Official Selection Films
Acide
Director - Just Philippot
Duration - 18 minutes
Country - France
Desertree | Oasis of the future
Director - Rajeev Sakshi
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United Arab Emirates
Sahiba
Director - Chandrakant Lata Gaikwad
Duration - 4 minutes 41 seconds
Country - India
Icons
Director - Ronnie Cramer
Duration - 5 minutes 10 seconds
Country - United States
NO SIGNAL
Director - FRANC KOPIC
Duration - 2 minutes
Country - Slovenia
The Heart and The Void - A House by the sea
Director - Daniele De Muro
Duration - 4 minutes 42 seconds
Country - Italy
Game Time - 1 minute
Director - Paul Hickert
Duration - 59 seconds
Country - United States
Miracle in the Rain
Director - Eric Guenter Weber
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
2FACES
Director - Amingo THORA
Duration - 1 minute
Country - Martinique
The Holy mother
Director - M.Praveen Kumar
Duration - 18 minutes
Country - India
Habe and Habo
Director - Terje Henk
Duration - 1 minute
Country -
The Great Love Chase
Director - Julia Levin
Duration - 1 minute
Country - Sweden
Farewells
Director - Janine Koppe
Duration - 14 minutes 58 seconds
Country - United Kingdom
The Dance Lesso
Director - Caitlin Fowler
Duration - 6 minutes 13 seconds
Country - United States
Search Party
Directed by - Jeff Vande Zande
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
Rakshan
Directed by - Abhimanyu Ranjane
Duration - 4 minutes 24 seconds
Country - India
DHACHKA
Directed by - Devik Rathod
Duration - 15 minutes 26 seconds
Country - India
ABHIYOG
Directed by - Aaditya Bhardwaj
Duration - 15 minutes 7 seconds
Country - India
The Final Straw
Directed by - Samier Ali
Duration - 5 minutes
Country - United Arab Emirates
The Lullaby
Directed by - Piyush Mishra
Duration - 10 minutes 38 seconds
Country - India
Love and Hate
Directed by - Jonny Knowles
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
Chadar
Directed by - Piyush Batra
Duration - 7 minutes 59 seconds
Country - India
No.1 Son-in-Law
Directed by - Jeff Vande Zande
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
The Drop Off - Series 2
Directed by - Tori Garrett
Duration - 8 minutes 18 seconds
Country - Australia
Bet the Demon Wins
Directed by - Denise Hurley
Duration - 7 minutes 55 seconds
Country - Australia
Tamora Imperatrix
Directed by - Carolina Rath
Duration - 17 minutes 40 seconds
Country - Austria
Character Certificate
Directed by - Boota Singh Dhanaula
Duration - 3 minutes 43 seconds
Country - India
Utopia
Directed by - Pablo Adame
Duration - 16 minutes 42 seconds
Country - Mexico
Who Won
Directed by - Aisha Selime Coşkun
Duration - 11 minutes 10 seconds
Country - Turkey
Togetherness
Directed by - Sreemon Das
Duration - 4 minutes 17 seconds
Country - India
Saving Sita
Directed by - Vikkas
Duration - 20 minutes
Country - India
See Beyond
Directed by - George Dorobanțu
Duration - 1 minute
Country - Romania
The Hit
Director - Kieran Freemantle
Duration - 5 minutes
Country - United Kingdom
METAMORPHOSIS
Director - SHUBHAM DUBEY
Duration - 13 minutes 32 seconds
Country - India
Blind Spot
Director - Ray Kermani
Duration - 2 minutes 35 seconds
Country - Belgium
Gamer's Wife
Director - Brian Morelan
Duration - 7 minutes 26 seconds
Country - Canada
Static Journey
Director - Nieves Garcia Perchin
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
HUMAN EXTINCTION
Director - Jordi Manca & Vincent Vallon
Duration - 7 minutes 2 seconds
Country - France
One of Them
Director - Luc Walpoth
Duration - 17 minutes
Country - Switzerland
Distance
Director - Dylan Chow
Duration - 6 minutes 30 seconds
Country - United States
Corps Exquis
Director - Kaylee SooHyun Lee
Duration - 4 minutes 34 seconds
Country - United States
The Shoebox
Director - Madan Kumar M
Duration - 5 minutes 1 second
Country - India
Date Night
Director - Kevin Bethune-Jackson
Duration - 1 minute
Country - United States
Emotional Distress
Director - Matt Holt, Wayne Kelly
Duration - 5 minutes 56 seconds
Country - United Kingdom
Kindness Pallet
Directed by - Yasmin Arshia
Duration - 5 minutes
Country - Iran, the Islamic Republic of
THE BAR
Directed by - ANEETA PATEL
Duration - 11 minutes 47 seconds
Country - India
GOT CANCER!
Directed by - Kankana Chakraborty
Duration - 14 minutes
Country - United States
Altagracia
Directed by - Alba Camarero, Thomas Camarero
Duration - 2 minutes 14 seconds
Country - Spain
Benarasi Angoothi(The Ring from Benaras)
Directed by - Revant Bhatia
Duration - 7 minutes 27 seconds
Country - India
The Middle Finger
Directed by - Umesh Kabir Dua
Duration - 18 minutes
Country - India
Like and Follow
Directed by - Tobias Schlage, Brent Forrest
Duration - 2 minutes 5 seconds
Country - Japan
The Last Warriors
Directed by - Valentina Ippolito
Duration - 11 minutes 32 seconds
Country - China
1960
Directed by - Carlos López
Duration - 5 minutes 55 seconds
Country - Spain
Knitted Beliefs
Directed by - Salman Alam Khan
Duration - 15 minutes
Country - Pakistan
ECHOES
Directed by - Payal Saxena
Duration - 13 minutes 47 seconds
Country - India
IRON ME
Directed by - Ivan Rabbiosi
Duration - 9 minutes 47 seconds
Country - France
Artemiev - Rains
Directed by - Vladimir Galeev
Duration - 5 minutes 18 seconds
Country - Russian Federation
Armadilha
Directed by - André Zopello
Duration - 3 minutes 44 seconds
Country - Brazil
Hypocrisy
Directed by - Sohaib Zaman
Duration - 10 minutes 51 seconds
Country - India
I Don't Believe You
Directed by - Luca Bertossi
Duration - 8 minutes 48 seconds
Country - Italy
Epiphany
Directed by - Luai Akl
Duration - 4 minutes 30 seconds
Country - Egypt
DRONES
Directed by - DIANA TAYLOR
Duration - 10 minutes
Country - United Kingdom
ERROR OF MINDS
Directed by - Sairaj
Duration - 9 minutes 3 seconds
Country - India
Winner Films
BEST CATEGORIES AWARDS
BEST INDIAN SHORT FILM
ERROR OF MINDS
Director - Sairaj
Synopsis: A common man frustrated from communal and Racial comments on public toilet wall. He memorized racial riots and get frustrated... the common man became stranger... He stop the public not to enter into that particular public toilet.
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Acide
Director - Just Philippot
Synopsis: A disturbing cloud takes shape somewhere in the west. It slowly goes toward the center of the country, throwing the population on the roads. In view of the inexorable arrival of the cloud, it is the global panic. This cumulus is acid.
BEST ONE MINUTE SHORT FILM
No.1 Son-in-Law
Director - Jeff Vande Zande
Synopsis: Trevor is in the basement when nature calls. He should have ignored the call.
BEST LGBT FILM
The Holy mother
Director - M.Praveen Kumar
Synopsis: "THIRUTHAAI AVALE" renders the suffering of a trans woman to become a mother.The plot is knitted with the struggle of a transwoman mother who puts her life at stake to give birth to her son and grapple to see his son. This film has touched the motherly nature of transwomen in the society
BEST STUDENT FILM
DHACHKA
Director - Devik Rathod
Synopsis: A submissive woman on a family road trip, gets frustrated with the constant friction within the family and decides to take control.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO/BEST MUSIC
The Heart and The Void - A House by the sea
Director - Daniele De Muro
Synopsis: It’s a love story fragmented in time. Present and past are contained in a patchwork of pictures where the characters’ inner fights are displayed through dance, looks and small gestures of their hands, looking for a spiritual bond that could fly, free and pure over the barriers.
BEST WEB SERIES
The Drop Off - Series 2
Director - Tori Garrett
Synopsis: A short-form comedy exploring that strange bubble of time every school day known as The Drop Off.
BEST SPECIAL CATEGORIES AWARDS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Knitted Beliefs
Director - Salman Alam Khan
Synopsis: It's the story of Narayanpura, a minorities compound in Karachi, Pakistan where Hindus, Sikhs and Christians are living in harmony and peace with Muslims.
In Pakistan over the last ten years more than 4000 people have been killed in different incidents of violence against minorities including sectarian violence but Narayanpura has not seen such an incident over many years.
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Like and Follow
Director - Tobias Schlage & Brent Forrest
Synopsis: When a kid starts spending time in the real world, it's up to his smartphone to bring his attention back to where it belongs.
BEST DRAMA FILM
The Final Straw
Director - Samier Ali
Synopsis: 'The Final Straw' is yet another interesting film from the very talented Sameir Ali. Produced by Ursula Manvatkar of Medulla Productions and with Cinematographers Patrick D'Counho&Sulthan Ali on the Camera, the film treatment is deeply inspired by Quentin Tarantino - one of Sameir’sfavorite's. Starring Manas Vilas in the lead and supporting actors Ursula Manvatkar and Ayesha Zaki, the film revolves around the life of an average middle class Indian man who faces brickbats and criticisms .........
BEST EXPERIMENT FILM
Bet the Demon Wins
Director - Denise Hurley
Synopsis: A teenager struggles to fight off the demons that have come to haunt her following rejection by her gambling addicted father and betrayal by her sister.
BEST HORROR FILM
I Don't Believe You
Director - Luca Bertossi
Synopsis: An exorcist is called to check if the home of a vulnerable community resident is really infested, but things will not go in the right way....
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BEST ROMANTIC FILM
Not Enough Entries
BEST JURY AWARD
The Final Straw
Director - Samier Ali
Synopsis: 'The Final Straw' is yet another interesting film from the very talented Sameir Ali. Produced by Ursula Manvatkar of Medulla Productions and with Cinematographers Patrick D'Counho&Sulthan Ali on the Camera, the film treatment is deeply inspired by Quentin Tarantino - one of Sameir’sfavorite's. Starring Manas Vilas in the lead and supporting actors Ursula Manvatkar and Ayesha Zaki, the film revolves around the life of an average middle class Indian man who faces brickbats and ..........
BEST INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
BEST DIRECTOR
Hypocrisy
Director - Sohaib Zaman
Synopsis: The story is about the hypocrisy and sick mentality of the society which justifies a man going to a brothel but questions a girl's character who work there.
BEST D.O.P
Tamora Imperatrix
Cinematographer - Michael Clemens
Synopsis: Short horror movie based on William Shakespeare´s murderous play „Titus Andronicus“. Tamora, patient in a psychiatric hospital, is tormented by feverish nightmares. In her death dreams she falls in love with the sorcerer Aaron, the ruler of the underworld, who invites her into his kingdom of the dead. Where the borders between reality and imagination cease to exist, Tamora´s bloody journey is about to start.
BEST SCREENWRITER
Farewells
Writer - Janine Koppe
Synopsis: A death in the family forces a mother and her teenage daughter to face their estranged relatives. Old tensions resurface and a darker purpose for the gathering is revealed.
BEST EDITOR
I Don't Believe You
Director - Luca Bertossi
Synopsis: An exorcist is called to check if the home of a vulnerable community resident is really infested, but things will not go in the right way....
BEST MALE ACTOR
Award goes to "Leon Potter"
Gamer's Wife
Director - Brian Morelan
Synopsis: Meet Max. Max is married to Jennifer. Max loves comics, but occasionally gets them a little confused with reality. So sometimes when he looks at his wife, he sees a sword wielding warrior princess seeking vengeance for her wronged family. Run Max Run.
BEST FEMALE ACTOR
Award goes to "Eleanor Burke"
Emotional Distres
Director - Matt Holt, Wayne Kelly
Synopsis: Ex-cabbie Ron ‘the Con’ Lockwood claims he’s been sacked for sitting down. Engaging No Win No Fee solicitor Jessica Hayne to stand up for him brings fatal consequences.