Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: JUMP SCARES: THE MOVIE
Best 1 Minute Film: Intimacy Simulation Update 76.43
Best Sound & Music: CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT
Best Cinematography: HALDI
Best Direction: ALMOST THERE
Best Student Film: GUESS MY PET?
Best Performances: BLUE STONES
Best Experimental Film: SENSE
Best Drama Film: IGGY
Best Horror Film: FERMATA
Best Animation: NANOSCAPES
Best Documentary: THE TIME IS NOW
Best Fashion Film: THE MISSING PIECE
Best Original Story: THE 17 (LAS 17),
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
SENSE, 2min., Ghaziabad, Experimental
Directed by Chitresh Mishra
Sense is a dive into the unknown longing for someone that makes it all worth it.
https://www.facebook.com/Chitresh.mishra
https://www.instagram.com/Chitresh.mishra
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
GUESS MY PET?, USA, Drama/Horror
Directed by Grace Charles
A girl and her old friend our catching up after a falling out. Over ice cream and a guessing game it’s revealed there’s a more sinister plan to this friendly reunion.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Intimacy Simulation Update 76.43, 1min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Neil Sudhakaran
In the not too distant future, the senses are now simulated through brain-implanted chips, including touch. This micro short is inspired by After the Blast, stage play, by Zoe Kazan.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
HALDI, 5min., Norway, Experimental
Directed by Ann Holmgren
The film evolves around a Sámi underground world where you can get inspiration and power. In this world Háldi is all living being’s guardian helper. The film focuses on the unity and power of female relations in Sami tradition and mythology.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT, 5min., Documentary
Directed by Hester Schell
Created for the 7th Generation Pano Mural Project’s 5 minute film festival, July 2022. Assignment: Pick a section of the USA west coast to examine the effects of climate change on the region. Under 5 minutes. My film was chosen to screen at the festival last summer. I chose Cape Lookout to Cape Mears, Oregon, USA.
http://hesterschellcreative.com/https://www.facebook.com/hester.schell
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BLUE STONES, 1min., Sweden, Experimental
Directed by Hannah Murphy
Blue Stones is a 1 minute short that gives a voice to the silent inner turmoil that many can relate to and that we are seemingly forced to carry, especially as an adolescent.
https://www.instagram.com/hannahmari1/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
JUMP SCARES: THE MOVIE, 3min,. USA, Comedy
Directed by Peter Masterson
Do you like horror movies? Or do you just like being startled? If it’s the latter, this is the movie trailer for you!
https://urbanpebbleproductions.com/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanpebbleproductions/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FERMATA, 4min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Preston Bowe
A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
NANOSCAPES, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Kristina Dutton
Images of butterfly wings at the microscopic scale are stunning, and at the nanoscopic scale they become otherworldly.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE 17 (LAS 17), 4min. USA, Drama
Directed by Alyssa Carter
Based on a true story, a young and very pregnant Salvadorian woman finds herself handcuffed to a hospital bed after losing her child to miscarriage.
http://alyssancarter.com/https://instagram.com/las17shortfilm
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ALMOST THERE, 5min., Japan, Action
Directed by Chuck Johnson
Two refugees from a broken land have to fight their way into civilization.
http://www.quietflame.org/almost-there
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE TIME IS NOW, 4min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jason Borkland
The importance of Marine Protected areas. The need to support scientific research, to allow the preservation and expansion of these vital areas.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE MISSING PIECE, 4min., USA, Fashion
Directed by Hitaali Dharamshi
A Fashion Film on an upcycled denim corset collection, which is a marriage between denim, silver and leather. A man who is set on finding out what lies within a house related to disappearances in lower Manhattan; ends up meeting 5 interesting women.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
IGGY, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Anthony Cuomo
Overwhelmed with the pressures of high school. Iggy Fransisco attempts to make friends and is rejected. A classmate Abigail notices this and offers her friendship to Iggy.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8078946/?ref_=m_nm_knf_i1
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066660212110
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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