Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: LITURGY OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES
Best Long Form Short Film: IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Best Feature Film: CANDACE
Best Nature Film: THE TOOL
Best Society Film: MANUFACTURING THE THREAT
Best Human Interest Film: THE WEEDS
Best Historical Film: INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER
Best Cinematography: TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA
Best Sound & Music: A BALANCING ACT
Best Direction: FISHING FOR LITTER
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
CANDACE, 77min., Documentary
Directed by Joie Jacoby
Candace Parker is one of the biggest stars in basketball – a WNBA champion and a pioneer who’s not only fulfilled the weighty expectations that have surrounded her potential since she was just a young teenager, but redefined what it means to be a women’s sports star in the twenty-first century. Now, in the wide-ranging,revealing, and at times intimate ESPN film CANDACE, Parker opens up about her journey through basketball and life, and where she might go from here.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MANUFACTURING THE THREAT, 85min., Canada
Directed by Amy Miller
For the first time ever, a feature-length documentary is examining the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. Manufacturing the Threat is a thrilling and emotional film, which examines a deeply disturbing episode in Canadian history, when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying out a terrorist bombing. Further, viewers learn that this case is far from unique in the context of Canadian intelligence.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE TOOL, 50min., Spain
Directed by Alvaro Mendoza
The way the different wild species use tools may help us to understand how the animal mind works… And it does not go exactly as we have come to believe!
http://www.generadocwildlife.com/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD, 47min., Canada
Directed by Victor Kushmaniuk
Join Global Heroes and adventurer Jeff Fuchs on a thrilling expedition deep into the heart of Colombia’s lush and vibrant Amazon rainforest.
https://www.globalheroes.com/its-a-beautiful-world/
https://www.facebook.com/globalheroesmag/
https://twitter.com/Global_Heroes_m
https://www.instagram.com/global_heroes/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
INTERCEPTION: JAYNE KENNEDY AMERICAN SPORTSCASTER
Directed by Safiya Songhai
A bronze-skin bombshell rocks the world of Sunday Morning Football —millions tune in, but few know the tumultuous story of Jayne Kennedy, the first Black woman to boldly run interception on the racial lines of American sportscasting.
http://www.mpirefilms.com/
https://www.facebook.com/safiya.songhai
https://twitter.com/SafiyaSonghai
https://www.instagram.com/safiyasonghai/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA, 20min., Ukraine
Directed by Andril Andreiev
A film about a yachting expedition to Antarctica to the Antarctic Circle.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
A BALANCING ACT, 10min,. USA
Directed by Matthew Thai Cheung
As highliner, Nathan Paulin, prepares for his next show in the French Alps, he must learn to not only balance on the line, but also his family and work.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FISHING FOR LITTER, 26min., Greece
Directed by Sotiris Danezis
Four experienced fishermen set sail at dawn from the ports of Kavala, Samos, Chios, and Lesvos in the Aegean Sea. They have been behind the wheel of a trawler since they were kids and have noticed significant changes in the last few years. Their nets bring to the surface a disturbing truth about the plastic pollution hidden on the seabed. Forty captains participate in the “Fishing for Litter” program of the “Athanassios C. Laskaridis” Charitable Foundation, which aims to support scientific research, raise awareness in the fishing industry, and promote changes in waste management practices.
http://danezis-stories.com/
https://facebook.com/danezisstories
https://instagram.com/danezis.stories
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE WEEDS, 12min., USA
Directed by Gaofeng Tian
The name of this film is Wild Grass, just like the fate of Chinese Americans.In 2004, the Philadelphia government promulgated the curfew law, mainly restricting the restaurants opened in residential areas to stop operating before 11 pm. In the following 14 years, 96% of the tickets issued by the police station were given to Chinese restaurants. This racially discriminatory law enforcement case was sued by the Chinese restaurant owner against the city government of Philadelphia in 2017. In 2018, the Federal Supreme Court announced that the Chinese restaurant won the case. Thus ending the 15-year discriminatory bill.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LITURGY OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, 12min., Ukraine
Directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
The reality in Ukraine split into before and after the war. Every citizen is trying to contribute to the nationwide resistance. Many people retrained for the needs of the military. Sculptors and metalworkers now make anti-tank obstacles. In the art workshops, among the artwork, anti-tank obstacles are being produced. The artists make the anti-tank obstacles, surrounded by the sculptures of angels, Cossacks, and famous Ukrainian personalities. Statues stand in the corners like a silent army. Multiple copies of Jesus Christ, like a terracotta army, froze in various poses and waiting. Masters weld metal for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 