Category: ARFF Paris

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Into the Dark – dir. Michael O. Snyder

Original Film Title: Into the Dark

Directors Name: Michael O. Snyder

Producer: Eli Kintisch, Michael O. Snyder

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Norway

Language: English, Norwegian

Runtime: 28 min 03 sec

Film Description: 

Battling subzero temperatures and forty-foot seas, a team of scientists embark on a perilous winter expedition into the darkest regions of the Arctic. Their mission: to understand how trace amounts of light may be radically altering the mysterious world of the polar night. What they discover has implications for the global climate and the future of the Arctic.

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Incredible Machine GlassBody – dir. Katarina Poljak

Original Film Title: Incredible Machine GlassBody

Directors Name: Katarina Poljak

Writers Name: Katarina Poljak

Producer: Katarina Poljak

Country of Origin:United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 14 min 20 sec

Film Description: 

Rewiring ourselves to be vulnerable, while consumerism and mass media leads us to a less “human” society. Robotic tendencies frame our personal identities and execute the truth of how we language ourselves in this hostile world.

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UnderSee – dir. Margie Kelk, Lynne Slater

Original Film Title: UnderSee

Directors Name: Margie Kelk, Lynne Slater

Writers Name: Margie Kelk, Lynne Slater

Producer: Margie Kelk

Country of Origin: Canada

Language: No

Runtime: 7 min 47 sec

Film Description: 

The very existence of Antarctica is now threatened by human activity. I am returning this winter for a second glimpse of the frozen continent, which I passionately hope can be preserved. I am producing drawings inspired by the beauty of Antarctic sea life. I have worked with animator Lynne Slater to finish a stop-motion film which revolves around the destruction produced by human pollution in the marine environment. Antarctica is now the focus of my creative output as I work to show my audience what a beautiful continent we risk losing.

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Figure – dir. Hao-Ying Li

Original Film Title: Figure 

Directors Name:  Hao-Ying Li

Writers Name: Hao-Ying Li

Producer: Hao-Ying Li, Aakash Meshram

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 8 min 07 sec

Film Description: 

“What’s your inner animal?” When everyone needs to find their inner animal as an identification of personality and ability. Renard, a fresh graduate is uncertain his identity must find the connection with his inner animal, otherwise he will lose his connection with the society and become homeless. How can he figure out his inner animal?

Writers Name: Hao-Ying Li

Producer: Hao-Ying Li, Aakash Meshram

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 8 min 07 sec

Film Description: 

“What’s your inner animal?” When everyone needs to find their inner animal as an identification of personality and ability. Renard, a fresh graduate is uncertain his identity must find the connection with his inner animal, otherwise he will lose his connection with the society and become homeless. How can he figure out his inner animal?

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It is not too late – dir. Vladimir Miketa

Original Film Title: It is not too late 

Directors Name: Vladimir Miketa

Writers Name: Vladimir Miketa

Producer: VMC Production

Country of Origin: Croatia

Country of Filming: Croatia

Language: No

Runtime: 6 min 45 sec

Film Description: 

In a not so distant future humanity is on its knees. The planet is a wasteland and the air is polluted. The last born man suffers for mans greatest sin – greed. This dystopian short drama shows us what the world will become if we don’t act now.

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Return To Sender – dir. Lou Dubigeon, DOP Leco Moura

Original Film Title: Return To Sender

Directors Name: Lou Dubigeon

Writers Name: Lou Dubigeon

DOP: Leco Moura

Producer: Rebecca Hearn

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming:  United States

Language: English

Runtime: 19 min 10 sec

Film Description: Pierre, a young and lonely French postman who longs for the days of hand-written letters, only gets to deliver junk mail and bills in the dry American desert. He has gotten acquainted to daily mockery and loneliness when he comes across Lucy, an intriguing and charming new neighbor.

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Highland Home – dir. Dan Schaefer, DOP John Waller, Ben Canales

Original Film Title: Highland Home  

Directors Name: Dan Schaefer

Writers Name: Dan Schaefer

DOP: John Waller, Ben Canales

Producer: Brent Rogers, Zach Stevens, Dan Schaefer

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 4 min 59 sec

Film Description: 

A poignant tale of longing and loss is revealed when a timeworn journal transports a young girl to a place of enchanting wonders.

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Ô – dir. Chloé Dupeyrat

Original Film Title: Ô

Directors Name: Chloé Dupeyrat

Writers Name: Katia Benbelkacem, Chloé Dupeyrat

Producer: Chloé Dupeyrat

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: no

Runtime: 8 min 18 sec

Film Description: 

Ô is a succession of dark and dreamlike underwater pictures calling out to citizens about their relationship with burning issues. My heroine wonders about her place as a woman and her ability to give birth in a complex and frightening world that is both individualistic and hyper-connected