Welcome to our annual online Short Film Festival! We warmly invite filmmakers from across the globe to submit their best short films for consideration. Our distinguished jury will carefully evaluate each entry to select the most outstanding works.
Best feature film – Observation Diary on Escaped Animals
Director: Joo Eun Park
Synopsis:
In anarchy after the outbreak of the Epsilon V epidemic, animals in human forms are created during the development of vaccines. Yoo Mi Ra, a former soldier, and Gong Soo Chul, who claims to be an animal communicator, start a journey to trace the family who escaped from the laboratory.
Best short film – Illusio
Director: Julien Maingard
Synopsis:
As the magician after the old 3d wants to realize his dream of passing under the spotlight thanks to his knack, his experience and a generous encounter.
Best documentary, Short – Unconquered
Director: John Parr
Synopsis:
"Unconquered"
A "memoir of triumph over adversity and wounds no sword can make"
The true story of two elite soldiers severely injured in the line of duty. "Unconquered" charts their inspiring journey from the depths of despair to break the chains of life changing injuries to rise again.
Documentary – A World of Difference
Directors: Robin Newell, Simon Smithers
Synopsis:
A film that takes place in the Australian Outback. Follow the journey of Sam Pollard as he cycles 4000km from Sydney, New South Wales, to Busselton, Western Australia. He crosses the Nullarbor Plains and goes on to complete in the Busselton Triathlon IronMan Championship.
Animation – PIGSY
Director: Li Wei Chiu
Synopsis:
Pigsy is a street-smart loser who often messes things up.
One day, he is chosen to enter the new world, to become a symbol of success. He can finally make grandma proud. Soon after, though, it turns out to be a mistake.
Pigsy does not want to be treated as a joke anymore. He makes a secret deal with Bull Demon King. He stays in Sanzang’s group, and gives the information that Bull Demon King wants to achieve eternal life. In exchange for information Bull Demon King promises to show him a secret passage to the new world.
Animation, Experimental, Student – Derailed
Director: Karlijn Reynaerts
Synopsis:
The experience of the outside world through the eyes of someone with hypersensitivity.
Documentary, Short – Closer to Heaven, Back to the Sea
Synopsis:
While running along one of the longest rivers in Europe, cancer researcher Johan Swinnen collected hundreds of paper boats each dedicated to someone who passed away, reminding us of the beauty and fragility of life. This film is an ode to those we miss and is a call to embrace life to the fullest.
Music Video – Inside Me - Flowing Memories
Director: Mattia Bello
Synopsis:
A music video that enchants the hearts of the audience and addresses an essential social theme: the importance of overcoming shyness and pursuing one’s dreams.
Short – The Red Suitcase
Director: Cyrus Neshvad
Synopsis:
An Iranian girl decides to remove her headscarf/Hijab in a life changing airport scene.
Animation, Short – Collision Course
Director: Rói Davidsen
Synopsis:
Collision Course is an 3D Animated short film, about an Astronomer who discovers a Comet in his telescope, on its way to collide earth. The Astronomer panics and without telling the world about it he moves to a bomb shelter, only for years, to survive the Comet collision. The astronomer calculates that they have to be in the bomb shelter for 25 years until it is save to return to the surface. Through the years it starts to get lonely in the bomb shelter, and the astronomer, creates an annoying imaginary friend.