Category: Best Film Score & Sound Design – 2024 ARFF BARCELONA

Original Film Title: Late for Work

Director’s Name: Allison M Zevallos

Writer’s Name: Carlos A Serrano, Tom Charpentier

Producer: Dorothy Brodmann

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 20 minutes 40 seconds

Film Description:

We embarked on a creative comedy journey to transform a simple skiing adventure with a friend into a compelling narrative through the art of film and sound. The project culminated in a short comedy film titled “Late for Work,” which chronicles the story of two friends. The plot unfolds in a condo parking lot, where one friend is about to leave for work but is persuaded by the other to enjoy a skiing session instead. This decision leads them to an unexpected day filled with joy and skiing escapades. The climax of the film occurs while skiing down extremely challenging terrain on their way to the bar, capturing the essence of après-ski culture.We embarked on a creative comedy journey to transform a simple skiing adventure with a friend into a compelling narrative through the art of film and sound. The project culminated in a short comedy film titled “Late for Work,” which chronicles the story of two friends. The plot unfolds in a condo parking lot, where one friend is about to leave for work but is persuaded by the other to enjoy a skiing session instead. This decision leads them to an unexpected day filled with joy and skiing escapades. The climax of the film occurs while skiing down extremely challenging terrain on their way to the bar, capturing the essence of après-ski culture.

Original Film Title: THE LAST GOODBYE

Director’s Name: Vaibhavi Bansal

Writer’s Name: Vaibhavi Bansal

Producer: Vaibhavi Bansal

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 24 seconds

Film Description:

Emily, Liam, Jeremiah and Dixie have been best friends since the time they met in middle school. Year’s later, its time to part ways as they end up going to different colleges. All this while there’s always has been something in between Jeremiah and Emily – like an unsaid thing.
It’s their final summer night together now, at the beach house. With all the sweet memories and the fun times, will it be easier to say a goodbye or harder than ever? The Last Goodbye is a coming of age, romantic drama which focuses on Emily’s dilemma of confessing her feelings for Jeremiah or choosing a life that she has always wanted and worked hard for without any worries.
When Dixie’s motivates Emily to choose what she wants, she gives it a long thought and once Emily is left alone with Jeremiah at the beach in the night, things take a turn as Jeremiah tries to say the words that she has always wanted to hear. Will they be able to confess their feelings for each other or leave the things unsaid?

Original Film Title: Old Man Jackson

Director’s Name: Johnny Ray Gibbs

Writer’s Name: Johnny Ray Gibbs

Producer: Johnny Ray Gibbs, Kathy Garver

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 hours

Film Description:

Mr. Jackson, third generation award winning automotive mechanics shop owner and hypochondriac has a premonition. With no children of his own to pass the legacy that his grandfather started, he has one last mission to accomplish.

Original Film Title: When We Get Home Again

Director’s Name: Benjamin Baumgartner

Writer’s Name: Benjamin Baumgartner

Producer: Benjamin Baumgartner

Country of Origin: Austria

Country of Filming: Austria

Language: German

Runtime: 13 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

Set in the First World War, the film tells the story of two enemy soldiers who are full of hope, dreams, desires and love, but also full of fear and sadness. When they suddenly face each other on the battlefield while experiencing hell on earth, the core of being human comes to the surface and we can also see the true meaning of war…

Original Film Title: Runt

Director’s Name: Bess Noakes-Kettel, Brendan Void

Writer’s Name:Bess Noakes-Kettel

Producer: Bess Noakes-Kettel, R.E. Wolfe

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 8 seconds

Film Description:

We follow the journey of a young woman and her conflicting emotions and sense of impending demise as she interacts with four other ‘masked’ and seemingly predatory creatures in the wilderness. Expressing themselves through interactive dance and movement as they move through beach and woodland areas, our protagonist appears bare faced and ‘unmasked’: both brave and vulnerable in aesthetic contrast to the other ensemble members who appear in human form and demonstrate human athletic prowess and attributes, but retain anonymity behind their wolf masks.

Original Film Title: Messages To Self

Director’s Name: Gordon J Clark

Writer’s Name: Gordon J Clark

Producer: Gordon J Clark

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 21 minutes 40 seconds

Film Description:

In 2019, while walking in the local neighborhood surrounding California’s remote and somewhat mysterious desert town known as Joshua Tree, photographer Gordon Clark crossed paths with David Kilburn (aka “Drywall Dave”) and spent the ensuing next year and a half creating theatrical photographic tableaus that are metaphors of David’s journey through life. In this film, David tells the stories of his life’s journey so far, accented by flashbacks portrayed and re-enacted through the animation of the photos—creating a powerful, moving, yet eclectically masterful work.

MESSAGES TO SELF asks, “What will you do with what you know?” This medley of stories from David’s life draws you in and keeps you present in the moment as it unwraps life to reveal its glorious simplicity—and you understand how this common man… transformed himself from a caterpillar into a butterfly.

Original Film Title: Kanne kalaimaane ( Apple Of My Eye My Dearest )

Director’s Name: Seenu Ramasamy Ramakrishnan

Writer’s Name: Seenu Ramasamy Ramakrishnan

Producer: Udhayanidhi Stalin

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Tamil

Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes

Film Description:

Kamalakannan, an organic farmer, marries Bharathi, a bank manager. However, Kamalakannan’s grandmother does not want Bharathi to work after marriage, which leads to a tussle between them

Original Film Title: FRAME

Director’s Name: JP Charlebois, MYRAI

Writer’s Name: JP Charlebois, MYRAI, Max Desmond, Alice Messier

Producer: JP Charlebois, Patrick DesRosiers

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming: Canada

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 4 minutes 23 seconds

Film Description:

Charles is a renowned photographer who has worked with the best, made his mark and who now works in his own photography studio that doubles as his apartment. All seems well, but something is missing. A craving he can’t satiate nor comprehend, which will inevitably take a toll on his morals, work ethics and sanity, without sparing those who have the misfortune of crossing his path.