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CROWN SELECTIONS

SHORTS

SHORT FILM - DRAMA

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• Secret Child: The Bridge (dir. Yew Weng Ho, United Kingdom) 

• The Dishwasher (dir. Sam Roden & Nick Hartanto, USA) 

• Typhoon (dir. Mostafa Akbari Manjili, Iran) 

• Breathing above the Treeline (dir. Gitanjali Kapila, USA) 

• Joyeux Noël (dir. Haley Webb, USA)

• Lack (dir. Parisa Sedaei Azar & Ramin Farzaneh, Iran)   

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SHORT FILM - WAR / MILITARY

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• Damaged (dir. Wendi Sun, USA)  

• LEAD (dir. Benjamin Leichtenstern, Germany)  

• The Pains of the Sea (dir. Mohammad Reza Masoudi, Iran)  

• Punishment (dir. Jalal Veisi, Iran) 

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SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS

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• Love, Charlie (dir. Jon D Cohen, Australia)  

• Yoo Kyung (dir. Simon McEnteggart, Republic of Korea)  

• One Last Goodbye (dir. Latasha Kennedy, USA) 

• My Inspired World (dir. Joseph Channell, USA)  

• Utopia (dir. Mahdi Ghorbani, Iran) 

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SHORT FILM - COMEDY

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• Bunker Burger (dir. Adam Yorke, Canada)

• The Assistant (dir. Peter Calvin, USA)  

• Lady Hater (dir. Alexandra Barreto, USA)

• Two Down (dir. Rolfin Nyhus, United Kingdom)  

• Caregiver Wanted (dir. Christopher Nunez, USA)  

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SHORT FILM - FOREIGN

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• A Tribute To Rituparno Ghosh: Season's Greetings (dir. Ram Kamal Mukherjee, India)  

• I Will Wait (dir. Mohammed Sherwani, Iran) 

• The Visit (dir. Mehrdad Abbasian Vahdat, Iran)  

• Varnish (dir. Mahnaz Ronaghi, Iran)  

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SHORT FILM - FAMILY / FAITH

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• Mountain Ave (dir. Sean Renzetti, USA) 

• Way Out (dir. Liv Li, USA) 

• Oblivion (dir. Fatemeh Mohammadi, Iran)

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SHORT FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER

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• Paint It Black (dir. Mostafa Attarpour, Iran)  

• Nasty Habits (dir. Allisyn Arm, USA)  

• Residents of the Last Floor (dir. Amir Jalali, Iran) 

• The Carting Call (dir. Armin Nasseri, USA)

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SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY

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• A Psalm of Sight - Verse 1: Zerfall (dir. Julian Curi & Rocco Ambrosio, USA)  

• HA:NA (dir. Isadora Verissimo, USA) 

• Relicious (dir.  Eugenio Villani & Raffaele Palazzoo, Italy) 

• The Wish & The Wisp (dir. Vashmere Valentine, USA)  

• VideoGenic (dir. Lawrence Whitener, USA)  

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SHORT FILM - ACTION

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• #QuiProQuo (dir. Liil Serge Mbeutcha, France) 

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SHORT FILM - HORROR

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• Killer Date (dir. Colton Tran, USA)  

• The Desecrated (dir. John Gray, USA) 

• Adam (dir. Gemma Paul, United Kingdom) 

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SHORT FILM - STUDENT

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• Erin (dir. Myles Yaksich, USA)  

• Phoebe (dir. Kyra Gardner, USA)  

• East of the River (dir. Hannah Peterson, USA) 

• Inspiration Exit (dir. Tianyi Wang) 

• 1UP (dir. Edward Halstead, USA)  

• Fairness (dir. Alejandra Hou, USA) 

• The Last Page (dir. Nick Powers, USA)  

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SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY

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• Jalil and Khalil (dir. Roholla Akbari, Iran)

• How To Be A PJ (dir. Ralph Lucchese, USA)  

• The Last Top  (dir. Shahin Mansoor, Iran)

• Violet is Blue: A Tale of Gibbons and Guardians (dir. Alex M. Azmi, USA)  

• Brotherhood (dir. Javad Yaghmouri, Iran)

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SHORT FILM - FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

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• Poppies (dir. Myles Yaksich, USA) 

• Heroines (dir. Katia Badalian, USA) 

• The City of Honey (dir. Moein Ruholamini, Iran) 

• Ripple Effect (dir. Maza White, New Zealand) 

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SHORT FILM - LOVE IS LOVE (LGBTQ)

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• Lukewarm (dir. Mitch Yapko, USA)

• Lucky (dir. Lydia Lane, USA)  

• The Best Man (dir. Joseph Lamb, USA) 

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SHORT FILM - ANIMATION

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• My Mother’s Eyes (dir. Jenny Wright, USA) 

• Misguided (dir. Sanghyun Kim, Republic of Korea)  

• Shadowland (dir. bellopropello, Switzerland) 

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SHORT FILM - SILENT/EXPERIMENTAL

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• Triskelion (dir. Stuart T Birchall, United Kingdom) 

• His Hands (dir. Arron Blake & Darius Shu, United Kingdom)

• Hollow Pond (dir. Rolfin Nyhus, United Kingdom)

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SHORT FILM - SPORTS/INSPIRATIONAL

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• Q (dir. Anthony C. Hall, USA)  

• Champ (dir. Tomislav Vujcic, Germany)  

• The Free Agent (dir. Anthony Molina, USA)  

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