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Daniele, a rebellious and intolerant fourteen year old from Castel Volturno, is about to lose his grandmother who lives 40 km away, in Bagnoli in the Campi Flegrei. He and his best friend Lucio do crack. It's their first time. To fulfill the woman's last will, to eat a mozzarella made by her son, or rather the father of Daniele, a buffalo breeder, the boy embarks on a journey first on a moped and then on foot in the company of his crush, Martina.
In the grip of drugs and social exclusion, the clan of drug dealers, of which he becomes a courier, unexpected encounters are opposed, for better or for worse, with uncommon people and paranormal experiences that emerge persistently, triggering memories of a happy age soon forgotten .
When he asks the boss 'O Biondo and his lieutenant El Napolitano for help and money, he still doesn't know that he has slipped right into the wolf's den. They impose a package of crack doses to deliver and no money to get by with the problems that arise along the way. While the rivalry between the Casal Di Principe gang and the group of Nigerians, who are trying to take control of the drug dealing square, culminates in an open massacre between hundreds of young people addicted to getting high, O'biondo, in agreement with the drug trafficker the Cuban, ambushes the head of the Nigerians in which Daniele is also involved. The Cuban carries an imposing load and his fire group, of which Daniele and Martina will experience all the ferocity.
The journey through extreme events thus becomes a path of self-discovery and at the same time an escape route. Above everything hovers the mysterious presence of a woman who appears in different clothes and ages and who seems to accompany him on his journey towards freedom.
Director: Hammam R Shafie
Producer:
Hammam R Shafie
Writer:
Hammam R Shafie
Key Cast:
Bunny Kathleen Gibson
Project Type: Feature
Runtime:
2 hours 10 minutes
Country of Origin:
United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Summary:
A man in a race against time to save his wife from a ravishing disease.
Last Wedding - Screenplay
The Rat
Director:
Baimukhamedov Zhantemir
Writer:
Baimukhamedov Zhantemir,
Galina Bondareva
Producer:
Rashid Nugmanov
Key Cast:
Saken Moldakhmetov
Yelena Nabokova
Andrey Krasilnikov
Project Type: Short
Runtime:
29 minutes 9 seconds
Country of Origin:
Kazakhstan
Country of Filming:
Kazakhstan
Language: Russian
Summary:
During the collapse of the soviet union in the republic of Kazakhstan, a musician rents a room where he will make good friends with a rat who also stays in the room.
(Battle of Bridges Docudrama Documentary
Director:
hamad yousef maarouf
Writer: Dakhil AlNabhan
Producer:
Hamad yousef maarouf
Project Title (Original Language):
فيلم الوثائقي الديكودراما ( معركة الجسور)
Project Type: Documentary, Television
Runtime: 47 minutes 44 seconds
Country of Origin: Kuwait
Country of Filming: Kuwait
Language: Arabic
Summary:
"Battle of Bridges" is a gripping documentary film that chronicles a pivotal engagement during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The battle took place near the city of Al Jahra and involved Iraqi forces and sectors of the Kuwaiti army. The Iraqi forces, aiming to enter the Kuwaiti capital, crossed the Kuwaiti border through various axes, with International Highway No. 80 being the most significant.
To counter this invasion, the General Staff Command of the Kuwaiti Army assigned the 35th Armored Brigade, comprising the esteemed Hammurabi Armored Division (Republican Guard), with the crucial task of obstructing the advancing Iraqi forces. Despite facing challenges in fully mobilizing their troops, the 35th Armored Brigade valiantly engaged the Iraqi army convoys with the available resources. During the intense clash, the Iraqi forces received reinforcements from the Medina Armored Division (Republican Guard) and launched an assault on the rear front of the Kuwaiti 35th Brigade.
As ammunition supplies dwindled, the number of Iraqi forces increased, and the brigade found itself encircled, they made the strategic decision to withdraw to Saudi Arabian territory as nightfall approached. Following their entry into Saudi soil, the brigade regrouped, underwent training, and prepared themselves for the imminent liberation war to free Kuwait.
TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire
Director:
Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Writer:
Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Producer:
Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu
Key Cast:
Rustum Southwell
Rosemary Sadlier
Adonis Huggins
Naila Keleta-Mae
Project Type: Documentary
Runtime: 1 hour
Country of Origin: Canada
Country of Filming: Canada
Language: English
Summary:
TRACE is a documentary and celebratory project aiming to recognize the work and efforts of seven Black Canadians in diverse sectors including business, entrepreneur, academic, arts and culture, history and philanthropy, as well as front-line workers and more, who have impacted the community with their great accomplishments.
The documentary was executive produced by African Women Acting (AWA) & Saimy’s Art, and produced and directed by Sonia Aimy, and co-produced by Kennedy Seed Obioha
Boneless Lantern
Ave Gradiva
Director:
Yuri Riklis
Writer:
Yuri Riklis
Producer:
Yuri Riklis
Key Cast:
shira Katzenelenbogen as "Martha Rubin"
Alon Brukman as "Ran Rubin"
Lee Malka as "Zoey gorali"
Project Type: Short
Runtime: 18 minutes
Country of Origin:
Israel
Country of Filming:
Israel
Language: Hebrew
Summary:
When a lonely man, a fashion photographer, meets the sweetheart of his youth, from whom he separated under the pressure of his Oedipal mother, he is attacked by fragments of past memories and does everything he can to realize the love of his life, doubt in the dream - doubt in reality, doubt in the present - doubt in the past, under the influence of a literary and surrealistic character Gradiva.
Garfield Seashell
Director:
Paul Marques Duarte
Writer:
Paul Marques Duarte
Producer:
Thomas Guentch
Key Cast:
Tom Durand as "Kylian"
Jules Sidor as "Maxime"
Gwenn Vourc'h as "L'ado"
Raphaël Ruault as Cast"son pote"
Project Title (Original Language): Garfield Coquillage
Project Type: Short
Runtime: 13 minutes 25 seconds
Country of Origin:France
Country of Filming:France
Language: English, French, Spanish
Summary:
When the sea goes out, Killian wanders on the huge deserted beach with his friend Maxime. Between the seaweed and the debris, the two boys are looking for this strange orange shell that has been washing up on the coast for decades: the Garfield telephone.
A Side Of Rice
A meeting between two. The secret. A short film by Yoram Marcus, the original long version.
IMPENDING CATASTROPHE
Director:
Yoram Marcus
Writer:
Yoram Marcus
Producer:
Yoram Marcus
Key Cast:
Ofer Regirer as "Dr. Gerry Frank"
Ariel Yosef
as
"Julie Dar"
Idan JerseyK
as
"A representative of the American company"
Project Type: Feature
Runtime:
1 hour 25 minutes 42 seconds
Country of Origin: Israel
Country of Filming:
Israel
Language:
Hebrew
Summary:
What was the mysterious event at the villa? Then the consequences?
A genius researcher - The millionaire Dr. Gerry Frank, divorced, no children - informs his guests at his villa that he has created here, in his laboratory, by genetic engineering, a universal vaccine against all human pathogenic viruses. The virus that biologically engineered and used becomes - later - lethal, threatens to destroy the human race, and Dr. Gerry Frank infected with it is doomed to die. Live on Facebook, from the villa's yard, He reveals all this asks for forgiveness from everyone he hurt, and announces that he will set the house on fire while inside so that the lethal virus will be eliminated and will not spread to the world.
A woman he had an affair with, Julie Dar, calls him from the beach after watching the live broadcast, informs him that she just now got divorce, like him, and urges him not to kill himself: not to give up on their shared future together.
He set the villa on fire.
The surprise: It was all a dream –
Gerry Frank is not "a doctor of genetic engineering and biotechnology", his profession is completely different, and he does not have a laboratory in his villa. He is also no longer divorced, not single: Julie is his wife and he lives with her in the villa.
And the truth in the dream: indeed, they were two married couples, they met by chance on the beach, and between married Gerry and married Julie it was love at first sight.
indeed, later Julie informed her beloved Gerry of her divorce, by calling him from the beach.
The amazing: Julie found in the bed under her pillow the printed note from which Gerry read the findings of his research to his guests in his dream. In this:
"IMPENDING CATASTROPHE" is a thriller, with a mystery that remains unsolved.
Original music: Yoram Marcus.
WILLPOWER
Like a Home (d.c.)
MAIKEN
Ave Gradiva
Full Throttle
15
Director: Melody Brooke
Writer: Melody Brooke
Producer: Melody Brooke
Key Cast:
WALTER ARNUK as "BILL"
SPENCER VENTRESCA
as
"SAMMY"
ROBIN ZAPATA
as
"SUSAN"
BRONWYN HENRY
as
"ANGELA"
MARY CAMPBELL
as
"NURSE "
Project Type: Short
Runtime: 20 minutes
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Language: English
Summary:
When a 15 year old girl discovers she is pregnant in a state where abortion is illegal, hard decisions have to be made
The House in the Middle of the Sea
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