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Directed by Lindsay HicksWhy I’m A Vegan is a multimedia short film that explores the musician Moby’s journey into veganism and animal rights advocacy. Watch the Audience Feedback Video:

Showcase of the best DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:BEST FILM: BITTER TASTE OF LOVE OR FRAU SCHINDLER’S LISTBEST DIRECTION: SOMETIMES YBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE DESIRE TO LIVE BEST ARTISTS DOCUMENTARY: SCREAM OF THE SOUL Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: SOMETIMES Y, 80min., USADirected by Mike Mihail Controversial Recording… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: April 2022 DOCUMENTARY Feature Film Festival

Directed by Mike MihailControversial Recording Artist Yelawolf & Grammy-Award winning Producer Shooter Jennings embark on recording a classic, Rock And Roll album during the peak of global pandemic chaos and racial civil unrest. They find themselves recording in the exact room in which Prince recorded “Purple Rain” while the world seems to burn around them.… Continue reading Feature Film: SOMETIMES Y, 80min., USA

Directed by Igor VolosetskyThe film is the true story of Oskar Schindler’s wife, Emilie. Although lost to history (and left out of Spielberg’s movie altogether) she was an equal hero who actually washed, clothed and fed the Jews her husband saved.. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Project Links  Website Director Biography – IGOR VOLOSETSKY Igor Volosetsky… Continue reading Feature Film: BITTER TASTE OF LOVE OR FRAU SCHINDLER’S LIST, 52min., Russia

Directed by Mariam AvetisyanStories of the indigenous people of Artsakh, after the recent 44 day war with Azerbaijan and suffering a devastating loss of lives and land. The desire to live is really a right to live on their lands and be protected by the threat of war, genocide and crimes against their humanity. Watch… Continue reading Feature Film: THE DESIRE TO LIVE, 90min., Armenia

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:BEST FILM: STILL ROLLING PAPERSBEST DIRECTION: ANYTHING CAN HAPPENBEST ENVIRONMENTAL: echoesBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: LOST ARTBEST SOUND & MUSIC: LIVING AND DYING ON SEPTEMBER 11th – A FAMILY STORY Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: LOST ART, 16min. USADirected by Leif Ramsey When the… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: April 2022 Documentary Short Film Festival

Directed by Ned Warner, Dirk RasmussenA few days before her 18th birthday, dog sled musher and playwright Bekah Grim found her parents had secretly packed her bags to send her to a halfway house. Her parents were emerging from a conservative Mennonite cult, and to them, Bekah’s teenage rebellions were not understood or tolerated. Watch… Continue reading Short Film: MOTHER DAUGHTER, 12min., USA

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Directed by Dr. Jan Philipp BurgardLiving and Dying on September 11th – a Family Story, by Jan Philipp Burgard takes a heart wrenching look at the tragic death of Sebastian Gorki, a German who was killed when the World Trade Center towers were attacked in New York City , he was 27. His wife Paula,… Continue reading Short Film: LIVING AND DYING ON SEPTEMBER 11th – A FAMILY STORY, 34min., Germany

Directed by John TsiavisSome people choose to be an activist, for others, it’s an ongoing fight for survival. This is a ‘moving portrait’ of Mellow, a trans, non-binary activist in Los Angeles. The story of moving out of darkness into the light, turning hardship into positivity. Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Director Biography – John Tsiavis… Continue reading Short Film: MELLOW, 3min., USA