Babushka -DCFF23 Winner -Best Short Int’l (Austria)
Austria, 1945. Together with her granddaughter Marie, Grandmother lives on a mountain farm. One day, of all things, two Russian deserters show up. Influenced by her prejudice of the violent enemy, Grandmother hides Marie before the unexpected arrivals reach the farm. Marie, on the other hand, is curious about the Russians. She sneaks up to […]
PERPETUAL SEARCH -DCFF23 Winner -Best Doc Short Int’l (Nepal)
This documentary focuses on Mr. Bhim Bahadur Thapa, his enduring legacy, and the mythical aspects of his life. It serves both as a biographical account and as an enduring piece of social commentary. He entered this world on 8 May 1920, dedicating his entire existence to the belief that people needed to awaken to effect […]
The Divorcees Of Casablanca DCFF23 Winner – Best Feature Film Int’l (Morocco)
Five women from the great city of CASABLANCA, a source of economic, social, and civilizational progress. There are five divorced women from different social strata, and are professionally active in various fields. These women try to rebuild their lives, in an unequal society, dominated by prejudices against divorced women, and ignorance of the rules of […]
The Founder Effect -DCFF23 Winner – Best Feature Film Canada
OUTLINE: When a young boy goes missing in the town of Hope, his grandfather must grapple with their family history and navigate mysterious phenomena as he sets out on a quest of conscience to save his grandson from the shadows. SUMMARY: A perfect family getaway is suddenly upended when a policeman’s grandson disappears. Jack Rooney […]
And outside life goes on -DCFF23 Winner – Best Documentary Int’l (Switzerland)
And outside life goes on With the Covid crisis we have realized that working in a hospital means to be confronted to life and death in a very direct way. « Birth of a hospital » takes us to the heart of the hospital realm following Éric, Frédérique and Giuseppe. Their fates cross ways when […]
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR -DCFF23 Winner – Best Documentary Canada
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR Singer Isabelle Cyr takes a fascinating journey in France to meet her Acadian cousins, whose ancestors were deported from Canada. During the journey, where past and present mingle with personal discoveries, she composes a song on her identity and connections with the people. Director Biography – Phil Comeau Phil Comeau, an Acadian […]
Plasmid -Short -USA -dcff21 -Winner -Best Short USA
A young nurse must fight for her life when her house has been invaded by an unearthly intruder. Director Biography – Roshni “Rush” Bhatia Roshni Bhatia is a writer-director who grew up in Mumbai, India. A science fiction and horror fan inspired by the films of James Cameron, Jason Blum and the writings of Richard […]
Incompleteness -WebSeries -USA -dcff21 -Winner -Best WebSeries USA
A terminal cancer diagnosis leads a miserable workaholic on a self-indulgent quest to win back his pregnant-and-estranged wife and connect with his unborn son through a self-funded, semi-autobiographical movie about the meaning of life. All seven episodes of the first season have been completed. Provided here is the pilot episode. The rest of Season 1 […]
An Ordinary Life -Doc -Israel -dcff2021 -Winner -Best Doc Int’l
Fadhumo and Helen are two refugees who need sanctuary in Israel and Germany. Each in her own way copes with discrimination, foreignness, and a life without roots. Simultaneously they become close friends and social activists determined to help women like them and provide a better future for coming generations. Between Tel Aviv and Berlin they […]
The Beast of Our Time -Doc -USA -dcff21 -Winner -Best Doc USA
The Beast of Our Time is a fifty-years-in-the-making, unflinching inquiry into the relationship between climate change and grizzly bears, narrated by one of America’s most passionate storytellers, Jeff Bridges. Top scientists, advocates, authors, filmmakers, and poets band together to investigate, and find the fates of both grizzly bears and humans to be more interlinked than […]