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Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: THE SKY PULLED OVER OUR EYES Best Performances: LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE! Best Cinematography: TANIEL Best Sound & Music: I AM NOT AN ANGEL, Theme of night: Life Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE!, 13min., Mexico, Drama… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: October 2021 Festival

Anton’s Right Here is the name of a charity supporting people with autism, founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2013. Improbable as it may sound, it has an eponymous orchestra comprised of people with autism spectrum disorders. They play music at the intersection of jazz, rock, and electronics – often called spiritual free jazz. The… Continue reading Short Film: THE SKY PULLED OVER OUR EYES, 16min., Russia, Music

Director Garo Berberian was born in Chiswick, London, and graduated from Berkshire School of Art and Design with a merit in Photography, also winning Fuji’s student street photography award. Garo then moved into Broadcast Television, rising up through the ranks from editor to director, working on numerous award-winning television, documentary, commercial and hard hitting viral… Continue reading Director BIO: Garo Berberian (TANIEL)

One of the greatest innovative poets of the 20th century, a respected teacher, exciting public speaker, loving father and husband, Taniel Varoujan at 31 foresaw the looming darkness that was approaching and the destruction of the Armenian nation in what became known as the Armenian Genocide. Film Noir in style, “Taniel” pays homage to the… Continue reading Short Film: TANIEL, 20min,. Armenia, Drama

Nicolás Torres Payán obtained a scholarship to study Film at Vancouver Film School; upon his return to Mexico he worked in the production area in the short film “El Extranjero” by plastic artist Damian Ortega.In 2018 he was the Personal Assistant to acclaimed director Arturo Ripstein for his film “El Diablo Entre Las Piernas”.Nicolás currently… Continue reading Director BIO: Nicolás Torres Payán (LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE!)

A child and his magical donkey help to restore the broken order in a village. Un niño y su burro mágico ayudan a restablecer el orden roto de un pueblo. News & Reviews “Cortometraje sobre un niño, su burro mágico y la necesidad de justicia colectiva.. “La Estatuillahttps://laestatuilla.com/festivales/viva-el-pueblo-cortometraje-ficm-2020/ “Necesitamos Justicia Colectiva Para Sanar”Vertedero Culturalhttps://vertederocultural.com/2020/11/02/necesitamos-un

Joe Chang is an award-winning Chinese-born Canadian animation director. He studied at Lu-Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China and Tama Art University Graduate school in Tokyo, Japan and the animated short the Chinese Violin (2000) was his first animated film with the National Film Board of Canada. His most recent work is animated… Continue reading Director BIO: Joe Chang (I AM NOT AN ANGEL)

I am not an Angel is a 11-minute animated short film with no dialogue, and is about a very ordinary female nurse named Amy, who does everything in her power to help save a patient from succumbing to Covid-19. It is a testament to the health care workers who are the heroes in this fight… Continue reading Short Film: I AM NOT AN ANGEL, 11min., Canada, Animation

This silent film adaptation, based on the critically acclaimed poem, follows four men chained together in the gallows of Hell. Each face their demise one-by-one at the hands of the Beast. Directed by Waide Riddle