Bespoke ART – dir. Jingjing Chen

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Original Film Title: Bespoke ART

Director’s Name: Jingjing Chen

Writer’s Name: Jingjing Chen, MM

Producer: Jingjing Chen, Feiyu Li

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: English, Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds

Film Description:

When bespoke becomes a label for optimized service, the human race is no longer content with customizing things; it begins to customize humans. One by one, the perfect service, the perfect children, the intricate global fertility chains, and the women therein fade out from the documentary footage, while director Jingjing steps into the spotlight from behind the camera. She becomes a Thai surrogate in captivity, but also a surrogacy agent who achieved upward social mobility; she turns into a selfless and hypocritical American surrogate mother – a product of technology born through surrogacy herself; she even tries to play an elite black lesbian at the very top of the feminist chain of contempt, only to collapse in on herself.

Shooting Your Own Shadow – dir. Joseph J Parisi, Michael Amman

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Original Film Title: Shooting Your Own Shadow

Director’s Name: Joseph J Parisi, Michael Amman

Writer’s Name: Joseph J Parisi, Michael Amman

Producer: a2x productions, Scene 1

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

A jaded and delusional assassin rethinks some life choices with her manager, while believing she’s the main character in a 90s style tv show called, “Shooting Your Own Shadow”.

AWAKE – dir. Harrison Vincent

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Original Film Title: AWAKE

Director’s Name: Harrison Vincent

Writer’s Name: Harrison Vincent

Producer: Harrison Vincent

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 4 seconds

Film Description:

A mysterious rider embarks upon a clandestine journey while battling with their own existence.

Salome: A Love Story – dir. Nicolas Walker

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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.

First Date – dir. Mehmet Zakir Ekni

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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.

Emergency Musical Response: Part 1 – Journey to Netherworld – dir. Cosmo Swevens

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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.

Your Time Has Come – dir. David Durán

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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.

August – dir. Zhang zhe han

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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.

The Last Island – dir. Davide Lomma

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Original Film Title: L’ultima isola

Director’s Name: Davide Lomma

Writer’s Name: Davide Lomma

Producer: Davide Lomma

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Italy

Language: Italian

Runtime: 1 hour 14 minutes

Film Description:

“The Last Island” is a documentary that narrates the extraordinary story of eight friends who accidentally find themselves caught up on the island of Lampedusa in one of the darkest moments in the history of the Mediterranean Sea. From a quiet evening on a boat, to the sudden rescue of hundreds of people at sea, the film explores the power of friendship and human resilience in emergency situations.

The Victims of Sundarbans – dir. Dilip Ghosh

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Original Film Title: 色达日记

Director’s Name: Dilip Ghosh

Writer’s Name: Olivia Dunlop

Producer: Purnendu Roy, Olivia Dunlop, Simon Dunlop

Country of Origin: India

Country of Filming: India

Language: Bengali, English

Runtime: 28 minutes 11 seconds

Film Description:

Sundarbans the largest mangrove forest in the world where there are tiger victim families which include the widowed women along with their children, their atrocities, their livelihood, their survival in the midst of the forest, their encounter with the Royal Bengal Tiger has been vividly portrayed in this documentary of 28 minutes and 11 seconds.