Older Self – dir. Tom Michaels

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Older Self

Director’s Name: Tom Michaels

Writer’s Name: Tom Michaels

Producer: Conall Jones

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 13 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

Reeling from the loss of his wife, a grieving widower contemplating suicide mysteriously transports himself inside his closet 30 years into the future where he comes face to face with the mystery of the unknown.

If I Could Ride Again – dir. Nick Pinelli

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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Original Film Title: If I Could Ride Again

Director’s Name: Nick Pinelli

Writer’s Name: Nick Pinelli, Don miller

Producer: Jeff Brody

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Film Description:

Sequel of If I Could Ride.

On my way – dir. THIERRY OBADIA

(WINNER)

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Original Film Title: On my way

Director’s Name: THIERRY OBADIA

Writer’s Name: THIERRY OBADIA

Producer: THIERRY OBADIA FILMS

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes

Film Description:

Inspired by a true story and my sleepless nights.
Doudou Ngumbu, abandoned at the age of three, is taken in by his
grandmother. He goes on the road to
follow in the footsteps of his deceased dad and find himself. The
encounters he will have will change
never shorten his life and disrupt that of others.

The Perfect Family – dir. Pablo De Antuñano

(WINNER)

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Original Film Title: The Perfect Family

Director’s Name: Pablo De Antuñano

Writer’s Name: Pablo De Antuñano

Producer: Raul Ramírez, Carlos Pérez, Rodolfo García

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming: Mexico

Language:

Runtime: 2 hours

Film Description:

The COVID pandemic only sharpened and exacerbated the hidden vices of society
contemporary.

Stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, techno-dependency, domestic violence and addictions are the new horsemen of the apocalypse that corrode and tear down what was the most solid social structure for millennia: The family.

Normalization and invisibility are the first obstacle to mental health and in this film we wanted to make a global call to recover the safest place we have: our home.

Big Ben – dir. Bino Augustine

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Big Ben

Director’s Name: Bino Augustine

Writer’s Name: Bino Augustine

Producer: Bino Augustine

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: Malayalam

Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes 10 seconds

Film Description:

Lovely and Jean Antony, living in separate countries, face a legal crisis when Jean visits Lovely in London with their 1.5-year-old daughter. The new government and unknown law cause Jean to backfire and his struggle to reunite the family.