Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Long Form Short Film: MOTHERLAND
Best Short Form Short Film: ONCE AND AGAIN
Best Direction: REUNITED
Best Cinematography: SUNDAY’S CHILD
Best Sound & Music: FURY HAS AN ANTHEM
Best Performances: STIGMA
Best Story: LET YOU GO
Best Student Film: MIA’S MISSION
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
STIGMA, 8min., Canada
Directed by Reilly Michael Saso
Confronted with a devastating diagnosis, stigmatized and shrouded in despair, a young man desperately grapples with the dark specter of mortality and societal rejection in his tender teenage years. Thirty years on, he reflects on his extraordinary odyssey in search of solace through self-acceptance, love, and a sense of belonging, captivatingly narrated through the expressive form of dance.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FURY HAS AN ANTHEM, 7min., USA
Directed by James Newman
A musically fueled martial-artist has to fight off toxic masculinity while searching for new love.
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REUNITED, 12min,. Canada
Directed by Marie Queenan
Two exes reconnect over an evening. One wants to get back together, but the other has a secret that could separate them forever.
https://www.instagram.com/reunitedshort/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MOTHERLAND, 19min., USA
Directed by Lijie Xie
When a Chinese mother visits her son in Manhattan to celebrate news of his engagement, she’s taken aback to discover that her son is actually planning to marry another man. As she watches the couple prepare to come out to her, she must grapple with her emotions and decide how to react to the news.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MIA’S MISSION, 11min,. USA
Directed by Jireh Deng
Mia Yamamoto has seen it all. She was born in an incarceration camp during World War II. At age 60 she came out as transgender after a 20-year career as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. At age 78, Mia shows no signs of slowing down. We follow her mission throughout the years to rally communities of color around issues of racism and to bring visibility to the LGBTQ community. Her passion is rooted in her deep ties to the geography of L.A. and the neighborhoods she calls home.
http://jirehdeng.com/
https://twitter.com/bokchoy_baobei
https://www.instagram.com/bokchoy_baobei/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ONCE AND AGAIN, 5min., USA
Directed by Jessica Q Moore
Tasha, a woman in her mid 40’s, trudges through the end of
her day until she sees an old flame on the train platform. The
lovers reminisce and rekindle feelings towards each other only
to realize that circumstance continues to keep them apart.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SUNDAY’S CHILD, 14min., UK
Directed by Vanessa Nicholson
A female martial artist who supports herself through sex work comes face to face with a violent challenge on the way to an underground fight. Upon arriving home and confiding in the one person she trusts, her girlfriend Reanne, Sunday is faced with a series of flashbacks and internal conflicts as she tries to reconcile her identity as a fighter, sex worker and now a victim of aggravated assault.
https://www.instagram.com/sundayschildshort
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LET YOU GO, 11min,. Mexico
Directed by Dylan Edgardo Galicia León
Andrea, a girl who’s in a lesbian relationship, begins to have visions of an old love that her heart has not overcome, the guilt she feels for her new relationship causes the memory of this past love to make her question her feelings and her own reality.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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