Finalist films 2020 – Season 2

Note: E-Certificates will be sent by e-mail to the submitters after the event

Good Man – Honour your Father and Mother

Winfield Historical Times…And Other Oddities

Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh

ANNA – Cannes Official Selection, BIFA winner for Best British Short, BAFTA shortlisted

The End of An Era? A Story of Oil Workers

Good Man – Honour your Father and Mother

A Priest willface the hard choice whether to save his soul or reliability. What on earth will he do?

Daniele Zinelli	Director
Daniele Zinelli	Writer
Daniele Zinelli	Producer
Cristian Carbognani	Key Cast
Carbognani	Key Cast
Francesca Conti	Key Cast
M.Gabriella Zeni	Key Cast
Barbara Zinelli	Key Cast
Marco Frigerio	Key Cast
Daniele Zinelli	Key Cast

Ryoko’s Qubit Summer

-Long ver.–
Quantum butterflies with Qubit wings, The same technology was used to create KANUMA, an experimental world of Artificial Intelligence inside a quantum computer.
Then one day, AIs began using words unknown to man. Scientists saw this as a threat and decided to “delete” KANUMA.
Can love exist between an AI and a human? A new outlook on the evolution of the human world.

–Short A ver.–
A human and an AI fall in love in the final days of the apocalypse. Japanese YURI sci-fi fantasy that sheds light to evolution.

–Short B ver.–
A girl-to-girl, human-to-AI sci-fi love fantasy in the final days of the Apocalypse.

Yuichi Kondo	Director
Yuichi Kondo	Writer
Derya Nebi SEZGIN	Producer
Yuichi Kondo	Producer
Ami Yamada	Key Cast	“Ryoko”
Hinako	Key Cast	“Natsu”
Hinano Miyase	Key Cast	“Sayano”
Katsuyuki Takahashi	MUSIC
Yuichi Kondo	Cinematographer
Yuichi Kondo	VFX

To Be Forgotten

A recovering addict trying to erase the online records of his past transgressions gets a call from a mysterious company that claims it can help him be forgotten–not only by the Internet, but by all the people that ever knew him and by the natural world itself.

Masa Gibson	Director
Masa Gibson	Writer
Masa Gibson	Producer
David Kossack	Producer
Abby J. Smith	Producer
Ryan Kay	Key Cast

IN THE DEATHROOM

Fletcher, a reporter from The New York Times, has been captured by members of a South American dictatorship and brought into a “deathroom” for interrogation. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

Nicole Jones-Dion	Director	STASIS, SCARS
Nicole Jones-Dion	Writer	STASIS, TEKKEN 2
Stephen King (story by)	Writer	IT, PET SEMATARY
Nicole Jones-Dion	Producer	SCARS
James Moorer	Producer	DEATHDATE
Suzi Owen Scott	Producer	SCARS
Lenox Knight	Producer	HUNTRESS vs THE WOLF
Scott Bailey	Key Cast	“Fletcher”	Timeless
Mario Rocha	Key Cast	“Escobar”
Andrew Bering	Key Cast	“Heinz”	The Orville
Lenox Knight	Key Cast	“The Woman”	The Orville
Michael Anthony Perez	Key Cast	“Ramon”
Ron Sequeira	Key Cast	“Tomas”	DEATHDATE

Winfield Historical Times…And Other Oddities

‘Winfield Historical Times and other Oddities’ is a dark comedy/mystery about a young girl named Chloe, who lives a sedate suburban life in her small cul de sac of colorful neighbors. The peaceful, tree lined street, where the world looks to be in perfect order, belies the fact that behind the picturesque front doors, things are not what they appear to be. Chloe suffers from anxiety and because of it, becomes a pariah in her close knit, but well intentioned community. One morning, Chloe, who usually spends her days with her best friend Rob, finds herself with nothing to do. On a whim, Chloe, agrees to find Mr. Gladstein’s newspaper thief. It turns out the unlikely culprit is closer than expected. In the quest to find the thief, detective Chloe tracks her neighbors activities. By doing so, Chloe learns the peculiar secrets of her town and its inhabitants. As Chloe gets closer and closer to the truth of the disappearing newspaper, Chloe also learns more about herself. A neighborhood block party, that is meant to unite the community, brings the film to a surprising and comical conclusion.

Julia Cowle	Director	Play House Pirate
Julia Cowle	Writer
Julia Cowle	Producer	Play House Pirate
Natalia Rivas (Co Producer)	Producer	Ghosts That We Knew, The Escape, Help Wanted, Outlier
James Qiu	Producer
Paula Cantilo	Producer
Nikki Foreman	Producer
Talia Ryder	Key Cast	https://www.instagram.com/taliaryder/ Co star of Feature ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ Directed by Eliza Hittman, The film debuted at Sundance 2020 and has been distributed by Focus Features and was in theaters worldwide in March- as a result of corona it is now available online on major streaming platforms. Talia is also in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Westside Story Film, and Was also In Matilda on Broadway, Daughter on Sesame Street
Mimi Ryder	Key Cast	“Angie”	Matilda On Broadway Elsa In Frozen On Broadway, Blue Bloods
Elise Hudson	Key Cast	“Linda”	She’s Gotta Have It
Alexis Batten	Key Cast	“Angel”	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Cordelia Commando	Key Cast	“Grace”	John Mulaney & The Lunch Box Kids on Netflix, The Ants
John L. Payne	Key Cast	“Mr. Cleaver”
Isobel Roth	Key Cast	“Maud”
Bridget Knapp	Key Cast	“Thea”	The Doctors
Shae Sarasino	Key Cast	“Sally”
Gregg Rizzo	Key Cast	“Steve Willard”	The Hit
Linda E. Simon	Key Cast	“Eunice”
Addison Eisenberg	Key Cast	“Melody”
Emily Strugatsky	Key Cast	“Sunshine”
Edward Cowle	Key Cast	“Mr. Gladstein”
Dan DeCarlo	Key Cast	“Dr. In White Coat”	Courting Alex
Derek Martin	Key Cast	“Rob”

The Blue Marble – Pilot Long

At the Universal Soul Assignment office a soul, Charlie has been stuck on the Blue Marble line for eternity. A victim of red tape, he struggles to unravel the incomprehensible rules and regulations which have prevented him from fulfilling his destiny since the Big Bang.

Ralph Toporoff	Director	American Blue Note, Nothing Personal
Ralph Toporoff	Writer	Running Round Rio, Nothing Personal, Suckers
Ralph Toporoff	Producer	American Blue Note, Nothing Personal
John Pirkis	Producer
John Pirkis	Key Cast	“Charlie”	The Tick, Madame Secretary, Daredevil
Greg Cohan	Key Cast	“Mark”	Strange Angel , NCIS- Los Angeles
Nelson Avidon	Key Cast	“Clerk Level 12/ 9 / 8”	ReRUN, Motherless Brooklyn, 79 Parts
Sarah Street	Key Cast	“Ticket Agent”	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Caroline Kinsolving	Key Cast	“Charley”
Stuart Williams	Key Cast	“The MAN”

Closet

Don’t leave “lonely” alone.
It can be the most troublesome emotion for human beings.

——Well, okay during the day.
・・・ But at night,　Loneliness robs me of sleep,
Although he silently snuggled up to us.———–

A man who has lost his virility as a result of a traffic accident.
｢JIN｣、A man who can’t have sex with a woman, and therefore can’t have children.
In frustration, he quietly leaves his fiancee and flees to Tokyo.
He ends up in a “Soine” （ literally, “sleeping together.”）company.
It is here where clients, men and women from their teens all the way up to their seventies, come together.
It is a place where they come in search of peace.
All are insomniacs, troubled by their lonliness.
People who cannot sleep.

A 30-year-old virgin woman,
A 36-year-old woman secretly in love with her significantly younger co-worker,
A college girl entangled in the web of host clubs at the age of 19,
A homosexual man in his 50’s whose longtime lover has passed away,
An elderly woman in her 80’s, who wants someone to remain at her side during a “passing,”

Adults, who on the outside seem to be living a happy life, unable to send out a call for help for the heart.
And she, meeting a man who is also burdened by his own feelings of isolation and desperation; the only one who can save her.

This was made based on a true story.

Through meticulous interviews,
A unique film in which most of the scenes and all of the characters are filmed in bed！

Without his sexuality, will it be impossible for him to form a relationship, to love and to be loved, to cuddle, for the rest of his life?

Are the two people in the last scene living for tomorrow?
Or is it a ghost?

—Don’t think. feel！ —

Takehiro Shindo	Director
Aya Swada	Writer
Akiko Misaizu	Producer
Yosuke Minokawa	Key Cast	“ TASUKU ZINNO”

Rising Silence

If no one heeds your call, walk alone’ A journey of relationships between women, dealing with war, violence and daily prejudice to heal and create the future with unconditional love.

Leesa Gazi	Director
Leesa Gazi	Writer
Leesa Gazi	Producer
Abbas Nokhasteh	Producer	Endless Poetry, Chuck Norris vs. Communism and Ballad of Exiles Yilmaz Guney
Shahadat Hossain	Cinematography
Tijmen Veldhuizen	Editing
Sohini Alam	Music

Swipe

A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.

Niels Bourgonje	Director	Buddy, Bridge, Skogafoss, Turn it around
Niels Bourgonje	Writer	Buddy, Bridge, Skogafoss, Turn it around
Paul Bontenbal	Writer	Something About Alex, Deserted, Giraffe
Steffie van Rhee	Producer	At All Costs, Netizens
Ebony Obsidian	Key Cast	If Beale Street Could Talk, Master of None, Tough Love
Jefferson White	Key Cast	Yellowstone, How To Get Away With Murder, House of Cards
Fletcher Wolfe	Director of Photography	Close., What I Wish You Said, Sugar!
Jesper Ankarfeldt	Composer	Forever Now, Hold On, Buddy
Wietse de Zwart	Editor	Buddy, Bridge, Skogafoss

Artemis & the Astronaut

Artemis and Henri have spent a lifetime together. Loved one another deeply and imperfectly. Four weeks ago Henri died and so much was left unsaid as Henri’s mind ebbed away. And then Artemis hears Henri crying in the next room. Will Artemis get a chance to be with Henri one last time?

Alice L. Lee	Director	the good boy
A. L. Lee	Writer	the good boy
Delicia Kuang	Producer	Offer
Lynn Cohen	Key Cast	Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Munich, Sex and the City
Andrew Platner	Key Cast	Unfreedom, the good boy, Amber
Alice L Lee	Key Cast

One Third Of A Second

Ilyas, an expatriate writer who lived most of his adult life in Australia, returns to Turkey in the hope of finding inspiration for his new book.
Instead, he ends up having to deal with the breakdown of a relationship and a deepening writer’s block, in a land he feels estranged.

Burak Oguz Saguner	Director
Burak Oguz Saguner	Writer
Burak Oguz Saguner	Producer
Mert Güncüer	Co-Producer
Laura Nyhuis	Co-Producer
Gürsan Piri Onurlu	Key Cast	“Ilyas”
Engin Oguz	Key Cast	“Baba”
Nazlı Özdemir	Key Cast	“Esra”
Selver Kınık Onurlu	Key Cast	“News Reader”

BANG. BANG.

In a repressed, old and dusty western town, a hero rides in to bring justice.

Steven Pierce	Director
James Allerdyce	Writer
Steven Pierce	Writer
James Allerdyce	Producer
Chey Kennedy	Key Cast	“Mender The Bartender”
Timothy Goodwin	Key Cast	“Downin’ Owt”
Ryan Guess	Key Cast	“Voices”
Isiah Stratton	Key Cast	“The Man in White”
Billy Walker	Key Cast	“The Man in Black”

Happy Birthday

Soner is a disabled person has used a wheelcair. He goes to a restaurant for a surprise birth party with his parent. A tragicomic surprise will await Soner and his family at the end of the night.

Ertan Doğan	Director
Ertan Doğan	Writer
Ertan Doğan	DoğanProducer
Alper Arık	Key Cast	“Soner Mutlu”
Melike Demirağ	Key Cast	“Mom”
Ayhan Kavas	Key Cast	“Father”
Barış Demirtürk	Key Cast	“Business executive”
Hüseyin Yıldırım	Key Cast	“Servitor”

AMALGAMA (dir. Wills)

Alcira is a peasant woman, whose features bear her pain and sorrow. She lives alone in a peasant house. Henry, shy and demure, comes over to help with trying tasks. Their relationship is strained. Alcira becomes annoyed whenever Henry is near. Henry, for his part, is uncomfortable but tries to come nearer to her. Alcira gradually makes an effort to be kinder. She shares moments with Henry, where she excruciatingly mentions her dead son. Her talks distress Henry. For Alcira, these are moments of liberation: she releases shards of great affliction. Little by little, the tension relaxes. Henry feels increasingly comfortable. Alcira even considers Henry akin to her deceased son: the son slain by Henry in the armed conflict. Commitment and time to know him results in Alcira forgiving him.

Alejandra Wills	Director
Alejandra Wills	Writer
Alejandra Wills	Producer
Berenice Piñeros	Key Cast	“Alcira”
Jader Cuello de la Cruz	Key Cast	“Henry”
Angello Faccini	DOP
Camilo Barreto	Art Direction, Costume Design
Yesid Vásquez	Sound
Gustavo Vasco	Editor
La Tina Sonido	Sound Design, Music

ARCADIA (dir. Meiendresch)

The Latin phrase: “Et in Arcadia ego” (I am/was in Arcadia, too) refers to Sophie’s memory of her ex-boyfriend, who disappeared one morning without a trace. This motive runs consistently through this short film, written and realized within 90 hours, including its morbid color-grading. A second starting point of this thriller was the definition of suction as “behind a moving object sucking flow in air or water” which was used as a logline. The focus was on the thesis that memories of places settle, sometimes buried deep and reappear a long time later. An underworld visit with a doppelganger motif, the nostalgic island becomes the site of a woman’s decision between two men.

Marvin Meiendresch	Director
Marvin Meiendresch	Writer
Malin Krüger	Producer
Dorothee Krüger	Key Cast	“Sophie”
Daniel Hartwig	Key Cast	“David”
Marvin Schulze	Key Cast	“Max”
Max von Matthiesen	DOP
Jacqueline Fischer	Art Direction
Johannes al Daimi	Sound
Marius Wawer	Editor

THEM (dir. Lochmann)

In a forgotten village, where everyone is cut from the same cloth, a new, self-proclaimed leader arrives changing the local way of life. Dividing lines are carved out as the once unified society is torn and segregated. THEM is a cautionary tale of misguided ideologies, destructive leadership and of being an outsider. But most importantly, it is a film about celebrating what we have in common rather than what separates us.

Robin Lochmann	Director
Robin Lochmann	Writer
Matthias Schwerbrook	Producer
Robin Lochmann	Producer
Ryan James	Key Cast
Yalin Özer	Key Cast
Robin Lochmann	Animation
Berton Pierce, Claudia Brugnaletti, Alex Friedrich	Art Direction
Frank Kruse, Carsten Richter	Sound
Robin Lochmann	Editor
Frank Kruse	Sound Design
Thomas Moked Blum	Music
Mika Ceron	Director of Photography

PILÁTUS – PILATE (dir. Dombrovsky)

Anna, an elderly, village woman, is widowed. Her daughter, a big city doctor, believes that the best thing would be to take her mother in. But the relationship between Anna, torn from her own environment, and Iza, living her city life, doesn’t work out; Anna slowly withers in their life together lacking genuine love.

Linda Dombrovszky	Director
Magda Szabó, György Somogyi, Sándor Szélesi	Writer
Ábel Köves	Producer
Ildikó Hámori	Key Cast
Anna Györgyi	Key Cast
Rémusz Szikszai	Key Cast
Sándor Terhes	Key Cast
Zsolt Kovács	Key Cast
Zsolt Kovács	Key Cast
Dávid Hartung	Key Cast
Balázs Hujber	Art Direction
László Donkó	Costume Design
Gábor Komlódi	Sound
Áron Mezei	Editor
Tamás Dévényi	Sound Design
Bálint Bolcsó	Music

Reflections

In a world where Society attaches Labels to who, and, what we are, Paul Discovers his true self through his reflection. A journey to realizing his own identity away from the prejudices of the world around him.

Paul Edward Foulkes	Director
Paul Edward Foulkes	Writer
Paul Edward Foulkes	Producer
Paul Edward Foulkes	Key Cast	“Paul”
Momoko Chinen	Key Cast	“Lady In Black”
Junko Yogi	Key Cast	“Lady In White”
Triinu Hoolma	Key Cast	“Makeup Artist”

Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh

The story is the fictional account of the last five minutes of the acclaimed painter Vincent Van Gogh who was a failure in his lifetime. Death who has come to take him makes an offer which Van Gogh rejects and accepts the hands of death gracefully.

Saheer Abbas	Director
Madhu R	Writer
Rani	Producer
Ranjan	Producer
Rashin Khan	Key Cast	“Vincent Van Gogh”
Anuroop Thekkumkadan	Key Cast	“Death”

EXTRA INNINGS

A reporter interviews the manager of the Boston Red Sox in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.

John Gray	Director	WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, THE DESECRATED
John Gray	Writer	WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, THE DESECRATED
John Gray	Producer	WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, THE DESECRATED
MELISSA JO PELTIER	Producer	WHITE IRISH DRINKERS
Peter Riegert	Key Cast	“Pete Peterson”	LOCAL HERO, CROSSING DELANCEY
TJ Thyne	Key Cast	“Gary”	BONES

White Pebble

In a remote village, every weekend 6 year old ‘Titli’ waits for her friend ‘Bishnu’ who travels with his father from a city far away, to come to the village where they have a home. Titli is honest with her bitterness towards city but lingers to understand how Bishnu feels living there, in the big illusionary world.
But this time, Titli learns that this is Bishnu’s last visit, and he is moving to the city, just like the time her father did, for good. How migration of people from villages to the big cities can take away more than just the friends for little children.

Dilip V. Sood	Director
Dilip V. Sood	Writer
Dilip V. Sood	Writer
Dilip V. Sood	Producer
Gayatri Panwar	Key Cast	“Titli”
Akshat Chanana	Key Cast	“Bishnu”

Sandy Illusions

Synopsis

SANDY ILLUSIONS
A documentary by Robert Hughan and Arthur Scheijde.

To see and to be seen is what drives people these days. To see and to-not-be-seen is what drives survival below the surface. The sands of the seabed provide protection. Camouflage is the key to a world of illusions under water. What is actually over there? What do you really see? This engaging play of perception is the theme of this new short under water film. In Sandy Illusions the Spanish Costa Brava reveals the illusions of the desert of the sea.
Several exploratory dives with a camera at the Costa Brava coast have led to establishing the team that made this film: co-director/producer, cameraman, editor Robert Hughan, co-director/producer, writer, editor Arthur Scheijde, technical support Marcel van der Hulst, color grading Stanley Quarré, sound mix and special sound effects Olivier Nijs, music Tenacious Orchestra and Stoney Waters , with a voice-over by Robert Rosier.

Robert Hughan	Director	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Arthur Scheijde	Writer	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Robert Hughan & Arthur Scheijde	Producer	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Robert Hughan	Key Cast	“camera”	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Stanley Quarre	Key Cast	“color grading”	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Olivier Nijs	Key Cast	“sound editing & special sound effects”	Vele gezichten van de Zevenhuizerplas
Robert Rosier	Key Cast	“voice-over”

FOXY

Director Trista Suke documents her experience struggling with alopecia universalis through an eccentric, scripted memoir. Interview segments featuring various people living with the hair loss condition are artfully tied into Suke’s story, shining light on mental health, society’s unachievable beauty standards and what it’s like to live as a bald women. All original music by Trista Suke.

Trista Suke	Director
Ellis Poleyko	Director
Ellis Poleyko	Director
Trista Suke	Writer
Ellis Poleyko	Writer
Ellis Poleyko	Producer
Trista Suke	Producer
Trista Suke	Key Cast	“Penny Todd”
Sam Wexler	Key Cast	“Raiden”
Charlin McIsaac	Key Cast	“Elizabeth”

All from Me

The Chinese choreographer Yang Liping thrilled audiences around the world in 1986 with her amazing “peacock dance” from ‘Spirit of the Peacock’. One of her famous works in her artistic creation career “Pingtan Image” was originated from the oriental folk believes and myths of Pingtan, located in East China’s Fujian province and the closest place on the Chinese mainland to Taiwan.

The production of “All From Me” music video was hoping to create a crossed-over genuine pop music sensation by bringing both the iconic performance of “Pingtan Image” and singer’s upcoming single together. Both of the directors unrelentingly pursuit to build a work that tells a brand new story which speaks to the audiences who have never been interested in dance theater and the artists that have never listened to pop music. Through the creation of the new script and new choreography, this music video is not only a film work adapted from a play, but an enthralling blend of pop music and the contemporary dance theater, hopes to motivates the artist in everyone.

China is an ancient country full of mysteries and a lot of elements of Chinese deities and magical beings can be found in this video.

There has been an old tradition in China of dancers wearing masks to resemble animals or mythical beasts since antiquity. The lion dance and the dragon dance are usually performed during the Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. In this video the lions are the loyal companions which were bravely protecting the main character from the invasion from Hell. The appearance of a dragon is both fearsome and bold but it has a benevolent disposition, and it was an emblem to represent authority, which were sent from above to come to her rescue.

Art in China had grown in a phenomenal way, and has adapted and changed over time. The purpose of making this video is not only hope to reflect Chinese culture but also seeking for more possibilities to create a foundation for future artistic accomplishments. With the music video of a popular singer, the art of the tradition which were overlooked is bringing back to life with a new statement of Oriental aesthetics.

Outerspace Leo	Director
Wang Shou Jie	Director
Lin Chien Cheng	Producer
Kedy Yu	Director of Phtography
Kao Ming Chun	Line Producer
Parker Lin	Art Director
Fei Hsiao Yun	Art Assistant
Yiko Lee	Costume Designer
Yang Chia Che	First AC
Hsieh Ming Chieh	First AC
Sung Ming Che	Graffer
Wu Jhen Rong	Best Boy
Qiu Qi Rui	Lighting Crew
Wang Jun Yuan	Lighting Crew
Chen Guan Yu	Lighting Crew
Ji Chao Yuan	Lighting Crew
Wu Fang Yuan	Lighting Crew
Chen Yu Guang	Lighting Crew
Xu Fu Jia	Lighting Crew
Liu Li Ren	Lighting Crew
Li Heng Yi	Lighting Crew
Wang Tie Ren	Lighting Crew
Jhang Jia We	Set Coordinator
Cheng Chen Yueh	Set Coordinator
Chen His Chuan	Set Coordinator
Louis Chiang	Set Coordinator
Bryan Lin	Set Coordinator
Tim Lin	Set Coordinator
Han Zixiang	Set Coordinator
Tang Wei Cheng	Set Coordinator
Liao Zhi Cheng	Set Coordinator
Yang Jing Ting	Second AC
Lee Yu Lin	Second AC
Fu Jie	Second AC
Chang Ting Yu	Second AC
Tseng Hunk Kai	Second AC
Tsai Meng Che	Second AC
Wu Cheng Jie	Second AC
Luo Guan Jun	Second AC
Hong Chen Film Studio	Sudio
Hsin Tsair Co. Ltd.	Camera Equipment
Lee Rong FIlm& Equipment Co.	GRIP
Chang Yi-Cheng	Jimmy Jib Cameraman
Huang Yong-Xin	Ronin 2 Operator
Wang Chao Hsiang	Operator’s Assistant
Chen Ming Ze	Special Effect Supervisor
Outerspace Leo	Editor
Cordelia Pai	Editor
TimeLine Studio	Color Grading
Yao Liang Chi	Colorist
Chen Ying Fang	Post-production PM
Peter Wang	Animation Director
Davy Liu	VFX
Tseng Hsiao Han	VFX
Time Story Sudio	Production of Behind the Scenes
Liu Yin Quan	Production of Behind the Scenes
Sam Liao	Production of Behind the Scenes
Chou Chien Yu	On-site Management
Wang Cheng Yi	Casting Associate
Lee Wei Szu	Dancr/Stunt
Chen Jia Huei	Dancr/Stunt
Liao Yu Chin	Dancr/Stunt
Huang Chang Hao	Dancr/Stunt
Tsai Ya Ju	Dancr/Stunt
Pan Chun Cheng	Dancr/Stunt
Pan Chun Cheng	Dancr/Stunt
Liao Wei Liang	Dancr/Stunt
Gau Min Zu	Dancr/Stunt
Wang Yuan-Tse	Dancr/Stunt
Hu Yu-Cheng	Dancr/Stunt
Lee Ying-Ju	Dancr/Stunt
Lin Chi-Ching	Dancr/Stunt
Lin Wei-Che	Dancr/Stunt
Tseng Yu-Wen	Dancr/Stunt
Wang Shu-Jui	Dancr/Stunt
Chen Yuan-Ho	Dancr/Stunt
Kuo Ching-Ting	Dancr/Stunt
Hsieh Ang-Ting	Dancr/Stunt
Kung Ming Hsiang	Dancr/Stunt
THAAD	Pingtan Impression Costume Design Director
Wu Lingui	Pingtan Impression Costume Design Director
Ding Shile	Stage Manager

“The Last Dream”

Synopsis of the film: The Last Dream

This film follows the story of a boy who administers sleeping pills to himself. An overdose leads to a bizarrely intimate conversation with Death wherein we bring light on his reasons for ending his life and the bittersweet of what could have been if he had decided to live. This film will empower the audience to see the meaning of life and what a gift it truly is.

Project Brief:

Veer takes a bite of a pill and finds himself transported in a state of neither being dead nor completely being alive, to top it off Death takes him through time in a bizarre yet heartbreaking adventure.

The genesis of the project.

My friend Miraya inspired me to begin this project. Coming from a conservative background, especially being born a female, I was swatted away from opportunities that would have been easily handed to my male counterpart, thankfully by best friend urged me to take on a film project regardless of all the drawbacks I encountered.

Taskeen Shaikh	Director	Director
Miraya Borah	Writer	Writer
Atiya T Shaikh	Producer	Producer
Swapnnil Ralkar	Key Cast	“ Father”	“Actor
Divya Sharma	Key Cast	“ Mother”	Actress
Mitansh Lulla	Key Cast	“Veer”	Main Lead Actor
Anuradha Pathak	Director of Photography ( D.O.P )	D.O.P

CRISS CROSS

Criss Cross is a film about love and borders.
Which is stronger?
An unfortunate chain of events motivates a couple in love to try and defy the obstacles between them. Can they be overcome?
Or might digging underneath be a better solution? And just when you think it’s getting easier, bureaucracy and the past get in the way

Caroline Hamann	Director
Fritz Penzlin	Director
Caroline Hamann	Writer
Fritz Penzlin	Writer
Caroline Hamann	Producer
Mitansh Lulla	Key Cast
Stefan Urlass	Editing
Fritz Penzlin	Music
Fritz Penzlin	Music
Thomas Suessmair	Sound Design
Max Bauer	Sound Design
Thomas Suessmair	Sound Mix
Max Bauer	Foley Artist
Normann Büttner	Foley Recordist
Stefan Urlass	Compositing
Gerhard Funk	Technical Support
Fritz Penzlin	Animation
Caroline Hamann	Animation

Orthodox

Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish boy persecuted for his faith, turns to boxing as a means of self defense. As an adult, involvement in unlicensed boxing alienates him from the community. Tangled up in a web of criminal activity, he makes an immoral decision in order to provide for his family and as a result goes to prison leading to the loss of those he loves.

Once released he is determined to right the wrongs which led to his downfall. He finds a way back into community life through his old boxing gym, where a devastating truth about his past is revealed and becomes the catalyst for a series of events that ensures he will never return to the normal life he has always craved.

David Leon	Director	Father, Man & Boy
David Leon	Writer	Father, Man & Boy
Daisy Allsop	Producer	Tell It To The Bees, Skellig
Stephen Graham	Key Cast	“Benjamin”	This is England, Boardwalk Empire
Michael Smiley	Key Cast	“Shannon”	Kill List, Luther, A Field in England
Christopher Fairbank	Key Cast	“Goldberg”	Alien 3, The Fifth Element, Guardians of the Galaxy
Rebecca Callard	Key Cast	“Alice”	Detectorists, The Borrowers, Fearless
Giacomo Mancini	Key Cast	“Daniel”	Top Boy, Pan

ANNA – Cannes Official Selection, BIFA winner for Best British Short, BAFTA shortlisted

Cannes Official Selection 19′ – Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine, Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love. Nominated for a short Palme d’Or, BIFA award winner for Best British Short Film, was shortlisted for a BAFTA, more than 200 selections and dozens of awards. Thank you for considering our film!!

Dekel Berenson	Director	Ashmina
Dekel Berenson	Writer	Ashmina
Dekel Berenson	Producer	Ashmina
Merlin Merton	Producer	Ashmina
Olga Beskhmelnytsina	Producer
Svetlana Barandich	Key Cast	“Anna”
Anastasia Vyazovskaya	Key Cast	“Anna”
Eric R. Gilliatt	Key Cast	“Eric”
Alina Chornogub	Key Cast	“Translator”
Liana Khobelia	Key Cast	“Party Organiser”
Istan Rozumny	Key Cast	“Ian”
Pavel Levitsky	Key Cast	“Drunk Man”

Touch – Tamil Musical Short film

Its a short film about how a touch define the relationship between men and women

One liner : Touch which define who you are…

Karthick.K	Director	Aasai Mugam Short film
Karthick.K	Writer	Aasai Mugam Short film
Karthick.K	Writer	Producer
Praveen Raj	Key Cast	“Cinimatographer”
Nelson Anthony	Key Cast	“Editor”
Vignesh Baskaran	Key Cast	“Music director”

The End of An Era? A Story of Oil Workers

Ten exploration workers of the oil and gas industry talk to camera for the first time in their life. As lovers of the Earth, experts of its rocks, and as members of the energy industry, they claim a place to talk about their industry and its future. The story is narrated by the son of an oil geologist, who moved as an oil expat son from Brazil to Norway, showing the contrast between new generations of environmental/climate concern and the practical and ethical challenges faced by industry professionals. Following the footsteps of Statoil, the Norwegian oil company operating in Brazil, the film tackles questions like why to continue exploring for oil and gas today and the ethical dilemmas involved. In a world where climate change concerns are a priority and where alternative renewable energies seem to be advancing, this journey explores how the energy transition should take place, asking some of the people who have been part of the damage if they are ready to embrace change.

Paloma Yáñez Serrano	Director
Benjamin Llorens Rocamora	Director

Hollow Pond

After being abandoned by his brothers, a young Maasai boy
must outwit a mysterious force to be reunited with his family.

Rolfin Nyhus	Director
Adam Anson	Writer
Adam Anson	Producer
Charlie Mather	Producer
Rolfin Nyhus	Producer

OPIUM

A wanderer amidst a mythical world witnesses a passionate play of emotions. An eccentric mix of fear, love, faith, anger, laughter, happiness and sadness is all brought together through interplay of stories and the make believe world of their fabled characters.

Ashok Meena	Director	Pushkar Puran
Ashok Meena	Cinematographer
Ashok Meena	Editor
Suruchi Sharma	Producer	Of Love & Artistry
Sharad Ojha	Writer
Richa Meena	Key Cast	“Herself ”
Rohit Chandak	Music
Swaroopnath Bhatra	Sound Design
Kamei Kakhuga	Colorist
Roshan K	Graphics

Holy Drill

The music “Holy Drill” was commissioned by the dance company to be presented at an opening ceremony of a tunnel in Rotterdam. One month before the performance, it turned out that the investors did not like the idea of the dance performance because it contradicted their religious beliefs. The performance never took place. The situation around it determined the title of the composition.
The core material of the musical texture is the drill’s sound. After some time, I came up with an idea to connect the mechanical sound of a drill and a mill to make a sort of a futuristic film, where the image and musical texture are intertwined.
A mill is the main symbol of the Netherlands. The perpetual rotation of a mill symbolizes immortality. Rising and falling wings of a windmill, according to medieval interpretations, refers to the descent of God to a man and the rise of a man to God, it symbolizes fall and rebirth, cyclical change of times, and world epochs.
The film was shot with Samsung Galaxy S7 at Kinderdijk (UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997) village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

Maxim Shalygin

Director

Boxed

A fictionalized short film based on the true story of the terrifying daring escape of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who used creativity to escape from slavery in 1849 by mailing himself to freedom.

Wanjiru Njendu	Director	Look Again, Smile, The S.T.E.M Adventures of Kabi and Sasha
Wanjiru Njendu	Writer	Look Again, Smile, The S.T.E.M Adventures of Kabi and Sasha
Wanjiru Njendu	Producer	Look Again, Smile, The S.T.E.M Adventures of Kabi and Sasha
Bongani Mlambo (Co-Producer)	Producer	All Creatures, Three Days In August, Woodshock
Adetokumboh M’Cormack	Key Cast	“Henry “Box” Brown”	Blood Diamond, Battle Los Angeles, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Peres Owino	Key Cast	“Woman”	Bound: Africans versus African Americans, Seasons of love, Default
Gregor Manns	Key Cast	“Bounty Hunter/ Port Police”	The Night Shift, The Bar
William Joseph Hill	Key Cast	“Wagon Driver/ Steamboat Crew”	Agent Steele, That Darn Girlfriend
Emerson Gregori	Key Cast	“Samuel/ Man 2”	Smile, Funny by Association
Mikey Kettinger	Key Cast	“Passmore Williamson”
Bongani Mlambo	Cinematographer	All Creatures, Three Days In August, Woodshock
Benjamin A. Onyango	Associate Producers	Tears of the sun, God’s not dead, X Files
Maggie Manyan	Associate Producers	Acute Failure
Makenzi Jordan	Production Designers	Shortcomings, Choke
Brittany Ingram	Production Designers	Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, 1985, Howlers
Hanna Sturwold	Editors	Blood.E.mary, Faceless God

Rooted in Song

“Rooted in Song” is a heartfelt reflection of an Estonian expat choir’s journey from the United Kingdom to the Singing Grounds in Tallinn to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the tradition called Song Celebration.
This is a film is about the journey that took 516 days and 5 kilometers and explores the importance of singing, homeland and the meaning of the Song Celebration for Estonians living abroad and the meaning of the Estonians to Brits.

Ranno Kasemaa	Director
Marko Lillemägi	Producer
Marko Lillemägi	Camera
Ranno Kasemaa	Camera

COLLAPSE

In a world devastated by disease and chaos, the human being survives beset by fear, guilt and mistrust towards others.

Alberto Martín-Aragón	Director
Alberto Martín-Aragón	Writer
Julia Doménech	Producer
Julia Doménech	Key Cast

The Song

American singer-songwriter David Olney (b. 1947) tours the Netherlands each couple of years, but this time he struggles with physical issues that comes as a price for his love for touring.

David died suddenly on stage early in 2020 while performing. The 2018 tour was his last in the Netherlands.

Daan van den Berg	Director	Niemandsland
Lucinda Verweij	Producer	Onvermogen, Camouflage
Marèl van den Bosch	Producer
David Olney	Key Cast
Efin de Landmeter	Edit
Jesse Tuenter	Camera
Winant Veldhuizen	Camera

We have to rethink everything

Italian winemaker Daniele Delaini notices water, sky and air becoming cleaner within only a few days during corona shutdown. In the movie he tells his german friend Martin on his oberservations and draws clear conclusions.

Edgar Wilkening	Director
Edgar Wilkening	Producer

A Rose Between Thorns

A young girl by the name of Rose, is physically abused by her father, and her mother knows about the abuse but does nothing to prevent or dismiss it. Rose dances to escape her pain, but having difficulties escaping it. Rose’s boyfriend Antonio, has an alcoholic mother and his older brother is in jail. He has no father, no guidance and goes down a similar path as his mother. Rose and Antonio hang on to the love they have for each other in the hopes of escaping their tragic circumstances.

A ROSE BETWEEN THORNS is the first movie to ever be made on the island nations of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Using exclusive all local cast and crew, all first time film-makers.

Nigel Lewis	Director
Agustin	Writer	Gabriel, Badge of Honor, Falling Awake
Nigel Lewis	Writer
James Galloway	Writer
Agustin	Producer	The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Bernel Huggins	Key Cast	“Antonio Bush”
Roberitine Webbe	Key Cast	“Rose”

Juicy Girl

‘Juicy Girl’ is based on events surrounding the murders of several of the many Korean women committed by US Army personnel since the Korean War of the 1950’s.

1992 South Korea. Soyoung, also known as Annie, is a Juicy Girl. A term used by American soldiers stationed in South Korea for local prostitutes. Soyoung is a trafficking victim, snatched by a gang when in her teens and forced into sex slavery. Sold to a pimp who operates his girls out of a nightclub, exclusively reserved for US Army personnel, Soyoung serves their ‘needs’. Her world is confined and tightly controlled, there is no escape. Soyoung’s only rare moments of joy come when she befriends a young street seller, Hoon a 10 year old boy.

Private Michael Johnstone, a US Army Medic, is a loner and shunned by the other G.I.’s. A narcissist and a misogynist, Johnstone is a psychotic landmine waiting to explode. At the nightclub Soyoung is in his sights, seemingly easy prey he can dominate and humiliate. Choosing his time carefully Johnstone, a master manipulator, romances and finally picks up Soyoung. Except Soyoung doesn’t play by his rules, nor is willing to do as she is told to by Johnstone. Johnstone erupts in a frenzy of brutal and grotesque violence. Leaving her dead and disfigured Johnstone feels no remorse.

Johnstone is arrested for Soyoung’s murder. Under interrogation he denies killing her though all the evidence confirms this. Johnstone is sentenced to life imprisonment. Some years later this sentence comes under review for possible parole. An experienced psychologist, Jane Owens, is brought in to assess Johnstone’s mental state. Owens gains a terrifying insight to Johnstone’s mind. To Johnstone, Annie was a nobody and got what she deserved. She was inferior, an irritating nuisance – just a Juicy Girl. Owens’ firm conclusion is that Johnstone must never be given an early release. He is a danger to society and likely to commit again. But justice can be bought. Soyoung had no protectors. Johnstone has one of the most powerful on earth, The US Army, who want to bring one of their boys back home. The Army coerces Soyoung’s family into accepting compensation for her death, blood money. They have no choice but to accept.

Private Michael Johnstone is released early. A free man.

This leads to outrage from the local populace, for the crime should not have allowed early parole.

MJ KIM	Director
Gareth Brookes	Writer
MJ KIM	Writer
Mark Montgomery	Producer	Hotel Mumbai, Damascus Cover, The Man Who Knew Infinity
Katharine Kim	Producer	Mother, Host by Bong Junho, Thirst by Park Chanwook
Kaiwi Lyman	Producer
Kaiwi Lyman	Key Cast	“Michael Johnstone”	Den of Thieves, American Violence, The Mongolian Connection, American Horror Story

Bloodless: The Path To Democracy

In the course of history, only a few revolutions have been successful, let alone those without Bloodshed. Nikol Pashinyan, a charismatic former journalist and political prisoner, galvanized support among the youth and women, by using non-violent civil disobedience protests and social media. In a short period of 6 weeks, a corrupt oligarchy was toppled and democracy restored. Deemed short of a miracle, BLOODLESS is a riveting political thriller, capturing the story as events unfold in the spring of 2018 in Armenia.

Bared Maronian	Director	Orphans of the Genocide
Silva Basmajian	Director
Nikol Pashinyan	Key Cast
Armen Sarkissian	Key Cast
Shombi Sharp	Key Cast
Arsinee Khanjian	Key Cast
Maria Titizian	Key Cast
Mikael Zolyan	Key Cast
Silva Basmajian	Writer
Bared Maronian	Writer
Silva Basmajian	Producer	Life With Murder, The Take
Bared Maronian	Producer
Seda Grigoryan	Producer
Bardig Kouyoumdjian	Photographer
Silva Basmajian	Executive Producer	Stories We Tell, Surviving Progress, High Rise

Mambo Man

MAMBO MAN is the story of a Cuban farmer and music promoter who gambles everything on a deal that appears too good to be true!
With music by the Buena Vista Stars
Based on a true story and filmed in the exotic countryside outside Havana, this remarkable and engaging film will move both your spirit and your feet with its unforgettable passion and intoxicating music. The soundtrack and live performances in the film include some of the legendary Cuban artists who appeared in the box office smash, Buena Vista Social Club.

Mo Fini	Director
Edesio Alejandro	Director
Mo Fini	Writer
Paul Morris	Writer
Zadoc Nava	Producer
Julio Cezar	Producer
Hector Noas	Key Cast	“JC”
Isael Yudexi de la Torre Mesa	Key Cast	“Rita”
Alejandro Palomino Infante	Key Cast	“David”
David Pérez Pérez	Key Cast	“Roberto”
Camila Chile	Key Cast	“Camila ( Rita’s daughter”
Idolka De Erbit	Key Cast	“dolores”

Kaminda

A visual poem of a 3-year-old boy’s journey of self-discovery.
Kaminda revisits David’s childhood adventures narrated by a young voice in spoken words written by Juan-Carlos Goilo.
From the dry northern plains to the atmospheric damp caves, Kaminda takes you through the rustic landscapes of Curaçao with stunningly captured scenes. Hear the primitive sounds of Curaçao’s “Muzik di Zumbi” accompanied by scenes shot under water, on land and in the air.

The unpredictability of nature and a 3-year-old boy presented some challenges when shooting certain scenes. But there where also these moments where all I had to do was press record and watch something amazing unfold in front of me.
This resulted in a film that resembled the purity of the story.

In 2017 I created my first film on an iPhone 6. Since then I’ve been experimenting with mobile film. When shooting on mobile the rules are completely different. This drives me to think outside the box and think of creative ways to capture that epic scene.

David van Delden	Director
Juan-Carlos Goilo	Writer	Sound design
Sorandy Sint Jacobs	Music
Neldrick Martis	Music
Zane de Wind	Key Cast	“Little kid”
Lucca Elisabeth	Key Cast	“Young voice”

Road 721

Road 721 is an allegory about global warming. Set in a number of California forests it tells the tale of Sam, a photo journalist from Los Angeles whose dream has been to write an essay about the state of forestry in the Redwoods as well as other wooded areas in the Western United States.

What he encounters on his journey is mysterious, puzzling and ultimately terrifying.

Road 721 is an environmental ghost story. A cautionary tale about our careless attitude toward the natural world and what occurs as a result of it.

Lucinda Luvaas	Director	A Style, A Working Man’s Apocrypha, Outcry, Running Through History, Welcome to Saint Angel
Lucinda Luvaas	Writer	The Tower of Hate, The Human Chorus, Outcry, Running Through History, LA Style
William Luvaas	Writer	The Seductions of Natalie Bach, Going Under, Welcome to Saint Angel
Lucinda Luvaas	Producer	Welcome To Saint Angel, A Working Man’s Apocrypha, The Human Chorus, Outcry, Running Through History, LA Style
Sammy Corrado IV	Key Cast	“Sam”	LA Style, Welcome to Saint Angel, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3072864/
Alexandra Lovelace	Key Cast	“Norma Jean Wright”	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5719446/
William Luvaas	Key Cast	“The Woodsman”	Welcome to Saint Angel, A Working Man’s Apocrypha
Katrina Casmer	Key Cast	“Catherine Collins”	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4254607/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Duff Brenner	Key Cast	“Camper Couple”
Ricki Rycraft	Key Cast	“Camper Couple”

WADAYAZE

Two men meet by accident at the beach and have a vision of past and future life.

Grohmann, Dieter Michael	Director	A Walk in the Park
Grohmann, Dieter Michael	Writer	When I was 5 or 6 years old
Grohmann, Dieter Michael	Producer	follow me
Marrakchi, Talal	Key Cast	“Kami”
Just, Alexander	Key Cast	“Alex”
Vandezande, Shania	Director of Photography	A Walk in the Park
Mahla, Jens	Original Score	A Walk in the Park

Privacy & The Power Of Secrets

“Privacy & The Power of Secrets” is Alan Kryszak’s 4th Downeast Documentary, featuring a University of Maine at Machias film crew. The new feature documentary follows recent films featured on Maine Public Television: “When The Chevy Breaks”, “Who Made You In America?” & the Docs Without Borders award-winning “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction”.

Deeply held, seldom known histories & current secrets range from lone lighthouse keepers in the Atlantic, to technology & privacy through the eyes of Passamaquoddy Tribal Members, Chinese citizens, Downeast store owners & a hard look at the cruelest dog experimentation lab left in the nation.

Secrets explored include a Maine family distantly related to the Governor responsible for starting & stopping the Salem Witch Trials, a lost interracial village near Machias, Maine, & China’s facial recognition & “Citizen Social Score”, shown to not differ greatly from the Credit Bureaus that determine a US citizen’s ability to work, rent, buy, drive or possess a cell phone.

AIM (American Indian Movement) activist Maynard Stanley reveals secrets of exposing crimes against Passamaquoddy residents in Coastal Maine, through a neighborhood watch gang, & environmental activist Sandra Birnhak, shares efforts to end live dog research at Texas A & M University.

The UMM student crew includes Aquila Chase, Cassie Wilcoxson, DeMauria Tropet, Dawn Johnson, Andrew Duval, Billy Bentz, Grace Turse, Elias Reyes, Julian Bauman and Shneider Vil.

Alan Kryszak	Director	“When The Chevy Breaks”, “Who Made You In America?” & the Docs Without Borders award-winning “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction”, “Time Without Guilt”, “Before You Leave”, “Floaters”
Alan Kryszak	Writer	“When The Chevy Breaks”, “Who Made You In America?” & the Docs Without Borders award-winning “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction”, “Time Without Guilt”, “Before You Leave”, “Floaters”
Alan Kryszak/Downeast Documentary	Producer	“When The Chevy Breaks”, “Who Made You In America?” & the Docs Without Borders award-winning “Whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction”, “Time Without Guilt”, “Before You Leave”, “Floaters”
Various witnesses to the dimensions of privacy in the 21st Century, including Cody & Bonnie Phipps, AIM activist Maynard Stanley, activist Sandra Birnhak,	Key Cast
Aquila Chase, Cassie Wilcoxson, DeMauria Tropet, Dawn Johnson, Andrew Duval, Billy Bentz, Grace Turse, Elias Reyes, Julian Bauman and Shneider Vil	UMM Film Crew	Downeast Documentary

Locked Up

This is a song / music video about stumbling around in these frightening and crazy times. It’s about feeling Locked Up … in a Strange World.

Paul Cozens	Director
Peter Renzullo	Director	Anticipation
Paul Cozens	Writer
Martin Vogt	Writer
Paul Cozens	Key Cast
Kevin Cozens	Key Cast
Riley Cozens	Key Cast
Ellis Cozens	Key Cast
Finn Elliott	Key Cast
Martin Vogt	Key Cast
Millie Vogt	Key Cast
Paul Cozens	Producer
Peter Renzullo	Producer	Anticipation

MEKONG 2030

MEKONG 2030 is a film anthology, comprising five stories that envision the future of the Mekong River from different cultural perspectives. Set in the year 2030, it aims to both entertain and inspire audiences to actively protect this critical life source.

Anocha Suwichakornpong	Director	By The Time It Gets Dark
Pham Ngoc Lan	Director	Blessed Land
Kulikar Sotho	Director	The Last Reel
Anysay Keola	Director	At The Horizon
Sai Naw Kham	Director	32 Souls
Pham Ngoc Lan	Writer	Blessed Land
Anocha Suwichakornpong	Writer	By The Time It Gets Dark
Paul Charbonneau	Writer
Kulikar Sotho	Writer	The Last Reel
Ian Masters	Writer	The Last Reel
Shunn Lei Swe Yee	Writer
Anysay Keola	Writer	At The Horizon
Gabriel Shaya Kuperman	Producer
Alex Curran-Cardarelli	Producer
Nick Ray	Producer
Hang Sokharo	Producer
Anysay Keola	Producer
Soe Arkar Htun	Producer
Worarat Sawatdpisan	Producer
Pham Ngoc Lan	Producer
Ngo Dai Trang	Producer
Tran Thi Bich Ngoc	Producer
Ma Rynet	Key Cast
Toun Sophy	Key Cast
Rous Monty	Key Cast
Khamtao Changhavong	Key Cast
Khamlee Philavong	Key Cast
Khamhou Phanludeth	Key Cast
Mi Gei	Key Cast
Caleb	Key Cast
Hay Lar May	Key Cast
Nonthachan Prakobsup	Key Cast
Ha Hoang	Key Cast
Minh Chau	Key Cast
Ha Phong	Key Cast
Wean Le	Key Cast
Naomi Huynh	Key Cast

The Man Behind The White Guitar

A spectrum of people, voices, and textures, “The Man Behind the White Guitar” is a film about the musical life of Brazilian guitarist José Pires de Almeida Neto. His music and energy have been behind major world musicians, including Harry Belafonte and Steve Winwood, as well as Brazilian greats, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira. His diverse musical journey from Brazil to the United States and England and deep life challenges have taught him the values of loyalty, devotion, and positive vision that speak through his sounds and performing spirit. He’s touched the lives of the most unsuspecting fans worldwide.

Richard Michael	Director
Richard Michael	Writer
Barbara McVeigh	Writer	Racing with Copepods
Margot Van Riper	Writer
Jose Pires de Almeida Neto	Writer
Barbara McVeigh	Producer	Racing with Copepods
Jose Pires de Almeida Neto	Key Cast
Harry Belafonte	Key Cast	Sing Your Song; The Angel Divine; The World, the Flesh and the Devil; Carmen Jones; We Are the World; The Great Depression;
Steve Winwood	Key Cast	Steve Winwood: English Soul (Full BBC Documentary)
Airto Moreira	Key Cast
Flora Purim	Key Cast
Paul Liberatore	Key Cast

Beauty for Ashes

A film showcasing the power of forgiveness in the most challenging of circumstances.

Ella SohnKey CastPhil SohnKey CastJulian YorkExecutive ProducersJason FittlerCinematographyJason FittlerEditorJamie HumphrisEditor

Jamie Humphris	Director
Phil Sohn	Writer
Jamie Humphris	Producer
Joshua Osborne	Key Cast
Ella Sohn	Key Cast
Phil Sohn	Key Cast
Mark Zschech	Executive Producers
Julian York	Executive Producers
Jason Fittler	Cinematography
Jason Fittler	Editor
Jamie Humphris	Editor

Wandering…But Not Lost

Under cover of darkness and with no word of his plans, much-beloved Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche walked away from his life on the international stage to live that of a wandering yogi. Unheard of among eminent teachers today, such a practice is rife with hardships. For Mingyur Rinpoche, these challenges—begging, finding food and shelter, illness, and all the attendant risks of wandering incognito from place to place with the barest of possessions—present fertile ground for deepening insight into the true nature of the mind.

Wandering . . . But Not Lost is an intimate account of Rinpoche’s four-and-a-half-year retreat (June 2011 – November 2015) interspersed with the master’s own guidance in applying Buddhist wisdom to our daily modern lives.

The story begins in Bodhgaya, India at the monastery of this renowned meditation master and teacher, best-selling author, and abbot of three monasteries worldwide. Recounting the night of his disappearance in detail, the film follows Rinpoche through his first days and weeks, including his near-death experience and the insight he gains as a result.

In vibrant and sweeping footage, WNL then traces his path—by foot, bus, train, and rickshaw—over the plains of northern India and into the mountains, hermitages, and caves of the Himalayas. Along the way, Rinpoche shares the wisdom he gained from these experiences in candid insights.

The story turns when Tashila, long-time attendant and friend of Rinpoche, spots him in Kathmandu at the Great Stupa of Boudhanath. Tashila, filled with inspiration, implores Rinpoche to allow him to join him. Rinpoche refuses at first, but when Tashila agrees to commit to a three-year wandering retreat, Rinpoche consents. The gain is ours: Tashila provides audiences a window into Rinpoche’s compassion and kindness for others. He recounts the yogi’s interactions with strangers in which he offers meditation techniques and Buddhist philosophy to anyone who asks or shows interest.

Layered over this story is exotic footage of ancient and holy places, such as Langtang, Nubri, Dolpo, and Lapchi where Tibet’s most famous yogi and poet Jetsun Milarepa (1052-1135) lived in solitary meditation. Kushinagar, where the Buddha passed away, Varanasi, Rishikesh, Ladakh, and Amritsar are also featured, along with one of the holiest Hindu shrines on the subcontinent: Vaishno Devi, reached by an arduous 14-kilometer hike up a mountain path full of joyous Hindu pilgrims.

“The entire path is a shift in perception,” says Mingyur Rinpoche. These and other words of wisdom culled from his extraordinary wandering retreat and devoted adherence to his meditative practice will touch—and inspire—audiences everywhere.

Paul MacGowanWriterCortland DahlWriterPaul MacGowanEditorYongey Mingyur RinpocheKey CastVajradhara Tai Situ RinpocheKey CastTsokni RinpocheKey CastLama TashiKey CastPeter CoyoteNarratorPaul MacGowanCamera OperatorsPeter KentCamera OperatorsDavid LassiterCamera OperatorsBrian FinneyProduction AssistantsUma HelleProduction AssistantsJames HopkinsProduction AssistantsJennifer KerkerProduction AssistantsNita LescherProduction AssistantsAdrian SmithProduction AssistantsLiam TataProduction AssistantsDouglas CampbellGraphicsCraig SpothGraphicsArtem MostovyiSound Mix

Paul MacGowan	Director
Paul MacGowan	Producer
Kimberly Danforth	Writer
Cortland Dahl	Writer
Paul MacGowan	Editor
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche	Key Cast
Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche	Key Cast
Tsokni Rinpoche	Key Cast
Lama Tashi	Key Cast
Peter Coyote	Narrator
Paul MacGowan	Camera Operators
Peter Kent	Camera Operators
David Lassiter	Camera Operators
Brian Finney	Production Assistants
Brian Finney	Production Assistants
Uma Helle	Production Assistants
James Hopkins	Production Assistants
Jennifer Kerker	Production Assistants
Nita Lescher	Production Assistants
Adrian Smith	Production Assistants
Liam Tata	Production Assistants
Douglas Campbell	Graphics
Craig Spoth	Graphics
Artem Mostovyi	Sound Mix