Category: Films in Competition

“Sip” is a comedy that compares modern relationships to your morning coffee.
Directed by Kelly Elsas (Australia)

An Alzheimer’s patient is at a doctor’s appointment, the doctor asks the patient how much he remembers to analyze his mental state.
Directed by Almuhannad Alkadam (USA)

Debut solo song from former lead singer of to Kill a King.
Directed by Peter Oberth (UK)

“Belonging” is the story of a young boy aged 9 years old who has been placed in care and is living in a foster home. Removed from violent and chaotic birth parents after a series of family breakdowns, he is torn between accepting the trust, kindness, and security of his foster family and remaining ‘loyal’ to his birth parents who he still loves dearly. Self-destruction, despair, anger, betrayal, hope, and salvation are all themes within this film. The struggle to regain the childhood of this young man who has not yet experienced the innocence of youth is, unfortunately not uncommon for many of today’s youth placed in care or living in broken homes. Belonging shows this boy’s journey from his very first day ‘in care’ and charts his progress along the way.
Directed by Mike McKenzie (UK)

The Cold War is in full swing when a bumbling accountant invites the sweet new neighbors for dinner, only this sad sack hasn’t accounted for his darling wife’s appetite.
Directed by Matthew Emery (USA)

A girl stuck between life and death, and how she looks back on her life.
Directed by Khayyam Garcia (USA)

An experimental silent film about quirky characters who try to find themselves through cell phone selfies.
Directed by Sage Christian Drake (USA)

A blinded vampire survives thanks to her seeing eye dog.
Written by Eric White (USA)

A woman reveals to her husband after 13yrs of marriage that she was a career bank robber and murderer. With the police hot on her trail, she now has to make the most difficult decision of her life.
Directed by Antoine M Dillard (USA)

This is a socially-relevant short film, inspired by true events in the United States of America. The short revolves around a street-smart mother and how she trains her child to be aware of the darker side of society.

The film begins with a man who is attempting to deliver a consignment to a demanding client on a tight deadline. It’s only in the pre-climax that it is revealed that his consignment is a little girl and that he is a child trafficker.

The film ends with him being outsmarted by his target – the little girl – using a very simple but effective method, taught by her mother. What method is that? That’s the secret.
Directed by Vishnuprasad Sasidharan (India)