Category: Films in Competition

Sonny Boy is back from a year-long stint in India. A lot has changed since his family, and his girlfriend saw him last.
Directed by Karolina Lisowski (Poland)

Officer Johnson and his team, are on the hunt for two criminals and has a warrant out for their arrest. The problem 
they’re trying catch them before their next big move.
Directed by Emmanuel Stewart (USA)

A small group of elderly Chinese living in an isolated community hold on to their independent lives.
Directed by Peiyan Xia (China)

This is an inspirational account of inner city youth and their passion to play the game of basketball. Most are searching for a way out of the environments that taught them the game they love. They learn that hard work and dedication are the keys to unlock the door to success but success is not always professional basketball.

The fact is, most that dream of playing professionally, never will and that harsh reality is something they must learn to understand. It would seem that these young ball players would kill themselves to play the game. We take a look at what makes them, what breaks them and find out why they want to play the game of basketball so badly. 
Directed by Marc Brissett (USA)

When Maja’s parents come to Zagreb to visit their daughter, Nika and Maja cover their faces with masks and start playing the game Nika has grown very tired of.
Directed by Renata Lučić (Croatia)

Modern revisitation of the “Allegory of the Cave” by the Greek philosopher Plato.
Directed by Filippo Becciani (USA)

For 40 years, Spoons have been one of Canada’s most successful bands, and they are still going strong. With this newest CD out, their first in nearly a decade, they visit a historical haunted mansion in The First & Last Time. Do you believe in ghosts?
Directed by Peter Sacco (Canada)

When a young man’s grandfather dies, he returns to Greece. On the last day of his trip, in Athens, he meets Ellie. They decide to spend his remaining hours together, but as time goes by, it becomes more difficult for them to say goodbye.
Directed by Ari Papargyropoulos (Greece)

After his mother’s death, a distanced son and father are brought back together to rekindle their relationship.
Directed by Alkiviadis Tzortzoglou (USA)

This is a branded short film about an existential thinker, journeying through the scenic canyons of Gunnison, Colorado. He ponders about the possibilities of dimensional travel, where his reflective self-consciousness, presented in the form of a Native Indian shaman, utters a prophecy of hope for our, yet perishing, Mother Earth.
Directed by Raymond Edwards (USA)