Category: BEST ACTRESS & ACTORS AWARD – 2024 ARFF PARIS

Original Film Title: Je ne peux rien y faire.

Director’s Name: Alban Brulon

Writer’s Name: Alban Brulon, Cyriane Gutierrez

Producer: Alban Brulon

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: Russian

Runtime: 10 minutes 22 seconds

Film Description:

Iryna, a young Ukrainian woman, after fleeing war arrives
to join France where she is welcomed by Natalia a childhood friend of origin
Russian. Endowed with a certain strength of character, Iryna prefers to pass under silence her
anguish and fears, gradually closing in on herself.
Natalia, though a devoted and sincere friend, soon finds herself distraught against her friend in the context of a fratricidal war she had underestimated.

Original Film Title: Le Petit Trou

Director’s Name: Rocco Ferrante

Writer’s Name: Rocco Ferrante

Producer: Rocco Ferrante

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 24 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

Original Film Title: TAKBIR

Director’s Name: Jordi Calvet

Writer’s Name: Jordi Calvet

Producer: Jordi Calvet

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: English, French, Italian, Spanish

Runtime: 14 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

After two ISIS attacks eerily resemble passages from his latest book, a TV writer finds himself under thin ice when he realizes that the new TV show he’s been approached to develop by a mysterious Turkish production company might be used as a blueprint for the terrorist group’s new attack.

Original Film Title: Us.Together.Alone

Director’s Name: Gregg Prosser

Writer’s Name: Luke Edward Smith

Producer: Gregg Prosser, Dustin Williams

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 12 minutes

Film Description:

Milo and Ollie, half brothers, realize that loyalty and devotion can have horrendous results.

Original Film Title: LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

Director’s Name: Nikolay Bogomilov

Writer’s Name: Nikolay Bogomilov, Vincent Molli

Producer: Nikolay Bogomilov, Marika Tosheva, Angel Stavrev

Country of Origin: Bulgaria

Country of Filming: Bulgaria

Language: French, Russian

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

Film Description:

Synopsis: 
Medieval France. The main character studies at the in France in university. Together with other students, he studies Latin, sometimes likes to fool around. But he is different from others because he writes poetry and is very religious. 
He has close friends. One day they break into the public bathhouse together for it being hosting vice. In retaliation, he is attacked at night. He kills one of the attackers. He has to run, and he ends up in a fairy kingdom. The King welcomes him, but the Queen falls in love with him. In the fairy forest, they talk about their love. Sometimes Instead of the Queen, the poet sees Death in the image of an Oriental beauty. The queen is dying. The poet remains in tragic loneliness. 

Original Film Title: HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO KNOW

Director’s Name: Tomas Decurgez

Writer’s Name: Tomas Decurgez

Producer: Sunil Sadarangani, Jordan Washington

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 16 seconds

Film Description:

Maulik a former MMA fighter suffers from trauma who is search of the girl in HIS DREAMS . He finally seeks help from an unconventional therapist who helps him find his answers. Its a Journey that takes him into his past life and his thirst for true freedom.

Original Film Title: I Might Go Surfing -dir. Jaeseok Oh

Director’s Name: Jaeseok Oh

Writer’s Name: David Arrow

Producer: Leon Derriey, Libby Spears

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 16 seconds

Film Description:

In Five Questions, Jill, a young woman played by Amber Paul, comes to terms with an early trauma in her life. In each of the film’s five scenes, a question is asked that propels Jill forward and toward an answer that opens a path to resolution.
Written and directed by David Arrow, the film stars Amber Paul as Jill and features a diverse supporting cast that includes Donna Lynne Champlin, Kiera Allen, Joyia D. Bradley and Elijah Guo. The film was produced by Leon Derriey.

Original Film Title: Adagio

Director’s Name: Tianyang Colin Zhang

Writer’s Name: Tianyang Colin Zhang

Producer: Tianyang Colin Zhang, Michael Anthony

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 13 minutes 40 seconds

Film Description:

A hallucinated young woman suffers from depression and distance and develops an alternate reality.