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THE LAST FICTION Iran | 100min Feature | Animation Director/Writer: Ashkan Rahgozar Producer: Ehsan Rasouluf Synopsis: Based on classic Persian literature, The Shahnameh by Ferdowsi (The Book of Kings), the film follows an upstart ruler’s treacherous rise to the throne in ancient Persia, and a young hero who will save the kingdom and people from the darkness. |
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Snow White and the magic of the dwarves Germany|90 min Feature | Drama Director: Ngo The Chau Writer: Max Honert Producer: Jens Christian Susa Synopsis: A girl grows up as an orphan in strict seclusion due to her stepmother who uses her beauty for power. The girl escapes from her isolation and goes to the old castle blacksmith where she meets a prince |
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Appu in Search of Truth India |106 min Feature | Drama Director: Sohan Lal Writer: Raju Ranganath Producer: A. V. Anoop Synopsis: A nine-year old boy is in a moral predicament. After failing an exam, he is required to get his father’s signature on the exam sheet. Afraid of getting a beating from his father, he debates forging the signature. |
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FRANK AND FEARLESS South Africa | 100min Feature | Drama Director/Writer: Gray Hofmeyr Producer: Menzi Thabede, Andre Scholtz Synopsis: A rural boy, a large dog, an orphaned baby rhino, and an aging reprobate set out to stop a rhino’s slaughter. |
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Como Jugando Peru | 21 min Short | Fiction Director: Berenice Adrianzén Zegarra Synopsis: After two boys return home after a long day at school, they go out to play and find “treasure” when they meet another boy, a neighbor who decides to accompany them on the adventure. |
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Contos Divertidos Os 3 Porquinhos Brazil | 6 min Short | Animation Director: Marco Botana Synopsis: The classic tale of the three little pigs depicted in a way that provides anyone, no matter where, with the ability to understand to the tale |
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Dunk France | 20 min Short | Drama Director/Writer: Martin, Sophie Producer: d'Autryve, Nicolas Synopsis: A teenage girl with a sturdy personality, and captain of her city's basketball team, is struck by a tragic car accident involving her parents. She prefers to hide the truth from her friends, but she must learn how to integrate herself into society and overcome her anger and sadness. Basketball is the key for her seemingly impossible adaptation.. |
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Miss Persona Canada | 3 min Short | Family Director: Brandon Lane, Matt Greyson Writer: Brandon Lane Producer: Kimberly Persona Synopsis: The Miss Persona web series gently approaches problem solving though dress-up imaginative play |
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Pool Israel | 13 min Short | Family | Drama Director/Writer: Ido Weisman Producer: Hadar Hasina Masasa Synopsis: Standing between his shameful father and the popular classmates, the delicate balance in the water becomes unbearable for a boy. |
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Playdate USA | 7 min Short | Drama Director: Matt Aaron Krinsky Writer: Eric Larner,Matt Aaron Krinsky Producer: Marco A. Elorreaga,Matt Aaron Krinsky,Julianne Homokay Synopsis: A boy and a girl find themselves stuck on a playground with no electronic devices and must rediscover how to play using their imaginations. |
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Youth Made |
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Factory Hongkong|2 min Short | Animation Director: Sui San Lo, Chun Wai Liu, Ka Kei Chen Producer: Ka Chun Chan Synopsis: A story about two worlds: a forest full of animals, and a factory owned by man. For unexplained reasons, the animals in the forest regularly disappear every day, but one day when the animals don’t disappear as usual, the man decides to go upstairs to understand what’s happening |
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Harass Hongkong | 2 min Short | Animation Director: Hin Shing Lam, Pak Leung Lau, Ming Hang Leung, Chun Wai Lui Producer: Ka Chun Chan Synopsis: One night as a man is going to sleep, the female neighbor who lives upstairs decides to exercise. She turns on music and starts dancing loudly, waking up the man. Angrily, the man goes upstairs to confront her about the problem. Eventually the lady learns how to respect others |
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Reece USA | 11 min Short |Drama Director/Writer: Dusan Brown Synopsis: Because of the increasing violence in his neighborhood, a young man, Reece, fights to defend his community, regardless of the consequences. |
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The White Mughal: Love & Betrayal in British India India | 36 min Short | Documentary Director/Producer: Tanmay Srivastava Synopsis: A true story about Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick, a British resident of Hyderabad, as well as a Mughal princess, in 17th century India. |
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Kids Made |
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Max & Leyla Germany | 7 min Short | Animation Director: KIDS 'N TRICKS,PROF. ISOLDE ASAL Writer: KIDS 'N TRICKS Producer: PROF. ISOLDE ASAL Synopsis: A little dragon, living on a small island in the middle of a big ocean, realizes that a group of creatures living next to him under the sea live happily due to a magical item. |
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My Red Ball Canada | 3 min Short | Drama Director/Writer: Esabella Strickland Producer: Young Movie Makers Synopsis: An urban legend about a girl who is bullied and socially alienated because of her learning disability, but makes friends with a boy in the forest. |
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The Journey of Story Float Taiwan | 6 min Short | Mix media Director: Yung-Lin Chen Writer: Yun-Chien Yin Producer: Szu-Hsin Lee,You-Bang Zhang,Yun-Chien Yin,Wan-Jhen Yu,Ming-Chi Chen,Ju-Yo Lo Synopsis: Residents of a town learn and understand that they should not litter or pollute the environment. |
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The Mom Plan USA | 5 min Short |Drama Director/Writer: Ella McKeon Synopsis: A single father and his son set out to find the perfect mother/wife. |
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