producer: Stella Deborah Traub
Animator: n/a
DOP: Rita Hajjar
Sound: Philip Hutter
Editor: Narges Kalhor
Production Designer : Philip Hutter
Synopsis:
“What if they think I’m stupid?” Four young people portray their inner states - what does it mean to suffer from social phobia?
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) Germany 23
19 AFTER THE STORM
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Jovanni Mendoza, Andoeni Padilla
Director: Jovanni Mendoza
Producer: Jovanni Mendoza, Andoeni Padilla
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jovanni Mendoza
Sound: Andoeni Padilla
Editor: Jovanni Mendoza
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Gloria is a very important textile artisan in her town in Oaxaca, however, she stopped weaving 5 years ago due to breast cancer, she lives with her sister María, who is also a fine loom artisan, today in day due to this event their relationship as sisters has strengthened.
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department Mexico 22
20 ALPHA KINGS
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Details:

Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedraza Botero
Director: Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedraza Botero
Producer: Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedraza Botero
Animator: n/a
DOP: Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedraza Botero
Sound: Dan Olmsted
Editor: Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedraza Botero
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
From a rented mansion in suburban Texas, a group of young men sell a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves on the internet.
Stanford University United States 20
21 TRAPPED IN HIS OWN MOVIE
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Details:

Length: 29'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Alexandru Oiță
Producer: Alexandru Oiță
Animator: n/a
DOP: Alexandru Buliga
Sound: Alexandru Buliga
Editor: Rareș Marinoiu
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Andrei Cătălin Băleanu, the living ghost of the Romanian cinema of the '70s, presented through the eyes of a young director at the beginning of the road.
National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) Romania 19
22-23 LIMBO
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Details:

Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Alexandar Handzhiev
Director: Julia Pastrakova
Producer: Prof. Dr. Stanislav Semerdjiev
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nikolay Yamarlаkov, Sarah Morfova
Sound: Simeon Stefanov
Editor: Vasilena Lakova
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Dementia is a neurological disorder, which, in severe cases, renders an affected person incapable of self-care. In specialised care centres, the efforts for the accommodated are tiring, their treatment - impossible, and the caretakers’ work - futile. Deadlock. What is such a person feeling? Is he fighting or has he already lost the battle?
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) Bulgaria 18
22-23 LOOKING AT ANIMALS
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Details:

Length: 22'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Anna Weltner
Producer: Anna Weltner
Animator: n/a
DOP: Fergus Hatton
Sound: n/a
Editor: Anna Weltner
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Inspired by John Berger’s 1980 essay “Why Look at Animals?” this observational film in five acts explores the urban spaces that exist for the purpose of, well, looking at animals.
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) United Kingdom 18
24-26 NO ELEMENTS
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Details:

Length: 25'
Screenwriter: Barbara Vojtašáková, Ema Nemčovičová
Director: Barbara Vojtašáková
Producer: Patrícia Alexia Pošová, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hugo Činčala
Sound: Maroš Olah
Editor: Petra Vrbová
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
No Elements is a story of young people Michal and Tereza who explore the reason for their break-up and the difference of their inner worlds.
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) Slovakia 17
24-26 POEM FROM THE BORDERS
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Details:

Length: 16'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Janne Vasarainen
Producer: Janne Vasarainen & Baltic Film Media and Arts School
Animator: n/a
DOP: Janne Vasarainen
Sound: Seppo Vanhatalo
Editor: Janne Vasarainen
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The smallest denominator of war is often a child. This smallest piece of the puzzle is unable to understand the entire reality of which it is a part of. The film tries to depict what goes around in the heads of these children, as we follow through the lens a bus full of Ukrainian refugees fleeing towards Finland.
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University Estonia 17
24-26 THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MY GRANDMOTHER
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Director: Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Producer: Universidad del Cine
Animator: n/a
DOP: Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Sound: Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Editor: Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Production Designer : Pedro Balderama Macedo, Rimai Sojo Patiño
Synopsis:
As a result of a domestic accident, my grandmother started being monitored at home. Day and night cameras record her movements, interfering with her privacy. After some time observing, I began to notice something different with her.
Universidad del Cine (UCINE) Argentina 17
27-29 AN OATH
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Nanu Tlisov
Director: Nanu Tlisov
Producer: Elizaveta Koniakina
Animator: Computer Graphics Diana Molchanova
DOP: Roman Malyshev
Sound: Varvara Bykova
Editor: Arina Proshina, Nanu Tlisov
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
For more than 10 years "Society of Supreme Truth" has been headed by a fragile girl Elena, a holder of the Wisdom dan. Over half a century of its existence karate has secured itself a solid position among Eastern martial arts and invariably attracts huge numbers of spectators. The film tells the story of the junior sports school "Yamate" in Cherkessk which teaches one of the most difficult and rough karate styles Kyokushinkai.
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK Russia 16
27-29 ANDI, ANDREA AND THE ALPS
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Details:

Length: 14'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Nicolas Flood
Producer: York University
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nicolas Flood
Sound: Adelaide Berardi
Editor: Marcus Bassett, NIcolas Flood
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The Austrian Alps are a beautiful yet harsh environment with fewer people living within them daily, but Andi and Andrea decided to make them their home.
York University Department of Film - Fine Arts Canada 16
27-29 WATER
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Nicholas Sithole
Director: Nicholas Sithole
Producer: Nicholas Sithole
Animator: n/a
DOP: Angel Zulu
Sound: Nicholas Sithole, Nkosinathi Sithole
Editor: Nicholas Sithole
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Mati (2022) is a personal experience of a mother and her first-born son, an experience of living in poverty-stricken Ivory Park where the very same Water that lives as a spiritual symbol of purity, life and hope to them became a destructive force of nature through the floods that wrecked their humble home.
Tshwane University of Technology South Africa 16
30-32 CALL IT ANYTHING
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Details:

Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Melvin Kwong
Director: Melvin Kwong
Producer: Melvin Kwong
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jesse Phillips
Sound: Samuel Turner
Editor: Izzat Nadeem
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Unable to find the words that are in his heart, a son enlists three musicians to translate into music the letters he wishes to write to his mother, hoping to give himself peace of mind.
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Australia 15
30-32 LISTEN TO MY VOICE
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Details:

Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Zohar Orian Cohen
Director: Zohar Orian Cohen
Producer: Zohar Orian Cohen
Animator: n/a
DOP: Zohar Orian Cohen
Sound: Yuval Bar On, Gal Lazar Shiloach
Editor: Zohar Orian Cohen
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Mother and daughter try to renew a relationship that was broken in the shadow of childhood trauma. Armed with a camera, the director returns to her childhood home in search of recognition. Between bags of clothes, the generation and memory gaps revealed. Despite the geographical and mental distance between them, they share a common demand for love and closeness.
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College Israel 15
30-32 THEY KILLED US FOR EXISTING
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Details:

Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Director: Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Producer: Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Animator: n/a
DOP: Naoise Kettle
Sound: Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Editor: Meghan O’Shaughnessy
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A Short Documentary that tackles gendered violence against women in Ireland.
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) Ireland 15
33-36 ABOVE WATER
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Alex Walton
Director: Alex Walton
Producer: Sam Hewison
Animator: Peeled Productions – Maximillian Isobe, Jon Dinapoli, Harrison Ritchie-Jones
DOP: Alex Walton, Ainsley Halbmeijer
Sound: Josh Peters
Editor: Alex Walton
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Above Water follows the stories of seafarers around the world, as they ask the world to pay attention to the human rights crisis unfolding on international waters.
VCA Film and Television Australia 14
33-36 THE SONGS WE SING IN A DIFFERENT LAND
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Details:

Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Inshallah Montero
Director: Inshallah Montero
Producer: DocNomads EMJMD
Animator: n/a
DOP: Shaheen Ahmed, Inshallah Montero
Sound: Margaryta Kulichova, Tarun Madupu
Editor: Inshallah Monter, Isabela Monteiro de Castro
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
This film is about an intimate friendship shared by a community of Filipina women working hard as overseas Filipino workers or OFW’s. They are mostly cleaning ladies, all around house maids or nannies to children. The only time they could get together with fellow Filipinos is on their day-off during Sundays to talk about living abroad, their work, far away families in the Philippines. These conversations open up various socio-political issues that our country has been facing for many years.
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) Portugal 14
33-36 TO BE A FATHER
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Details:

Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Blaž Andrašek
Director: Blaž Andrašek
Producer: The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television
Animator: n/a
DOP: Maja Krvina
Sound: Gregor Bajc
Editor: Varja Lorger
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A poetic documentary in which invisible protagonists share personal stories about life with an absent father, raising the question of what does it even mean to be a father?
University of Ljubljana / Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) Slovenia 14
33-36 TO WRITE FROM MEMORY
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Details:

Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Emory Chao Johnson
Director: Emory Chao Johnson
Producer: Emory Chao Johnson
Animator: n/a
DOP: Farrah Su
Sound: Jackie Zhou, Torin Geller
Editor: Emory Chao Johnson
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A young person's transition is moving forward, despite a history of objections. Deeply intimate yet distant, the film reflects upon how the past continues to be shaped in the present, evolving and unfolding as we move through different chapters of our lives.
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 14
37 WALLS THAT SCREAM
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Details:

Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Evi Cats
Director: Evi Cats
Producer: RITCS
Animator: n/a
DOP: Lukas Gevaert
Sound: Jeroen Bollen, Efe Otike
Editor: Cato Kusters
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
His name is written on all the walls in Cureghem: Adil. The letters capture something. They are part of the street scene, come into contact with wind and rain and make something visible that is too invisible. While his name is painted on the walls there, as static as it is transitory, life rushes past - cyclists in one direction, cars in another. Time advances.
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) Belgium 13
38-40 A LIFE IN BOXES
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Tayton T. Troidl
Producer: Tayton T. Troidl
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tayton T. Troidl, Tim Davis
Sound: Tayton T. Troidl, Austin Keck
Editor: Tayton T. Troidl, Tyler Lucey
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
As a son uncovers the multiple lives of a father he barely knew, his father's life choices reveal a complex truth that echoes throughout a grieving family; peeling back the layers of who Darryl Tarrance truly was.
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology United States 12
38-40 GUND KWOK
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Details:

Length: 19'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Xudong Liu
Producer: Xudong Liu
Animator: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: n/a
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The Lion Dance is a folk dance from Asia that was performed exclusively by men in the past. “Gund Kwok” is the first women’s Lion Dance troupe in the U.S. Founded by Cheng Imm Tan, she and fifteen Asian women strive to break lingering stereotypes about Asian women.
Emerson College United States 12
38-40 PHILHARMONIC
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Details:

Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Anastasia Korabelnikova
Director: Anastasia Korabelnikova
Producer: Anna Ivanova
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sergei Sokolov, Vlad Shapovalov
Sound: Daria Gegeshko
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : Gleb Anikeychik
Synopsis:
The film "Philharmonia" explores the influence of classical music on a 21st century person via examples of students of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia. It shows the dialogue between the musician and the listener through their emotions, reactions, gestures. "Philharmonia" is another attempt to understand a person.
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) Russia 12
41-45 DARE TO DREAM
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Details:

Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Alan Chambers
Director: Alan Chambers
Producer: Emma Jackson
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dasha Melnik
Sound: Aref Rashidan
Editor: Alan Chambers
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Things aren't looking too good for Geoff. But his son has a plan. Dare to Dream is the tale of a father and son determined to have one last go at reclaiming life.
WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University Australia 11
41-45 RADIADIO
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Ondine Novarese
Director: Ondine Novarese
Producer: Justine Riou
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hugo Malidin
Sound: Lou Jullien
Editor: Gabrielle Stemmer, Charly Cancel
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A Jewish family tries to keep her traditions alive in the modern world, despite of the succession of generations. From film to Zoom, we live a Pesach holiday with this family, through time.
La Fémis France 11
41-45 THE OCEAN AROUND MILAN - CONVERSATIONS WITH MILO DE ANGELIS
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Details:

Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Giulia Oglialoro
Director: Samuele Fassina, Cosimo iannunzio, Giulia Oglialoro, Hedda Paljak Director of Photography: Samuele Fassina, Cosimo iannunzio, Giulia Oglialoro, Hedda Paljak
Producer: Bianca Burini
Animator: n/a
DOP: Samuele Fassina, Cosimo iannunzio, Giulia Oglialoro, Hedda Paljak
Sound: Samuele Fassina, Cosimo iannunzio, Giulia Oglialoro, Hedda Paljak
Editor: Samuele Fassina, Cosimo iannunzio, Giulia Oglialoro, Hedda Paljak
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
What if memories didn’t belong to us, but instead to places? Milo De Angelis, a poet from Milan, entrusts his memories to a recorder, recalling the years of teaching in jail, the long everyday to his lessons, and the meeting with two unforgettable inmates.
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) Italy 11
41-45 TIME
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Details:

Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Teague O´Hea Flores
Director: Teague O´Hea Flores
Producer: Teague O´Hea Flores
Animator: n/a
DOP: Rene Villaseñor Garcia
Sound: Teague O´Hea Flores
Editor: Teague O´Hea Flores
Production Designer : Vanessa Navari Virchez
Synopsis:
More than proposing answers, Time (El Tiempo) seeks to generate questions. In this documentary proposal, an analysis of the incompressibility of time is carried out considering the physical definitions that science has developed, the psychological and corporal dimension that the human being experiences and technology.
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) Mexico 11
41-45 TRAUMA DOLL
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Details:

Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Barque Julien
Director: Barque Julien
Producer: ENSAV
Animator: n/a
DOP: Barque Julien
Sound: Barque Julien
Editor: Barque Julien
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Following a medical error, Caroline underwent a thoracotomy in 2010. When she was discharged from hospital, the doctors prescribed an opioid to help her cope with the pain. More than 10 years of this treatment have had serious consequences for Caroline. She is trying to wean herself off the drug, which will succeed during this film.
ENSAV France 11
46-48 ASHES BY MAN IS NAME
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Ewelina Rosinska
Producer: Ewelina Rosinska, Roxana Richters
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ewelina Rosinska
Sound: Ewelina Rosinska
Editor: Ewelina Rosinska
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Krakow in Poland and Lviv in Ukraine form the geographical setting of "Ashes by name is man". The images of the surroundings are interwoven with footage from the world of my grandparents, both of whom are over 80 years old.
German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) Germany 10
46-48 HOME
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Jiwoo Lee
Director: Jiwoo Lee
Producer: Jiwoo Lee
Animator: Jiwoo Lee
DOP: Yixiao Qin
Sound: Jiwoo Lee
Editor: Jiwoo Lee
Production Designer : Jiwoo Lee
Synopsis:
HOME explores the variety of relationship between people and wild chicken in Hawaii. People are trying to protect their community, but wild chickens become a huge part of it. Now we need to find a home for wild chickens, if it’s not already taken over by humans.
University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Academy for Creative Media United States 10
46-48 NUMBER ONE
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Details:

Length: 15'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Milda Augustaityté
Producer: Ingrida Danilovaité, Milda Augustaityté
Animator: n/a
DOP: Dominika Pieczulis
Sound: Agatas Savickis
Editor: Milda Augustaityté
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Arianas is preparing for the Lithuanian Championship of Standard and Latin American dances with his partner. The couple must understand the world of adults - learn to demonstrate masculinity, feminine seduction and self-selling. But is that enough to win the championship?
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) Lithuania 10
49-52 MY NEIGHBOUR KILLED MY CAT
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Details:

Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Reinis Ūbelis
Director: Reinis Ūbelis
Producer: Loreta Līva Lazdiņa
Animator: n/a
DOP: Reinis Ūbelis
Sound: Pēteris Pāss
Editor: Reinis Ūbelis
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
“My Neighbour Killed My Cat” is an experimental documentary film, which focuses on director’s realtionship with his hometown – Bauska, a small province town in Latvia. While the film portrays the town and its inhabitants, its main goal is an attempt to visualise a stream of consciousness and private memories.
Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) Latvia 9
49-52 MY OWN PRIVATE REFUGEE CAMP
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Petar Lakic
Director: Petar Lakic
Producer: Petar Lakic
Animator: n/a
DOP: Cedo Lakic, Petar Lakic
Sound: Jovana Andrijasevic
Editor: Jovana Andrijasevic
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A portrait of a family made from achive footage of life in a refugee camp.
Fakultet dramskih umetnosti Serbia 9
49-52 THE SEA FOREST
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Details:

Length: 3'
Screenwriter: Sung-ryong Hong
Director: Sung-ryong Hong, Seol-a Chae
Producer: Jae-mo Koo (Professor)
Animator: n/a
DOP: Seol-a Chae, Hyun-gil Lee; Underwater Cinematography: Sung-Ryong Hong, Hyun-gil Lee
Sound: n/a
Editor: Ye-jin Lee, Hyun-gil Lee
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Carbon neutrality refers to reducing carbon dioxide emissions to zero by absorbing the same amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted. Protecting the marine environment is the most effective way in the zero-carbon movement to absorb carbon dioxide exhaled by humans.
KUMA South Korea 9
49-52 YOU ARE MY FATHER, MY FRIEND
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Estelle Sträng
Director: Estelle Sträng
Producer: Estelle Sträng
Animator: n/a
DOP: Estelle Sträng
Sound: Estelle Sträng
Editor: Estelle Sträng
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A young girl spends a few days with her father, and together they investigate his life and their mutual relationship.
European Film College (EFC) Denmark 9
53-58 DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Laura Esteban
Director: Laura Esteban
Producer: Laura Esteban
Animator: n/a
DOP: Laura Esteban
Sound: Laura Esteban
Editor: Laura Esteban
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Jacqueline, Maria and Tomasa work among the Atlantic waves in Galicia, Spain. The relentless sea is the cornerstone of the identity of these women, instilling in them the bravery to face harsh working conditions and constant sexist discrimination that each of them has suffered from uncles, employees and even parents.
London College of Communication United Kingdom 8
53-58 JOURNEY TO LIFE
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Details:

Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Menippos Arapis
Director: Menippos Arapis
Producer: Menippos Arapis
Animator: n/a
DOP: Menippos Arapis, Giorgos Kapetanikolas
Sound: Dimitra Margaritidou
Editor: Pavlos Papadopoulos
Production Designer : Magda Theodorouda, Despina Davoudani
Synopsis:
About 12 centimeters. This is the distance we travel during the first and hardest journey of our life that we don’t even remember. It takes 40 weeks of preparation and even more months of adjustment after it. Little Katerina is offering her guidance to her newborn baby brother through his journey to life.
School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece 8
53-58 STATION TO STATION
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Po-Yen, Ho
Director: Po-Yen, Ho
Producer: Po-Yen, Ho
Animator: n/a
DOP: Po-Yen, Ho
Sound: Wanda Xsiao
Editor: Po-Yen, Ho
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
From living in An-Kung Community in Taipei to embarking on a trip to China, with conflicting emotions and identity engraved during that time, I was lost among the meanings of home and hometown.
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) Taiwan 8
53-58 TO YOU(TH)
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Details:

Length: 18'
Screenwriter: Mira Merheb
Director: Mira Merheb
Producer: The Institute of Theater, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies (IESAV) of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mira Merheb, Alain El Feghaly
Sound: Anthony Ghazel
Editor: Mira Merheb
Production Designer : Mira Merheb, Alain El Feghaly
Synopsis:
Alain and Mira, a couple that has been together for five years, decide to have a heart-to-heart about life. They plunge into a thought-provoking conversation in which they question their own relationship and its destiny, while simultaneously reflecting on their collapsed homeland, Lebanon. They seek freedom and happiness, but would they truly reach that by escaping their country? Among all this instability and destruction surrounding them, will love alone be enough to keep them afloat?
Institut d'études scéniques, audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV) Lebanon 8
53-58 TWO GIANTS THAT EXIST HERE - A GERMAN FAIRY TALE
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Details:

Length: 21'
Screenwriter: Gianna Scholten
Director: Gianna Scholten
Producer: Gianna Scholten
Animator: n/a
DOP: Julia von dem Berge
Sound: Gianna Scholten
Editor: Gianna Scholten
Production Designer : Gianna Scholten
Synopsis:
With the corona pandemic, a right-wing spiritual movement grew in Germany. At least it became visible. We see a bit of Germany and Grimm's Hänsel and Gretel. We hear the terrifyingly short path from naive belief in dwarfs to the anti-Semitic world conspiracy.
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) Germany 8
53-58 YISRAEL IS LOVESICK
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Yisrael Rohn Rigler
Director: Yisrael Rohn Rigler
Producer: Yisrael Rohn Rigler
Animator: n/a
DOP: Shaya Chesner
Sound: Mazkeka Studios, Ori Kadishay
Editor: Shiri Klas
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Yisrael was born into a loving American ultra-Orthodox family from Jerusalem. As he grew up and discovered his attraction to men, everything changed. Suddenly, the whole future he imagined disappeared and in its place remained confusion and uncertainty. He is now 28 years old and through this film he is trying to figure out what he is really looking for.
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) Israel 8
59-64 20 SOMETHING
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Details:

Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Gaoretelelo Mogokonyane, Tshegofatso Makwase, Jeanett Ramphekoa
Director: Thabiso Moholho, Gaoretelelo Mogokonyane, Tshegofatso Makwase, J
Producer: AFDA, Reitumetse Molefe, Nompumelelo Mlangeni
Animator: n/a
DOP: Nompumelelo Mlangeni, Grace Kleb
Sound: Tinemi Tsivama, Reitumetse Molefe, Lesedi Mabe, Tshepang Legabe
Editor: Tshepang Legabe, Thabiso Moholho, Lesedi Mabe
Production Designer : Nompumelelo Mlangeni, Grace Kleb
Synopsis:
20 Something is a relatable and character-driven exploration of young adulthood and through the use of real people with real stories, breaks down the existence of the idealized 20s and aims to leave viewers with a hopeful and optimistic sentiment.
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) South Africa 7
59-64 FOREIGNER
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Details:

Length: 27'
Screenwriter: Thales Pessoa
Director: Thales Pessoa
Producer: Thales Pessoa
Animator: n/a
DOP: Thales Pessoa
Sound: Andrés Perugini
Editor: Thales Pessoa, Sofia Bensadon, Gabriela Albuquerque
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Three men walk through the night in the center of a strange city. Separated, they move unnoticed between streets and highways, while the memories of their stories take them along uncertain paths that at times seem to cross.
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) Argentina 7
59-64 NO CONOZCO LA HISTORIA DEL FUEGO
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Length: 26'
Screenwriter: Luis Morla, Sara Domínguez Lopez, Alberto Ruiz
Director: Sara Domínguez López, Luis Morla, Alberto Ruiz
Producer: Sara Domínguez Lopez
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sara Monge, Alvaro De Siria
Sound: Ángel Rojas
Editor: Miguel Ariza
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
When time seems suspended, young people meet in the forest.
ECAM (The Madrid Film School) Spain 7
59-64 SEE YOU TOMORROW
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Kevin Biele, Mattea Steffens
Director: Kevin Biele
Producer: Anna Weber
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kim Hausner
Sound: Mattea Steffens
Editor: Mattea Steffens
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Nick and Michi are inseparable friends. As they roam the streets and meadows of their neighborhood every day, they take in their surroundings, talk about school and memories, and keep silent. But when Michi surprises Nick with unexpected news, they try to suppress it in their own way.
ifs internationale filmschule köln Germany 7
59-64 TEENAGER PARTY
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Violetta Vigh
Director: Violetta Vigh
Producer: Violetta Vigh
Animator: n/a
DOP: Violetta Vigh
Sound: Violetta Vigh
Editor: Violetta Vigh
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The film tells the story and cultural impact of the famous music programme called Teenager Party, which was broadcasted by Radio Free Europe (RFE) from München to young people living behind the Iron Curtain. Young Hungarians requested different songs via letter, from disc-jockey László Cseke.
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) Hungary 7
59-64 THE WET, THE WILD AND THE WONDROUS
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Brandon Raeburn Josh
Director: Brandon Raeburn Josh
Producer: Toh Yi Shien
Animator: Sheryl Chua, Dion Chew
DOP: Kuek Ying Ting Sophia
Sound: Lim Wen Fang Christel
Editor: Lim Wen Fang Christel
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
What makes wet markets — seemingly mundane grocery shopping venues — so important to Singapore's national identity? The Wet, the Wild and the Wondrous is a multi-sensory journey through these special spaces that seeks to uncover the answer to this question. Through a granular exploration of the architectural, sociological, economic facets of wet markets, the film draws attention to hidden and often-missed details that give wet markets their unique character. The Wet, the Wild and the Wondrous is also a love letter to the colourful individuals who breathe life into the wet markets that they call home.
Nanyang Technological University Singapore 7
65-68 EAST OF THE RIVER
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Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Phil Bouknight and Amin El Siwi
Director: Amin El Siwi and Phil Bouknight
Producer: Phil Bouknight and Amin El Siwi
Animator: n/a
DOP: Amin El Siwi
Sound: Amin El Siwi
Editor: Amin El Siwi
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
East of the River tells the story of Kenilworth Park, in northeast Washington DC, which starts with the tragic death of a seven-year-old boy named Kelvin Mock whose sacrifice shaped the future of the Kenilworth Community.
American University United States 6
65-68 P IS FOR PARADISE
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Nina Caprice
Producer: Rosie Wright
Animator: Amy Glazer
DOP: Elison Bartolomeu
Sound: Cee J Ward, Chris Sharland
Editor: Craig Schwartz
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A father and a daughter embark on a journey to the past, eager to relive the now fading memories after a life threatening diagnosis. A documentary about fear of loss and the director's family experience with it.
Bournemouth Film School (AUB) United Kingdom 6
65-68 THE PICTURES INSIDE MY MIND
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Details:

Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Beatriz Amado, Matthew Houston-Oakley
Director: Beatriz Amado
Producer: Michaela Whittle
Animator: n/a
DOP: Matthew Houston-Oakley
Sound: Cristóvão Marques
Editor: Matthew Houston-Oakley
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A short documentary about an institutionalised man with schizophrenia who uses filmmaking to manage his delusions.
University of Hertfordshire United Kingdom 6
65-68 THE WONDERFUL PAIN OF THE WILD BROOM
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Details:

Length: 22'
Screenwriter: Olivia G. Calcaterra
Director: Olivia G. Calcaterra
Producer: : ECAL & PicFilm
Animator: n/a
DOP: Loris Theurillat
Sound: Vittorio Castellano
Editor: Atef Maslah
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
In the desert of southern Spain, a film designed to bring together animal and human emotions through the trauma of abandonment.
Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL) Switzerland 6
69-74 BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE STARS
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Adheep Das
Director: Adheep Das
Producer: Film & Television Institute Of India, Pune, India
Animator: n/a
DOP: Prasad Vedvikhyat
Sound: Shivpal Singh Kang
Editor: Nawas Ali
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A film about an investigation of knowledge through the Earth, the Sky, and the people living between them. A 3 part film, exploring what is up, what is down, and what is in-between. A combination of textural, animated, and live action sequences attempting to place a human being in between the sky and the earth.
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) India 5
69-74 DISTANT STUDENTS
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Genco Güney lzmirli
Director: Genco Güney lzmirli
Producer: Genco Güney lzmirli
Animator: Genco Güney lzmirli
DOP: Genco Güney lzmirli
Sound: Genco Güney lzmirli
Editor: Genco Güney lzmirli
Production Designer : Genco Güney lzmirli
Synopsis:
The documentary tells about the housing problems experienced by the students coming from outside the city to study at the University in Turkey.
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) Turkey 5
69-74 GUARDIANS
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Minerva Navasca
Director: Minerva Navasca
Producer: Brianne Harvey
Animator: n/a
DOP: Samantha Stevenson
Sound: Madison Bolton, Jesse Thompson
Editor: Eric Genier
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
On a dark walk home, a girl calls her loved ones to protect her from potential perils she grew up fearing.
Sheridan College Canada 5
69-74 ON MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN TIMES OF INJUSTICE
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Details:

Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Talia Jawitz
Director: Talia Jawitz
Producer: Médiadiffusion
Animator: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: Guillaume Lion
Editor: Talia Jawitz
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Through an epistolary exchange, Merle revisits her past as an anti-Apartheid activist that separated her from her mother forever. Today, from her privileged life in South Africa, she tries to maintain links with her own daughter.
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) Belgium 5
69-74 PERO
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Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Sara Alavanić
Director: Sara Alavanić
Producer: Noa Nikolić
Animator: n/a
DOP: lvor Pondelak, Eva šustar, Luka Stjepanović
Sound: Stjepan Hren
Editor: Stjepan Hren
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
30-year-old Pero goes from garage to garage and tries to go drifting. Even with his mom, he has nothing else to talk about. Pero spends his days trying to live his dream - fry tires.
Academy of Dramatic Art Zagreb (ADU) Croatia 5
69-74 THE NIGHT RAVENS
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Length: 14'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Anna De Wit
Producer: Ingrid Bakke
Animator: n/a
DOP: Marcus Brochmann
Sound: Aydin Yilmaz
Editor: Eirik Nilsen
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A portrait of The Night ravens and their work in the streets of Oslo.
Westerdals Department of Film and Media School of Arts, Design and Media, Kristiania University College Norway 5
75-77 KICKING OFF THE JAM
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Length: 14'
Screenwriter: Isabella Poynter-Symonds
Director: Isabella Poynter-Symonds
Producer: Isabella Poynter-Symonds
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ian Tamawidjaja
Sound: Seth Li
Editor: Isabella Poynter-Symonds
Production Designer : Matilda Poynter-Symonds
Synopsis:
In a world where sport has become the focus of the gender identity debate, this short documentary, featuring players from Sydney’s thriving Roller Derby scene, examines how this fast moving, aggressive full contact sport has fostered inclusiveness and become unlikely safe space for women and queer identifying people.
University of Technology, Sydney Australia 4
75-77 MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER
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Length: 12'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Flo Singer
Producer: Flo Singer
Animator: Ben Kieda
DOP: Emma Barda
Sound: Michael Cullen
Editor: Flo Singer
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Two half-siblings meet for the first time in adulthood after years of separation.
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts United States 4
75-77 WHERE ARE YOU NOW
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Details:

Length: 19'
Screenwriter: Schuyler Tan Jun Kai
Director: Tai Binquan, Lim Hok Lye
Producer: Tan En Dian
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hazman Syahmi B Sukarji
Sound: Teng Wei Heng, Mario
Editor: Teng Wei Heng, Mario
Production Designer : Casey Lim Yu Xuan
Synopsis:
The lives of a father and his three boys are thrown into disarray after their mother suffers a stroke. As the family struggles to cope with the sudden tragedy, they hope against all hope for her recovery.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies Singapore 4
78-82 BENTUGUESE
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Length: 16'
Screenwriter: Sofia da Costa
Director: Daniel Borga
Producer: Ivone Gradim
Animator: n/a
DOP: Inês Seabra
Sound: Guilherme Capa, Ana Meneses
Editor: Catarina Fonseca
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
After school, a group of children talk about their dreams, while time-travelling to them. In the meantime, they play and grow in the headquarters of a community outreach project.
Lisbon Theatre and Film School (ESTC) Portugal 3
78-82 OUR LANGUAGE
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Details:

Length: 15'
Screenwriter: N/A
Director: Mila Lewis
Producer: Mila Lewis
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mila Lewis
Sound: N/A
Editor: Sommer Parry
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The film is a documentary about a family living around Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Falmouth University United Kingdom 3
78-82 OUT OF THE DARKNESS
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Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Nabih Ghani, Matthew Le, Kavya Mohan
Director: n/a
Producer: Brett Levner
Animator: n/a
DOP: Ahmad abu-Shamma, Aaron Butwinick, Andrew DeNatale, Bryanna Grijalva-Enriquez, Katerina Koytecheva
Sound: Adrian Montenegro, Tanvi Bhagat
Editor: Treyvon Burch, Faith Nordstrom, Courtney Parkinson
Production Designer : Emilia Trejo
Synopsis:
The story of artists and musicians who kept hope alive in NYC after the 9/11 tragedy.
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) United States 3
78-82 RIGS TO REEFS
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Length: 12'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Callie Mejia
Producer: Callie Mejia
Animator: Abbey Wineglass
DOP: Justin Whittingham
Sound: Callie Mejia
Editor: Henry Van Zytveld
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Two marine biologists share their research surrounding the underwater ecosystems growing and living on the offshore oil rigs in California.
Loyola Marymount University / School of Film and Television (LMU) United States 3
78-82 TIME MACHINE
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Details:

Length: 13'
Screenwriter: Omri Morin
Director: Omri Morin
Producer: Omri Morin
Animator: n/a
DOP: Omri Morin
Sound: n/a
Editor: Omri Morin
Production Designer : Omri Morin
Synopsis:
This is an essay film that fallows the life of Tzipora David, a photographer and my grandfather's grandmother. Through the story of her life I search for a reason to continue photographing in a world that in a few keystrokes I can create as I wish.
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) Israel 3
83-88 FLATLAND VERTIGO
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Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Moana Son et Hugo Willocq
Director: Moana Son et Hugo Willocq
Producer: INSAS
Animator: n/a
DOP: Hugo Willocq
Sound: Louis Rieu
Editor: Louis Rieu
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A priest and an 80-year-old German woman carry on with their lives amidst the ruins of rural northern Czechia - a land violently bereft of its faith and Germanic population in the wake of WW2.
INSAS Belgium 2
83-88 GONE WITH THE WINDMILL
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Sılanur Şenol
Director: Sılanur Şenol
Producer: Mert Cümert (Line Producer)
Animator: n/a
DOP: Çağlar Atav
Sound: Çağlar Atav
Editor: Çağlar Atav
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Windmills split a village inhabitants into two parts and unrest reigns.
Yasar University Faculty of Communications Turkey 2
83-88 I DON'T CARE
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Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Marinela Prifti
Director: Marinela Prifti
Producer: Eol Çashku
Animator: n/a
DOP: Kristi Çifçi
Sound: Artur Mançia, Emiljano Hajdari
Editor: Sandrino Hadëri, Kristi Çifçi
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Nikol, 19 years-old, uploads videos online in which she tries to teach how to do common stuff using only one hand. Her videos always receive negative comments which really affect her but she tries her best to brush them off.
Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi (AFMM) Albania 2
83-88 NOTES ON PERSEVERANCE
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Length: 5'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Neo Monyamane
Producer: Lemi Mwaniki, Khaya Thambisa
Animator: n/a
DOP: Khaya Thambisa, Neo Monyamane
Sound: Lemi Mwaniki
Editor: Neo Monyamane , Shannon-Leigh Moses , Bogoshi Rabatseta
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A reflective township journey through a day in the life of Ma’ Vilikazi ,a street vendor from Kagiso South Africa.
Wits School of Arts / Division of Film & Television (WSOA) South Africa 2
83-88 SCAR TISSUE
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Details:

Length: 11'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Sam Dobedoe
Producer: Jo Prescott
DOP: Sam Dobedoe
Sound: Chloe Parfitt
Editor: Sam Dobedoe
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
As a child, Jonathan had major verbal incapabilities, was diagnosed with ADHD and bullied for it. Now he’s a Personal Trainer, has a 27k Tik-Tok following, and is looking for salvation in the boxing ring and in God.
University of South Wales United Kingdom 2
83-88 THE BULL
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Details:

Length: 24
Screenwriter: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir
Director: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir
Producer: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir, Sigurður I. Björnsson
Animator: n/a
DOP: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir Halldór Gunnar Halfdansson
Sound: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir
Editor: Helga Dís Halfdanardóttir
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Tarfurinn is a portrait documentary about Vidir Tarfur Porgeirsson "The Bull" who is a founding member of Outlaws MC in Iceland. The Bull gives us a glimpse into his story, his upbringing and numerous adventures in life and where he stands today.
Icelandic Film School (IFS) Iceland 2
89-91 AT TIMES, IT IS BETTER NOT TO MOVE
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Details:

Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Grecit Juliana Uribe Gamboa
Director: Grecit Juliana Uribe Gamboa
Producer: Grecit Juliana Uribe Gamboa
Animator: Colour Designer: Jonathan Beltran Herrera.
DOP: Grecit Juliana Uribe Gamboa
Sound: Alejandra Bernal
Editor: Grecit Juliana Uribe Gamboa
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
My family’s photo albums recorded how my father progressively disappeared from our lives as I began to appear. The impossibility of a journey and the need to build the image of someone absent are the scenario in which I undertake my journey of searching through memory.
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) Colombia 1
89-91 DEAR ZANNI
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Details:

Length: 29'
Screenwriter: Thomas Marciano
Director: Thomas Marciano
Producer: Ivet Castelo
Animator: n/a
DOP: Benjamin Pieber
Sound: Alessio Bertoldi
Editor: Melanie Schmidt
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Zanni suffers from memory loss. Many things disappear into oblivion. With the support of his seven siblings and Blaza, his caregiver, he lives life one thought at a time. Moments get lost, but feelings remain, even if he can't remember them.
Film Academy Vienna (UMDK) Austria 1
89-91 DIGGIN'
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Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Antoine Morency-Duplantie
Director: Antoine Morency-Duplantie
Producer: Jonathan De Aguas
Animator: n/a
DOP: Jérémie Ekker-Lambert
Sound: Bastien Blanche
Editor: Hugo Leblanc
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Amidst the clutter and dust of a warehouse owned by a mysterious Russian, Diggin' tells the story of three vinyl collectors who are on the hunt for rare gems.
University of Québec Montréal / School of Media (UQAM) Canada 1
92-99 ANATOMY OF HYPOMANIA
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Length: 30'
Screenwriter: Mina Vavan
Director: Mina Vavan
Producer: Les Ateliers Varan
Animator: n/a
DOP: Mina Vavan
Sound: n/a
Editor: Goran Mijić
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The portrait of a retired professor of anatomy, who has dedicated his life to his work, between his research on the brain and the daily problems of life in a laboratory.
Ateliers Varan France 0
92-99 BENEDIKSYON//BENDICION
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Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Paolo Cesti
Director: Paolo Cesti
Producer: Paolo Cesti
Animator: n/a
DOP: Amber Perez
Sound: Paolo Cesti
Editor: Paolo Cesti
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Two immigrant men reflect on their religious beliefs, past experiences and memories, from displacement in their native countries to finding home in America through religion.
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) United States 0
92-99 BONDS OF FREEDOM
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Details:

Length: 24'
Screenwriter: Tomáš Kubeček
Director: Tomáš Kubeček
Producer: Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Jana Mlčochová
Animator: n/a
DOP: Filip Neřold
Sound: Anna-Marie Müllerová
Editor: Martin Pekárik
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Bonds of Freedom is an anthropological reflection on the various forms of the bonds of society. Through this lens, time-lapse montage and visual metaphors, the film explores the milieu of mushers, dog sled riders.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) Czech Republic 0
92-99 MARTYR, WITNESSED
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Details:

Length: 15'
Screenwriter: Tara Khazen
Director: Tara Khazen
Producer: Tara Khazen
Animator: n/a
DOP: Tara Khazen
Sound: Wadih Tohme, Charbel Habr, Fadi Tabbal
Editor: Tadeo Boustany
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
In the midst of a city's relentless movement, one may struggle to preserve a constancy of personal identity. Tara is a young filmmaker living in the vibrant city of Beirut. Struggling to define her identity, she takes to the streets and attempts reaffirm her unique and collective identity with captured sceneries and conversations with her parents and strangers.
ALBA Lebanon 0
92-99 PANAME PAPERS
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Length: 12'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Julie Songhi Deguine, Manel Mkadi, Bainan Li, Hadrien Jail, Valentin Peyrolle
Producer: Jérôme Enrico
Animator: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: Chadi Hjij
Editor: Hannah Louise Magimem
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
We follow Xi Wei, Chinese immigrant in Paris, who struggle with the administrative formalities to get a resident permit.
Ecole Supérieure d'études Cinématographiques (ESEC) France 0
92-99 SPECIAL PEOPLE
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Details:

Length: 12'
Screenwriter: Ulyana Gerasimova
Director: Ulyana Gerasimova
Producer: Polina Tolcheeva
Animator: n/a
DOP: Zarina Davletshina
Sound: n/a
Editor: Ulyana Gerasimova
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The story of a Dutchman who devoted his life to creating a whole village for special people in the Smolensk region. Remco Van der Plaat helps the wards to live a full life, and reveals their features from a completely different side.
GITR FILM & TELEVISION SCHOOL Russia 0
92-99 THE LAND SPEAKS
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Details:

Length: 20'
Screenwriter: Gaia Mitting
Director: Gaia Mitting
Producer: Harriett Bothroyd
Animator: n/a
DOP: Erin McMahon
Sound: Gaia Mitting, Erin McMahon
Editor: Gaia Mitting
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Pairrebeene/Trawlwoolway artist Lisa Kennedy and Environmentalist/Educator Bryan Watterson unpack their feelings of connection to their property in Toora, South Gippsland which they have been listening to and returning to a state of biodiversity for the past 20 years.
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) Australia 0
92-99 THROUGN THE GAZE OF THE COCKFIGHTER
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Iván Horton
Director: Iván Horton
Producer: Sergio Saravia
Animator: n/a
DOP: Sebastián Morales
Sound: Juan Antonio Fallas
Editor: Sebastián Morales
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
In Costa Rica, cockfighting is considered a crime and has been banned fot 99 years. We will get to know the other side of the coin Through the eyes of the Cockfighter.
School of Image - Veritas University Costa Rica 0


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Place Title School Country Points
1 FRIENDLY FIRE
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Tom Koryto Blumen
Director: Tom Koryto Blumen
Producer: Tom Koryto Blumen
Animation: Tom Koryto Blumen
DOP: Tom Koryto Blumen
Sound: Nitzan Posti Rom, Danny Koryto
Editor: Tom Koryto Blumen
Production Designer : Tom Koryto Blumen
Synopsis:
Next to the West Bank barrier, a soccer game between an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian boy deteriorates into an unequal battle. Each frame was physically painted on the wall.
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem (BAAD) Israel 106
2 CURIOSA
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Details:

Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Tessa Moult-Milewska, Matthew Dicky
Director: Tessa Moult-Milewska
Producer: Sychelle Kristina-Yanda
Animation: Ollie Griffiths
DOP: Rob O’Kelly
Sound: Alexander Huebner
Editor: Giorgia Zarantonello
Production Designer : Sehar Kidwai
Synopsis:
Overly curious Mary climbs into her boyfriend's head in search of answers.
National FIlm and Television School (NFTS) United Kingdom 100
3 THE MOST BORING GRANNY IN THE WHOLE WORLD
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Manuel Ostwald
Director: Damaris Zielke
Producer: Jiayan Chen
Animation: Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Tanja Gruber, Patrik Knittel, Sarah Schulz, Laura Staab, Lukas von Berg, Damaris Zielke
DOP: Michael Throne
Sound: Maximilian Hartstang, Marieke Czogalla
Editor: Damaris Zielke
Production Designer : Anna Vehres
Synopsis:
Greta has the most boring grandma in the whole world. When she falls asleep on the sofa, Greta gets the idea, to play funeral with her grandma. This confronts them with some questions they didn’t ask themselves before.
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg (FABW) Germany 88
4 CARP XMASS
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Anna Heribanová
Director: Anna Heribanová
Producer: Tomáš Šimon (FAMU), Anika Homolová
Animation: Anna Heribanová
DOP: Martin Šafus, Tomáš Kotas
Sound: Martin Khun
Editor: Anna Heribanová, Martin Šafus
Production Designer : Anna Heribanová
Synopsis:
Once upon a time in a small village in a far-away, carps are preparing for the Christmas eve - peaceful and happy as required by the traditions. But Christmas has failed to meet these values long time ago. They have become the peak of the year-round consumption and there are some who may lose their lives in the honor of these sacred days.
Film and Television School / Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) Czech Republic 85
5 PENTOLA
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Leo Černic
Director: Leo Černic
Producer: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Animation: Leo Černic
DOP: n/a
Sound: ZeroDB Studio
Editor: Leo Černic
Production Designer : Leo Černic
Synopsis:
“It’s not so easy to be a hero. But you, Pentola... You are my superhero.”
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) Italy 64
6 ASHES OF TIME
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: He Xinpeng
Director: He Xinpeng
Producer: He Xinpeng, Li Minghao, Yang Xiaoting, Wang Kaicheng, Liu Bowen, Li Jiahang
Animation: He Xinpeng, Li Minghao, Yang Xiaoting
DOP: Guo Ruoxi
Sound: Gao Bichan, Han Yang
Editor: Wang Kaicheng, He Xinpeng
Production Designer : He Xinpeng
Synopsis:
Xiao Zhong returns to the old house that is about to be demolished, and accidentally finds a notebook used by his father before his death, which actually carries the warmest memories in the heart of his father who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) China 56
7-8 THIS WILL NOT BE A FESTIVAL FILM
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Julia Orlik
Director: Julia Orlik
Producer: Agata Golańska / The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
Animation: Julia Orlik
DOP: Julia Orlik
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Editor: Aleksandra Rosset
Production Designer : Julia Orlik
Synopsis:
A tale of a girl who studied animation and spent four years without a day of holidays. An animated short about a film school student who is working on her graduation film.
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTViT) Poland 47
7-8 VISIONER
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Bulavkin Vsevolod
Director: Bulavkin Vsevolod
Producer: Bulavkin Vsevolod
Animation: Alina Krasnovskaya, Vitaly Abramovsky
DOP: n/a
Sound: Gleb Bespoyasny
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Once a man living in the medieval Netherlands discovers that he is possessed. Will Hieronymus have the strength to fight the delusion or will he succumb to the hellish temptation?
Russian State University of Сinematography n.a. S.Gerasimov VGIK Russia 47
9 CLEAN AID
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
Director: Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
Producer: Katharina Hein
Animation: Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
DOP: Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
Sound: Andreas Goldbrunner, Rodolfo Anes Silveira
Editor: Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
Production Designer : Valentin Dittlmann, Hannes Werner, Felix Zachau
Synopsis:
A garbage-collecting robot on two wheels rolls through the city streets at night. It is controlled by an elderly woman who, during her dull work, is reminded of her youthful ease by a unexpected encounter.
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) Germany 42
10 FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYES
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Domonkos Erhardt
Director: Domonkos Erhardt
Producer: József Fülöp
Animation: Ádám Molnár, Ádám Virágh, Bálint Halasi, Domonkos Erhardt, Dániel Bárány, Kornél Pittmann, Péter Bogyó, Zoltán Reindl
DOP: n/a
Sound: Mátyás Tóth
Editor: Judit Czakó
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
The short-film depicts the moment when two strangers’ lives entangle for a brief second when their eyes meet.
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) Hungary 37
11 WATER
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Triparna Maity
Director: Triparna Maity
Producer: SRFTI
Animation: Triparna Maity
DOP: n/a
Sound: Triparna Maity
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : Triparna Maity
Synopsis:
It is a story of a demon named Neerbhukhi who wishes to live like a human. But the villagers believe that their village, Barreshire is cursed with dearth of water due to Neerbhukhi, and outcast her. While she sadly longs to befriend them, she witnesses her effigy burnt as part of a sacrificing ritual. In one such ritual, as the villagers’ parade to pray for water, a fairy appears out of the darkness. She plays flute and enchants the whole forest with her melodious music until her fairy mask falls off and the disguised Neerbhukhi gets revealed. Chased and humiliated, Neerbhukhi hides in a dry, abandoned well where she weeps her heart out. Her tears flood the well and gush out into waterfalls flooding the rivers. Ever since the village has been blessed with water while it is believed that the demon is still crying inside the well.
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) India 35
12 I WAS ATTACKED
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Sara Massieu
Director: Sara Massieu
Producer: Sara Massieu
Animation: Sara Massieu
DOP: n/a
Sound: Niru
Editor: Sara Massieu
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
No matter who we are or where we are from, we are not safe, we have been attacked. Gender-based violence is still a world wide contemporary problem. Women’s voices need to be heard. But really, why?
London College of Communication United Kingdom 33
13 THE LEAK
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Paola Cubillos
Director: Paola Cubillos
Producer: Paola Cubillos
Animation: Paola Cubillos
DOP: Paola Cubillos
Sound: Arzu Saglam
Editor: Paola Cubillos
Production Designer : Paola Cubillos
Synopsis:
Teresa lives in an apartment, a closed space that absorbs her as much as it shelters her. She is occupied with domestic chores that she performs in a conscious and meticulous manner. The quietness seems imperiled as the sound of a leak irrupts in the apartment leading her to a necessary encounter.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts / University College Ghent (KASK) Belgium 30
14 PIROUETTE
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Details:

Length: 3'
Screenwriter: Ciara Borgards
Director: Ciara Borgards
Producer: Ciara Borgards
Animation: Niklas Lipski
DOP: Niklas Lipski
Sound: Niklas Lipski
Editor: Niklas Lipski
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A metal ballerina is standing on a turning platform supported by a frame inside a music box. But suddenly her support breaks, her music box closes and the ballerina finds herself in a strange world.
ifs internationale filmschule köln Germany 24
15 THE SMALL MAKINGS OF THE STORM
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Avery Angle
Director: Avery Angle
Producer: IADT
Animation: Avery Angle
DOP: n/a
Sound: Avery Angle
Editor: Avery Angle
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
From the rising mists to billowing clouds, water weaves its way through every environment leaving an impression on even the smallest of creatures. Expanding to loftier heights, these drops of water begin to transform into something far more commanding – a force of nature.
National Film School / Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) Ireland 23
16 STUCK IN AISLE 5
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Director: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Producer: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Animation: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
DOP: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Sound: Jordan Shue
Editor: Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Production Designer : Yean Chong, Madelaine Habil
Synopsis:
Long into the day, Rory works hard to survive another shift in the department store. But when a clumsy frog pushes her to the point of exhaustion, she is taught to stop and appreciate the small moments in life.
University of Technology, Sydney Australia 22
17 REGENERATE
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Details:

Length: 3'
Screenwriter: Ana Eugenia Pacheco Castro
Director: Brenda Solano Quirós
Producer: Ana Eugenia Pacheco Castro
Animation: Ana Eugenia Pacheco Castro y Brenda Solano Quirós
DOP: n/a
Sound: Eve Chaves Cordero
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : Felipe Vargas Blanco
Synopsis:
A clay doll likes to dance ballet but she compares herself with a stylized ballerina. She discovers that a candle flame softens her, for which reason she remodels herself to look like the ballerina but, she is never satisfied with her appearance and will end up melting in her attempt.
School of Image - Veritas University Costa Rica 20
18-19 COSMIC SHIT
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Elias Cheyroux
Director: Elias Cheyroux
Producer: Jose Revault, Nathalie Curutchet
Animation: Camille Corbel
DOP: n/a
Sound: n/a
Editor: Axel Chemin
Production Designer : Camille Corbel
Synopsis:
A surreal tale about a world threatened with extinction by a giant turd.
La Fémis France 16
18-19 IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Chen, Yi Shiuan
Director: Chen, Yi Shiuan
Producer: Chen, Yi Shiuan
Animation: Chen, Yi Shiuan, LI, Cheng
DOP: Chen, Yi Shiuan
Sound: Hei-Shaun Liang, Gaun-Yu Chen
Editor: Chen, Yi Shiuan
Production Designer : Chen, Yi Shiuan
Synopsis:
In the year of 2066, the nuclear apocalypse has brought humankind to the brink of extinction. However, in this isolated town, unaware of what has happened to the world, it seems to be the utmost priority to protect the sacrificial old hen.
National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) Taiwan 16
20-21 SONATA
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Madison Crisp, Hailey Hudson
Director: Madison Crisp, Abby Davenport, Fern Singleton, Vic Sosa
Producer: Robert Mageau, Hailey Hudson
Animation: Madison Crisp, Abby Davenport, Fern Singleton, Vic Sosa
DOP: n/a
Sound: Lyric Abbott
Editor: Lyric Abbott
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
When a blackout derails a young man’s plans for the perfect first date, he must navigate his nerves, the heat, and a mischievous gang of shadows if he has any hope of connecting with the girl of his dreams.
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) United States 15
20-21 VOLK
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: De Boisseuil, Malo
Director: De Boisseuil, Malo
Producer: ENSAV
Animation: Charbel Taouk
DOP: De Boisseuil, Malo
Sound: Nesprias Eneko
Editor: Pagotto Adrien
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
...A lonely old Hunter is convinced that the Wolf wants him dead.
ENSAV France 15
22-23 DYING TO DEFROST
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Director: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Producer: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Animation: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
DOP: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Sound: Jonas Schusselin
Editor: Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Production Designer : Heather Ann Abeyasekera
Synopsis:
An old vampire, who is tired of the cold, seeks the warmth of being a human, and so gets ready to progress into the final stage of her life.
Nanyang Technological University Singapore 14
22-23 HLX CNFLGRTN
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Director: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Producer: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Animation: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval), NaN (Camilo Molina)
DOP: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Sound: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Editor: Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Production Designer : Bonnie B. (Julian Sandoval)
Synopsis:
N HLX, JST CNFLGRTN is an experimental animation that aims for a reinterpretation of Film expressionism as a medium for transmitting emotional tension before ideas. the film is inspired by the violent strikes that took place in Colombia in april of 2021.
Escuela de Cine y Televisión / UNAL (ECYTV) Colombia 14
24-27 PETE & DAVE TO THE RESCUE
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Details:

Length: 17'
Screenwriter: Teng Wei Heng, Mario
Director: Teng Wei Heng, Mario, Tan En Dian
Producer: Tan En Dian
Animation: Tan En Dian, Schuyler Tan Jun Kai
DOP: Lim Hok Lye
Sound: Schuyler Tan Jun Kai
Editor: Hazman Syahmi
Production Designer : Casey Lim Yu Xuan
Synopsis:
In a galaxy far, far away, a village idiot and his reluctant buddy embark on a foolhardy quest to rescue a workplace crush before she falls into enemy hands.
Ngee Ann Polytechnic / School of Film & Media Studies Singapore 13
24-27 THE THRESOLD
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Nicolò Tonani
Director: Nicolò Tonani, Simone Colombo, Sofia Gasparetti
Producer: Nicolò Tonani
Animation: Nicolò Tonani, Simone Colombo, Sofia Gasparetti
DOP: Federico Di Maria
Sound: Nicolò Cristiani
Editor: Nicolò Tonani
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A serial killer, taking refuge in a hotel after being identified by the police, faces his inner demon, a bloodthirsty snake who reclaims a new victim. The tempting reptile try to persuade the man to reap another soul making him faces the trauma that made him a ruthless killer. An unpredictable outcomes’ fight blows up.
Milan City Film School Luchino Visconti (MCSC) Italy 13
24-27 WALD
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Details:

Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Jeremy Scheidt
Director: Christian Groen
Producer: Mark Arditi
Animation: Christian Groen
DOP: n/a
Sound: Ethan Hammock
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Wald, a monk who lives in the distant future, whilst scavenging in the desolate wastelands gains and loses his first friend. Facing the endless cycle of rebirth and destruction.
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts United States 13
24-27 WHY DO I LOOK AT THE SKY?
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Details:

Length: 10'
Screenwriter: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Director: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Producer: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Animation: Rocío Milagros Collazo
DOP: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Sound: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Editor: Rocío Milagros Collazo
Production Designer : Rocío Milagros Collazo
Synopsis:
A 9-year-old girl, exploring the sky with a peculiar telescope, finds an unknown planet where dead people end up, including her beloved grandpa, who recently passed away.
Universidad de Buenos Aires / Diseño de Imagen y Sonido FADU (UBA) Argentina 13
28-29 CLOUDED
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Molemo Moalosi, Nkosingiphile Ndelu.
Director: Molemo Moalosi, Nkosingiphile Ndelu.
Producer: Imké Megan Arries
Animation: Molemo Moalosi, Nkosingiphile Ndelu
DOP: Molemo Moalosi, Nkosingiphile Ndelu
Sound: Lonwabo Meko
Editor: Onkabetswe Mpye
Production Designer : Molemo Moalosi, Nkosingiphile Ndelu
Synopsis:
A therapist experiencing loss, inadequacy, and grief encounters his younger self, the source of all his suffering. They attend therapy together and go on a mind-bending journey. They ultimately close their therapy session by realizing that the will to live is based not just on them but also on the ones they leave behind
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA) South Africa 12
28-29 SUNSET SINGERS
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Details:

Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Jessica Poon
Director: Jessica Poon
Producer: Jessica Poon
Animation: Jessica Poon, Jiha Jeon, Dian Liang, Sangeun Song, Daniele Piscitello, Sylwia Szkiladz, Jane Kim, Bela Bulgakova, Eunjin Park, Qimeng Sun, Zilai Feng
DOP: Jessica Poon
Sound: Hui-Cheng Chung/ Lan-Ting Hsu
Editor: Jessica Poon
Production Designer : Jessica Poon, Sylwia Szkiladz, Zilai Feng
Synopsis:
The retired Hong Kong couple, Long and Sophie, are amateur singers. While Sophie arrives early at the performance and gets herself prepared, Long is caught up in the subway by an unexpected circumstance.
Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) Germany 12
30 PARACHUTIST
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Details:

Length: 8'
Screenwriter: Daniel Ambaya
Director: Daniel Ambaya
Producer: Itzik Rivkin
Animation: Daniel Ambaya
DOP: Shani Steiner
Sound: Omri Cohen
Editor: Daniel Ambaya
Production Designer : Ofir Gandelman
Synopsis:
The film depicts the life of a downtrodden Ethiopian immigrant family through the eyes of the young boy Eli, who tries to live out his dream of becoming a parachutist by playing with plastic bags.
School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College Israel 10
31-33 GOING POTATO
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Jonas Callebert
Director: Jonas Callebert
Producer: RITCS
Animation: Jonas Callebert
DOP: Jonas Callebert
Sound: Benjamin De Laet
Editor: Jonas Callebert
Production Designer : Jonas Callebert
Synopsis:
Hammie, an adorable hamster, finds himself in a pink nursery where there is really nothing to do. He embarks on an escape from his cage, but suddenly in the door is a strange, mismatched fattening man from another world. This one eventually helps hammie escape in a much more spectacular, violent and unnecessary way using a screen and an ecological music video.
Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) Belgium 8
31-33 PERFECT CITY: THE MOTHER
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Shengwei Zhou
Director: Shengwei Zhou
Producer: Lei Wang, Shengwei Zhou
Animation: Shengwei Zhou
DOP: Shengwei Zhou, Xiaoqian Zhu
Sound: Runqi Wang
Editor: Shengwei Zhou
Production Designer : Shengwei Zhou
Synopsis:
A wooden mother tries to carve her root baby into perfect human doll under the lure from Perfect product.
University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (USC) United States 8
31-33 UNFAMILIAR MEMORIES
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Serhat Şen
Director: Serhat Şen
Producer: Serhat Şen
Animation: Serhat Şen
DOP: Serhat Şen
Sound: Serhat Şen
Editor: Serhat Şen
Production Designer : Serhat Şen
Synopsis:
A little girl finds herself in a completely dark room, except for the spotlight that follows her. Parts of the room lit up when she interacts with certain objects. With each part of the room uncovering, she starts learning about the person living in it and also herself.
Maltepe University - Faculty of Fine Arts Turkey 8
34-36 DELIVERY BOX
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Emily Li
Director: Emily Li
Producer: Andrew Listiandi Juwono
Animation: Gabriele Green, Alana Goldab, Rachel O’Donovan
DOP: n/a
Sound: Josh Hall, Paul Van Nimwegen
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : Ashish Rana, Alana Goldab, Rachel O’Donovan, Stella Sutan Lie
Synopsis:
A man leaves his mundane life behind and embarks on a life-changing adventure after a magical delivery box arrives on his doorstep.
Swinburne School of Film and Television (SSFT) Australia 7
34-36 DROPLET
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Details:

Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Hayrettin Söker
Director: Hayrettin Söker
Producer: Hayrettin Söker
Animation: Hayrettin Söker
DOP: Hayrettin Söker
Sound: Hayrettin Söker
Editor: Hayrettin Söker
Production Designer : Hayrettin Söker
Synopsis:
A droplet falls on the train and comes to life. He meets another droplet. After some events in the train , one of the droplets falls from the train, and the other one jumps after her. They fall into the fire and evaporate , then rise together as steam towards the sky.
Istanbul Kultur University (IKU) Turkey 7
34-36 EXISTENCE
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Details:

Length: 2'
Screenwriter: Niko Mlynarčík
Director: Niko Mlynarčík
Producer: Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Animation: Niko Mlynarčík
DOP: Niko Mlynarčík
Sound: Niko Mlynarčík
Editor: Niko Mlynarčík
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
Animated philosophical essay about existence, which exists thanks to a recording by a local philosopher Antonín Dolák.
Tomas Bata University in Zlín / Faculty of Multimedia Communications (TBU) Czech Republic 7
37-41 ANA
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Romana Candráková
Director: Romana Candráková
Producer: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia
Animation: Romana Candráková
DOP: Romana Candráková
Sound: Norbert Kuki
Editor: Samuel Alex Jasaň
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A story abstractly describing the struggle of a young girl with an eating disorder.
Academy of Performing Arts / Film and Television Faculty (VSMU) Slovakia 6
37-41 ANEURYSM
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Details:

Length: 11'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: Sofia Telo
Producer: n/a
Animation: Installation Props: Felipe Luz, João Cabral, João Aguiar
DOP: Interactive System: João Cabral
Sound: Sofia Telo, João Cabral
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A mother tries to talk to her daughter by telephone without success. The messages left on the answering machine reveal the relationship between them.
Universidade Lusófona / Film and Media Arts Department (ULHT) Portugal 6
37-41 SNOWFALL
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Details:

Length: 1'
Screenwriter: Rita Cruz
Director: Rita Cruz
Producer: University of Hertfordshire
Animation: Rita Cruz
DOP: Rita Cruz
Sound: Ross Probert, Jack Topham
Editor: Rita Cruz
Production Designer : Rita Cruz
Synopsis:
A lonely woman is forced to make a new life, somewhere in a European city in the 1920s. She is about to meet a new companion that will change her existence forever.
University of Hertfordshire United Kingdom 6
37-41 SOUNDS OF LEEDS
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Details:

Length: 3'
Screenwriter: n/a
Director: n/a
Producer: n/a
Animation: Jacob Robbins
DOP: n/a
Sound: Luca Procopio
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A psychedelic animation exploring the vibrant sounds and spaces in the city of Leeds.
Northern Film School / Leeds Beckett University (NFS/LBU) United Kingdom 6
37-41 THE FOX AND DUCKS
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Details:

Length: 2'
Screenwriter: Petre Tomadze
Director: Petre Tomadze
Producer: n/a
Animation: Petre Tomadze
DOP: Petre Tomadze
Sound: Petre Tomadze
Editor: Petre Tomadze
Production Designer : Petre Tomadze
Synopsis:
Story about three ducks and the fox.
Theatre and Film Georgia State University (TAFU) Georgia 6
42-43 A PLACE FAR FROM HERE
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Details:

Length: 3'
Screenwriter: César Carrera
Director: César Carrera, Saraí Adán
Producer: José Gutiérrez Razura
Animation: César Carrera, Saraí Adán
DOP: Saraí Adán, César Carrera
Sound: Saraí Adán
Editor: César Carrera, Saraí Adán
Production Designer : Saraí Adán
Synopsis:
Music brings color to a girl´s violent domestic life, but fear remains unavoidable.
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City (IBERO) Mexico 5
42-43 MOBIUS
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Andy Cepollina
Director: Andy Cepollina
Producer: Andy Cepollina
Animation: Andy Cepollina
DOP: n/a
Sound: Anahit Momjian
Editor: Andy Cepollina
Production Designer : Andy Cepollina
Synopsis:
A fateful encounter with a cockroach leads to a journey of transformation and the end of the world.
Loyola Marymount University / School of Film and Television (LMU) United States 5
44-46 DRAIN
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Details:

Length: 7'
Screenwriter: Moira McMahon
Director: Moira McMahon
Producer: Moira McMahon
Animation: Moira McMahon
DOP: n/a
Sound: Moira McMahon
Editor: Moira McMahon
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A scrawny beast named Cower heads north through the husk of a dead city while struggling to manage an abscess on her head.
VCA Film and Television Australia 4
44-46 ONE OF THE VERSIONS
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Details:

Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Michael Shenhav
Director: Michael Shenhav
Producer: Michael Shenhav
Animation: Michael Shenhav (Stop motion)
DOP: Michael Shenhav
Sound: Michael Shenhav
Editor: Michael Shenhav
Production Designer : Michael Shenhav
Synopsis:
My commander in the military called me to his office in the middle of the night. He took out a hand gun from his drawer, loaded it and placed it between us on the table. He ordered me to shoot my own head. By using animation I recreated that night.
Ma'aleh School of Film, Television and the Arts (MAALE) Israel 4
44-46 WAKE UP
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Details:

Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Marie Bracke, Gaston Herbaut
Director: Marie Bracke, Gaston Herbaut
Producer: Médiadiffusion
Animation: Marie Bracke, Gaston Herbaut
DOP: Syivain Mansion
Sound: Florent Gailly
Editor: Marie Bracke, Gaston Herbaut
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A young girl with a penchant for over-consumption is confronted with the problems associated with her iifestyie.
Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) Belgium 4
47-48 SEA SMOKE
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Details:

Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Piper Charron
Director: Piper Charron
Producer: Piper Charron
Animation: Piper Charron
DOP: Piper Charron
Sound: Peter Benson
Editor: Piper Charron
Production Designer : Piper Charron
Synopsis:
A winter storm blows through a small island town.
School of Film and Animation, College of Art and Design, Rochester Institute of Technology United States 2
47-48 THE TRANSPARENT ILLUSION
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Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Edgar Rafael Rodríguez Lara
Director: Edgar Rafael Rodríguez Lara
Producer: Sebastián Hernández Álvarez
Animation: Edgar Rafael Rodríguez Lara
DOP: Dení Martha López Dellamary
Sound: Luis Emilio Cuéllar Cruz, Omeyolotl Raya
Editor: Edgar Rafael Rodríguez Lara
Production Designer : Irma Goretti Castellanos Cisneros
Synopsis:
Gerardo and Joselyn are two teens that hang out on the internet, where they imagine themselves as their ideal versions in a fantastic world. But everything changes for Gerardo when, a few days from his birthday, Joselyn proposes they meet in person.
University of Guadalajara / Image and Sound Department Mexico 2
49-52 BLANKA'S STORY
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Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Isaac Artus, Anna Burrlein
Director: Marta Gensler
Producer: Anna Burrlein
Animation: Marta Gensler, Anna Burrlein, Cordelia Chown, Isaac Artus
DOP: Marta Gensler
Sound: Jessica Gallimore
Editor: Jessica Gallimore
Production Designer : Anna Burrlein
Synopsis:
The serene life of a Jewish family is disrupted by the start of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland. Violence rips the family apart, but hope and tradition perseveres with the two surviving daughters.
Falmouth University United Kingdom 1
49-52 FALSE IDOL
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Length: 3'
Screenwriter: Nico Weaver
Director: Nico Weaver
Producer: Nico Weaver
Animation: Cameron Banker
DOP: Amber Perez
Sound: Paolo Cesti
Editor: Paolo Cesti
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
When a 1930s adventurer breaks into an ancient Himalayan temple, she must weigh her life against her bounty when she awakens the beast inside.
Florida State University / College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU) United States 1
49-52 MEMENTO MORI
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Length: 6'
Screenwriter: Chantal Smith Moraga, Rachel O’Brien
Director: Chantal Smith Moraga
Producer: Rachel O’Brien
Animation: Chantal Smith Moraga, Ella Roberts, Josh Mateo, Lois Van Der Ark, Ellen Moore, Rachel O’Brien, Jessica Carroll, Ella Roberts
DOP: n/a
Sound: Bernard Hobson
Editor: Ella Roberts, Rachel O’Brien, Wade Connolly
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
A journey through the five stages of grief told through experimental stop-motion animation. Memento Mori is an experimental stop-motion film that follows Charlie through his surreal journey through the five stages of grief. After losing his partner, Charlie becomes imprisoned by denial, haunted by the past in bargaining, rampages in anger and sinks into the dark depth of depression. However, Charlie is able to prevail over these trials and emerge on the other side accepting and coming to terms with his loss.
Griffith Film School (GFS) Australia 1
49-52 NUNA
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Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Nahomi Heredia, Alex Cayambe
Director: Alex Cayambe
Producer: Nahomi Heredia
Animation: Gilsson Seraquive, Johan Agual, Mabel Yanchatipán, Alex Cayambe, Kevin Sanguña, Nahomi Heredia, Alisson Chévez, Génesis Yugcha, Eric Orbe Rig: Johan Agual, Mabel Yanchatipán, Génesis Yugcha, Nahomi Heredia
DOP: Johan Agual, Alex Cayambe, Kevin Sanguña
Sound: Mateo Maila
Editor: Gilsson Seraquive, Johan Agual, Mabel Yanchatipán, Alex Cayambe, Kevin Sanguña, Nahomi Heredia, Alisson Chévez, Génesis Yugcha, Eric Orbe Rig: Johan Agual, Mabel Yanchatipán, Génesis Yugcha, Nahomi Heredia
Production Designer : Génesis Yugcha
Synopsis:
A young man insecure of himself seeks to carry out a marriage proposal to the woman he loves, however, he will need much more than just courage to carry out his mission.
Advanced Institute of Film and Acting (INCINE) Ecuador 1
53-57 DIYA
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Length: 4'
Screenwriter: Aroon Khiani
Director: Aroon Khiani
Producer: Sheridan College
Animation: Aroona Khiani
DOP: Aroon Khiani
Sound: Composer:Zak McNeil
Editor: Aroon Khiani
Production Designer : Aroona Khiani
Synopsis:
Indian Canadian girl lights a diya (oil lamp) while visiting her family's home town, but the flame runs away because the girl is too ashamed of its unusual colour to let it shine. The film explores themes of belonging, cultural identity and guilt while showing off the richness and vibrance an Indian festival. Canadian girl lights a diya (oil lamp) while visiting her family's home town, but the flame runs away because the girl is too ashamed of its unusual colour to let it shine. The film explores themes of belonging, cultural identity and guilt while showing off the richness and vibrance an Indian festival.
Sheridan College Canada 0
53-57 FLOW OF THOUGHT
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Length: 1'
Screenwriter: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Director: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Producer: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Animation: Jelisaveta Nikolic
DOP: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Sound: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Editor: Jelisaveta Nikolic
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
An abstract representation of a changing thought, made possible thanks to pen, paper, scanner and insomnia.
Fakultet dramskih umetnosti Serbia 0
53-57 HEADLANDS
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Length: 5'
Screenwriter: Cecelia Clare Meade
Director: n/a
Producer: Cecelia Clare Meade
Animation: n/a
DOP: n/a
Sound: n/a
Editor: n/a
Production Designer : n/a
Synopsis:
An old woman grieving the loss of her childhood visits the coast to complete her labyrinth. In the process, she is mesmerized by the waves and is greeted by her childhood within them. After this journey, she goes back to her home alone, knowing she can’t rewind time.
Emerson College United States 0
53-57 ISOLATION
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Length: 9'
Screenwriter: Georgy Zobov, Egor Merlyak
Director: Georgy Zobov
Producer: CG & Design dept
Animation: Georgy Zobov
DOP: n/a
Sound: Grigory Lukyanov
Editor: Georgy Zobov
Production Designer : Georgy Zobov
Synopsis:
…Surrealistic animated sketch about perception of life and how it should be appreciated as a gift, no matter how hard it may seem. The action takes place in typical dormitory districts of a big Russian city, with its panel houses, roads and endless rows of street lamps illuminating them…
St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPUFT) Russia 0
53-57 TRIXES
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Length: 11'
Screenwriter: Ioanna Digenaki
Director: Ioanna Digenaki
Producer: Ioanna Digenaki
Animation: Ioanna Digenaki
DOP: Ioanna Digenaki
Sound: Eleni Kavouki
Editor: Ioanna Digenaki
Production Designer : Ioanna Digenaki
Synopsis:
A rainy day finds you in a hair salon. Now you will have to decide wether to cut your hair or not. Will a haircut cure your melancholy?
School of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece 0
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