INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS 2022
PLaying with stars
Playing with stars is a story of a 20-year-old Iranian girl named Saba who lives in America with her father. Saba immigrated to America at the age of 5 with her parents after winning the U.S. Green Card lottery. Saba’s family faced a serious situation; Saba is diagnosed with a rare tumor in her eye. Saba loses the support of her mom when she leaves the family to go and live with another man after a few years of their immigration. Saba becomes an addict and her father tries several times to help her overcome her addiction by sending her to rehab centers but every time she relapses. Playing with Stars is a story about immigrants who were not thinking about immigration challenges before leaving their countries.
Director
Hatef Alimardani
Writer
Hatef Alimardani
Producer
Ali Sartipi
Cast
Marshall Manesh, Michael Madsen, Farhad Aslani, Ali Mosafa, Shabnam Moghadami, Melisa Zakeri
Piggyback
Jong-beom Lee, who raises his son by catching fish in the sea, lives alone with his son Noma. Jong-beom always struggles to raise his son
Noma well.
Director
jongha choek
Writer
joonsung Kang
Producer
Boik Lee
Cast
Junho Jung, Choi Dae-chul
I hour 46 minutes 57 seconds
Language: Korean
The coyote & the Desert
This motion picture film is shot in the United States by Latin American actors. Based on the; ambitions, falsehoods, domestic violence, human rights and substance abuse issues, under immigration.
Director
Carmen Anderson
Writer
Carmen Anderson
Black cotton
This is a short docu-drama depicting the permanent injuries and scars on the human psyche inflicted by war. Years after the Iran-Iraq war, we see an old man in the town of Sardasht, Iran (which had been heavily bombed by chemical weapons during that war), re-living his traumatic experiences as he combs cotton, unable to unlock his thoughts from the horrors and carnage of those days. He throws his comb-tool down in desperation–in a vain attempt to clear his mind–but to no avail.
Director
Hossein Fazlollahi
Writer
Hossein Fazlollahi
Runtime: 38 minutes
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The afermath
A documentary examines the long-term impacts of parental alienation on the children victims. For the first time on the big screen, adult survivors speak out about the abuse behind closed doors when children are used as weapons in parents’ breakups.
Documentary
Director
Petra Deeter
Runtime:24 minutes
Color:Color
empty nest
Documentary
Director
FARIBA ARAB
Writer
Farzaneh FATHI
Producer
Fariba Arab
Runtime: 27 minutes
Shooting Format:DIGITAL Aspect Ratio:16.9Completion Date: December 11, 2020
Language: Persian
“Breathe”
This film grapples with identity through the lens of a Latinx female. Issues of assimilating to dominant culture, confronting stereotypes, and overcoming a sensibility of feeling silenced by society as underrepresented communities.
Director
Celeste Lanuza
Writer
Celeste Lanuza
Producer
Celeste Lanuza
Cast
Gabriela Bonet, Natalie Aronno, Natalia Hill, Cynthia Morales, Sylvia Morales and Celeste Lanuza
Cyber romance
LAKSHMI IS SEXUALLY PROGESSIVE AND IS VERY DISSATISFIED WITH HER DATING AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS. HER DATING LIFE HAS ONE BIG FARCE OR BOTH A COMEDY AND A TRAGEDY SINCE HER EX BOY TOY LEFT HER. WILL SHE GET HIM BACK OR FIND A NEW BOY TOY WHO SATISFIES HER?
Director
Sanjini Bhakta
Writer
Sanjini Bhakta
I Hate You (But it’s Killing Me)
Living with hate towards someone that you know can destroy you and hold you captive for years. Discover where it starts, and how survivors have overcome its grip on their hearts and transformed int a life of freedom and success.
Director
Lukas Benkhen
Produced by
Winter Star
Final Frequency
A seismic doctoral student traces unusual earthquake patterns in L.A. back to an elite, rouge group of scientists using Tesla’s HAARP research to collapse skyscrapers downtown during the G-20 World Summit.
Director
Tim Lowry
Writer
Penny Gibbon
Producers
John David Ware
Derrick Warfel
Joth Riggs
Key Cast
Richard Burgi Lou Ferrigno Jr.
Charles Shaughnessy
Kirby Bliss Blanton
The Farmer and The Belle: Saving Santaland
When a NYC model spends the holidays in a small town, she falls in love with her childhood pen pal, a pig farmer, and helps save his hometown’s Santaland.
Director
Wes Llewellyn
Producers
Joel Bunkowske
Jenn Gotzon Chandler
Jim E. Chandler
Key Cast
Jenn Gotzon Chandler
Jim E. Chandler
Secret Agent Dingledorf
Dr. Chuckles and his cabal of clowns have created a laugh generator that will throw the world into mean-spirited laughter and collapse world peace. Bernie and his pals Lens Cap, (budding director) and iQ, (poster child for ADHD) ate the Gooey Chewy bars Chuckles made for his clowns to give them immunity form the Laugh Generator. Bernie and posse are the only ones who can save the world from the Clowns.
Director
Billy Dickson
Writer
Bill Myers
Producers
Taylor Cole
Billy Dickson Derrik Warfel
Key Cast
Paul Johansson
Jason Dolley
Alex McArthur
Zachary Arthur
STuK (UK)
Angela’s mind explodes with horror when she is trapped in the bathroom.
Director
Nadira Murray
Writer
Nadira Murray
Producers
Matt Williams
Nadira Murray
Marii Stoltson
Key Cast
Natasha Hogg
Sarah Schlesinger
Kari Hall
Locked In (UK)
Samira and Nazim, asylum seekers who fled after torture find themselves in the UK again detained by the state. They are on the fast track system, soon to be deported. With the clock ticking, the memories of their torture and what awaits on their return torment them. Will they be able to gain asylum in time?
Directors Nadira Murray Pavel Shepan
Writer
Nadira Murray
Producers
Nadira Murray Chris Robb
Bernie Stampfer
Key Cast
Esztella Levko Uriel Emil
Fatima
Fatima is an African immigrant working as a home nurse in Atlanta, GA, where she is left to navigate everyday racism from her employers.
Directors Gerald Barclay
Writer
Gerald Barclay
Producers
Musa Sesay
Clarice Kulah
Sandra Potter-Holt
Key Cast
Korto Davis
Jessica Claire
Josephus Tolbert