FINALISTS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
Bound By The Brush
Director: Mark Wachholz
Country: Germany
Dominant
Director: Nik Kleverov
Country: United States
hAIrmony
Director: Javier Ideami
Country: Spain
Market
Director: Ilyou Kim
Country: Republic of Korea
Project 2029
Director: James Jones
Country: United States
Return to Emerald City
Director: Gina Yoon Jin Kim
Country: Republic of Korea
Roadkill
Director: Daniel Max Bonventre, Ian McLees
Country: United States
The Butterfly Dream
There was.. no.. is a part of me that wants to wake up from all of these one day. Maybe this world IS a lie and maybe that’s just what I WANT to believe.
Director: Suhyeon Scholastica Jin, Aria Suhyun Kim
Country: Republic of Korea
The Flower That Never Dies
In a world ruled by greed, an avid explorer takes on a journey to find a legendary treasure —the most beautiful flower in the world, rumored to grant infinite wishes.
Directors: Faz Brahimi, Pascale Fortunat, Lola Grumbach
Country: United States
Unblind
Director: Mark Wachholz
Country: Germany
WWJD SportsTalk Radio
Director: Carl Burcham
Country: United States
MICRO SHORT
Break The Silence
Director: Dax Phelan
Country: United States
Déjà Rêvé
Director: Paris Mumpower
Country: United States
Mi Fuego
Director: Quentin Feynie
Country: France
Picking A Guitar
Director: Eddie Brannigan, Felipe Candido de Brito
Country: Ireland
Rage
Director: Rah Bharath Rajagopal
Country: India
The Last Word
Director: Eric Camus Dulac
Country: France
Will We Always Have Paris?
Director: Rona Soffer
Country: Israel
Young People
Director: Brooke Westphal
Country: United States
SPECIAL MENTION (*screening online only)
Proof of Life
Director: Brooke Westphal
Country: United States
Self-Care in Seconds
Director: Curtis Johnson
Country: United States
STUDENT
Chase Jupiter
Director: Linjie Huang
Country: United States
A Mother Goes To The Beach
Director: Pedro Hasrouny
Country: Portugal
Lacoste, Lastly
Director: Will Susor
Country: United States
ANIMATION
Mombomb, part 1
Director: Patricia Beckmann Wells
Country: United States
The Adventures of Ohee
Director: Matthew Mason
Country: United States
To Bend The Ear of The Outer World
Director: John Elefante
Country: United Kingdom
SCI-FI/HORROR
IDA
Director: Javier Ideami
Country: Spain
Night Terror
Director: Dana Fradkin
Country: Canada
Swipe
Director: Patia Prouty
Country: United States
COMEDY
1..2…3
Directors: Quentin FEYNIE, Caroline THOMAS
Country: France
Deal
Buddy, a US Marine, lies pinned down by enemy fire in a foxhole in Afghanistan, with no way out. So he prays and ‘makes a deal’ with God: let me out, and I will find my high school sweetheart – the best woman I’ve ever known- and mend my ways. Stars Eric Roberts.
Directors: Daniel Brea, Lawrence Kasanoff
Country: United States
Solutions
Director: Dan Aid
Country: United States
Hello JOJO
Director: Jeremy Alexandre Condamine
Country: France
Convinced his wife has cheated on him, a man seeks revenge.
Director: Hassan Hamza
Country: France
DOCUMENTARY
Cooking Up A Legacy
Directors: Josef Azam, Melissa Reis
Country: Canada
Deer Bell
Director: Edit Jakab
Country: Hungary
Twisted Fate
Directors: Mike Horelick, Jon Carnoy
Country: United States
Before 1619: She Took Justice
Director: Bobby John Field
Country: United States
MUSIC VIDEO
A Little Displaced
Directors: Alex Knapp, Thomas Essig
Country: United States
À Volonté
Director: Shaun Rylee
Country: France
Ayshe – Call It Home
Director: Cansu Boğuşlu
Country: Turkey
Crescent Heights
Director: Yiannis Margetousakis
Country: Greece
Rebel
Director: Medi eM
Country: United States
DRAMA
At The Table
Director: Ivan Veljača
Country: Croatia
Bitter Mash
Director: Hadrien Kurzenne
Country: France
Casa Susanna
Director: Pauline Bernard-Vernay
Country: France
My Paws Are Soft, My Bones Are Heavy
Director: Garry Christian
Country: Indonesia
Sally, Get The Potatoes
Director: Danicah Waldo
Country: United States
The Monte Carlo
Director: Jamie Lockhart
Country: United States
The Paradise Road
Director: Lisa Marie Tedesco
Country: United States
SPECIAL MENTION (*screening online only)
The Castle of Four Doors
Director: Christopher Lamb
Country: United States