Category: Films in Competition

A girl lost her sister in the same place where her father disappeared. It happened exactly one year ago, and now she wonders if it’s her turn.
Directed by Hugo Teugels (Belgium)

Everything about Tatiana just speaks professional. The tone of her voice, firm attitude, while she’s talking about domestic violence, as well as those important calls and visits from local authorities constantly remind us about it.

Not surprisingly, she used to be chief of criminal police in Odessa region. She had to handle over a hundred hard criminal cases of under aged per day.

With her friend and co-worker Olga they created organization called “Social Movement of Faith, Hope and Love”, first in the region. Her first and biggest milestone – make people acknowledge that domestic violence exists and it is a problem.

How she handled her role as a leader of the organization while trying to be there for her family? What motivated her to move further against all odds? Find out in our video.ai
Directed by Aleksandra Zdziech (Poland)

A feted film director’s obsession with a blood sucking parasite leads to her demise (Mockumentary)

When the celebrated film director-known as “M”- began her groundbreaking production, she did not foresee the unintended consequences of her project. M’s action packed film chronicled two women trailblazers in the detection and extermination business on their mission to eradicate a global pest from the face of the earth.

But, nature can be cruel. M’s film never saw the light of day. A tiny bloodsucking parasite led to the demise of the feted director. What it triggered in the mind of her nosey “Citizen Kane” neighbor, and by extension in our lives, is epic. 
Directed by Maryanne Galvin (USA)

The cheap, superficial attractiveness of ostentatious luxury and glamour.            
This story is a call-to-action for people to recognize and deliberate 
what it means to be a consumer. To be a conscious consumer. 
The song is asking people to think about what effect their purchase of a car, 
jacket, or food has on the rest of the world, and not only, 
but what effect their choice has on the future of humanity, our children and posterity. 
Directed by Haiyang Yu (USA)

A day inside the minds of two individuals living with active eating disorders. A queer man and Latina woman struggle with body image and the challenges of disordered eating in every day life. A look at how eating disorders can affect people of any race, gender, and orientation – and the far-reaching impact this condition can have on the lives of those dealing with it.
Directed by Jordan Hidalgo (USA)

This is the story of a young boy Rigo, who resides in Mexico. He faces challenges like many others in his country; poverty, lack of education and insecurity. He decides to better himself and emigrate to the United States. He embarks on his journey with his best friend Lupita . He leaves behind his mother in search of the American dream to provide for his mother.
Directed by Adrian Moran (Mexico)

When Mike stops making progress at the gym, he discovers an unconventional protein source that leads him down a sinister path.
Directed by Emily Tomasi (USA)

Directed by Lilton III (USA)

An alluring woman with a secretive past, hopelessly longing for a relationship with her beloved fish, finds herself entangled in a bizarre twist of fate, as she unwillingly awakens as a mermaid and her fish a human. Together they are trapped in their star-crossed existence to either fight for their freedom or their love.
Directed by Natalie Paige Bentley (USA)

A boy wakes, something’s escaped the cellar. 
A deformed face looms over the boy with a harrowing scream.

The bad dream remembered by a Man as he shaves making him cut his neck. It bleeds. 
He checks the locked cellar door before work. 
In the Restroom, the Man sees bloody tissue on his neck, wonders ‘How many shaving cuts would it take to bleed to death?’

A Playing Field. Seasons pass as the man sits waiting, children play. Finally Arnold Granger, a pensioner, arrives. The Man remembers the smell of tobacco and toffee on his breath. 
Arnold and the Man leave. 
From the dark, the Man opens the cellar door, looking down at what screams below. 
He decides, his guest needs a shave.
Directed by Stuart Fryer (UK)