Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: WANTON
Best Music Video: GET UP
Best Cinematography: THE SMILE
Best Direction: TRUTH
Best Animation: ODE TO AN INANIMATE COMPANION
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
GET UP, 3min., USA
Directed by Oksana Mirzoyan
A live performance by electronic music composer Tammy Lakkis of her song “Get Up”
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE SMILE, 27min,. Belgium
Directed by Stephane Orlando
The Smile tells the story of a young opera singer (Morgane Heyse) who is troubled while rehearsing alone on a large empty stage. Trapped in the theatre, she feels crushed by the place, then by the appearance of a chimera (Julie Vercauteren) who embodies celebrity and opulence, but also by the reminiscence of a passionate love affair (Kamil Ben Hsaïn Lachiri).
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ODE TO AN INANIMATE COMPANION, 9min., Singapore
Directed by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia
This is a fictional fantasy, of a plush inanimate toy ALAN, which serves as a companion to a child Christina all through her growing up years. It explores an endearing human to inanimate relationship, from bedroom, to college, as Christina takes the Inanimate with her, to be her companion through medical school. With the passage of time, the girl blossoms into a young adult, while the inanimate sadly observes that its body has wizened through the years. It faces up to reality, and makes a bold decision.
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WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
WANTON, 45min., Canada
Directed by Victor Dubyna
Wanton is an abstract and expressionistic musical-horror-show about identity, self, repression, anxiety, nostalgia, and the digital age. Through a series of obscure and ghostly images, the film tells the loose story of a man fighting to take off a self-imposed mask. He succeeds, however the mask then grows into a malevolent being, preying on his fears, haunting him, and plunging him deeper into the void.
https://letterboxd.com/film/wanton-2023/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
TRUTH, 5min., Canada
Directed by César Andres Chacana
Tessie walks amidst desolate rocky mountains, leaving behind the memories and ghosts of the past that seek to hold her in the vast landscape of the subconscious mind. With wide sequence shots and the Andes as a backdrop, we follow Tessie in search of the light, as her voice leads us to the inner truth that lies beyond the walls of our perception.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Experimental Film & Music Video Festival 