Today’s Film Festival

Watch Today’s Film Festival: CRIME/MYSTERY Film Festival

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THE DROWNING POOL, 12min,. Spain
Directed by Enrique Novials
Ariadna, a former police officer, is now a detective shocked by the recent death of her mother due to Covid. In the midst of this, she must find a child who has been kidnapped after school.

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THE DAYS OF KNIGHT, 9min., USA
Directed by John P Martinez
A highly trained operative, belonging to a clandestine ancient group of expert mercenaries, is given a mission to recover a valuable item for one of the 13 most influential families on Earth. As war breaks out and alliances formed centuries ago crumble, survival becomes the top priority for everyone involved.

https://www.instagram.com/1018filmsaz/

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WHERE THE DEVIL LIES, 29min,. USA
Directed by Austin James Lewis
After losing his wife in a tragic accident while serving in Iraq, former army soldier Mickey McTaggart turns to a life of crime as a hitman for a Mexican cartel. Haunted by the memory of his wife, he finds himself torn between his deadly profession and his growing love for the cartel’s rival’s daughter, who is also his next target. As his past and present collide, Mickey must confront his demons and make a choice that will forever change his life.

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Watch Today’s Film Festival: LA LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival 

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BODIES, 3min., USA
Directed by Maria Maya
After enduring a brutal homophobic attack, drag artist Pietra Parker embarks on a deeply personal journey of healing backstage, where she transforms her trauma into a stunning performance that not only reclaims her identity but also ignites a powerful message of resilience and empowerment for the LGBTQ community.

https://www.instagram.com/maria_maya

NOTWITHSTANDING, 9min., USA
Directed by Cris Castro
A death in the family ignites old memories for Adrian, overwhelming him with guilt. He falls back into old habits as he attempts to let go of the past and accept the man he has become.

https://www.facebook.com/A-Pesar-De-Que-310048572497208/

GOOD BEHAVIOR, 19min,. Brazil
Directed by Mathews Silva
Ana, a woman whose life was marked by the tragedy of losing her sister to an unknown killer, decides to introduce her girlfriend, Julia, to her family during a dinner. As the night progresses, dark secrets about her sister’s murder come to light. Confronted with the shocking truth, Ana and Julia must find strength in each other to face the past.

https://www.instagram.com/ms.features

THE BOY WHO PLAYED WITH DOLLS, 10min., USA
Directed by Dale Guy Madison
A gay man tells the childhood memory of losing his “action figure” and how it sparked a desire to collect dolls. He eventually creates and design dolls as a business, a passion, and a form of identity expression

GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES, 25min., South Korea
Directed by Sungbin Byun
A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend for the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi, with everything in readiness, takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.

LOVE FROM THE SHADOW, 20min., Chile
Directed by Ale Gálvez
Marta works as a telephone fraudster in her improvised office under a bridge, where she lives all alone. On Mother’s Day, Marta contacts her daughter Laura, but she doesn’t want to have any contact with her, so she lies to her about an illness, and they agree to meet. Marta waits until nightfall, her daughter does not arrive. Finally, she takes out her cell phone and continues to scam.

CHEMSEX, 7min., Brazil
Directed by Daniel Porto
A group of unknown gay men connect via a dating app for casual encounters. The starting point is a chemsex party, where drug use intensifies sexual experiences, but also reveals the depths of human emotions. The film explores both the fascination and liberating energy of these encounters and the emptiness and loneliness that can haunt a gay man’s life.

https://www.instagram.com/nielporto

PUT ON THE COSTUME, 3min., UK
Directed by Ian Floodgate
The transformation of a Drag Queen.

Watch Today’s Festival: ANIMATION Shorts Festival

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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.

http://www.cinando.com/cintamanifilmshttps://instagram.com/cintamanifilms

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.

https://re-connection.carrd.co/
https://www.instagram.com/reconnection.mp4/

Watch Today’s Fetival: MUSIC & EXPERIMENTAL Film Festival

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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.’

http://afilmcalledblack.com/

https://instagram.com/afilmcalledblack

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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.

https://rustybolttheatre.zyrosite.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rustybolttheatre/

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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.

http://davidglasspiano.net/

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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

http://www.iloveautomata.com/https://www.facebook.com/chon.seungil/

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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.

https://yazanalhajari.com/
https://www.facebook.com/yazan.hajari/
https://x.com/YazanHajar98484
https://www.instagram.com/yazanhajari/

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Watch Today’s Festival: Best of WILDsound Shorts Festival

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OUT OF CONTROL, 16min,. Switzerland
Directed by bellopropello
Machines and robots take care of almost all human activities. The world is automated, and meaningful individual employment isn’t possible anymore. A workforce simply is no longer needed – except for some monitoring activities – and humans are doomed to carry out completely insignificant, absurd and repetitive work. The monotony of everyday life blends with suppressed desires resulting in a conflicting existence between reality and fiction.

https://www.twitter.com/bellopropello
https://www.instagram.com/bellopropello/

IN SEARCH OF, 14min., India
Directed by Kiran Narayan Dhamale
Parashuram is a boy living in a rural area. He tries to understand the value of people and things around him.


https://www.facebook.com/kiran.dhamale.180?mibextid=ZbWKwL
https://twitter.com/kd_dhamale?t=RPadYN0-OlvD6BUo-RF7wg&s=08
https://www.instagram.com/Kiran_kd_dhamale


ROACHES, 2min., Canada
Directed by David R Creighton
The Bridge Street Mission has a problem with roaches… They can talk.

https://www.facebook.com/DavidCreightonAuthor

MA’S KITCHEN, 12min., USA
Directed by Debbie Vu
Ma’s Kitchen is a semi-autobiographical short film (which will become a feature film) about Debbie Vu, her mother, their language barrier and straddling between two very different cultures, Vietnamese and American.

https://www.instagram.com/ironworxmedianc/

ROLL PIN PUNCH, 12min., USA
Directed by Debbie Vu
A sparring match between two MMA fighters, both women of color, and the pivotal moments leading up to the fight.

https://instagram.com/ironworxmedianc

BUG, 11min., North Macedonia
Directed by Filip Momirovski
An unemployed cellist turned software tester, tries out a smart speaker that generates music based on the listener’s feelings. Things take a turn when the speaker blares ominous sounds in the middle of the night.

http://mediatag.mk/

SEQUENZA NO. 1, 8min., Canada
Directed by Orima Bendisse
First of a series of abstract animation video generated by a feedback between a camera and a tv screen and then process with an editing program and conceptualized to be intricated with a solo instrument, in this case an English horn.

Watch Today’s Festival: DANCE Film Festival

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SO FAR AWAY, 9min., USA
Directed by Lindsay Gilmour

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SEQUOIA SPIRITS, 12min., USA
Directed by Cherie Carson, David Creech
“Sequoia Spirits” is a playful vertical dance film which peers deep into the heart and soul of a Redwood Grove. Under the great canopy of California’s majestic coastal giants, we get a glimpse into the elements that bring life to the woods – fire, water and earth.

http://www.upswingaerialdance.org/
https://www.facebook.com/UpSwingAerialDanceCompany/
https://twitter.com/cc_upswing
https://www.instagram.com/upswingaerial

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MIHI: At the center of our gaze, 15min., France
Directed by Cyril Durand-Gasselin
Introspection is a mental activity which can be described metaphorically as the act of “looking inside” oneself, through a form of attention paid to one’s own sensations, states or thoughts. In psychology, this is the inner knowledge we have of our perceptions, actions, emotions and knowledge, which is different from that which an outside observer might have.

https://facebook.com/Compagnienos
https://instagram.com/compagnie_nos

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RED, 5min., Canada
Directed by Marlea van Grinsven
Red depicts the story of a romance gone wrong, where paint is used to show the side revenge and how it slowly passes through everyone until revenge has taken over. It follows our couple as they work through their budding romance slowly getting more and more torn on the outcome as they go, until at the end, revenge wins and takes over.

http://www.movementwithmarlea.com/

https://instagram.com/_movementwithmarlea

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KITE, 6min,. Canada
Directed by Jerry Trieus
A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimately freedom.

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I HOPE, 4min,. Canada
Directed by Dylan Blake Murray
This contemporary dance short film depicts a group of friends who are individually dealing with varying misfortunes and hardships in their personal lives. On New Year’s Eve, they come together to reflect on their hopes for the future. They find solace in one another as they share their existential thoughts and feelings.

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BLIND DREAMERS, 6min,. France
Directed by Sandra Geco
A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry.

https://www.instagram.com/sandrageco/

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Watch Today’s Festival: ENVIRONMENTAL Showcase Festival

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HEALING THE LAND, 9min., USA
Directed by Sue Williams
“Healing the Land” follows six months of animal life on Wild Harmony Farm, a 40-acre organic livestock spread run by Rachael Slattery and her husband Ben. As they describe their situation, young farmers today are inheriting tired land, land that has been overused and abused for generations – and their job is to restore it. Where conventional industrial agriculture runs on pesticides, herbicides and animals raised in warehouses, the couple practices regenerative farming, prioritizing soil health, biodiversity, and healthy livestock raised outdoors.

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BENEATH THE SURFACE: THE FIGHT FOR CORAL, 45min., UK
Directed by Ian Derry
A stunning one-off documentary exploring the corals of the Red Sea, where science and conservation are looking for ways to protect coral globally. Told through the eyes of a Saudi female free-diver, from Saudi Arabia to Mexico during the hottest year on record, it demonstrates the plight of corals, the race for solutions and the need for a coordinated global effort to save our oceans.

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Watch Today’s Festival: ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE – THE STRATEGY

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THE STRATEGY, 79min., USA
Directed by Zied Kaf Alghazal
A man wakes with amnesia after an explosion. Unaware of his identity, he’s a mafia boss targeted by a cartel. His past threatens their operations. As he regains memory, he confronts the dangerous crime world.

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Watch Today’s Film Festival: FANTASY SHORTS Festival

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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.”

https://www.instagram.com/just_porter
https://www.instagram.com/carvedinstoneseries

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THE VISITOR, 11min., USA
Directed by Nikolaus Aldrich
With his relationship in a rough patch and his career stalled, A man tries to find new purpose by retreating to the Pacific Northwest. While there, strange things begin to happen as he grapples with his sense of reality.

https://www.instagram.com/thevisitor_shortfilm2024/

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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/

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OASIS, 10min., USA
Directed by jiarui
A man, on the verge of death in the desert, comes to a mysterious civilization he has never been in contact with.

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Watch Today’s Film Festival: SCI-FI SHORTS Festival

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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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ANANKE, 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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