Chateau Laurier -Season 2 – DCFF 23 Winner – Best Web Series
Season 2 of the hugely successful award-winning series (3 million views). Edwardian newlyweds Hattie and Vivian navigate their lives on the other side of happily ever after and learn that life as heirs to the grand Chateau Laurier hotel comes with slings, arrows, enemies, opportunities and strife. When the grand hotel was opened in Ottawa […]
Our bodies like dams
A short film set in a handmade, flooding city, this part love-story, part eco-fantasy, imagines a woman’s unexpected metamorphosis in the face of romantic and coastal decay. Made with puppetry, miniature sets, and wearable sculpture, the film follows a couple embracing as their apartment floods entirely. A seemingly straight apocalyptic love story, it gradually unfolds […]
Pass
Fascinating drama about not everyone is trustworthy………… (The social issue movie centers around a poor woman) Director Biography – Elika Abdollahi Elika Abdollahi was born in 1996 from Tehran.Iran She is a film maker She is studying cinema. This is her first experience as director, writer and producer. she finalized her first film despite of […]
IDEA – Miniatures by Improvisers
This film is a 67′ free-style music film, a video collage, a tour de force of improvisations by musicians from mainly the UK and Germany in an audio-visual dialogue with Ebba Jahn. The result is a shrill, flashy, colorful, touching video collage full of different approaches to sound and image and the world. Background: I […]
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi -DCFF 23 Winner – Best Doc USA
Longing for the Soul, A Quest for Rumi, a full-length documentary film, will take the viewers on a mesmerizing journey through the lands of ancient Persia, to modern days Afghanistan, Turkey and United States, to tell the story of a mystic man, Molana Jalal-El-Din Rumi, who’s message of love and peace has been passed on […]
Tale and Corona
A young boy named Tale (8), a great fan of the cinematic arts, is laying in a hospital infected with the Coronavirus. In his subconscious he’s fighting fearlessly against the bad illness, dreaming an unusual dream, related to his first love. Director Biography – Tomislav Aleksov Tomislav Aleksov is a graduate of film and television […]
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth -DCFF23 Winner – Best Music Video
A seafarer sings the story of how he, as a young man, left Falmouth looking for a new life on the High Seas. During his voyage, he recounts how the moon began to follow him, watching his every move. After months at sea, the ship arrived at a topical island where the moon lead him […]
Around the Same Table
Relatives of patients sitting around the same table at different times; to solve problems in the most difficult periods of their lives; embark on an emotional journey toward each other’s inner world. Director Biography – Zeynep Üstünipek Born in Istanbul, Zeynep Üstünipek began her studies at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. Later she […]
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 […]
Enter the Room
A young adult (Brian) is visited by his brother, Jeremy, who needs a place to stay as he settles into his new city. The two polar opposite personalities begin to clash as Jeremy’s presence poses a threat to Brian’s way of life. Brian’s uptight personality and unreasonable living standards rub off on Jeremy, creating an […]