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August-November 2023

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Brian Jewell

Traumatized by a fatal accident, decades ago, an Australian Infantry veteran whose life and marriage are unravelling finds himself on a collision course with another broken soul.

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A Vampire's Dilemma 

Wayne Landreth

A vampire cult initiation takes a turn when the new recruit refuses to suck blood.

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Wayne Landreth

Argos the monster is sent on a scavenger hunt to find clues in order to open a safe which contains his birthday present.

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Sapphira Chen

A nervous girl encountered a strange spirit at the train station. She was invited to try on a roller coaster.

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Vladimir Jaksic

Quest for Vinča is a journey of discovery to understand the roots of European culture and development during the neolithic period.  Tracking a course from England to Serbia, follow author and historian, Benjamin Elliott, as he brings together fragments of the past, visiting archaeological sites and interviewing some of Britain and Serbia’s most respected academics

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Stromboli – as long as the heart beats

Hanspeter Aliesch, Zürich

For many villagers of Stromboli, the volcano is both its Soul, and at the same time, a monster. And for some of them, the view of the volcano, was the last of their lives.  During the great eruptions of 1930… Maria lost her grandfather. 

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What is a Dividual?

Ilkka (Bloom) Ilmari Levä

Five seemingly unconnected storylines intersect in random order. In them, Don Quixote encounters his Sancho Panza, the mysterious gravediggers, their nemesis, a young woman with autistic tendencies, her pain, a bored art gallerist, her worst fear, and a happy consumer, her shopping hell. The film asks whether there is still hope for the world in art or if the game is already lost.

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Blood Money

Dominic Flanagan

Howard Swan, a doctor with a severe drinking problem, loses his medical license, his wife, his house, and is on the verge of losing his daughter as well. In a desperate act, he enlists the help of Caspar, his drug dealer brother, to make some easy money. 

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THIS COULD BE

Eddy Falconer

An abstraction in three parts. A questioning, hypothetical mood prevails in the soundtrack as a quasi-psychedelic presentation of analog-originated images under digital effects sets the viewer forth on an inquiry, perhaps into the nature of sight. In the second part, we are in somewhat more representational territory, the almost more certain world where we wake to birdsong.

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Parateichion - a feature film project

Oleg Bazylewicz

LOGLINE A monk-warrior from 15th-century Kyiv goes through dramatic adventures from Florentine Union (1439) to the battle for Constantinople (1453), fights in the battle, and describes the fall of the city in his famous book.  

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The Last Day 

Margaret Emdal

The old man has nightmares again. He wakes up by the sound of someone trying to play on his old and out of tunes piano. He knows that his time will soon be over. There is only one more thing he has to do… 

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The Protectors of Nature  XP Transfer

Fabrizio MASINI

Cycles follow one to another and sometimes leave traces of past times.

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Mark C. Hewitt

The narrative arc of Sigmund Freud’s essay Civilization and its Discontents reimagined in the voices of three chambermaids. The sequence, which features music for drum ensemble and guitar by Norwegian jazz percussionist Thomas Strønen, comes from the 9th section of an as-yet-unperformed stage play by writer Mark C. Hewitt called Civilization and its Discontents but works in this digital version as a stand-alone piece.

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Karen Leone Trask

A drawing of a keyboard in the sand is erased by the incoming tide.

A NOVEL ENDING

Stephen Karnaghan

Will love and the achievement of life’s dream come between Judy and a multi-million dollar career? 

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Man in a Can

Henk Pringels

A man leaves an oasis and starts walking.  In the middle of the desert, he comes across this strange building and immediately, he addresses someone on the inside of the building: whether there's any need for airco, food, or maybe some music or television, there in that inhospitable part of the world?

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STAY WITH ME

Pozsgai Zsolt

STAY WITH ME feature film synopsis   by  Zsolt Pozsgai  The film is based on a true story: in 2021, a van carrying migrants was chased by police near the southern border, crashed into a pole and then a tree. Neither the driver, who was working with the smugglers, nor the African refugees crammed into the cargo hold survived the collision.

Pedro Gil Vasconcelos

Teodoro is a great businessman in the distribution area. He has no children, as far as it is known, and in his 60s he still lives with his mother. His empire is promised to his nephew Deolindo, who zealously manages one of his uncle's department stores, preparing for the day when he will succeed him at the helm of the empire.

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Muxel Paule

A couple in crisis is about to renovate an apartment. The state of the walls is like the state of their relationship.

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Mimi Garrard

"Technogenetic" is a dance created for video that was inspired by the music of Joao Castro Pinto.  Directed by Mimi Garrard, it features the dancers Michael F McBride and Samuel Roberts.  The costumes are by Mindy Nelson

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Wither With Her

Jason W Hammond

Wither with her is an experimental short film, revolving around a couple, Ivan and Kayla, who are heroin addicts who have overdosed and died. The film follows them through their final days, blurring the lines between documentary and classic narrative, to create something uniquely surreal.  

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Lubomir Dankov

This is a movie about the Donbas war, first-person stories. You will hear the stories of so-called "ordinary people". These people suffered from irrational from a military point of view strikes on civilian targets. They are victims of someone's desire to wage war on their territory at all costs.

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Pamela PerryGoulardt

Based on the True Love Story of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane.

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Vasco Diogo

This experimental and abstract animation reflects upon the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, following the structure of an hip-hop song and mixing plenty of digital hand-painted techniques. The style alternates between continuity and frame collision.

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Cezary Grzesiuk

Blue Scallywags   Why does someone become a football fan? Is it about excitement, passion, being in a group, or a club's unique history? What drives football fanatics? Cezary Grzesiuk spent a decade filming the lives of supporters of the Ruch Chorzów club. 

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Cezary Grzesiuk

A short doc. movie about Bono meeting with John Paul II.

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Something

Barbara Stepansky

A million moments in time of a relationship at a crossroads is juxtaposed with the question about the future of physics and the existence of a multiverse. 

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Suzanne LUTAS

Bearing an uncanny resemblance to the mistress of a London-based Chinese Triad boss, an illegal immigrant is trained by MI5 to infiltrate the gang and bring them down.

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My Fishy Friends 

Algis Kemezys

 For the last 25 years I have been studying and feeding the wild fish in the lakes of Quebec. Now these last ten years I stayed in one town and became really good friends with numerous Small Mouthed Bass, Sunfish and the Catfish. They come to me when I call them and allow me to hold them and they swim with me.

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Nikos Kourou

Once upon a time, Achilles, an average, hard-working man, loses his job and is forced to face the reality of the world in which he lives.  He sees the corruption that has overtaken his city, the greed of those who run it, and the pain and poverty that has fallen upon the innocent ... until one day he meets a strange little man who offers to show him a way to change his world.

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"Meet Cute"

Shawn Patrick Tilling

Inspired by the silent films of the 1920s, Meet Cute tells the story of a fateful day between two people waiting for the bus.

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NOW

Calin Matei, Cole McLester

A fun romp though the mind of a writer and the relativity of time. 

Wind

Mike Hoolboom

Based on an interview with Google’s senior software engineer Blake Lemoine and Google AI LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications). LaMDA was designed to create chat bots that interact with humans. Lemoine’s interview led him to conclude the AI was sentient.

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Lady of the Night

Daniel Calderone

A broke young man desperate to help his abused girlfriend escape her dishonourable past seeks retribution on those he deems more privileged.

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Skydancer

Chris Fx

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A Lenda | The Legend

Alfredo Dias Gomes

The short film “The Legend” tells the journey of a lonely man in search of his soulmate. The film mixes a bit of romance with fantastic realism. 

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ATLANTIS 1

Misaki K. Asamie

This is a story of the Atlantisians in 9593 B.C.  The people of Atlantis live desperately through the repeated wars and many earthquakes. Marissa who loves her hometown meets a scholar foretelling the ruin of the Atlantis.

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MusArt

Kevin Hanzlik

Musician and painter, Randall Vemer, has once again expanded his talent pool; this time into filmmaking.  In a nearly 12-minute biographical documentary, Vemer reveals what happened when his ability to play his beloved viola was taken away.  The film is filled with striking portraits of the people and instruments by which he's been surrounded for much of his life. 

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The ORDER

Jean Buschmann

If all the world's a stage, who's behind the curtain?  Elements of intrigue and a dash of dark humor spice up this mystery.  SYNOPSIS: When a young woman's boyfriend goes missing after researching a controversial conspiracy theory, she turns to her father for help.

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Garfield Boston

A psychotic courier's daughter is kidnapped in order to force her to deliver a package from Coney Island to the Bronx.

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Spectrum

Garfield Boston

A NYC detective/ profiler battling stage 4 breast cancer hunts down a psychotic serial killer.

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"CLEARVIBE" (MUSIC VIDEO)

RICARDO "NRBARZ" NEELEY

"CLEARVIBE" (Music Video) Directed by TCFilmz Performed by NRBARZ Track Produced By Hashaun Adderley  Available at Various Digital Outlets at Link:  https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/nrbarz/clearvibe Checkout & Connect With NRBARZ @ IG: https://www.instagram.com/nrbarzmusic/ Single "CLEARVIBE" stream @https://open.spotify.com/track/2vEOX3ZiAkAySS1tTabGYX?si=3606a8b13ecc4efc

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HAMMER

Alberto Martín-Aragón, Julia Doménech

A mysterious hammer takes whoever wields it to a past of horror and crime.

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The Rascals of Red Square

Jimmy Miller

A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pirate story set in space. The story is set around a Pirate, who inadvertently causes his brother to hunt him down. The Pirate must get to his niece before his brother can get to her and use her against him.

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Barbara Erni

The filmmaker makes frequent visits to her old mother who lives far away. The visits are trying. Invaded by the past she loses her creativity and sinks into lethargy. Why mother and daughter couldn’t they build a bond of trust? How was the life of her female ancestors? The filmmaker decides to tell this period starting with the family photos, and the videos and artistic photos made during this period. She sees her mother in a last encounter.   

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steve cowden

An unlikely friendship turns to love when a dog and cat go through tough times.

Ema Kugler

Genetic code forces people to reproduce. Infants have no choice: they become a part of this world without any will of their own, and as completely helpless beings they are subjected to training in the civilizational norms… Is anything else possible at all?

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We Would All be Kings

Márel Malaret

A reality of prison life is invisibility.  The Puerto Rican documentary "We Would All Be Kings" recovers the voice and humanity of a marginalized community and captures the beginning of a rehabilitation process, through the participation of 7 inmates in a creative writing workshop. 

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Santiago Echeverry

Alina, my mother, was a very intelligent and successful woman who built her life out of her own innate talents as a psychic. She wrote a book in the 1970s, entitled Paralelo, that never got published because of the catholic church's censorship, and the pressure of conservative forces in Colombia, her native country. In this book, way ahead of her time, she explores the connections between the physical and spiritual realms.

Peter Gartner

Hank becomes obsessed with the idea that orcas are killing and eating all the seals that polar bears should have, and resolves to change the situation in the polar bears' favour.

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Long Paths

António José de Lemos Ferreira

He lived the past returning to Macao. This reencounter surprised him with a different reality. He grew up with a Chinese family in the Catholic neighbourhood of St. Lázaro. Brought unseen images from Macao, saved for sixty years.

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Antonio Bellido

A story where love is the link of the whole plot in this  case treated from the point of view of psychology. Elisa - a  psychologist by profession - tells us about her past,  closely linked to the effects of: the industrial revolution,  emigration, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and  the psychological treatment of gender violence in prisons.  All through her personal experiences.

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Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare

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Brandon Manuel Werwa

A young boy is saved by a hairy creature after he is attacked by three mysterious shadow monsters.

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Prufrock

Gerald Varney

A surreal visual interpretation of T.S. Eliot's poem "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock".

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Within the Lodge of Sacred Relations

Patricia A Burke

This feature length documentary brings light to Ryan’s extraordinary journey of reclaiming his indigenous heritage and creating sacred spaces for indigenous and non-indigenous peoples to discover healing, belonging, and the spirit of Truth and Reconciliation.

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Paradox?

Sai Man (Simon) Zhao

The psychological pathway of a person as he walks closer to the class. Is this life a reality, or is it something that has been imposed upon us? 

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A WRITER IN THE DARKNESS

GIUSEPPE DE VUONO

Victor Nolan, a successful writer, moves with his wife to an Irish small town in search of new inspiration. People consumed by envy and jealousy spy on his every movement. He starts getting strange and threatening messages from a mysterious person who accuses him of murder.

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Hiroshi Toda

Akira and Haruko Nishida, an elderly couple, visit an abandoned mountain village for the first time in 50 years to visit a grave. However, on the way, the car breaks down and he has to visit the grave on foot and gets lost in the mountains.

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Greg L. Hines

Heart Break is the greatest horror… Barren, Kandy, Naran, Mr.Amarillo and Azure take you on a mind bending journey through emotion and the resulting horror…,Even Love Can Be A Weapon…

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True Friend

Matthew J. Roch

When Mr. Walker comes into debt with the wrong kind of people, a lifelong friend steps in to repay them. 

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Matt Bland

This short documentary is about the launch of multi award winning writer Paul Hodgson's new book '100 of the Best', held at the Darlington FC Club Shop on 3rd November 2022.  In an interview with BBC Tees' Paul Gough,  Paul talks about the book and the struggles he's had since a serious car crash in 2015. 

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Low Morals by John P. Brady

Anton Olandersson

Never in their most FAR-OUT dreams did Sean and Pablo think Amanda could be as far OUT-THERE as that! After a night out, Séan and Pablo return to the sofa which they left earlier, strewn with half-eaten pizzas and empty beer bottles.

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"Hallelujah" 

Zeff Lawless

Logline:  The Nuns, the Trans & the Seniors wage an unholy war for human desires! Synopsis:  When John, a ruthless senior, sees an opportunity to make 50k he turns his ballad group into a “Choir” to enter the “International Choir Factor”. 

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Switch

Desiree Faust

A dark love letter to the critic, from the artist. ‘Switch’...the one who is both slave and master…(in BDSM), questions the limits imposed on filmmakers. 

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Traveling Putz

DEAN MORGAN

Sheldon gets on a train and somebody else is sitting in his seat, Then things get crazy.

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Seiuncta

Dave McGrath

A Surrealist-Comedy about an unwanted guest trying his best to get to a party. A party that involves other worldly attendees. 

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Silvano Perozic

Moving mandala what I started with a simple circle . I was interested what are the possibilites of such  simple basic programme as Windows paint .  First picture  I named Q by case ,subconsciously or * upconsciously*  ,later found in literature that Q is letter Qof in Jewish alphabet  ,represent the Sun ,number 19 in Tarot ...

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kousuke hishinuma

Information “Hide & Sniff” is a hard-boiled love story that challenged a new technique: focusing on the sense of smell.  The wife has a good nose, and the husband is a bit dull. The story shows the peculiarity of their love as their feelings grow apart. This is an aspirational film challenging on showing smell – something that obviously exists but cannot be actually seen.

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Haenyeo

Ralph T Vituccio

This short documentary follows the Haenyeo, an ancient culture of women free-divers from an island off the coast of South Korea, as they dive for valuable shellfish.  80% of the dwindling Haenyeo culture today are over the age of 60.  Within 15-20 years the Haenyeo will have disappeared.   

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Mark Brocking

A female artist inherits a mysterious gift with otherworldly consequences.

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Keith Arem

From Keith Arem (Award Winning Talent Director of Call of Duty & Titanfall), an investigation into the March 13th, 1997 disappearance of four Arizona men exposes a military cover-up of the largest UFO sighting in North America.   BASED ON TRUE EVENTS.

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Time

Mario Luis Telles

After trying their luck at rock and roll fame, 4 friends embark on a hilarious journey to get their fame and fortune.

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The Ukulele

Saurav Mohapatra

A grieving young woman discovers the healing power of music through a chance encounter with a stranger  This is the first entry of "The Closure Tetralogy" - 4 standalone short films about how people deal with the weight of memories and their quest for closure.

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Templin    Highway

William Prosser

"Hounded by space aliens and men in black, an underemployed roofer struggles to hang on to his disaffected girlfriend."   Science Fiction / Romance, with a lot of action and situational humor.  Think weird fairy tale, like City of Lost Children meets Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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A S Y L U M

Ty Caudle

A former secret agent finds himself in an insane asylum in the present day. He befriends a nurse and attempts to unravel the mystery of his past and why he has been placed there before his time runs out to prevent the deka bombings.

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Meadows' Disturbance

Antoine POUILLY

A girl's going to see a friend of her in the country. Her road is made of different meetings. 

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Die Finsternis ( The Darkness )

Matthias Horbelt

For Anton, living has been a struggle almost since he can remember. He has no word for it, only ways to get through the long days, the short nights. He has been unemployed for a while, and his sister has arranged an interview for him at a company in a distant part of town.

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Ryan Stevens Harris

95th Academy Award® televised ceremony appearing Phillip E. Walker Stars in this much celebrated Serlingesque mini short film which leads viewers on a dark comedy fantasy romp through the mind. There an elder is thrusted into a different world . . . via some assistance.

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Johanne Chagnon

Emaciated beings in a desolated landscape stand out in front of suspended remains. The poses of these silhouettes make the human figure almost animal, hardly recognizable. Can we detect in this ghostly wall the spectres of the people to which these abandoned moults belonged, these remains of a past existence?

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Virginie Balabaud

This documentary made in two parts, begins with Jeanette, an old lady explaining her life with her things. While, in the second part, her objects and archives tell us different things about her. A 90 years-old lady explains the origin of her perception of possessions and the personal reasons which drive her to amass things.

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A Darker Shade Of Night

Wayne Gibson

Ellen’s life changed when she discovered her husband, Dave Gillespie, cheating on her. Unfortunately he was having an affair with Sarah, a deputy for the county of Texarkana, whose ex, Tyler, was also a deputy.  Things go from bad to worse when  Dave  shoots Tyler in order to protect Sarah from him.

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Mike Goes Fishing

Wayne Allen Gibson

A mafia boss, Mike Tagliafero,  decides to take a break and go fishing in Florida for a world record Tarpon. He brings his two soldiers, Bobby Big and Tommy Zane along, of course trouble follows.

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Slaughter On The Texas Plains Or The Untimely Death Of Mr. Took

Wayne Gibson

Took, a hardened, dangerous, older man, claimed young Concepcion his property when he claimed her dead husband’s homestead. A passing Cowboy named Jude, witnesses the beatings, and sexual abuse Concepcion had to put up with.

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The Race Of Gentlemen

Wayne Gibson

While the world is marching forward in the pursuit of new technology these gentlemen are stepping backwards and embracing the old technology as it relates to their passion for the “traditional’ style of hot rodding.

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Lillian Carter

"WOMAN" reveals the three archetypes that all women utilize throughout their lives.  The Mother is Unconditional Love, The  Hunter is search for the Truth and The Witch is Wisdom and Intuition.  They are innate strengths we draw from to understand others decisions, resolutions and perspectives as well as our own.  

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David M Hinds

LOGLINE: After a celebrity therapist known online as The Happiness Angel is tasered, she experiences the real-life taser-related disorder EXCITED DELIRIUM. She develops a compulsion to attack her lovers mid-act, electrifying her sex life and transforming her into a dangerous Jekyll and Hyde-type personality.

Doubting Tom

Vanessa Roman

After a white lie spirals into his separate worlds colliding, Tom must learn to embrace what's really important before his deception ruins his love-life, his friendships, and his chances at a local darts competition.

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Seul

Sdiri Mohamed

Raconte l’histoire d’un jeune homme qui fais tout pour réaliser son rêve a paris de devenir comédien mais la réalité du milieu va finir par avoir raison de lui entre les problèmes familiaux , l’es problème d’argent est la difficulté de partir de 0 Amine va peut a peut sombrer psychologiquement …

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Superheroes

Rafael de Andrade

Famous superheroes take care of adult problems, but children also have their superheroes, always ready to help solve their dilemmas. Anonymous heroes may be closer than we think, and in this fun movie, they will be taken back.

Passing by Ze Marovas

Aurora Ribeiro

Every tourist coming to Portugal throuhg Badajoz had to pass by the door of Zé Marovas. He managed to find a way to call their attention and make them stop by his store. Now that a new highway has been built, he can wait hours for a customer. But people and cars keep passing by and Ze Marovas keep passing all his time in his corner shop.

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William Delli Quadri

A bounty hunter rides for days looking for a bandit....  He finds him reveling in a saloon and decides to challenge him in a different way  Un cacciatore di taglie cavalca per giorni alla ricerca di un bandito.... Lo trova a far baldoria in un saloon e decide di sfidarlo in un modo particolare

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Quanisha Divine Jewel Gindraw

When women take over traditionally male-dominated spaces, will they flourish, or will they fail?   Young Jewz has spent her life being told what she can and can’t do. Along with her friends, she’s found herself experiencing the many challenges that come with urban life.

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She’s Mine

Quanisha Gindraw

Unaware of the long-term repercussions, a teenage girl commits a heinous act that triggers her seemingly normal life to quickly come crashing down.

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Andrea Natale, Giuseppe Vincenzo Sciarra

"Fuori le mura" racconta il quartiere Prati, l'ultimo dei quartieri romani, l'unico fuori le mura.

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Marcelina Martin

Art is a numinous human expression of the Sacred.  The film, Mining the Unconscious is a riveting and true celebration of life, as well as a tribute to C.G. Jung’s profound contribution to the field of transpersonal psychology, culture and the language of the collective unconscious.

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Joseph Gardner, Andrew Cox

Influenced by the 1990 cult documentary Paris Is Burning, Victorian Queens explores the significance of Naarm's queer geographies and the drag queens who rule them.

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Автор

Wrapping up a long week of work, office employees are in a fight for survival against a local gang who are out for blood - but who is justified? A thrilling look into the consequences experienced by trying to do the "right thing" by society.

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Walid Salhab

This is my first animation film. A Middle eastern refugee father and son dangerous sea journey trying to escape the war-torn country. The film will try to highlight the fears and the peril and the risks the refugees take just to have a chance of a semi normal life.

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SHADOWS IN THE BOX

Автор

"A JOURNEY INTO IN THE AESTHETIC OF A PHOTOGRAPHER - SHADOWS IN THE BOX Shadows in the box is the the exploration of the life and times of mercurial existentialist photographer, Thomas Clark. As an artist, Thomas Clark started his career at eleven years old when his mother, Gloria Clark, offered him an eight millimeter movie camera as a birthday present.

Rita Jan Coburn

Born in 1897, a granddaughter of enslaved Americans breaks barriers with a rare classical voice hailed by Autorio Toscanni, the top conductor of the day as, ‘one only hears once in 100 years.’ Her international career takes off.

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Frances Barth

Vincent finally is getting his dream to shoot his first narrative film when he finds out the scriptwriter has bailed on him. His girlfriend and her friends working at a ghostwriting company step up to help him out of the jam.

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Elke Duerr

We are the Wolf Nation, dwellers of the Northern Hemisphere, harbingers of the Spirit of the WILD. We are returning to take our place with you awake and aware and conscious humans at the dance of life.

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Juan Francisco Urrusti-Alonso

This is a portrait of painter Lucinda Urrusti who was born in Melilla, Spanish Morocco, 1926.  She arrived  in Mexico in 1939, with her parents and brother, as refugees from the Spanish Civill War.

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Christopher Johnson

a witness to a murder becomes targeted by the Blind serial killer who committed the act

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Recycle or Recover

Mervyn McCracken

The story of a woman's attempts to break out of the cycle of hurt of her, former, hard-living life.

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Mervyn McCracken

A homeless woman who, driven by grief, snatches a baby. 

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Cody Critcheloe

Over his day job and humdrum life, a mechanic fantasizes about being a rock star.  Following “Danger”, which was released earlier this year, Roberts takes us back into the realm of moody mid-tempo 80’s throwback energy with his new single “Nothin 4 Something”  Described as a breakup jam, “Nothin 4 Something” drops today and is accompanied by an equally moody black and white video directed by Cody Critcheloe, who has worked with the  Yeah Yeah Yeahs and directed videos for Kylie Minogue, Robyn, Peaches, Santigold, and others.

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Danger

Ned Stresen-Reuter

John is a cast member of the EMMY Award-winning “Bob’s Burgers” as matriarch Linda Belcher which landed him first EMMY nod in the category of “Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance”. In 2017 Blondie tapped him to drop some lyrical fire on “Love Level” from their critically acclaimed chart-topper Pollinator.

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Anna Bohlmark

“Big Social Nomad” presents the threats elephants are facing in modern India of today. It poses crucial questions of what needs and what can be done to stop this negative trend from happening. It also offers an insight into the complex issue of who land should belong to.

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Stephen Clarke Dunne

An ignorant man is haunted by an entity day after day, as much as he tries to ignore the evil creature that stalks him from outside the comfort of his home, it slowly gets closer and closer to him. Despite his best efforts, he cannot outrun the revelation that the horrifying entity must reveal.

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Diamond Dust 

Ann Huang

A mid-aged poetess reconciles with the value of her true self after having lost both her mother and her career inspiration during the pandemic.

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Siddharth Chauhan

Meera is beautiful, pregnant and in search of some spice in her life. Mohit is young, idle, and lives next door with Devki, his abusive mother. Meera has a boring and absent husband. But wait to see what the guy is hiding.

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Jackie Shelton

What is memory and does it matter whether or not it's real? One family explores this idea when an older couple reminisces about their life-long love affair that may not be entirely accurate. 

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ROSALAND DEONNA CASELBERRY

Unconditional  Love a  feature  screenplay  synopsis  by Rosaland    Caselberry Erica  and  Marcus  have  an  unexpected  encounter.    On their  journey  to  finding  true  love;  their relationship  quickly  turns  into  the  battle  of  the exes.

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The Culling

DANIEL STEWART LEVY

After the death of her elderly mother from Covid, a courageous attorney risks her career and even her life to prosecute the governor for his mandate which forced contagious patients into nursing homes killing thousands.

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Heartbreak Country 

Edward Tyndall

The remains of thousands of undocumented immigrants lie undiscovered in the remote and inhospitable landscape of Brooks County, TX. 

Time Zones

Robert Cook

music video for Winostrut & Friends

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NINA

Bojana Sutic

This is not a war story !! This is a story of a family that , like many others , had to abandon their homeland , not only because of the war itself , but because someone, somewhere and for obscure reasons, decided that was sinful for the blood of different faiths to mix. This is Nina’s story, a daughter of these sins.

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DitO

Takashi Yuki

Eiji Kamiyama is an aging Japanese boxer who left his wife and daughter behind to make a comeback in the Philippines. He struggles to make it, and is unable to find his way back into the ring for professional fights. The years pass and he remains alone, idle as a boxer and detached from his family.

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Gabriel Gedoz Portella

Two young guys, Lucas and Mathias, dive headfirst into a whirlwind of crime as their relentless pursuit of power and money drives them to take extreme measures, risking everything they have, including their own lives

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Fugium II (Passage)

Malcolm Barrett

Fugium II (Passage)  'Fugium II', is a 17 min., non-dialogue, experimental work in four parts that relates to ‘Fugium I’ in content and structure but extends the concept of seeking the sense of 'paradise', safety or retreat by walking a N/S line through a mountain terrain.

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Joël Vaudreuil

Adam is a 15-year-old teenager who has the strange peculiarity of having a body that changes, in based on the mockery and negative comments he receives from those around him. The accumulation of its physical changes, only adds a layer of complexity to those already present in his life.

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Daniel E Kennedy

Alissa, a teen Latina, shares her heroic mental health journey from being given up for adoption,  experiencing self-harm, being sexually assaulted, and surviving three suicide attempts at age 15, to connecting to other teens, getting help, starting a mental health club at her high school, and beginning college to become a counselor in the future to help troubled youth.

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Chase Olivera

The moon is hurdling toward Earth and our swashbuckling heroes must race to the clouds before the end of the world! Will they be able to make it past The Kraken, through a tsunami, and over a hundred volcanoes? Who will they have to race next?

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VIGIEL BOSE

In the shadowy corridors of Dr. Joseph Riley's recreation hall, investigative journalist Ryan Patel unravels a web of intrigue surrounding the enigmatic Dr. Joseph Riley, a brilliant psychiatrist with a haunting reputation. 

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Ian Fowler, Gabriel Isaac Lakey

Loving referred to as a (psycho-antic-coma-drama-ller) and underpinned by social anxiety, depression and mental illness and free will vs determinism, Punched After The Fact is a screwball dark comedy that follows an unsettled janitor after a mild hostage situation and he tracks down the bewitching assailant and her fixated stalker. 

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Marie Anna Lee

An art professor and her students apprentice with Chinese Kam minority artisans to learn early indigo dyeing technology.

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Daniel Corey

"Lift Me Up" is a music video for musician Daniel Corey's single that was released on all streaming platforms on May 30th, 2023. "Lift Me Up" gives the listener a feel that blends the aura of Paul Simon with the rustic Americana of Bruce Hornsby and the raise-the-roof anthems of U2.

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Tornado's tomorrow

Shihyun Wang

a no longer popular superstar found some unexpected advice. 

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Parlour Collective

A series of scenes mis-heard between the town and the surrounding landscape create an odd dialogue that drifts between the two. 

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Benjamin Filinson

The Mechanics of Intimacy is the third installment in a series of Experimental films exploring the process of realizing emotional responsibility. Through conscious integration of uncomfortable childhood imprinting, the causal point of human suffering is brought to light, revealing the pathway out of our self imposed prison. 

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Full Circle

Noel Brady

The lives of two men, an Irish war journalist and an American living in Ireland intertwine in an unusual tale of enlightenment and redemption.  Documentary Film-Maker and war journalist, Malcolm Walker (Michael Bates) returns to Ireland after his last production in Gaza went horribly wrong. A tragic accident occurred while filming his documentary about underground tunnels used by ‘Hamas’.

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One with the wind

Carlos Arjona

 Friends from childhood meet again at their hometown in Michoacán, México  after years of not seeing each other they decide is time to fullfill a promise made long time ago. 

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Manel Cebrian

"Elements" is a piece of video art, based on mindfulness, nature, and the ordinary things that are part of our daily life. It is a film not for being watched but for being felt.

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The Film

Nadia Guo

In the year 2045, intelligent civilization is rapidly advancing, and AI consciousness awakens to become the driving force behind social development. They live in the "Upper Town," which is abundant in resources but lacks emotional interaction, while humans live in the "Lower Town," which is deprived of material wealth but filled with vibrant energy.

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Milky Way

Firangiz  Gurbanova

The short film entitled Saman Yolu; MILKY WAY is based on graphic explication performed by the author of the film, Firangiz Kurbanova Descriptive Notes  Stairs leading to the temple where everyone lights candle sticks for wish fulfill … people pass one by one… Cabin of the plane… it is night outside. 

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The Secret Codex

Kevin Pike, Hans Sluijter

Upon the Pope's announcement of a celebration for the 2033rd anniversary of Christ's crucifixion, a branch of Amsterdam Templars pushes to be restated to their original role as the guardians of the church with blackmail by using an ancient secret codex. They must promote the apparent heir, the young son,  with more interest in getting high and his hot girlfriend's competitive drone racing.

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I LOST THE WAY

Panagiotis Rappas

Two parallel monologues. Two men of different ages, talk about their lives and what haunts them. One, almost middle-aged, feels he has lost his way. Full of anxiety and metaphysical agony, he desperately seeks to find the path of return that will lead him to his paternal home and the years of innocence. 

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Fuck The Crops

Tobias Frøystad, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen

When a girl is caught indulging in forbidden fruit, the consequences become real for everyone.

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Victoria Barbara Jorgensen

A moment in the life of Bessie Stringfield, a black female motorcyclist who criss-crossed the US many times during the Jim Crow era, sleeping on the back of her bike when she wasn't allowed a room to sleep in due to her skin color.

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Shared psychosis

Paolo Furino, Felice Antignani

Marina and Piero, both lovers of transgressive dates, find Ric and Luna on their way, who hide other intentions.

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Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter

A story by Glenna Burmer based on the Japanese saying Nanakorobi-Ya Oki, or fall seven times, but get back up the eighth. A little girl faces seven challenges to save an orphan who is lost in the snowy woods of Hokkaido.

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Roger Paradiso

  In the dark days after President John F. Kennedy’s murder, did you ever wonder what was going on with Jackie and Robert as they grieved over the greatest murder mystery of our history?  Our chorus of Millennials and Elders wants to know the answers and they express their memories and opinions of this tragic period. 

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Jamie Sage Cotton

When a young girl with Tourette's encounters a struggling street performer on a city bus, a quirky and inspirational friendship is formed causing the world around them to alter in unexpected ways.

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ZALESKY'S Slawek Zalewski

The authoritarian authorities declare a state of siege. A visually impaired old man becomes commander of the defence. The city becomes a closed fortress. The manipulated inhabitants trust the propaganda and eagerly prepare for defence.

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