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Sept. 2024 FAMILY Festival Highlights & Winners
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award:
Best Short: BIRD DRONE
Best Direction: BLACK RAIN IN MY EYES
Best Story: A MOTHERLY HARMONY
See info for each film:
BIRD DRONE, 9min., Australia
Directed by Radheya Jang Jegatheva
A heartfelt story of unrequited love explored through a lonely seagull struggling to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life.
https://www.radheya.net/bird-drone
A MOTHERLY HARMONY, 14min., USA
Directed by Ara Torosian
“A Moment of Stillness” portrays a mother and son navigating a war-torn reality in their family home. Amidst the looming threat, the mother uses music and dance to create fleeting moments of joy for her son.
https://www.instagram.com/amotherlyharmonyshortfilm
BLACK RAIN IN MY EYES, 20min., Syrian
Directed by Amir Athar Soheili, Amir Masoud Soheili
Hessan is a Syrian poet and the father of four blind daughters. He hides the war from his kids. He calls the sound of bullets and explosions a celebration and dancing. Hessan has been invited to attend a poetry forum, but taking the girls out and confronting them with the effects of war is a challenge.
FAMILY Festival BEST Scene: TUKI THE TIGER by Alexis Krasilovsky & Shameen Akhtar
Against a backdrop of poachers, a cyclone and the war for Bangladesh’s independence, a timid young tiger has to learn to fight to reunite her family.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Grandmother Tuki: Hannah Ehman
Tuki: Julie Sheppard
Anni: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
http://www.alexiskrasilovsky.com/Tuki/The-Film.html
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https://www.twitter.com/alexiskrasilov
https://instagram.com/alexiskrasilovsky
June 2024 – FAMILY Film Festival. June 19th.
Showcase of the best FAMILY Films from around the world today.
Playing on the Film Festival streaming service on June 19th and 20th.
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See the Full Lineup of Films:
HORIZONTES, 2min., ArgentinaDirected by Ileana Andrea Gomez Gavinoser
BIRD SEARCHS HORIZONS
CLARITY, 6min,. USA
Directed by Bryce Mackie
The struggle of addiction. The healing in recovery.
LULLABY OF UKRAINE, 3min,. Ukraine
Directed by Alexander Sparinsky
Dedicated to the Children of Ukraine, victims of the brutal Russian invasion… Let everyone ask themselves and the leaders of their countries: what else has to happen, what arguments are needed that Ukraine is finally given the necessary military aid for Victory?
WEIRDOS, 6min,. USA
Directed by Paul Hollingsworth
What if Jasmine and her middle school frenemies are humanity’s best chance at stopping a Monster invasion?
http://www.digitalwizards.tv/
https://www.instagram.com/paul.digitalwizards/
DEATH PENALTY, 11min., Sweden
Directed by Adrian B. Morina
The ultimate wish of the convicted criminal, which shook everyone in the courtroom, in anticipation of the execution, asked as his last wish that the letter was handed over to his mother. The letter read:
http://www.rosaelefantproduktion.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rosaelefant.produktion/
MOBILITY RIGHTS, 20min., USA
Directed by Changhee Chun
Mobility Rights is a poetic visual examination of disabled people’s struggle in South Korea. It portrays the disabled fights being seen after decades of being denied basic rights. As an observation of the daily lives of the disabled and their fights, the film allows the audiences to not only relate to the struggle towards basic rights the disabled endure, but also reflect on their own pursuit of rights and happiness. This film highlights the experiences and challenges that they face from the general public, despite Korea’s emphasis on being a communal society.
GRANDMA PERM, 17min., USA
Directed by Changhee Chun
A personal journey to find mother’s love through this unique and popular hairstyle called “Grandma Perm” in Korea
CAMELLIA FLOWERS, 27min., USA
Directed by Changhee Chun
Using historical texts and real life accounts of victims of the tragedy, “Camellia Flowers” is a short documentary about the Jeju Uprising or the Jeju 4.3 Incident that took place from March 1st, 1947 to September 21st, 1954. Over the course of those 7 years, thousands of lives were lost and even more were impacted. With resilience and perseverance, the people of Jeju heal their community together while asking for apologies from those who were in power at the time of the incident.
EL JINETE AZUL, 4min,. Argentina
Directed by Ileana Gómez
THE CHILD GROWS AND LEARNS TO FACE HIS DIFFICULTIES
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