A showcase of the best new films from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: ROTTEN APPLE
Best Short Film: ALWAYS AND FOREVER
Best Story: CARDBOARD
Best Documentary: HOW WE ROLL
HOW WE ROLL, 16min,. USA
Directed by Anthony Ciancio
What started as a little idea becomes a local phenomenon. Meet the passionate folks who have reinvigorated this ancient game as a means of escape and finding common ground in their community. Meet The Elmwood Park Bocce League.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-how-we-roll
Always and Forever, 22min., USA
Directed by Johnny Thames
An obsessive, controlling teenager kidnaps her boyfriend to play a bizarre, self destructive game. But things become complicated when the boy demands a stop. The film comments on how trauma if not confronted and resolved will lead to co-dependent and potentially destructive results, while providing enough empathy toward accountability.
https://www.instagram.com/alwaysnforever_film
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-always-and-forever
CARDBOARD, 23min., USA
Directed by Diana Densmore
A neglected young girl builds a cardboard time machine and runs away to the future only to find her adult self in the throes of depression, as the two connect they remind each other of the joy of loving oneself.
https://www.instagram.com/flusshausfilms
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-cardboard
ROTTEN APPLE, 81min., USA
Directed by Justin Hunt
A truly groundbreaking docu-drama, ‘Rotten Apple’ is an alarming exposé on the dark epidemic of grooming and sexual assault in public schools and the eminent ripple effect.
https://instagram.com/whitewhalepictures
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-rotten-apples
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