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The Pink Lagoon – dir. Juan Arce, Francisco Gallo

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Original Film Title: La Laguna Rosa

Director’s Name: Juan Arce, Francisco Gallo

Writer’s Name: Juan Arce

Producer: Juan Arce

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming: Mexico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes

Film Description:

Two distant siblings, two different worlds. A journey of familial reconnection, positivity, and valuing the different ways of seeing the world. Mariana is a fiercely independent, twentysomething young woman with Down’s syndrome who loves ballet, art, and living her best life. When invited to participate in a publicly funded dance exhibition in the city of Merida, Yucatan, she visits uptight, estranged brother Arturo with her free-spirited ballet teacher in tow to ask for some assistance getting there. Arturo, initially put out and resistant to doing anything much to help that would distract him from his own life and high-strung fiancée, can’t help but to be swept up by his sister’s profound dignity, sincerity for the world in general, and true passion for dance.

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BAD BIRD – dir. LI TAN

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Original Film Title: 壞鳥

Director’s Name: LI TAN

Writer’s Name: LI TAN

Producer: LI TAN

Country of Origin: Hong Kong

Country of Filming: Hong Kong

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 59 minutes 38 seconds

Film Description:

BAD BIRD is a thought-provoking film by Chinese Director Li Tan, who has filmed it in the style of auteur theory, revealing the purpose of the movie through its self-presentation. BAD BIRD takes us on a journey of taboo and self-discovery. It follows the provocative acts of three women who go to extreme length to revive a vegetative man through sexual indulgence, pushing the boundaries of what society deems morally acceptable. Desire is innate and we are all equals in its presence. As the story unfolds, these women delve deeper into their own hidden desires, exploring their own limits of sacrificial self-giving, and discovering that sometimes the purest form of love can exist outside the boundaries of morality. The film challenges conventional representations of morality and delivers into the complex nature of human relationships and the boundaries we often place on them. What is left for us to depend on when this moral purity is spurned and deviated from? What if the root cause of the fissure between all the characters was the awakening of the BAD BIRD? Ironically, the psychological and emotional impact of these women’s ‘out-of-control’ behavior leads not only to a descent into psychological turmoil and moral deterioration but more importantly to a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation among the characters as well as within each individual themselves

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The Tales of the Blue Sky – dir. Vruir Tadevosian

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Original Film Title: The Tales of the Blue Sky

Director’s Name: Vruir Tadevosian

Writer’s Name: Vruir Tadevosian

Producer: Vruir Tadevosian

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Armenia

Language: Armenian

Runtime: 43 minutes

Film Description:

This documentary illustrates the impact war has on children.

‘The Tales of The Blue Sky’ tells the stories of war and peace through the eyes of children. According to the United Nations, there are more than 450 million children living in war zones in the world currently. “The Tales of the Blue Sky” documentary will take you into the worlds of these children, ripped apart by war. Their stories of challenge, survival and triumph will bring you tears, laughter, and the stark shock and realization, that fate like this can still exist. Hear and see their truths. Take their extended hands, and let them take you into their wondrous worlds.

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Princess Maya and the Patchworld- dir. Paul Cless, Matthias Ludwig

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Original Film Title: Princess Maya and the Patchworld

Director’s Name: Paul Cless, Matthias Ludwig

Writer’s Name: Paul Cless, Matthias Ludwig

Producer: Paul Cless, Matthias Ludwig, Michael Hilli,

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 23 minutes 26 seconds

Film Description:

A dad and a step dad battle out their rivalry in a good night story they tell their daughter, turning it into an epic and chaotic sci-fi adventure.

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Breakdown – dir. Gabriel Tibi

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Original Film Title: Breakdown

Director’s Name: Gabriel Tibi

Writer’s Name: Morgan Cini, Gabriel Tibi

Producer: Gabriel Tibi

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

It’s a buddy movie comedy between a Republican client and a Progressive Democrat from a uber car driver who hate each other but who are forced to stay together in the middle of the night in New Jersey because the car brutally stopped and they have to fix it together.

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The Exchange – dir. Marco Berger

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Original Film Title: El Intercambio

Director’s Name: Marco Berger,

Writer’s Name: Marco Berger, Alex Aguilera

Producer: Enrique Renta, Andy Rosenblatt, Mauricio Cortez, Alex Aguilera, Edgardo Manuel Rivera

Country of Origin: Puerto Rico

Country of Filming: Uruguay

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 24 minutes 25 seconds

Film Description:

Mateo and Lucas, best friends, go out to party in a hot summer night. Mateo meets Lucia, and Lucia commits an act that will change their lives. From there, Mateo and Lucas will begin a search, both physical and personal.

The Exchange exposes sexuality without fear, without labels, without holding back. It is the discovery of something that somehow touches all of us, regardless of our sexual orientation or gender identity.

A film that shows the beauty of sex, love, friendship, and innocence.

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Marina Kunarova

Marina Kunarova is a director and scriptwriter. Marina started working in the film industry since she was 17. She started as a clapper loader and worked her way up and eventually became a film director and scriptwriter. She has worked with films in different genres; however, her favorite is definitely action. Most of her filmmaking skills come from working on sets. She has also attended several filmmaking and scriptwriting workshops and seminars around the world. But she believes that practice is the best way to learn and improve your skills.

Director:
2010 “999” (director, scriptwriter)
2010 TV serial “Kurdastar” – (director, scriptwriter)
2014 “Hunting the Phantom” feature film (director, scriptwriter)
2017 The Reporter (director, scriptwriter)
2020 -21 The crying steppe
2020 Years of Joy and Love
Scriptwriter:
2015 The crying steppe feature film (scriptwriter)
2017 The Reporter (scriptwriter)
2016 MARSEILLE feature film (scriptwriter)
2016 Kill Tarantino feature film (scriptwriter)
2015 «The Earthman» feature film (scriptwriter)
2014 « The years of joy and love» feature film (scriptwriter)
2014 « Song of Hunu» animation film (scripwriter)
2013 «The Great Silk Way» feature film (scriptwriter)
2012 “Hunting the Phantom” feature film (director, scriptwriter)
2011 «Future football» feature film (scriptwriter)
2011 «The friendship proved by war» feature film (scriptwriter)
2011 “Mother’s heart” feature film (scriptwriter)
2010 TV serial “Kurdastar” – (director, scriptwriter)
2010 “999” (director, scriptwriter)
2009 “The River side” feature film (scriptwriter)
2008 “Lava” feature film (Scriptwriter)
2007 Reality show «Daraboz» (author)
2006 «Long way to home» feature film ( co-writer)
2005 « Songs of soul» documentary (creative producer)
2005 «Samara – city» documentary (co-writer)
2004 «The steppe and the ocean” documentary (co-writer)

Awards
• Screening at the “Black Tallin” Film Festival, Estonia, 2010
• The Wisest Film – Artek Film Festival, Ukraine, 2010
• WINNER – The Best Foreign Film – LA Femme Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2010
• Best film – Berdyansk Film Festival, Ukraine, 2011
• KILL TARANTINO Best Pitch – Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan 2016

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Roberto Ruiz Cespedes

Roberto Ruiz Cespedes. Born in Santander (1987). Resident in Madrid. Roberto is a novelist, screenwriter and director. Diploma in Film Direction from the KINEMA film school in Bilbao (first of his class and awarded with the final year project in 2008-2011). Master’s Degree in Screenwriting for Film and TV from the TAI school in Madrid (Remarkable High, 2011-2012). He has worked on 30 projects in the directing and producing department.

Roberto has written and directed 20 short films, two experimental feature films and one feature film (2021). His first commercial film is STOYAN, a psychological horror thriller starring Tristán Ulloa, Marta Milans, Carlos Mestanza, Susana Hornos, Nicolás Coronado, Max Ulloa, Mariano Venancio, Natalia Rodríguez and Paulina Gálvez.

Shot in 2020/2021. Film with Official Selection at the 5th Pitchbox 2018 and Special Mention at Sitges Pitchbox 2017. Film produced by Gold Tower Producciones, American Road Films, Hache Producciones and STOYAN A.I.E.

Her short film BROKEN BASKET, starring Belén Rueda, was selected at more than 40 festivals within the Oscars Preselection circuit, such as the Short Film Corner (Cannes), HONORABLE MENTION by the Jury for Belén Rueda at the Queens World Film Festival (New York), among others. The film STOYAN is based on this short film. Roberto wrote and directed SIEMPRE FUI ALEX together with Sancho Ortiz de Lejarazu, a documentary short film about transsexuality in childhood. With more than 40 selections in national and international festivals, awarded to the best short film in CORTOS POR LA IGUALDAD (VALENCIA).

Roberto has published three novels. The latest MARMA RABBIT Boy (2020), published by the
Editorial Amarante. The first LOS JIMENEZ SUEÑAN COMO QUIEREN (2017)
and the second MERO FIRMAMENTO (2018), both published by Ediciones Camelot.

To date, Roberto has adapted MARMA RABBIT Boy into a feature film and is in the financing phase together with his brother and partner Iván Ruiz Céspedes. This project has been twice awarded at the II IMPULSE WORKSHOP (Government of Cantabria, November 2021), being invited with the project to the European Film Market in Berlin (2023) and the MAFIZ of the Malaga Festival (2022). The project is being pitched to professionals in the sector during this phase.

Roberto has written 20 feature films, miniseries and series on projects, in the development phase. Among all of them is the TRILOGÍA DEL NIRVANA, a set of three films with STOYAN that make up the second part and its prequel. MIRLO BLANCO: EL BODHISATTVA y MADRE HINDÚ. They are two film projects in the development phase after the imminent and expected success of STOYAN throughout this 2022. Roberto continues today writing more projects.

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Genre: #suspense #fantastic #fiction

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Shihyun Wang

Although Shihyun hated accounting, Sherry followed her parents wish and became a CPA. Although she lacked people skills, she took on Real Estate to supplement her income.

Then she became an emptynester with many unfulfilled dreams. Dreams of making films. In Oct. 2015, she started her youtube channel – The Mysterydecoder. And it now has over 47,000 subscribers with 12 million views.

To overcome funding challenges every Indie filmmakers faced, she wrote, edit and produced most of her 500+ films. To prove training and experience comes in second after talent, she made documentaries, comedy, Sci-Fi, horror, musical, romance and even western. To prove we can still make meaningful films during Covid quarantine, she made films in Taiwan and remotely directed many films in USA in 2020. Her 24 films produced during Covid Pandemic won 14 Accolade Global Competition award , 16 Indiefest Awards, 9 Best Shorts Awards during quarantine between Jan 2020 till May 2021. .While 54th Worldfest Houston awarded her with 4 Silver and 3 Bronze Remi for 7 films produced in 2020 and 2021..

It is hard to walk this path, but “Best Film 2017” from Hell Chess Film Festival proved this is the route to take. Thanks for Mindfield, Pinnacle and Royal Wolf for giving me encouragement and support over the years. And thanks for Bare Bone festival for awarding me best produced documentary in 2020. It takes a lot for festival to award an unknown filmmaker top awards but 25th annual Indie Gathering gave 2 awards while 12th annual Socal Film Awards gave out 3 awards.

Thanks to my talented cast and crew. Thanks to the judges and viewers for liking our efforts. Filmmaking is magical, it took me to places I have never been before.

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Genre: #mystery #documentary #short

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