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STEWARDS OF THE LAND short film Toronto DOC Festival review
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.
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THE MAFIA short film Toronto DOC Festival review (interview)
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
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https://www.instagram.com/themafiadocGet to know the filmmaker:
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THE STOLEN KINGDOMS - PILOT short film Crime/Mystery fest review (interview)
THE STOLEN KINGDOMS - PILOT, 4min,. UK
Directed by Matthew Lee
The series follows the exploits of Siriol, a young mute girl and a small dragon as they journey across the land to help the wildlife.
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MY METHOD short film DIVERSITY Festival review (interview)
MY METHOD, 15min., Germany
Directed by Kaze Uzumaki
A rising actor reaches stardom by taking method acting harmfully serious. Things escalade when he tries to teach others his way by forcing them to "be the role".
http://www.uzumaki-entertainment.com/Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motiva...
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THE LOST NIGHT short film Animation Festival review (interview)
THE LOST NIGHT, 6min., Japan
Directed by YUXUAN ZHANG
One night, at a crowded street, a woman meet these illusions. Everyone passed, but only she couldn't. This is a dream made with light and shadow. But is it just a ephemeral dream?
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THE BLUE PIPE short film DRAMA Festival review (interview)
THE BLUE PIPE, 8min., USA
Directed by Thomas Casler
A grieving college student posthumously receives a package from his dead mother containing mementos of her younger years, allowing him to connect with her in a new but unexpected way.
Get to know the filmmaker:1. What motivated you to make ...
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Female Filmmakers Short Festival - Oct. 16/17 eventt
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THE LAST DINNER, 15min,. France, Drama
Directed by Marie-Ange Casalta
On a happy getaway weekend with his best friends, Simon finds out that there is going to be a nuclear attack in 20 minutes. He decides to not tell his friends so they can enjoy the last moments o... -
LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Oct. 16/17 event
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MICHELLE, 2min,. USA, Animation
Directed by Sarena Vasquez
With the assistance of a casino waitress, Michelle moves to eliminate her next hit assignment— a perpetrator of sexual assault named Julius Lopez de Villalobos. Before Michelle can finish the job she must f... -
DOCUMENTARY Showcase Festival - Oct. 14/15 event
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INVISIBLE CORPS, 57min., USA
Directed by Chris Schueler
Who protects the health of the citizens of the United States? This program explains the evolution of the Public Health Service and the PHS Commissioned Corps. Although invisible, they touch millions of lives e... -
ENVIRONMENTAL Film Festival - Oct. 13/14 event.
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SOLD! AN AMERICAN STOCKYARDS STORY, 41min,. USA
Directed by Drew Ames
On May 19th, 2021, the St. Joseph Missouri Stockyards had its last sale after 135 years in operation. From cattle trails to train rails and interstate highways, 'SOLD!' follows the growth and chan... -
Short Film Trailer: GUMMIES. Directed by Renetta G. Amador
A tomboy transforms the gender trappings of her childhood to show her cruel mother how sugar and spice don’t equal nice.
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Short Film Trailer: WILD TERRITORY. Directed by Samuel Steiner Riley
Wild Territory explores the relationship between a daring wildlife photographer, Etienne Littlefair, and the vast freshwater ecosystems that define Australia's far north. From free-diving in murky water to find crocodiles and rare turtles, to spending days on end staking out drying riverbeds for ...
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FAN FICTION Film Festival - Oct. 12/13 event
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BATMAN: EGO, 18min., USA
Directed by Jack Tyler Komaroff
Batman: Ego is a riveting fan-film adaptation of Darwyn Cooke's preeminent Batman story "Batman: Ego and Other Tales". In the film, Bruce Wayne is forced to confront his inner demons and unpack the persona tha... -
DOC Feature Festival - MADLY IN DISSENT. Oct. 11/12 event
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MADLY IN DISSENT, 86min., Czech Republic
Directed by Kirill Sakharnov
On August 25, 1968 Victor Fainberg joined seven other Soviet citizens in the legendary Red Square Demonstration to protest the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. For his five minutes of freed... -
SCREENPLAY TRAILER: Insolence, by Rick Mannoia
https://www.insolence16.com/
Two of the grumpiest old men try turning their book that didn’t sell into a million dollar movie script.
Hold ups, muggings, the police and a GPS that is completely worthless block their trip into the big city on the way to visit their unscrupulous money-hungry agen...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Shorts Festival - Oct. 10/11 event.
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STAN'S PLAN, 14min,. Canada
Directed by Barry Nerling, Baille Reid
Stan, Izzy and Rip, three drug fuelled low life criminals return after a botched robbery of a local gangster. In the process, Stan is shot in the stomach and in a panic, they take one of the Gangste... -
GADGETS short film review
GADGETS, 4min., Brazil
Directed by Perfectum Planetarum
Film about the Perfectum Planetarum's collection GADGETS is inspired by how modern gadgets fill people's lives. The clothing features repeated sculptural and geometric shapes, sometimes taking inspiration directly from the modern electronics... -
HEIRLOOM short film review (interview)
HEIRLOOM, 11min., Canada
Directed by Marilyne Lamontagne
Etienne confronts the crushing pressure of generational expectations and masculinity of their inheritance home as they seek emancipation in the wilderness. Etienne's trans identity is an experiential audible journey amidst chaos and spontan... -
INVITED short film review
INVITED, 10min., USA
Directed by Claire Epstein
When Eleanor invites Mark into her apartment for a drink after their first date, she has to quickly decide if the bad feeling in the pit of her stomach is about him, or if the abusive relationship she just left has made her paranoid. -
FROM A BARREN STATE short film review (interview)
FROM A BARREN STATE, 15min., USA
Directed by Priyam Sadhukhan
The title ‘From a Barren State’ represents the barren land that Lena was rescued from only to serve a childless barren woman who falsely promised to hydrate the barren life of Lena through kindness. It represents the journey of Lena fr... -
ANGEL short film review
ANGEL, 14min,. Mexico
Directed by Hoze Meléndez
Ángel, a lonely sexual worker, has become the object of inspiration for Lu, a young, homosexual plastic artist. Her unexpected crush becomes a painful goodbye that teaches Lu that letting go is the purest act of loving. -
LETTER TO ONESELF short film review
LETTER TO ONESELF, 3min., USA
Directed by Silvia A Malagrino
"Letter to oneself" is a poetic meditation on the coming and going of thoughts and the passage of time. It is inspired by the music "Lettre à soi même" by French composer Roland Dyens and its interpretation by guitarist Norbert Neunzling. -
ARNOLD: THE UNREAL STORY short film review
ARNOLD: THE UNREAL STORY, 16min,. Australia
Directed by Jarrad Bhatia
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CURVE short film review
CURVE, 30min., China
Directed by Dan Zeng
As a campus bully, He Zhenye has long been involved in a campus bullying campaign against Lin Sheng based on gay discrimination. However, unlike other bullies, He Zhenye has a secret in his heart that he, like Lin Sheng, is a gay man. During the confronta...