Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award:
Best Short Film: THE MIRROR
Best Drama Film: ONE DROP IN THE OCEAN
Best Documentary: NGEN
Best Family Film: AXINOS
Best Experimental: THE SLAUGHTERHAUS
Best Animation: DISENTANGLE
Best Thriller Film: CYPRESS SLEEP
Best Human Interest Film: LA CHIMBA
Best Environmental Film: TRACES TO WATER, LIFE AND WORK OF RICARDO ANWADTER
Best Micro-Short: STALL
Best Direction: NO PLACE FOR REST
Best Story: FORGOTTEN FLAME
Best Performances: EPICEDION
Best Sound & Music: REACH FOR ME
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AXINOS, 5min., Greece
Directed by Anna Maria Kakona, Calliopi Villy Kotoula
A little girl tries her best to protect her beloved sand sea turtles from the busy summer beach.
THE SLAUGHTERHAUS, 9min., Chili
Directed by Gonzalo Sepulveda
Based on a Nicanor Parra poem, A dystopian thriller about Meat Consumption and Global Warming.
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DISENTANGLE, 14min., Bolivia
Directed by Andrea Estéfany Caballero
“Paskay” is an animated short made in Stop Motion and digital Cut-Out, that tells the story of Candelaria (20) and José (21), young people from a community in the Andean highlands, whose friendship and possible romance is interrupted by the sudden death of José. One afternoon, Candelaria falls asleep. In her dream, Candelaria looks out into the lagoon and sees the soul of José inside the World of the Dead, but realizes that she can not reach it and José can not get out. Candelaria cries in frustration. An Andean belief says that one should not cry too much to the dead, or they will not be allowed to rest in peace and will be caused them suffering. How can Candelaria get over the death of José?
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.caballero.58152/
CYPRESS SLEEP, 15min., Turkey
Directed by Leila Norouzi Hasanbarough, Eren Uğur
PhD student Zechariah sets off to a historical cemetery in the countryside with his lover Seda for his thesis research. On the way, they bump into something they are not aware of. This creates an enigma between the two characters. Seda will make an important decision on this journey
https://www.instagram.com/cypress_sleep/
NO PLACE FOR REST, 15min,. Chili
Directed by Cristobal Lopez
Héctor, a villager in southern Chile disconnected from his family, avoids assisting Rosa, his mother who lies prostrate, leaving her in the care of her sister Elena, who neglects her own existence because she has to take care of her. From her bed Rosa sees how time passes and how her daughter is consumed with her. Rosa will devise a plan underground, which will change the roles of the house forever.
FORGOTTEN FLAME, 17min,. Serbia
Directed by Mike Somov
Two strangers accidentally meet each other near the metro station in the morning and start discussing the muzzled dog’s fate. Each one of these three is lonely, and their encounter can give them a chance to fill up holes in their lives. Nevertheless, some of them can lose this opportunity because of fear of getting lost in abandonment even more.
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NGEN, 23min., Chili
Directed by Jaime Bernardo Diaz Diaz
Ngen is a documentary that, through a contemplative and dreamlike journey, shows us the world of Rosa, a Mapuche machi from the town of Fin Fin Boroa, Araucanía Region. Through her story and the observation of her environment, she brings us closer to the deep relationship that exists between her, medicine and non-human beings called Ngen, owners of nature.
LA CHIMBA, 26min,. Chili
Directed by Víctor Villegas Campillo
Patrimonial ethnographic documentary that highlights our history, from the Pre-Columbian era, specifically how those territories were inhabited and how it was transformed into an important commercial sector until today.
THE MIRROR, 3min., Canada
Directed by Nicholas Tremblay
Three women in a public bathroom, share various stages of motherhood.
https://www.instagram.com/The_Mirror_Short_Film
STALL, 3min., USA
Directed by Rebekah Grace de Guzman
As Andrea spirals into self-destructive behavior within the sanctuary of a stall in her high school bathroom, she has to realize she has to leave before it’s too late.
https://instagram.com/rebekahdeguzman
TRACES TO WATER, LIFE AND WORK OF RICARDO ANWADTER, 34min,. USA
DIrected by Víctor Gutiérrez Astete, Edmundo Cofré Godoy
Ricardo Anwandter Von Salis – Soglio (1919 – 1993) was the most important watercolourist in the history of Valdivia, Chile. Considered the best national landscape artist in the art of watercolour. Ricardo Anwandter built a Valdivia from his point of view as an artist, making Valdivia known to the rest of the world through his work. His works were characterised by refinement, the very fine perception of colour, chromatic purity and his refined technique, elevating him to the category of national master of watercolour.
EPICEDION, 12min,. Canada
Directed by Julia Thon
At her father’s funeral service, Georgia struggles to come to terms with his passing and what that means for her now.
https://www.instagram.com/epicedionshortfilm/
REACH FOR ME, 4min,. USA
Directed by Hazel Baileh Klein Wolff
Time and space merge as a mother and daughter heal their past and future selves in this ethereal short.
ONE DROP IN THE OCEAN, 5min,. USA
Directed by Nann Tsehay
Usually the strong friend, a woman must learn to keep herself afloat when she encounters a wave of depression.
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