Official Selection Films
Fes-me un Café
Director – Aniez Atlas, Imma Casademunt
Duration – 5 minutes 36 seconds
Country – Spain
Quantum Quest
Director – Curt Mega
Duration – 15 minutes 27 seconds
Country – United States
Alive
Director – Kristina Shostle
Duration – 7 minutes 7 seconds
Country – France
Aspects
Director – Connor Kujawinski
Duration – 3 minutes 40 seconds
Country – Canada
The Truth Within
Director – Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon
Duration – 3 minutes 10 seconds
Country – United States
Negatives
Director – Thomas Broadbent
Duration – 15 minutes
Country – Australia
My Life, My Life, My Life.
Director – Calum Sikander Smith
Duration – 13 minutes
Country – Canada
Just Like Everything Else in This Life
Director – Flávia Orlando
Duration – 18 minutes 55 seconds
Country – Brazil
My Baby Cries
Director – Faith Elizabeth
Duration – 13 minutes 37 seconds
Country – United Kingdom
《Yesterday ended last night》
Director – Galenus Zhou, Jia jie lin, ze cong kuang
Duration – 20 minutes
Country – China
Only Eden
Director – Andrea Jean Plamondon
Duration – 3 minutes 4 seconds
Country – United States
Das Duas Uma
Director – Bernardo Gomes de Almeida
Duration – 12 minutes
Country – Portugal
The Beyond
Director – Daniel Maurer
Duration – 9 minutes 42 seconds
Country – Switzerland
Hear My Voice
Director – Daniele Guerra
Duration – 12 minutes 29 seconds
Country – United Kingdom
Kumaresan collector
Director – NIVAS ADITHAN
Duration – 13 minutes 58 seconds
Country – India
Hellscape
Director – Sam Sorenson
Duration – 9 minutes 25 seconds
Country – United States
Goldmine
Director – Julia Zhukova
Duration – 12 minutes 14 seconds
Country – Russian Federation
"Reflection"
Director – Tanya Vigel
Duration – 1 minute
Country – Russian Federation
The View From the Bottom of the Lake
Director – Michiko Mori
Duration – 14 minutes
Country – Japan
Bare Metal
Director – Brandon Robert Gries, Ryan Freng, John Shoemaker
Duration – 10 minutes
Country – United States
The Key
Director – Seerkatchi Packil Pandian Bhaskaran
Duration – 14 minutes
Country – India
Baby Cam
Director – Dave Heron
Duration – 1 minute
Country – United Kingdom
El Proceso (The Process)
Director – Roberto I. Ercolalo
Duration – 1 minute
Country – Spain
Cherry Rose
Director – Danil Panov
Duration – 3 minutes 2 seconds
Country – Kazakhstan
Miss Fortune
Director – Ellie Pink
Duration – 20 minutes
Country – United States
I Know Two Boys
Director – Samanya Gandavarapu
Duration – 4 minutes 22 seconds
Country – India
Surrounded by Good
Director – D.J. Higgins
Duration – 10 minutes
Country –
Dog House
Director – Jeremy Sladdin
Duration – 2 minutes 45 seconds
Country – United Kingdom
"The future"
Director – Ирина Юрченко
Duration – 1 minute
Country – Ukraine
Winner Films
BEST CATEGORIES AWARDS
BEST INDIAN SHORT FILM
The Key
Director - Seerkatchi Packil Pandian Bhaskaran
Synopsis: Praying five times a day is one of the duties of Muslims. The story emphasizes that worshiping for the benefit of others is beneficial.
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Goldmine
Director - Julia Zhukova
Synopsis: Anna (18 y.o) is a first year student of medical faculty. She lives with her diseased mother and works as a waitress. One day she finds out that her mother needs an expensive surgery. Anna decides to find herself a "sugar daddy", so he could pay for all the needs. At first life becomes better, but then turns out that Simon ("sugar daddy" 53 y.o) is her father, she have never seen before.
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BEST ONE MINUTE SHORT FILM
El Proceso (The Process)
Director - Roberto I. Ercolalo
Synopsis: Ita, a young woman, will try to remove fragments of a pain that torments her. With Juan's help, she will seek to heal her heart, in an arduous rebuilding process.
This 1-minute short film is a message about the process of human psychology, its different stages, the root of conflicts, and the importance of time, which captures everything in each person's world.
BEST LGBT FILM
Hear My Voice
Director - Daniele Guerra
Synopsis: Mike moved to London hoping to find love and the dream part that would launch his opera career. Four years later, he is stuck – his journal is now his best friend. One night, during yet another hook-up, he sees the apparition of his grandmother, a glamorous, eccentric woman who Mike used to travel the world with – she is not impressed. Her repeat visits push Mike to come to terms with himself and allow him to make an unexpected connection.
BEST STUDENT FILM
Negatives
Director - Thomas Broadbent
Synopsis: Partly shot on 16mm film, Negatives is a tribute to film photography’s resurgence starring Jana Zvedeniuk as ‘Shay’, a film lab technician who begins to suspect a client is displaying predatory behaviour in his photography.
BEST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM
My Baby Cries
Director - Faith Elizabeth
Synopsis: A chilling drama exposing the painful struggle of a young couples journey into parenthood.
As their relationship fractures under the weight of their isolated despair, a mutual friends growing concern finally forces the couple to confront their reality.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
I Know Two Boys
Director - Samanya Gandavarapu
Synopsis: I Know Two Boys is a music video supporting LGBT movement in India.Samanya and Alexandria Godala penned the lyrics and Samanya developed the concept and screenplay for the video and also directed it.
BEST SPECIAL CATEGORIES AWARDS
BEST DOCUMENTRY FILM
The Beyond
Director - Daniel Maurer
Synopsis: The second wave of Covid significantly increased mortality in hospitals. What does this mean for the work of Mathieu, employed in the morgue of a regional hospital center? How does he relate to these people whose souls have recently left their bodies?
BEST ANIMATION FILM
The Truth Within
Director - Gaby Soto, Juan Camilo Rincon
Synopsis: In a Make-a-Bear Store, a hard-boiled teddy bear detective is alerted by his lover of a dead body that has been found. Upon arriving at the crime scene, he starts unveiling clues which set him on a path to discovering the truth: Danger lurks closer than he thinks.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Aspects
Director - Connor Kujawinski
Synopsis: Axel fights a moving aspect ratio as Leigh burns any memory of Axel’s existence.
BEST HORROR FILM
Hellscape
Director - Sam Sorenson
Synopsis: A mother searches for the spiritual truth about where her daughter's soul went after being murdered.
BEST THRILLER FILM
Quantum Quest
Director - Curt Mega
Synopsis: Teens must battle in order to save the downloaded memories of deceased loved ones.
BEST INDIVIDUAL AWARD
BEST DIRECTOR
Award goes to: NIVAS ADITHAN
Kumaresan collector
Director - NIVAS ADITHAN
Synopsis: Kumaresan lives with his mom and his Little sister. His entire family depends on the free afternoon meal provided by government of Tamil Nadu for poor students at school. He sacrifices his meal for his mother and his little sister. Whatever happens he remains happy. He has his own dreams. Becoming an Collector is one such dream (IAS Officer).The film says Happiness lies on small things despite poverty and struggles. There is something called HOPE which gives us happiness and confidence.
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Award goes to: Ellie Pink
Miss Fortune
Director - Ellie Pink
Synopsis: Betty, a young, queer girl, is entered into a beauty pageant by her mother. The pageant seems quite normal at first glance, consisting of three rounds: evening wear, talent, and a bikini round, however, it ultimately takes an eerie shift. When Betty walks onto the stage for the final bathing suit round, she sees that all of the other contestants are wearing animal heads. The host brings the first contestant to center stage where she is appraised, bid on and sold to the highest bidder. Frightened, Betty tries to get away as they bid not the next contestant, but is stopped by ominous bodyguards. Her disobedience provokes the host to auction her off next. The judges award Betty a low score, and the audience does not bid on her. Screaming for help from her parents, Betty is pulled behind the curtain and shot.
BEST DOP - (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
Award goes to: Rafael Morbeck
Just Like Everything Else in This Life
Director - Flávia Orlando
Synopsis: During a dinner at his restaurant, a businessman makes a proposal to his wife. Between the lounge and the kitchen, expectation of the maître, the waiter, the chef and his helpers regarding the "yes". But things aren't quite like what they seem...
BEST SCREENWRITER
Award goes to: Sam Sorenson
Hellscape
Director - Sam Sorenson
Synopsis: A mother searches for the spiritual truth about where her daughter's soul went after being murdered.
BEST EDITOR
Award goes to: Bernardo Gomes de Almeida
Das Duas Uma
Director - Bernardo Gomes de Almeida
Synopsis: Alice and Diana's world is perfect within four walls. The problem is when reality forces them to face the problems of their relationship and sexuality.
BEST PRODUCER
Award goes to: Brandon Robert Gries
Bare Metal
Director - Brandon Robert Gries, Ryan Freng, John Shoemaker
Synopsis: Microsoft, Google, META, and AWS are some of the biggest single-power consumers in the world. Along with other digital infrastructure companies’ consumption, they make up 2.4% of the world's energy use. This film details the digital infrastructure industry's work to reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to lower carbon emissions and help save the world.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Award goes to: yu qi fu
《Yesterday ended last night》
Director - Galenus Zhou, Jia jie lin, ze cong kuang
Synopsis: Losing his mother as a child, Yi, a young man in a small town, leads a gloomy life until he meets Mei, the daughter of an aquarium owner. Because of Mei, Yi's life has just began to shine, but the harsh reality soon tears this felicity apart. Yi soon loses himself between his memories, the reality and "everything he could never have imagined".
When the dust settles, nothing has changed, and maybe that is the best outcome.
BEST ACTOR MALE (LEAD ROLE)
Award goes to: Danil Panov
Cherry Rose
Director - Danil Panov
Synopsis: A story about a cabaret pianist
BEST ACTOR MALE (SUPPORTING ROLE)
Award goes to: Aniez Atlas
Fes-me un Café
Director - Aniez Atlas
Synopsis: After a long time Imelda manages to meet up with her sister, even though it's through video chat. As they catch up, Imelda starts noticing something unusual about her sister.
BEST ACTOR FEMALE (LEAD ROLE)
Award goes to: Genevieve Guimond
My Life, My Life, My Life.
Director - Calum Sikander Smith
Synopsis: Both a visually exciting horror flick, and a heavy-hitting meditation on grief and PTSD, "My Life, My Life, My Life" follows Allison, as she confronts both the pain of losing a sister . . . and the terror of getting her back.
BEST ACTOR FEMALE (SUPPORTING ROLE)
Award goes to: Genevieve Guimond
My Life, My Life, My Life.
Director - Calum Sikander Smith
Synopsis: Both a visually exciting horror flick, and a heavy-hitting meditation on grief and PTSD, "My Life, My Life, My Life" follows Allison, as she confronts both the pain of losing a sister . . . and the terror of getting her back.