From the Midnight Sun to Eternity – dir. Paola Ivana Suhonen

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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Original Film Title: From the Midnight Sun to Eternity

Director’s Name: Paola Ivana Suhonen

Writer’s Name: Paola Ivana Suhonen

Producer: Olli M. Happonen

Country of Origin: Finland

Country of Filming: Finland

Language: Finnish

Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes

Film Description:

A lovestory, a roadtrip and a betrayal- under the eternal Midnight sun in Finland. This is a roadtrip never to forget.

Tracey – dir. Gino Lynch

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Original Film Title: Tracey

Director’s Name: Gino Lynch

Writer’s Name: Gino Lynch

Producer: Gino Lynch, Claire McKinnley

Country of Origin: Ireland

Country of Filming: Ireland

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 55 seconds

Film Description:

Fresh out of prison Tracey soon learns that the simplicity of a quiet pint may no longer be so simple.

Caracas Avenue – dir. Juana Jimenez Del Toro

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Caracas Avenue

Director’s Name: Juana Jimenez Del Toro

Writer’s Name: Juana Jimenez Del Toro

Producer: Juana Jimenez Del Toro Producciones

Country of Origin: Colombia

Country of Filming: Colombia, France, Italy

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes

Film Description:

Caracas Avenue tells the story of four children in the 1980s who, rejected by their parents for their sexual orientation, are thrown out onto the streets, where they are sexually exploited by a pedophile and begin to commit crimes and engage in prostitution to survive. They dream of traveling to the United States, and amidst their harsh reality, that dream persists. When they arrive in Bogotá, the American dream ends when they are denied visas. The course of their lives takes a drastic turn, and they end up in Bogotá’s red-light district, in the Santafé neighborhood, where they become transvestites. As time passes, their lives take different paths.
Caracas Avenue presenta la historia de cuatro niños de los años 80s, que sufren rechazo por parte de sus padres por su orientación sexual, echados a la calle, donde son explotados sexualmente por un pederasta y comienzan a delinquir y a prostituirse para sobrevivir. Tienen el sueño de viajar a los Estados Unidos y en medio de su cruda realidad ese sueño persiste. Cuando llegan a Bogotá el sueño americano se les acaba por no les dan la visa, el rumbo de sus vidas da un cambio drástico y terminan en la zona roja de Bogotá en el barrio Santafé, donde se transforman en travestis y con el correr del tiempo sus vidas tomaron diferentes caminos.

HIRAETH – dir. Disha Rampal

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Original Film Title: HIRAETH

Director’s Name: Disha Rampal

Writer’s Name: Disha Rampal

Producer: Disha Rampal

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Hindi

Runtime: 22 minutes 46 seconds

Film Description:

Set against the backdrop of a fading small town legacy home in india, the film explores love, loss and resilience in the aftermath of unexpected tragedy. On one spectrum we live it through the innocence of a child and his unconditional bond with a wounded puppy as he is comforted by wisdom & on the other through the eyes of two young adults coming to terms with tragedy reshaping intimacy and belonging.
Hiraeth explores what longing to “belong to” truly means for the characters tracing the journey of pain, healing and wholeness in the quiet search for the “home” they crave, or that once was.

Faire Play – dir. Charles Maxwell, Katy Smith

(ENVISION AWARD WINNER)

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Original Film Title: Faire Play

Director’s Name: Charles Maxwell, Katy Smith

Writer’s Name: Charles Maxwell, Katy Smith

Producer: Regis Terencio, Jason Satterlund

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 24 minutes

Film Description:

A mockumentary that follows the players at a small local Renaissance Fair as they struggle to stay afloat

Reptilia – dir. Chase Commins

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Original Film Title: Reptilia

Director’s Name: Chase Commins

Writer’s Name: Chase Commins, Morgan Bowling

Producer: Chase Commins, Morgan Bowling, Jordan Kady, Sawyer Holcomb, Kelly Dawkins, Wesley Tunison, Martin Aramayo

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 40 minutes 17 seconds

Film Description:

Reptilia is a queer coming of age story about finding yourself in the most unexpected of places. All Jane wants is to fit in, despite her big secret. But when she joins a Meisner class to learn how to act she’s about to find out that being a person is…complicated.