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C.S. Lewis (1898–1963)
Born: November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK Died: November 22, 1963 (age 64) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Married to: Helen Joy Davidman (23 April 1956 – 13 July 1960) (her death)
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic – on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg – or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. – from Mere Christianity
What an honor it was to be a part of this festival. Thank you to all the coordinators and collaborators of this festival. It was such a humbling experience. Thank you deeply.
This is a HYBRID film festival with live screenings for the audience feedback video you will receive, plus an optional virtual 2nd showcase to enhance the film’s exposure (optional). Festival also conducts blog and podcast interviews with the filmmaker. We have also started a filmmaker’s WhatsApp group with over 150 joined to date to chat about next project and make contacts etc….
Monthly Festival designed to showcase the best of films (shorts, features, web series) and screenplays (short, feature, TV) in the world today.
Awards & Prizes
FILM FESTIVAL:
We are proud to announce a FOUR tier festival set up of your accepted film at the festival. Two screenings of your film at our festival, plus two separate interviews.
Screening #1 will take place in NYC and will be a private screening for a select group of people. They will then go home after the festival and record their comments of your film. Then we turn those comments into our regular FEEDBACK Festival Video.
Screening #2 takes place one time only (for FREE) VIRTUALLY for all to see on our online feed every single day. 365 festivals in 2022. Already these screenings are garnering an audience of 1000s each day.
So in the end you will have TWO showcases of your film and you’ll receive your audience feedback video a week before the Virtual Festival.
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL:
Winning screenplays performed by professional actors and made into a video each month. Film festival also occurs each month.
FULL FEEDBACK on all screenplay submissions. Film submissions can also request the committee’s feedback notes on their film.
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bodies that fight, 3min., Chile Directed by Catalina Ibañez The meeting between the performance and the crowd. The idea embodied in everyone’s gaze. Happiness by own judgment carried out. The meeting of the ideal with reality, embodied in the woman’s body.
OUT OF HAND, 3min., South Africa Directed by Justin Daniel When one-armed mad scientist, Dr. Victor von Thalamus, completes his mechanical arm creation, he tasks his moronic monster assistant, Bunsen, to watch over the arm while he runs errands. Bunsen is stunned upon the realization that the arm is alive and is on a mission to create havoc. Comedic struggles and failure ensue as Bunsen tries to capture the arm resulting in the destruction of the laboratory.
HISSY FIT, 3min., South Africa Directed by Kyra Cross Leeora is an anxious witch looking for a quiet place to sit in her school’s library. Leeora is shushed by the librarian and walks off. Leeora bumps into a fellow witch, Maddie. They fall and Leeora’s anxiety grows, she runs to the back of the library. Leeora hides and Maddie pops around the corner. Leeora is frightened and transforms into a cat. Both confused, a big chase erupts. The library is destroyed. During the aftermath, Maddie pulls herself and Leeora’s book from the rubble. Realising Maddie’s intentions Leeora transforms back. The girls laugh and get caught by the angry librarian.
LIGHTS OUT!, 3min., South Africa Directed by Atiyya Mayet Luna is exhausted as she works late into the night, aided by her desk-side lamp. The lamp (Laaitie) comes to life and suggests that she get some rest. Luna dismisses Laaitie and resumes working. They go back and forth flipping Laaitie’s light switch on and off. Eventually, Laaitie flips his switch off, runs away and Luna chases after him. After catching him Luna flips his switch, revealing that she is standing on a ledge, atop her apartment building. Realizing the danger, she has put herself in, she makes the conscious decision to go to bed and turns the light out.
BY TWO, 4min,. South Africa Directed by Wiam Botma A stubborn old man goes about his daily routine, struggling with every task due to his age. He hears a ring from the doorbell and finds a robot has been sent to aid him in his old age. As he goes about his daily routine the robot continually tries to aid him, much to his annoyance. A mishap in the bathroom is the final straw for the man, unaided he tumbles down the stairs and gets stuck in a pot, and the robot comes to his aid. The man now visibly relaxed enjoys the help of the robot in his life.
re:connection, 8min., USA Directed by Kristina Tran A 3D animated short film about a mechanic, her robot companion, and the path they take to reconnect their relationship.
CHERRY ON TOP, 15min., Brazil Directed by Laura Reis A girl with a bunny head tries to escape from her hunted reality when she discovers a group of colorful and hungry girls to be a part of…but things are not as sweet as it seems
I can think that my motivation came from the desire to send an environment message about animal’s safety, global warming, and the problems our future is warning us about. Obviously, I wanted to do this in my own way, full of visual astonishing images and satire, targeting horror movie fans that can walk out of the section and rethink their views of the world. Another part of me wanted to make this film to honor my inter child that always dreamed about becoming a filmmaker and creating my very unique universe were everything is possible, even magical forests filled with pink, cakes and weird girls scouts to be a part of.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
Not gonna lie, I cried a bit. Is a fantastic feeling to watch people from another part of the world talking about your film, and specially to understand everything you wanned to express. Cherry on Top is a non-dialogue short film, I wanted it to be that way so it was easier to start conversations all around the world, and I’m so beyond happy that is happening. Right after watching the feedback video, I sent it to the entire crew and cast so we could exchange of the same exited feelings.
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Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
Directed by Jon M. Chiu
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
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THE COREY DAVIS EVOLUTION STORY, 134min., USA Directed by Corey Davis The metamorphic journey of Corey Davis, a young filmmaker as he reflects on a decade of his career. Through personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary highlights his creative growth and challenges, showing essence of his passion.
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a film called black: King’s Speech, 20min., USA Directed by Cam Be ‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a film called black.’ ‘King’s Speech’ centers around the conversation of Blackness – What is Blackness? Who gets to define it? Additionally asking Black father’s what it means to be a king? All while telling the parallel story of Chicago artist Cam Be & Neak’s creation of the song and visual story of ‘King’s Speech.’
THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL, 3min., Canada Directed by Deb Ethier An artist struggles to find her way in this quirky and off-kilter micro short from Deb Ethier. Taking some inspiration from classic silent films, it combines super 8 footage with 2D/3D animation and motion graphics. Music by Esther Garcia.
BREAKING OUT, 6min,. USA Directed by David Glass “Breaking Out” is centered around a tumultuous piano improvisation David Glass recorded several years ago. The short film is a psychological rollercoaster containing a variety of footage that express a wide range of intense emotions and strong forces of nature, and yet there is a beauty to the chaos. As in a ballet, the music is in synchronicity with the dramatic scenes.
neurodiversity, 7min., South Korea Directed by Seung il-Chon The innovative development of artificial intelligence technology is creating a new intersection between reality and virtuality. Now, Internet platforms, artificial neural networks, data algorithms, and generative technologies are making a big difference in art creation and communication. aniexe@daum.net
THE CLOTHESLINES, 9min., USA Directed by Yazan Al-Hajari The Clotheslines” takes you through a journey of memory, loss, nostalgia, and human hope, reflecting the human struggle and suffering through the poignant symbol of deserted clotheslines. with a profound performance, and recorded by the exciting Moscow Metropolitan Orchestra, this visual poem captures the vast landscape of human sorrow, hope, loss, and nostalgia.
We have created a hybrid festival with 4 tiers to enhance your film and your festival experience. All accepted films receive all four tier options:
Tier #1 – Your film plays at a public film festival event where the audience will record their comments/reactions to your film on their camera or phone, then we edit them and send you a promotional video. No matter what you will receive a promotional video of your film of people commenting on your film.
Tier #2 (optional) – Your film plays on the Film Festival streaming service for 30 hours and invite a select industry audience to watch it. With this system, some films have already received a distribution deal as many platforms are looking for solid feature and short documentaries. We can not guarantee anything of course but this has been very helpful to many in the past. (see testimonials below)
Then (Tier #3) we will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film. Then after that (Tier #4) we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we chat with you about the process of how the film was made.
A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre (animation, comedy, experimental, horror etc.) as long as it has an underlying environmental thematic. We seek to advance public understanding of the environment through the power of film and storytelling; which is why this festival has been created.
Awards & Prizes
We will perform a winning Environmental screenplay(s) at our festival every single month using professional actors. Then we send the writer a video of the performance reading.
We will showcase a festival every month using our flagship FEEDBACK Film Festival format. All festival dates are private screenings with the same Audience FEEDBACK videos made for the short & feature films, and recorded script readings performed by professional actors for the screenplays. This is our way of showing community over distance so everyone around the world can experience our Audience Feedback videos.
NOTE: Proceeds made from donations during the film festival will be given to 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organizations.
C.S. Lewis (1898–1963)
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