2017

Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
10 minutes
Director:
Eric Shahinian

A devoted husband is forced to confront his doubts about remaining the caretaker of his wife suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Narrative Feature
Canada
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
34 minutes
Director:
Ryan M. Andrews

After fame abandons him in an apathetic existence of misery and self-loathing, a writer's infatuation with his "muse" becomes a dangerous obsession.

Narrative Short
United States
Runtime:
12 minutes
Director:
Brad Riddell

A concert pianist (David Pasquesi) receives a startling omen as he struggles to recover from a traumatic brain injury.

Narrative Short
Australia
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Elli Iliades

Iris lives on an isolated farm in northwest Tasmania where she and her sisters have few friends and minimal connection with the outside world. Iris often thinks about leaving but when she tells her father, Theodore, of her plans, he seems reluctant to let her go. He gives her a gift to take with her on her travels: a necklace that is an heirloom in his family. But Iris soon starts to realize that there is much more to this necklace than meets the eye. There is much more to Theodores gift.

Documentary Feature
Austria
Runtime:
1 hour(s)
42 minutes
Director:
Vlado Priborsky

This is the life story of Vlado, born behind the Iron Curtain in Kuřim, in the former Czechoslovakia.  When he is 12 years old his parents decide to move to Vienna.  What follows is the discovery of a whole new world, the world of movies. Soon young Vlado’s passion for films results in his own short films.  And from the beginning at the back of his mind, the desire to someday make a feature film …

Experimental
Iran
Runtime:
40 minutes
Director:
Ali Sharifi

FUSION is a step toward cinematography. It is a line between cinema and video. Edit and installation convey a feeling ... a unique feeling ... and every human being feels in a unique way. That is how cinema and the audience meet. Installation should be close to a poem, therefore, the pictures should replace the words. The important pictures are the inspirational and poetical ones that fascinate us with new discoveries just by staring at them.

Documentary Short
Canada
Runtime:
28 minutes
Director:
Inder Nirwan

Each year, thousands of grizzlies are killed worldwide for entertainment. Diving deep into the controversy across Canada and the United States,TROPHY asks: can we truly justify killing these animals for sport?

Documentary Short
Japan
Runtime:
16 minutes
Director:
Thom Southerland

Eighty-seven year-old Kaei Uechi recalls his experiences as a conscript in the Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa, the largest battle of World War II.

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