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Original Film Title: Monday’s Blues Dreaming of Tuesday Weld
Director’s Name: Bruce Radek
Writer’s Name: Bruce Radek
Producer: Bruce Radek
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 3 minutes 49 seconds
Film Description:
A soft jazz music instrumental and video inspired by the timeless elegance and presence Tuesday Weld has brought to film and culture over the years.
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Original Film Title: I can help you Bumblebee!
Director’s Name: Conor McMullin, Stina McMullin
Writer’s Name: Stina McMullin
Producer: Conor McMullin
Country of Origin: Sweden
Country of Filming: Sweden
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 25 seconds
Film Description:
Two sisters play in the garden and discover a bumblebee, busy at work.
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Original Film Title: Snow Over Kigali – an African Christmas Tale
Director’s Name: Kerim Esen
Writer’s Name: Kerim Esen
Producer: Kerim Esen, Esteban Corti, Jessica Beard, Lucia Sapelli, Aniket Ukey
Country of Origin: Argentina, Germany, Paraguay, Rwanda
Country of Filming: Germany, Rwanda
Language: English, German, Kinyarwanda
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Film Description:
“Snow over Kigali” is told from an African perspective through the eyes of a nine-year old boy. It pictures three mother-child stories unfolding in parallel in Kigali and culminating on Christmas Eve in Berlin:
Rachel’s Secret – A nine-year old boy looking for snow travels alone from Kigali to Berlin. At the foot of the Berlin TV-Tower, Ethan meets former athlete Nick who promises that it will snow on Christmas Eve…
Esther’s Decision – After a bad breakup, a young Rwandan woman doesn’t tell her German boyfriend Patrick that she is pregnant. Patrick returns from Berlin to Kigali to fight for Esther’s love and the life of their unborn daughter…
Deborah’s Will – 20 years after genocide a widower returns to Rwanda to fulfill his late wife’s will. George is looking for Deborah’s daughter to confront her with the truth buried in the past…
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Original Film Title: ROUTINE
Writer’s Name: Yewon Kim
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 11 Pages
Film Description:
In 2024, Kim Sung-won (68), a stoic journalist with a career-marked deformity on his face, packs his belongings into a cardboard box after thirty years of service. Among his things is a warped, rain-damaged journal from 1987. Yoon Ji-ho (26), a restless and “hungry” reporter digging into the past, approaches Kim to ask about an article he wrote decades ago. Though Kim warns her that “it’s best not to go there,” Ji-ho seizes an opportunity to steal his 1987 notebook.The story flashes back to Seoul, 1987. A young Kim investigates the death of a university student, Park Jong-chul, who allegedly died of “cardiac arrest” during “routine questioning”. Kim uncovers evidence of torture and asphyxiation, but his editor orders him to destroy the report to stay safe. After receiving a threatening phone call and being brutally assaulted by a mysterious man, Kim’s attempt to reveal the truth is violently suppressed, leaving him with a permanent scar.Back in the present, Ji-ho realizes history is repeating itself. Her own brother, Yoon Min-jun, has recently died in police custody under the exact same “routine” circumstances. Driven by grief and the evidence in Kim’s notebook, Ji-ho prepares to finish the investigation Kim started. The film ends as the two reporters meet in an elevator—representing the passing of a dangerous, yet necessary, torch of truth.
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Original Film Title: AHEAD OF HIM
Writer’s Name: Demetra SDOUGAS
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 91 Pages
Film Description:
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Original Film Title: AHEAD OF HIM
Writer’s Name: James Damian Houston
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 82 Pages
Film Description:
Set in the early 1980s, Ahead of Him follows Ben, a quiet, observant boy who experiences the world through movement, rhythm, and physical awareness. At home, he navigates an unstable family environment by creating order in small, precise ways. When he leaves for a structured summer science camp, Ben encounters a world that mirrors how his mind works — one built on systems, mechanics, and intentional motion. As he learns to adapt to new spaces and relationships, Ben slowly discovers a fragile independence, carrying pieces of home with him while beginning to shape a life that is finally his own.
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Original Film Title: Limit Exceeded
Director’s Name: Setareh Samandari
Writer’s Name: Sargon Yoseph
Producer: Katie Taylor, Habib Zargarpour, Brandon Stacy, Sargon Yoseph, Ford Bowers
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 15 minutes
Film Description:
A husband and wife preparing for their first child seem to have the perfect future ahead of them—until cracks in their reality reveal that nothing is quite what it seems.They want to use K.O.-drops on a wealthy banker. But they are beginners, and their plan goes terribly wrong.
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Original Film Title: K.O.
Director’s Name: Stephan Seidel
Writer’s Name: Stephan Seidel
Producer: Anna Schlote
Country of Origin: Germany
Country of Filming: Germany
Language:
Runtime: 25 minutes 45 seconds
Film Description:
Three friends are tired of working their underpayed, dull jobs in a supermarket and in a call center, so they decide to set an example for the redistribution of wealth.
They want to use K.O.-drops on a wealthy banker. But they are beginners, and their plan goes terribly wrong.
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Original Film Title: Behind Silent Eyes
Director’s Name: William Collinson, Ian Goehring
Writer’s Name: Ian Goehring
Producer: William Collinson, Ian Goehring
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: Armenian
Runtime: 13 minutes 16 seconds
Film Description:
The True story of Ianu Tebetru – his life and journey, Raised in a Romanian orphanage where he suffered termatic abuse, he believed his dreams had come true when at seven years – old, Ianu was adopted by an american couple. But his adolescent years were disrupted by his attachment disorder and delinquent behavior until at age twelve, his adopted parents gave him up to the state and into the care of social services.
Ianu spent the next six years feeling displaced and unloved, living in one group home and then another until he was released at ninteen — lost and alone. In behind Silent Eyes, Ianu reveals his adandonment, abuse, addiction, and recovery,
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Original Film Title: The Last Watch
Director’s Name: Vahid Tanha
Writer’s Name: Vahid Tanha
Producer: Mohsen Sharifioun
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Runtime: 7 minutes 30 seconds
Film Description:
Humanity’s last hope is asleep. Only one remains awake.
As Earth struggles with devastating droughts and relentless sandstorms, a crew of astronauts embarks on a four year mission to Mars in search of a new beginning.
To conserve precious resources, the crew enters artificial sleep, leaving their lives in the hands of a single caretaker robot.
For four long years, the robot maintains the spacecraft, protects the sleeping crew, and quietly battles the loneliness of deep space. But when a catastrophic failure threatens the mission, he must make an impossible choice, one that will determine the future of humanity.
The Last Watch is an emotional sci-fi short film about friendship, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be human.
“Sometimes the most human heart isn’t made of flesh.”
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