A terrific festival where every single film showcased received multiple votes for BEST FILM. Each film is the best of the best of FANTASY films from around the world in the last year.
BEST FILM: Midnight Coachmen
BEST PERFORMANCES: A Princess’s Plea
BEST MIRO-SHORT: Paraland: The Prologue
BEST VISUAL DESIGN: Porcelain
BEST STORY: Dwindle
BEST DIRECTION: Onámuh
PORCELAIN, 16min., UK
Directed by Tim Wildgoose
Porcelain is the story of ‘Child’ – A street urchin who leaves behind the cold streets of a disparate city to discover mystery and wonder within the walls of the Porcelain makers mansion.
https://www.instagram.com/fnordcorps/
A Princess’s Plea, min., USA
Directed by Brooke Thornton, Madison Hubler
Princess Circe awaits in her tower when Vince Davenport, crown prince of a rich kingdom, comes to claim her as his wife. But with the beast left unslain and the princess left unimpressed, Vince’s quest takes a dark and unexpected turn.https://www.instagram.com/aprincesssplea
Onámuh, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Miguel Ángel Vives Ponzanelli
Onámuh, a humanoid marked by past abuses, searches for resources to survive. Árret, a deity of the earth, helps him and takes him to her lair, where Onámuh finds the energy he needed. However, his need turns into an addiction, leading him to abuse Árret and make her his prisoner. As the environment rapidly deteriorates, Onámuh must make a fatal decision due to his accumulated guilt.
DWINDLE, 17min, USA
Directed by John M. Broadhead
A young woman, traveling alongside her blind father in search of a new life, discovers that his chilling stories about an ancient forest creature will threaten their relationship in unforeseeable ways.
http://www.reflectionfilmsllc.com/
Paraland: The Prologue, 4min., USA
Directed by Patrick McCarthy
Paraland is an animated fantasy series about a trio of heroes who must unite the 12 incredibly different races of the land to keep the nation from falling apart. All while battling terrifying monsters, otherwordly calamities, and enduring the Gods’ twisted sense of humor.
https://instagram.com/paralandrealms
Midnight Coachmen, 18min., Canada
Directed by Enrico Ferri
A reimagining of the classic fairytale of Cinderella, told from the perspective of a dog and mouse who live as humans until the stroke of midnight disrupts their world.
https://instagram.com/stanleywoodfilms
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