NATALIE, 13min., Australia, Drama
Directed by Tess Emmerson
It is 2004. Natalie and Natalie are best friends, utterly inseparable and stuck in the awkward moment between high school and the rest of their lives. They are different in every way, though practically the same person. ‘Natalie’ is a story about coming-of-age, coming out and coming to terms with who you are.
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TIME DIFFERENCE, 3min., China, Animation/Drama
Directed by XUQIN SUN
This animation shows the different space people how to communicate. This story is that A and B get a video call. They enter the world of imagination together. And they spend lot of time to contact each other. But the they living environment is totally different. B is gone. A want to pursue, but the time obstruct her. she cannot do anything. Since on one can solve the problem of time. In the end, they left each other.
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CYRANO AUX TRANCHEES, 15min., USA, Fantasy/Drama
Directed by Edouard DOSSETTO
Verdun, 1917. In the night between the bombings, four Poilus heard a character fall from the Moon; an encounter of their reality with the historical fiction: Cyrano de Bergerac.
Based on the play by Joseph Suberville, a young gunner poet, written in 1918, and performed at the Théâtre des Armées a century ago.
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FROM THE THUNDER, 10min., Canada, Drama/War
Directed by Daniel Everitt-Lock
From The Thunder is a visually striking yet poignant depiction of the horrors of war on soldiers of all countries. Shown on a more personal scale than that of a large war piece, we follow three Canadian scouts as they come across a lone German deserter when looking for shelter from the impending storm. We share in the terrors of battle from both sides of the war and how these soldiers handle their shared trauma in very different ways…
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THE CLOSURE CENTER, 17min., USA, Drama/Fantasy
Directed by Chelsey d’Adesky
In a near future London, Cara is haunted by unresolved feelings from a past relationship with Peter. Her new partner, Adam, is about to move in with her, so she books an appointment at The Closure Center. In the session, Cara and Peter sort through the ending of their relationship and work towards acceptance in order to move on.
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REECE, 10min, USA, Drama
Directed by Dusan Brown
With increasing violence in his neighborhood, a young man, Reece, fights for his community regardless of the consequences.
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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST FANTASY FILM: MR. SUSHI
BEST ACTION FILM: LUNCHTIME IS OVER
BEST THRILLER FILM: SERIAL DATER
BEST PERFORMANCES: WASTERS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE SECRET BOX
BEST SOUND & MUSIC: TIDE OF GHOSTS
Theme of night: Outside influences.
NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private.
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– Matthew Toffolo
EL VIAJE, 15min., USA, Thriller/Drama
Directed by Andrew Borene
Paul must decide if he’s going to shelter a pre-teen illegal immigrant girl, Yolanda, or turn a blind eye and let his best friend sheriff Nash Roeper apprehend her.
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THE SECRET BOX, 10min., 10min., Austria, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Directed by G.S. Leitgeb
As part of THE SECRET BOX Trilogy, THE RISE OF PAPERBOY comes to us as a stand-alone motion picture short, introducing us to a 7-year-old Paperboy and letting us witness his first encounter with ancient paranormal forces in 1885. An abandoned street-kid in the docks of New England, Codie ‘Paperboy’ Basket is present when old adventurer Abe T. Huxley and his bunch of henchmen fail to open a lost wooden box.
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FOREVER MINE, 1min., USA, Thriler/Noir
Directed by Aldo Mugam
A hotel room. A hidden affair. Justice at all costs.
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EL VIAJE, 15min., USA, Thriller/Drama
THE SECRET BOX, 10min., 10min., Austria, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
FOREVER MINE, 1min., USA, Thriler/Noir
WASTERS, 15min, USA, Action
CEMETERY TALES: A Tale of Two Sisters, 20min., USA, Thriller
MR. SUSHI, 13min., USA, Fantasy
LUNCHTIME IS OVER, 6min,. USA, Action
THE KOI, 15min., Action
SERIAL DATER, 6min., USA, Thriller
TIDE OF GHOSTS, 26min, UK, Thriller/Supernatural
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