Full Disclosure Douglas Horn 18 min. | Comedy | USA Tired of wasting time on relationships that break up when one person discovers something they can’t stand about the other, Everett decides to reveal every terrible habit, attitude and hang up on the first date. Shockingly, women don’t respond as he’d hoped... until he meets Brinn, who’s willing to play his game and try for FULL DISCLOSURE. - Winner, Best Short Film: Seattle International Film Festival
- Stony Brook Film Festival
- Sedona International Film Festival
Jillian’s Vantage Geno Andrews 23 min. | Drama | USA A recluse, John Wheeler gets set up on a blind date with a blind woman. During the course of this magical dinner, Jillian teaches John to see this night through the eyes of his heart. - Best of Show: Damah Film Festival
- Best Drama: Crested Butte Film Festival
- Winner: RAD Film Festival
The Wine Bar Christian Remde | 12 min. | Comedy | USA When blue-collar Henry orders a beer in a snooty wine bar, he offends everyone and has to defend himself and the woman sitting next to him. - Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
- Best Narrative: Carolina Film Festival
- Audience Award: Omaha Film Festival
- Best Comedy Short Film: Gem City Film Festival
Celamy Julie Anne Meerschwam 19 min. | Drama | USA A story about the rise and fall of a friendship between a little girl and her imaginary friend. When 5 year-old Nelly’s mom passes away she creates “Celamy”, an imaginary friend, to help her cope with her loss. For years the two girls are inseparable. But once Nelly becomes a teenager, it becomes obvious to Celamy that she’s no longer needed, in fact that she’s in the way. So now it’s up to Celamy to choose: should she stay like she wants to or leave so that Nelly can grow up? - Multiple awards including Angelus Film Awards, Spiritual Film Festival at Sea and Vail Film Festival
Dance Lexie Dance Tim Loane 15 min. | Drama | Ireland A young protestant girl in Derry wants to be a RIVERDANCER but her grief-stricken father has to be convinced. [L] - Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
- Academy Award® Nomination for Live Action Drama
- Best Short Drama: International Celtic Film and Television Festival
- Best Short Drama: Galway Film Festival, Ireland
| Binta and the Big Idea Javier Fesser 31 min. | Drama | Spain Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for girls, and about her father’s great idea to make the world a better place. - Heart of Gold International Film Festival*
- Academy Award® Nominee
- Winner: Chicago International Children’s Festival
- Winner: Dixie Film Festival
Two Soldiers Aaron Schneider 40 min. | USA | Drama Based on the story by William Faulkner, Two Soldiers tells the inspirational and stirring tale of two brothers pulled apart by war. Set in 1941 on the eve of WWII, Faulkner’s poignant coming-of-age story takes us on a young boy’s heroic journey to reunite his family and do battle with the world that has torn it apart. [L] The Mantis Parable Josh Staub 9 min. | Animated | USA Created in its entirety by first-time filmmaker Josh Staub, The Mantis Parable is the charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector’s jar and in need of a helping hand. Multiple awards including Palm Springs International Film Festival and Chicago International Children’s Festival Snakebite Matt Pinder 9 min.| Comedy | Scotland Seven-year-old Sammy is convinced that he has been bitten by a poisonous snake. He spends the afternoon diagnosing what he believes to be the first signs of his impending death. Can his father come to his rescue? - 1st prize, children’s jury: Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
- Best film: Heart of Gold International Film Festival
Agricultural Report Melina Sydney Padua 3 min. | Animation | Ireland A new strain of a disease that could be dangerous to livestock herds is being discussed on the radio. A cow listening to the show naturally gets a bit worried about the topic. - Annie Awards
- Irish Film and Television Awards
Dutch Bird Kirk Weddell 19 min. | Comedy | UK A touching comedic tale about an Irish Pigeon Racer, Seamus Kerrigan, who gets embroiled in an International drug trafficking plot to smuggle drugs over to Ireland from Holland using carrier pigeons. - Best Short International Comedy (Jury Award): Garden State Film Festival
- Best Short Foreign Film: Long Island International Film Expo
- International Competition (Short Film Competition Prize): Wine Country Film Festival
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Teeth Ruairi O’Brien & John Kennedy 2 min. | Comedy | Ireland Teeth is a short “last laugh” tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words. - Best Short: Galway Film Festival
- Best Short: Sapporo Festival Japan
- Grand Prix Cocette Minute: Brest Film Festival
Mother of Mine Klaus Härö 111 min. | Drama | Finland (English subtitles) During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. Mother of Mine tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet not attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. - Winner of numerous international awards including Cairo International Film Festival, European Film Awards, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Sao Paulo Film Festival
| Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Dan Ireland 80 Min. | Drama | UK/USA All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer. - Audience Award: I Newport Beach Film Festival
- Audience Award: Palm Springs International Film Festival
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