Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: NYCTOPHOBIA
Best Direction: I SPEAK THE NIGHT
Best Experimental: PUNK SINATRA
Best Story: LOST DREAMS
Best Student Film: THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL
Best Animation: SO I
See info for each film:
NYCTOPHOBIA, 87min., USA
Directed by Seayoon Jeong
As Liz struggles with nyctophobia (fear of the dark), a form of anxiety disorder that causes sleeping issues, she desperately tries to fall asleep by entering her “inner world” where she can access her happy childhood memories. However, she ultimately becomes trapped in a time loop of sorts in her “lucid dream” world and encounters her nightmare, Dark Figure, who appears in various forms and shapes as a clown. The time loop pushes her deeper into her lucid dream world, forcing her to reach her subconscious world where she meets her worst nightmare, the original form of Dark Figure.
https://nyctophobiafearofthedark.com/
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THE FINAL CURTAIN CALL, 16min,. USA
Directed by Jessica Orcsik, Robbie Ryde
As Ella embarks on a musical journey, she meets 4 other teenagers, each with a new song. Taking place in a mysterious theater, the musical numbers reveal heart wrenching stories of child trafficking sung in new and creative ways. The Final Curtain Call combines a serious matter with the power of music to convey an impactful message and tell a devastating story.
http://www.diversitypictures.org/https://www.instagram.com/thefinalcurtaincall_shortfilm
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PUNK SINATRA, 11min,. USA
Directed Sebastian Macchia
‘Punk Sinatra’ is not only a whimsical mockumentary but also a groundbreaking first in cinema—it’s the first AI-created mockumentary. The film unfurls the fictitious tale of Punk Sinatra, an imagined long-lost cousin of Frank Sinatra, humorously credited with sparking the punk rock revolution. This entirely fabricated character pioneers the raw, straightforward lyricism and ‘Do It Yourself’ ethos of punk music.
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I SPEAK THE NIGHT, 19min., Germany
Directed by Doris Schmid
A reflection on perception, imagination and on artistic expression of the collective real, external world, in relation to the subjective inner life of each individual.
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LOST DREAMS, 10min., USA
Directed by Andrew Wakeman Proctor
Lost Dreams is about dreams. Scientists have not fully figured out dreams. The ancients believed you could predict the future through your dreams, Native Americans created dream-capturing devices. Some people keep dream diaries. Freud believed that we could fix people’s psychological problems by analyzing their dreams.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32021226/?ref_=ttawd_rvi_tt_i_4
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SO I, 3min., China
Directed by Charlotte Sun
This film is a hand-drawn animation exploring the concept of animation through dance movements. In the meanwhile, it gives a perspective about loneliness, the invevitable isolation of physical body as well as ging a introspective approach, thourgh self-exploration. Sometimes the thing I’ve been longing for isn’t really exsist in places I can see, So I decided to I dance.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-so-i
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