Showcase of the best ACTION/ADVENTURE SHORT FILMS in the world today from the June 12th film festival at the Carlton Cinemas in downtown Toronto, Canada.
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
Best Film: PHANTOM QUARTZ
Best Micro-Short: CRISIS POINT
Best Story: JACK
Best Cinematography: RIVER
Best Performances: EMERGING FROM THE SHADOWS
Best Direction: STAN’S PLAN
Best Adventure Film: ABOVE THE NOISE
Best Action Film: HELLBOUND FUGITIVE
SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:
RIVER, 26min,. Hong Kong
Directed by Lap Fung Cheung
Based on the inescapable karma of the eight sufferings, assassin Fuk Kin Dai Ho runs and hides in the home of an eccentric old man Chung Ha Gong after being injured in the firefight during a mission. Could it be simply chance or fate that brings these two men together since they are both suffering from personal angst relating to the loss of loved ones and does this meeting help them in resolving some of that pain?
https://www.instagram.com/river.shortfilm
Stan’s Plan, 14min., Canada
Directed by Barry Nerling, Baille Reid
Stan, Izzy and Rip, three drug fuelled low life criminals return after a botched robbery of a local gangster. In the process, Stan is shot in the stomach and in a panic, they take one of the Gangster’s men as a bargaining chip only to find out they have taken the Boss’s oldest son.
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Crisis Point, 3min,. Romania
Directed by Valentin Raileanu
As a result of resource depletion, a virus outbreak stripping the afflicted of what makes them human and finally, war, humanity’s sovereignty has fallen. In dwindling numbers, the survivors have been driven out of their homes in the search for safety, while a former soldier travels through the toxic environment in search of a cure.
Emerging from the Shadows, 15min., Belgium
Directed by Mark Stas
Takeda was forced to leave Asia after a tragic incident. He travelled but stayed close to the woods in order to remember his heart, but also to live a new life in Europe and tries to forget his past. After three years this peace is suddenly disturbed. While he goes running in the woods
https://instagram.com/efts_short_movie
HELLBOUND FUGITIVE, 5min,. USA
Directed by Christopher Patrick Vallone
In a desperate bid for freedom, a convict seeks refuge in a decaying fortress within the mountains. He inadvertently enters a nightmarish arena where ancient demons punish the wicked, and survival means fighting hell itself.
JACK, 5min., USA
Directed by Julian Curi
An art connoisseur finds himself on the run after he steals a priceless item from a ruthless man in this fun twist on a classic tale.
http://www.instagram.com/nondracek
Phantom Quartz, 12min., France
Directed by Marc David
Nolan Le, a former DGSE agent, aspires to lead an ordinary life with his daughter after several years of service, but fate intervened differently.
Above The Noise, 6min,. UK
Directed by Adam De Silva
Above The Noise is a documentary short that explores how athlete Maja Kuczynska uses her sport to escape the chaos of the modern world.
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