Category: Best Inspirational Film – 2024 WSXA PARIS

Original Film Title: The Mediterranean Heroes – Thalas Exploration

Director’s Name: Thomas Capiten

Writer’s Name: Thomas Capiten

Producer: Thomas Capiten

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming : France

Language: French

Runtime: 1 hour 7 minutes

Film Description:

The crew of Thalas Océan, convinced that the solutions to better understand and preserve the Ocean exist, set off to discover the Heroes of the Ocean.

In the French Mediterranean they will meet 6 Heroes and Heroines, from genetics to climate via coral and prehistoric men, this first chapter of a long story sheds light on what the Ocean is and why we must all become the actors of our future.

In their adventure, they will meet thousands of schoolchildren, hundreds of engineers and carry out scientific actions

Original Film Title: Her

Director’s Name: Qiang Chu

Writer’s Name: Qiang Chu, HongYu Bai

Producer: Qiang Chu

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 29 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

A girl, Xiao Si, begs in streets under the control of human traders. One day, she comes across a social marginalized decoy for wine, Bi Ying who lives by deceiving men into high consumption by her beauty everyday. Xiao Si wants Bi’s help to get rid of the human traders’ control but the thing is not so easy. Bi helps her just out of compassion. Until Xiao Si changes Bi’s danger into safety in time, their relationship doesn’t change in nature. However, the human traders break their peaceful life. For a comfortable and stable life of Xiao Si, Bi begins her dangerous journey against the criminal syndicate and the human traders.

Original Film Title: It’s waiting for you.

Director’s Name: Ming Yuan

Writer’s Name: Ming Yuan

Producer: Ming Yuan

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes

Film Description:

It’s a film that combines live action, hand-drawn animation, and stop motion to explore the confusion of existence.

His lover was waiting for him. Before he left, he was wrapped in a smell, he began to question his moves, he hesitated over whether this was futile.

Original Film Title: 兄弟

Director’s Name: Wei Zhang

Writer’s Name: Min Zhang, Ziren Wang, Qianyi Song, Yang Chen, Yin Qin, Yu Wang, Zheng Chu, Zhenfei Pi, Yuanyuan Gao, Wan Zhang, Hailan Wang

Producer: Min Zhang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes

Film Description:

The film was inspired by a sprinkling of ashes from a “Harley Club”. The three good brothers agreed to “ride Tibet” together when they were young, but they were too busy with their lives to take care of the agreement. After one of them died unexpectedly, the other two formed a Harley-Davidson team to start a motor-cycling trip, spreading ashes in sacred places along the way of Tibetan area.Redemption with life “Brothers” uses individual memories to search for and experience thoughts about life, money, women and desires. Along the way, they redeem themselves, allowing each other to understand, feel guilty, blame themselves, forgive, let go…all the grievances and hatreds are gone with the wind. The filming of the film has experienced two epidemics, which lasted “six years”, and started shooting “four times”, which permeates Harley’s spirit and brotherhood throughout.

Original Film Title: Tiger Run: The Untold Story

Director’s Name: Dee Brown, Omarosa Manigault Newman

Writer’s Name: Dee Brown

Producer: Dee Brown, Omarosa Manigault Newman

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 53 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

Utilizing heartful interviews, game tape, and behind-the-scenes footage of the Jackson State University and the Jackson State University HBU Pro Day event, TIGER RUN: The Untold Story aims to pull back the curtain on Deion Sander’s mission to change the paradigm for all HBCU football players and bring equity back into the NFL draft system.

Original Film Title: Empty Heights, Moonlit Night

Director’s Name: Canghai Lu

Writer’s Name: Wen Lei, Canghai Lu, Long Jin, Wenbo Li

Producer: Luke

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 21 minutes

Film Description:

It has been two years since the children last visited home. Living alone, Old Yu, in a fit of anger, takes his children to court, hoping to see them. However, they don’t appear in court. Deeply disappointed, Old Yu pleads with the judge to inform his children to meet him on June 28th at Dome(Qiongding) Mountain for a “final closure.” On that day, Old Yu sets out early in the morning. He carries his old camera, takes along an old photo album, and rides the bicycle he had during his marriage, slowly heading towards Dome(Qiongding) Mountain which is dozens of miles away…

Original Film Title: Melodie Raum 222

Director’s Name:Anton Pichler

Writer’s Name: Anton Pichler

Producer: Anton Pichler, Anton Pichler

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming : Germany

Language: English, Finnish, French, German, Turkish

Runtime: 2 hours 45 minutes

Film Description:

An exploration into the soul of musicians on their pilgrimage to one day achieve mastery over their instrument. There is a book called “Zen in the Art of Archery” that says: “Mastery is something, many dream of during their youth. A few years later only a tiny part of them will be left.”

Original Film Title: 《赞美诗》

Director’s Name: Mark Xie

Writer’s Name: Mark Xie

Producer: Marie Lee

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 14 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

Pianists experience a low point in performance and life. Friend gatherings made him even more exhausted. He went to record and everyone went to welcome the big star. However, the situation is getting worse and worse. Having gained fame, he has already been asked to curry favor with influential figures.
He knew he had offended God. He hopes to return to God. He wants to play a song that praises the gods. But everything was in vain. On the eve of a concert, the phone call from agent Li Ge overwhelmed him. He fainted to the ground, and the young pianist who replaced him became even more popular, and his playing career hit the pause button like this.
Although the worldly pianist came to an end, the divine one appeared in the church. His brother brought him to God and offered a prayer together, and when he returned to God’s embrace, he wept uncontrollably.
At the witness meeting, he played ‘I call to you,Lord Jesus Christ’, and God’s embrace warmed everyone.