Half Samurai – dir. Rashad Haughton

Original Film Title: Half Samurai

Director’s Name: Rashad Haughton

Writer’s Name: Rashad Haughton

Producer: Toshi Sasahara, Alex Lai

Country of Filming: Japan

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 11 minutes

Film Description:

A mysterious drifter wanders into a bar owned by a psychopathic yakuza gang on Halloween night.

I REMEMBER – dir. Zhigang Zhao

Original Film Title: I REMEMBER

Director’s Name: Zhigang Zhao

Writer’s Name: Zhigang Zhao

Producer: Zhigang Zhao

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 15 minutes 50 seconds

Film Description:

During the pandemic,Chen Sennan, an artist who stopped painting, received a request from his old friend. He was asked to meet a boss who commissioned him to create a painting in memory of his deceased wife. When he found out that the boss’s wife was his first lover Song Xiaowen, The feelings of poured into Chen’s heart,That year are vividly recalled.

The Muse – dir. Max Karpylev

Original Film Title: The Muse

Director’s Name: Max Karpylev

Writer’s Name: Max Karpylev

Producer: Ivan Zabolotsky

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Russian Federation

Language: Russian

Runtime: 49 minutes

Film Description:

Once successful novelist Mark is fighting for his sanity struggling to finish his book. Mark explores his difficult relations with his father and the sense of fear as an enemy of creativity. Will Mark sacrifice himself to finish his book on time?

Herd Immunity – dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Original Film Title: Herd Immunity

Director’s Name: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Writer’s Name: Adilkhan Yerzhanov

Producer: Olga Khlashvea

Country of Origin: Kazakhstan

Country of Filming: Kazakhstan

Language: Kazakh, Russian

Runtime: 2 hours

Film Description:

Selkeu Uashev is a local police officer at Karatas village. He’s not a man of high morals and can hardly be called a role model as a policeman. He turns a deaf ear to lots of criminal offences and takes bribes. For that he’s loved a lot by local criminals and frauds. But one day the commission arrives from the city to declare the big audit all over the village due to pandemic…

Las Camelias – dir. Paloma Suau

Original Film Title: Las Camelias

Director’s Name: Paloma Suau

Writer’s Name: Paloma Suau

Producer: Rafael Abudo Massó

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Puerto Rico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

Film Description:

Las Camelias is the timeless love story inspired by the classic novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas retold as a Caribbean tale. This time around, the story takes place during a global pandemic. Denise Quiñones is powerfully bewitching as the legendary Margarita Gautier, daughter, sister, friend, dancer, seductress, prostitute. Men woo her and fall in love, but she gave her heart to one. Leading man, Xavier Morales, as Armando, falls deeply in love and risks everything to be with her. Though the two escape, their love is interrupted by his father, who prohibits it to protect the family’s honor. The rest is literary history, audiences have never gotten over Margarita Gautier’s death and the loss of a great love.

Wāhine & Waves – dir. Ryan Thielen

Original Film Title: Wāhine & Waves

Director’s Name: Ryan Thielen

Writer’s Name: Amber Jones

Producer: Amber Jones

Country of Origin: New Zealand

Language: English

Runtime: 27 minutes 22 seconds

Film Description:

A local photographer (Amber Jones) travels around New Zealand capturing the essence of female kiwi surf culture.