2019
Award Winners
Mascarpone
Directed by Jonas Riemer
Filmed in: Germany
Completed: March 7, 2018
Run Time: 14:00
Language: English
Francis, the dreamy film projectionist, accidentally crashes into the limousine of gangster boss Mascarpone. Suddenly he finds himself in a mobster film. Francis ́ dog Farfalle is taken hostage by Mascarpone’s gang and Francis is being forced to stand guard at their next bank robbery. When the coup fails he has to rescue his dog and conquer the heart of the film diva Vivien.
The Most Magnificent Thing
Directed by Arna Selznick
Filmed in: Canada
Completed: September 25, 2018
Run Time: 21:59
Language: English
The Most Magnificent Thing is an inspirational story about a little girl with a creative spirit, determined to make great things. Joined by her best friend, her pet dog, the two happily explore the world, doing absolutely everything together. When she receives her very own tool kit, the little girl sets out to make the most magnificent thing for her best friend – but it’s not as easy as she thinks! The Most Magnificent Thing is a timeless tale about learning through perseverance and hard work, the power of love, and selflessness.
South African Spook Hunter
Kathryn MacCorgarry Gray and Daniel Rands
Filmed in: England
Completed: May 31, 2018
Run Time: 01:36:11
Language: English
South African Spook Hunter Matty Vans hires a film crew to document his paranormal ghost hunting business. Just as they tire of following him around to find no evidence of the paranormal, he receives a phone call from a woman claiming her family is being hounded by a spirit. After agreeing to spend the week with the family, it quickly becomes clear to everyone but Matty Vans that their haunting is an elaborate hoax. However, the Damon-Murray family is also harbouring a dark secret...
HOME
Directed by Meena Ayittey
Filmed in: England
Completed: August 31, 2017
Run Time: 21:00
Language: English
A young architect awakes after a night of partying and struggles to adjust to his odd new surroundings.
Return to Hardwick
Directed by Michael Sellers
Filmed in: England and United States
Completed: April 12, 2019
Run Time: 01:12:00
Language: English
Sons, daughters and grandchildren of the greatest generation travel to England to uncover the history of a disappearing World War II airbase.
Hypochondriac
Directed by Carnior Steve Landry
Filmed in: Canada
Completed: January 1, 2018
Run Time: 05:22
Language: French (English Subtitles)
In 2184, a dispute between a couple degenerates after more than 8 hours drive on a desert planet. A black science-fiction comedy where the motto is: "In space, nobody hears you complain".
Timbo
Directed by Peiman Zekavat
Filmed in: Brazil
Completed: February 19, 2018
Run Time: 08:53
Language: Portuguese (English Subtitles)
"I will make a Brazil for the majority, minorities [indigenous] have to bow down to the majority. Minorities should adapt themselves or simply disappear", words of Jair Bolsonaro, newly elected president of Brazill as he proposed opening the Amazon region to mining and resuming dam construction.
Who's Your Dad?
Directed by Alexandra von Schelling
Filmed in: Cuba
Run Time: 22:57
Language: Spanish
In a hidden basement of one of the best film schools in the world, female students gather to break their silence and share their testimonies. With the promise of anonymity, a dark reality previously unspoken about starts to emerge and the real truth about being a woman in film is finally brought to light.
Men in Grey
Sergei Kuklov
Filmed in: Belarus
Completed: September 9, 2018
Language: Russian (English Subtitles)
A highway patrolman accidentally witnesses the secret organisation 'Men in Gray' engaged in the study of extraterrestrial organisms.
Futures
Directed by Daniel Marc Janes
Filmed in: England
Run Time: 12:50
Language: English
A tense moral thriller about fast money and predatory behaviour. Leo (Craig Parkinson, FOUR LIONS, CONTROL), a swaggering trader in the City of London, is an unreconstructed alpha male. Recently promoted, he wants to pursue riskier trades and bullies his underlings into going along with him. But how far can he push Teddy (Luke Newberry, BAFTA-nominated for IN THE FLESH [BBC THREE]) and Rosie (Ria Zmitrowicz, THREE GIRLS [BBC ONE]) before they reach their moral limits? A gripping drama about ruthless profit, unbridled masculinity and urgent world events.