Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Long Form Short FIlm: I COME HOME TO MYSELF
Best Short Form Short Film: THE CHOICE
Best Direction: MOTHERLODE
Best Cinematography: FUTURE LETTER
Best Performances: XANDER

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

FUTURE LETTER, 12min., China, Fantasy
Directed by Zijing Jia
In the near future, every 18-year-old can receive a letter from herself 20 years later. 18-year-old Bai also waits for a letter that will illuminate her future life in this way. However, she receives a blank envelope, and after meeting with a fortune teller, she decides to take the first step to become a pastry chef.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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THE CHOICE, 4min., China
Directed by Ziming Zhou
A person’s life is the result of countless choices, some of which can lead to instantaneous and unattainable success, while others can lead to the abyss of doom. But most of these choices have a slow and continuous impact on people, and we may not realise until we make that choice that the gears of destiny have already begun to turn at that very moment. This film is the story of an ambitious young music student who sits down at a fate-given piano to play his future. As the notes ring out, we can hear Chopin, Liszt, and Bach at his fingertips, as well as the choice he ultimately makes.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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XANDER, 11min,. USA
Directed by Jonathan Chao
When lonely high school student Luke befriends Xander the Genie, he’s forced to consider if making his one wish is worth losing his new genie best friend.

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WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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MOTHERLODE, 6min., USA
Directed by Grace Perry
Sam is a 26-year-old woman who is struggling to get her life together. She is broke, her apartment is a mess, and she is constantly late for work. She finds a mysterious rainbow baggie with edible flowers inside and decides to take a bite.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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I COME HOME TO MYSELF, 45min., USA,
Directed by Kidist Adamu
I Come Home to Myself is a documentary film following Marglucy and Faduma, presenting a portrait of their individual relationships to beauty and beauty work. The documentary contrasts the varied experiences that have shaped their beauty practices as well as their negotiations with beauty work. The film also explores the internal and external forces that influence their beauty ideals and their conclusions. They share an approach to beauty that centers emotions and honors themselves, moving away from beauty as a tool for survival and towards expression and happiness.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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