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Congratulations to the winners
November 2022

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BEST FILM ~ SMALL SHORTS

FREDERICK THE GREAT

Ming-En Lloyd Cui (Australia)

An aging conductor escapes to the ocean for one final, windswept orchestration.

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BEST FILM ~ MICRO SHORTS

((O))

Joanna Żybul (Poland)

A short animation about the anticipation of a special delivery...

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE ~ SMALL SHORTS

WHEN ALONE

Paz Bernstein (Israel)

We get a chance to dive into one's soul, as we take a peek at a woman touching herself. The feminine power explodes, changing all of the surroundings, painting the town with the magic of woman sexuality.

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE ~ MICRO SHORTS

FIRST MEMORY

Chip Hackler (United States)

Memory's a funny thing.

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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ~ NOVEMBER 2022

(in order of appearance at the screening)

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Rose Blecon

France

A crucial meeting.

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FIRST MEMORY

FIRST MEMORY

Chip Hackler

Wilmington, NC

Memory's a funny thing.

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She Doesn't Like Pizza

She Doesn't Like Pizza

Matt McKisson

Houston, TX

When the ugly truth about a local woman's tastes come to light, there are dire consequences for everyone involved.

10

Moscow State Circus

Moscow State Circus

Joshua Van Horn

Houston, TX

A short profile on the bears of the Moscow State Circus based on a passage by John McPhee.

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Once upon a February

Once upon a February

Julia Shlenskaya

Russia

This micro short film is about the feelings and emotions which occurred after February 24th 2022, from the perspective of a person who lives in Russia.

16

Her Dad's Bananas!

Her Dad's Bananas!

Jeff Vande Zande

United States

A visual aid can make all the difference.

19

PHONE CALL

PHONE CALL

Zoe Kim

New York,NY

This is why everyone with a Korean mom needs to goto therapy.

22

Death and Magic Castles

Death and Magic Castles

Kari Barber

Reno,NV

A mother brings life and death into one frame in a culture where the goal is to live forever.

25

How Could This Have Happened To Me!

How Could This Have Happened To Me!

Charles Strider

United Kingdom

Claire goes leaps and bounds to avoid the coronavirus, in a pandemic where no one else is taking safety quite as seriously as she is.

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Inhabit

Inhabit

Duncan Falconer

United Kingdom

When moving into a new house, John slowly realises the previous tenant may have left something behind!

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The Sharing

The Sharing

Hariharasudhen Nagarajan

United States

Florence and Dasdan navigate the rules of their rocky relationship.

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Blooming

Blooming

Efa Blosse-Mason, Sophie Marsh

United Kingdom

This playful stop motion celebrates desire and pleasure from a plant's eye view.

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Small Hours

Small Hours

Marta Sniezek, Christian Spurling

Ireland

Small Hours is a fully split/mosaic-screen 2D animation short which follows two people's trains of thought, transitioning from one memory to another. As we dive deeper into the memories we transcend into the character's subconscious and loose track of reality.

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The Squirrel Slip

The Squirrel Slip

Patty Bilbro, Lori Swartz

United States

The true story of a girl, a stranger, and a squirrel.

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Safe at Home

Safe at Home

Zoë DeLeon

United States

A stop motion short film about two roommates being "safe at home" during the COVID-10 pandemic made by two roommates who were stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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When alone

When alone

Paz Bernstein

Israel

feminine power explodes, changing all of the surroundings, painting the town with the magic of woman sexuality.

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ED GEIN RARE RESTORED FOOTAGE FOUND IN 2019!

ED GEIN RARE RESTORED FOOTAGE FOUND IN 2019!

Steve Chappell

Madison, WI

ED GEIN RARE FOOTAGE

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The Dark Chasm of Lincoln Street

The Dark Chasm of Lincoln Street

Oliver McGoldrick

United Kingdom

Something strange is happening on this suburban street.

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The Little Things Matter

The Little Things Matter

Brandon Watts

Los Angeles, CA

After detailing his precious sports car, Timothy's life is derailed by forces from above.

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Elevator Beat

Elevator Beat

Alexis Giraud, Aiden Hall

United States

Casual turns convivial.

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Bomb Defusing for the Abducted Adolescent: An Instructional Demonstration

Bomb Defusing for the Abducted Adolescent: An Instructional Demonstration

Thomas Brandt

Culver City, CA

A kidnapped man wakes to a bomb that will explode in 60 seconds.

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dissociate is to

Miles Mazzocato

Australia

A woman has a dissociative episode while driving her kids down a highway

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Cheesed

Cheesed

The S&M Experience

Canada

It's hard losing a pet, but there's no need to be so cheesy.

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Hot Or Iced?

Hot Or Iced?

Anthony Chirco

Los Angeles, CA

A man's indecision process is shown as a surreal fight between two opposing sides of his brain in a coffee shop.

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Teething Problems

Teething Problems

Kristian Fitsall

United Kingdom

Tired of her housemate stealing her toiletries, Darcy takes a twisted revenge in this darkly comic parody of a 'How To' video.

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Falling (5 min)

Falling (5 min)

Brittany Devon

Chicago, IL

the sapphic experience of falling in love and falling apart

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Dolls Smile

Dolls Smile

Javad Saleh

Iran

Children and dolls smile.

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Petroleum Pants

Petroleum Pants

Luke Bechtel

Chicago, IL

A micro-short reflection on the commitments we choose to make and the toll those commitments can take on us.

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Vegan on the Weekends

Vegan on the Weekends

Faith ShaKira Chamblee

Baltimore, MD

A vegan ends up working as a butcher and endures an identity crisis.

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SPEEDBOAT

SPEEDBOAT

Tobias James

Thailand

In the waterways outside Bangkok, a subculture of turbo longtail boat racers converge to see who's the fastest.

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((O))

((O))

Joanna Żybul

Poland

Short story about an anticipation for a special delivery...

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Pox

Pox

Simon Young

Austria

In a burned out shack in the great American dust bowl, a pox rages through a pioneer family.

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A Bloody Graveyard Story

A Bloody Graveyard Story

Vanessa Stachel

Germany

Three teenagers sneak into an eerie cemetery at night to summon an exceptionally terrible ghost with an ancient ritual. But they did not expect what they encounter there.

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Achilles

Achilles

Adam Morris

United Kingdom

Even the legendary Achilles has moments of self-doubt. Achilles explores the Achilles syndrome, known as the fear of failure.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

Ming-En Lloyd Cui

Australia

An ageing conductor escapes to the ocean for one final, windswept orchestration.

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Quiet Your Mind

Quiet Your Mind

Jason C. Brown, Erin O’Shea

United States

A short about the "simple" art of meditating.

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