Say that you love me – Raphael Assaraf

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Original Film Title: Dis-moi que tu m’aimes

Director’s Name: Raphael Assaraf

Writer’s Name: Raphael Assaraf

Producer: Patrycja Toczek

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: French

Runtime: 10 minutes 9 seconds

Film Description:

A young woman is confronted to a toxic relationship she struggles to escape from.

This Time – dir. Sean Mallory

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Original Film Title: This Time

Director’s Name: Sean Mallory

Writer’s Name: Ron Weisberg

Producer: Sean Mallory, Coby Dax, James Wright

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 8 minutes 13 seconds

Film Description:

Tierra del Fuego – dir. Oleksandr Lozytskyi

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Original Film Title: Tierra del Fuego

Director’s Name: Oleksandr Lozytskyi

Writer’s Name: Oleksandr Lozytskyi

Producer: Oleksandr Lozytskyi

Country of Origin: Ukraine

Country of Filming : Chile

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

Vibes and beautiful landscapes of Tierra del Fuego (Chile).

Beautiful Things – dir. Thamiris Mendes

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Original Film Title: Beautiful Things

Director’s Name: Thamiris Mendes

Writer’s Name: Ryll Ribeiro

Producer: Thamiris Mendes

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 9 minutes

Film Description:

Jesse confronting her past and her relationship with her parents after a major loss. Switching between memories with family in the past and the painful present, she seeks to understand the complexity of family ties and the lasting impact of choices and absences. A film about love, loss and the emotional journey of life.

Make Me Murder – dir. Rahel Peker

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Original Film Title: Make Me Murder

Director’s Name: Rahel Peker

Writer’s Name: Rahel Peker

Producer: Maria Famosa

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 19 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

“Everyone is a killer”. A determined psychology student sets
out to prove herself right but entangles herself in a dangerous
game of knowledge and power. How far is she willing to go?

Shoes – dir. Denise Rose

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Original Film Title: Shoes

Director’s Name: Denise Rose

Writer’s Name: Denise Rose

Producer: Kole Onile-ere

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : Morocco

Language: Arabic

Runtime: 20 minutes 55 seconds

Film Description:

Just a young boy finding his path… in the best possible shoes.
Shoes is a simple story, with global ambition. A story about Munidi, a young boy from a village somewhere in Africa. Munidi isn’t happy with his image and so he sets about transforming his life. Among other westernised ideals, Munidi looks to his screen idols of the western world for inspiration. But who can help him realise his Big Life Ambitions? Bond? … James Bond, that’s who!
Munidi’s transformation begins as seeks out the finer things and steps into a new life and a new pair of shoes. Meet the fresh and improved Munidi who is 100% ready to fulfil his dreams, when a series of everyday encounters make him realise that the things he idolises, aren’t quite what he thought they would be? This is the story of how one young boy’s real transformation comes with understanding who he is and what is important to him.

Doll – dir. Marcel Köppe

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Original Film Title: Doll

Director’s Name: Marcel Köppe

Writer’s Name: Marcel Köppe

Producer: Marcel Köppe

Country of Origin: Sweden

Country of Filming : Sweden

Language: Swedish

Runtime: 11 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

Locked in her room, alone in her bed, the girl Ilse is plagued by nightmares. Ilse’s older sister Agnes is poor and has been forced into a life of prostitution. To protect Ilse from the violence and abuse she herself suffers every night, Agnes gives her strong sleeping pills and locks the door to her bedroom when she receives the men, but one night Ilse ‘forgets’ to take her medicine.

Hola, Farewell – dir. Malu Solis

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Original Film Title: Hola, Farewell

Director’s Name: Malu Solis

Writer’s Name: Malu Solis

Producer: Diego Lomelín, Ernesto Manero, Edgar Herrera

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming : Mexico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 7 minutes 57 seconds

Film Description:

A captain tells his crewman the story of when he was taken away by sirens. The captain recalls the encounter with one particular siren whom he never saw again. However, from that day on he listens to her singing daily from his prison cell.

KIELIA – dir. Vic Quinton, Cynthia Garcia

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Original Film Title: KIELIA

Director’s Name: Vic Quinton, Cynthia Garcia

Writer’s Name: Vic Quinton, Wilbur Witt

Producer: Rusty Joiner, Rusty Joiner

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 45 minutes

Film Description:

A love story 10,000 years in the making. A time traveler (Kielia) goes back in time to Austin, Texas to discover the true meaning of a word that was forbidden and removed from all data sources for thousands of years…LOVE.

Hombre – dir. Michal Vesely

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Original Film Title: Hombre

Director’s Name: Michal Vesely

Writer’s Name: Caleb Bloomer, Michal Vesely

Producer: Camille Aebi, Michal Vesely

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 20 minutes 56 seconds

Film Description:

Skat, a man ensnared by a crippling gambling addiction, embarks on a surreal desert odyssey. His encounter with an enigmatic stranger in a Las Vegas casino leads him to make a life-altering decision, one that isn’t just about saving his own skin but clinging to the hope that newfound forces can fuel his gambling prowess. As Skat navigates his internal struggles, he unwittingly becomes entangled with hidden elements in the earthly realm, setting him on a precarious journey between redemption and an ominous grip. With every twist in the desert road, his destiny teeters on the edge, leaving audiences to unravel the enigmatic layers beneath the surface.