Here’s the winners of the 2020 Paris Independent Film Festival:
Low-budget Feature Film:
The Flood by Anthony Woodley
No-Budget Feature:
To Nowhere by Sian Astor-Lewis
Documentary Feature:
Once a Fury by Jacqueline Rhodes
Best Actor:
Lena Headey in The Flood
Short Film (Jury Award):
Duvar by Brittney London
Short Film (Audience Award):
Deal by Bill Sarine
Short Film (Festival Director’s Award):
Are They Smiling? by Kate Jean Hollowell
Short Documentary:
Distressed by Toby Lord & Tim Elwin
Animated Short:
He’s Working On It by Charli Eglinton
Experimental Short:
PAris – Qui vivra verra by Glen MacKay
Short Short:
Fu’ Entertainment presents: Sakura Blade
Music Video:
The Cat Burglars by Andrew J Liu
Feature Screenplay:
Flaws of an Everlasting Memory by Anh Le
Comedy Screenplay:
Gertie and Her Goats by Euan Mitchell
No-Budget Screenplay:
The Lift by Lorien Haynes
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Here’s the schedule for the 2020 Paris Independent Film Festival.
All films are screened on the Eventive online platform.
Panels are free of charge and released one each day of the festival. Feature film tickets cost $10 per feature film, shorts blocks cost $10 per 60 minute block. Films can be watched anytime during the festival run, December 7-13.
Shorts Block 1 [Tickets here]
Parallel by Laurence Carroll Brahm
Hold Me by Alex Aikiu
Ghost by M. H. Murray
Duvar by Brittney London
Esther’s Choice by Alia Azamat Ashkenazi
Shorts Block 2 [Tickets here]
Fu’ Entertainment presents: Sakura Blade by Vision Animal
Anomalously Yours by David Koh and Heather Chen
Are They Smiling? by Kate Jean Hollowell
You And The Thing That You Love by Nicholas Maher
Sex in Literature by Joseph DiPietro
Shorts Block 3 [Tickets here]
La domenica Delle Salme by Lucian Alexandrov
Deal by Bill Sarine
Galveston Eats: Island Olives by Robb Walsh
Standby by Michael McLennan
Yesterday, My Dead Boyfriend Messaged Me on Grindr by Curtis Lee
Shorts Block 4 [Tickets here]
The Cat Burglars by Andrew J Liu
He’s Working On It by Charli Eglinton
PAris – Qui vivra verra by Glen MacKay
99¢ Dreams by Tasnim Boufelfel
Distressed by Toby Lord & Tim Elwin
Astronaut by Janne Laiho
Feature Film:
iGilbert (89m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Adrian Martinez
DRAMA
http://adrianmartinez.net/igilbert
Gilbert Gonzalez (Adrian Martinez), feels isolated from the world. He is 39, a virgin, obese and lives with his sarcastic, overprotective mother, who owns the Manhattan brownstone. Fearful of life and people, yet starving for human connection, Gilbert takes photos of women secretly, wherever and whenever he can. Enter Jana, (Dascha Polanco), a tenant in the building and the source of innumerable fantasies. Jana is a contradiction — beautiful but haunted by her own insecurities that inhibit her from standing up to her ex-boyfriend Tony, (Raul Castillo), an Iraq war vet with PTSD. Gilbert dreams of rescuing Jana but doesn’t believe she could ever love him, especially if she knew about all the secret photos. This love triangle becomes a battle for human connection in our digital and disconnected world.
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Feature Film:
Leaving Virginia (101m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Lishu Lin
DRAMA
https://www.facebook.com/pochu.official/
A-LIE and GIANT-CLAM are two mischievous and horny virgins. To celebrate Giant-Clam’s birthday, A-Lie suggests Giant-Clam to lose his virginity. Via the internet, they came in contact with WONDERLAND, a lustrous escort.
However when they discovered her overdosed corpse in the motel room, A-Lie calls for help from XI-SHI, a chubby girl who has always admired A-Lie. They revamped the van into a temporary morgue and goes on a surreal journey to abandon the corpse as soon as possible. A quest into adulthood, filled with desire, suspicion, and betrayal begins in the cruelest summer they have ever had.
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Feature Film:
Once A Fury (83m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Jacqueline Rhodes
DOCUMENTARY
https://onceafury.com/
Documentary profiling former members of the Furies, a notorious 1970s lesbian separatist collective that published a national newspaper and planned to seize state power. Featuring interviews with 10 of the original 12 Furies, photography by JEB, and archival materials.
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Feature Film:
Project Tumbleweed (80m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Scott Henderson
DOCUMENTARY
https://www.projecttumbleweed.com/
COVID-19 has intensified things that have existed throughout humankind’s history: loss, loneliness, stress, happiness, and growth. What if someone traveled across the USA for five weeks talking with people of all stripes? What stories and personalities will emerge along the way? How have things changed for people and what do they think the future holds for them?
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Feature Film:
The Flood (99m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Anthony Woodley
DRAMA
https://www.facebook.com/TheFloodMovie/
Wendy (Lena Headey), a hardened immigration officer is offered a high-profile asylum case, judged on her ability to quickly and clinically reject applicants. Through her interrogation, she must uncover whether Haile (Ivanno Jeremiah) is lying and has a more sinister reason for seeking asylum.
We follow Haile on his perilous 5000 kilometre journey – over oceans, across borders, and amidst the flurry of the Calais Jungle – to find solace and safety in the UK. But now he must cross the final hurdle. Based on multiple true stories, The Flood is a thoughtful and timely reflection on the humanity within the refugee crisis.
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Feature Film:
To Nowhere (99m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Sian Astor-Lewis
DRAMA
https://www.facebook.com/ToNowhereFilm/
A chaotic day trip spins out of control, as two troubled teenage friends grapple with love and trauma.
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Here is the Official Selection for the 2020 Paris Independent Film Festival
On Dec 5 tickets will be available from Eventive
(Tickets are sold for $10 per Feature / 60 minute Shorts Block and films can be viewed online at any time during the festival run, Dec 7-13. Be sure to vote in our online audience awards!)
FEATURE FILMS:
iGilbert by Adrian Martinez
Leaving Virginia by Lishu Lin
Once a Fury by Jacqueline Rhodes
Project Tumbleweed by Scott Henderson
The Flood by Anthony Woodley
To Nowhere by Sian Astor-Lewis
SHORT FILMS:
99¢ Dreams by Tasnim Boufelfel
Anomalously Yours by David Koh and Heather Chen
Are They Smiling? by Kate Jean Hollowell
Astronaut by Janne Laiho
Deal by Bill Sarine
Distressed by Toby Lord & Tim Elwin
Duvar by Brittney London
Esther’s Choice by Alia Azamat Ashkenazi
Galveston Eats: Island Olives by Robb Walsh
Ghost by M. H. Murray
He’s Working On It by Charli Eglinton
Hold Me by Alex Aikiu
La domenica Delle Salme by Lucian Alexandrov
Parallel by Laurence Carroll Brahm
PAris – Qui vivra verra by Glen MacKay
Fu’ Entertainment presents: Sakura Blade by Vision Animal
Sex in Literature by Joseph DiPietro
Standby by Michael McLennan
The Cat Burglars by Andrew J Liu
Yesterday, My Dead Boyfriend Messaged Me on Grindr by Curtis Lee
You And The Thing That You Love by Nicholas Maher