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Original Film Title: Guilty
Directors Name: Archibald Benhamou
Writers Name: Archibald Benhamou
Producer: Haya Alghanim, Chien Ni Yang
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 9 min 25 sec
Film Description:
A date between a serial killer and an Instagram influencer turns wrong.
Original Film Title: Father For A Day
Directors Name: QIAO Zhi
Writers Name: ZHEN Shilei
Producer: WANG Xi
Country of Origin: China
Country of Filming: China
Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1 h 33 min
Film Description:
After finding that he has a son abroad which he did not know before, traditional folk painter Guan Shan struggled in his relationship with his perfect wife and stubborn father.
Original Film Title: Cheat
Directors Name: Yeo Joon Han, Boris Kalaidjiev
Writers Name: Yeo Joon Han
Producer: Guo Mingxiang
Country of Origin: Malaysia
Country of Filming: Malaysia
Language: Chinese, English
Runtime: 20 min
Film Description:
A woman tries to help a man overcome his suicidal thoughts by telling him her grandmother story.
This story is based on a period in joon Han’s life when he was seriously contemplating suicide. He found himself crying one day while staring at the trash in his kitchen. He started visiting clinics to collect sleeping pills. When he tried to call his friends for help, no one answered. Everyone was busy getting on with their lives. He’s surprised he’s still alive today.
Original Film Title: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Directors Name: Thad Lee
Writers Name: Thad Lee
Producer: Thad Lee
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 29 min 19 sec
Film Description:
A Salesman’s love of bathroom graffiti may save his life on a cold, dark Nebraska night. Based on a short story by Stephen King.
English Film Title: Lola’s Letters
Original Film Title: Les Lettres de Lola
Directors Name: Rosa Victoria Ritzau-Møllehave
Writers Name: Rosa Victoria Ritzau-Møllehave
Producer: Rosa Victoria Ritzau-Møllehave
Country of Origin: France
Country of Filming: France
Language: French
Runtime: 9 min 7 sec
Film Description: When a curious postman opens a letter he has to deliver, he becomes involved in a complicated love story.
Original Film Title: Iberion
Directors Name: Nico Wilcox Cano
Writers Name: Nico Wilcox Cano, Nuria Rodrigo Ortiz, Guillermo LLorca Andreu
Producer: Nico Wilcox Cano, Tracy Wilcox
Country of Origin: Spain
Country of Filming: Spain
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1 h 12 min 50 sec
Film Description: Jack is a loser who’s in love with a girl who doesn’t even know his name. His luck changes after finding the book… When he reads it, good things happen to him, but if a whole day goes by without reading the book, horrible things happen.
Original Film Title: Chronicle of a Culture
Directors Name: Linda Mikkelsen
Writers Name: Linda Mikkelsen
Producer: Linda Mikkelsen, Jaramba Owuor
Country of Origin:Kenya
Country of Filming: Kenya
Language: English
Runtime: 7 min 20 sec
Film Description:
Chronicle of a Culture is a search for knowledge and wisdom in Luo culture. A culture which is practiced by few in Kenya nowadays. The viewer is invited into a different world from their own, where African voices are being heard through their testimonials in terms of what is important to them culturally. The film tries to understand the importance of heritage and the implications of the influence of modern western culture. Lastly, it tries to get a closer insight into the true origins of Luos’, who are said to have come from the north along the Nile River.
Original Film Title: The Dalai Lama: Scientist
Directors Name: Dawn Gifford Engle
Writers Name: Dawn Gifford Engle
Producer: Ivan Suvanjieff
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: India
Language: English
Runtime: 1 h 34 min
Film Description:
Eighty five years ago, a little boy was born in a remote corner of Tibet. One day, miraculously, he was discovered to be the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, and he was soon carried away to the capitol city of Lhasa to become the political and religious leader of the vast kingdom of Tibet. But the little boy had a secret, locked inside his heart. In “The Dalai Lama — Scientist”, the Dalai Lama tells the unknown story, in his own words, of his lifelong journey into the world of science and technology, and how the world has changed as a result. With extensive, rare, and never before seen footage, this film tells the very human story of the Dalai Lama that no one knows.
nglish Film Title: The Happy Accident
Original Film Title: El accidente feliz
Directors Name: Paloma Suau
Writers Name: Paloma Suau
Producer: Paloma Suau, María José Veray-Mazo, Camille Carrión
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico
Country of Filming: Puerto Rico
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1 h 18 min
Film Description:
A filmmaker going through a dry spell (and an early midlife crisis) finds inspiration in the work of an eccentric septuagenarian artist. Their relationship quickly turns into life lessons that will transform her life forever.
English Film Title: Consent
Original Film Title: موافقة
Directors Name: Niz Fernandez
Writers Name: Niz Fernandez
Producer: Niz Fernandez
Country of Origin: Philippines
Country of Filming: Philippines
Language: Arabic, English, Tagalog
Runtime: 10 min 45 sec
Film Description:
A young female artist, experienced being sexually abused countlessly, expresses her emotions through her art despite of the society she lives in. She exhibits her nude paintings to the public to see how people would react to it. During her exhibit, she remembers her traumatic past. Little did she know, she was exhibiting her naked self.
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