Category: Winners

Evening Class

Synopsis Martha, a housewife, arrives at community college for her first evening class in psychology. As the sun sets, she’s joined by Rick, a friendly

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Homeless Blues

Synopsis On the northeastern edge of Prague, a unique social experiment called Homeless Blues offers people without shelter not expulsion, but a chance: a cabin

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The Kid Officer

Synopsis When an Austrian Jewish boy named Friederich Biermann watches Hitler’s Anschluss victory parade from his balcony in Vienna, then gets locked into a dark

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New Jersey Devil

Synopsis 16-year-old Sophie is in the process of being adopted when she comes to the terrifying realization that her new family is being stalked by

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The Window

Synopsis As a young boy in a nearby workshop endures daily humiliation and abuse. Inside their home, their daughter Mariam is being prepared to marry

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THE DOOR

Synopsis In “DOOR”, a woman, once separated from her dreams by a looming door, breaks through the boundary, allowing her spirit to soar into the

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MODEM

Synopsis A digital detox vacation goes wrong when a teenager discovers a MODEM. When it’s connected to the Wi-Fi, it wakes a dormant, sadistic DEMON.

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Unstable

Synopsis An ironic comedy about an unstable power dynamic reveals the difficulty of reconciliation. Best Super Short Film ⭐⭐⭐

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The Sound of Memories

Synopsis After her sister Yoon-ju’s mysterious death, Yoon-hee tries to remember the time in their youth. Yoon-hee strolls lakeside and struggles to take her sister’s

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Rat Park

Synopsis Friends who become frenemies. Three people who meet together for the holidays become adversaries. Best Cinematography Short Film ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Waiting for Cloto

Synopsis In the contemporary era where the present, past, and future are scattered, Clotho remains in mortal form. Her goal will be to find the

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Signs from Below

Synopsis Dive underwater… What do you hear? Not much. A confused and distant mess. Growing up deaf in a hearing world, then meeting young people

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She’s The He

Synopsis Just before graduation, Alex and Ethan pretend to be trans women to get into the girls’ lockers. It’s all a joke until Ethan realizes:

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The Color Of Exile

Synopsis In a remote Senegalese village, Ousmane, a young albino, faces daily insults and threats fueled by deep-rooted superstitions. Driven by the promise of a

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The Lot

Synopsis Placed in a liberating landscape of Barcelona, Spain, Nicole’s final days at school turn into an absolute tragedy: She is being terrorized. Someone is

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Refugio

Synopsis Cuenca faces the deadliest bombing of the Civil War. In the depths of an air-raid shelter, Lola and Isabel seek refuge not only from

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OSSOBUCO

Synopsis During a tender anniversary dinner, a man’s fragile illusion begins to crumble, and a haunting reality of grief and denial is revealed. Best Super

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You will die in prison

Synopsis This gripping documentary film, produced in association with Tyrone Productions Ltd., chronicles the harrowing 222-day ordeal of Bernard Phelan, an Irish/French citizen wrongfully taken

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The Can man

Synopsis Evert, a kind and considerate man, learns the hard way that things don’t always go as planned. Retirement is just around the corner, but

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The Crossing

Synopsis This film is set in an ordinary family in urban China. A generation gap between a mid-aged mother and her son because of the

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Cyber-Psycho Chronicles

Synopsis New ‘Cyber-Psycho Chronicles’ Web Series Prepares to Unleash Digital Terror in Rowlett. The locally directed pitch film series explores a serial killer’s twisted psyche

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TAHA

Synopsis Taha is based on true tragic events. It tells the story of political refugees in the Netherlands who were dreaming of a free homeland,

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In Faith We Dream

Synopsis A young filmmaker who once resisted incense-burning rituals embarks on a journey to seek spiritual answers through the making of a documentary. From childhood

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The Darkness Remains

Synopsis This psychological horror short blends surreal imagery, moral reckoning, and supernatural dread into a haunting tale of guilt, betrayal, and the inescapable weight of

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