SCHERAZADE'S CLOAK, 7min., Italy
Directed by Michele Stella
A prince called Kalendar falls in love with a prostitute, Scherazade, who's under the protection of an evil witch. Thanks to his friends and the help of a goddess, he frees Scherazade

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LIKE A DUET, 9min., Israel
Directed by Dganit Sahar Harpaz
The story of a man taken captive, tortured, and imprisoned in solitary confinement, not knowing if or when he will be released — and his wife, who is left at home, their only connection being through letters. Can love survive without seei...

YOU CAN'T DO A THING, 4min., Singapore
Directed by Taufiq Amaran, Genevieve Ho
We scrutinise and curate how we move through the world for fear of the undesirable and unpredictable in ourselves surfacing. But when we repeatedly recognise this fear as part of ourselves do we shed the instinct to ov...

OPTING TO BE PULLED, 5min. USA
Directed by Emilie Silvestri
Inspired by Alex Katz's five-panel painting "Pas de Deux", Opting To Be Pulled explores the push, pulls, and patterns of the five posed couples featured in the Katz source material, interpreted and expanded upon by the choreography of Co...

THE DISTANCE, 3min,. USA
Directed by Zoran Prodanovic
"The Distance" is a 3-min knockout film collaboration between Choreographer Marisa f. Ballaro and Cinematographer Zoran Prodanovic. "The Distance" film was "Round 8" in the live dance production of the same name produced by Ballaro Dance at Th...

FREE SPEECH TO CANCEL CULTURE; PROFILES IN CANADIAN COMEDY, 96min., Canada
Directed by William Davern
Ten veteran comedians and TV personalities share insightful, often hilarious tales of the comedy business and the shifting attitude(s) of audiences.

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LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI, 92min., Bulgaria
Directed by Nikolay Bogomilov
Somewhere in the space between reality and fairy tale. A poet left in tragic loneliness sees as if on a film, his entire past and the price he paid for his poems.

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WHEN IT PAYS, 11min., USA
Directed by Marisa Bertani
From the queer and women run production company, Late Bloomer Pictures. When struggling NYC sci-fi novelist, Erin, goes home for Passover, she must decide whether her family deserves to know a life-changing secre...

NO BOUNDARIES, 90min., South Korea
Directed by Jaeun(Jay) Chin
A mid-60 female mountainer who has lost his only child always starts his day by climbing. Because mountain is herself and God also. For haenyeo(woman sea diver) in her 70s who have been diving in the sea since childhood, the sea is a ...

WHERE'S TOBY?, 15min., USA
Directed by Naveen Sagar
A functioning alcoholic finds herself embroiled in a struggle to keep her child.

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TAX TIME, 6min,. USA
Directed by Raphael Buisson
Bureaucracy is so tedious ...

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GIVE US A SMILE, 13min., USA
Directed by Alessia Fionda
A humorous retelling of the sitting of the Mona Lisa featuring the master himself, Leonardo da Vinci and his not so talented pupil, Alessio.

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RANCHERS, 25min., UK/USA
Directed by Paul Crompton, Emmett Glynn
Short film following three ranchers new to farm life after walking out of traditional jobs to live off the land. But how tough is it and can they survive? Filmed in east Texas in ranches in Nacogdoche...

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Mark: Geoff Mays
Erica: Julie Sheppard
Bobby: Sean Ballantyne

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1. What is your screenplay about?
A depressed firefighter falls in love with a guardian angel.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Romantic comedy; fant...

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Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Figure: Geoff Mays
Eric: Sean Ballantyne
Parking Attendant/Female Voice: Shawn Devlin

Inspired by a young adventurer, a frustrated midlife wife escapes her marriage and flies to America with a birthday bucket list that helps her find truth, freedom and the future she’s waited twenty years for.

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Jenny: Hannah Ehman
Richard: Sean Ballantyne

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Meg: Julie Sheppard
Tim: Sean Ballantyne

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1. What is your screenplay about? We've all heard of marital bliss. This is the opposite of marital bliss.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Farce comedy

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The grandson of a golf course owner loses his job and has to return to the dilapidated family business, where his grandfather and two surprising new employees inspire him to try and help save it from bankruptcy.

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Melvin: Geoff Mays
Nate: Sean Ballantyne
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Logline: A BBC journalist works with the Dalai Lama to outwit the Chinese government in the selection of Tibet’s Panchen Lama, all told via a Hitchcock-style suspense drama that echoes films such as ‘Hotel Rwanda’ and ‘The Killing Fields’. Based on Isabel Hilton’s non-fiction book ‘The Search for...

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Mr. Blaynard/Shandel/Harley: Sean Ballantyne
Ryan/Ryan's Inner Voice: Geoff Mays
Mandi/Mandi's Inner Voice: Hannah Ehman
Lunch Lady/Cashier/Emily: Julie Sheppard

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My screenplay is a Dark Comedy pa...

When an undocumented worker has a vision of a murder, he can’t go to the cops. So he recruits a group of his eccentric drinking companions from a neighborhood bar, The Big W, to help stop the murder.

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Pittman: Steve Rizzo
Willow: Hannah Ehman
Miller: Geoff ...

A group of grade school friends reconnect to throw a communal sixty-fifth birthday party for one another - leading to a Burning Man type celebration.

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Harlan/Burt: Steve Rizzo
Millie/Anita: Hannah Ehm
Michael/Wayne: Geoff Mays
Arthur/Gus: Sean Ballantyne
Bet...

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Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Benji/Jack Denton: Sean Ballantyne

Deep in the forest near a mountain pass, Darren Reed’s life is turned upside down - first from the terrible accident that took his family - and now from their ghosts, whose appearance threatens to drive him to madness. He must find the courage to face them and learn to listen - before it’s too la...