Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature FIlm: LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
Best Short Form Short Film: DEAR DAUGHTER
Best Long Form Short Film: PLEASE DON’T GAMBLE ON OUR DEMOCRACY
Best Direction: SOMEONE WHO IS PUNCTUAL
Best Performances: STELLA
Best Sound & Music: HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
Best Cinematography: THE BEF
Best Documentary: POETIQ JUSTIZ
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI, 92min., Bulgaria
Directed by Nikolay Bogomilov
Somewhere in the space between reality and fairy tale. A poet left in tragic loneliness sees as if on a film, his entire past and the price he paid for his poems.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
STELLA, 16min., UK
Directed by Caroline Steinbeis
Burying her mother forces Stella to reflect on the choices she has made throughout her life, and the woman she has now become. STELLA is a comedy-drama about parents, self-discovery and learning to live with irrevocable scars. It is a story of hope and a journey to self-acceptance.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE BEF, 9min., USA
Directed by Eric Burleson
While being pursued by a police officer, a young boy struggles with his decisions for the baby in his care and how to help his sick mother.
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HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO KNOW, 16min., India
Directed by Gautam Kapur
Maulik a former MMA fighter suffers from trauma who is search of the girl in HIS DREAMS . He finally seeks help from an unconventional therapist who helps him find his answers. Its a Journey that takes him into his past life and his thirst for true freedom.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SOMEONE WHO IS PUNCTUAL, 16min,. China
Directed by Haibo Wang
A woman who is highly punctual in her daily life encounters a series of paranormal phenomenons related to her partner, which ultimately forces her to confront the love tragedy she had long denied.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
DEAR DAUGHTER, 7min., USA
Directed by Rob Underhill, Vanessa Neff
A mother’s tribute to her daughter and a reflection on how the love for her evolved throughout the years.
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PLEASE DON’T GAMBLE ON OUR DEMOCRACY, 28min,. USA
Directed by Adam Mockler
An interactive documentary about January 6th, election fraud, and other contemporary political issues.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
POETIQ JUSTIZ, 35min,. USA
Directed by Crista E. Noël
Police violence against women, especially Black women, was invisible before the Campaign for justice for Rekia Boyd lit a fire among the Activists/ Advocates and her family in Chicago. But how did her name, out of all the women who have been killed by police, make it into Jesse Williams’ BET acceptance speech? Come take the journey as we express our grief, trauma, and recovery through art as therapy and find out.
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/poetic-justice
Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival 