Enhanced Festival Experience
Original Film Title: Cold Blood
Director’s Name: Navn Michael Diem
Writer’s Name: Navn Michael Diem, Justin McMann, Debayudh Joardar
Producer: Christopher Fernandes
Country of Origin: Canada
Country of Filming: Canada
Language: English
Runtime: 11 minutes 24 seconds
Film Description:
Set in the future, a corrupt and cold-blooded sheriff misuses an inmate for personal purpose.
Original Film Title: Sign
Director’s Name: Nika Verdzadze
Writer’s Name: Nika Verdzadze
Producer: Nika Verdzadze
Country of Origin: Georgia
Country of Filming: Georgia
Language: Georgian
Runtime: 22 minutes 33 seconds
Film Description:
In order to avoid meeting an unwanted guest, Zaza goes out of the house to idle away time
Original Film Title: Pembe Misafirler
Director’s Name: Pelin Turgut, Murad Mammadov
Writer’s Name: Pelin Turgut
Producer: Ahmet Utku Soylu
Country of Origin: Turkey
Country of Filming: Turkey
Language: Turkish
Runtime: 31 minutes
Film Description:
An informative and educational documentary experience with a high pleasure, describing the flamingos in Izmir bird paradise, their life, the opportunities offered by the Gediz delta region and the environmental problems of the area.
Original Film Title: 《水怪》
Director’s Name: Yuang Lin
Writer’s Name: Yuang Lin
Producer: Yuang Lin
Country of Origin: China
Country of Filming: China
Language: Chinese
Runtime: 30 minutes
Film Description:
An upright policeman who is abhorring evil as a deadly foe, accidently “creates” a gross injustice, in his pursuit of truth and justice.
Original Film Title: Μήδεια εκ των Έσω
Director’s Name: Dionysia Bouzioti
Producer: Dionysia Bouzioti
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Runtime: 52 minutes 35 seconds
Film Description:
Medea Inside is a home-filmed lockdown product directed exclusively remotely with limited means. Medea Inside re-imagines the Euripidean tragedy in minimal domestic settings using theatrical symbolism. The film brings together multiple artistic mediums into an esoteric rendering of Medea’s emotional journey during the decay of her marriage in a foreign land. Distinctive performative narratives, postmodern textures, and original music predominantly inspired by the human body serve a non-logocentric exploration of suffering and vulnerability, challenging Medea’s traditional portrayals and stereotypical projections as constructed through the male gaze. The production draws heavily on humanity’s recent reality of imprisonment and the increase of domestic violence against women during the extended lockdowns.
Original Film Title: Haru
Director’s Name: Primo Wolf
Writer’s Name: Primo Wolf
Producer: Jamila Smit
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Country of Filming: Netherlands
Language: Dutch
Runtime: 12 minutes 49 seconds
Film Description:
When Haru is standing on the edge of his childhood he decides that he is not quite ready for the responsibilities that come with adulthood.
Instead of facing his fears, he runs away from home to become a samurai in the forrest.
At first this adventure seems like the perfect solution to his problems, but when he encounters his long lost father who also decided to become a samurai, Haru may have to confront his fears sooner than expected.
