My language is my identity – dir. Süleyman Özdemir

Original Film Title: My language is my identity

Director’s Name: Süleyman Özdemir

Country of Origin: Belgium

Country of Filming: Germany, Turkey

Language: Turkish

Runtime: 58 hours

Film Description:

My language is my identity
Everything started with Ali Dağdeviren’s arrival in Germany.
Turkish exiled as a political refugee, Ali knew the pain of not knowing to speak Turkish at school in his own country. As a teacher, he quickly understood the importance of the mother tongue’s learning in a child’s growth.

I Am Simon: The Call of the Elephants – dir. Chavez, Juan ChavezMaria Jimenez

Original Film Title: 聆山·猿起

Director’s Name: Maria Jimenez Chavez, Juan Chavez

Writer’s Name: Maria Jimenez Chavez

Producer: Maria Jimenez Chavez, Juan Chavez

Country of Origin: Oman

Country of Filming: Oman

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes 43 seconds

Film Description:

This is the story of a real-life case, presented to be shared with the autism community and the world at large. It is the story of a young non-verbal autistic boy who, in an amazing way, taught himself freediving. But the focus goes beyond showing the case as something extraordinary, and presents the emotions experienced by the parents, as well as teaching about the fundamental axes of life, compassion and love, and the greatness of our potential as human beings. It is a moving, inspirational, heartwarming and uplifting story.

Watchmen Of The Gibbon – dir. Yile Zhang

Original Film Title: 聆山·猿起

Director’s Name: Yile Zhang

Producer: 乐 逸 张, 靓 曦 刘, 奥 张, 芳 吉 李, 茜 罗, 玖坤 杜 鄢, 寅 兴 段, 赟 侯,

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese, Malay

Runtime: 14 minutes

Film Description:

The western black crested gibbon is endemic to northern Vietnam and southern China. It is a first-class national protected animal and is listed by IUCN as a Critically Endangered species. They are mostly distributed in Wuliangshan Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve of Yunnan province. There are only 89 groups of about 500 western black crested gibbons left in Yunnan all over the world. They are always on highly alert, active at dawn and dusk, climbing freely and not easy to follow.

MILKED – dir. Amy Taylor

Original Film Title: MILKED

Director’s Name: Amy Taylor

Writer’s Name: Amy Taylor

Producer: Amy Taylor

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Country of Filming: New Zealand

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Film Description:

MILKED is a feature documentary that exposes the whitewash of New Zealand’s multi-billion-dollar dairy industry.

A young activist goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand’s most powerful industry and reveals how the sacred cash-cow industry has been milked dry. His journey exposes not only the sustainability crisis and the dangerous denial of impending agricultural disruption, but also what New Zealand and other countries can do to change their fate.

Bully High – dir. Bill McAdams, Jr.

Original Film Title: Bully High

Director’s Name: Bill McAdams, Jr.

Writer’s Name: Bill McAdams, Jr.

Producer: Paul Hart-Wilden Mestanza, Caroline Stella, Therese Moncrief, Patrick Hoss

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes

Film Description:

A Muslim girl in high school gets bullied for wearing a Hijab. Inspired by true stories.

8 years – dir. JD Alcázar

Original Film Title: 8 years

Director’s Name: JD Alcázar

Writer’s Name: JD Alcázar

Producer: Miguel Ángel Poveda Criado, Carlos Mestanza

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

José and David broke up months ago after 7 years of relationship.
They have not seen each other again until now and, as a way of recovering him, they decide to meet again on La Palma Island, where they met for the first time.

INDRANIL – dir. Deba Kr Bora

Original Film Title: INDRANIL

Director’s Name: Deba Kr Bora

Writer’s Name: Deba Kr Bora

Producer: Barnali Ch Borah

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Assamese

Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

Indra is a poor village boy. His father is a mason, by which he somehow maintains his livelihood. Indra is a brilliant student studying in the village school. One day suddenly Indra’s father expired, for which darkness depends upon his life. Indra and his mother work hard in other’s house to earn for their minimum needs. Indra has to leave his learning here. Knowing Indra’s condition, the Head master brings Indra and his mother to his own home and let Indra to study again at school. In such a way, studying sincerely, one day Indra becomes an IAS Officer. Still he is not an egoist. After a long time Indra comes to his own village as an invite for attending the Golden Jubilee Celebration of his childhood school. While he arrives his Head master’s home, he surprises to find out his daughter whom he met in his early day in a widow’s dress. Later he learns that on the very day of her wedding, her husband died. At last Indra gets married to her.

6:45 – dir. Craig Singer

Original Film Title: 6:45

Director’s Name: Craig Singer

Writer’s Name: Robert Dean Klein

Producer: Craig Singer

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

Film Description:

In this heart-racing psychological thriller, we are introduced to Bobby Patterson who is taking one last romantic shot at saving his rocky relationship with his girlfriend Jules Rables on a weekend getaway.

The couple arrives for vacation in the quiet island resort called “Bog Grove.” To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted and they quickly learn about its deadly history that’s about to repeat itself.