A showcase of the best of new films from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival):
Best Film: HOMEWORK
Best Short Film: 證人
Best Story: THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY
Best Performances: Une Vie après
Best Visual Design: ONE MAN’S LAND
Best Direction: GOTHAM’S ROYALE
HOMEWORK, 96min., India
Directed by Achintta Shankar
https://www.instagram.com/achiintt_cut_it_ok/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/homework-audience-feedback
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE BACKYARD POOL INDUSTRY, 18min., USA
Directed by Derek Frey
Divided over the fate of their rundown pool, the Osgood family is visited by a nocturnal stranger who convinces them to take one last plunge.
https://instagram.com/derek_frey_filmmaker
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/the-current-state-of-the-backyard-pool-industry-audience-feedback
Une Vie après, 27min., France
Directed by Catherine Séru
Mira, a curious and impish six-year-old girl, has a fundamental need in order to explore and understand the world: to feel loved by her mother.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/une-vie-apre-s-audience-feedback
證人, 24min., Taiwan
Directed by 餘華 錢
As the fires of international conflict ignite a global fertilizer shortage and send prices spiraling out of control—coupled with the relentless threat of extreme weather—humanity is fast approaching the absolute limits of our food and water resources.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/shonin-audience-feedback
ONE MAN’S LAND, 19min., USA
Directed by Christopher Vallone
A lone figure moves through the fog of No Man’s Land… unseen, unheard. One Man’s Land is a cinematic WWI short film inspired by legendary Indigenous snipers such as Francis Pegahmagabow.
https://www.instagram.com/valloneworks
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/one-man-s-land-audience-feedback
Gotham’s Royale, 12min., USA
Directed by Joe James Clark
The man who killed Bruce Wayne’s parents has gone missing from Arkham Asylum and it’s up to him to get information out of the new owner, Lex Luthor. However the only way to get to him is to go to a poker table at the infamous Iceberg Lounge. Bruce uses his high profile and access to advanced technology to go all in for the truth but there’s more than chips on the table and he’s in way over his head.
https://instagram.com/CasinoRoad
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/gotham-s-royale-audience-feedback
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