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AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: FOOTSTEPS Best Short Form Short Film: STANDING IN THE BLINK OF A NIGHT Best Direction: UNDER THE SAME SKY Best Cinematography: CLOWN Best Sound & Music: I HOLD THE DEHCHO IN MY HEART Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – JULY 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

Proud to showcase the winning DOCUMENTARY Feature Film for 2021. MENDING WALLS, 57min., USA, DocumentaryDirected by Pam Hervey, Todd Hervey Artist Hamilton Glass challenges 30 artists from different cultural backgrounds to collaborate on 16 murals in Richmond, VA about race, status and experiences. In real-time footage and testimonial, the film shows how the artists got… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM FESTIVAL – Friday October 1st (Stream for FREE all Day)

Watch the FESTIVAL NOW – Streams all day July 8th. Shuts down 6am EST on July 9th. A showcase of the winning DOCUMENTARY Feature Film: The story of a Santa Barbara triathlete that was nearly killed in a horrific training accident, survived, healed, rehabilitated, trained, and ultimately made it back to competition, winning the 2019… Continue reading INSPIRATIONAL DOC Feature Film Festival – Streaming link July 8th

A showcase of the amazing DOCUMENTARY Feature Film…. TUNE INTO THE FUTURE, 72min., Luxemberg, DocumentaryDirected by Eric Schockmel One hundred years before the internet, a self-declared tech guru started preaching the future to his flock of outsiders. Meet the most influential nerd you may never have heard of: Hugo Gernsback. Decades in advance he foresaw… Continue reading Watch the JULY 2021 Feature Film Festival:

Bookmark this page and come back at midnight EST on Saturday July 24th to watch this amazing festival. Then you’ll have 30 hours to watch. Then the link shuts down. FOOTSTEPS, 14min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Jeremy Benning An inside look at the world of the Foley artist. This short documentary is a sneak peek… Continue reading DOC SHORTS Film Festival – Sat. July 24th (Stream FREE all day)

Lesley Johnson is a director and producer working in documentary and fiction. She began her career in the Northwest Territories’ Film and Television industry, studied film in York University’s MFA Film Production program, and was a participant of RIDM’s Talent Lab. She recently completed “I Hold the Dehcho in My Heart / Sedze Tah Dehcho… Continue reading Director Biography – Lesley Johnson (I HOLD THE DEHCHO IN MY HEART)

In July and August of 2017, a group of Indigenous students, elders and educators, embarked on a six week paddle trip down Canada’s longest river, the Mackenzie, known as the Dehcho in the Dene language, in an effort to reconnect with land and culture. Stretching over 1738 kilometers of the Northwest Territories, the Dehcho is… Continue reading Short Film: I HOLD THE DEHCHO IN MY HEART, 22min., Canada, Documentary

Jeremy Benning is a Toronto-based cinematographer with 25 years in the industry. He is currently known for his work on the Amazon Original series “The Expanse”. He one of the few cinematographers with the versatility to shoot films, television, commercials, documentaries; with shows that have aired on Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC, Discovery, National Geographic, History… Continue reading Director Biography – Jeremy Benning (FOOTSTEPS)

An inside look at the world of the Foley artist. This short documentary is a sneak peek into a unique post production sound facility located in rural Ontario, an hour north of Toronto.

A graduate of both the National Film School of Ireland and the University of Westminster, Dubliner Shane is based in London working across advertising & broadcasting, writing & developing integrated, multi-platform campaigns.Shane is also a freelance shoot director; creating commercials, promos & digital content. This is his first short film. Director Statement “Clown has been… Continue reading Director Biography – Shane O’Neill (CLOWN)