FFTG Awards Film Fest 2024
Nov 30, 2024
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Dec 14, 2024
Home by Midnight follows Junior, a teenage stoner wasting his youth by endlessly partying… at least according to his domineering mother. After his mother hits her breaking point, Junior convinces her to let him attend one last party under the condition that he comes home sober and before his curfew at Midnight. Junior plans to keep his promise, however, that plan quickly goes down the drain when he accidentally takes a hallucinogen, mistaking it for a breath mint. Tripping out, Junior must make the journey back home before the clock strikes twelve while avoiding the chaotic and unhinged hallucinations the night will bring.
Distrust Everything is a call to imagination as a way out to the realism burdening our language and experience.
American artist Mirek Hardiker, former Stanford researcher, has built a gigantic (21 years on a daily base) archive of transcripts
of his dreams, which serve as a dataset. A generative neural network system 'reads' Hardiker's reports and generates new dreams from what is learnt from the dataset. The generated text serves as a screenplay for the entire film. Archetypal
characters and events thus seem to emerge from a
synthetic unconscious.
The work investigates the relationship between the human and unconscious through an intense and perturbing aesthetic experience. Born as a multichannel installation, the work was co-commissioned by a platform of institutions, including Elevate Festival and Superbudda.
A crazed microcosm of oppression in a pottery workshop, as the idiot is abused by his boss/brother. The sublime moment when he kisses their pet turtle sets us up for great anxiety over the turtle’s fate after the power struggle is won and lost.
A dual of perceptions and actions between the personified flagbearers of society and an individual who transcends societal boundaries!
The last man on earth struggles coming to terms with a purpose in life while on the run from an unseen danger chasing him.
Two artists discuss the essence and challenges of creativity.
A house with windows. The smell impregnated in a coat. A forest, a brother. Kisses, photos and hugs. Rupture, misunderstanding and abandonment. A story with several plots threaded by love and mourning and love, where each end offers us a new beginning.
Music video story of a farm horse that wants to go to dancing at the city night club in 1960's Paris. Produced, edited, special effects, animation, compositing and prompts by Cabimat & David B. Kelley.
Synopsis: "The Things We Loved“
A woman, while preparing to move, stumbles upon an old, dusty box in the attic. She has no recollection of this box, and its contents pique her curiosity. As she opens it, she discovers items from her past that she had long forgotten.
The first item she finds is an old keychain. As she holds it, memories of a childhood friend and a cherished promise come flooding back. In the rush of everyday life, she had let these warm memories fade, and now, the realization that this friend is no longer around fills her with a deep sense of sorrow and longing.
Next, she uncovers a crumpled letter. The letter contains a final, heartfelt message from someone she once knew but had since forgotten. As she reads, she is overwhelmed with shock and regret, and the letter compels her to reflect on the relationships she has lost and the moments she has overlooked in her life. The content of the letter reveals a profound truth, pushing her to reconcile with her past emotions and the unresolved feelings she had buried.
Yet, the mystery of who sent this box and why remains unsolved. While the items in the box are clearly connected to her memories, the identity and intention of the sender are still shrouded in mystery. Determined to uncover the truth, she begins to piece together the clues, revisiting memories and the connections she once held dear.
In the box's depths, she finds a faded photograph and a small candle. The photograph shows her with someone she had lost touch with long ago, someone who had meant a great deal to her. As she lights the candle, she finally understands the last request of the person in the photo and realizes that this box was a final gesture—a message that was meant to reconnect her with her past and help her find peace.
Through this revelation, she decides to reconcile with her past and make an effort to restore the relationships she had neglected. Holding the lit candle, she walks towards the door. As she opens it, bright light floods into the room. She steps into the light, symbolizing her resolve to embrace a new beginning. The film concludes with this image, leaving the audience with a message of hope, courage, and the power of reconciliation.
"Master Puppeteer" unveils a poignant message of acceptance. It challenges viewers to embrace the beauty in imperfection and the freedom found in acknowledging the invisible hands guiding our paths. Join us in exploring the depths of rebellion, creativity, and the quest for self-acceptance through the eyes of those who dared to live against the grain.
Emma discovers an old storybook from her estranged father and decides to turn that story into a movie using AI technology.
Nabi is an Afghan migrant worker in Iran who, after 25 years of working in a tower as a janitor, realizes that he has to leave the next day. He must work in the tower for the last day before leaving and then leave as if he never existed because no law protects him. Like many people whose names will never be recorded in history. They are never seen and always live like shadows and are fading away. The people you see when you get close to them are full of pride, passion for life, and understanding, while having a sense of fear and humiliation.
판사로 일하는 중년 남성이 불타는 사무실에서 위험한 상황에 처하게 됩니다.
Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.
A solitary woman on a beach, reflects on her relationship with lover. With heavy poignant emotions she comes to terms with a lesson of life that all can relate to.
The film's central theme is the condescending attitude of a simple civil servant towards high-ranking government officials. The short film was based on Anton Chekhov's "Death of a Civil Servant" story.
The film's main character, a man, sneezes in a concert hall and puts a high-ranking official in an embarrassing situation. Despite apologizing, the main character feels a slavish fear that ultimately proves fatal to the man's life.
Generally speaking , disasters always come one after another
and never END . . .
This film hopes to use two short paragraphs to express the absurdity and helplessness of a certain kind of life when people face plague and war through calm and ironic techniques.
We; We were born as a synthesis as a result of the contrast between the thesis of the west and the antithesis of the east.
An experimental music video that traverses the worlds of high fashion and avant-garde art through the lens of AI, exploring the double meaning of “LLM” in Latin languages.
In an era stained by sin, Eve, feeling disillusioned, begins to recite a poem of destruction to set the world on fire.
Two former lovers, Robert and Cynthia, meet up to discuss their relationship. As the two revisit their pasts, the trouble that split them in the first place starts to rear up. They’re doing their best to set their differences aside, all the while being plagued by a single lingering question; is love enough?
The daily tribulations and hopes of Amir Shahed.
This film depicts the life story of a notary based in Isfahan, who takes responsibility for the education of undocumented children. Discovering that his notary office is allowed to host illegal immigrants, he opens a school for these children in his office building. However, he faces several challenges in the process
Film tries to show mental trauma caused by propaganda and misinformation spreading around in different-different media platform.
And how such situations creates problem for common middle class person.
After a catastrophic experiment turns their city into a wasteland, a group of skaters becomes the last hope, delivering the cure through the decaying streets.
Owen returns to his apartment, only to face a perilous encounter that quickly turns into a tense psychological game. His calm demeanour and cryptic remarks hint at a hidden agenda, blurring the line between predator and prey. As a mysterious phone call raises further suspicions, the film's twists and turns keep viewers questioning until the shocking final revelation.
A whimsical, experimental short exploring physical, emotional and musical themes of transportation with its jocular host, Uncle Wonkles.
A young woman hears noises like the screaming of someone, or of a crowd, through the walls and pipes of her old ancestral house. She has become an insomniac and constantly finds herself waking from sleep. She persistently chases the sounds. In the front yard, a young man and a woman who are cooking for a ceremony, assume that she is mistaken and the voices she hears are those of their neighbor's. One night, voices are heard from the bathroom in the yard. She follows the sounds, as if summoned by it, and walks towards the bathroom and keeps listening to them. In the morning, the house is empty, and the yard clean; the pool's water valve is open and it outpours, and a dress sways with the wind, hung on the clothesline.
