Isolation -Short -Canada -dcff21 Finalist
Set in a world running parallel to our own pandemic-gripped reality, ISOLATION dips into the life of John (Alexander Johnson), a young man sequestered in his high-rise apartment, waiting in tandem with a paused outside world swept up in illness. Even locked doors in the sky can be knocked upon, however, and when his past […]
Lady of the Sea -Short -Canada -dcff21 Finalist
There once was a lady from the sea, born from the corals and the currents, the tides and the waves. These are the lessons that she taught me. Director Biography – Emmett Sparling Emmett Sparling has been creating films for the past few years on his travels. He is constantly inspired by nature and the […]
Mike Barnes: Private Eye -WebSeries -USA -Dcff21 Finalist
A not-quite-influencer takes his vlogging to a new level when he moonlights as a private detective… (Season 1 is seven 5-minute episodes for 36m TRT; link is to episode playlist; if only one episode is allowed, please view Episode 4; if only three, view 3, 4, and 5.) Director – Steven Ellis
Mid Life Conversations -Short -USA -Dcff21 Finalist
When a wife realizes her husband is living out his dream as a stand up comic, she feels that she has lost her purpose. Director – Maria Filippone
Reptile House -Short -Canada -Dcff21 -Finalist
A man looking to buy a snake gets far more than he bargained for as he is drawn into a mysterious woman’s home of exotic reptiles. “Thena loves her precious reptiles, and closely questions any who come to buy one. The worthy may gain a reptile, but those who are not may lose their lives!” […]
Mr Alemann -Doc -USA -dcff21 Finalist
The film chronicles the life of an early pioneer in education filmmaking, and the only known women in that field at the time. As a successful international journalist, Johanna Alemann would leave that career to enter the male dominated world of filmmaking in 1958. Though little known today, her pioneering work in the educational film […]
Lila -Short -Spain -dcff21 Finalist
One night. Three women. Three generations. A grandmother, a mother and a daughter are about to lose Lila, the pet that has joined them for the past 20 years. This will expose their unresolved conflicts: their fears, their mistakes, their secrets… And how much they need each other. Tonight, they not only face a bitter […]
Sorrow -Short -Serbia -dcff21 Finalist
In a life full of struggles, the old man finally encounters one that he cannot overcome. For the first time, he is unable to fight back. Past, present, and future are torturing his mind. There is no escape, no way out. He’s trying to ignore anxious thoughts but is repeatedly brought back to them. Director […]
Sab Rab De Bande (We’re all God’s Creation) -Doc -India -dcff21 Finalist
Sab Rab De Bande brings forth the various challenges that LGBTQ Sikhs grapple with and the different ways in which they reconcile their faith and gender/sexual identities. The documentary, through interviews with LGBTQ Sikhs, captures the varied experiences of queer Sikhs. Featured in the documentary are five different people with different gender and sexual identities […]
How to Fall in Love in a Brothel
How To Fall in Love in a Brothel. Set in 1960 Incheon, South Korea. As a young country is struggling through rebuilding after the Korean War, two young Koreans struggling to find their place in a hard world, find love in an unexpected and unlikely setting. Showing what is possible in life when two people […]