Temperaturas Ardientes (La Otra Historia del COVID) – dir. Robert Marshall Tartell

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Original Film Title: Temperaturas Ardientes (La Otra Historia del COVID)

Director’s Name: Robert Marshall Tartell

Writer’s Name: Robert Marshall Tartell

Producer: Robert Marshall Tartell

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 3 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

A hostess’ COVID precautions threaten to spoil dinner for her guests- and a friendship.

Mariposas – dir. Adrian Carey

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Original Film Title: Mariposas

Director’s Name: Adrian Carey

Writer’s Name: Samanta Schweblin

Producer: David Eli Munz Maire

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 3 minutes

Film Description:

Set in a universe of magical realism, a boastful father prattles on superficially about his daughter to another parent in the school pick up line, but is unable to perceive her when it matters most.

Zaman Dark – dir. Christophe Karabache

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Original Film Title: Zaman Dark

Director’s Name: Christophe Karabache

Writer’s Name: Christophe Karabache, May Kassem

Producer: Cécilia Werkmaïster

Country of Origin: Lebanon

Country of Filming: Lebanon

Language: Arabic

Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes

Film Description:

Lebanon on the verge of the abyss. Khattar and Anaïs, two laid-off chemists attempt a unique experiment: to survive by feeding on human flesh.
One day, the woman disappears. The man is pulled into a trafficking scheme which entails exporting human meat, and in return, importing high-tech digital sniper weapons…

The Ride – dir. Adam Marino

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Original Film Title: The Ride

Director’s Name: Adam Marino

Writer’s Name: Joe Costa, Denise Carey-Costa

Producer: Jessica Roszko

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes

Film Description:

After causing a fatal hit and run, a pregnant woman decides to leave the world she once knew behind her. While driving aimlessly through the night she encounters several characters along the way who try to help her make the right decision.

Phoenix Incident – dir. Keith Arem

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Original Film Title: Phoenix Incident

Director’s Name: Keith Arem

Writer’s Name: Keith Arem

Producer: Adam Lawson

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes

Film Description:

From Keith Arem (Award Winning Talent Director of Call of Duty & Titanfall), an investigation into the March 13th, 1997 disappearance of four Arizona men exposes a military cover-up of the largest UFO sighting in North America.

BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.
Thursday March 13th, 1997 marks the date of the Phoenix Lights, the largest mass UFO sighting in US History. The night of the incident, four Phoenix residents vanished in the Estrella Mountain National Park, south of Phoenix, becoming the longest unresolved missing person’s case in Arizona history.

This transmedia motion picture features never-before-seen classified recordings and material, Phoenix Incident presents incontrovertible evidence that the four men were victims of an extraterrestrial attack resulting from the US Air Force direct engagement with unidentified craft over the Estrella Mountains. The combined footage, testimonials and the government’s continued disinformation campaign are brought to light in this gripping documentary that will leave you questioning everything you think you know about “The Phoenix Incident”.

Dozens of hidden websites, social media interactions and 4 hours of secret footage and materials comprise the alternative reality experience of the Phoenix Incident.

Scarlett O. – dir. Alexandra Tebano, Dale Johnson

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Original Film Title: Scarlett O.

Director’s Name: Alexandra Tebano, Dale Johnson

Writer’s Name: Alexandra Tebano

Producer: Alexandra Tebano

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

A tortured woman is stuck in the purgatory in her own mind forced to relive the same excruciating moment over and over again.

Fruit Loops – dir. Danielle Bero

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Original Film Title: Fruit Loops

Director’s Name: Danielle Bero

Writer’s Name: Danielle Bero

Producer: Allie Dellury

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 15 minutes

Film Description:

A 30 something year old lesbian from NYC documents a series of horrible dates as she tries to find the one.

COMMONHEART. From a childish mind. – dir. Arild Remmereit

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Original Film Title: SAMHJARTE. Frå eit barnesinn.

Director’s Name:Arild Remmereit

Writer’s Name: Arild Remmereit

Producer: Arild Remmereit

Country of Origin: Norway

Country of Filming: Norway

Language: Norwegian

Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes

Film Description:

The main character is a boy child filmed at stages in his life, aged 6-8. He dreams, observes, walks and lives in nature. He sees and draws parallels in ways mature individuals mostly have lost the ability to observe.
As a symbol of this pure observation, the ability to see the big and the tiny, a parallel story, represented by a fly, a bumblebee and a spider, is presented.

Once upon a time, he claims, we lived in harmony with our planet; a time when mother earth hummed children to sleep.
There came a time when nobody heard the song anymore.

Far north, where fjords meet forests and mountains, he’s on his own, having walked far before and were searched for (by family, others?). Only one girl, age 12-13, was ever able to find him. He has walked far before but his time he will walk farther than ever before.
He falls and is hurt. A boy, age 14-15 rescues him deep in the snowy forests and takes him to a cave.
He wakes up in a bed and sees a note (with a map/code) stating: “Find the Walley of the Wolves if you can”.

The boy has again been found by the girl and together they endeavour on the search for the Walley of the Wolves.

Lieve Piet – dir. Jarne Hagelaars

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Original Film Title: Lieve Piet

Director’s Name: Jarne Hagelaars

Writer’s Name: Jarne Hagelaars

Producer: Iris Sophie Kroes

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: Dutch

Runtime: 25 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

Ria, a middle-aged woman, ends up in a dark place after the sudden death of her husband. During her mourning process, Ria tries to keep her husband alive in her head. But Ria needs to find out that she must try to handle her sorrow and continue with her life.

Fight The Fear – dir. Shyamala Moorty

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Original Film Title: Fight The Fear

Director’s Name: Shyamala Moorty

Writer’s Name: Shyamala Moorty

Producer: Shyamala Moorty

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English, Spanish

Runtime: 5 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

In this narrative dance and spoken word short, a Dreamer confronts her fears of deportation. Set in a cemented river bed in Southern California, clusters of dancers push, drag, and carry each other in a dance of survival, while powerful spoken word and ethereal vocals call out the fears and hopes of those facing exclusionary migration laws. Created through collaboration and storytelling, this piece highlights the real struggles of the lead performers, while also celebrating their strength, and resilience. Working with Latinx stories and contemporary South Asian music and movement recognizes the intersections of the global South and the continuing challenges of migration, borders and belonging.