Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: IMMERSION
Best Short Film: NOVA
Best Direction: MOISTURE
Best Performances: FEM/DOM – Empowered
Best Student Film: CHHAVA
Best Story: HOME
Best Experimental Film: TORII
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NOVA, 7min., USA
Directed by Noah Guardado
In the year 2468, Jackson, a seasoned bounty hunter, finds himself in dire straits when his partner mysteriously vanishes. Struggling with financial difficulties, Jackson reluctantly accepts a risky job offer to track down an elusive criminal. Set in a futuristic world with elements of sci-fi and cyberpunk, NOVA explores themes of identity and betrayal amidst a backdrop of advanced technology and quirky characters.
https://www.instagram.com/nova_themovie/
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IMMERSION, 93min., USA
Directed by William R.A. Rush
A woman in a new home must protect her family while contending with the unexpected inhabitants of her house.
http://www.ogcinpro.com/https://www.instagram.com/originalcinematic
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MOISTURE, 25min., Brazil
Directed by Duda Gorter
Brazil: In a gray city in the near future, religious sects and rats live on the prowl. It rains non-stop.
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FEM/DOM – Empowered, 15min., USA
Directed by Mitchell Suikess
Violet is a resourceful, independent, and modern woman. By day, she works as a soft-spoken assistant for an abusive, and misogynistic boss, Mr. Mann. By night, Violet swaps her powerlessness for power, when she moonlights as a dominatrix in the Los Angeles underground. The almost schizophrenic nature of Violet’s life puts her on the path to facing her demons, and ultimately choosing the type woman she wants to be.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/FemDomFilm
https://instagram.com/donnaa_victorya
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CHHAVA, 39min., India
Directed by Anurag Srijit, Arman Shaikh
Set in the storied Apshinge Military Village in Maharashtra, ‘Chhava’ offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of families bound by centuries of military service, from the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to today. Crafted with care by first-time student filmmakers, the documentary weaves together personal sacrifices and enduring bravery, revealing the profound human spirit at the village’s heart.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32117939/
https://instagram.com/chhava.official
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HOME, 16min., USA
Directed by Al Chang
Seo-won navigates a fragmented reality filled with emotional encounters and haunting memories, seeking solace and clarity in her search for home.
https://www.instagram.com/4lcfilm
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TORII, 13min., Germany
Directed by Martin Gerigk
Torii ?? is a short film in the form of an audiovisual composition about the traditional Shinto gates of the same name in Japan. The film uses these gates which symbolically mark the transition from the mundane to the sacred as representatives of a personal synaesthetic and spiritual journey through five levels of consciousness, traveling from existentialism to metaphysics, abstraction, and the Shinto deities called Kami, culminating in a final transition that weaves together these diverse philosophical threads.
https://www.martin-gerigk.de/
https://www.facebook.com/martin.gerigk.79/
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