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Short Comedy | USA/Spain | 2022 | 11 Min “Enloquecer” is a short film by Hector Prats, based on real events. After losing her lead actor at the last minute, a music video director goes to extreme measures to get her new talent to perform, pushing her team and the whole production to the brink of madness. Festivals: World Premiere at Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2022 Palm Springs Shortfest 2022 Tacoma Film Festival 2022 Crown Heights Film Festival 2022 Online Premiere at Short of The Week Credits: Written & Directed by HECTOR PRATS Starring STEPHANIE JEAN LANE BOB RUTAN KELLY MCCREADY MICHAEL THATCHER AIDAN NUNEZ MURDO BARKER-MILL Cinematography MICHAEL CONG Production Design MARISSA TODD Producer YOKO KOHMOTO Co-Producer KAELO IYIZOBA Assistant Director DERIN ÇELIK Sound CHARLIE THEOBALD CCO MARÍA CRISTINA MARRERO & HEATHER FRANCIS Edit HECTOR PRATS Assitant Editor BRIDGET MCGUIGAN Graphic Design LYDIA MONTERDE Color Correction MICHAEL CONG Sound Mix DAVID & MARTA GASCÓN Music by ETM Extras MARISSA TODD HEATHER FRANCIS YOKO KOHMOTO

Confined to his room in an aged care facility, an elderly man with a debilitating disease struggles with his sons abrupt departure Directed by Bonnie Moir Written by Bonnie Moir and Nicholas Denton Produced by Bonnie Moir, Nicholas Denton and Michael Jones Luke – Nicholas Denton Russell – Richard Moir Director of photography Max Walter Edited by Leila Gaabi Music by Warren Ellis Sound design and Mix Lachlan Harris 1st Assistant director Michael Jones 2nd assistant director Eve Gailey 1st Assistant camera Lucas Brown 2nd Assistant Camera Conor Jamieson & Annika Rigg Gaffer Tommi Hacker Best Boys Jauquin Vickery & Noah Snell Production Designer Imogen Walsh Art Department Assistant Shanahbelle Macdonald Sound recordists Thomas Day, Lloyed Prat and Hayley Bennett Runner Joseph Green Stills photographer Anna Denton Post producer Charlotte Grifiths Assistant Editor Shannon Michael Flame Artist Matt Edwards Titles Michael Zito Colourist Fergus Rotherham Post Facility The Editors Special Thanks to the following people and organisations for their unwavering support. Tom Campbell, Glendyn Ivin, Garth Davis, Shelly Lauman, Lucy Moir, Julie Nihill, Lucinda Reynolds, Lucy Aston, Sam Chiplin, Emily Cook, Adolpho Veloso, Liv Reddy, Exit Films, The Editors Waylan Chisholm, Vateresio Tuikaba, Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Peter Paltos, Anna Lise Phillips, Briony Dunn, Jackie Allen, Adrian Vanda, Heinrichs Pacers, Tim McCormack, James MacGregor, Ange Slater, Alice Curry, Mira Oosterweghel Tegan Crowley, Will Johnston, Charlie Wood and VitaDrop, Kate Whitbread, Jacintho Muinos, Marcus Molyneux, Eugenie Muggleton, Claudia Nankervis, Celeste Veldze, Bill Black, Gabrielle Grist, Burcin Eser, Anna Lise Phillips, Thomas Hayes, Liza Dennis, Tim Dakin, Guillaume Dillee, Roger Karge, Charlie Denton, Louis Denton, Gorman Family Siteworks, Brunswick, Mediterranean Wholesalers, Brunswick and Transdev, Melbourne

A young woman’s charming but overbearing father helps her move out of her wealthy, older boyfriend’s apartment. “Daddy’s Girl” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere. Our new interactive player enables viewers to watch the film, play with Director’s Commentary, and read a Q&A with director Lena Hudson. To return to the main menu, click “Menu” in the upper left hand corner of the screen at any time.

Director’s statement: Drawing on Autism is an investigation into the ethics of representation in animated documentaries. Although I am neurodivergent, I’m not autistic, so when working with my anonymous participant, an autistic friend, I needed to be mindful of well-rehearsed and problematic autism tropes. These tropes seem to say more about the desires and needs of neurotypical audiences or filmmakers than they do about the autistic subjects. Moreover, animation presents a distinct set of ethical dilemmas. Without the mechanical indifference of a camera, the act of observation is substituted for expressive or symbolic representation. A mode of representation where the artist is responsible for how the documentary participant looks, where they appear, and what they do. Through collaborative feedback I attempt to share these responsibilities with my participant, while making use of positional and textual reflexivity to equip my audiences with the information they need to scrutinise my documentary interventions. – Alex Widdowson Awards and Accolades: Winner – UK Research & Innovation: Research in Film Awards 2021 – Best Doctoral and Early Career Film Winner – Rising of Lucitania AnimaDoc Film Festival 2022 – Best AnimaDoc Blue Ribend Award (Student Jury) Nominated – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 – Norman McLaren Award for Best British Animation Nominated – UK Research & Innovation: Research in Film Awards 2021 – Best Animated Film Official Selection: Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 (Premier) Raindance 2021 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2021 New Orleans Film Festival 2021 Berlin Festival of Animation 2021 Spark Animation 2021 Factual Animation Film Festival 2021 Montreal International Animation Festival 2021 Big Cartoon Festival 2021 London Short Film Festival 2022 Fargo Film Festival 2022 Cinemagic ON THE PULSE Short Film Festival 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 Credits: Directed, produced, and animated by Alex Widdowson Sound design and music by Vicky Freund Additional animation by Ciara Kerr Additional art direction by Dan Castro Made with support from Autism through Cinema, Queen Mary University of London, and the Wellcome Trust Alex Widdowson © 2021

An all-girls snowboard film presented by Jess Kimura and the final piece to the Uninvited trilogy. This labor of love became a movement by creating a platform to showcase underfunded yet talented up and comers, ultimately leading to industry awareness and a huge shift in perception. Featuring Darrah Reid, Henna Ikola, Nora Beck, Maggie Leon, Ylfa Runarsdottir, Naima Antolin, Kaleah Opal, Grace Warner, Alexis Roland, Miyon Yamaguchi, Taylor Elliott, Himari Takamori, Corrine Pasela, Tsukimi Sato, Yurika Takikawa and many more! Made possible by The North Face, Monster Energy, Ikon Pass, and Coal Headwear

Over the course of the COVID lockdowns – desperate for the outside world beyond my doorstep, city, state and country – I started crafting a project using entirely Google Maps Streetview Images. I viewed and downloaded the world from my desk, finding amazing spaces, altering, hand tracking and creating timelapses and shots. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the material. Until I heard the latest album from Axel Boman. Here was a song from one of my favorite artists with such a propulsive and idealistic reaching out towards the wider world. Letting the wind take us, with love as the sail, a blur of adventure across the planet. Special thanks to Axel, Kornel and Studio Barnhus for the trust, a random plugin that let me download raw 360 images and Google for bringing the world to our screens. Locations used: Australia – Melbourne Cricket Stadium Austria – Kunsthistorisches Museum Brazil – Marcana Stadium – Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro – Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro Metro – Sao Paulo Biennale Canadian – Arctic Regions Czech Republic – Charles Bridge Denmark – Christiansborg Palace – Thorvaldesens Museum Faroe Islands – Slættaratindur France – Arc de Triomphe – Château de Chenonceau – Grand Palais – Mont Blanc – Mont Saint-Michel – Museum of Fine Art Lyon – Palace of Versailles – Paris City Hall – University of Lyon Germany – Alte Pinakothek – Altes Museum – Hamburg Canals – Miniatur Wunderland – Sanssouci Palace – Staatliches Museum Schwerin Greece – Acropolis Museum Greenland – Arctic Regions India – Himalayan Railway – Taj Mahal Italy – Florence Train Station – Grassi Palace – Municipal Library Teresian – National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art – The Floating Piers – Uffizi Gallery Japan – Bullet Train – Chiba Monorail – Fushimi Inari Taisha – Miraikan – Nagoya Station – Ryogoku Kokugikan – Suzuki Circuit Mexico – Archivo General de la Nación Mongolia – Khuvsgul Lake Nepal – Various trails New Zealand – Coronet Peak Norway – Fv36 – Fv64 Portugal -Coastal Railway – Mafra National Palace Russia – Bolshow Theater – Crocus City Hall – St Petersburg State University Scotland – National Museum of Scotland Singapore – Singapore Sports Hub South Korea – National Museum of Korea Spain – Bilbao Stadium – Catedral de la Almudena – Guggenheim Bilbao – La Sagrada Familia – Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada – University of Madrid Sweden – Avicii Arena – Gamla stan – Skokloster Castle Switzerland – CERN – Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge – Swiss Alps Taiwan – Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum United Arab Emirates – Burj Al Arab United States – Chicago River – Crystal Bridges Museum – Denali – Dry Tortugas – Guggenheim – John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – Neues Museum – Seven Mile Bridge – Shedd Aquarium – Smithsonian Science Center – The Grand Canyon – The Intrepid – University of Michigan

Language has the power to bring people and nations together by facilitating dialogue and strengthening human connection. Each language has its own way of describing the world, and in turn, affects how the world is seen through it. ‘More Than Words’ is an animated video series which celebrates words and phrases that don’t exist in the English language. Episode 1 describes the wonderful German phrase ‘Innerer Schweinehund’, which literally translates to ‘inner pig-dog’ – the inner voice that encourages you to be lazy. CREDITS: Concept, design, animation and sound design – Serafima Serafimova VO – Georg Csarmann Music – ’ The Model’ by Kraftwerk Special thanks to Patrick Mallett and Sara Abou Dan, for being my guinea pigs and allowing me to film them with a pile of duvets and backpacks which later transformed into a pig-dog. Also to Giulia Bavagnoli without whom the pig-dog would’ve looked VERY odd and creepy.

Funded by This American Life Written and Narrated by Robert Krulwich Animation Directed and Designed by Nate Milton Based on the work of Aatish Bhatia Music by Buck St. Thomas natemilton.com

When an ex-cop’s deathbed confession reveals a terrible crime, a dutiful daughter is forced to weigh the differences between the stories we tell ourselves and the truth. Starring: Allison Jean White John Adams Sean Weil Robert James Hickey Written and Directed by Joe Stankus Produced by Richard Levin Director of Photography – Nada Stjepanović Editor – Jasmine Thimothé Production Designer – Maryam Khosravi

Now that Roe v. Wade is overturned, one of the few choices you still have left is Eff-Urself! A foolproof way to guarantee you’ll never need an abortion… which is actually eff-ed up. … Made for the National Network Of Abortion Funds, Eff-Urself is a parody product and film that satirically exposes the lack of choices Americans with a uterus have left for protecting their bodies and reproductive health. It speaks to the unjust manner in which wombs are being treated by politicians, and the absurd lengths people might have to go, to avoid getting pregnant in one of the riskiest times. … Eff-Urself is a non-solution to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. … Visit EffUrself.com to find real solutions, or donate. Proceeds support people who desperately need help in states where abortion is illegal or nearly impossible to obtain. Share the #EffUrself film to spread the word. Credits: National Network of Abortion Funds Communications Director, Lindsay Rodriguez Senior Manager of Magor Gifts, Aziza Jones Design and Branding Manager, Lindsay Beane-Eyth Director of Donor Engagement, Kim Arena Women That Fight (WTF) Group Creative Director, Che-Na Stephenson Associate Creative Director (Writer), Hilary Smith Associate Creative Director (Art Director), Ellie Aliabadi Brand, Brittni Hutchins Production, Hilary Coate Production, Lexi Alaga Production, Jamie Zimmermann Legal, Tina Thorland Legal, Delores Martin The Corner Shop Director, Sindha Agha Founder / EP, Anna Hashmi Executive Producer / HOP, Jessica Miller Line Producer, Madeline Powers AD, Gail Shand Director of Photography, Andrew Truong Production Designer, Chelsea Oliver Wardrobe Stylist, Amanda Owen Casting Director, Jodi Sonnenberg Resource LA, Dana Balkin & Allie O’Brien Work Editorial Editor, Anne Perri Assistant Editor, Patrick Saxer Animator, Patrick Saxer Executive Producer, Alejandra Alarcon Head of Production, Chris Delarenal Company 3 Colorist, Sofie Borup Color Producer, Alexandra Lubrano Jane Co-founder & managing partner: Nancy Nina Hwang EP/Head of Sales, Jane Brockman Head of Production, Ben Sposato Executive Producer, Rich Rama Animator and Creative Director, Daniel Piwowarczyk Lead Flame Artist and Creative Director, David Parker Barking Owl Composer, Jacob Plasse Sound Designer, Mikayla Petersen Mix, Mikayla Petersen / Elizabeth McClanahan Creative Director / Co Founder, Kelly Bayett Senior Producer, KC Dossett Street Factory Media Executive Producer, Greta Omann Art Director, Ericka Wallis Kinky Kontrol Kevin Smith