I wanted to be a butterfly – dir. Raquel Rose Potenza

Original Film Title: I wanted to be a butterfly

Director’s Name: Raquel Rose Potenza

Writer’s Name: Raquel Rose Potenza

Producer: Raquel Rose Potenza

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

A young woman copes with her father’s battle with brain cancer, through reimagining parts of their lives together from the perception of a butterfly.

INDELIBLE – dir. Shane Rock Nelson

Original Film Title: INDELIBLE

Director’s Name: Shane Rock Nelson

Writer’s Name: Laurie Criego

Producer: Lily Rains

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 8 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

The spirits of a cranky 97-year-old man are lifted when he plays the piano for memory care patients. His music eases their angst and elicits indelible memories, momentarily freeing them from the trap of dementia.

Brothers – dir. Pete Schilling

Original Film Title: Brothers

Director’s Name: Pete Schilling

Writer’s Name: Pete Schilling

Producer: Pete Schilling, Jeannine Thalmann, Matt Pittman, Tim Ohly

Country of Origin: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 16 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

While two brothers are on a journey towards a mountain lake, they meet a stranger who helps them rediscover their desire to live.

NOAH HUNT, and his brother TOM, are hiking through the mountains. Their destination is a breathtaking mountain lake. Noah is not a fan of hiking and overall not really thrilled to be on this journey with his brother.
On the next day, they get up early to watch the sunrise. Unfortunately, they are surprised by rain and manage to find shelter in a cave. Tom starts making a small fire. Noah takes off his wet coat and reveals bandages on his wrists, he keeps on complaining about the trip. Tom loses it and asks his brother why he had to do this to himself? Noah finally opens up. We learn that he tried to kill himself just before they left and that this is the reason they are on this journey. Tom is trying to save him, he doesn’t want to leave his brother’s site because he is scared, that he’ll do it again.

Roofless Woods – dir. Trei Hill

Original Film Title: Roofless Woods

Director’s Name: Trei Hill

Writer’s Name: Trei Hill, Charles Griffin

Producer: Trei Hill, Kevin Fowlkes, Britni Griffin, Aditi Singh, Danielle Nebuluk

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 18 minutes 46 seconds

Film Description:

Once Jaime’s little brother goes missing, he and his three friends search through a rural Alabama woodland and stumble upon a community of people.

Cape to Cape – dir. Pasi Sauna-aho, Pål Laukli

Original Film Title: Cape to Cape

Director’s Name: Pasi Sauna-aho

Writer’s Name: Pasi Sauna-aho

Producer: Pasi Sauna-aho

Country of Origin: Finland

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes 50 seconds

Film Description:

A thrilling documentary of a record breaking adventure. Adventurer Jonas Deichmann, multiple ultracycling world record holder, teams up with ultra cyclist and photographer Philipp Hympendahl. When they set off, the current record for the Cape to Cape challenge stands at 102 days. This 18,000 km long bicycle ride is self-supported, so they have to pack light and stay on the move. Jonas and Philipp want to crush the record by more than 30 days. This means riding 250 km every day, no rest days allowed.

Still Stoked – dir. Paul Surety

Original Film Title: Still Stoked

Director’s Name: Paul Surety

Writer’s Namer: Paul Surety, Barney Ashton

Producer: Paul Surety

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 60 minutes

Film Description:

Still Stoked follows Sean Goff a 55 -year-old a British skateboard legend who pushes his ageing body beyond its limits to compete in one last skate competition, , despite concerns from his surgeon that another injury could permanently disable him.

CHINA ON THE MOVE – dir. Yinan Chen

Original Film Title: CHINA ON THE MOVE

Director’s Name: Yinan Chen

Producer: Xue Ao

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: English

Runtime: 60 minutes

Film Description:

CHINA ON THE MOVE explores two fascinating questions from China, both with global significance – how can China fight against poverty and what are the economic solutions to enable recovery from Covid-19? The presenters, Cameron Andersen and Jenny Cortes Ybañez, travel across the country to meet people overcoming the exceptional challenges that are mirrored across the world – from local farmers to international entrepreneurs.

Positivə – dir. Alessandro Redaelli

Original Film Title: Positivə

Director’s Name: Alessandro Redaelli

Writer’s Name: Elena Comoglio, Ruggero Melis, Francesco Maddaloni

Producer: Salvatore De Martino

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Italy

Language: Italian

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Film Description:

4 HIV+ people take a greater risk than infection: being
the first ones in italy to tell their side of the story and put their name on it. To do that, they go back 40 years, to the very beginning of this disease, only to find out that something does not add up. Why, as HIV treatments progress, social stigma persists?
A journey through past and presents, fears and hopes of a new
generation of HIV+ people.

Mother Tongue – dir. Floris Ramaekers

Original Film Title: Sjeemte

Director’s Name: Floris Ramaekers

Writer’s Name: Floris Ramaekers

Producer: Reinier Selen

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Runtime: 12 minutes 56 seconds

Film Description:

A benefits claim appointment spins out of control when Candide, 23, borrows her sister’s baby and strangely pretends like it’s her own child. A suspicious Martijn, the caseworker, attempts to unravel her lies accusing Candide of fraud. But behind her charade lies an unexpected secret.

Time Stamped 64 – dir. Jennifer Treur

Original Film Title: Time Stamped 64

Director’s Name: Jennifer Treur

Writer’s Name: Jennifer Treur

Producer: Jennifer Treur

Country of Origin: Australia

Runtime: 2 minutes 42 seconds

Film Description:

‘Time Stamped 64’ is a crime fiction opening Trailer for a TV thriller about synchronised international crime on the move.