Friday, August 22, 2014

A Boy's Prayer: Grace Film Festival: Official Selection


A Boy's Prayer    Buy Tickets
Taiwan
Language: Chinese
Runtime: 29:05
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015


A 17 year old loser meets a mysterious and beautiful cleaner girl by chance. They have totally different characters and backgrounds; However, they start to have a wonderful adventure in garbage dump. Ultimately, they change each other…

Director: CHAO Koi-wang
Born in 1988, Macau. He is now studying in "the Department of Filmmaking" of Taipei National University of Art (Taiwan).


Ruler of the Roost: Hope: Official Selection: Grace Film Festival


Ruler of the Roost
Canada
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Runtime: 10:06
Category: Hope
Screening Date: January 30, 2015

Ruler of the Roost is a comedic documentary that follows a young Toronto filmmakers struggle with the obnoxious city pigeons that live outside his bedroom window. After his initial attempts to scare off the pigeons are foiled, the filmmaker seeks an expert's opinion and is soon led down a bizarre path of airborne diseases, grisly coincidences, and self-discovery.

 A film by Benjamin Turnbull

Moments: Love: Official Selection: Grace Film Festival

 

Moments
United Kingdom
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Runtime: 5:45
Category: Love
Screening Date:January 31, 2015


'Moments' is the story of a young man who always seems to just miss out on those special moments in life. But a chance encounter with a beautiful and mysterious woman promises to change all that forever. With only his determination, a flurry of confetti and an irrepressible love of dance, he sets out to win her heart.

Director - Chris Cronin
Executive Producer - Mike Clarke
Producers - Andrew Oldbury, Phil Meachem & Simon Lee Hardwick
Assistant Producer - Marc Hankins
Writer - Jo Gardner

My Heart: Faith: Grace Film Festival: Official Selection



My Heart      Buy Tickets
Iran
Language: Persian
Runtime: 2:00
Category: Faith
Screening Date: January 29, 2015



The teacher is sick. her Students are trying to prepare a gift for her.

A film by Yaser Talebi.

The Biggest Hanicap: Love: Grace Film Festival: Official Seclection


The Biggest Handicap     Buy Tickets
Italy
Language:Italian
Runtime: 9:40
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015

 A blind guy and a deaf-mute girl meet on a ring in the Roman metropolis to play a boxing match. Viewers expect to see the two opponents anger and violence, and instead will be disappointed because something unexpected will happen.

A film by Enzo Bossio.

A Stranger Among the Icebergs: Love: Grace Film Festival: Official Selection



A Stranger Among the Icebergs       Buy Tickets
Russia
Language: Russian
Runtime (13:25)
Category: Love
Screening Date: January 31, 2015


The story of a rooster who grew up among penguins and of love for one's family and the motherland.

Director: Andrey Sokolov
Date and place of birth: April 1, 1974, Moscow
In 1993 he graduated from art school for Specialties cabinetmaker.
1995 - animation courses at “Pilot” Studio
1998 - State Academy of spheres of life as an engineer-technologist for furniture production.
From 1995 -2000 years - animator and storibordist at “Pilot” Studio
In 2001 he made his debut as a director with the film "Latex".
In 2003 he graduated from the Faculty of Cinematography additional education (department directing animated films).

Yashoda: Grace Film Festival: Official Selection



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Country: India
Language: Marathi
Runtime:9:26
Category: Faith
Screening Date: January 29, 2015

Yashoda, is an emotional short fiction motion picture in which a mother tells her child that she is an adopted one with reference of Indian mythological story characters of Yashoda & Devki.
Director: Yuvraj Mahagaonkar
I am a film making student & I love to explore film making as a medium of expression of my inner complexities.
Director’s Statement
Films I believe is reliving or recreating the moments that one experiences in personal life on celluloid with a creative artistic touch of mise-en-scene to it.