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Original Film Title: The Clay Shop
Director’s Name: Kayde Middleton
Country of Origin: Ireland
Country of Filming: Ireland
Language: English
Runtime: 5 minutes 58 seconds
Film Description:
Tony, a pro skater, introduces his new skate shop “Clay” – name inspired by the old skate wheels (made of clay) from the 1960s. Tony gives an in-depth tutorial on how to put a skateboard together unfortunately making silly mistakes along the way.
Original Film Title: Nightlink
Director’s Name: Aidan O’Sullivan
Writer’s Name: Aidan O’Sullivan
Producer’s Name: Greg Connolly Connolly
Country of Origin: Ireland
Country of Filming: Ireland
Language: English
Runtime: 10 minutes 16 seconds
Film Description:
Set in Dublin after the pubs close. While telling God what he really thinks of him Ronan aggravates a bunch of Púca who were having a few drinks in a nearby dimension. From that point on, they do what they can to lure him onto the Nightlink to the afterlife.
Original Film Title: The Drowned
Director’s Name: Luc Perez
Writer’s Name: Luc Perez, Michel Fessler, Ingrid Skov
Producer’s Name: Ellen Riis, Gitte Randløv
Country of Origin: Denmark
Country of Filming: Denmark
Language: Danish
Runtime: 15 minutes
Film Description:
1913 Marstal, Denmark, Captain Madsen sees the town’s sailors dying in apocalyptic dreams. Cursed to wait for his vision to become reality, he drowns in his solitude.
Finally war’s echoes arrive in Marstal.
Original Film Title: (-) BOOM (+)
Director’s Name: Aren Mkhoyan
Country of Origin: Armenia
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Language: English
Runtime: 4 minutes 35 seconds
Film Description:
The film “(-) BOOM (+)” displayed many aspects of our existence that are usually not mentioned much. It focuses on spirituality and an alternate world, which is entered by the protagonist named Grover Grom. The story dives into the idea that astral and physical worlds exist at the same time at the same place. They are connected, causing the occurrences of one dimension to affect the other one, like the Butterfly Effect. It also explores topics such as the transcendental state of mind, contemplation, and inner freedom. The film was inspired by a piece of poetry written by Aren Mkhoyan.
Original Film Title: Legend of the Claw
Director’s Name: Shailyn Farmer
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 1 minute 59 seconds
Film Description:
In an arcade, a determined young girl is shocked to win a plushie from a claw machine. Little does she know however, the claw machine is alive and wants its plushie back. The evil claw chases the frightened girl through the arcade, and she will need to prove her courage in order to save her plushie.
Original Film Title: Stereotype
Director’s Name: Nahyun BEAK, Dahyun BEAK
Writer’s Name: Nahyun BEAK, Dahyun BEAK
Producer’s Name: Nahyun BEAK, Dahyun BEAK
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 11 minutes
Film Description:
The war has settled down, but a conflict is still escalating.
Original Film Title: Loves Me Not
Director’s Name: Heidi Jo
Writer’s Name: Heidi Jo
Producer’s Name: Ringling College of Art and Design
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 30 seconds
Film Description:
The flower couple, Dan and Dina, are enjoying a romantic moment when suddenly Dina is snatched from the ground. Dan watches in horror as she falls victim to a daisy’s worst nightmare… a round of “he loves me, he loves me not”. When the desired result is not achieved, Dan himself must run for his life. If he is to save Dina, a big sacrifice will have to be made.
Original Film Title: Rawr Rawr Land
Director’s Name: Antonio Montilla
Writer’s Name: Antonio Montilla
Producer’s Name: Ringling College of Art and Design
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 8 seconds
Film Description:
Amidst the end of the world, one dinosaur wants to take shelter, and one wants to dance the night away.
Original Film Title: Alephia 2053
Director’s Name: Jorj Abou Mhaya
Writer’s Name: Bassem Breiche
Producer’s Name: Rabi Sweidan, Marwan Harb
Country of Origin: Lebanon
Country of Filming: Lebanon
Language: Arabic
Runtime: 59 minutes 32 seconds
Film Description:
Alephia 2053 is a story about three individuals in a race against time, and each other, to deal with the source of a cyberattack that has infiltrated the most secure surveillance systems of the most sophisticated and authoritarian regime in history.
Developed to be primarily published on streaming platforms,
the movie and its hosting website (alephia.xyz) Allow the viewer to
explore and experience life in dystopian fictional Alephia in the year 2053.
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Original Film Title: The Coincidental Killing of a Cat by an Unworldly Tune
Director’s Name: Maya Kurdoglu
Writer’s Name: Zeynep Naz Kecelioglu
Producer’s Name: Zeynep Naz Kecelioglu
Country of Origin: Turkey
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Runtime: 2 minutes 33 seconds
Film Description:
A cat wanders into a house where a mysterious musician plays a song that no mortal can bear to hear.
