Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: RESISTANCE – THEY FOUGHT BACK
Best Short Form Short Film: TURN BACK SOUTH
Best Long Form Short Film: MOTHERS: OUT OF A PANDEMIC
Best Sound & Music: FREEDOM HOUSE AMBULANCE – THE FIRST RESPONDERS
Best Direction: I AM KANAKA
Best Cinematography: THE SPIDER WEB
Best Nature: STEWARDS OF THE LAND
Best Student Film: THE MAFIA
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
RESISTANCE – THEY FOUGHT BACK, 111min., USA
Directed by Paula S Apsell, Kirk Wolfinger
They Fought Back: We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto, but how many of us know how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi oppression was? Instead, many believe Jews went to their deaths “like sheep to the slaughter.” Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel and the USA, with participation from renowned Holocaust scholars, Resistance – They Fought Back will provide a needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. Moving personal stories of Jewish resistance fighters, especially brave female couriers, reveal little known exploits across ghettos large and small. Fighting as partisans, thousands of Jews kept Nazis out of the forests of Europe and saved Jewish lives. In six of the most horrific death camps, such as Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor, Jewish prisoners rose in rebellion. And even when weapons were unavailable and armed resistance impossible, Jews banded together to stand up against the Germans in nonviolent ways – documenting war crimes, caring for the sick and needy, educating children, and maintaining a high level of cultural and spiritual observance.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE MAFIA, 11min., USA
Directed by Logan Girdlestone
A short documentary on the best fan base in the NFL: Bills Mafia.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-mafia
https://www.facebook.com/themafiadoc
https://www.instagram.com/themafiadoc
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE SPIDER WEB, 14min., South Africa
Directed by Timothy Donovan Hay
Short documentary about a well known shaper called Spider Murphy, Spider pioneered surfing through the ages and was some of the top surfers board shaper like Shaun Thompson that won the world title in 1977 on a custom shaped Spider Murphy. This documentary is a tribute to a man that still shapes, Surfs, and skates every day at the age of 76 years of age.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
TURN BACK SOUTH, 12min., Mexico
Directed by Franc Gabriel Contreras
Using two decades of archival footage, a Mexican American reporter, himself an immigrant to Mexico, reflects on his 30 years of telling the stories US-bound immigrants.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
STEWARDS OF THE LAND, 7min., USA
Directed by Thomas Wavid Johns, William Hartsock
From large scale range operations in the west to smaller farm flocks in the east, raising sheep improves the quality of our land, supports rural communities, and provides food and fiber for our nation.
https://americanlamb.com/stewards-of-the-land/
https://instagram.com/neonbites
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
I AM KANAKA, 15min., UK
Directed by Genevieve Sulway
Despite a dark history, a local Hawaiian hero fights to save his culture by teaching language, sustainability and life skills to disadvantaged kids.
http://iamkanakafilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064117771149
https://www.instagram.com/saltyparadisefilms
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FREEDOM HOUSE AMBULANCE – THE FIRST RESPONDERS, 28min,. USA
Directed by Annette Banks
This 30-minute documentary explores the rise and fall of Freedom House Ambulance. With rare archival images, the program features the story of inception from an original founder, compelling reflections of surviving paramedics, stories of the world-renowned doctors who trained them, and memories of lifelong Hill District residents.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MOTHERS: OUT OF A PANDEMIC, 27min,. Canada
Directed by Shonna Foster
A look into the experiences of motherhood and womanhood for three women during the pandemic. The film centers on their challenges, learning experiences and growth during this time.
https://www.instagram.com/mothersoutofapandemic/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 