Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: DEAR MOTHER
Best Direction: TRANSFORMATION
Best Story: ANANKA
Best Micro-Short: WEASEL
Best Student Film: CARVED IN STONE
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WEASEL, 2min., Mexico
Directed by Hisham Iyad Hajir
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DEAR MOTHER, 29min., Austria
Directed by Sabrina Hickl
When the last bee dies, Mother Nature dies too. But she doesn’t leave us without a plan – her secret rescue plan comes into effect. In a world where breathing jars are essential for survival, Edward Green, owner of “Breathe Easy Technologies”, tyrannizes and rules over people. Through his constant surveillance, he takes away people’s freedom. In return, he gives them their lives by producing the breathing glasses. Finn Turner, once pursued by Green’s company, reveals Mother Nature’s rescue plan. Together with his sister Leonie and his brother-in-law Paul, he uses a magic box to bring the bees back to life. Obstacles and betrayal threaten their plan. Nevertheless, Leonie completes the mission and brings nature back to life. Green, disempowered, pays the price for his actions. Years later, the world flourishes again thanks to the bees, in harmony with nature.
https://www.facebook.com/Film.DearMother
https://www.instagram.com/dearmother.film/
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ANANKA, 25min,. UK
Directed by Catherine Boltens-Barinoff
Ananke is a drama short film, which artistically depicts addiction through metaphorical personification as a mysterious lover and friend, Ananke. The relationship that the protagonist, Juliana, builds with Ananke mirrors the abusive relationship that one can have with substance abuse, where the euphoria is so dazzling it replaces ambition and independence. In the short film, we explore how one, who suffers from a lack of support and loneliness, can give away everything to feel wholesome. Film attracts attention to the issue of increased illicit drug use in LGBTQ+ communities, specifically in females.
http://ananke.uk/https://www.instagram.com/ananke.film/
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TRANSFORMATION, 12min., Germany
Directed by Marcel Barsotti
Only humans still live on Earth. Dangerous genetic experiments have wiped out the entire food chain. The only food which is keeping the last humans alive is the yellow Nova. In the far future, the last Drakzuls, highly intelligent beings, had to flee from their homeland, their planet destroyed by their enemies. They are searching for a new world to survive. And they found it.
https://www.marcelbarsotti.com/en/transformation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/809854614469007
https://www.instagram.com/transformationthemovie/
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CARVED IN STONE, 30min., USA
Directed by Porter Justus
Cast out by the academic community at her college for her extreme beliefs that artifacts belong with their cultures, not locked up in some museum, young historical photographer AMELIA SLOANE is shocked to learn a former and beloved professor has bequeathed to her a collection of valuable and rare artifacts – including the legendary sword Excalibur – and a mysterious message “You’ll know what to do with this.”
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