LIFE CLASS 1920 – dir. Tom Cowan

Original Film Titlel: LIFE CLASS 1920

Director’s Name: Tom Cowan

Writer’s Name: Tom Cowan

Producer: Anelia Bozinovska, Tom Cowan

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

A re-imagining of the scandalous life drawing class of Monsieur Georges Bresson in a small village in Victoria in 1920.

Splinter – dir. Grzegorz Molda

Original Film Titlel: Zadra

Director’s Name: Grzegorz Molda

Writer’s Name: Monika Powalisz

Producer: Maciej Sowiński, Andrzej Papis

Country of Origin: Poland

Country of Filming: Poland

Language: Polish

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes

Film Description:

Zadra (Splinter) is a talented girl from the housing estate, who is fighting for recognition on the rap scene. Although she seems like an ordinary teenager, in front of the microphone she gains incredible energy and charisma, thanks to which she can captivate crowds. But in an environment full of testosterone, it’s hard to find a place for people like her. Zadra fights for her dreams, but most of all for a better life for her family. Still, music isn’t everything, because Zadra’s choices will be greatly influenced by love.

Hero – dir. Dustin Whitehead

Original Film Titlel: Hero

Director’s Name: Dustin Whitehead

Writer’s Name: Myles Isreal

Producer: Amanda Grupp, Sadie Whitehead, Dustin Whitehead

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes

Film Description:

A misfit artist finds out his pre-med ex-girlfriend is pregnant. As she debates whether or not to keep their baby, he must prove himself a worthy father by building a more permanent footing in the world.

Tiger Mom – dir. Wei Zhang

Original Film Titlel: 我和虎妈

Director’s Name: Wei Zhang

Writer’s Name: Wei Zhang, Ruirui Chen, Ying Qin, Yang Chen, Siqi Li, Yu Wang, Haojiao Liu,Wenxin Lu, Yixin Fang

Producer: Min Zhang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes

Film Description:

When exam fever consumes a family, a mother’s vicarious ambitions corrode her daughter’s spirit, driving them toward breaking point. This domestic drama dissects the dark side of academic pressure, where worth is defined by test scores, and self-worth sacrificed. Trapped in a twisted tango between apathy and obsession, a teenage girl struggles to find her voice amid the din of inflated expectations. With futures hanging in the balance, will this household fracture or somehow rediscover harmony? Their fate hinges on redefining achievement beyond the narrow lens of conventional success, and embracing dreams on their own terms before Opportunity’s door slams shut.

Gargi – dir. Gautham Ramachandran

Original Film Titlel: Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi

Director’s Name: Gautham Ramachandran

Writer’s Name: Gautham Ramachandran, Hariharan Raju

Producer: Gautham Ramachandran

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Tamil

Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes

Film Description:

A young Government schoolteacher’s life is turned upside down when her aging Security guard father is accused of raping a minor child. Shunned by society, shamed by the media, and fighting against a tight deadline, she sets on a journey to prove her fathers innocence.

The Trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool – Stephen King

Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi – dir. Aryana Farshad

Original Film Titlel: Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi

Director’s Name: Aryana Farshad

Writer’s Name: Aryana Farshad

Producer: Aryana Farshad

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Afghanistan, Turkey, United States

Language: English, Persian

Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes

Film Description:

Longing for the Soul, A Quest for Rumi, a full-length documentary film, will take the viewers on a mesmerizing journey through the lands of ancient Persia, to modern days Afghanistan, Turkey and United States, to tell the story of a mystic man, Molana Jalal-El-Din Rumi, who’s message of love and peace has been passed on for centuries.

Rumi, departed from the world in 1273, late in the day of December 17. To his followers, this date is known as Sheb-Urs or the Wedding Night. At his funeral, people of all religions gather to celebrate his passing to the realm of god. Rumi reveals mysteries of the universe, in language of poetry and mysticism unfolding in the realm of science in the 21st Century?

The Colour of the Horse – dir. Kristina Schippling

Original Film Titlel: The Colour of the Horse

Director’s Name: Kristina Schippling

Writer’s Name: Kristina Schippling

Producer: Kristina Schippling

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 6 minutes 2 seconds

Film Description:

The beginning of a love affair between two young adults is told poetically and sensitively, the first confiding in each other and the first approaches being made. Their inner worlds, their closeness 
to each other, their fears.

IYAL – dir. Girija Raghuram

Original Film Titlel: IYAL

Director’s Name: Girija Raghuram

Writer’s Name: Girija Raghuram

Producer: Suja Raghuram Manoj

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Tamil

Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes 31 seconds

Film Description:

Busy employed parents Christopher and Gayathri are engrossed in their work and moving their relationship towards separation. Meanwhile, as their relationship faces trouble, their child, Iyal, is left alone with the hired nanny, Chella, and a deaf grandfather. Chella comes from a poor background and has a drunkard husband. Due to both families’ troubled married lives, little Iyal succumbs to a horrible crime. The question of who wins justice and who loses it becomes a serious concern.”

Iakttagen (Watched) – dir. John F. Lindquist

Original Film Titlel: Iakttagen (Watched)

Director’s Name: John F. Lindquist

Writer’s Name: John F. Lindquist

Producer: John F. Lindquist

Country of Origin: Sweden

Country of Filming: Sweden

Language: Swedish

Runtime: 14 minutes 59 seconds

Film Description:

One night Jocke recives a phonecall from an unknown woman. This triggers a series of events that takes both brothers into an unsafe night.