Lonely Meadow – dir. Ye Tian

Original Film Title: Lonely Meadow

Director’s Name: Ye Tian

Writer’s Name: Ye Tian

Producer: Jing Shi Zhong

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 13 minutes 36 seconds

Film Description:

The girl goes to the park at dusk, this want to escape from the sight of the family, to look for that piece of grass in the heart, but did not expect to be followed by the family, the result was unexpected…

FRAGMENT – dir. Daniel Jiaxuan Huang

Original Film Title: FRAGMENT

Director’s Name: Daniel Jiaxuan Huang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

FRAGMENT is a short film about the trauma that children have endured in their families. Many teens in the world have family problems and this causes them stress. In this movie, each of the 3 main characters will react differently to the knock. The short film has 5 characters in total and 3 main characters with their own trauma from childhood. The first character is Daniel where his parents argue every day and he tends to find it very hard to listen to and thinks it’s his fault. The second character is Coco, and she has an abusive Dad that often gets drunk and comes home late, so she hides in the shower to show her true emotions. The third character is Ash where he has parents who owe people tons of money, so people would often show up and try to break.

The Hunted – dir. Arman Taheri

Original Film Title: The Hunted

Director’s Name: David Tzach

Writer’s Name: David Tzach

Producer: Yarden Malka, Michael Tzach

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Israel

Language: Georgian, Hebrew

Runtime: 20 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

David is about to leave his home. on his last day he is torn between the desire to leave, and the need to protect his father, a violinist who is in the midst of rehearsals for a concert, disturbing the peace of his neighbors which are fighting back. 

It’s Too Loud – dir. David Tzach

Original Film Title: It’s Too Loud

Director’s Name: David Tzach

Writer’s Name: David Tzach

Producer: Yarden Malka, Michael Tzach

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Israel

Language: Georgian, Hebrew

Runtime: 20 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

David is about to leave his home. on his last day he is torn between the desire to leave, and the need to protect his father, a violinist who is in the midst of rehearsals for a concert, disturbing the peace of his neighbors which are fighting back. 

ʻĀina Momona (Abundant Land) – That Which Feeds Us – dir. Emmanuella Marcil

Original Film Title: ʻĀina Momona (Abundant Land)

Director’s Name: Emmanuella Marcil

Writer’s Name: Emmanuella Marcil

Producer: Jennifer Marcil, Serge Marcil

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 23 minutes 17 seconds

Film Description:

The success story of the persistence of Ha’ena’s small North Shore Kaua’i community as it gains back stewardship from the state and subsequently empowers its youth by re-establishing ancient Hawaiian sustainability wisdom to solve modern-day food and environmental challenges.

Brevity – dir. Fae McConnell

Original Film Title: Brevity

Director’s Name: Fae McConnell

Writer’s Name: Fae McConnell, Paul Tirado

Producer: Dohyun Im

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming: Canada

Language: English

Runtime: 9 minutes 42 seconds

Film Description:

Phoebe, a well-established architect who has lost the ability to form new memories, discovers George has been falsely claiming to be her caretaker in order to suppress her memories and steal her blueprint sketches for his own benefit.