August2018

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
FINALISTS -online competition. Not the LIVE one.

AUDIO- VISUAL CATEGORY

Dolomiti - Aerial Views of the Italian Dolomites in 4K
This film consists of aerial footage taken in the Dolomites mountain range in northern Italy. Locations include Seceda, Alpe di Suisi/Seiser Alm, and Lake Carezza.

Lyric Video My Faults (Yoad Nevo Mix) VINCENZO CALLEA Feat EnnieLoud
A woman reflects deeply on herself, her many feelings, deciding how to move forward and grow.

Charlie Winston - The Weekend
An action-packed tribute to classic movie dance routines for Charlie Winston's The Weekend, orchestrating a continuous shot through different set-ups on a film set with clever sleight-of-hand.

Mothers And Daughters
Mothers And Daughters is a short film depicting the tensions between a mother, her unresponsive teenage daughter and her demanding elderly mother. It explores some of the pressures we put on our mothers: we expect them always to be a slave to their families, showing us nothing but love and affection, but we ask that they do it without complaint and then negate to show them gratitude.

Expend
A stop-motion film about a man’s endless hunt for elusive energy sources in a decaying world.

FILMESQUE
In a near steampunk future the great film director Federico Fellini is in trouble with his camera. Totò 'The Clown' will help him and both will make a 'filmesque' trip. An art cartoon, a tribute to the cinema.

ART's Automotive
ART is an automotive repair robot struggling to maintain his sense of purpose in an abandoned world where his services are no longer needed. His routine is interrupted by a playful orphaned kitten, but ART dismisses her as an annoying distraction. A serious accident forces him to realize that, to her, he’s not obsolete.

The Last Mahout
‘The Last Mahout' is a cinematic short film produced and shot by Panasonic ambassador and wildlife filmmaker Tania Esteban about Vee & Mae - two that share an unbreakable bond built on love and trust. Vee, an 80-year-old Mahout, has been with Mae Mahn since she was born over 27 years ago - and ONLY uses his VOICE to guide her. A non-riding, no chains, non-stick wielding way forward into the 21st century. Mahn is a matriarch Asian elephant in her prime, and so the MandaLao and WWF Laos team are looking at the incredible Nam Phouy national park as a potential release site to allow individuals like her to breed in the wild as well as rescue elephants. Mae is one of the lucky ones... join them for a day in the life of a modern Mahout.

Follow
Conor is an influencer, and he has many followers on his favourite social network. One day though, something mysterious happens.

Rebreathing
A woman wakes up in her bed. She is covered with plastic dust sheets. She uncovers herself and gets up.

SCRIPT CATEGORY

Knee High
Set against the Iowa farmlands, KNEE HIGH follows Calvin Melbourne as he struggles to keep hold of the reins to the family farm while still making time for his young son, Avery.

Perry
A mother and daughter of privilege from Connecticut and a victim of sex trafficking from Haiti are drawn into a dangerous web of exploitation on the streets of San Francisco. Loosely following the Persephone-Demeter myth, it is the tragic story of love and innocence destroyed by dark societal forces.

Breathe
As seventeen-year-old Roseanna struggles with her mental health, living under the shadow of her abusive mother, a friendship grows to mean something more in helping towards her lifelong dream of becoming a successful actress.

Sensory

SCORE CATEGORY

Mountain
A trio of U.S. soldiers fight for survival after being trapped behind enemy lines during World War II.

IT'S A MESS
A homeless man (Vincent D'Onofrio) with a troubled past...two young sisters with a dark secret...part modern day fairytale, part ode to the solitude of New York City nights...IT'S A MESS is a study of the loneliness that comes from knowing that in this "civilized" world, innocence and evil are separated only by a fine mist that dissipates after sunset.