HIGHLIGHTS: September 2023 DRAMA Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Feature Film: STRANDING STRONG: ELIZABETH CATLETT
Best Short Form Short Film: SALUT
Best Long Form Short Film: MAN IN THE MOUNTAIN
Best Cinematography: NOCTURNAL JACKAL
Best Direction: AVE GRADIVA
Best Story: THE PIRATE
Best Performances: ON DEAF EARS

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

NOCTURNAL JACKAL, 9min., USA
Directed by Vishal Rajput, Harkanwar Singh
A lonesome addict battles his depression, anxiety, and hopelessness by a sinister urge that reigns supremacy over his thoughts and actions.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


SALUT, 3min., Isreal
Directed by Yuri Riklis
George Ginsburg (40s) is a new immigrant from France, a guitar player in a night club in Tel Aviv . His whole emotional world is – his girlfriend Michelle (late 20s) also immigrated from France and his dog Packo. When he receives a message about Michel’s death in a terrorist attack at the “Dolphinarium” Dicko, his life ends also.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


AVE GRADIVA, 18min., Israel
Directed by Yuri Riklis
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.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


THE PIRATE, 8min., UK
Directed by Ruth Carnegie
A young girl, stuck in the city, dreams of running away to the sea. With the help of her grandfather, she finds a rather unusual way to break free.

https://www.instagram.com/girl_finds_the_sea/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


ON DEAF EARS, 13min., UK
Directed by Ty Hunt
A mother’s worst fear comes true when her special needs daughter’s actions are misunderstood during a routine traffic stop.

https://www.facebook.com/phyllgoodent
https://www.instagram.com/phyllgoodent/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


MAN IN THE MOUNTAIN, 35min., USA, Web Series
Directed by Dennis Trombly
Pilot Episode: For generations, a family has been protecting secrets of alien encounters on family owned land. Now, in recent times, a scientist looks into them with historical evidence. This Science Fiction short film is a section of a double feature screenplay, approximately Part 3 of 8.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


STRANDING STRONG: ELIZABETH CATLETT, 56min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Kevin J Kelley
The struggles and triumphs of Elizabeth Catlett Mexican/American artist and political activist who was a pioneer in the Black Arts movement.

http://newmilemediaarts.org/https://www.facebook.com/NewMileMediaArts

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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