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OFFICIALLY
SELECTED
TO COMPETE

Fall - 2024



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ANIMATED






BIOGRAPHY


Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory
Director Kola Tubosun
in Biography, Documentary
Nigeria
Interview with Brigadier S.P.S Uppal
Director Grace Yan
in Biography
United States

Interview with Dr. Betts Rivet
Director Grace Yan
in Biography
United States

Making Waves
Director Hannah Klaas
in Biography
Switzerland
Mary. Her Journey From Pain to Purpose
Director JoAnn Larsen
in Biography
United States



DOCUMENTARY



Aleksandre- a thievish life
Director Elionor Buholzer
in Documentary
Switzerland
Aspiration and Ambition in India's Tiger Economy
Submitter Pankaja Brooke
in Documentary

Beyond The Silence
Submitter Janet Schuster
in Documentary
Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story
Director Jack Teetor
in Documentary
United States
Built to Last: Buyer Beware
Director George Siegal
in Documentary
United States
Cairo Between Two Palaces
Director Nezar AlSayyad
in Documentary
United States
Community Interrupted
Director Franco Sacchi
in Documentary
United Kingdom
Conflict of Cusco
Director Koyo Sasaki
in Documentary
Peru

Cookies 4 Jane
Director Mary Elle Alexander
in Documentary
United States
Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside
Director Rose Marie Perez
in Documentary, Health, Revolution and Reform, Social Issues
United States
Earl.
Director Ty Yong Kim
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States
Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory
Director Kola Tubosun
in Biography, Documentary
Nigeria
Hidden Dance of Eels
Director Hans Dortmans
in Documentary
Netherlands


I Hope This Helps!
Director Daniel M. Freed
in Documentary
United States
INactive, America's Silent Killer
Director Karl André Talbot
in Documentary, Health
Canada
ISKY
Director Cheyanne Kane
in Documentary, Original Score (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Je Suis Elodie
Directors Tabs Breese, India Wadsworth
in Documentary, Science
United States
Jewel of the Desert
Director Mary Apick
in Documentary
United States
Koroneburg
Director Jake Villadolid
in Documentary
United States
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway
"Marija Gimbutas: Anticipating the Future"
Directors Rasa Baltė Balčiūnienė, Gintaras Šeputis
in Documentary
Lithuania
MOLA
Director Jarreth J. Merz
in Documentary
Switzerland
Monsters
Director Skyler Thomas
in Documentary
United States
OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy in Croatia
Director Michaela Guzy
in Documentary
United States
One Dream Too Many
Director Kristen Elizabeth Snyder
in Documentary
United States
One Fighting Irishman
Director Sharon Yamato
in Documentary
United States

Paddlewheels on the Wanganui
Director Graeme Ernest Moffatt
in Documentary
New Zealand

Paradox
Director Kendra Carano
in Documentary
United States
Rising Hope
Director Theo Avgerinos
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Cinematography (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Scarborough Fair - The Venture
Director Gary St. Martin
in Documentary
United States
Seizure
Director Matt Durrant
in Documentary
Australia
Shayni in the Sky
Director Gabriel Garton
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Editing (sub-category)
Norway

Sijo
Director Michael Anthony Unger
in Documentary
Korea, Republic of
The 742
Director Lee Stanley
in Documentary, Social Issues
United States
The Crossing: Consequences of The Truth
Director Andrew Didway
in Documentary
United States
The Curse of Stigma
Director Derek Watson
in Documentary
United States
"The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life"
Directors Persis M Karim, Soumyaa Behrens
in Documentary
United States
The Gift of Grief
Director Joshua Michael Wenner
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States
The Golden Rule: Do Unto Others
Directors Cheryl Halpern, Natasha Dematra, Alex Dolginko
in Documentary, Religion/Faith
United States

The Good Virus
Director Roswitha Dransfeld
in Documentary, Environmental , Health, Science
Canada

The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt's Monument to Ida B. Wells
Director Rana Segal
in Documentary
United States
The Ocean - Five Years (40 min)
Director Jennifer Schlieper
in Documentary
United States
The Quiet Diplomat
Director Charles Lyons
in Documentary
United States
The Time Factor
Director Clément Lefer
in Documentary
France




The Way of St. Jo
Director Ernst P Raymond
in Documentary
United States

The Years We Have Been Nowhere
Directors Lucio Cascavilla, Mauro Piacentini
in Documentary
Italy



Torah Tropical
Director Ezra Axelrod
in Documentary
Colombia



Ugly Little Monkeys - A True American Story
Directors David E Valdez, Enrique Castillo
in Documentary, Editing (sub-category)
United States


United Crafts of America
Director Sergio Camacho
in Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts, Cinematography (sub-category), Editing (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States


























































DOCU-DRAMA

 FEATURES




   
I Am Markita
Director Andrew Dean Dudek
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit
Australia
Life in the Bubble
Directors Ari Moretz, Gabby "Mochabeer" Moukhaiber
in Docu-drama Feature
Canada
PUT THE GUNS DOWN: A WORLD EPIDEMIC
Director TERRY C CARNEY SR
in Docu-drama Feature
United States
Resolve in Venezuela
Director Javier Reyes Cabello
in Docu-drama Feature, Direction (sub-category)
Spain

DOCU-DRAMA

 SHORTS





Love's Little Illusionists
Submitter Brooke Lawsing Miller
in Docu-drama Short, Youth Issues
United States
Mushroom's Quest
Director Dave Johnson
in Docu-drama Short
United Kingdom

Space Coast
Director Justin Barber
in Docu-drama Short, Science
United States
Spring Came
Director Catherine Phillips
in Docu-drama Short
United Kingdom

The Long Road Home
Director Barbara Anne Lindstrom
in Docu-drama Short
United States
TORNADO BOWLING GREEN
Director Don Langley
in Docu-drama Short
United States

ENVIRONMENTAL



Dry Wells of the Paso Basin: A Tragedy of the Commons
Directors Sheila Gail O'Rourke, Boris Temujin Jocoy
in Environmental
United States

Indai Apai Darah
Director Kynan Tegar
in Environmental
Indonesia

Indigenous Women Rising to Stop Line 5 and Protect Water, Communities & Our Climate
Directors Osprey Orielle Lake, Katherine Quaid
in Environmental
United States


Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests
Director Dan Herz
in Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Cinematography (sub-category)
United States


Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
Director Ruán Magan
in Environmental
Canada
Seeing The Unseen: Aquatic Invaders & What's at Stake
Directors Jessica Walsh, Brendan Walsh
in Environmental
United States
Six Inches of Soil
Director Colin Ramsay
in Environmental
United Kingdom
The Forest
Director Brooks Dierdorff
in Environmental
Brazil

The Good Virus
Director Roswitha Dransfeld
in Documentary, Environmental , Health, Science
Canada

The Monarch Ultra
Director Rodney Fuentes
in Environmental
Canada

   
TimeBank THE GAME - The Record of an Experiment
Director Amy Cheung
in Environmental
Hong Kong


The Promise of Rain
Director Mitchelle Jangara
in Environmental
Kenya




HEALTH


Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside
Director Rose Marie Perez
in Documentary, Health, Revolution and Reform, Social Issues
United States
Horse-Riding Therapy
Director Miya Wang
in Health
China
Lady Madonna
Director Chris Cloyd
in Health
United States
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway
Making Waves
Director Hannah Klaas
in Health, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
Switzerland
More Than A Test | The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Director Shelby Smith
in Health, Social Issues, Zero Budget
United States

The Good Virus
Director Roswitha Dransfeld
in Documentary, Environmental , Health, Science
Canada


HUMAN SPIRIT


A Bold Journey
Director Cate Celso
in Human Spirit
United States
A Runner's High
Director Cameron Wilson
in Human Spirit
United States
BROMLEY: LIGHT AFTER DARK
Director Sean Patrick McDonald
in Human Spirit
Australia

ClimbArmy Ukraine
Director Emily Evelyn Johnston
in Human Spirit
United States

Earl.
Director Ty Yong Kim
in Documentary, Human Spirit
United States
   
I Am Markita
Director Andrew Dean Dudek
in Docu-drama Feature, Human Spirit
Australia

LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway
One Frank...
Director Alena Jaworowska (Suranova)
in Human Spirit
Serbia

Rising Hope
Director Theo Avgerinos
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Cinematography (sub-category), Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States

Shayni in the Sky
Director Gabriel Garton
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Editing (sub-category)
Norway
Sheikh Mand Temple: A New Day Dawns
Directors Fahed Shammo, Makrina Finlay
in Human Spirit
Iraq
Shoah Survivor's Project
Director Cathy B Allen
in Human Spirit, Social Issues, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States

The Change Agent
Directors Ernesto Carbone, Rune Nygaard
in Human Spirit
Denmark
The Gift of Grief
Director Joshua Michael Wenner
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States
The Road to Hope
Director Christophe Smith
in Human Spirit
France










LGBT






OCEAN LIFE
An Ocean in Bloom
Director Emme Watkins
in Ocean Life Documentaries
United States

Ocean seen from the heart
Directors Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, Marie-Dominique Michaud
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Canada
Waves of Tomorrow
Director Marco del Boca
in Ocean Life Documentaries
Spain


RELIGION/FAITH








Land of Many Waters
Director Daniel Gompertz Cooper
in Religion/Faith
United States

LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway

The Golden Rule: Do Unto Others
Directors Cheryl Halpern, Natasha Dematra, Alex Dolginko
in Documentary, Religion/Faith
United States




REVOLUTION
&
REFORM 



Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside
Director Rose Marie Perez
in Documentary, Health, Revolution and Reform, Social Issues
United States


The Restless Garden
Director Victor Ginzburg
in Revolution and Reform
United States





SCIENCE
Last Chance to Save a Life
Director Emma Watts
in Science
Australia
LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway
Space Coast
Director Justin Barber
in Docu-drama Short, Science
United States
The Good Virus
Director Roswitha Dransfeld
in Documentary, Environmental , Health, Science
Canada



SCREENPLAYS
Lucifer’s Calling
Submitter Susan May Thomas
in Screenplays Feature Length
Australia
The Venture
Writer Gary St. Martin
in Screenplays Feature Length
United States

SOCIAL ISSUES





Cuba es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside
Director Rose Marie Perez
in Documentary, Health, Revolution and Reform, Social Issues
United States


Inmates With Talent
Directors Johnny Collins, Joel Jerome Dant
in Social Issues
United States


Island of Gems with Adolf Peretti
Directors Rob Himebaugh, Adolf Peretti
in Social Issues
United States






LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway


Maya Land: Listening to the Bees
Directors Kata Beilin, Avi Weinstein
in Social Issues, Research (sub-category)
United States



More Than A Test | The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Director Shelby Smith
in Health, Social Issues, Zero Budget
United States

Shoah Survivor's Project
Director Cathy B Allen
in Human Spirit, Social Issues, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Shoah Survivor's Project
Director Cathy B Allen
in Human Spirit, Social Issues, Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational (sub-category)
United States
Staunch Moderates Experience: Documentary
Director Gregory T Simmons
in Social Issues, Original Score (sub-category)
United States
The 742
Director Lee Stanley
in Documentary, Social Issues
United States
The Gift of Grief
Director Joshua Michael Wenner
in Documentary, Human Spirit, Social Issues
United States
The Oath
Director Jorge Martínez
in Social Issues
Spain








SPORTS

Big Water Theory (EN)
Director Emile DOMINÉ
in Sports
France

Fielding Dreams: A Celebration of Baseball Scouts
Director H James Gilmore
in Sports
United States


King of Dunes: Saeed Al Hajri
Director James W. Griffiths
in Sports
Qatar




STUDENT

   
"48000: Labour, Immiseration, and The Story Of A Strike"
Director Pratyush Bhattacharyya
in Student
India








TRAVEL - CULTURE

ARTS

40 Years of Celebration
Director Sarah Renee Betcher
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Approaching the traditional Chinese Medicine
Director zhang huan Hui
in Travel/Culture/Arts
China


Beyond the Ruins
Director Brady Skye
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States
Dancing Faces of Bali 2
Director Cathee Mang
in Travel/Culture/Arts, Viewer Impact: Content/Message Delivery (sub-category), Direction (sub-category), Actor: Lead (Subcat), Actor: Supporting (Subcat)
United States
Hertz Nazaire: Portrait of an Artist
Directors Carolyn Rowley, Jason Schmidt
in Human Spirit
United States

On Melting Snow
Director Mojtaba Bahadori
in Travel/Culture/Arts
Belgium
Snow Fare the Land
Director Xi Han
in Travel/Culture/Arts
China



United Crafts of America
Director Sergio Camacho
in Documentary, Travel/Culture/Arts, Cinematography (sub-category), Editing (sub-category), Original Score (sub-category), Direction (sub-category)
United States
Zinzi and the Ngqoko Women
Directors Phyllis MacBryde, Roy Zetisky
in Travel/Culture/Arts
United States

WILDLIFE - NATURE

ANIMALS





Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River's Legacy Forests
Director Dan Herz
in Environmental , Wildlife/Nature/Animals, Cinematography (sub-category)
United States

R.E.S.C.U.E.
Director Keenan Ferguson & Assistant Director Biography - Martha McGuinness
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Kenya
The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay
Director Kim Smith
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States



War Tails
Director Olha Byrledianu
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
Canada
What ravens do
Director Vance Crofoot
in Wildlife/Nature/Animals
United States
YOUTH



Guiding Light
Director India Anne Mitchell
in Youth Issues
United States
Love's Little Illusionists
Submitter Brooke Lawsing Miller
in Docu-drama Short, Youth Issues
United States
Wakanyeja Kin Wana Ku Pi - The Children are Coming Home
Director Andy Wakeman
in Youth Issues
United States
Ward of the State
Director Kaitlyn Mobilia
in Youth Issues
United States

ZERO BUDGET


LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution
Directors Nini Caroline Skarpaas Myhrvold, Espen Jan Folmo
in Documentary, Health, Human Spirit, Religion/Faith, Social Issues, Science, Zero Budget, Research (sub-category)
Norway

More Than A Test | The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement
Director Shelby Smith
in Health, Social Issues, Zero Budget
United States
Missing Me Someplace
Director Catherine Phillips
in Zero Budget
United Kingdom
The Psycodelics The Movie
Director Cory Schwartz
in Zero Budget
United States
Unlikely Looters
Director Hilary Leitner
in Zero Budget
United States