Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: THE CAPSULE
Best Story: LIKE MOTHER
Best Direction: HALCYON
Best Sound & Music: ASHES – CHAPTER 0
Best Mini-Short: WEEK 11: SLAPSTICK
Best Animation: WEEK 2: THRILLER
Best Documentary: PUREBRED PASSION
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HALCYON, 7min,. Australia
Directed by Brenton McNally
David looks for his missing wife but struggles to get out of his own way.
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WEEK 2: THRILLER, 1min., USA
Directed by Genus Griggs
Two brothers explore what appears to be an abandoned building. The older brother goes missing and the younger searches for him. He find’s his older brother bleeding out. The younger brother is then also captured.
https://twitter.com/genus_art
https://www.instagram.com/genus.entertainment/
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ASHES – CHAPTER 0, 4min., USA
Directed by Isaiah Matthew Griggs
In a mysterious facility, David, a captive, engineers his escape by tricking a guard. He evades pursuit through the building, discovering a lab and learning about his metahuman status. Outside the facility, he is captured by guards who mention his destructive potential. David wakes up in the lab, where his powers intensify and cause a powerful explosion. The short ends with David metaphysically floating in space, undergoing a transformative experience before unleashing a surge of energy.
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https://www.instagram.com/genus.entertainment/
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LIKE MOTHER, 8min., Canada
Directed by Lisa Drupsteen
A young woman navigates her romantic life while trying her best to dodge her mother’s demons. Will she have the strength to break the cycle of manipulation? Or simply fall victim to the old adage: “Like Mother, Like Daughter”…
https://www.instagram.com/creativeexpressionmtl
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THE CAPSULE, 20min,. Poland
Directed by Kamil Keenan, Agnieszka Żaglewska
Two astronauts in a space capsule realize that they won’t have enough oxygen until help arrives. In this extreme situation, they suddenly have to face the ultimate questions. Accompanying the characters on their final journey, viewers begin to wonder what their answers would be.
http://kamilkeenan.com/https://www.instagram.com/kamilkeenan
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PUREBRED PASSION, 22min,. USA
Directed by Sam Powell
A documentary profiling two teams of competitors during the 2023 Great American Dog Show in Chicago.
https://www.samnpowell.com/http://vimeo.com/sampowell
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WEEK 11: SLAPSTICK, 2min., USA
Directed by William (Sharp) Walker
After a little boy loses his ball on a roof, he tries increasingly outlandish strategies to get it back.
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