Here’s the winners of the 2021 Paris Independent Film Festival, held in October 2021:
No-Budget Feature:
Dubliner by Linda Rosenfeld
Micro-Budget Feature:
Cecily and Lydia at the Waypoint by Juliette Strangio
Low-budget Feature Film:
They/Them/Us by Jon Sherman
Documentary Feature:
We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka by Marianne “Mimi” George, Heuionalani Wyeth & Jacob Penchansky
Short Film (Jury Award):
The Wheel by Metîn EWR
Short Film (Audience Award):
Fig Jam by Frank J. Avella
Short Film (Festival Director’s Award):
Color Me Jane by Mary Darling
Short Documentary:
Chasing 200 by Alexandra Lier
Horror Short:
Crude Massacre by Ven Scott
Sci-Fi Short:
Automated by Benjamin Brown
Animated Short:
Killing the Parson Bird by Peter McCulley
Experimental Short:
Dark Swan Lake by Renpei Geng
Short Short:
Dinner? by Nick Blair
Music Video:
Leisure Machine by Jim Batt
Feature Screenplay:
Dancing With Plato by Nahyr Galaz Ruiz
Comedy Screenplay:
A Florida Man by Kid Strange
No-Budget Screenplay:
The Dark of Dunham by Quinn Parthagru
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Here’s the schedule for the Autumn 2021 Paris Independent Film Festival.
All films are screened on the Eventive online platform.
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, October 18-24.
Shorts Block 1 [Tickets here]
Tattooed Trucks of Nepal- Horn Please by Ron G Ranson
Soft Rain by Sacha Goedegebure
Help Me by Man Hin Chung
Shorts Block 2 [Tickets here]
Fig Jam by Frank J. Avella
Ten Thousand Camels by Kent Flaagan
Song of the Same Night by Kary H Sarrey, Jason J Sarrey, Jay Y Rho, Ryan Foregger, Yong Duk Jhun, Lai Tsz Alson Yeung
Black Hole by Jamie Parslow
Dark Swan Lake by Renpei Geng
Shorts Block 3 [Tickets here]
The Aspirant by Adam Orton
The Wheel by Metîn EWR
Verzasca in Red by Nadina Miriam Dollie
Salvager by Peter McCully
Are You Hearing Me? by Petra Richterová & Albert “The Ghost” Esquilin
Shorts Block 4 [Tickets here]
Glass Darkly by Dave Penner
Will You Find Me? by William Atkinson
Untwined by Alexandra Fehrman
Nothing You Say Makes Sense by Sam Samore
Chasing 200 by Alexandra Lier & Katharina Lier
Shorts Block 5 [Tickets here]
Automated by Benjamin Brown
Monkey Business by Everon Jackson Hooi
The Last Leaf by Ivan Moshchuk
Color Me Jane by Mary Darling
Dinner? by Nick Blair
Leisure Machine by Jim Batt
Shorts Block 6 [Tickets here]
Us: Is, Was, Are by Olivia Wachsberger
The Unclosed Door by Liang Ce
Spotted by Brandii Champagne
Maid by Melanie V. Mendez Munden
The Newbees – Alright By Me by Jeff Perholtz
Ode to Claire by Faith Leone Howe
Shorts Block 7 [Tickets here]
Killing the Parson Bird by Peter McCulley
Crude Massacre by Ven Scott
I Am the Storm by Jason Turner
Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree by John Beaton Hill
Zikkaron Kristallnacht: A Family Story by Eugene Marlow
Game Night by Alicia Redmond
Feature Film:
Dubliner (63m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Linda Rosenfeld
DOCUMENTARY
http://www.dubliner17.com/
Stephen Keenan had a fatal blackout on the 22nd of July 2017 in the Blue hole, Dahab, Egypt, while providing the safety for Alessia Zecchini, the World champion in freediving and saved her life.
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Feature Film:
The Insurer (85m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Antoine Vans
DRAMA
https://www.lachaisecreation.be/
A young women, fraud agent, needs to pair up with an ex-agent to investigate on a possible fraudster. Unintentionally, they will be forced to help the fraudster to save an innocent person.
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Feature Film:
They/Them/Us (90m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Jon Sherman
DRAMA
http://theythemusfilm.com/
Two single parents in their 40’s meet on a dating website, move in together way too fast, and have to blend their family of four teenagers.
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Feature Film:
We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka (56m) [Tickets here]
Directed by Marianne “Mimi” George, Heuionalani Wyeth, Jacob Penchansky
DOCUMENTARY
https://www.vaka.org/
We are the crew of Lata, the Polynesian culture-hero who built the first voyaging canoe and navigated across the Pacific. We use only ancient designs, materials, and methods, and we invite everyone to reconnect with ancestors and sustainable lifeways. Come join the crew of the real Moana!
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Here’s the Autumn 2021 Paris Independent Film Festival Official Selection:
SHORT FILMS
Are You Hearing Me? by Petra Richterová & Albert “The Ghost” Esquilin
Automated by Benjamin Brown
Black Hole by Jamie Parslow
Chasing 200 by Alexandra Lier & Katharina Lier
Color Me Jane by Mary Darling
Crude Massacre by Ven Scott
Dark Swan Lake by Renpei Geng
Dinner? by Nick Blair
Fig Jam by Frank J. Avella
Game Night by Alicia Redmond
Glafira by Eric Armando Ibarra
Glass Darkly by Dave Penner
Glory & Injustice by Jamieson Tabb
Help Me by Man Hin Chung
I Am the Storm by Jason Turner
Killing the Parson Bird by Peter McCulley
Leisure Machine by Jim Batt
Maid by Melanie V. Mendez Munden
Millicent & Me and The Apple Tree by John Beaton Hill
Monkey Business by Everon Jackson Hooi
Nothing You Say Makes Sense by Sam Samore
Ode to Claire by Faith Leone Howe
Salvager by Peter McCully
Soft Rain by Sacha Goedegebure
Song of the Same Night by Kary H Sarrey, Jason J Sarrey, Jay Y Rho, Ryan Foregger, Yong Duk Jhun, Lai Tsz Alson Yeung
spotted by Brandii Champagne
Tattooed Trucks of Nepal- Horn Please by Ron G Ranson
Ten Thousand Camels by Kent Flaagan
The Aspirant by Adam Orton
The Last Leaf by Ivan Moshchuk
The Newbees – Alright By Me by Jeff Perholtz
The Unclosed Door by Liang Ce
The Wheel by Metîn EWR
Untwined by Alexandra Fehrman
Us: Is, Was, Are by Olivia Wachsberger
Verzasca in Red by Nadina Miriam Dollie
Will You Find Me? by William Atkinson
Zikkaron Kristallnacht: A Family Story by Eugene Marlow
FEATURE FILMS
Cecily and Lydia at the Waypoint by Juliette Strangio
Dubliner by Linda Rosenfeld
The insurer by Antoine vans
They/Them/Us by Jon Sherman
We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka by Marianne “Mimi” George, Heuionalani Wyeth, Jacob Penchansky
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Here’s the winners of the Spring 2021 Paris Independent Film Festival, held in May 2021:
No-Budget Feature:
Goslings by Carlos Daniel Flores
Micro-Budget Feature:
6:45 by Craig Singer
Low-budget Feature Film:
Tiger Within by Rafal Zielinski
Documentary Feature:
In the Water; Behind the Lens by Johnny Gonzales
Short Film (Jury Award):
In the Company of Crows by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
Short Film (Audience Award):
I Can See You by Lyanka Gryu
Short Film (Festival Director’s Award):
Captive by Seayoon Jeong
Short Documentary:
I Am a Guardian by Bianca Butti & Claire Paparazzo
Horror Short:
The Legend Of Sombrerón by Enrique A. Mendoza
Sci-Fi Short:
Foragers by Mark Milburn
Animated Short:
Ride in the Whirlwind by Shane Bryant
Experimental Short:
An American in Europe by Johnny Vonneumann
Short Short:
Escape Party by Gabe Montero
Music Video:
Alabama Song by Aaron Paz and Maya Sapiro-Taien
Feature Screenplay:
On the Bandstand by Claudia Perry
Comedy Screenplay:
Rolling Stone by Larry Wells
No-Budget Screenplay:
Vacancy by Joshua Anderson
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Here’s the schedule for the 2021 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, April 23-29.
SHORTS BLOCK 1 [Tickets here]
2020 by Wilhelm Moser
#wedocare by Sechaba Morojele
Pause by Narelle Benjamin
The Two Missing Hours by Jean Claude Thibaut
Escape Party by Gabe Montero
SHORTS BLOCK 2 [Tickets here]
Pl8o by Allistar Christie
Anthropocene by Michelle Kossler
Bls: Black Liberation Space (WIP-ScoreandCreditsComing) by Trevon Jakaar Coleman
Leah. by Louis Reeves
Earth³ by Antoine Morineau
SHORTS BLOCK 3 [Tickets here]
Saving Grayson by Breck Cuddy
Amy and the Tortoise – How Animals Saved the Planet by John Leben
The Dependents by Jacqueline Christy
Ride in the Whirlwind by Shane Bryant
The System by Ramazan Demir
SHORTS BLOCK 4 [Tickets here]
I Am a Guardian by Bianca Butti & Claire Paparazzo
The Evaluation by Andrew Kuokka
Run(A)Way by Thang Dao
Portrait by Steve Condiotti & Dana Genshaft
Until We Meet Again by Nariman Hamed
SHORTS BLOCK 5 [Tickets here]
The Gesture and the Word by Helen Alexis Yonov
I Was A Stranger by Reiko Aylesworth
#BÓXERS by Dr. Ariel Orama Lopez
Pshycosis by Nicolas Bosc
The Memory of Li Qingzhao by Shi Wuxuan
SHORTS BLOCK 6 [Tickets here]
Foragers by Mark Milburn
Cheyenne by Gerard Corporon
Fugue by Kutay Biberoglu
The Legend Of Sombrerón by Enrique A. Mendoza
Captive by Seayoon Jeong
SHORTS BLOCK 7 [Tickets here]
Ernie by Ray Panthaki
One A Week by Grace Williams
Michelle by Anik Bernstein
I Can See You by Lyanka Gryu
Alabama Song by Aaron Paz and Maya Sapiro-Taien
SHORTS BLOCK 8 [Tickets here]
It’s Lawr-Uh Not Laura by Angela Pedraza
In the Company of Crows by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
An American in Europe by Johnny Vonneumann
Be Cool by Taso Papadakis
Feature Film
6:45 by Craig Singer [Tickets here]
THRILLER
A couple arrives for vacation in the quiet island resort called “Bog Grove.” To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted and they quickly learn about its deadly history that’s about to repeat itself.
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Feature Film:
Battle Bordel by Alexandre Laugier & Sabry Jarod [Tickets here]
COMEDY
10 people, 2 months, 1 winner… No rules.
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Feature Film:
Blitto Underground by Henry Horenstein [Tickets here]
DOCUMENTARY
A dive into Buenos Aries Bohemia guided by a struggling club entertainer named Blitto Falcone. It’s about inclusivity, acceptance, and community—the community Blitto has built of his friends, fellow entertainers, and fellow “freaks,” as he calls them.
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Feature Film:
Café Mirage by Neilson Black [Tickets here]
COMEDY
A British foreigner moves to Paris to work in a cafe and become a Parisian. But realizes he isn’t welcome when he gets there. So he starts a support group to fight for his right to stay and save the cafe from closing.
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Feature Film:
Goslings by Carlos Daniel Flores [Tickets here]
LGBTQ+ DRAMA/COMEDY
When Clement asks Bo to marry him, the answer seems clear. But as the messier truths of life start to emerge, Bo must figure out how to reconcile his sense of self with the heteronormative concept of marriage, and Clement must face his trust issues and biphobia. Meanwhile, the country’s headed in a scary direction, Bo’s dissatisfied with a dead-end job when he should be writing, his friend Manuel seeks comfort from a hostile country in a hostile household, and Fern digs deep into the power of sass to try and keep her best friends from doing anything stupid… and to prevent losing them altogether.
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Feature Film:
I Married the War by Betty Rodgers & Ken Rodgers [Tickets here]
DOCUMENTARY
Hear the voices of wives of combat veterans from World War II to the present-day Middle East wars. From every corner of our nation, women have waited and welcomed our warriors back from battle, only to discover that the conflict followed their husbands home.
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Feature Film:
In the Water; Behind the Lens by Johnny Gonzales [Tickets here]
DOCUMETARY
A film about water photographers and the dangers and challenges they face to get the shot seen in magazines and covers all over the world.
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Feature Film:
Tiger Within by Rafal Zielinski [Tickets here]
DRAMA
An unlikely friendship between a homeless teen and a Holocaust survivor sparks larger questions of fear, forgiveness, healing & world peace, starring multiple Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner.
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Here’s the PIFF 2021 Official Selection:
SHORT FILMS
Alabama Song by Aaron Paz and Maya Sapiro-Taien
Captive by Seayoon Jeong
The Memory of Li Qingzhao by Shi Wuxuan
Until We Meet Again by Nariman Hamed
Earth³ by Antoine Morineau
The System by Ramazan Demir
Escape Party by Gabe Montero
The Two Missing Hours by Jean Claude Thibaut
Leah. by Louis Reeves
Ride in the Whirlwind by Shane Bryant
Portrait by Steve Condiotti & Dana Genshaft
Pshycosis by Nicolas Bosc
The Legend Of Sombrerón by Enrique A. Mendoza
I Can See You by Lyanka Gryu
Be Cool by Taso Papadakis
An American in Europe by Johnny Vonneumann
Michelle by Anik Bernstein
Fugue by Kutay Biberoglu
#BÓXERS by Dr. Ariel Orama Lopez
Run(A)Way by Thang Dao
The Dependents by Jacqueline Christy
BlS: Black Liberation Space by Trevon Jakaar Coleman
Pause by Narelle Benjamin
#wedocare by Sechaba Morojele
Anthropocene by Michelle Kossler
Amy and the Tortoise – How Animals Saved the Planet by John Leben
The Evaluation by Andrew Kuokka
I Was A Stranger by Reiko Aylesworth
Cheyenne by Gerard Corporon
One A Week by Grace Williams
In the Company of Crows by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
It’s Lawr-Uh Not Laura by Angela Pedraza
Ernie by Ray Panthaki
Foragers by Mark Milburn
The Gesture and the Word by Helen Alexis Yonov
I Am a Guardian by Bianca Butti & Claire Paparazzo
Saving Grayson by Breck Cuddy
Pl8o by Allistar Christie
2020 by Wilhelm Moser
FEATURE FILMS
In the Water; Behind the Lens by Johnny Gonzales
Blitto Underground by Henry Horenstein
Café Mirage by Neilson Black
Battle Bordel by Alexandre Laugier & Sabry Jarod
Goslings by Carlos Daniel Flores
I Married the War by Betty Rodgers & Ken Rodgers
6:45 by Craig Singer
Tiger Within by Rafal Zielinski