Category: GLOBE AWARD – 2024 ARFF PARIS

Original Film Title: ‘A Stitch in Time’ Immerse yourself in Maison M’Elise’s world of sustainable haute couture.

Director’s Name: Maaike Elise Stofferis

Writer’s Name: Maaike Elise Stofferis, Paul Heaney

Producer: Maaike Elise Stofferis

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

Step behind the scenes with Maison M’Elise’s exclusive documentary, ‘A stitch in Time’ Immerse yourself in the world of sustainable haute couture as we unveil the making of the ‘Blue Appels’ collection. Discover the artistry and dedication that go into each piece, showcasing how authenticity and sustainable practices converge.

Join us on a journey through craftsmanship and creativity, where the story of each gown is intricately woven with purpose and passion. Experience the heart of our commitment to sustainability as we lift the veil on the art of fashion, bringing you closer to the enchanting beauty of ‘Blue Appels.’

Original Film Title: The Language of Tides :: An Andamans Story

Director’s Name: Jayant Dasgupta

Writer’s Name: Jayant Dasgupta

Producer: Rajini Dasgupta

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: English, Hindi

Runtime: 49 minutes 34 seconds

Film Description:

The Andaman Islands, off of India’s eastern coast, consists of a rich archipelago of 550+ islands. ‘The Language of Tides’ takes a look at the historical provenance of these islands, gathering conversations, anecdotes, and remembrances to form a riveting portrait of a rare address. This is a socio-cultural project that serves as both archive of memory as well as artistic document of an address where faiths, religions, and personal histories coexist like very few places on the earth.

Original Film Title: 礁石上的黑狗

Director’s Name: Buzz Wang, Rocky Xiong

Writer’s Name: Buzz Wang, Rocky Xiong

Producer: Tingting Tan, Mickey Liu

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

Yan, an introvert and easygoing college student in computer science, is becoming nocturnal and starting to skip classes and avoid social contacts. Unaware of these early signs of his depression, he is suffocated by his inner “black dog”. After his best friend Kai’s dropping out of school, Yan finally loses it and his depression is diagnosed. The global pandemic also forces him to confront with his controlling mother and passive father while he tries to find his way out of darkness. As Yan feels slightly better and resolves his family conflict, he goes on a trip to Kai’s hometown Dali, where an unexpected news triggers the reoccurrence of Yan’s panic attack…

Original Film Title: Weeds By the River

Director’s Name: Ayang Gao

Writer’s Name: Ayang Gao

Producer: Yuan He

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes 7 seconds

Film Description:

On a damp summer night in the south, Xiao Fei searched for someone who was missing and experienced an adventure of shuttling between reality and illusion.

Original Film Title: 大宝

Director’s Name: Alan Liu

Writer’s Name: Alan Liu

Producer: Yuan He

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 21 minutes 13 seconds

Film Description:

In the film, there is a designer under stress of life, a delivery guy, and a waste collector. A series of conflicts between them, and these conflicts have given them a new understanding of human nature!

Original Film Title: 纸箱

Director’s Name: Ying Zhang

Writer’s Name: Ying Zhang

Producer: Ying Zhang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 14 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

In the film, there is a designer under stress of life, a delivery guy, and a waste collector. A series of conflicts between them, and these conflicts have given them a new understanding of human nature!

Original Film Title: 山那边

Director’s Name: Migo

Writer’s Name: Migo

Producer: Migo

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 13 minutes

Film Description:

The film “Cross Your Mountain” tells the story of a dying father who unconsciously recalls an important experience in his life: The last journey of life between his terminal cancer and his daughter who failed the college entrance examination and has deep conflicts with him.
When the daughter was a child, her mother died accidentally because of daughter’s fun, but she has not had the courage to face it and deliberately moved the crime with her father in order to obtain short-term comfort in her heart. Single father faced the sudden announcement of death, not ready, had a sense of fear, full of anxiety for life of the father decided in the last days of life with his daughter to complete her wish – to return to Tibet to worship the mother, the two people began a life and family redemption journey, in the trip to Tibet, the daughter inadvertently found her secret of birth. And the father in the face of life and death on the persistence of his own understanding. Father and daughter in the face of their own life on the road of the mountain, how to climb, how to choose?

Original Film Title: Plastic Gourmet

Director’s Name: Peter Kuhtz

Writer’s Name: Peter Kuhtz

Producer: Peter Kuhtz

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 42 seconds

Film Description:

A mysterious seaman cooks plastic-polluted fish meals in a gloomy ship’s kitchen in the middle of a storm on the ocean.
“For this short film, I built a ship’s kitchen on a tilting platform to create the illusion of a real ship and want to raise awareness about plastic pollution in our oceans.”