
Louis
Connor
Music Instructor
Judge 1
Judge 2

2019-12-12
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An aspiring young jazz musician transcends his past when music becomes his escape.
6.0The Supporter is a short film that provides an insight into Swedish supporter culture. Through its main character Axel we are drawn into a world of dependency, affirmation and violence. Hooliganism is an ever-present phenomenon, reported on daily in the media. We see how a more organized criminality blends in with families with children and ordinary fans. And all the time we ask the question: 'how close is this violence to ourselves?'
8.1After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
0.0Three boys experience self discovery at a skate park. [Made by director Hugo Esposti in his second year at Bournemouth University on the BA Hons Film course.]
7.0A father and sons solitary life in hiding is threatened by a visitor from their past.
0.0In a dimly lit jazz club, a widower cinephile battles his buried desires. That's until he stumbles upon a mysterious cinema that unveils his suppressed longings and leads him on a journey of self-discovery through his enigmatic reflection.
4.0Veracity is about a popular African American student, Olivia, who is outed by her friends after she acts on feelings for a new girl at her high school...
6.3The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
6.0In 'Resurrection Slope' A young boy at the brink of adolescence takes a harrowing journey through a mystical dreamworld, confronting his emerging questions of individuality and gender. Through splintered fantasies of his reckless, fading beauty of a mother and cruel, alcoholic father, he performs a holy ritual that will one day form into a defiantly singular adult persona.
6.0A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a child. (Inspired by a real event that occurred in the forest of Verrières, Paris, on May 27th, 1964.)
3.6This short film tells the story of Dani, a young boy who shares a close friendship with his friend Jaime. Their relationship changes when Dani realizes he feels something more. Following these events, the lives of both experience an unexpected twist full of strong emotions.
0.0An affluent black couple deal with the envitability of a white mob coming to kill them during the 1921 Oklahoma race riots.
0.0"Manong ng Pa-Aling", directly translated as "Man of Pa-Aling", is the incredible story of man's natural relationship with the ocean. And amidst physical frailty, and of his age, Manong decides what he will do next after retiring from his only known profession, to be a fisherman.
0.0In the idyllic beauty of a small town renowned for being serene , Merle's backyard is her sanctuary-a place of life, peace, and control. But when her husband Kalev's secrets begin to surface, including a missing girl and a chilling discovery, Merle's world spirals into chaos. As suspicion grows, Merle embarks on a dangerous quest to protect her sanctuary at any cost. In this gripping thriller, the garden becomes a twisted metaphor for survival, where beauty flourishes amidst decay, and the line between nurturer and destroyer vanishes.
4.9Jasper (20), on the edge of adulthood , wanders around lost in the Port of Ghent. Fragments of a phone call betray a loss.
6.6When Ethan, an Emo kid who hates almost everything, falls in love with Trinity, a good Christian girl with a passion for life and her Lord Jesus Christ, will they be able to live happily ever after?
5.5A voyeuristic journey through the homoerotic work of Alair Gomes.