Category: Films in Competition

Unable to cope with the loss of her adopted daughter, Alice simply can no longer function in the world. Her marriage breaks down and she books herself into a clinic where they promise to heal her emotional traumas by removing the pain and sadness completely. It seems too good to be true… perhaps because it is… A heartbreaking look at the stages of grief.
Directed by Elizabeth Blake Thomas (USA)

(Circa 1984) A respected young gentleman and the secret operator of a low key numbers racket is pressured by the Mafia to surrender his business. He enlists the aid of a psychopath to deal with the enemy and unwittingly participates in the murder of the wife and children of the godfather. A pact with the devil will have consequences that is beyond the control of each participant.
Directed by William Weinig (USA)

A mockumentary set in an alternate world where humans reproduce through body wide division that follows one man’s journey through his reproduction process.
Directed by Jonathan Reser (USA)

A dark and gritty crime drama about an American detective who moves to the UK, and tries to hunt down a serial killer.
Directed by Rhiannan Falshaw-Skelly (UK)

A transgender woman learns the consequences of assuming the people we love are better off without us.
Directed by Samantha Bloomfield (USA)

Watch as a 2019 Instagram influencer reviews the Titanic in 1912…
“Millennials Throughout History” is a comedic series that places real-life Instagram Influencers in the middle of famous historical events. It merges the present with the past, creating a unique lens to observe our current social-media-obsessed culture.
Episode One: A Titanic Following features famed Travel and Lifestyle personality Max Emerson ‘influencing’ history aboard the RMS Titanic. Surely his verified blue checkmark will guarantee him a spot on one of those coveted lifeboats…
Directed by David Ma (USA)

Our lead character is attending services on Easter Sunday when he sees someone stealing money from the Collection Plate. What should he do?
Directed by William Reed (USA)

This visual narrative highlights the solidarity of society towards two people facing loneliness, physical disability and poverty. The sensitivity of a woman, using the social nets, generates the immediate reaction of many people that go to comfort them so they are capable of facing the hopelessness in which they find themselves immersed due both to their physical condition and to the loss of the only person who was near them. It is a silent film, inspired by a real event, whose soundtrack is composed of sounds that have been around since the twenty-first century and music of the nineteenth century.
Directed by Jorge A Zorrilla (Mexico)

The opposing forces between good and evil have always existed throughout time, whether it be in Cinema or Society.
Directed by Justin Jahn (USA)

Paige Elizabeth sings out to the souls of the fallen sailors from the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.
Directed by Justin Jahn (USA)