MEMORIES – dir. Sebastian Pink

Original Film Title: MEMORIES

Director’s Name: Sebastian Pink

Writer’s Name: Sebastian Pink

Producer: Sebastian Pink

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 14 minutes 33 seconds

Film Description:

Sascha is an alcoholic, but doesn’t see this. He also ignores his girlfriend’s warnings. But then something terrible happens…

1999 – dir. Alexander Milushev

Original Film Title: 1999

Director’s Name: Alexander Milushev

Writer’s Name: Alexander Milushev

Producer: Match Frame studio ltd

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Country of Filming: Bulgaria

Language: Bulgarian

Runtime: 20 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

A kid from the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria in the year of 1999, mad about clocking his favorite ‘90s arcade game, is faced with a decision to make – to remain just a kid living in the world of game heroes or make first steps to growing up.

Uncut – dir. Mark Hensley

Original Film Title: Uncut

Director’s Name: Mark Hensley

Writer’s Name: Mark Hensley

Producer: Mark Hensley

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Canada, United States

Language: English

Runtime: 19 minutes

Film Description:

After the New Republic Patriot Party seizes control in America , and passes a law requiring all males over 35 to have a vasectomy to keep the number of babies with birth defects down, Jamie decides to flee to Canada on the eve of his 35th birthday.

Optics – dir. Oleksii Novikov

Original Film Title: Оптика

Director’s Name: Oleksii Novikov

Writer’s Name: Valeria Kalchenko

Producer: Marianna Novikova

Country of Origin: Ukraine

Country of Filming: Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian

Runtime: 25 minutes 51 seconds

Film Description:

Yesterday’s serviceman Sergei will remember this day forever. Stepping confidently into the new life of a civilian that morning, he had already lost pace by lunchtime. The transition no longer seems like a walk to him, the day is coming to an end, but a new life still does not begin.

CHARTER – dir. El Houssine Hnine

Original Film Title: Tamazight

Director’s Name: El Houssine Hnine

Writer’s Name: El Houssine Hnine

Producer: Ayoub El Mahjoub

Country of Origin: Morocco

Country of Filming: Morocco

Runtime: 19 minutes 57 seconds

Film Description:

Asso is a religious man in his forties, he’s an extremist. He loves his wife and his daughter but has to face the dilemma of choosing between his wife and the Islamic strict and extreme rules.

FAMILY MATTER – dir. Nissim Khalifa

Original Film Title: FAMILY MATTER

Director’s Name: Nissim Khalifa

Writer’s Name: Nissim Khalifa

Producer: Yaron Bendek

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: English

Runtime: 25 minutes

Film Description:

A short story about 2 brothers and a younger sister, trying to find the right balance between their family values and their personal needs.

Killing Georgia Jones – dir Andrew Gallerani

Original Film Title: Killing Georgia Jones

Director’s Name: Andrew Gallerani

Writer’s Name: Andrew Gallerani, Joseph Arnone

Producer: Andrew Gallerani, James Hutchison, Margot Ott

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Canada

Language: English

Runtime: 14 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

In an abandoned rat-infested warehouse down by the tracks, Georgia Jones awakes, only to find her hands bound tightly above her head.

A hooded figure slips from the shadows, approaching his captive victim. Flashing a switchblade he prepares to strike, but hesitates. Why?

In this tense clash of wills, motives are questioned, secrets exposed, as both sides vie for power and uncover the truth.

WELLSPRING – dir. Jeffrey Smith Quizon

Original Film Title: BUKAL

Director’s Name: Jeffrey Smith Quizon

Writer’s Name: Jeffrey Smith Quizon, Ken Kwek

Producer: Jeffrey Smith Quizon

Country of Origin: Philippines

Country of Filming: Philippines

Language: Tagalog

Runtime: 24 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

One day in Mindanao, an open barrel with a hazard label is seen floating in a river. Nobody knows where the barrel came from, but soon scores of villagers who use the river for fishing, washing and cooking are dead.

A decade later, the river has disappeared in the heat of a catastrophic drought. In the surrounding jungle, only one source of clean water remains: a bukal, a hidden wellspring.

Here, two opposing factions of soldiers converge in their search for the wellspring, knowing that whoever controls the last vestige of water, controls the territory.

One More Guest? – dir. Edilberto Restino

Original Film Title: One More Guest?

Director’s Name: Edilberto Restino

Writer’s Name: Suzy Miller

Producer: Suzy Miller

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 17 minutes

Film Description:

Star-Crossed Lovers – but Juliette has Dementia.

One woman struggles with the past. Another lives joyfully in the present – thanks to early stage dementia. To avoid being separated from her lover, the elderly Juliette elopes, triggering a showdown between her uptight daughter and well-meaning grandson’s Arrogance.

Lennie – dir. Colin Burden

Original Film Title: Lennie

Director’s Name: Colin Burden

Writer’s Name: Stephen Giles

Producer: Colin Burden

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Runtime: 3 minutes 5 seconds

Film Description:

He’s reached the Cross roads of his anger. He’s reflecting on a past love & Arthritis Both very Painful to his Arrogance.