Author: ARFF International

Original Film Title: The Rain Has Passed

Director’s Name: Marina Nikolaevna Edwards

Writer’s Name: Marina Nikolaevna Edwards

Producer: Jon Morris Edwards

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 4 seconds

Film Description:

Brad, a famous artist, grieves the loss of his wife after a tragic accident. He blames himself wishing for only one thing: to have 5 more minutes to say how much he loved her. A stranger shows up who gives Brad a chance to look at his life from different angle.

Original Film Title: Tiki Taane in session with CSO

Director’s Name: Tiki Taane

Writer’s Name: Tiki Taane

Producer: Tiki Taane, Mark Russell

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Country of Filming: New Zealand

Language: English, Maori

Runtime: 1 hour 8 minutes 13 seconds

Film Description:

Filmed in May 2021 to a sold out audience at the fully refurbished Christchurch Town Hall, Tiki Taane captures an emotional and explosive performance with – Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Stunningly shot and superbly mixed, Tiki has raised the bar with what can be achieved when collaborating with a 50 piece orchestra. The genre bending, live looping performances makes for an extremely unique and original experience, solidifying Tiki as one of the most diverse artists from Aotearoa (New Zealand).

Original Film Title: Cornerboy

Director’s Name: Kai Kurve

Writer’s Name: Kai Kurve

Producer: Kai Kurve, Karina Kirschner

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 6 seconds

Film Description:

A bad boy gets possessed by a fly (aka the devil/death) which confronts him with his own personality. This narration is wrapped up in a fresh genre bending experimental dance film.

Original Film Title: The Godfather Buck

Director’s Name: Thomas J. Churchill

Writer’s Name: Frederick Keeve

Producer: Frederick Keeve, Thomas J. Churchill

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes 26 seconds

Film Description:

Two brothers, who meet once a year at a cabin in the
woods in Big Bear to hunt white-tailed deer for a week, uncover
hidden family secrets and lies when their stepbrother drops by for
an evening, changing the lives of the brothers forever.

Original Film Title: INTERGALACTIA

Director’s Name: Takumi Shiga

Producer: Kumiko Murayama

Country of Origin: Japan

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 14 seconds

Original Film Title: Ave Gradiva

Director’s Name: Yuri Riklis

Writer’s Name: Yuri Riklis

Producer: Bella Dora Cinecreations Riklis

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Israel

Language: Hebrew

Runtime: 18 minutes

Film Description:

When a lonely man, a fashion photographer, meets the sweetheart of his youth, from whom he separated under the pressure of his Oedipal mother, he is attacked by fragments of past memories and does everything he can to realize the love of his life, doubt in the dream – doubt in reality, doubt in the present – doubt in the past, under the influence of a literary and surrealistic character Gradiva.

Ave Gradiva tries to challenge the conventional perception of a short film as something limited in terms of time, place, and plot, and instead – to create a 19 min’ show that embraces different countries and civilizations, lasts for thousands of years, and contains within it several kinds of LOVE – human phenomena which take place on the border between Dream and Reality.