Barefoot with Godfather of Soccer-Unwanted but Undaunted ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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The Moth ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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Lollipops and Candyfloss ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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Found ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
Short Film
Small Talks ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
Short Film
Stone Flowers: songs of hope and defiance ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
Documentary Film
Stone Flowers: songs of hope and defiance ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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The Kids of the Sea ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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Not To Forget ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
Feature Film
Finding Revelation, Alabama ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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Mina ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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All in our Hands ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
Music Video
This is a drama that stars 5 Academy Award winners. After a life of little scams, a self-centered millennial is sentenced to take care of his grandmother, who is affected by Alzheimer's. As he realizes the extent of her wealth, the protagonist gets closer to the treasure he's been looking for.
Director: Valerio Zanoli
Synopsis:
Feature Film (USA)
Cast: Karen Grassle, Louis Gossett Jr, Cloris Leachman
Competing for: Best Mental Health Awareness Film Best Film Best Audience Award
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Running Time: 01:24:00
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Title: Not To Forget
Title: Lollipops and Candyfloss
When Rebecca meets an old school friend on the way to a job interview a story unravels of their missed childhood due to both looking after their parents for different reasons. The light-hearted story has some funny elements, and dark elements and leaves the audience positively uplifted at the end.
Director: Gary Anthony Rogers
Synopsis:
Feature Film (UK)
Cast: Elena Bracknell
Competing for: Best Feature Film Audience Award Best Director
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Running Time: 01:47:35
Age Rate: 12
Title: Found
Found is a short drama about a loving father that doesn’t always recognise what’s happening around him, but today he’s here to support his daughter and that’s what matters. Confused, he slips out for an unscheduled adventure. On his journey he becomes lost. Across the city a young mother is on her own journey, feeling overwhelmed and under pressure. Near a busy road her child could be in danger. We watch as these two characters' journeys intertwine with compassion and kindness. Two lost souls who find each other, and in turn find themselves.
Director: Natalie Rochacelli
Synopsis:
Student Short Film
Cast & Crew: Billy Mack
Competing for: Best Mental Health Awareness Film Best Audience Award
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Running Time: 11:33
Age Rate: PG
Title: Pantanal: A Charred Wetland
Located in the heart of Brazil, the Pantanal is a tropical wetland packed with the most remarkable wildlife. It has a global importance due to its characteristic water cycle and annual floods, which create waterlogged soils that function as a carbon sink. The annual floods are also essential to maintain a huge diversity of unique species. However, due to human actions, the floods are now becoming smaller and rivers are drying out, which is causing severe droughts. The consequences of this became evident in 2020, when huge wildfires destroyed over a quarter of this biome, killing millions of animals along the way. Two brave locals – Eduarda and Jorge – decided to give their all to rescue and save the lives of severely injured animals along the way.
Director: Laura Pennafort
Synopsis:
Student Short Documentary
Cast & Crew:
Competing for: Best Film on Climate Change Best Audience Award
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Running Time: 14:30
Age Rate: PG
Title: Untitled Thoughts
A melancholy GIRL finds herself consumed by thoughts she can’t quite describe or explain. To untangle the web in her head she can only reach out to the one who knows her best… but is it enough? This semi-biographical piece is designed to help start a conversation amongst viewers, about mental health.
Director: Eva Grzelak
Synopsis:
Short Film (Australia)
Cast: Maya Donato
Competing for: Best Audience Award Best Mental Health Awareness Film
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Running Time: 6:00
Age Rate:
Title: Mina
While the world is under global quarantine, a teenage girl, Mina, writes a story on how she overcame an eating disorder after rediscovering herself and falling in love for the first time.
Director: Masha Bordovskikh
Synopsis:
Short Film by student
Cast: Payton Hubert
Competing for: Best Short Film Best Audience Award Best Film on Women
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Running Time: 19:23
Age Rate:
Title: The Moth
A random train meeting between a Black English man and a White South African soldier is hauntingly told by the Englishman looking back years later. It still casts a heavy and foreboding shadow into the present.
Director: Jake Murray
Synopsis:
Short Film
Cast: Victor Power
Competing for: Best Short Film Best Audience Award
Genre: Monologue
Running Time: 10:43
Age Rate: 12
Title: Stone Flowers: songs of hope and defiance
A group of torture survivors find their voice through music as they seek asylum and a new life in the UK. From the first days of songwriting and rehearsals through to recording sessions and live performances, this film charts the group’s nine-year journey from refugees to recording artists. Their songs help them heal past traumas. Their albums and performances help them spread messages of resilience and defiance. The bonds they form as bandmates help them overcome ongoing persecution. Despite their experiences, their’s is a message of hope - that, through music, pain and suffering can be transformed into strength and even joy.
Director: James Sandy
Synopsis:
Documentary
Cast:
Competing for: Best Film Best Audience Award Best Human Rights Film
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Running Time: 50:26
Age Rate:
Title: The Kids of the Sea
Polly gives her mentally handicapped brother, Kyle, who is allergic to milk, a bottle of milk. However, their mother, Brooke, comes home and swaps the bottle. She beats Polly and doesn't care about her bleeding hands. The other day, Polly takes Kyle to the beach and tells him to go back to the see. Suddenly, it brings her back to the memory of playing the game "The Kids of the Sea" in their childhood.
Competing for: Best Film Best Audience Award Best Human Rights Film
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Running Time: 8:27
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Title: Finding Revelation, Alabama
Is Revelation a place or a state of mind? In the short-film Finding Revelation, Alabama, you will find a Southern-fried recipe for inspiring positive change. It is a film with a powerful, inspirational message that reveals universal truths in how we can overcome personal adversity. An air of mystery surrounds the town of Revelation when down-and-out banker turned biker Dex Burns stumbles into the incongruous diner. He meets Angeline Harper, the angelic waitress who takes him on a journey of self-discovery. Through their insightful, often contentious and humorous dialog, Dex leaves town with a renewed spirit determined to travel the road to a better life, yet questioning whether the town really exists, or if the events were played out in his own psyche. The film is filled with subtle subliminal messages, both visual and vocal, which add to the surrealism of the place. Can you find them all?
Competing for: Best Film Best Audience Award Best Interfaith Film
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Running Time: 24:50
Age Rate:
Title: Barefoot with Godfather of Soccer-Unwanted but Undaunted
Barefoot with Godfather of Soccer-"Unwanted but Undaunted" is about the young underprivileged footballers, especially sportswomen from different faiths and social classes; the marginalised soccer players from Christians, Hindus and Zoroastrians, who play against tough odds. In short, this is an interfaith soccer documentary with inspirational tales. The docu focuses on young sportswomen who narrate their stories of discrimination on the field. Further, the football players from Bannu; the Wild West frontier, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, share their experiences of keeping their passion alive, despite the threats of terrorism. Similarly, soccer players from poor neighbourhoods from Lyari aka Harlem of Karachi, have their own heart-wrenching stories. Two soccer coaches, one from the southern Pakistan; Ahmed Jan and one from the northwestern region; Saifullah Khan chronicle their journey to motivate the players, both on field and off-field; in the role of a Godfather!
Director: Khalid Hasan Khan
Synopsis:
Documentary
Cast:
Competing for: Best Interfaith Film Best Audience Award
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Running Time: 30 min
Age Rate:
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