FESTIVAL AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEOS
Film festival audience feedback videos.
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BAD THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE feature film (director interview)
BAD THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, 90min., Ireland, Crime/Horror
Directed by Garry Walsh
A group of criminals lay low in the remote Irish countryside after pulling off an audacious robbery. As they plan their escape they quickly realise the robbery will be the last thing to go right for them....
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WALKER short film, audience reactions
WALKER, 25min., Czech Republic, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Petr Hastik
Nature, miles away from civilization, is the home of Adam Hahn, the film's protagonist. Every day he sets out on long walks into the unknown, where he gathers ingredients for his work and enjoys undisturbed silence. Adam does ... -
DARK ENERGY short film, audience reactions
DARK ENERGY, 14min., USA, Crime/Comedy
Directed by Christy Summerhays
Book club friends contemplate life, religion, and existence in this dark comedy about just how far women will go to protect one another. -
MiMi short film, audience reactions
MIMI, 21min., Vietnam, Horror
Directed by Lam Vissay
MIMI, an AI smart device, goes rogue after connecting to the brain waves of its owner.Director Statement
We live in a world where smartphones have become essential in our everyday lives. Technology addiction is on the rise and instances where... -
UN ESPECTADOR short film, audience reactions
UN ESPECTADOR, 17min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Juan Pablo Palacios
A plumber is called to fix a leak in a woman's apartment, but unbeknownst to him, he ends up walking into a scenario in which a man has forced himself into her home, pretending to be her husband.https://www.instagram.com/un.es...
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CULICIDAE short film, audience reactions (director interview)
CULICIDAE, 7min., Australia, Drama
Directed by Greg Moran
A late night intrusion leads to a life and death struggle.http://www.gregmoran.com.au/
Get to the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
I've been a high-level quadriplegic since I was 15 as a result of a rugby accident. I ... -
THE INTRUDER short film, audience reactions
THE INTRUDER, 15min,. USA, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Nina Lescher
When an unfaithful woman embarks on a romantic getaway with her husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a ghostly entity disrupts the intimacy and forces her to confront the secrets in her heart. -
PARTING OUT short film, audience reactions (director interview)
PARTING OUT, 19min., USA, Drama
Directed by Susan Buster Thomas
Two women search for love and missing pieces in a vintage auto salvage yard.Get to know the writer and director:
Bobby Zenk (Writer) with Susan Buster Thomas (Director)1. What motivated you to make this film?
The question we had...
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GPS short film, audience reactions (director interview)
GPS, 10min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Directed by Nell Dashiell
Kim and Jamie – an upscale, young urban couple – have just arrived home after an evening out with friends when Kim hears a noise. Fearing that a burglar may be prowling around downstairs, Kim dispatches Jamie to investigate. As it happens, ... -
SPEED RUN short film, audience reactions (director interview)
SPEED RUN, 23min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Justin Ho
Kyle, longing for a better life, can only express his true feelings in a newly developed VR game.Director Statement
Maybe it's escapism, maybe it's yearning, maybe it's loneliness. Perhaps all is to much to hold, and ideas of fictional possibi... -
YOUR BREAKFAST short film, audience reactions
YOUR BREAKFAST, 25min., China, Drama
Directed by Alejandro Montero
Fang, an enthusiastic young street-food cook, wakes up early every morning to prepare a special breakfast for a costumer with whom he is secretly in love. While trying to gain her heart with this food, he struggles to get the cour... -
A SMALLHOLDER'S VOICE short film, audience reactions (director interview)
A SMALLHOLDER'S VOICE, 20min., Sweden, Documentary
Directed by Clara Wetzel
Amid many economic and social challenges, cocoa and palm oil smallholders in Cameroon have established their farms as a source of income for themselves through entrepreneurship and determination – but today, they face new... -
Conserving Carter’s Creek short film, audience reactions
Conserving Carter’s Creek: A Tides Inn Shoreline Restoration, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Connor Griffin
Starting in 2021, the Tides Inn completed an extensive, $3.6 million restoration of its shoreline to reestablish wetlands, attract wildlife and increase habitat for aquatic life. The ... -
MANATEE RESCUE THE LAST STAND OF A FLORIDA TREASURE short film, audience react
MANATEE RESCUE THE LAST STAND OF A FLORIDA TREASURE, 5min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Shannon Malone-Debenedicts
The manatee is Florida’s state animal, and its likeness is found all over the state–from murals and license plates to tourist shops and attractions. But the manatees' habitat along ... -
Motus Avium: A Mission to Save California's Last Wetlands short (director int.)
Motus Avium: A Mission to Save California's Last Wetlands, 14min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Rob McAllister
Less than 5% of California’s historical wetlands remain, but there is hope in the world’s most productive agricultural valley.
Discover why tracking the movement of shorebirds could dram... -
SALT DESERT short film, audience reactions
SALT DESERT, 18min., Uzbekistan, Documentary
Directed by Nikita Makarenko
A photographer comes to the dead Aral Sea in search of perfect landscapes. Instead, he meets an old Karakalpak woman who prepares her grave and tombstone in advance. With her help, he understands how closely connected peopl... -
BIOPIXELS short film, audience reactions
BIOPIXELS, 4min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Kristina Dutton
Butterflies and moths comprise 12% of all species known to man (180,000 species!), and their seemingly endless biodiversity is visually translated on their wings through color and pattern variation. Incredibly, we humans share these ... -
LAND BEFORE LAND short film, audience reactions (director interview)
LAND BEFORE LAND, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Steve Bransford
There were massive transformations of Southern U.S. landscapes in the 19th and 20th centuries in relatively short timeframes. Today those changes are hard to see and are rarely memorialized on the land.Get to know the filmma...
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UNDER WATER short film, audience reactions
UNDER WATER, 6min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Ziru Wang
10 years after Hurricane Sandy, how the infrastructure under water will survive, is still a challenge. -
BEAR VIEWING: KATMAI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA short film, audience reactions
BEAR VIEWING: KATMAI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA, 12min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Karen Lang
Katmai National Park and Preserve spans over 16,000 square kilometers and is an important habitat for salmon and a key feeding ground for bear. It is home to approximately 2000 grizzly or brown bear, w... -
CUE short film, audience reactions
CUE, 10min., USA, Crime/Mystery
Directed by Will Simmons
A murder mystery where the question shifts from "whodunnIT" to "does IT even matter?" -
REFLECTION short film, audience reactions (director interview)
REFLECTION, 14min., Ukraine, Drama
Directed by Stefania Marshalenko
Professional Photographer accidentally falls into the apartment of woman. He notices combination of her attractive appearance with her caring for children and understand what beauty is. Instead taking pictures of capricious star,... -
LOLLIPOP COWBOY short film, audience reactions
LOLLIPOP COWBOY, 28min., USA, Western/Romance
Directed by Eric Alt
Upon arriving late, A cowboy for children's parties meets a princess after she's hired to perform as his replacement. Cowboy walks the princess home after his bike gets stolen and spends the day with her as they each confide in on... -
MY SISTERS IN THE STARS short film, audience reactions
MY SISTERS IN THE STARS: THE STORY OF LIFE YONG-SOO, 10min., South Korea
Directed by Ian Kim
Born in Daegu, Korea in 1928 under Japanese occupation, Lee Yong-soo was taken away from her home at the age of 14 by the Imperial Japanese Army and forced into sexual slavery on the front lines of the Pa...