Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: THE MAN IN THE RED BERET
Best Short Form Short Film: SURVIVAL
Best Long Form Short Film: I GOT CANCELED….AND I DID IT TO MYSELF
Best Direction: I AM….BRIHANNA JAYDE
Best Cinematography: THE TRUE SUMMIT
Best Human Interest Film: A FEMINIST LENS
Best Story: LITTLE EMPTY BOXES
Best Sound & Music: THE WHALE GUITAR: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE
Best Culture Doc: THE WORLD OF MAMA BUTTERFLY
Best Nature Film: SIR BU NU’AYR ISLAND – NATURE’S HAVEN
Best Environmental Film: SIN REFUGIO
Best Human Rights Film: PRESCHOOL TO PRISON
Best First Time Film: MY BROTHER CHARLIE
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
THE MAN IN THE RED BERET, 104min., USA
Directed by Derek Bridges
Chess Master Jude Acers has set up his “World Chess Table” on Decatur Street in the New Orleans French Quarter since 1981, where he continues to play all comers for $5 a game. This is his story.
http://judeacers.com/https://instagram.com/themanintheredberet/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LITTLE EMPTY BOXES, 99min., USA
Directed by Max Lugavere, Chris Newhard
Little Empty Boxes is a feature length documentary from filmmaker Max Lugavere, who chronicles the last several years of his mothers’ life as she battles a mysterious form of Dementia. As Kathy’s world begins to deteriorate around her, Max consults with some of the world’s leading experts in medicine to learn how diet and lifestyle affects our brain.
https://www.booklight.co/littleemptyboxesv
https://www.instagram.com/littleemptyboxes/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE WORLD OF MAMA BUTTERFLY, 4min., China
Directed by Yuqian Cao
A minor ethnic group, Miao, in Guizhou, China, holds butterfly as their totem and applies the symbol in their embroidery.
https://www.instagram.com/yu.qi.an
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SIR BU NU’AYR ISLAND – NATURE’S HAVEN, 51min., United Arab Emirates
Directed by John Martin
The documentary is about the island of Sir Bu Nu’ayr, one of the most important marine reserves in the United Arab Emirates. The four-episode series shed light on the geographical location of the island, its historical importance, in addition to the diverse life that it embraces and the coral reefs that surround the island, which are teeming with unique marine species and organisms.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
I GOT CANCELED….AND I DID IT TO MYSELF, 31min., USA
Directed by Marley Jaxx
In the eye-opening documentary, “I Got Canceled…and I Did It to Myself,” Marley Jaxx embarks on a daring seven-day journey to delve into the controversial world of cancel culture. Through a series of boundary-pushing experiments, Marley intentionally provokes the public to experience firsthand the destructive consequences of this modern phenomenon. As the tension escalates, the documentary takes an unexpected turn when Marley finds herself arrested, sparking heated debates and widespread controversy online. By examining the repercussions of cancel culture, the film seeks to inspire a thought-provoking conversation about its role in shaping our society and whether it is a power we should continue to wield.
https://instagram.com/marleyjaxx
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE TRUE SUMMIT, 30min., USA
Directed by Corban Robbe
This 30-minute documentary follows 14 men and mountaineer Kevin DeVries on a trek to EVEREST BASE CAMP as he prepares to climb in the region after a cardiac arrest. More than a hike in the Himalayas, THE TRUE SUMMIT calls men to the inward journey and the inescapable reality that the change we seek can only be found in a Christ-centered community.
https://graceexplorations.com/true-summit-everest-documentary/
https://www.facebook.com/GraceExplorations/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SIN REFUGIO, 17min., Mexico
Directed by Roberto Bosoms, Andrea Cordoba
When the Mexican government decides to open an agricultural water dam in Chihuahua to pay a water debt to the United States, local farmers battle the military to protect their harvest and livelihoods.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE WHALE GUITAR: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE, 10min., USA
Directed by Shawn Terault
Inspired by Herman Melville’s epic tale, “Moby-Dick or The Whale”, a late-blooming singer/songwriter and former toy designer, Jen Long, acts on a startling vision and commissions the design and build of a remarkable custom electric guitar. It’s body is “The Whale” itself as it snags the mad Captain Ahab in the tangled ropes of his own obsession, and prepares to launch a boat of his whalers to their doom.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
A FEMINIST LENS, 28min., USA
Directed by Pamela French
A Feminist Lens: The Art and Activism of Photographer Joan Roth is an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth. The film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering use of her camera to advocate for homeless women in New York City, document leaders in the U.S. women’s movement from the 1970s to today, and shine a light on the diverse lives of Jewish women around the world.
https://www.afeministlens.com/
https://www.instagram.com/afeministlens/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
PRESCHOOL TO PRISON, 13min., USA
Directed by Dr. Karen Baptiste
Countless children are educationally lynched in the United States with labels such as emotionally disturbed and intellectually disabled, resulting in children under the age of 8 to be shuffled from school to prison for minor infractions; Meanwhile investors are cashing in on this new form of slavery with Black & brown children being disproportionately impacted the most.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MY BROTHER CHARLIE, 12min., USA
Directed by Yogi Chavada
Life is beautiful, but it is also unpredictable. We aren’t always able to live life on our own terms; it has the terms set for us.
http://yogichavada.com/https://www.instagram.com/Chavada_films
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SURVIVAL, 6min., UK
Directed by Qian Zhou
The year 2022, which has just passed, was a tough year for the world, and it was also a challenging year for the UK. The energy crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, the following economic crisis, the pound’s fall, global warming… All of this affects everyone in the world.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
I AM….BRIHANNA JAYDE, 13min., USA
Directed by Kris Bailey
The 2023 Kansas All American Goddess gives viewers and listeners a glimpse of the Drag Queen life and what it means to live life authentically as a gay man.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 