Poetry by Reno JJ

Voice Over by Val Cole

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Editor and Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

POEM:

It’s a gloomy day in the summer sky,
Rainbow and sunshine are gone,
Rain hits the ground,
Clearing the path,
Holding her umbrella closer to her heart,
Waiting for his arrival t...

Written by & Voice Over by CLS Sandoval

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

Editor & Visual Design by Steve Rizzo

POEM:

DEATH VALLEY, CA – Park visitors found the body of David Kelleher on June 14, 2022 in Death Valley National Park. Kelleher appears to have been walking from Zabriskie Point toward...

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CLAIRE, 25min., USA
Directed by Paul Ambe Ngang
Committed to getting his crush to love him, Mark uses an AI to snoop into her private life; but when the AI unexpectedly develops love for him and spite for her, he must choose the AI or lose everything.

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EYE OF JUPITER, 3min., Canada
Directed by Roger Gallant
Eye of Jupiter is a short animated film that follows a lost astronaut contemplating life while drifting in orbit above Jupiter.

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THE REMAINING SUNDAYS, 17min., Spain
Directed by Manolo Pavon
August 1993. Dani has just turned 13. His family moves to a house in the suburbs. The discovery of an abandoned box in his new closet takes Dani to Miguel, a much-needed example missing in his life.

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Resilient Genius gives voice to children and
youth affected by war, conflict, and political
unrest. 13 children and youth immerse us in
memories of Syria, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Rwanda,
Afghanistan and Iraq, reflecting on their lives
before, during, and after experiences of violence.
Their raw recoll...

ARMERALD, 85min., South Korea
Directed by Guiom Lee
19 year olds NOMOU, ZINGER AIR, HOSU, SEEK each have personal stories related to their aerophobia which doesn’t allow them to get on flights. In their efforts to overcome their fear, they meet SUPER TALLER, their aerophobia therapist also with t...

EVA HALLER: A WORK IN PROGRESS, 51min., USA
Directed by Jeanne Meyers
A feature documentary a life time in making about the remarkable Eva Haller. She has touched the lives of women, children and artists around the world with her commitment to making every day count. At 93 she has survived just b...

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MELIORA, 20min,. Estonia
Directed by Kristin Hildebrand
Emma is a perfectionistic painter with a rich husband and great style. But it soon becomes clear that her perfect life is merely an illusion. Emma is forced to navigate self-doubt, jealousy and to face the dar...

THE WRITER'S EXTRAORDINARY ACTION, 24min., China
Directed by Chao Hao
It describes the story of some writers who are bound to each other in their "writing worlds" and fighting against each other to break free from the control of fate.

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With the exception of Grace Hart, students of Lexington Academy perform tunes at a fall concert. When she's suspended, her divorced parents, Adam and Emma, squabble over the cause of her mutism. The Harts have attempted to put their divorce behind them, each with younger lovers, Emma with hunky O...

BRAINLAND, 13min., UK
Directed by Chiara D'Anna
In 1935 Egas Moniz, renowned Portuguese neurologist, visit psychiatrist Sobral Cid in order to persuade him allow his patients to be act as subjects for Moniz's experiemntal treatment - frontal leucotomy. After some resistance Cid agrees. The first ...

Antonio wants to be the next host of his high school’s TV morning show. But imagine a senior who is an immigrant from Brazil with cerebral palsy, whose speech is slurred and who can barely stay standing still in front of the camera.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Roberto: Steve Rizzo
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When a private detective goes missing, his gun comes to life with the task of finding him.

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1. What is your screenplay about?

A. I have a hard time answering this question deeper than the log line because I don't want to give away the ending. At it's most surface level,...

Teresa Amadei is a young stylite, a wandering, ascetic demon hunter, trained in the Way of Fire. Her teacher, Father Simon, a Byzantine martial artist monk, sends her on a journey to the city of Alexantine in the Midwestern US, where many are moving to escape the growing chaos in the world. Along...

In a daring tale of friendship and perilous adventure, William Grimes, an African-American man with the remarkable ability to pass for white, assumes the role of master to aid his friend Paterson, a free black man masquerading as his servant, on a courageous journey across the South to rescue Pat...

Will two chimps type Shakespeare? A pot smoking visionary enlists a struggling book shop owner in a screw-loose plan to jumpstart Evolution. Against long odds and a couple of Mob loan sharks, the rewards are higher consciousness, human speech, and a Nobel Prize for Literature.

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A rescue mission to a remote space station finds only one evasive crewman, an obstinate AI and the station cat still alive. With no explanation for the missing personnel and with members of the rescue crew beginning to die, suspicion grows that one of these three is responsible.

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A socially awkward teen with the psychic ability to channel spirits must confront the sinister government agency exploiting his powers, all while a looming extraterrestrial threat puts him and his loved ones in mortal danger.

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Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Stary Rover: Steve Rizzo
Teddy ...

After finding her fiance with another woman, Lisa and her friends all head on vacation together to celebrate Galentine's Day. However, they were not prepared for the dangers they came to face.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Geoff Mays
Jim: Steve Rizzo
Lisa: Hannah Ehman
Elderly Woman/Female Voice: V...

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(PLASTIK), 3min., Singapore
Directed by Philip Rom
View the plastic pollution crisis through the eyes and imagination of a child in South-East Asia, a major hotspot for plastic pollution. (PLASTIK) is the first short film made in Asia for audiences in Asia that uses...

In the course of his work as a wildlife conservation advisor to the Mongolian government, Andrew Laurie followed up on a childhood fascination with White-throated Dippers on the Teme near Ludlow, by finding out more about their lives in the Altai Mountains. Now resident in Cambridge, Andrew has m...

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EUPHORIA, 19min., Taiwan
Directed by Hsiao-Tsun CHIU
As nightfall cast shadows on their secrets, the woman schemes under the shroud of darkness, returning to the house to share her clandestine plans with her partner in crime. Yet, an otherworldly aura permeates the...

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WHERE TO PISS, 8min,. UK
Directed by Karter Masuhara
A trans man wants to use the men’s bathroom for the first time, however, he’s hindered by his own fears and insecurities. He shares these fears to his friend shown through imaginary scenarios.

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