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Original Film Title: DETECTIVE HARPER
Director’s Name: Djason Demassey
Writer’s Name: Djason Demassey
Producer: Djason Demassey
Country of Origin: France
Country of Filming: France
Language: English
Runtime: 6 minutes
Film Description:
Five person trapped in a basement, one of them is the murderer. A comedy thriller.
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Original Film Title: The Stork
Director’s Name: Stephen Gallacher
Writer’s Name: Ronan McCabe
Producer: Ronan McCabe, Rhydian Lewis
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Language: English
Runtime: 8 minutes 17 seconds
Film Description:
The Stork is a character driven comedy that follows well intentioned, but clueless, parents of a queer woman wanting to start a family via artificial insemination using Norwegian semen ordered online – a popular method for queer couples. However, typically, the receipts of said semen tend to sign for their important delivery but on this occasion they’re not in but, (un)luckily, one set of parents are! On delivery, there is a slight altercation that results in the sample being destroyed leaving the delivery driver and parents in a bit of sticky (or rather NOT sticky) situation that needs to be rectified before their daughter returns home. All three characters are on very different pages regarding their plan of action and have very different perspectives when it comes to understanding the queer community – supportive but not necessarily accurate. Through miscommunication and audience the short pushes moral boundaries, questioning how far would a parent go to secure their child’s happiness. We follow the trio as they stumble their way through learning about their daughter’s journey (despite their ignorance) and its complexities – from a place of love. It’s an uplifting, family centred story showcasing the importance of unconditional love of queer people.
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Original Film Title: Zone of Shards
Director’s Name: Dániel Bóta
Writer’s Name: Dániel BótaO
Producer: Dániel Bóta
Country of Origin: Hungary
Country of Filming: Hungary
Language: Hungarian
Runtime: 18 minutes 5 seconds
Film Description:
Zone of Shards (SzilánkZóna) is a historical short drama set in rural Hungary during the final days of World War II in the spring of 1945.
Inspired directly by the director’s grandfather’s personal memories, the film immerses viewers in a child’s experience of war through its distinct visual style, evocative sound design, and immersive 4:3 aspect ratio.
Seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Marci, the film quietly yet powerfully captures the surreal and fragmented reality of a world falling apart.
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Original Film Title: A saga
Director’s Name: DAYSE AMARAL DIAS
Writer’s Name: THIAGO FERNANDES, PAOLA SIVIERO
Producer: THIAGO FERNANDES, EMANUELLE ANNE
Country of Origin: Brazil
Country of Filming: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Runtime: 28 minutes 56 seconds
Film Description:
Após uma enchente devastar a pequena cidade de Estrela do Sul, a jovem Maria Flor embarca em uma jornada mágica e desafiadora para salvar sua mãe doente. A única cura está em um remédio feito com raros ovos de vagalumes. Determinada, Maria Flor explora os recantos do município, onde encontra personagens inusitados: como o otimista carroceiro Felizardo, que lhe ensina sobre esperança, e o melancólico caminhoneiro Zé Firmino, que carrega histórias de saudade e perda.
Guiada pela bondosa madrinha Dona Nice, Maria Flor enfrenta perigos e mistérios, incluindo um encontro arrebatador com a enigmática Criatura, guardiã de um velho casarão, e o traiçoeiro Mané Zoim, que fará de tudo para impedir seu sucesso. Com coragem e amor, Maria Flor descobre que a verdadeira luz não vem apenas dos vagalumes, mas da força que existe dentro de si.
Uma saga encantadora sobre amor, sacrifício e os laços que nos mantêm firmes diante das adversidades.
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Original Film Title: THANK YOU ZINDAGI
Director’s Name: Dheeraj Bhatnagar
Writer’s Name: SARGAM BHATNAGAR
Producer: SUNIL KUMAR
Country of Origin: India
Country of Filming: India
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 31 minutes 54 seconds
Film Description:
For many people, life doesn’t end with death—it begins in different bodies. This is a story of a man, who collapses during rehearsal of a play based on Indian epic, Mahabharata. The man playing Karn is rushed to hospital where doctors discover that the man has a medical condition in which veins in his brain are entangled, blocking flow of blood. Doctors advise his parents not to disclose the condition to the man lest it should cause stress. The man, unaware about the prognosis, plants a jamun (black berry) tree on his parents’ anniversary and tells them that they will enjoy the juicy fruit together in a few years. Parents know that he may not be around to enjoy the fruits. The man eventually finds the hospital file and learns about his medical condition and about his life’s uncertainty. He records a video message in which he tells his parents to donate his organs when he’s gone. The man goes for the final show of his play but collapses again after playing his part. He is taken to hospital where doctors declare him brain dead. Just then, the message lands in the mobile phones of his parents and his friends from the theatre group. In the video message, he says, “I may not be around when you read this message…” The film ends with four people, who have got different organs from the man, in the man’s house. A girl plays the man’s signature tune on mouth organ – and the film ends.
The film is set in India where hundreds of people, who need organ transplant, lose out on life due to scarcity of organs. Many people know that organs of a brain-dead patient can be donated to save lives but families often don’t donate organs unless the person had himself pledged his organs before death. Because of this most of the transplants in the country are done with organs from living donors; the number of deceased donor transplants is abysmally low. The film aims to promote deceased organ donation to save lives.
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Original Film Title: The Emerald Purse
Director’s Name: Kimberly Olsen
Writer’s Name: Kimberly Olsen
Producer: Kimberly Olsen, Grant De Sousa
Country of Origin: South Africa, United States
Country of Filming: South Africa
Language: English
Runtime: 20 minutes
Film Description:
When a successful photographer returns home for her estranged mother’s funeral, she stumbles upon an emerald-green purse containing clues that unravel her true identity, forcing her and her sister to redefine who they are.
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Original Film Title: Charity day
Director’s Name: Ginita Sunaina
Writer’s Name: G S S
Producer: Ginita Sunaina
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes 31 seconds
Film Description:
During her first 25 years at Duval Elementary (East Gainesville, Fla.), Gloria Jean Merriex was a typical teacher. She adhered faithfully to her district’s rigid pacing guides. But after her school flunked its high-stakes state exam, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), she changed. Completely.
As a result of failing the FCAT, Duval faced major consequences. They included a budget freeze and the threat of a shutdown. The state and district pressured Gloria and her colleagues to strictly follow the curriculum and guidelines.
Gloria fought back. She created a curriculum from scratch to make her lessons relevant to her students. Recognizing rhythm and repetition help children grasp and remember complex concepts, she experimented with music and movement. She wrote original songs and choreographed geometrical motions. She flipped the playbook, starting the school year with the hardest concepts. She practiced tough love. And she substantially raised her expectations of her students—and herself.
In one year, she catapulted Duval to an A. She became a national model, giving us a blueprint for student success.
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Original Film Title: Class of Her Own
Director’s Name: Boaz Dvir
Writer’s Name: Boaz Dvir
Producer: Boaz Dvir
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes 31 seconds
Film Description:
During her first 25 years at Duval Elementary (East Gainesville, Fla.), Gloria Jean Merriex was a typical teacher. She adhered faithfully to her district’s rigid pacing guides. But after her school flunked its high-stakes state exam, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), she changed. Completely.
As a result of failing the FCAT, Duval faced major consequences. They included a budget freeze and the threat of a shutdown. The state and district pressured Gloria and her colleagues to strictly follow the curriculum and guidelines.
Gloria fought back. She created a curriculum from scratch to make her lessons relevant to her students. Recognizing rhythm and repetition help children grasp and remember complex concepts, she experimented with music and movement. She wrote original songs and choreographed geometrical motions. She flipped the playbook, starting the school year with the hardest concepts. She practiced tough love. And she substantially raised her expectations of her students—and herself.
In one year, she catapulted Duval to an A. She became a national model, giving us a blueprint for student success.
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Original Film Title: Paper Rocket
Director’s Name: Hossein Valian, Zahra Avarandeh
Writer’s Name: Zeinab Valian
Producer: Hossein Valian, Zahra Avarandeh
Country of Origin: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Country of Filming: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Language:
Runtime: 1 minute
Film Description:
It’s a mini short film about a young boy joyfully playing with his paper rocket, symbolizing his innocence and imagination. As war intrudes, the playful rocket transforms into a real one, leading to devastation, turning back on the children and ultimately shattering the boy’s life.
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