Director/Writer/Producer: Max Albrecht
Cinematographer: Anna Liepelt
Country: Germany
Project Type: Short
Overview: A journalist on the cold trail of their missing grandfather discovers a fabled house overlooking a remote town. As their investigation continues, they discover disturbing evidence of extradimensional experimentation and unearth their grandfather's fate.
Director Biography: Born in the south of England and raised in the north, while studying a physics degree at university Max identified film-making as a way to combine his various creative interests, including writing, visual composition, acting, and composing songs and soundtracks. Max is a lifelong fan of sci-fi, horror, fantasy and surreal films, and draws upon his own scientific knowledge and medical experience of surviving cancer at an early age to colour the philosophies behind the characters and worlds in his films.
Director: Shaun Stone-Riley
Writer/Producer: Mark Quinn
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Short
Overview: ‘Cheese and Onion’ is a police crime drama highlighting how a small dispute can escalate out of hand and lead to tragic consequences. Set in present day rural West Yorkshire, the narrative follows a police sergeant as she takes revenge on her husband's young mistress. Highlighting the abuse of power, injustice and the destruction of a young woman’s dream, Cheese and Onion is a story that audiences of all ages and walks of life will find thought-provoking.
Director Biography : I'm working class, mixed heritage, Gen Z with a passion for grass roots, hands on filmmaking. I seek to give a voice to narratives that deal with specific cases of austerity and Injustice and its effect on northern working-class multiculturalism. something close to my heart.
Director: Den Hook
Writer: Olga Loyanich
Producers: Olga Loyanich, Alexander Kalushkin
Country: Russian Federation
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Drama
Overview: Beauty Lyuba is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her relationship with her husband has come to a standstill - she is tired of enduring bullying and insults, but cannot find the strength to leave. Together with her friends, Lyuba goes on a retreat in the Russian outback, where shamans perform secret rituals to help the wards face their fears. But it so happened that Lyuba's main fear is a meeting with herself. And from yourself, unlike the clergy, do not run away.
Director Statement: This project is very important for us not only as a film, but also as a massage to all young woman in the World about abuse and how it goes and also it is our manifestation against an abuse.
Director/Writer/Producer: Marc Blasweiler
Country: Germany
Project Type: Musical, Feature
Overview: The Fate of Cysalion is a three-hour live-action musical that blurs the line between film and theatre. It is the centrepiece of a fantasy saga that tells an epochal story of heroes, villains and ancient powers. The story takes place in a distant place called Cysalion. In 1898, the boy Tayen Knightway is sent on a risky mission by the last living Vartori and ponders seminal events that took place some two hundred years earlier. An epic adventure unfolds before the viewer's eyes as two young girls embark on a breathtaking journey amidst kingdoms and empires.
Director Statement: This film will always be special to me because there were many triggers for it. On the one hand, there was always this dream of making my own film, which would then be shown on the big screen in the cinema. On the other hand, I often got strong feedback from my sweet wife Ariane, my family, friends and acquaintances that I should make a film of my theatre and musical productions.
Director/Writer/Producer: Radhakrishnan Gopal
Country: India
Project Type: Short
Overview: A Group of so called INTELECT NAXALS, who are plotting a huge rally against the GOVERNMENT'S (LITHIUM) project to protect the soil from environmental impact. A corrupted MINISTER (POLITICIAN) setting up the team of COPS to stop the protest, because he has a personal benefit in the project, if it is signed between the GOVERNMENT and one Multinational Company. So, what is next and the end? Somehow only the mankind is responsible for all environmental impact, ultimately mother nature suffers taking the brunt of all destruction.
Writer: Joshua A Cohen
Country: United States
Genres: Spy, Action, Thriller
Overview: An FSB spy hunting an oligarch team up to stop a Russian terrorist attack on NATO Headquarters
Writer Statement: "Cold War Reboot" is a Euro-spy action thriller, in the vein of Bourne, Bond and Ronin. This is meant to film majority in Greece, and launch a new action franchise.
Director: Steve James Moore
Writer: Connor Wulfric
Producers: Connor Wulfric, Steve James Moore
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Action & Adventure, Distopian, Thriller, Short
Overview: After two decades of political and economical turmoil, society has broken down. We follow Mitchell, a young man and newly declared Dissent, surviving alone as hunter gatherer in the wild for the past 18 months. As Mitchell makes his way through dangerous territories, on a slow route to the Freeland when he finds himself in an interaction he thought not possible.
Writer: Marissa Zumbo
Country: United States
Genres: Drama, Comedy, Television Script
Overview: When the new editor-in-chief of a smalltown florida magazine wants employees to write about sex, it turns the city upside down and forces everyone to re-evaluate their Intimate lives.
Director/Writer: Volkan Özgümüş
Producers: Volkan Özgümüş, Erkut Altındağ
Country: Turkey
Project Type: Horror, Thriller, Short
Overview: Three medical schools students organize a spoofing ritual on the school cadaver for fun. The results of this ritual will be fatal.
Director/Writer/Producer: George Walker
Key Cast "Wyatt Woodley": Sam Strickland
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Long Short
Overview: Tasked with bringing more tourism to the Yorkshire town, a local man struggles to hold the community together, as a crew documents the whole peculiar experience.
Director/Writer: Bruno Urzi
Producer: Alex Sellen
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Animation, Short
Director: Zakea Page
Producers: Zakea Page, K.W. Miller
Country: New Zealand
Project Type: Documentary, Short
Overview: A young New Zealand artist and athlete wins the 2020 Youth Olympic Games medal design competition and fulfills a lifelong dream to perform at the opening ceremonies.
Director Statement: As a child, it was always a dream of mine to win an Olympic medal. Designing the medals and performing at the 2020 Lausanne Youth Olympic Games was both a humbling and invaluable experience in which I realised the value of risk-taking, rising to meet a challenge, and taking part in the Games. It is my belief that sport and art require a strong drive for excellence, dedication, and detail. Having traveled around the world, I witnessed how art and sport both bring together communities and people of diverse backgrounds. Artistry and competition bridge barriers of language and foster connections, mutual understanding, and respect for one another. Drawing synergy from both art and sport, my performance at the Opening Ceremony was a statement against the stereotypical art vs sports dichotomy that New Zealand youth are very often forced into. The documentary highlights the connection between art and sport to demonstrate that investing in both is culturally beneficial for New Zealand, the world of sport, and humanity. It is an opportunity to share what I learned and experienced - a reflection on my individual Olympic journey and the fact that we are all multi-faceted beings. It is my hope that the audience develops a deeper understanding of the beliefs and values that went into my performance - values that align with the Olympic movement which I take pride in as an artist, an athlete, and a New Zealander: Innovation, creativity, and an appreciation for beauty in diversity.
Director/Writer/Producer: Michael D Kretzmer
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Documentary
Overview: A documentary film that tears apart Lithuania's policy of holocaust denial and its official hero worship of mass murderers.
Director Statement: This is a film about honour and justice. It tells the story of a huge injustice and a modern scandal: the Lithuanian government's official policy of using lies to protect known mass murderers. Murderers Like Jonas Noreika, who murdered 14,500 Jews in conditions of unbelievable cruelty. Among his victims were a kindergarten class from the town of Plunge. These children are the symbol of my film, it's voice, and the reason I made it.
Director/Writer: Harry Waldman
Producers: Lance Eliot Adams, Harry Waldman
Country: United States
Project Type: Short
Overview: A young adult (Brian) is visited by his brother, Jeremy, who needs a place to stay as he settles into his new city. The two polar opposite personalities begin to clash as Jeremy's presence poses a threat to Brian's way of life. Brian's uptight personality and unreasonable living standards rub off on Jeremy, creating an incredible amount of tension. Bad blood, stemming from a traumatic past event reveals the shocking truth of the brothers' current situations, as Brian struggles to differentiate between reality and his worst nightmares.
Director Statement: I try to create powerful films that make the viewer feel a wide range of emotions and convey ideas that will linger in the viewers' minds long after the credits roll.
Director: Farhad Bakhtiarikish
Writers: Farhad Bakhtiarikish, Human Esfandiar Nia
Producer: Tilde Westrup
Country: Sweden
Overview: An unhappy married man who still believes in true love finds himself in a dilemma when meets a woman in a virtual dating app called RIFT.
Director Statement: Through this film, I hope to explore the complexities of modern relationships and the search for true love in a digital age. The main character's belief in true love, despite his current unhappiness, adds an additional layer of depth to the story and allows the audience to see the world through his eyes as he grapples with this difficult decision.
Writers: Matt Townsend, Ellana Blacher
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Short Script
Overview: A professional couple book a relaxing break in an AirBnb Lodge in a remote place named 'Silence'. The owners are not the innocents they seem to be and have their own plans for the couple staying in their home.
Director: Faisal Ahmad
Writers: Faisal Ahmad
Country: United Kingdom
Project Type: Long Short
Overview: An intimate portrait of two lovers suffering from dementia and their fractured existence, set across three timelines and centred on the true, tragic love story of Héloïse d'Argenteuil and Abélard in 12th century France.