Category: New Entries

09/2018 New Entries

A Bitter Pill

"A Bitter Pill" is voluptuous staring of eyes, pretending attempts of negotiating physiques, undignified and annoying gestures and postures, obscene, vulgar and irresponsible remarks, and sometimes trying to share uncalled for company and even molest – all these causing immense emotional harassment and torture which an innocent, noble, modern, well educated, open-minded liberal professional working girl who faces and consumes off and on in an awfully overcrowded traffics of contemporary metro cities inflicted up on by some uncultured and uncivilized men of low order mentality. The short film depicts physical, mental and emotional condition of such girl who has undergone such sufferings. She is deeply disturbed and perturbed and has become mentally so unbalanced that she is unable to keep a normal behavior even with her boyfriend who is always loving and most caring towards her. Unaware of happenings, which she has met with, her boyfriend is upset and disappointed to see her unusually unresponsive and abnormal. But when he comes to know about the context he cajoles and extends loving sympathy and consoles to make her normal. Directed by Ashutosh Jha (India)

09/2018 New Entries

Job Life Script

An average employee burdened by depression and loneliness, caused by the job demands of his boss and the eternal routine in which his life is imprisoned. Desperate, he allows himself to dream with an iota of freedom. Trapped to break with oppression and, with it, his existential emptiness. Written by Roberto I. Ercolalo (Argentina)

09/2018 New Entries

As an Au Pair in Germany: Motherland-Fatherland

Having come to Germany as an Au pair from Zimbabwe six years ago, the documentary is about me and my two friends who also came as Au Pairs. I am now a Master student and working part-time for the University, Audrey is working as a Research Associate in a stem cell research facility and Millicent is training to be a geriatric nurse. Hence the film gives a glimpse into the whole process of coming to Europe from Africa and the reality of the day to day life as an immigrant in Germany. Directed by Claudine Ndlovu (Germany)

09/2018 New Entries

Telescape

John Doe is a disenchanted young urban professional who is off on his lunch break during another mundane workday. While back at his apartment consuming a makeshift meal of cereal and milk, John Doe thinks back to when he was a kid and be happily watching his favorite Saturday-morning cartoons. However, John Doe quickly snaps back to his present situation where he’s grimly reminded of his dissatisfaction as an adult. Realizing his lunch break is nearly over and that he must return to work, John Doe is taken aback when he is confronted by the very same Saturday-morning cartoon characters he watched as a kid proceed to help him rekindle his childlike sense of wonder. Directed by Friedrich Reimer (USA)

09/2018 New Entries

Birds

A robot girl wishes for freedom. She never sees a living thing in her life. One day she saw a feather... Directed by Xiaochen Zhang (China)

09/2018 New Entries

Ice Cream and Tequila

The first short film to ever approach the theme of Postcoital Dysphoria (vulgar post-sex blues). This movie shows the point of view of sex as an exchange of energy, and how this process can affect someone in a deep and mysterious way. Directed by Joel Junior (USA)

09/2018 New Entries

Essence

In 1967, Austrian pianist and music scholar Paul Badura-Skoda wrote an essay addressed to his students. He then passed that on to his friend, my piano teacher, Eva Anastasiadou-Stange. Shortly before she died in 1997, Eva gave me a copy of the essay. This is my personal, lived version of that text. "Essence" is a visual essay on creativity and inspiration, a meditation on the challenges facing each and every one of us - a tribute to our shared humanity and need for hope, faith and love. Directed by Roman Gerodimos (UK)

09/2018 New Entries

Vox

"Vox" is a semi-romantic sci-fi drama that opens the idea of relationships between humans and artificial intelligence. It is an introduction to a new world and a possible future but is told through the small story of Vox (the A.I.) and Noah (the human). Vox is meant to be ‘a slice of the future.’ Directed by Akil McKenzie and Kevin Santos (Canada)

09/2018 New Entries

If I Knew

Featuring Elizabeth Butler, "If I Knew" is an acoustic-driven dance song about the intoxicating first moments of first love. Directed by Tyler Casper (USA)

09/2018 New Entries

Insurrection

In the near future, after leaving the European Union the UK has fallen into an economic depression. Unemployment is at an all-time high mainly due to the influx of Artificial Intelligence and the erosion of many low paid jobs. The youth have suffered the most with very few opportunities for the future. The streets are violent and gang culture is at an all-time high. The situation is deteriorating and terrorist attacks are being carried by organizations that aim to bring down the 'system'. They target the public with the aid of a mind-controlling drug of South American origin. London has never been a more dangerous place. Directed by Soner Metin and Michael Hoad (UK)

09/2018 New Entries

The Blue Gate

A mysterious gate appears. It entices The Man a glimpse of what he desires. Slowly he starts changing the more he looks into The Blue Gate. Directed by Peter Loza and Steven Low (USA)

09/2018 New Entries

Exposure

A man ignores warnings and enters a contaminated zone in search of a missing family member. Directed by Emmanuel Delfin (USA)

09/2018 New Entries

Emma

A lesbian girl needs to make a choice between her life and her hallucinated lover. Directed by Desmond Lianng (USA)