Proud to showcase amazing films to for the 2nd FREE Action/Fantasy/Thriller Film Festival. Over 600 films were submitted. This is an exclusive lineup of the best short films in the world today.
Audience Awards:
Best Short Film: FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Best 3D Animation: HE FOUND HIS WAY OUT
Best Action Film: BUBBLEMAN SUPERSTAR MISSION EL COBRA
Best Action/Crime Film: THE HITMAN’S BROTHER
Best Adaptation Film: VALDEMAR
Best Animation: MOVEMENT
Best Cinematography: XEROCOLES
Best Comedy/Thriller: MOVEMENT
Best Cyberpunk Film: CNX´S
Best Direction: CAFE MARYLIN
Best Dystopian Film: THE SLAUGHTERHAUS
Best Experimental Film: ATLAS OF UNCERTAINTY
Best Fan Fiction Film: THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM
Best Fantasy Film: TILL THE END OF THE WORLD
Best Horror Film: HELLO DARKNESS
Best Horror/Drama: EMBRACE
Best Micro-Short: SWIMMING POOL – FUSHIGI MAN
Best Mystery Film: I AM JUNE
Best Paranormal Film: AURORA
Best Performances: EGO EST
Best Quest Film: SAINT-SACRIFICE
Best Relationship Film: HAPPY PEOPLE HAVE NO PAST…,
Best Romance Film: THE FOURTH
Best Sci-Fi Film: NO OXYGEN
Best Story: SHADOW
Best Student Film: A CRYING DOLL
Best Suspense Film: THE BLACK THREAD
Best Sound & Music: THE RADIANCE OF ETERNITY
Best Terror Film: NO MAN’S LAND
Best Thriller Film: ÉLUDER
Monday April 1st – UNDER 5 MINUTE Shorts
XEROCOLES, 5min., USA
Directed by Karan Lines
A USBP car is driven down the Texas desert road on a hot steamy august day with country music being played on a backdrop. Across the horizon, a bandit sits on the mountain aiming his sniper at the car. A shot is fired and hits the BP officer. The car wiggles down the ditch. The sniper Bandit comes down the terrain and steals all the money from the USBP. He approaches the USBP car to steal when suddenly a surprising element appears from the trunk of the car. Xerocoles shares the story of the three deserter characters with the taste of an indie crime cinema in a pseudo-western world.
HAPPY PEOPLE HAVE NO PAST…, 5min., France
Directed by Patrick Guillain
To live happily, let’s live hidden
THE RADIANCE OF ETERNITY, 4min., Malta
Directed by Maurice Micallef
Somewhere in a surreal universe is a world of winged horses, giraffes and elephants, golden dragons and birds, unicorns, fairies, flaming and smoky lions, gigantic butterflies, radial cows, purple flying jellyfish, and green zebras, all overlooked by Medusa and the mythical god Zeus. It is a universe where all faiths meet in a colorful harmony.
https://www.facebook.com/CMM-Productions-102460285380409
THE FOURTH, 4min., Dominican Republic
Directed by Danny Camacho
Nelson, a weirdo looking for love. His roommates make fun of him after his unsuccessful attempts.
http://www.blackmielfilms.com/
https://facebook.com/blackmiel
https://instagram.com/blackmiel
THE HITMAN’S BROTHER, 3min., USA
Directed by Alex Stathis, Devin Bauer
We open on the sun as it sets and the rain falls from the sky. In front of a dry cleaners stands a man, MARCUS. He is a well dressed, professional looking man of Chinese descent and early 30s.
https://www.instagram.com/thehitmansbrother/
MOVEMENT, 3min., Armenia
Directed by Hossein Moradizadeh
Moving inwards, continuous and eternal.
http://www.moradizadeh.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hossein.moradizadeh.7/
https://www.instagram.com/mora.films/
ALMOST A HAPPY WORLD, 3min,. Dominican Republic
Directed by Danny Camacho
Jefri and Ariel are roommates who live a life immersed in worldly pleasures, consumerism and an excessive connection to the network that makes them increasingly disconnected.
https://instagram.com/blackmiel
EMBRACE, 2min., France
Directed by Axel Zeltser
Mélanie walks past the same alley every day without noticing the strange metal bucket there.
https://www.instagram.com/axoul_brian/
SWIMMING POOL – FUSHIGI MAN, 2min., Israel
Directed by Natalia Ryss
Fushigi Man’s Incredible Journey in the Swimming Pool
https://facebook.com/NataliaRyss/
https://instagram.com/onza68/
Tuesday April 2nd – UNITED STATES SHORTS
I AM JUNE, 18min., USA
Directed by Robert Gilliland
June is working on a cuckoo clock when she hears a noise outside. She goes to the window and spots Alex Rios sitting on the curb. He snaps a photo of her as she waves back. Her mother, Dr. Rivers enters asking what she is doing. She explains that a man outside looks like her. Dr. Rivers scolds her and explains that people will be sacred of her. June asks why as Dr. Rivers leaves. Dr. Rivers smashes the guy’s camera. Later June breaks out of the house to grab the broken pieces of the camera. She repairs the camera and brings it out when she realizes he is back. He thanks her for doing this as she asks to be taken to the art gallery. Dr. Rivers returns home to find June missing.
http://robert-gilliland.com/
https://www.facebook.com/IamJuneshortfilm/
AURORA, 30min., USA
Directed by Thomas Negovan, Aaron Sharps
The true story of the first documented UFO crash in American history. Written and directed by Thomas Negovan and Aaron Shaps.
http://www.cinando.com/cintamanifilms
https://www.facebook.com/cintamanifilms
THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM, 32min., USA
Directed by Dark Hoffman
Two young JEDI, Daptain Drovat and his Padawan, were secrectly sent by the Rebellion to find the Blood Crystal, rumored to have infinite powers. A young Sith races to an abandoned Imperial Kyber mining base on the moons of Orsicca in order to procure the crystal fo the Empire. Following orders from the Rebellion and the Empire, both Sith and Jedi have found themselves on the same moon, fighting to find the Blood Crystal…
A CRYING DOLL, 10min., USA
Directed by Karan Lineswala
Marvilyn Eugene has been a captive along with her 9 year old son most of her life by her sexually abusive husband. On a cold mysterious dawn, she decides to break the sacred vow by brutally murdering her husband and runs away along with her son and escape such nightmares.
Wednesday April 3rd – EUROPEAN SHORTS
BUBBLEMAN SUPERSTAR MISSION EL COBRA, 14min., France
Directed by Alban Gily, Thierry Bonneau
Mexico, U.S. border. The wall is complete. Bubbleman, a flippant secret agent from Zeroland, goes there. His very special mission: tear down the wall and repair the future. But things don’t quite go as planned…
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eJLzmw
https://fr-fr.facebook.com/alan.chiasse
https://www.instagram.com/alanchiasse/?hl=fr
SHADOW, 17min., Greece
Directed by Ifigenia Dimitriou
The film SHADOW focuses on the nocturnal urban wanderings of a woman, experiencing an inner crisis.
http://www.ifigeniadimitriou.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ifitaz
NO OXYGEN, 32min., Greece
Directed by Nikos Kourou
After a global disaster, a man wakes up among the ruins, in a dystopic environment. Finding his brother dead he realizes that he may be the only survivor on Earth. While struggling to survive, he soon finds out that life is incompatible with the new reality of the planet.
CAFE MARYLIN, 27min., Hungary
Directed by András Reszeli-Soós
The well-known actor with one of the most famous voices in the country is invited to a meeting at Café Marylin, where over a cup of coffee, he is faced with the strange fact that his host’s voice is almost exactly the same as his own. And his vocal doppelganger knows a lot about him. Probably, much more than you can get from the tabloids.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21440792/
https://www.facebook.com/cafemarylin
https://www.instagram.com/cafe.marylin/
HE FOUND HIS WAY OUT, 6min,. Greece
Directed by Vasiliki Kappa
An old man loses contact with reality, as he revels in his chilhood memories. He now sees the human soul clearly but can’t remember how to get back home.
http://www.kounta-production.gr/
https://www.facebook.com/KOYINTA.Production/
ATLAS OF UNCERTAINTY, 7min., Italy
Directed by Massimo Vito Avantaggiato
Atlas of Uncertainty is an experimental music video based on the representation of 4 Classical elements, that typically refer to the concepts in Ancient Greece of water, fire, earth and aether, which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances.
HELLO DARKNESS, 9min., Germany
Directed by Sönke Hünding, Christian Skibinski
It is a dark and cold night when two people meet at a lonely train station.
https://www.instagram.com/trueskibinski/?hl=en
Thursday April 4th – SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SHORTS
VALDEMAR, 13min,. Chile
Directed by Pablo Icaza
Based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. A mesmerist wants to see behind death, so he agrees with a dryng person to be hipnotized prior to death.
http://www.cinando.com/cintamanifilms
https://www.facebook.com/cintamanifilms
FOLLOW THE LIGHT, 17min,. New Zealand
Directed by Cameron Madams
The film follows Lena, a first-year student, returning to Wellington with a desire to connect with her Māori culture. Through her dreams, and with the help of the mysterious Tai, Lena’s curiosity leads her on a fantastical journey to confront the secrets of her past, present, and future.
NO MAN’S LAND, 15min., Argentina
Directed by Enzo Pedroni, Francisco Castro Inveninato
Threatened by imminent danger, Victoria and her baby seek refuge in an abandoned chapel where they meet Aquiles, an elusive village survivor who gives them shelter. Their bond will be tested when their paths cross with “El Golfista”, a young man who makes many promises.
https://www.instagram.com/tierra.de.nadie1/?hl=es
CNX´S, 15min., Argentina
Directed by Bernardo Alejandro LORENZO
Abel lives in a complex where he interacts with a strange talking computer and develops an alienating job under a system of merits and punishments. Due to the deterioration that this routine generates, he needs to add more merits to update his biomechanical body and continue to be functional. For that, he receives the help of a delivery man who allows him to develop a plan to hack the system. When he succeeds, he discovers the truth about the environment in which he is immersed.
https://www.instagram.com/cnxs_cortometraje/
THE BLACK THREAD, 8min., Argentina
Directed by Bernardo Alejandro, LORENZO
Blanca Ravenna aged and sick, selects young Alma to assist her in homework and personal matters. During the first night there are strange appearances of dolls and a mysterious trunk.
https://www.instagram.com/elhilonegro.cortometraje/
THE SLAUGHTERHAUS, 9min,. Chile
Directed by Gonzalo Sepulveda
Based on a Nicanor Parra poem, A dystopian thriller about Meat Consumption and Global Warming.
http://www.cinando.com/cintamanifilms
https://www.facebook.com/cintamanifilms
Friday April 5th – SHOWCASE SHORTS
SAINT-SACRIFICE, 15min., Canada
Directed by Jean-Claude Leblanc
He had promised her love and faithfulness until death do them part, but Antoine, the widower, will be willing to lose his soul to be reunited with his wife on the other side.
https://www.facebook.com/saintsacrificedsaxefilms
TILL THE END OF THE WORLD, 14min,. Japan
Directed by Keishi Suenaga
The Earth has been invaded by extraterrestrial biological entities that possess much more intelligence than humans. They send “Domes” to replace our lands with theirs. At this point, we have almost nothing to do with the “Domes” but run away from them and wait for the end of our world.
https://www.facebook.com/tillendofworld/
https://www.instagram.com/keishi_suenaga_filmmaker/
EGO EST, 11min., Armenia
Directed by Arsen Arakelyan
One tries to find their real face, to find themselves, themselves real always, everywhere, at all times… Movie “Ego est”, the main character of which is a man without any name, a man without any face, is dedicated to this difficult search. “Who am I?” is a question torturing the main character. In self-knowledge attempt he is trying different masks on without realizing that he is searching in the wrong place. “This is me” – EGO EST – the answer is found. Found in a very unexpected place. As one should LOOK INWARD, one should search IN THEMSELVES…
ÉLUDER, 10min., UK
Directed by Simeon Lumgair
An envelope arrives at the hotel room of an Academic with a photo of a woman inside. By chance he meets the woman, fearing her life is in danger he plans to save her before the hitman gets to her.
http://www.quirkymotion.com/films/%C3%A9luder
https://facebook.com/quirkymotion
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