LITERATURE IN CINEMA

UN FESTIVAL MUY ESPECIAL

"Literature in Cinema" in an event that aims to reward film works that are related to literature in some way. They can be adaptations of books or documentaries about literature, or biographies of writers.  

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ARTE VIVO. San Martín 510 Buenos Aires. Argentina​​

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Award winners

The Hobbyist

Director George Vatistas

in Best Edition

United States

Medea

Director Bettina Alice Eberhard

in Best Film

Switzerland

Colombina

Director Victor Vidangossi

in Best Biography

Chile

Telepathic Letters

Director Edgar Pêra

in Best documentary

Portugal

Space: Juan Ramón Jiménez in Miami

Director Carlos Garcia Pandiello

Finalist

United States

Black September

Director Hua Zeng

in Best Short

United States

Arshinagar (Reflection)

Director Ahmed Tahsin Shams

Best script adaptation

Bangladesh

Emma and Maria

Director Chan Esdel Kim

in Best Director

United States

The Super-Honeymoon of Fred Demmler and Alexander James

Director Charles Kaufmann

in, Best LGTB,

United States

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OFFICIAL SELECTION July 2026

 Black September
Director Hua Zen
United States

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Always Lost (loquesepierdeparasiempre)
Director Rafael Hernández de Dios
Spain

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Become Light
Director Hugo Antonio Tovar Ugaz
Peru

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Artificial Love
Director Gustavo Coletti
Argentina

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Vasco da Gama - The Infinite Sea
Director Cláudio Jordão
Portugal

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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Director Colin Patrick Ryan
United States

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Sanjeev
Director Anil Nakka
India

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Dreams of the Everyday Trafficker: Not Taken Origins
Director Terry Ulick
United States

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Forever Young
Director Jinkyung Song
South Korea

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Worth Takin'
Writer ROME ROMANNE
 

Saturday Morning Live/ Republic of Georgia Episode/ US
Director Elene Morchadze
Ukraine

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Deep Within
Director BURAK ÖZEN

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Colombina
Director Victor Vidangossi
Chile

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NOW Again - Part Two
Director Richard Philpott
United Kingdom

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Where Are King Solomon's Mines?
Director DJ Clark
Hong Kong

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Space: Juan Ramón Jiménez in Miami
Director Carlos Garcia Pandiello
United States

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Clancy Sigal: Hollywood Blacklist to "A" List
Directors Kurt Jacobsen, Warren Leming
United States

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I was here
Directors José Crúzio, Martin Gerigk
Germany, Portugal

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POETRIX
Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou
Greece

Mayfly of Deep Time
Director Qin Run Chen
China

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Neurons
Director Publio César de la Vega García
Spain

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Trumpet Player
Director Felino Dolloso
Australia

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The Coming Tomorrow
Director Bubba Winkelspecht
United States

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The Fate of Cysalion
Director Marc Blasweiler
Germany

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Henry and the Horrible Thing
Director Phynley Joel
United States

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MOKSHYA
Director Subarna Poudel
Australia, Nepal

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Your future kingdom
Director Thomas Clavreul
France

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Aaron Crest vs Medusa * 2026
Director Algis Kemezys
Canada

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A Little Childhood
Director Vahid Alipour
Iran

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Dreamers
Director Publio César de la Vega García
Spain

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The father´s day
Director Publio César de la Vega García
Spain

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In captivity of a finger+2
Directors Zahra Shafiei dehaghani, Mohammadali Taheri,

Ali akbar Ardeshir, Ismail Mokhtarian
Iran

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The Conscience of the Young Werther
Director Pasquale Fresegna
Italy

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The Fruit of Decadence
Director Elena Motiejunaite

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Manuscripts
Director Mahdi Iravani
Iran

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A Stone Dreams To Blossom
Director Rodrigo Areias
Portugal

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Telepathic Letters
Director Edgar Pêra
Portugal

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LA BUONA EDUCAZIONE
Director Domenico De Ceglia
Italy

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Old Friends
Director Jake Frazer
Australia

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The Show Must Go On: The End Of The World
Director Jason Durgana
Canada

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Wish You Were Here!
Director Jason Durgana
Canada

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The Jade Palace’ s Lament
Director Xiaoxiao MA
China

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The house
Director Eva Villaseñor
Mexico

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Close-Up: an oddyssey
Directors Nick Gatsby, Skye Armenta
United States

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Extremely Personal Documentary
Director Ogulcan Atayol
Türkiye

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Forever Famous Immortal Retreat
Director Trix StarT
United Kingdom

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Marina and the Skirt
Director Tania Huidobro Moreno
Mexico

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Forever Young
Director Jinkyung Song
South Korea

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Orph
Director Marta M. Mata
Spain

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Shining A Light On Lupus
Directors Nazzinda Ruth, Sandra Kosse
Uganda

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I have no place to cry
Director Fady Jeanbart
United States

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Meritocracy-A True Fiction
Director Samanya Gandavarapu
India

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First Kiss
Director Seyed Hasan Hosseini
Iran

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The Ground Floor
Director Sajjad Taheri
Iran

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We Will Find YOU
Director Judson Vaughan
Spain

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The Metamorphosis
Director Henry Dane
United States
 

My wings will protect you
Director Antonio Cuadri
Spain

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The Bunny
Directors Isaiah Supadi, Oscar Smith
Australia

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Disconnected
Director Piyush Prashant Chavan
United Kingdom

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Don Quixote's Quest
Director Algis Kemezys
Canada

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Opportunity
Director Shamim Shoomali
United States

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Paw and Scissors
Director Shamim Shoomali
United States

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NOW Again - Part One
Director Richard Philpott
United Kingdom

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A Man of Soil
Director Sandeep AR Pathak
India

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A crowd
Director Orwa Alahmad
France, Norway, Syrian Arab Republic

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Cymbelism
Writer Joe Leone

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OTP ( Ondu Thathkalika Payana )
Director V.C Karthik
India

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Pinball COMEDY
Director Anthony Crescenzo
 

#illthinker 🔥 Bar 4 Bar 5 ⭐ M.O.S.T live on Notorious Big Step
Director Donnel D Johnson
United States

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Folie à Famille
Director Alex Sereno
Spain

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Lady Sakura
Director Alex Sereno
Spain

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TO HER
Director Kevin NGO
France

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Bambi (Crowned with Laurels: An American Murder Story- Case #1 the Laurie Bembenek Story)
Director Lisa Spencer

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The Sweetest Goodbye
Director Emily Schooley
Canada

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Nothing about you scares me / Nic mnie w tobie nie przeraża
Director Justyna Nowak
Poland

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TIME SENTENCE
Director Khalid Hasan Khan

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Do I?
Director Zane Lucky Hampton
 

Gunsmoke: An American Institution – Celebrating 50 Years of Television’s Best Western
Writer Ben Costello

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Poemaria
Director Davi Kinski
Brazil

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Case 076
Directors Moises Suarez, Javier Carreon
Mexico

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Through in Between
Director Chase Bradburn
United States

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Miles to Go...
Director Jim Hall
France

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Unfinished
Director Manyu Dubbyreddy
United States

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For You
Director RAGHUNATH N B
India

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The Gouge
Director Alexandre Amado
Portugal

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Swallowing Loop
Directors Ivan Law, Monching Lin
Hong Kong

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Arshinagar (Reflection)
Director Ahmed Tahsin Shams
Bangladesh

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When it's love that counts
Writer massimiliano romano

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The Answer to Forever
Director Zheng Yunchang
China

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The Third Dream
Submitter Mohammadhossein Nikzad
Iran

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The Fate of Cysalion
Director Marc Blasweiler
Germany

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30-Year-Old Freshman
Director Tonethegoat
United States

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The One Beyond, The One Within
Director İbrahim Evin
Türkiye

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Wonderfully_____10m_eng
Director Vittorio Caratozzolo
Italy

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Gregor_____10m
Director Vittorio Caratozzolo
Italy

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With Your Life
Director Miguel Martinez
United States

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1000 O
Director Barbara Peikert
Switzerland

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The Cormorant's Shadow
Director Barbara Peikert
Switzerland

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ESO NO RIMA (THAT DOESN´T RHYME)
Director Roberto Villafane
Panama

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AWARD WINNERS - JULY 2025

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Velintonia 3

Director Javier Vila Galarza

in Best documentary

Spain

Mercy

Director Philip Szporer

in Best Short

Canada

MALDITO BAUDELAIRE

In Best Edition. Dan Morales

Argentina

The Keepers of Books

Director Christiaan Hümbs-Steinbeck

Finalist in Best documentary

Germany

LAPSO

Director Cándido Pérez de Armas

Finalist in Best Short,

Spain

Chœurs Atlantiques | Tales from the Atlantic Beyond

Director Safoi Babana-Hampton

in Best Director

France, Guadeloupe, Martiniqu

Found Poetry. Four Verses

Director Dmytro Bondarchuk

in Best Film

Ukraine

Measure for Measure 2.4

Director Tim Eliot

in Best Actress,

United States

Measure for Measure 2.4

Director Tim Eliot

in Best actor

United States

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OFFICIAL SELECTION - July 2025

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É Pra Mudar, Muleke - Uma Vida no DEGASE

Director Serginho Clemente

Brazil

Velintonia 3

Director Javier Vila Galarza

Spain

LORCA IN HAVANA

Directors JOSE ANTONIO TORRES, ANTONIO MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ

Spain

The Deep Dive

Director Blair Murphy

United States

The Be-All and End-All

Director Yun Zhu

China

The Keepers of Books

Director Christiaan Hümbs-Steinbeck

Germany

DEADBEAT

Director Louis Holmes

United States

Measure for Measure 2.4

Director Tim Eliot

United States, United States

THE GREAT HOLOCAUST

Director Marco Antonio Espinoza

Mexico

The Perez Celis Universe

Director Gustavo Coletti

Argentina

Mangyan Ambahan: Wisdom for Our Filipino Soul

Submitter Chiara Cox

Philippines

The Reach

Director Luca Caserta

Italy

Life Path

Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece

Lotus

Directors Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins

United States

Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration

Director Bryce Mackie

United States​

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Raised Anchor
Director Rastko Šejić
Serbia

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Mercy

Director Philip Szporer

Canada

Chœurs Atlantiques | Tales from the Atlantic Beyond (WITH ENGLISH & FRENCH SUBTITLES)

Director Safoi Babana-Hampton

France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Senegal, United States

Emily Kathleen's Horror in Black and White

Director Emily Kathleen

United States

Found Poetry. Four Verses

Director Dmytro Bondarchuk

Ukraine

What is Love?

Directors Martina Herzog, Reinhard J. Steiner

Switzerland

73 Seconds

Director Stacy Gardner

Canada

LAPSO

Director Cándido Pérez de Armas

Spain

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AWARD WINNERS 2024

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 LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Best documentary
Norway

[REST IN POETRY
Director Tina-Maria Feyrer
in Best Short
Switzerland

Hole Punched Ear
Directors Alan Yammin, Ben Tull
in Best Film
United States

[Pathway (Trayectoria)
Director Matias Erazo
Honorable mention 
Argentina

MAX CORVO For Freedom The secret war of OSS in Italy 1943-1945
Director Ezio Costanzo
Best Biography
Italy

[Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union
Director Chad Gracia
in Best script adaptation
Ukraine

[LOVE AND GLORY (THE JOUNG DELEDDA)
Director Maria Grazia Perria
Best Actress
Italy

[Gus: The Moonstone
Director Michael Müller
in Best Director
Austria

[Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war.
Directors Juan Antonio BERNIER BLANCO, Rafael BERNIER BLANCO
Best LGTB
Spain

[Bake It Till You Make It
Director Jason Taglieri
Finalist in Best documentary.
United States

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OFFICIAL SELECTION  November 2024

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LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution

Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo

Norway

巧克力天使

Submitter ACG影视动画 —

in Best Short

Pathway (Trayectoria)

Director Matias Erazo

Argentina

In Search of Edgar Allan Poe

Director Andrew D. Kaplan

United States

3rd aye

Director Richard Philpott

United Kingdom

Manuscript

Director Juan Ambrogio Goldenhersch

Argentina

Small Things

Director Angela Andronache

United States

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory

Director Kola Tubosun

Nigeria

Shakespeare, Thou Art Translated

Director Charlie Mitchell

United States

Bake It Till You Make It

Director Jason Taglieri

United States

REST IN POETRY

Director Tina-Maria Feyrer

Switzerland

"PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER PLANET"

Director Gustavo Coletti

United States

Ricardo Aleixo: Afro-Atlantic

Director Rodrigo Lopes de Barros

Brazil

DELA - The Making of El Anatsui

Director Oyiza Adaba

Nigeria

The Great Animal Escape

Writer Linda Harkey

United States

Running Towards the Fire - A War Correspondent's Story

Director Barney McCoy

United States

MAX CORVO For Freedom The secret war of OSS in Italy 1943-1945

Director Ezio Costanzo

Italy

Weimar Express

Director Milena Fuchedjieva

Bulgaria

Clay

Director Max Baker

United States

THE SUN ALSO RISES

Writer Phillip E Hardy

United States

ON THE BLUE SUMMER EVENINGS

Director XAVIER GUÀRDIA

Spain

The Dracula Monologues

Director Bryan Enk

United States

Sleepy

Director Igor Voloshin

Russian Federation

LOVE AND GLORY (THE JOUNG DELEDDA)

Director Maria Grazia Perria

Italy

THE BEAUTIFUL SUMMERS

Director Mauro Santini

Italy

LA ROSADA E L'ARDILUT In the Friuli of the young Pasolini

Director Roberta Cortella

Italy

Hole Punched Ear

Directors Alan Yammin, Ben Tull

United States

The Ninny

Director Aleksandr Shigorin

Russian Federation

The Moonstone

Director Michael Müller

Austria

"The 1%"

Director Gustavo Coletti

United States

Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war.

Directors Juan Antonio BERNIER BLANCO, Rafael BERNIER BLANCO

Spain

the pig and the child

Director Georgios Nerantzis

Greece

The Raven

Director Bailey Firth

United Kingdom

Gulag Eros of the Russian Mind: Sex in the Soviet Union

Director Chad Gracia

Ukraine

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AWARD WINNERS 2023

Wieland

Director Cody Raymond Knotts

Best Film

United States

That Theatre on Lower Abbey Street

Director Daniel J. O'Donnell

Best documentary

United States

A Malata

Director Frederic PIERETTI

Best Short

France

The Time Machine

Director Ebrahim Ghaeini

Best Director

United States

MUG | Short Film (2023)

Director Yegor Bugayenko

Best photography

Ukraine

Where Have U Been

Director Liam Torres

Best Actress

United States

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Arizona Way Out West & Wacky: The Play
Writer Zachary Simpson
Best script adaptation
United States

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OFFICIAL SELECTION December 2023

Where Have U Been

Director Liam Torres

United States

FROM THE SAME TREE

Director CLAUDIA FISCHER

Colombia

MUG | Short Film (2023)

Director Yegor Bugayenko

Ukraine

Ah-Ma: A Tale of Two Generations

Director Ying Chu

Australia

FINIST, THE BRAVE FALCON

Director Zhanna Kravchenko (pseudonym Jane Sahanen)

Russian Federation

How We Play

Director Nathan San Filippo

United States

The Time Machine

Director Ebrahim Ghaeini

United States

A Malata

Director Frederic PIERETTI

France

Gangsta Trax

Director Alpha Omega Lanier Edwards

United States

My Digital Truth

Director Swen Werner

United Kingdom

i 2 aye

Director Richard Philpott

United Kingdom

That Theatre on Lower Abbey Street

Director Daniel J. O'Donnell

United States

Wieland

Director Cody Raymond Knotts

United States

Arizona Way Out West & Wacky: The Play

Writer Zachary Simpson

United States

Résumé

Director Michael Mitchell

United States

Victoria

Director Dmitriy Solovyev

Russian Federation

Say My Name

Director Rhoyce Nova

Australia

Tic Talk - Living with Tourette Syndrome: A 9-Year-Old Boy’s Story in His Own Words

Writer Dylan Peters

United States

Shades of Day - New Director's Cut-2022

Director Vitaly Sumin

United States

13 Strokes...

Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece

When Autumn Comes

Director Christopher Jacobs

United Kingdom

The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See

Director Brian Dunning

United States

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AWARDED FILMS

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il manifesto futuro

Director Tina-Maria Feyrer

in Best Short

Austria

Everything about Martin Suter. Everything but the truth.

Director André Schäfer

in Best documentary

Switzerland

Phoenix Incident - Festival Cut

Director Keith Arem

in Best Film

United States

The Smell of Humans

Director Mária Harangi

in Best actor

Hungary

Chateau Laurier -Season 2

Director James Stewart

in Best Actress

Canada

HAMLET by William Shakespeare

Director Christopher Carter Sanderson

in Best Director

United States

The Smell of Humans

Director Mária Harangi

inBest script adaptation

Hungary

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OFFICIAL SELECTION June 2023

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Brodsky. Trial.

Director Mariia Kletskina

Russian Federation

Birds of a Feather

Director Colton Ronna

United States

THE DIAMETER OF THE ABYSS

Director Gustavo Coletti

Argentina

The Smell of Humans

Director Mária Harangi

Hungary

Phoenix Incident - Festival Cut

Director Keith Arem

United States

il manifesto futuro

Director Tina-Maria Feyrer

Austria

Fredericksburg from Colonial Times to the Civil War

Director C Edward Mack

United States

Melmoth the Wanderer 1820-2020

Director Fergus Daly

Ireland

Adaptation of Imagination

Directors Il-hwan, Yeong-jae Kim

Korea, Republic of

Big Two-Hearted River

Director Adam Marshall Smith

United States

Naked to the Night: The Movie

Directors Henry Myers, Matthew Toffolo

United States

Solitaire

Director Amy Neswald

Everything about Martin Suter. Everything but the truth.

Director André Schäfer

Switzerland

Escape from Tiger Mountain

Director Mandy Zelinka

United States

Dinner with Robbe-Grillet in Naples

Director Daniel Rothbart

United States

The Man Who Was Thursday

Director Leslie Lawrence

Netherlands

Bootees

Director Shreya Jayamohan

United States

Eroica

Director Nathan De Pas Habib

Italy

Sports Center

Director Chelsea Werner-Jatzke

United States

F r a g m e n t e d

Director Ioulia Lymperopoulou

Greece

RED FAUST

Director Zsolt Pozsgai

Hungary

HAMLET by William Shakespeare

Director Christopher Carter Sanderson

United States

Impunity

Director Tommy Whalen

United States

Strands of Light: Inspired by the Stories of Jorge Luis Borges

Directors Jay Stern, Joan Grossman, Alan McIntyre Smith

United States

Chateau Laurier -Season 2

Director James Stewart

Canada

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AWARD WINNERS 2022

Adam In Aeternum

Director Pedro Jaen R.

in Best Short

Spain

Pascoli Cards - The poet's insight of Barga

Director Stefano Cosimini

in Best documentary

Italy

The Two One-and-Onlys – The Great Loves of Frigyes Karinthy

Director Tamás Szirtes

in Best Biography

Hungary

The stone will (Kazakh's Kanysh)

Director Yerlan Nurmukhambet

in Best Film

Kazakhstan

Mirror of the Mind

Submitter Ben Wong

in Best Director

The Mechanicals

Director Zachary De Nardi

in Best script adaptation

United States

ReWritten: The Screendance

Director Roma Flowers

in Best LGTB

United States

Kateryna

Director Kateryna Tkachenko

in Best Actress

Ukraine

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Official Selection December 2022

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"GODS"

Director Gustavo Coletti

United States

The stone will (Kazakh's Kanysh)

Director Yerlan Nurmukhambet

Kazakhstan

Machado 21 - Celebrating the Centennial

Director Yves Goulart

Brazil

The Will to Live - Yes, I was diagnosed with breast cancer

Submitter Peiju Huang

Taiwan

Words on a Mission

Director Omri Lior

Israel

To Be Consumed By Love - Endre Ady's Women

Director Ádám Horgas

Hungary

The Two One-and-Onlys – The Great Loves of Frigyes Karinthy

Director Tamás Szirtes

Hungary

The Rest Cure (UK 2022)

Director Andreas Graf

United Kingdom

The red box. The infinite war of Antoni Campañà

Directors Plàcid Garcia-Planas Marcet, Arnau Gonzàlez Vilalta, Toni Monné Campañà

Spain

ReWritten: The Screendance

Director Roma Flowers

United States

The Mechanicals

Director Zachary De Nardi

United States

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Ballesteros on My Mind - The Film

Director Karlo Garcia Gino

Philippines

The Last Act

Writer Jenn Whittaker

United States

Kateryna

Director Kateryna Tkachenko

Ukraine

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Directors Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran

United States

She He It

Director tony hickson

United Kingdom

"Conversation to steal a country"

Director Gustavo Coletti

Mexico

Vevilos [grammata]

Director Andrea Maurizio Campo

Italy

Poesía, Nueva York

Director Patrick Pfister

Spain

Too Many Words

Director Barry Cavin

United States

Once I passed

Director Martin Gerigk

Germany

The Writing Box

Director Tijana Mamula

United Kingdom

Adam In Aeternum

Director Pedro Jaen R.

Spain

The Favorite Daughter

Writers Avery Robinson Rouda, Kaira Sturdivant Rouda

United States

WËRAPARA

Directors CLAUDIA FISCHER, FELIPE PAZ

Colombia

The Raven

Director Jeremy Circus

Mirror of the Mind

Submitter Ben Wong

The Chosen One

Directors Federica Alice Carlino, Luca Mondaini

Italy

Pascoli Cards - The poet's insight of Barga

Director Stefano Cosimini

Italy

In the shadow of the elephants

Directors Erika Thomas, Bernard Thomas

France

Fred Chappell: I am One of You Forever

Director Michael Frierson

United States

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AWARD WINNERS

THE LADY

Director Fabrizio Guarducci

in Best Film

Italy

Photographing New York

Director Cesare Bedogne

in Best Short

Italy

Ward Six

Writer Simon Mark O'Corra

in Best script adaptation

Spain

Hearts Road (short)

Director Colin Finlay

in Best documentary

United States

Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind

Director Nora Jacobson

in Best Biography

United States

Missy Jubilee 175 BEAUTIPHUL

Director Missy Jubilee

in Best LGTB

Australia

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JUNE

Billy Budd

Writer Don Thompson

United States

Missy Jubilee 175 BEAUTIPHUL

Director Missy Jubilee

Australia

An Evening in Golconda (11:55)

Director Teena Amrit Gill

India

Expected Unexpected

Director Sisi Theo

Canada

Ward Six

Writer Simon Mark O'Corra

Spain

The Cellar

Director Susannah Gent

United Kingdom

Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind

Director Nora Jacobson

United States

Hearts Road

Director Colin Finlay

United States

Sammy & Quinn

Director Christopher Coppola

United States

The Masque of the Red Death

Director Deb Ethier

Canada

THE LADY

Director Fabrizio Guarducci

in Best Film

Italy

Photographing New York

Director Cesare Bedogne

Italy

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