Category: Short Films

Director Biography – Cristina Grosan (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Cristina is a 30 year old Romanian-Hungarian visual artist splitting her time between writing/directing her own fiction films and passionately designing for different clients around Europe, with a focus on branding. Cristina has just finished her new fiction short “Work in Progress”, while her previous film “Holiday at the Seaside” which has toured the world… Continue reading Director Biography – Cristina Grosan (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Short Film: Work In Progress (Átalakítás folyamatban), 20min., Hungary, Comedy/Romance

logline: Everyone here wants a new pair of boobs or a new butt. What is it you hate about yourself? short synopsis (300 characters) 65 years old and very tired MIMI enters a low-budget beauty clinic with a face-lift voucher got from her husband. She checks in and a whole new world opens up: older,… Continue reading Short Film: Work In Progress (Átalakítás folyamatban), 20min., Hungary, Comedy/Romance

Director Biography – Hayley Thom (TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST)

True woman of the world, multi-disciplined director Hayley Thom has seen her fair share of the globe. She’s traversed the humanitarian and corporate sectors, from spanning New Zealand’s length to shooting in Buenos Aires, Shanghai, India, Nepal, South Africa and Bangladesh. Hayley is passionate about being able to tell stories on behalf of those who… Continue reading Director Biography – Hayley Thom (TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST)

Short Film: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary

Tony McClean’s life was tragically cut short when he died in the canyoning disaster at Mangatepopo, New Zealand on 15 April 2008. Later, the details of an ambitious vision for helping the people of Nepal was found on his laptop. We follow Tony’s sister, Hannah, as she heads back to Nepal 10 years later to… Continue reading Short Film: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary

Short Film: NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family

Rachel March, a 12 years old girl, suspects that her piano teacher, Nina Saiza, has an affair with her father. Things become more complicated after she finds out that her piano teacher actually has a wedding ring… Film Type: Short, Student Runtime: 6 minutes 8 seconds Completion Date: October 13, 2018 Production Budget: 800 USD… Continue reading Short Film: NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family

Director Biography – Almudena Toral, Andrea Patiño Contreras (America First: The legacy of an immigration raid)

Almudena Toral is a Spanish visual journalist and filmmaker currently based in Miami. She heads the feature video team at Univision News Digital. Her work has also been published by The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, AlJazeera, VICE, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, Canal+ and other outlets. Prior to joining Univision, she taught video storytelling… Continue reading Director Biography – Almudena Toral, Andrea Patiño Contreras (America First: The legacy of an immigration raid)

Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary

It’s been a decade since Postville, a small town in Iowa, suffered the largest immigration raid at a worksite in U.S. history: 389 immigrants were arrested in the biggest kosher meatpacking plant in the country. As Donald Trump revives some aspects of George W. Bush’s immigration enforcement policies, the Postville experience sheds light on the… Continue reading Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary

Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)

Yimin Gu is an aspiring filmmaker pursuing an MFA degree at Loyola Marymount University. Born in Shanghai, studied in Hong Kong, and now based in LA, Yimin Gu is a young female director passionate about cultural communication and women’s narratives. She has a firm belief that we share common humanity, even though it comes in… Continue reading Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)

Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family

Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again. Film Type: Short, Student Genres: Drama, Family Runtime: 9 minutes 1 second Completion Date: October 27, 2017 Production Budget: 2,000 USD Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Film Language: English… Continue reading Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family