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A Ju-On style creature haunts and then ambushes a chap just trying to have a late-night wee. This segues into a pompous, Pythonesque presenter who takes us through three examples of how making use of this plague of abominations can actually improve your life. Typical British ingenuity saves the day.

The future: a totalitarian regime imposes on the world's population "Nectar", an experimental serum whose administration Yul Franken will escape, since the alternative is to be isolated in colonies on the Moon. But his journey beyond the forbidden borders will not be without its unknowns. AWARDS:

The short film "Sam's Decision" tells the contemporary story of a man who feels alone in the world. This man, Sam, has everything going wrong in his life. His grades are falling, his girlfriend broke up with him, and he just lost his job. He's feeling the pressure of not being able to match the expectations of everyone around him, and because of that, he turns inward and brings to his school something he feels will fix all his problems, a gun. AWARDS:

In the heart of the mountains, a mysterious man is being relentlessly chased down by a hunter. The words "Gnothi Seauton" are tattooed on his left arm... AWARDS:

Just as it only takes a spark to start a fire, it only takes one chance encounter to reinvigorate a forgotten and abandoned dream. Inspired by true events, this is a story about a young woman reflects back on how she traded away her dream to be a professional ballet dancer for a corporate career, only to discover years later that despite her best attempts, her passion and love for dance never died. AWARDS:

A modern re-telling of a tale from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Boy cheats on girl, girl finds out, girl exacts revenge with boy whose girl cheated on...oh, you get the picture, right? AWARDS:

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“To Make a Long Story Short” is an inspiring story of a young man from New Jersey who stands about 2 feet tall and confined to a wheelchair yet heads the most popular music group on the Jersey Shore the past 20 years. AWARDS:

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet told through animation in under 3 minutes.

Tom is more than surprised when he discovers a strange man in his own cellar, locked in a cage. However, the mysterious stranger lurs him into an inescapable conversation about freedom and self-doubt. Both frightened and hopeful, Tom completely forgets time and space. AWARDS:

Kiko is an 18 year old skater who hides the secret about his sexuality from his friends. But on a night drifting through the city of Lisbon, Kiko finds in friendship the courage to open up. Original/Other title: Esta Noite Abriu-me os Olhos AWARDS:

On 23 February 2005, the radio announced a law project about the benefits of French colonisation. This announcement disrupted the daily life of Louise and her family. Her house turns out to be inhabited by strange presences. Original/Other title: Y'a bon ? AWARDS:

The resources are gone, the world destroyed and hardly air to breath. Only armed rich people meet in bunkers with fake windows with projections of a beautiful world outside. Only they can eat real food and not only pills. All people are tracked by implanted chips, so resistance is difficult. This short film shows a virtual world within a virtual world. At the end it turns out that even this is part of an other virtual world. Original/Other title: Fenster zur Welt AWARDS:

Gasping For Air is a clay stop-frame animation exploring what it looks and feels like to struggle for breath due to air pollution. This short film was created for On Air, an exhibition at Ceramic Art London 2022 making visible the invisible problem of air pollution. Verging on Horror, it explores the desperation felt when you can't catch your breath and slide towards suffocation. Increasing numbers of people suffer from the impact of air pollution: 1:10 London residents are now being treated for asthma. The film cuts between a figure increasingly struggling to breathe, and an abstracted sense of what gasping for air feels like: dilated bronchials, constrictions and mucus-engulfed wind pipes.

Finding himself a participant in a ritualistic hunt Brian must find his way out of the vast New England forest back to the woman that he loves all while surviving a knife-wielding menacing hunter standing in his way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKgHFhnYfM AWARDS:

Before moving out, a man hastily prepares for a surprise party solely. He decorates the room with baloons, lights the candle, sets the dishes..., and when he barely finishes before midnight, he calls in his companion with a bouquet of roses in his hand... However, nobody appears. He leaves the room to invite the guest in, returning with a cinerary urn in his hands. It was the birthday of his most beloved person whose cremation had already been conducted, and he was desperate to celebrate it alone together. AWARDS:

his is an experimental short film that is made entirely from stock footage. Footage was sourced from a single online platform (videoblocks.com). Backstory: While suffering from insomnia, I began listening to a song that captured my emotions. The harmonious alternations of the guitar strings penetrated my heart and inspired my soul. I Thought to myself, “it would be a fantastic idea to produce a short film to this beautiful composition…” Since I was so inspired, I decided to experiment and see if I can make a short film entirely from stock footage (this was my only means to making a film in the moment of my inspiration). As I started the project, I quickly realized how immensely challenging this task is, as the people in stock footage almost never match up nor can I find the perfect scene that I desire. However, my inspirations and insomnia persisted and I did not waver, the vision of the story kept me going. After five challenging hours, as the sun began to rise outside of my window, I finished my short film - Life Cycle. I didn’t think much of it at the moment and decided to just upload it to my inactive-personal youtube account with only a handful of subscribers. Somehow it got in front of thousands of people and view after view I kept getting overwhelmingly positive feedback. Hence, I decided to see if this work is worthy of competing against real film makers. I believe that considering the challenge of using extremely limited library of stock footage, the story wa

Rachel, 60, desperate for help, insists her best friend Janice meet her alone in the privacy of Central Park on a freezing day in January.

Franka is bound for holidays. This time she will switch off her mobile phone, read no mails and altogether be unreachable for anybody. Since she’s a perfect teamplayer and the most likable manager at her agency this vacation is granted full-heartedly by her colleagues. She wants to spend a completely relaxing time at the pool, on the beach and in the sun with her boyfriend Marc. While packing her bags in their shared house her boyfriend oddly disappears and a stranger beats her unconsciuos. When she comes around she is tied to a chair and has to face the question what the intruder wants from her and what he has done to her boyfriend? And who will help her when everyone is convinced she is on holiday and cannot be reached on any terms? Perhaps her colleague Thomas? The nightmare begins.

A teenage girl reads a Maths book in front of a church, while a priest tries to get her to the religious service. A year ago, that same girl got lost in a forest and another woman drove her to home.

Set in the woods of parts unknown, "Like Wolves" tells the story of a man (Gabriel Soria) in hiding, whose isolation is broken by the arrival of a familiar face from the sins of his past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XljunLKPyjU AWARDS:

A man is stuck inside a Magritte painting while waiting for Godot in this mini/surreal short film. But someone does arrive... AWARDS:

Field technician, Lilian Romero, is sent out to diagnose an error from her company's home assistant device L.U.N.A. When she arrives, she discovers this is no ordinary error...or home. AWARDS:

A cab driver takes a former pop star on a one way Twilight Zone-like ride. AWARDS: