Best Of the Fest

Animation
Australia
Run time:
9m:48s
Director(s):
Michael Cusack

A set of techniques used by someone to manipulate objects secretly to deceive. This is a stop-motion film about illusions. A Man yearns to know his place in the world and how he fits in, when sometimes it's better not to know.

Sleight of Hand

Narrative Feature

Narrative Feature
United Kingdom
Run time:
83 minutes
Director(s):
Henry Scriven

A desperate man hires a crime coach to turn him into the perfect criminal.

How to Become a Criminal Mastermind

Narrative Short

Narrative Short
China
Run time:
23m:0s
Director(s):
Yulin Liu

On Chinese New Year, a little girl learns reality is not what it seems as she discovers how betrayal can be done out of love.

Door God

Documentary Feature

Documentary Feature
United States
Run time:
93 minutes
Director(s):
David Earnhardt & Patricia Sommers Earnhardt

HEAR OUR VOICES tells the inspiring stories of nine children and young adults who are fighting to overcome their mental health issues. Their stories are framed by some of the nation's top mental healthcare experts, who contend that children's mental health issues are real and treatable, occurring with much greater frequency than most people imagine.

A film by award-winning filmmakers David and Patricia Earnhardt, in association with Tennessee Voices for Children, HEAR OUR VOICES reveals the high cost society pays when young people with mental health issues do not receive the help they need. The film makes the case that all children need access to treatments and supports that will make a profound difference in their lives.

Hear Our Voices: Transforming the Children's Mental Health System

Documentary Short

Documentary Short
United States
Run time:
28m:0s
Director(s):
Antonio Sarte

ONE SPARK: THE WORLD'S FIRST CROWDFUNDING FESTIVAL documents the festival itself which took place in Jacksonville, Florida in April 2013, and also tells the stories of the people involved with the first crowdfunding festival ever.

One Spark: The World's First Crowdfunding Festival

Animation/Experimental

Experimental
Germany
Run time:
7m:20s
Director(s):
Maja Oschmann

Synchronising to the music, abstract ink drawings 'grow' in an interplay of curiosity, timid encounters, dynamic pursuits and confrontation, stimulating many emotions, which carry us off on a poetical journey to a musical world of pictures.

Virtuous Virtuell

Innovation & Education

Animation
Canada
Run time:
23m:23s
Director(s):
Xstine Cook

An animated history of the city of Calgary and Earl Grey School from the big bang up to the present, created by 180 elementary school students.

Nil Nisi Optimum

Audience Award

Documentary Short
United States
Run time:
52m:25s
Director(s):
Scott Peterson

A unique documentary film about railroad motor car excursions and the people participating in them. Weekend Railroaders explores the excitement, satisfaction and camaraderie of railroad enthusiasts through personal interviews and action footage from rail cars during speeder runs.

Weekend Railroaders