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Official Best of Fest SAMPLER

14 Films
Over 319 Minutes
Over 38 Awards Including:
Academy Award® Winner, Winner: Chicago International Children’s Festival, Winner: Dixie Film Festival

Out of Print


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Featuring 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

Disc 1

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]

  • Academy Award® Winner.

 

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

Disc 2

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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