There’s An App For That
Synopsis: Schedule conflicts? Work interfering with your private life? Don’t you often wish you could be in two places at once? Turns out, there’s an app for that. It’s still in beta, but hey, what’s the worst that could happen?
Credits:
Writers: Andreas Flack
Producers: Derya Durmaz
Key Cast: Tomer Butnaru, Rafy Rotem, Chen Zakai, Pauline Nadoulek, Gianmaria Fiorillo
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.cubufilm.com/gallery?pgid=l007qbxg-e40bd6cf-8d97-485a-b639-b3af04394761
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1055031241?share=copy
Director: Andreas Flack
Country: Germany, Israel
Duration: 00:07:07
Submitted by: Derya, Durmaz
Synopsis: Schedule conflicts? Work interfering with your private life? Don’t you often wish you could be in two places at once? Turns out, there’s an app for that. It’s still in beta, but hey, what’s the worst that could happen?
Writers: Andreas Flack
Producers: Derya Durmaz
Key Cast: Tomer Butnaru, Rafy Rotem, Chen Zakai, Pauline Nadoulek, Gianmaria Fiorillo
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.cubufilm.com/gallery?pgid=l007qbxg-e40bd6cf-8d97-485a-b639-b3af04394761
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1055031241?share=copy
(Taylor’s Version)
Director: Pranav Bhasin
Country: India
Duration: 00:06:00
Submitted by: Pranav, Bhasin
Synopsis: Two men realise they’re grappling with their love lives by pretending to understand Taylor Swift.
Credits:
Writers: Pranav Bhasin
Producers: Vishal Sane
Key Cast: Eklavey Kashyap
Other Credits: Cast: Vvansh Sethi
GILGAMESHI
Director: Shaqir veseli
Country: Albania
Duration: 00:07:15
Submitted by: Shaqir, Veseli
Synopsis: Everything was watched by the god of this world,
there was no one anywhere who did not know him,
his knowledge and what he had done,
… acts were carved on stone slabs,
on stone slabs he carved all his sufferings.
Credits:
Writers: Shaqir Veseli
Producers: Florenc Papas
Other Credits: 1stAD: Ana Veseli Marku
My Chinese Love Story
Director: Taekyung Geum
Country: Korea, Republic of
Duration: 00:11:02
Submitted by: Young wan, PARK
Credits:
Writers: Taekyung Geum
Producers: Taekyung Geum
Key Cast: Jin Yoon
Red
Director: Chih Yu Liu
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 00:05:00
Submitted by: Chih-yu, Liu
Synopsis: A magical love story on a girl going on magical dates with Green, yet his love remains elusive.
Credits:
Writers: Chih Yu Liu
Producers: Pei Shan Guo
Key Cast: Rimong Ihwar
Saturday
Director: Wiesław Krzysztof Zieliński
Country: Poland
Duration: 00:04:28
Submitted by: Wieslaw, Zielinski
Synopsis: A very short satire on the times we live in today.
Links & Social:
Facebook: https://Facebook.com/NiezależnaGrupaFilmowaH2O
Patient comes first
Director: Zoltán Zsolt Porpáczy
Country: Hungary
Duration: 00:03:00
Submitted by: Zoltán, Porpáczy
Synopsis: Emergency room. Three cabbage-form doctors are trying to revive an old goat on an operating table. The goat’s charming daughter is waiting behind the door, watching the scene through the door’s window and crying. When the goat returns, he immediately devours one of the cabbage doctors. Above them a big picture is hanging on the wall. It depicts a shady wolf professor with a hand gesture remembering the doctors to the Hippocratic Oath. They have to make a choice between their duty and their own survival.
Credits:
Writers: Zoltán Zsolt Porpáczy
Producers: Gertrud Andrási
Other Credits: Sound Engineer: Balázs Katona
Links & Social:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/studiogretti
Tristan
Director: Mallory Grolleau
Country: France
Duration: 00:14:46
Submitted by: Mallory, Grolleau
Synopsis: After decades of marriage, Marie-Luce and Bernard, traditional Catholics with a once dashing libido, are facing the wear and tear of their couple. Marie-Luce is convinced that if their son Tristan left the nest, she might regain her husband’s attention. But this one, like a vampire who clings, doesn’t seem determined to take flight.
Credits:
Writers: Mallory Grolleau
Producers: Philippe Beyer-Hirsch, Mallory Grolleau, Damien Poirot
Key Cast: Marie-Pascale Grenier, Philippe Du Janerand, Maxime Peyron, Étienne Grebot, Pauline Popard
The Mesaure of a man
Director: Alessandro Panza
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:04:40
Submitted by: DeltaDue, Media
Synopsis: They are invisible, but together visible and “interesting”…. It is the buisness law, you must do what the business wants….
Credits:
Writers: Alessandro Panza
Producers: Daniele Fioretti
Key Cast: Claudio Amendola, Federico Maria Galante
Other Credits: DOP: Daniele Muscolo; Costume Designer: Giuliana Cau
Tree for Tree
Director: Soheil Paryani
Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Duration: 00:01:55
Submitted by: Soheil, Paryani
Synopsis: They cut down trees to write a book titled: “Don’t cut down trees!”
KESTİK
Director: Niloofar Naghdi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 00:12:17
Submitted by: Doğukan, Çevik
Synopsis: Arda is a Professional 27-year-old actor. Deniz, his girlfriend of 5 years and a professional art director, is 26 years old. Deniz’s best friend, Nazlican (26), who is also a professional actress, agreed with Arda to play the role of lovers in the movie to be shot by their friends. The shooting of the set started with a sexual scene. Chaos ensues after rumors about Arda actually having a erection during the shooting broke out. While Arda try to tell incident as it is, he manipulates and deceive Deniz and themselves.
Credits:
Writers: Niloofar Naghdi
Producers: Naser Naghdi, Zahra Mirzaei, Doğukan Çevik
Key Cast: Mert Bulut, Aysıla Özel, Çağla Güner
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34131463
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kestikkisafilm?igsh=anA4eG90YnJ0MDJ4
IL COLPACCIO
Director: Ari Takahashi
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:06:14
Submitted by: Ari, Takahashi
Synopsis: A gang of four men plans a heist making a hole in the wall of a storage room, located in the back of a night club adjoining a jewelry. They infiltrate the band playing at the venue to get access to the premises, but things will not turn as planned. Men’s stupidity remains the same, but things evolve in time and so they get caught by who they didn’t expect… At the end, we discover that the “BIG HIT” of the title is not what everyone thought about.
Short film made around the song “Puortame a Paris (Take me to Paris)”, which this film is supposed to be the music video for. By the way, begging someone “Take me to Paris” like in the lyrics of the song is something of the past; nowadays, women don’t need to wait for a man to take them somewhere… 😉
Credits:
Writers: Ari Takahashi
Producers: Ari Takahashi, Lino Muoio
Key Cast: Maria Laura Sforza, Lino Muoio, Marco Di Folco, Fabrizio Fedele, Gianluca Criscuoli
L’attesa
Director: Marco Esposito
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:03:00
Submitted by: Marco, Esposito
Synopsis: A hypochondriac prepares for an operation, but the situation will soon become bizarre.
Credits:
Writers: Marco Esposito
Key Cast: Gerardo Caputo, Emanuele Cangiano
Title: The Last Ingredient
Director: Lorenzo Cioglia
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:07:20
Submitted by: Lorenzo, Cioglia
Synopsis: A young man, determined to end it all, is repeatedly interrupted by his elderly neighbor, who keeps knocking on his door with increasingly absurd requests to bake a Bundt cake. Exasperated, he finally loses his temper, but the woman persists: all she needs is a little bit of milk, before he kills himself.
A black comedy that weaves despair and humor, reminding us that sometimes a single ingredient can make all the difference.
Credits:
Writers: Lorenzo Valori, Leonardo De Castro
Key Cast: Jacopo Angelini, Patrizia Ciambellari
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34144370
My father is a Guru
Director: Stefano Barabino, Francesco Manzitti
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:17:00
Submitted by: Francesco, Manzitti
Synopsis: Maria is fifteen, a bright young girl. For the past few months, she has been living with her older sister Martina and their father Demostene in a run-down trailer, lent to them by Achille—a dockworker, an old schoolmate of her father’s, who supplements his wages with petty thefts and scams.
Demostene has been fired from the university, the family home has been repossessed, and their mother Elena has left. The trailer is all that still keeps father and daughters together—a fragile refuge where the three cling to one another. Maria is the youngest, but the only one with a practical mind, and so she begins to take charge of the family’s finances.
One evening, Mr. Bianchetti, a former colleague of Demostene’s in the midst of a marital crisis, shows up at the trailer seeking advice. Demostene’s words—brilliant, eccentric, and misunderstood—end up saving the man’s marriage.
Bianchetti returns to thank him and repay his debt, brimming with enthusiasm and gratitude.
In that instant, Maria realizes that her father’s madness doesn’t have to remain just a burden. It can become a gift—and perhaps a way out of poverty.
Because her father is a Guru.
Credits:
Writers: Massimo Olcese, Francesco Manzitti, Stefano Barabino
Producers: Stefano Barabino, Francesco Manzitti, Massimo Olcese, Beatrice Bevegni
Key Cast: Martina Nocera, Maria Manzitti, Massimo Olcese, Ugo Dighero, Rocco Barbaro
The Last Ingredient
Director: Lorenzo Cioglia
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:07:20
Submitted by: Lorenzo, Cioglia
Synopsis: A young man, determined to end it all, is repeatedly interrupted by his elderly neighbor, who keeps knocking on his door with increasingly absurd requests to bake a Bundt cake. Exasperated, he finally loses his temper, but the woman persists: all she needs is a little bit of milk, before he kills himself.
A black comedy that weaves despair and humor, reminding us that sometimes a single ingredient can make all the difference.
Credits:
Writers: Lorenzo Valori, Leonardo De Castro
Key Cast: Jacopo Angelini, Patrizia Ciambellari
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34144370
Plopp
Director: Carolin Glomp
Country: Germany
Duration: 00:05:00
Submitted by: Carolin, Glomp
Synopsis: Short:
An office restroom turns into a battle of wills between an intern and an executive.
Long:
An introverted intern encounters the feared executive of the company in the office’s restroom. Both in desperate need to make a deposit at the porcelain bank, both women have a major problem: no one dares to start.
Credits:
Writers: Carolin Glomp
Producers: Janika Nyncke, Carolin Glomp
Key Cast: Lil Von Essen, Elisa Heinß
Other Credits: Co-Producer: Daniel Dornhöfer; Director of Photography: Marc Tressel-Schmitz; Sound Design: Marc Baril
Links & Social:
Website: http://www.carolin-glomp.com/plopp
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZT9ROOq48
Instagram: https://instagram.com/carolinglomp
NEW SERVICE
Director: Tales Ordakji
Country: Brazil
Duration: 00:11:59
Submitted by: Tales, Ordakji
Synopsis: Lipe, a young coffee enthusiast, visits a new coffee shop, but when trying to order, he encounters digital and economic barriers that turn a simple espresso into a comical and contemporary nightmare.
Credits:
Writers: Tales Ordakji
Producers: Tales Ordakji, Cibele Gonçalves
Key Cast: Tales Ordakji, Cris Eifler, Cibele Gonçalves
Other Credits: Director of photography: Ariel Quintela; Editing and Post-Production: Tales Ordakji; Executive Producer: Tales Ordakji
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34208018
LE BUONE MANIERE
Director: VALERIO VESTOSO
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:19:00
Submitted by: CAPETOWN, SRL
Synopsis: Mimmo Savarese, 50 years old, was the greatest sports commentator of his generation. Now that his career is in decline, he has the opportunity to make a comeback thanks to an unusual job offer, which hides in itself the opportunity to masterfully avenge a dramatic wrong suffered as a child. He will succeed in retaliating against life with the talent he wields best: the exercise of words.
Credits:
Writers: VALERIO VESTOSO
Producers: CAMILLO ESPOSITO
Key Cast: GIOVANNI ESPOSITO, GINO RIVIECCIO, CLAUDIO CRISAFULLI, FRANK MATANO
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.capetownfilm.org/short-films/le-buone-maniere/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iulpG4drHaA
Berlin Fiction
Director: Zhivorad Milich
Country: Germany
Duration: 00:30:00
Submitted by: Zhivorad, Milich
Synopsis: Berlin Fiction follows the journey of DJ Lion, a talented but struggling techno artist in Berlin. After years of performing at the world’s top clubs, DJ Lion finds himself at a crossroads—his passion for electronic music remains, but financial pressures, industry disillusionment, and the fading support of his manager threaten to derail him. One sleepless night, in a moment of creative desperation, he discovers a new path by accident: writing and composing pop music.
Lion’s unexpected venture into commercial music brings fresh inspiration, but it also exposes the harsh realities of the industry, testing his friendships and beliefs about artistry and success. As he wrestles with the betrayal of his trusted manager, Axel, and confronts his fears of selling out, DJ Lion must decide whether to stay true to his roots or embrace change for a chance at survival.
Set against the vibrant yet lonely backdrop of Berlin’s music scene, Berlin Fiction is a poignant exploration of ambition, burnout, and the fine line between artistic integrity and commercial success.
Credits:
Writers: Zhivorad Milich
Producers: Zhivorad Milich, Amro Nouraldine
Key Cast: Zhivorad Milich
Other Credits: DOP: Amro Nouraldine
Links & Social:
Website: http://djlion.com
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34211491
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djlionofficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DjLionOfficial
Genesis – behind the scenes sub
Director: Camilla Sartorello
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:04:50
Submitted by: Camilla, Sartorello
Credits:
Writers: Camilla Sartorello
Producers: Camilla Sartorello
Hello boss, I’m menstruating
Director: Lisa Carstensen
Country: Germany
Duration: 00:16:10
Submitted by: Lisa, Carstensen
Synopsis: Yara is on her period and is more miserable than ever. While her boyfriend Enno is overprotective of the situation, Yara fears less understanding from her boss and her colleagues at the garden center. However, there is no way around calling in sick. When her boss Christoph asks, Yara is finally faced with the question: Can I say that I’m on my period?
Credits:
Writers: Lisa Carstensen
Producers: Robert Strauß, Lisa Carstensen
Key Cast: Hannah Rang, David Alonso, Sebastian Dunkelberg, Saskia Fischer, Sven Fricke, Nadja Bobyleva, Markus Bentmann, Stephan Sautter, Rona Felicitas Gaynor, Theresa Schultz-Ninow, Beatrix Brunschko
Other Credits: Camera: Robert Strauß; Production Manager and 1.AD: Juli Heinemann; Script supervisor: Clara Buceta Hager; Production Design: Amira Lin; Standby props: Jule Pape; Prop master: Kiana Porr; Costumes and Make Up: Anna Zirwes; Assistant costume designer: Valentina Mascherin; Additional make up artist: Georgina Götz; 1st assistant camera: Lukas Wittorf; 2nd assistant camera: Janus Dibbern; Steadicam operator: Sebastian Knoll; Gaffer: Maximilian Haan; Best boy electric: Franz Müller; Lighting technician / electrician: Robin Simeon Tielker, Oisin O’Connell; Editor: Johanna Dahl; Title and poster designer: Uyen Ha; Production sound mixer: Daniel Reiswich; Boom operator: Yoshimi Saravia; Music: David Badenius; Sounddesign: Marta Denker, David Stolz, Esther Wilka; Assistant set/floor manager: Tim Fischer, Clara Fricke; Color Grading: Isabel Jankowski, Jonas Ellerbrock
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.crew-united.com/en/Die-rote-Tante__328281.html
MERCATO LIBERO (Call Bait)
Director: Giuseppe Cacace
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:13:30
Submitted by: Not Equal, Distribution
Synopsis: Paolo è in prova in un call center. Ha il tempo di una telefonata per convincere l’anziano Nando a comunicargli i dati della propria carta di credito. Interpretato da Giorgio Cantarini (il piccolo Giosuè de “La vita è bella”, Il gladiatore, Comandante) e Pino Calabrese (la sconosciuta, Diaz, Altri padri), un cortometraggio che parla di truffe telefoniche agli anziani, di solitudine e della necessità di lavorare anche quando il lavoro è di quelli che sporcano la coscienza. Premio speciale per il sociale ai Nastri d’Argento
Paolo is on probation in a call center. He has time for one phone call to convince the elderly Nando to give him his credit card information. Starring Giorgio Cantarini (Giosuè from “La vita è bella”, Il gladiatore, Comandante) and Pino Calabrese (La sconosciuta, Diaz, Altri padre), a short film about the vulnerability of the elderly and jobs that sully the conscience.
Credits:
Writers: Giuseppe Cacace
Producers: Alfredo Fiorillo, Angela Prudenzi, Guido Massimo Calanca
Key Cast: Pino Calabrese, Giorgio Cantarini, Cinzia Mirabella, Giulia Rupi
Other Credits: PRODUZIONE: L’Age d’Or, Halibut film
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.asfilmfestival.org/distribuzione/
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34252042
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notequaldistribution
L’ultima festa
Director: Matteo Damiani
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:19:59
Submitted by: Matteo, Damiani
Synopsis: ITA
Celeste, 70 anni, rimasta sola dopo la morte del marito, vorrebbe fare quello che in tanti anni di matrimonio non ha mai osato: ballare alla sagra del piccolo paese in cui vive. Durante i preparativi della festa, inaspettatamente, le fa visita Teresa, la sorella che non vedeva da molti anni. Deve raggiungere la città per una visita medica e così chiede in prestito a Celeste il piccolo furgoncino che di solito usa per vendere i fiori al cimitero. Celeste, preoccupata per la sorella, decide allora di accompagnarla l’indomani, con la promessa di tornare giusto in tempo per la festa. Il viaggio sarà un’occasione per incontrarsi di nuovo, per fare i conti con il passato e per conoscersi come fosse la prima volta.
ENG
Celeste, 70 years old, left alone after the death of her husband, would like to do what she has never dared to do in many years of marriage: dance at the festival in the small town where she lives. During the preparations for the festival, she is unexpectedly visited by Teresa, the sister she has not seen for many years. She needs to get to town for a doctor’s visit and so she asks Celeste to borrow her little van she usually uses to sell flowers at the cemetery. Celeste, worried about her sister, decides to go with her the next day, on the condition that they will return just in time for the party. But the van soon leaves them and so the Celeste and Teresa have to walk by foot downtown. The journey is an opportunity to meet again, to deal with the past and to get to know each other as if for the first time. Celeste soon discovers that the doctor’s appointment was an excuse and Teresa is hiding a secret.
Credits:
Writers: Claudio Balboni, Rebecca Ricci
Producers: Francesco Paolo Montini
Key Cast: Dora Romano, Luisa De Santis
Other Credits: Editor: Stefano Malchiodi
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://youtu.be/EuzvYsrjGTE
Friendzone
Director: Verónica Contreras Jasir
Country: Mexico
Duration: 00:10:20
Submitted by: Veronica, Contreras
Synopsis: Luis has spent his whole life stuck in the dreaded Friendzone with his best friend. After years of trying to succeed in love and stand-up comedy, he’ll realize that life is as unpredictable as his jokes.
Credits:
Writers: Fernando Martínez, Natalia Rasquin
Producers: Abril Villegas
Key Cast: Juan Andrés Belgrave, Gaby Mezone, Joshua García, Daniel Osuna, Eduardo Rodríguez, Yuru Soto, Héctor López, Abril Villegas, Andreina Mesa
Other Credits: Assistant Director: Sylvia Marianna Lara Ibarra; Executive Production: Juan Andrés Belgrave, César Briceño, Abril Villegas, David Montoro; Director of Photography: Cesar Briceño; Gaffer: Geovani Rodriguez, Sergio Labastida; Sound: Armando Romano; Production Design: Andreina Mesa; Post Production: David Montoro; Original Music: José Carlos Illanes; Sound record & Sound Edit: La Lutheria; Graphic Designer: Daniela Barcenas
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1053970028
Cassa 3
Director: Gianni Zauli
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:01:52
Submitted by: Gianni, Zauli
Synopsis: A funeral worker passes the time by making crosswords; three women at the same time are in hospital. Time is marked by the ticking of the alarm clock in the coffin shop and by an electrocardiogram in the hospital. The fate strikes one of the three women. And time continues to pass …
MISS POSTURA – Miss Posture
Title: MISS POSTURA – Miss Posture
Director: Luca Turco
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:09:00
Submitted by: Premiere, Film
Synopsis: Carmen vive con la figlia Sharon in una modesta casa a Forcella, quartiere popolare e folkloristico del centro di Napoli. Dopo aver perso l’ennesimo concorso per via dell’esuberanza della madre, Sharon dovrà subito prepararsi per il nuovo evento internazionale “Miss Postura”. Stavolta Carmen dovrà fare i conti con una strana legge del contrappasso.
armen lives with her daughter Sharon in a modest house in Forcella, a working-class district in the centre of Naples. After losing yet another competition due to her mother’s exuberance, Sharon must immediately prepare for the new international event ‘Miss Posture’. This time Carmen will have to face a strange law of counterpoise.
Credits:
Writers: Andrea Bonelli, Fabrizio Riccardi, Luca Turco
Producers: Verteego Entertainment
Key Cast: Viviana Cangiano, Sofia Piccirillo
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/950666550?share=copy
PRINCIPESSA
Director: Alessandra Francesca Coratella
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:06:00
Submitted by: Premiere, Film
Synopsis: PRINCIPESSA ALLA SECONDA
C’era una volta una principessa, un principe e pura la strega cattiva. Insomma una fiaba come tante dove però il principe sarà anche simpatico, ma la nostra principessa preferisce sua sorella. Solo il bacio del vero amore potrà risvegliarla dalla perfida maledizione della strega, la terrificante trasformazione in… un cuscino!?
Eng: PRINCESS AT THE SECOND
Once upon a time there was a princess, a prince and also the wicked witch. In short, a fairy tale like many others where the prince may be nice, but our princess prefers his sister. Only the kiss of true love can awaken her from the wicked curse, a terrifying transformation into… a pillow!?
Credits:
Writers: Alessandra Francesca Coratella
Producers: Alessandra Francesca Coratella
Key Cast: Shanti Winiger, Valentina Violo, Giorgio Ganzerli
TAMAGO
Director: Orso Miyakawa, Peter Miyakawa, Benjamin Miyakawa
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:18:00
Submitted by: Premiere, Film
Synopsis: English: Tokyo. Kazu and Tatsu are two salary men in their thirties. One night, after work, they get drunk and decide to tell each other their deepest secrets to seal the friendship. Tatsu admits being still a virgin. Kazu reveals that every time he eats an egg sandwich, his body transforms, turning him into a beautiful woman. Tatsu doesn’t believe his friend and asks him to prove it…
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Italiano: Tokyo. Kazu e Tatsu sono due impiegati sulla trentina. Una sera, dopo il lavoro, si ubriacano e decidono di confessarsi i loro segreti più profondi in nome della loro amicizia. Tatsu ammette di essere ancora vergine. Kazu rivela che ogni volta che mangia un panino all’uovo si trasforma in una bellissima donna. Tatsu non gli crede e gli chiede di dimostrarlo…
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東京。カズとタツは30代のサラリーマン。ある夜、仕事を終えて酔ったふたりは、友情を確かなものにするため、お互いの深い秘密を打ち明けようと決意する。タツはまだ童貞であることを告白。カズはタマゴサンドを食べるたびに体が変化し、美しい女性に変身することを明かす。タツは友人を信じず、それを証明してくれと頼むが…。
Credits:
Writers: Orso, Peter & Ben Miyakawa
Producers: WISE srl
Key Cast: Kazuma Hotta, Rion Takahashi, Akane Hotta
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1082806176?share=copy
UNA FACCIA DA CINEMA / A FACE MADE FOR CINEMA
Director: ALBERTO SALVUCCI
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:15:00
Submitted by: Premiere, Film
Synopsis: Andrea e Gabriele, due quarantenni con la passione per la recitazione e il videomaking, cercano di sbarcare il lunario come content creator, ma la loro carriera è tutt’altro che brillante. Ma come sono finiti rinchiusi in un ovile, ostaggi del malavitoso Bastiano?
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Andrea and Gabriele are two forty-year-olds with a passion for acting and videomaking, trying to make a living as content creators. However, their career is far from successful. Despite the challenges, they keep their bizarre dream alive: making a spaghetti zombie movie! But how did they end up locked in a sheepfold, held hostage by the criminal Bastiano?
Credits:
Writers: GIANNI CESARACCIO, DANIELE GRASSETTI
Producers: BERTAS
Key Cast: ALESSANDRO SCARAMELLA, ANDREA COGHENE, FIORENZO MATTU, ALESSANDRO GAZALE
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1062047010?share=copy
Caramella / Candy
Director: Valerio Narcisi
Country: Italy
Duration: 00:14:00
Submitted by: Premiere, Film
Synopsis: Ilenia è una ragazza che lavora in una fabbrica di scarpe nelle Marche e sogna di diventare attrice. Quando le viene assegnato un turno di notte che entra in conflitto con il suo corso di recitazione, fatica a trovare qualcuno disposto a scambiare i turni con lei. Con il crescere della frustrazione, si confida con Massimino, un nuovo collega, raccontandogli il suo desiderio di sfuggire alla monotonia per inseguire la sua passione.
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English: Ilenia is a girl that is working in a shoe factory in Le Marche, who dreams of becoming an actress. When she’s assigned to a night shift that conflicts with her acting course, she struggles to get anyone to swap shifts. As her frustration builds, she confides in Massimino, a new colleague, about her desire to escape the monotony and pursue her passion.
Credits:
Writers: Valerio Narcisi
Producers: Valerio Narcisi
Key Cast: Veronica Ferretti, Francesco Trasatti
The plan
Director: Edu Monreal
Country: Spain
Duration: 00:05:39
Submitted by: Films, On the Road
Synopsis: Two unemployed friends, with no future and a bank account more pathetic than their résumé, decide it’s time to stop begging for opportunities and take them by force. How? With a brilliant plan… or so they think. Because when two desperate minds come together, only two things can happen: pure genius or a monumental disaster.
Credits:
Other Credits: Distribution Company: Films on the Road
Links & Social:
Website: https://filmsontheroad.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1071202326
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edumonreal/
Lencería Milagros
Director: Jana Moreno
Country: Spain
Duration: 00:13:31
Submitted by: Films, On the Road
Synopsis: Mili (23) is the third generation of the store “Lencería Milagros,” which is about to close due to financial problems. In order to understand her identity and free herself, Mili must unravel the hidden history of the store and the secrets her grandmother, Doña Milagros, the founder of the business, has kept for years among objects, walls, and paintings. Through this process, Mili reconstructs her grandmother’s memory until she manages to establish a conversation that will allow them to accept themselves and fight for their love. Time is running out, and with the store on the brink of closing, they must resolve their conflicts before it’s too late.
Credits:
Writers: Jana Moreno
Producers: Sara Salvany Prats
Key Cast: Lu Colomina, María Giménez de Cala, Abril Garcia, Anna Carné, Valèria Cuní
Other Credits: Distribution Company: Films on the Road
Links & Social:
Website: https://filmsontheroad.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bragasmilagros/
Plasticized
Director: Nerea Úbeda Segura
Country: Spain
Duration: 00:05:49
Submitted by: Films, On the Road
Synopsis: A fisherman gobbles up a package of crackers and throws the wrapper into the sea, while waiting on the shore for a fish to take the bait. What the bait bites, however, is not exactly what he expected.
Credits:
Writers: Nerea Úbeda Segura
Producers: Núria Saez
Key Cast: Juan Pablo Shuk, Ángela Gascón
Other Credits: Distribution Company: Films on the Road
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://youtu.be/pMNyWr8EjDA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/basajaunfilmak/
The remedy
Director: David Aparicio
Country: Spain
Duration: 00:15:00
Submitted by: Films, On the Road
Synopsis: One summer morning, Sole, a hairdresser from the streets, opens the door of her house to the plumber, who kidnaps her to upload her content to the Deep Web. However, Sole takes control of the situation.
Credits:
Writers: David Aparicio
Producers: EFD Studios
Key Cast: Melani Olivares, Nacho Nugo, Reme García Castro, Inma Isla
Lost
Director: Yidi Wang
Country: China
Duration: 00:05:06
Submitted by: Dino, Wang
Synopsis: A story about a young filmmaker who loses his dream in the face of reality
Links & Social:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wyd_ino?igsh=eHUwZjZvb3hhMzZ5&utm_source=qr
Crèche & Burn
Director: Frank O’Neil
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 00:04:02
Submitted by: Frank, O’Neil
Synopsis: Staff at an office crèche fight to protect their children during a zombie outbreak.
Credits:
Writers: Frank O’Neil
Key Cast: Jacob Cunningham, Libby Dyer Douglas
Other Credits: Project Manager: Lauren Ward; Animation: Frank O’Neil, Jacob Cunningham, Corey Duff Macleod, Niamh Harley, Nahel Zayani, Maggie Thatcher, Ciorstaidh NicChoinnich, Dani McIntyre, Saskia Thorburn-Eaddy; Background Art: Bea Meleghy, Nahel Zayani, Grace Barnes, Kirsty Murray; Compositing: Lauren Ward, Bea Meleghy; Character Design: Libby Dyer Douglas, Ciorstaidh NicChoinnich; Concept Art: Frank O’Neil, Libby Dyer Douglas, Ciorstaidh NicChoinnich, Bea Meleghy
Links & Social:
Website: https://frankostein.neocities.org/cnb
Trailer: https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/34279784
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crecheandburn.film/
Island
Director: Branko Kosteski
Country: North Macedonia
Duration: 00:14:39
Submitted by: Branko, Kosteski
Synopsis: Vlado, a 40-year-old misanthropic screenwriter, lives alone, avoiding human connection. On his birthday, his sister urges him to reconnect with his high school sweetheart, Sara, now back in town. The date goes disastrously when Vlado, who can’t stand kids, discovers Sara is pregnant, sending him into a panic. Days later, Vlado believes his elderly neighbor Pero has died and rushes to help, only to find him alive. Shaken, Vlado’s views on solitude begin to crumble when he sees Pero embraced by his loving family visiting from abroad.
Credits:
Writers: Branko Kosteski
Producers: Dejan Dimeski
Key Cast: Sashko Kocev, Ana Stojanovska, Gabriela Petrushevska
Other Credits: Editor: Branko Kosteski; Sound Designer: Risto Alchinov; Composer: Branislav Nikolov; Cinematographer: Dejan Dimeski
Links & Social:
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKDapDWf-U
Normal Situation
Director: Peyman Naji
Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of
Duration: 00:18:26
Submitted by: Hadi, Farahmand
Synopsis: For years, the Groom has wandered in search of his missing half. But in this absurd quest for love, every encounter leaves him a little less whole—until the final meeting, where losing may be the only way to become complete.
Credits:
Writers: Peyman Naji
Producers: Mahsa Pourhashem
Key Cast: Siavash Cheraghipour, Noushin Tabrizi, Mohammad Alaei, Yadollah Shadmani, Badri Beranjani, Fatemeh Mortazi, Shayan Mousavi, Farya Najdi, Sasan Roozbeigi
Other Credits: Director of Photography: Mehdi Rezaei; Editor: Mahyar Behmanesh; Project Executive: Mahmoud Pouyandeh; Sound Recording: Mehdi Yeganeh; Set Designer: Pouyan Baghandeh; Makeup Artist: Ahoora Ghasemi; Sound Design, Mix & Music: Ehsan Afsharian; Production Manager: Mahmoud Ostovar
Links & Social:
Website: https://www.zigguart.it/portfolio/normal-situation/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/RedAPDpRtoQ
