DOCUMENTARY
What It Feels Like
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Steven Fraser
Synopsis: A short animated documentary that investigates voice hearing.
Small boxes that contain flipbook style animation are presented to show the emotion that people who hear voices feel. The documentary is experimental and expressive in its approach, where the positives and negatives combine to fully express the subversive nature of a misunderstood affliction.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8
Duration: 3 mins
Sound of Water
Country: Afghanistan
Director: Mostafa Monji
Synopsis: Since it’s not water, it just relaxes the sound of water.
Mobile device(s) used: Huawei
Duration: 1 min 40 seconds
Sea
Country: Uzbekistan
Director: Hristina Belousova
Synopsis: If long to think of the sea, then the sea comes to you.
Mobile device(s) used: HTC One s
Duration: 1 minute
Opening the Door
Country: Italy/Cuba
Director: Giordano Cagnin
Synopsis: A few months after President Obama gave his historical speech in Havana in front of Raoul Castro, I went to Cuba all alone. For two weeks I shot a lot of material with my iPhone, the app Filmic Pro and a DJI Osmo. When I came back I edited it imagining a semi-desert island, still suspended in time and focused on Obama’s words, while people were listening through speakers all over the Nation.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 7 Plus
Duration: 5 min 35 sec
EXPERIMENTAL
Calm
Country: Syria
Director: Kinan Soliman
Synopsis: A guy who lives in Syria, wakes up horrified and exhausted in a pale, colorless life. He decides to go out to the light to come back powerfully with a tendency to change his life for better. But all he can change is his clothes and the place he sleeps in..
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Duration: 5.15 min
Turning Tomboys
Country: United States
Director: Texas Glory
Synopsis: Everything is possible.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 7
Duration: 2.21 min
Falling, Not Waving
Country: Australia
Director: Rob Layton
Synopsis: The story of a wave. Shot underwater.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8 Plus
Duration: 2.19 min
Animare
Country: Bulgaria
Director: Stefan Voyvodov
Synopsis: The word animate (animation) comes from the Latin verb “animare”, meaning “to make alive or to fill with breath…
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone
Duration: 1 min
Salvation of Oxygen
Country: Bangladesh
Director: Fuaduzzaman Fuad
Synopsis: In our story, we did a prediction, where we tried to show something about nature. That is like; we are now at a time when the quantity of trees is so low. So the quantity of oxygen in the air is also low. Humans feel fewness of oxygen. So humans carry trees with them, in order that they can breathe normally. And now they are also conscious about the health of the trees they are carrying.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 6S
Duration: 4.07 min
Yes, NO
Country: Italy
Director: Matteo Tibiletti
Synopsis: However it’s sound, a “No” never loses its meaning. Stop violence against women
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung S7 Edge
Duration: 1.09 min
The Dance
Country: Macedonia
Director: Dorijan Milovanovik
Synopsis: The Dance of one underwater creature is shown like never before.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 4S
Duration: 3.15 min
Pop!
Country: France
Director: Hubert Jegat
Synopsis: Travel candidates, embark on an unusual world tour. From revolutions to sonic explosions, the earth goes from hand to hand, a great popular and joyous human chain. And if the world was built playing together …
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone
Duration: 1 min
FICTION
Tokunbo
Country: Nigeria
Director: Aderogba Arimoro
Synopsis: A young man picks up his newly delivered used car and heads on a first date with a beautiful young lady. The relationship unfolds from the first meeting until the unexpected end; with one constant witness.
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
Duration: 12.57 min
Roots
Country: Italy
Director: Enrico Mughetti
Synopsis: This film shows how pruning can seriously endanger your life!
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S6
Duration: 2.06 min
Ball
Country: Italy
Director: Enrico Mughetti
Synopsis: A painter has to deal with a hostile subject.
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S6
Duration: 2.25 min
Dummy Up
Country: Colombia
Director: Carlos Andrés Reyes
Synopsis: An insecure employee comes to his office and decides to talk to his boss about his job performance and ask for a raise, but choose to do so in an unexpected way: using a puppet.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 7
Duration: 2 min
Loser
Country: Russia
Director: Ildar Zinnyatullov
Synopsis: A short film about the life of a simple toothbrush.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 7
Duration: 2.30 min
No Limits
Country: Australia
Director: Ross Perkins
Synopsis: A young man begins a lifelong journey to improve himself.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 6S
Duration: 1.40 min
Annie
Country: United States
Director: Zander Padget
Synopsis: A woman’s suicide attempt is interrupted by a robber who soon needs her help.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8
Duration: 5 min
From Port to Starboard
Country: Colombia
Director: Diana Gil
Synopsis: A boy faces his fear of water by undertaking a treasure quest with his grandpa.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone X
Duration: 5 min
2Faces
Country: France, Martinique
Director: Amingo Thora
Synopsis: A couple preparing a love journey …
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone X
Duration: 1 min
Memory of our Peers
Country: France
Director: Brice VENEZIANO
Synopsis: Lola goes back to this place where her life changed dramatically two years ago.
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S9+
Duration: 1 min
Upend
Country: United States
Director: Blake Worrell
Synopsis: A father falls into an adventure in search of his son. He ends up in the most unsuspected places. Will anyone believe him?
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone SE, 6s and 8
Duration: 6.09 min
A Daughter’s Journey
Country: Canada
Director: Maria Colonescu
Synopsis: The solo journey of a young girl on a special day.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 7 Plus
Duration: 2.05 min
Maybe Tomorrow
Country: France
Director: Nicolas Khamsopha
Synopsis: A 23-year-old woman tries on different clothes in her room. She hesitates over them by fear of being harassed or assaulted outside. Between each outfit, she imagines potential scenarios.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone X
Duration: 1 min
The Window
Country: India
Director: Sujit Debbarma
Synopsis: When women lost their husband at a young age the families should think about the needs of their daughter-in-law.
Mobile device(s) used: Vivo V9
Duration: 2.05 min
Escamol
Country: Mexico
Director: Silvia Santoyo
Synopsis: Escamol a rescue dog, feels left out of place when the woman who adopted him adopts more dogs.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 6S Plus
Duration: 4.26 min
A London Cafe
Country: Ireland
Director: Simon O’Neill
Synopsis: Musings on life, communications and technology in a trendy London Café (on the Kingsland Road, East London).
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone SE
Duration: 1.05 min
Dulcinea
Country: Spain
Director: Francisco Lidón Plaza
Synopsis: A young knight and his shield-bearer travel the country roads in search of adventures pretending to be in a chivalry novel. But these are very hard times and it won´t be easy to become Don Quixote and find the lady he loves, Dulcinea.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone X
Duration: 5 min
Right
Country: United States
Director: Marvin Akanyi
Synopsis: A short film that tells the story of a young girl taking her driving test, only to have her car broken down mid-test. Determined to get her license, she defies strict instructions from her Examiner and proceeds to walk the test.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8
Duration: 4.40 min
MUSIC VIDEO
The Marsh
Country: Italy
Director: Claudio Pelizzer
Synopsis: Staying still can be nothing but convict us to collapse. Here, elsewhere, outside, inside, everywhere.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8 Plus
Duration: 5.14 min
Flight
Country: Spain
Director: Luis Galindo
Synopsis: Naiz Rebel music video.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone SE
Duration: 2 min 50 seconds
Love Sucks
Country: Spain
Director: César Pérez
Synopsis: Love Sucks is a music video shot for La Mafia Canalla. An attempt to get a positive and jovial emotion in the viewer, a tribute to the Barrio del Oeste, in the small Spanish city called Salamanca, and an attempt to portray that bohemian atmosphere.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 5
Duration: 2.58 min
Akathisia
Country: Canada
Director: Billiam James
Synopsis: What if the medications used to treat mental illness caused more problems than they solved? Akathisia — extreme agitation and inner restlessness — is a common side-effect of antidepressants and antipsychotic meds that can lead to disastrous consequences.
Mobile device(s) used: Pixel 2 and iPhone
Duration: 2.59 min
EMERGING TALENT
Screen Age
Country: United States
Director: Cal Thacher
Synopsis: This film is about the unspoken, ongoing battle between one girl’s willpower and a conglomerate of tech algorithms designed to keep her logged on: A bookish girl wants to finish her homework before bedtime. But her online addictions to social media, games, and shopping come to life and take her on a series of phantasmagorical adventures. The clock is ticking…can she resist temptation and get home in time?
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone X
Duration: 6.10 min
Breath
Country: Turkey
Director: Mehmet Can Micik
Synopsis: A choking man is suddenly saved by a homeless refugee, formerly a doctor in his native country.
Mobile device(s) used: Huawei P20 Pro
Duration: 1 min
Back in 5 Minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Raffaele Imbò
Synopsis: “Back in 5 minutes” is a message left on a shop’s entrance door by its owner.
A client went there gets pissed off by the sign, but decides to get inside anyway, until…
Mobile device(s) used: OnePlus 3+
Duration: 1.45 min
The Captivity
Country: India
Director: Kishor Laxmi Hambirrao Londhe
Synopsis: Democracy, Government, and Freedom of Speech.
Mobile device(s) used: Android
Duration: 1 min
Dacked
Country: Australia
Director: Meg Duncan and Clayton Waddell
Synopsis: When three schools girls are pulled into the principal’s office to discuss the length of their skirts, they hatch a plan to teach his perving eyes a lesson.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8
Duration: 2.55 min
Vicky and Victoria’s Secret
Country: India
Director: Eshank Modi
Synopsis: Vicky is all set for his first date with his crush Supriya, or is he? Amidst the hullabaloo of creating the perfect first impressions, Vicky and Supriya have their own sweet little secrets they are hiding from each other.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 8
Duration: 5.16 min
Annisa
Country: Indonesia
Director: Khozy Putra
Synopsis: Annisa, a Muslim teenager and student in an Islamic boarding school are secretly attracted to her roommate. When her parents find out, they force her to get married to a man, thinking that could make her ‘normal’.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 6S
Duration: 1 min
HORROR
Clickbait
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Ryan Phillips
Synopsis: The short is about the attention economy so it felt right to be shooting the film on the iphone, the device that caused the popularity of twitter and facebook to explode.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 6S Plus
Duration: 1.56 mins
Inside
Country: Joel Caetano
Director: Brazil
Synopsis: There’s something in the mirror!
Mobile device(s) used: Moto G45
Duration: 1 min
Passenger
Country: Brazil
Director: Adriano Gomez
Synopsis: The darkness of the evening, a professional killer performs his work, without knowing what is waiting for him.
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 5
Duration: 1 minute
Trouble
Country: DR Congo
Director: Michael Castofas
Synopsis: Lucy finds herself under the influence of the effects of alcohol and tobacco. Those drugs put her in a state of hallucination even she did not manage to pick up a cigarette until she realized that she was not supposed to take anymore…
Mobile device(s) used: iPhone 5
Duration: 2.15 min
Reflection
Country: Brazil
Director: JOSEPH CLAUDIO MERENCIO
Synopsis: A girl wakes up wounded after surviving the massacre at her house. Desperate, she tries to leave the place before the evil returns.
Mobile device(s) used: Moto G4
Duration: 2.28 min
Elle
Country: USA
Director: Melonie Ann Gartner
Synopsis: Is it guilt conscious or the living of the dead?.
Mobile device(s) used: Moto G4
Duration: 4.35 min
Books Don’t Bite
Country: Argentina
Director: Pablo Latorre
Synopsis: JUAN arrives at a house and finds a mysterious book on the floor. After having a look, he decides to ignore it and start watching television. The book comes to life and tries to convince him to pay attention, but being rejected and treated badly by JUAN, it becomes a monster book and devours it. ANA (25) visits JUAN’s house but only finds a mysterious book on the floor..
Mobile device(s) used: Samsung Galaxy S4
Duration: 5.09 min