Jury Award Winner

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The Alexandra Project

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Andrew Mudge

A re-imagining of Les Miserables, set in the township of Alexandra, South Africa.

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Have It All

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Katie Locke O'Brien

In this five-minute comedy, a simple phone call is enough to catapult Jill down an impossible path until she discovers that the real enemy she’s up against…is expectation.

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The Hike

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Ben Silberfarb

Eager to escape their busy lives, a couple sets off on a backpacking trip. They journey up a remote trail, set-up camp and head to, “the top of the mountain”. On the way back they both become aware of a menacing presence and discover that their camp has been overtaken by a malevolent stranger.

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Coastline

Sep 2019

2019 | Directed by Gus Hawley

Coastline is a film about a young man’s passion for fishing and his journey to catching the fish of a lifetime.

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Murder in Mobile

Sep 2019

2019 | Directed by Adam Fischer

In 1948, in Mobile, Alabama, a black man named Rayfield Davis is beaten to death by a white man who is not prosecuted. The crime is forgotten until 2012, when the investigation is revived by a Northeastern law student. Her discoveries lead to a shocking conclusion.

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Encounter

Sep 2019

2019 | Directed by Michael O'Connor

A woman must fight off a mysterious force encroaching on her independent and isolated lifestyle.

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The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Jennifer Potts

Set in 1974 rural New England, this enchanting story moves through the days of Cecily, a seven-year-old girl who, after the death of her baby sister, lives in a world with no music, no color, no laughter, no love—that is, until a magical imaginary friend shows up and joins Cecily on the quest to save her family from the grief that is destroying them. Jennifer Potts wrote the feature film script The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop in 2014, and this short version is based on the first 15 pages of the feature film script. This short film will be produced as a proof of concept to raise funding for the feature film.

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ROT

Sep 2019

1 | Directed by Nathan Amaral

An individual known to the universe as ROT dissects and scavenges a dead world.

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Four Keys

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Israel Brooks

An immigrant mother gives up everything and flees America rather than face possible separation and deportation.

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The Race

Sep 2019

2018 | Directed by Dina Rudick

A young, idealistic Huntington’s Disease researcher comes face-to-face with three generations of a family devastated by the fatal, incurable disease she studies. For the scientist, who has never met anyone with Huntington’s Disease, the stakes of her research become real. For a Huntington’s Disease patient at the center of the story who is watching her mother sicken, fearing her own demise, and afraid for her two kids, it’s a mother’s plea – and a race against time.