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Original Film Title: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO
Director’s Name: Brett McCarl Thomas
Writer’s Name: Brett McCarl Thomas
Producer: Brett McCarl Thomas
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 7 minutes 17 seconds
Film Description:
A story of sex, love and anger during the AIDS pandemic in San Francisco.
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Original Film Title: Pointé de Couture
Director’s Name: Carol Higgins
Writer’s Name: Carol Higgins
Producer: Carol Higgins
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English, French
Runtime: 19 minutes
Film Description:
“Pointé de Couture” is a musical retelling and deconstruction of Charles Perrault’s classic tale of “Cendrillon” or “Cinderella” without the magic, inviting viewers to reconsider fairytale narratives. Rose, a dressmaker, frustrated with her designs being accredited to a “Fairy Godmother”, seeks to be acknowledged as her childhood friend Ella has used Rose’s designs to achieve her personal goals of becoming a princess.
The International Narrative Deconstruction Authority Fairytale Investigation Bureau has some questions for Rose. We take a journey through time to discover what could have actually occurred while exploring the dynamics of friendship, honesty, and giving credit where credit is due. “Pointé de Couture” is autobiographical in nature, as the artist draws from personal experiences to create a fresh narrative in this rotoscope style live-action short film.
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Original Film Title: FREYA – The Old Boy
Director’s Name: ARTESS D.
Writer’s Name: ARTESS D.
Producer: ARTESS D.
Country of Origin:
Country of Filming:
Language: English
Runtime: 13 minutes 25 seconds
Film Description:
The incredible story of the great war.
Freya is the personification of artificial intelligence and humanity. The magic of love and hate.
We will tell you how the Gods behave.
And how people behave when they control their will.
When the fate of humanity depends on one small life.
When it seems that there is no way out anymore.
She will come to the rescue, no matter what it takes.
We will show the horrors of war and the light of hope.
Perhaps we will even punish Dr. Josef Mengele and other soldiers of Nazi Germany.
For everything.
For everything they’ve done.
The most important battle in which everything will be decided.
Is it a music video?
A short film?
Or something more?
A mix of documentary and fantasy.
An author’s song directed by Artyom Dolgikh.
Performed by the magnificent magical Freya.
Welcome to the illusion.
Welcome to reality.
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Original Film Title: Meet Me on a Rock
Director’s Name: Marie Bryan
Writer’s Name: Marie Bryan
Producer: Marie Bryan
Country of Origin: Ireland
Country of Filming: Ireland
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Film Description:
God makes love
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Original Film Title: Soar!
Director’s Name: Richard Murray
Writer’s Name: Richard Murray
Producer: Richard Murray
Country of Origin: Canada
Country of Filming: Canada
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Film Description:
Two kids – a future pilot and drone-flying bully – learn that just maybe they’re better when they soar together.
The film was created using a hybrid process combining generative AI imagery with human-directed editing, shot design, and sound design. The story, pacing, and cinematic structure were crafted through iterative direction and post-production.
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Original Film Title: Heart Of The Fighters
Director’s Name: Alan Teitel
Writer’s Name: Alan Teitel
Producer: Alan Teitel
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 2 minutes 7 seconds
Film Description:
Heart of the Fighters is an experimental short film by Emmy Award–winning cinematographer and artist Alan Teitel. A luminous fractal heart evolves from the blue and yellow of Ukraine into red, symbolizing resilience, sacrifice, and the cost of defending freedom. The work is accompanied by an original soundtrack composed by the artist.
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Original Film Title: Toothbrush
Director’s Name: Esther Gronenborn
Writer’s Name: Esther Gronenborn
Producer: Esther Gronenborn
Country of Origin: Germany
Country of Filming: Germany
Language: English
Runtime: 48 seconds
Film Description:
Toothbrush is a post-apocalyptic micro-drama about two women fighting over the last intact object that still connects them to their former humanity. A visually dust-choked mini-thriller that turns a mundane object into the trigger for emotional fallout in a world already on the edge.
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Original Film Title: Reality is a Personal Painting
Director’s Name: Phillip Wayne Jarrell
Writer’s Name: Phillip Wayne Jarrell
Producer: Phillip Wayne Jarrell
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 1 minute
Film Description:
Reality is a Personal Painting is a one-minute cinematic poem exploring love, perception, reflection, and emotional reality through music, spoken word, and symbolic visual storytelling.
Moving through dreamlike imagery, mirrors, fractured reflections, and the rhythm of human connection, the film explores a timeless idea:
The world is a mirror.
Blending emotion, atmosphere, and poetic symbolism into a condensed visual experience, the piece invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between perception, identity, and the power of love.
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Original Film Title: Underway
Director’s Name: Nebahat Akverdi Dokuzoğlu
Writer’s Name: Nebahat Akverdi Dokuzoğlu
Producer: Nebahat Akverdi Dokuzoğlu
Country of Origin: Türkiye
Country of Filming: Türkiye
Language: Turkish
Runtime: 1 minutes 43 seconds
Film Description:
Two kids set sail with a wise captain. They had many questions about the sea. Captain answered them all so wisely that they had learned something deeper than the sea.
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Original Film Title: Sweet Spiral
Director’s Name: Angela King
Writer’s Name: Angela King
Producer: Angela King
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Runtime: 4 minutes 5 seconds
Film Description:
One woman’s descent into the uncharted waters of love and infidelity. Her torn decision to enter into a doomed relationship, the most powerful drug of all, is a journey into a quagmire of emotion. Free will can be a scary ride for some and dangerously sweet for others. When you are being pursued by the man of your dreams, is it best to run from him as fast as you can?
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