OFFICIAL
SELECTION

Proudly presenting
our Official Selection

MOVIE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY

Whatever It Takes by Sean Michael, United States

Your choice by Valeria Hage, Mexico

The Door of Return by Anna Zhukovets, Kokutekeleza Musebeni, Germany

The Confession by Clark Stefanic, United States

The Idea of The Century by Alexandre Spierce, France

Put Away by A. D. Cooper, United Kingdom Tough by Taylor Ferguson, Australia

The Doctors Wife Bruno Simões Portugal

The Sands Between by Aidan Tanner, Canada

Vanille by Guillaume Lorin, France

08/15 — The Daily Lives of Death by Sarah Elena Schwerzmann, Switzerland

Talk to Me by Daren D. Dien, United States

Midwater by Stephane Fiorenza, United States

The Recycling man by Carlo Ballauri, Italy

The Hangman by Cameron Sun, United States

Vigor by Alexandre Jerard Davis, United States

A Stone Cannot fly by Pelle Gøtze Johansson, Denmark

Idiot Fish by Hakim Mao, France

Colonie by Romain Daudet-Jahan, France

Aubrey Paints Faces by Sona Mkrtum, United States

Song for the Pale by Ryan Valdez, United States

Sophia’s Eclipse by Luis Felipe Delgado, United States

Crushing Season by James Hoare, Australia

The Polacks by Carlos Barba Salva, Cuba

Taking Steps by Liel Sarah Sharon, Israel

My Tiger by Jean-Jean Arnoux, France

Umbrellas by Jose Prats , Alvaro Robles, Spain

Selection Process by Carla Pereira, Spain

8 Rooms by Anita Louise Lebeau, Canada

The Forbidden Zone by Zach Tolchinsky, United States

Camouflage by Remco Polman, Netherlands

Lion’s Cage by Linus von Stumberg, Switzerland

Catisfaction by Andre Marques Almeida, Portugal

Prickly Jam by James Cunningham, New Zealand

Apex by Serkan Nihat, United Kingdom Desolate by Jackson Kibby, United States

Once Upon A Time, Athena Russell, Canada

Never Look Back by Linda Bournane Engelberth, Norway

The Reclaimerby Sifiso Mlungisi Khanyile, South Africa

Sweet Howl by Montserrat Larqué, Juan Carlos Lelo de Larrea, Mexico

The Pamphlet by Justin Heyl, Netherlands

The Sweet Taste of Freedom by Matthew Penn, United States

Pacha’s Notebook by Pedro Urizzi, Estevan Muniz, Brazil

Copping Justice by Alexandra Dunlop, Canada

Bye Bye by Amélie Bonni, France

The Silent Treatment by Joe Bor, United Kingdom

Border by Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar

Reflections: When is no Longer by Wanda Reinholdt, Canada

Ruby Baby by Lee, United Kingdom Marie-Luise by Hervine De Boodt, Germany

The Lake by Joey Greene, United States S1NGULAR by Ramon J. Goni, United States

Flashes by Mitya Lesnevsky, United Kingdom

Opt by Paul Radu, Romania

One hundred and three Farmers by François Lluel, Vincent Lluelles, France

Make Love Alex Osmolovsky, Israel

The Weight of you by Dylan Kussman, United States

Les oiseaux du Paradis by Gabriel-Antoine Roy, Canada

The Winter Fern by Gwen Gottlieb, United States

Long Division by Derek Lai, Canada

Hemimeta by Pannaporn Watthanapong, Thailand

Day Trip by Brian Robau, United States

Wishful Thinking by Kevin Johnson,United States

Ignore It by Samuel Evenson, United States

Everything is Fine by Piotr Matyja, Poland

Dot by Tiffany Frances, United States

The Examined Life by KA Chinery, United States

Lock Town by Klaus Hoefs, Germany

Lifeblood by Nicholas Tory, Australia

Modern Life by Antoine Svolanek, France

Horizon by Todd Lewis, United States

Do Not Feed The Pigeons by Antonin Niclass, United Kingdom

Tarneit by John Sheedy, Australia

Refugium by Johannes Kammerer, Germany

El Paso 11:55 by Keith Jardine, United States

akar by Adriana Tunku, Malaysia

Metamorphosys by Isabella Bretón, United States

Big Time by Kimberly Stucwisch, United States

Pearl Derringer Featuring Margo Price “Little Baby” by Kimberly Stucwisch, United States

Saitenstich by Raphaela Wagner, Switzerland

The Way Things Go by Tofer Moran, United States

James The Second by Max Amini, United States

Salad Days by Lauren Blumenfeld, United States

NO KEY by Walid Messnaoui, Morocco

What Is Your Raison D’être!? by Freddie Gardner, United States

Everywhere by Edward Wandrick United States

PENINSULA by Fiona McKenzie, New Zealand

ANDREA by Armando Valdes-Kennedy, United States

To Father by Jae-Feel Hwang, Korea, Republic of

Let’s Not Do This Tonight by John Jencks, United Kingdom

Wherefore Art Thou, Theo? by Theodore Schaffer, United States

Darker by Frank van den Bogaart, Belgium

THE SPRAYER by Farnoosh Abedi, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Mespil in the Dark by Gavin Quinn, Ireland

The Provenance File by Michael Mitchell, United States

DAUGHTERS by Jess Berry, United States

Impeto by Juan Ruy Castaño, Colombia

Killing Georgia Jones by Andrew Gallerani, United States

Waltz of the Angels by Braden Barton, United States

Helmet by Sean Crampton

Habitat by Brett Cousins, Australia

Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa by Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie, United States

Elevate by Dylan Boom, United States

Save the Watermelon by Christopher W Smith, United States

I Heard They Change Color by Nizar Saleh Mohamed, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Every Morning by Kelly Lohman, United States

The Westerwald Secret by Karl Bruchhäuser, Carl Bruchhäuser, Germany

Ocean Wings by Jhosmiar Vasques, United States

Summer Planning by Alexandru Mironescu, Romania

Swallow Flying to the South by Mochi Lin, Canada

Rangers of the Ulaan Taiga by Eric Daft, United States

Clown Shoes by Nikola Stojkovic, United States

The Visitation by Karl Lamont Sanders, United States

Chiqui by Carlos Cardona, United States

Diversion (Politics of) by Simon Heymans, Belgium

Just Married by Aurelie Wijnants, Belgium

FIX by Mohau Michael Mannathoko, Botswana

THE GOLDEN City by FRANCESCO Gianinni, Canada

MADLEEN by Wesley Tc Howard, Germany

Babylon: Ghetto, Renaissance, and Modern Oblivion by Jessica Gould, United States

All Boys Cry Wolf by Steven William Collins, United States

Walking Man by Luna Laure, Australia

Neo’s Cleaning Service by McFloyd Nguyen, United States

Tony’s Auto Repair byJordan T. Parrott, Johan T. Anderson, United States

REQUIEM by Emma Gilbertson, United Kingdom

Road Home by Stepan Sokolov, Russian Federation

She’s The Protagonist by Sarah Carlot Jaber, Belgium

Between Lines by Sarah Beth Morgan, United States

Dreamer by Vladimir Todorov, Bulgaria

Triggered by Tara Westwood, United States

Queen by Przemysław Kulikowski, Poland

Pearl by Juliette Boucheny, France

When We Were kids by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, New Zealand

La Calesita by Augusto Schillaci, Argentina

Echo Pines by Stephanie Begg, Australia

Man To Man by Shehroze Khan, United Kingdom

Double Zero by Pat Bradley, United States

Flicks by Chase Bolnick, United States

But Tomorrow by Lin Que Ayoung, United States

Small Change by Max Fisher, United Kingdom

Bläckfisk by Sarah Hanner, United States

The Mourning Bird by George Somner, United Kingdom

The Duality of Sport by Jeff Alper, United States

Born To Die by Nick Peterson, United States

Short Draft by Spyridon Papaspyrou, Greece

The Hummingbird by Nicolas Pouilley, Sébastien Chambard, France

Aquilone (Kite) Two Art Stories by Benjie AG Lasseau, United States

The Flower That Never Wilts by Chris Shaw, United States

Any Old Sunday Sebastien Duattis, France

To read them Poems by Alexis Chatzigiannis, Greece

Women and Elephants by Barbara Stepansky, United States

Lili by Brian Ríos, Puerto Rico

MOBY – MY Only love by PAULO GARCIa, Brazil

Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu – ‘Ride Or Die feat. Chilly Gonzales’by Art Camp, Danae Gosset, Danica Tan, United States

Viewfinder by Harrison Lee, United States

Self-Portrait by Casey Puhr,United States

Tommies by Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston, United Kingdom

Shifting Point by Nori Shirasu, United States

WINNERS

And this season
winners are…

BEST SHORT

FEELING THROUGH / DOUG ROLAND / UNITED STATES

THE WIND PHONE / KRISTEN GERWECK / UNITED STATES

BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER SHORT

NO LAW, NO HEAVEN / KRISTI HOI / UNITED STATES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT

SWEET POTATOES /ROMMEL VILLA BARRIGA / MEXICO

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

SIMULACRA / CURRY SICONG TIAN / UNITED STATES

A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE LONELIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES / DANIEL LOBB / UNITED STATES

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

26 SECONDS / KELLY GALINDO / UNITED STATES

BEST STUDENT SHORT

ESCALATION / JAKE YUN / UNITED STATES

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

BARKING ORDERS / ALEX TULLO / UNITED STATES

BEST STUDENT ANIMATED SHORT

EXISTENCE / WENJIA SHOU / CHINA

BEST DRAMA SHORT

APART, TOGETHER / OLIVIA HANG ZHOU / UNITED STATES

BEST COMEDY SHORT

LOVE & OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS / BEN ULM / AUSTRALIA

BEST HORROR SHORT

PORT / ANDREW LEHMAN / UNITED STATES

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

DOLLAR 2 THE RICH / LEWIS T POWELL / UNITED STATES

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

SNORRIE (MUSTACHIO) / VICTORIA WARMERDAM / NETHERLANDS

BEST MALE DIRECTOR

FEELING THROUGH / DOUG ROLAND / UNITED STATES

BEST FEMALE STUDENT DIRECTOR

NO LAW, NO HEAVEN / KRISTI HOI / UNITED STATES

BEST MALE STUDENT DIRECTOR

LAST SEEN / NATHAN GINTER / UNITED STATES

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

THE ELF QUEEN: THE FATEFUL PACT / ARANTXA HURTADO / SWEDEN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

NO LAW, NO HEAVEN / XIANG HE / UNITED STATES

FIELDTRIP / BENDTARION / UNITED KINGDOM

BEST SCREENWRITING

MY FRIEND ANXIETY / RYAN CHAMLEY / AUSTRALIA

BEST ACTOR

SWEET POTATOES / JORGE ADRIAN ESPINDOLA / MEXICO

DANIEL / ALEX AIONO / UNITED STATES

BEST ACTRESS

I AM THE NEW ADJANI / PAULINE CHALAMET / FRANCE

RUNAWAY / JASMINE CARMICHAEL / UNITED STATES

BEST NEW ACTOR/ACTRESS

RECRUTE-MOI (RECRUIT ME) / SABRINA STELLA MARTELLO / FRANCE

STUDY NIGHT / ARIELA BARER / UNITED STATESÇ

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

ENDING. / JACK DEWICK, AURY WAYNE, ELOISE SMYTH, FADY ELSAYED / UNITED KINGDOM

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE / RASMUS MØBIUS / DENMARK

BEST SOUND DESIGN

ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE / SUNE KAARSBERG / DENMARK

BEST EDITING

SPACESHIP / MENGYAO MIA ZHANG / UNITED STATES

BEST PRODUCER

NOT JUST A NAME / MADELINE GAMERO / UNITED STATES

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

DANIEL / STEPHANIE FEINERMAN / UNITED STATES

BEST SHORT OF
THE SEASON

TIME TO CELEBRATE !

PAST SEASONS OFFICIAL SELECTION


MOVIE | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY

“THE PIXIESTICK INCIDENT” | MICHAEL HENRY | UNITED STATES

26 SECONDS| KELLY GALINDO | UNITED STATES

30 SECOND THOUGHTS: VOLUME ONE | DAVID BAEUMLER | UNITED STATES

A KILLER SECRET | BETTINA BRESNAN | UNITED STATES

A POEM BY ALBA | YOO LEE | UNITED STATES

A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE LONELIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES | DANIEL LOBB | UNITED STATES

ALLEN’S LOVE | GUY ZIMMERMAN | UNITED STATES

ALRIGHT | PHILLIP BARIBEAU | UNITED STATES

AMORPHE | VINCENT MEILAC | FRANCE

AN EYE FOR AN EYE | PHOENIX SHI | CHINA

ANOTHER COUNTRY | SHERIF ALABEDE | UNITED STATES

APART, TOGETHER | OLIVIA HANG ZHOU | UNITED STATES

APPLE TREE | RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE | ASTA WELLEJUS, TEDDY KRISTIANSEN | DENMARK

BARKING ORDERS | ALEX TULLO | UNITED STATES

BECKONED | RICHARD ZELNIKER | UNITED STATES

BELIEF | MASUD AKHOND | SWEDEN

BLISTER | OLIVER ZEL, HUNTER D’ANCONA | UNITED STATES

BOLIE | PILAR ADARA | UNITED STATES

BOY SCIENTIST | SUSAN LIM, SAMUDRA KAJAL SAIKIA | UNITED STATES

BRAKE | AJA M WEARY, AMANDA RICHARDSON | UNITED STATES

BRIGHT LIKE THE SUN | THIDA NATHALIE | UNITED KINGDOM

BROTHER TROLL | GUDMUND HELMSDAL | FAROE ISLANDS

BUG THERAPY | JASON REISIG | UNITED STATES

COLD BLOW LANE | LUCA HOMOLKA | GERMANY

COME HOME, LAY DOWN OUR BURDEN | SUSAN ROCKEFELLER | UNITED STATES

COMMENTS | DANIELLE BAYNES| AUSTRALIA

CONNECTING THE DOTS | DOUG ROLAND | UNITED STATES

D FOR DAUGHTER | CHRISTINE ZIVIC | CANADA

DANIEL | JORDAN ALLEN-DUTTON | UNITED STATES

DARK ROOM | PEDRO ALLEVATO | UNITED KINGDOM

DEFIANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF FAKE NEWS | MATHIAS MAGNASON | UNITED STATES

DOLLAR 2 THE RICH | LEWIS T POWELL | UNITED STATES

DON’T DIE FIRST | DANIEL BRIAN FOSTER | NOT SPECIFIED

DRAINING | WEICHI CHEN | UNITED STATES

DREAM CHASERS: THE FIT TO RECOVER STORY | AUSTIN REED HEYWOOD | UNITED STATES

DYSTOPIAN FOLKTALES | JOHN SUITS | UNITED STATES

ENDING. | JAMES LEES | UNITED KINGDOM

ENIGMA – THE FALLEN ANGEL | ABHAY THAKU | INDIA

ESCALATION | JAKE YUN | UNITED STATES

EXISTENCE | WENJIA SHOU | CHINA

FEELING THROUGH | DOUG ROLAND | UNITED STATES

FIELDTRIP | SOREN BENDT, PAUL ARION | UNITED KINGDOM

FREAKS | DOLTYN SNEDDEN | UNITED STATES

FRONT PORCHES | KATIE PRENTISS | UNITED STATES

GUARDIANS OF PARADISE | IVAN MARIA FRIEDMAN | SWITZERLAND

HUNGER | ENRIQUE PILOZO-LIUXANDER & RICARDO SILVA | UNITED STATES

I AM THE NEW ADJANI | KHADY N’DIAYE | FRANCE

I HATE WHEN IT GETS DARK SO EARLY | EDWARD POMERANTZ | UNITED STATES

IN THE DARKNESS | MEKO WINBUSH | UNITED STATES

INSIDE LIFE | CLARENCE ABIODUN PETERS | NIGERIA

JULIET | ANGIE SU | UNITED STATES

JUNE | DWAYNE CAMERON | NEW ZEALAND

KOLD | MARLEY HASSELBACH | DENMARK

LAST SEEN | NATHAN GINTER | UNITED STATES

LAZARUS | GUILLAUME CORDE | FRANCE

LOVE & OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS | BEN ULM | AUSTRALIA

LUCKY UNDIES | SAM SILVERSTEIN | UNITED STATES

MAGDALENA, DON’T JUMP | RAÚL NIÑO JUÁREZ | MEXICO

MONKEY BUSINESS | EVERON JACKSON HOOI | NETHERLANDS

MY DAD’S AN ALIEN! | ELIN GRÖNBLOM | FINLAND

MY FRIEND ANXIETY | RYAN CHAMLEY | AUSTRALIA

MY MARADONA | MARI C. CAMPOS | NORWAY

MY MOTHER’S BURDEN | JONAH TRILLING | UNITED STATES

NEVER LAND | JEE SUK KIM | UNITED STATES

NO LAW, NO HEAVEN | KRISTI HOI | UNITED STATES

NOBODY LISTENS ANYMORE | LEO BILL | UNITED KINGDOM

NOT JUST A NAME | DE’ONNA “TREE” YOUNG-STEPHENS | UNITED STATES

ON / OFF | NICOLAS P. VILLARREAL | ARGENTINA

ONE IN FOUR | JEFFREY TEITLER/ENVISION FILMS | UNITED STATES

ONE OF US | ADRIAN BURT | SWEDEN

ONLY NIGHT KNOWS | SHA HE | CHINA

PARANORMAL PSYCHOLOGIST | DANIELLE AXTEN | NOT SPECIFIED

PASTEL SLOUGH | KIHA AHN | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

PEOPLE WHO RIZE | ASHLEY WIGGINS | AUSTRIA

PETE THE POND | WILL CLOTHIER | UNITED KINGDOM

PORT | ANDREW LEHMAN | UNITED STATES

PRAY FOR WATER | RENE REHAK | UNITED STATES

RABBIT | JASPER FLETCHER, LUKAS FLETCHER | UNITED STATES

RECRUTE-MOI (RECRUIT ME) | GAËL LEFORESTIER | FRANCE

RUNAWAY | DANIEL FRIES | UNITED STATES

SAVE RALPH | SPENCER SUSSER| UNITED STATES

SAYONEE | TAYYAB RIZWAN MADNI | AUSTRALIA

SCAR | WILLIAM JACKSON STEWART | UNITED STATES

SECOND HAND | OMAR JUAREZ | UNITED STATES

SHEEP HILLS | SAM GOSTNELL | UNITED STATES

SHORT CALF MUSCLE | VICTORIA WARMERDAM | NETHERLANDS

SHORT TERM RENTAL | DANA STEVENS| UNITED STATES

SIMULACRA | CURRY SICONG TIAN | UNITED STATES

SNORRIE (MUSTACHIO) | VICTORIA WARMERDAM | NETHERLANDS

SONDER | JOEY SZALKIEWICZ | UNITED STATES

SPACESHIP | JORGE G. CAMARENA | UNITED STATES

STUDY NIGHT | OLIVE MCGOWEN | UNITED STATES

SWEET POTATOES | ROMMEL VILLA BARRIGA | MEXICO

TABLE READ CINEMA-EPISODE 1: DEATH STONE | MARGINA SISSON | UNITED STATES

TAKE A LOOK AT GOD’S FACE | JACK LAURANCE | UNITED KINGDOM

TEN ESSENTIALS | TRAVIS GREENE | UNITED STATES

THE DITCH | KIM SAARINEN, P.J. PIIPPO | FINLAND

THE ELF QUEEN: THE FATEFUL PACT | ARANTXA HURTADO | SWEDEN

THE END | NICOLA TREMAIN | UNITED KINGDOM

THE EVE | LUCA MACHNICH | NOT SPECIFIED

THE EYE: CALANTHEK | AARON SIMS | UNITED STATES

THE FEMALE GAZE: WOMEN DIRECTORS TALK | LISA FRENCH | AUSTRALIA

THE GAME JUST GOT REAL | BELLOPROPELLO | SWITZERLAND

THE JAPANESE ILLUSION | JOHAN JAN JONASON | SWEDEN

THE LAST CHRISTMAS | RYAN PORT | CANADA

THE PROMENADE | NICO FALCONE GEORGIADE | SWEDEN

THE STITCHER | DAVID W. BAILEY, JOE LUJAN | UNITED STATES

THE TEACHER AND THE MOUNTAIN | ANTHONY RAMON SOTO, ROBERT MATTHEW CASTANO | UNITED STATES

THE UNCHAINED EAGLE | JOHN MOLLISON | UNITED STATES

THE UNWANTED GUEST | ADRIAN BURT | SWEDEN

THE USHERS | ADRIAN IZQUIETA | UNITED STATES

THE WIND PHONE | KRISTEN GERWECK | UNITED STATES

THE WITCH’S BARGAIN | COREY J. TRAHAN | UNITED STATES

TINDERBOXMOVIE | AIDEN TROY WEBER | UNITED STATES

TO HELL WITH RENO | KIMBERLY HUNT | UNITED STATES

TONEWOOD | SHAHRAM SHAHANGI | GERMANY

TRADERS | OLIVIA GROPP | UNITED STATES

WALKING AROUND | GILLES BOVON | UNITED STATES

WHAT I WANT TO SAY, BURN! * | LUÍS DAMAS | PORTUGAL

WHEN PAUL MET MARIA… | OLENA KUKHTAREVA | UNITED STATES

WHITE EYES | JEFFREY BROWN | UNITED STATES

WHITE MULE | PETER DOBSON | UNITED STATES

WITHOUT A PROMISE | TATI BARAMIA | GEORGIA

WOLF AT THE DOOR | WILL WERTZ | UNITED STATES

WORM RADIO | AUSTIN SMITH | UNITED STATES

THE BEST OF THE BEST COMING SOON…