FLOW – dir. Shoko Tamai

(WINNER)

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Original Film Title: FLOW

Director’s Name: Shoko Tamai

Writer’s Name: Shoko Tamai

Producer: Shoko Tamai

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 27 seconds

Film Description:

Renewal
Wild and pure,
A cycle of creation,
Through pain and strength.

La Mission – dir. Arnaud Favre

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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Original Film Title: La Mission

Director’s Name: Arnaud Favre

Writer’s Name: Arnaud Favre, Romane Bagnoud

Producer: Arnaud Favre

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Country of Filming : Switzerland

Language: French

Runtime: 10 minutes 16 seconds

Film Description:

Nv Shu: Rising Tide – dir. Shuting Li

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Nv Shu: Rising Tide

Director’s Name: Shuting Li

Writer’s Name: Shu Liu

Producer: Shuting Li

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes

Film Description:

NVSHU: RISING TIDE is a documentary that pictures the contemporary wave of China’s Nv Shu culture, the first and only female-writing and female-specific language as well as the women power behind it. The film explores the contemporary context of N Shu culture and captures the daily life and creative moments of representative Nv Shu inheritors, focuses on the inter-generational inheritance of Nv Shu research from the early elder scholars to the new generation of young women, and presents the cross-generational charm and vitality of Nv Shu culture.

2053 – A best Case Scenario – dir. Jan Baumann

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Original Film Title: 2053 – A best Case Scenario

Director’s Name: Jan Baumann

Writer’s Name: Jan Baumann

Producer: Jan Baumann

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming : Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 58 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

In the year of 2053 activists and experts are looking back how humanity made a great shift and created a peaceful and sustainable world.

Made – dir. Bach Tran

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Made

Director’s Name: Bach Tran

Writer’s Name: Bach Tran

Producer: William Palizo

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 36 seconds

Film Description:

Two artists discuss the essence and challenges of creativity.

Plum blossoms have fallen all over the South Mountain – dir. Shu Su

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: 梅花已落满南山

Director’s Name: Shu Su

Writer’s Name: Shu Su

Producer: Shu Su

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes

Film Description:

Chen Jia’en , a woman who grew up in a unique Chinese one-child family environment, has been living alone for many years after returning from studying abroad, which has attracted a lot of discussion, dissatisfaction and urging from the elders of the family. On the issue of marriage, the attitude of the elders is always cautious and persistent, and even the mother, who has always been gentle and inclusive, tactfully expresses her expectations. In the face of the stormy questions of the elders, 32-year-old Chen Jia’en still goes her own way, often living in her own small world, enjoying the unique tranquility and ease. But Chen Jia’en is always the next generation who has to shoulder and inherit family responsibilities, and the words of the elders often ring in her ears. Under this family pressure, Chen Jia’en did not very reluctantly open two romantic relationships, and the ending was always unsatisfactory, until Wu Ning, who she loved deeply in her first love, returned to China…