Category: ARFF Amsterdam 2024 – Audience Award

Original Film Title: People & Wolves

Director’s Name: Rachel Tilseth

Writer’s Name: Rachel Tilseth

Producer: Rachel Tilseth

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 32 minutes 51 seconds

Film Description:

For centuries, the Ojibwe have lived alongside their brother Ma’iingan, who we know in English to be the wolf. In February 2021, a Brutal assault, a hunt on their wolf relative, stirs emotion and grief for Ma’iingan as they know what happens to him will happen to them.

Original Film Title: Salome: A Love Story

Director’s Name: Nicolas Walker

Writer’s Name: Oscar Wilde, Nicolas Walker

Producer: Frederick Keeve

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes 33 seconds

Film Description:

King Herod lusts after his stepdaughter, Princess Salome, under the disapproving glare of his wife, Queen Herodias, while Salome falls madly in love with the prophet Jokanaan and demands he return her love with tragic results.

Original Film Title: First Date

Director’s Name: Mehmet Zakir Ekni

Writer’s Name: Mehmet Zakir Ekni

Producer: Mehmet Zakir Ekni, Ali Töre Balaban

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: Turkish

Runtime: 13 minutes 15 seconds

Film Description:

İlter nervously preparing for a date , navigates a surreal mix of excitement and bizarre interruptions, leading to an awkward, dreamlike encounter.

Original Film Title: Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld

Director’s Name: Cosmo Swevens

Writer’s Name: Cosmo Swevens, Sol Solaris

Producer: Cosmo Swevens, Alexander John Anthony Senicki

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 43 minutes 55 seconds

Film Description:

Emergency Musical Responders, Sage and her partner Cosmo, provide emergency music as a service to those in need of music as medicine. Ride with EMR Unit 421 as they help people in distress on their journey to Netherworld.

Original Film Title: Llegó tu hora

Director’s Name: David Durán

Writer’s Name: David Durán

Producer: Carolina Deltoro Teoh

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 19 minutes 58 seconds

Film Description:

Paula is about to reveal an invention that will change the rules of the world we live in, but minutes before the presentation she will have a streaming interview with her biggest detractor in front of millions of people.

Original Film Title: August

Director’s Name: Zhang zhe han

Writer’s Name: Zhang zhe han

Producer: Zhang zhe han

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 52 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

The documentary, “August”, marks the directorial debut of Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan, premiered on YouTube on April 14, 2024.
This film documents Zhang’s deeply personal journey of self-healing in the aftermath of a devastating cyber media storm in August 2021 that abruptly halted his acting career.

In the absence of the stage and limelight, when his career and life were shattered by false information and malicious distortions online, Zhang Zhehan chose to embark on a journey in August, two years later, to embrace the real world in the way he loves. On this cycling trip from Shangri-La to Lhasa, he encountered snow-capped mountains and glaciers, came across meadows and trees, flocks and herds, and many ordinary yet soul-touching individuals; He listened to the sounds of nature, the stories of strangers, as well as the pain and love within his heart.

The shadow of the past August still lingers, and the Augusts of the future will continue to arrive. This particular month in, “August”, is exceptionally meaningful.