BLOCK CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
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BLUE PIG (USA)
UTAH PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: When the government provides every family with one genetically-modified pig that apparently desires being eaten by humans, a poor farmer struggles with the decision whether to slaughter the innocent pig or have his family go hungry.
RATINGS GUIDE: Violence, Intense Images
DIRECTOR: Yaxiong Shao
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (2): Best Fantastic Short, The Minerva Award
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DOFFICE (BELGIUM)
USA/INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: An old guy works into the same office, everyday. But one day, a young colleague arrives and puts his world upside down.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (2): Best Fantastic Short, Best Production Design – Short
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Born in 1976, directed five shorts, including the multi awarded “Happy Birthday Mr. Zombie”. Also a stage actor and writing a crime Tv Series for Belgian national television.
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ETERNITY (UKRAINE)
UTAH/REGIONAL PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: Once upon a time in the nearest future humanity overcome the death by digitizing the human’s souls. So, we will be granted with Eternity. But what happened if Eternity faced with Love?
RATINGS GUIDE: Adult Content, Mild Language
DIRECTOR: Anna Sobolevksa
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (3): Best Foreign Short, Best Cinematography – Short, The Minerva Award
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Anna Sobolevska Born in Crimea, Ukraine. 31 years old. In 2008 graduated from The National Academy of Internal Affairs, as a lawyer, then in 2018 graduated The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University as a film director. In 2016 I had worked on the feature film ”EASY” by director Andrea Magnani as a 2nd assistant of the director. This film got numerous prizes, like David di Donatello Awards 2018 – nominee; Lighthouse International Film Festival 2018 – winner; Locarno International Film Festival 2017 – nominee; Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival 2018 – winner.
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FASHION ALIBI (FRANCE)
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: If you want to find some money, never trust a guy you met in a McDonald’s.
RATINGS GUIDE: Language, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Burt Raynal
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (1): Best Foreign Short
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: N/A
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HELLO, WORLD (USA)
UTAH PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: A near future love story: Hello, World is about the trial a couple will go through to hold into one another. Gayle and Bennett are at the end of their lives and make the decision to try and continue their existence together through technology.
RATINGS GUIDE: All Audiences, Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Nathan Hong Fisher
AWARDS NOMINATIONS (1): Best Sci-Fi Short
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Nathan Hong Fisher is an NYC filmmaker, originally from Seattle. In 2017 he co-created the series TableTalk; distributed by Fullscreen Media. His film Backtrack received jury commendation at the 2016 Filminute festival and his upcoming work includes The 49th Day, Martin Eden, Sunlit Night, and the NBC series The Village. He is also developing a series based in Backtrack’s universe and adapting his novella Human+ into a limited series.
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SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER (CANADA)
WORLD PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS: An aspiring crime writer, forced into online dating by her best friend, finds her perfect match on a website. Unfortunately, their interests are a little too closely aligned, only it’s not fiction crime he likes to dabble in.
RATINGS GUIDE: Adult Content
DIRECTOR: Raine Bracken
AWARDS NOMINATIONS: N/A
DIRECTOR’S / FILMMAKER’S BIO: Raine Bracken is a filmmaker based in Toronto. She began making films in high school at the Etobicoke School of the Arts before further pursuing her passion at Ryerson University’s Film Studies program. Her work is fueled by her childhood love of literature and story telling and can be categorized as either whimsical or murderous, although it often lies somewhere in between the two. Her films have been honored at many festivals including wins at TIFF Jump Cuts taking home the best animation category for two consecutive years. In 2018 she was a recipient of the Horizon Award for emerging female filmmakers.
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