The 1st Annual Big Bear Film Summit Announces Film Lineup for Virtual Film Festival

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Category: Entertainment News

Published on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 13:54

Written by Hildy Johnson

 
U.S. Documentary Short Competition
AFFURMATIVE ACTION     
Director: Travis Wood
Running Time: 3:56 min         
 
DIEORAMA   
Director: Kevin Staake           
Country: United States, Running Time: 10:17 min
 
IN THE SAME DIRECTION: JEFF PIFHER & SOCRATES' TRIAL           
Director: Alexander Craven   
Country: United States, Running Time: 17 min         
 
THE KALEIDOSCOPE GUY AT THE MARKET     
Director: Russell Brown         
Country: United States, Running Time: 21 min
 
ONE LAST JOB
Director: Tony Armer
Country: United States, Running Time: 15 min
 
PIE IN THE PUSS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIEING IN FILM         
Director: Stacey Davis          
Country: United States, Running Time: 9:27 min
 
WHAT IF...     
Director: Noah Berlow
Country: United States, Running Time: 7:37 min
 
 
International Narrative Short Competition
ANNA
Director: Dekel Berenson      
Country: Ukraine, Running Time: 15 min      
 
THE DOE       
Director: Jennifer Lumbroso  
Country: France, Running Time: 18 min       
 
DO NO HARM           
Director: Gabriel Horn
Country: Israel, Running Time: 5:40 min
 
ELEPHANTBIRD      
Director: Masoud Soheili        
Country: Afghanistan, Running Time: 15 min
 
HORSE          
Director: Mohamad Razazian
Country: Iran, Running Time: 13:28 min
 
MORDECHAI
Director: Andreas Flack        
Country: Israel, Running Time: 6:46 min                   
 
THE MORNING WALK         
Director: Marc Harpsøe        
Country: Denmark, Running Time: 22:18 min
 
SLAUGHTER
Directors: Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi      
Country: Iran, Running Time: 13:03 min        
 
 
International Documentary Short Spotlight
CALL CENTER BLUES        
Director: Geeta Gandbhir      
Country: Mexico, Running Time: 25 min       
 
 
Music Video Competition
DREAM          
Director: Maxi Witrak, Jose Muro      
Country: United States, Running Time: 3:21 min      
 
LET THERE BE DRUMS      
Director: George Wada                     
Country: United States, Running Time: 1:30 min      
 
THE SUN WILL FOOL YOU
Directors: Daniel Bigelow, Talon Nightshade
Country: United States, Running Time: 4:42 min
 
 
Experimental and Animation Competition
PANCAKES   
Director: Chad Briggs
Country: United States, Running Time: 3:12 min
 
Student Competition
THE HUNT    
Director: Daarya Serji
Country: United States, Running Time: 10 min                     
 
THE MARGINS         
Director: Leia Christ   
Country: United States, Running Time: 9 min
 
 

SCREENPLAY CONTEST

FINDING FREEDOM
Writer: Bristol Mac Donald
Emma Wilson is a timid young woman who escapes a violently abusive relationship and returns to her family's remote horse ranch where she hopes to find refuge, but tensions run high when she is reunited with her brother, a volatile bully and the reason she left home years ago. Prepared to flee once again, an unexpected kinship with a traumatized mustang helps Emma to confront her past and overcome her deepest fears.
 
FOREVER YOUNG
Writer: Jason Lor
A young man from ancient times is granted immortality until he finds his true love, no matter how long it takes.
 
FOUND                      
Writer: Chad Briggs
A troubled American soldier searches for a missing bomber crew while navigating the hostile cultural tensions of post-World War Two Japan.
 
LAST THURSDAY
Writer: Kevin Machate
When Dennis got up this morning, he wasn't expecting that his bank would be robbed by a bunch of witless goons, or that they would take him hostage, but hey, it's Thursday so it's almost the weekend, right?
 
MY MISSING YEAR
Writer: Stephen Foster
A coming of age dramedy set in the backwater town of Bedford, Texas in 1979. Stephen a socially awkward, asthmatic, 11-year-old boy, lives with his mother, Patricia, and sister. Patricia's attempts to make a better life for her kids uproots them and Stephen is separated from both and begins his odyssey of missing a year from his life.
 
SAINT TITUS
Writer: Dan Bowman
John Titus, a young conman, upon being forced to flee the states by a local mafia family, begins work for a children's charitable organization in India. Through his skills in extortion, he's able to make it the largest charity in Eastern Asia. But with prestige comes unwanted attention from governments, rivals, and the mob.
 
THE CANARY PROTOCOL
Writer: Michael McDonald
A young lady's curse of being able to see when someone is about to die is ruthlessly manipulated by a rouge CIA agent. A strange turn of events leaves the young lady in a desperate battle to save her own life.
 
THREE LADIES        
Writer: Almudena Rojo Yela
A musical drama