17th-july-screening

13/07/2025 By Film Fest Webteam

9.30 am

Water Lilies 118 minutes
The water lilies blooms, even in the filthiest waters.
Amid the mire of selfish desires and the indifference to others’ suffering,
hope begins to bloom anew in the fleeting moment when we recognize the humanity within one another.

Directed by Chanho LEE

11.15am

Pezzi Unici – L’Accademia del legno di Cometa 15 minutes
The story of how Erasmo Figini created a community that helps disadvantaged children integrate into a community to call home.

Directed by Paolo Ceretto

11.30am

A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN: Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Fight for Appalachia
A band of Appalachian women in Bent Mountain, Virginia fight for a decade to protect their land and their way of life against a greedy and corrupt natural gas pipeline corporation that threatens the environment and the lives of tens of thousands throughout Virginia and West Virginia.

Directed by James Mottern

12.50pm

Shadow Flame, Shadow Gold; Winds of the West 7 minutes

This film evokes the integration of shadow and light, as the dancer, flame and the projected shadows converge with the singer’s acoustic echoes through the ancient cavern walls. A sensory or psychic chiaroscuro, or “shadow gold,” is created through the interplay and depth of vision and sound.

Directed by Mary Carol Hill, Chuck Shanlever, Carol Johnson

1pm

Last Ride Home 61 minutes
Last Ride Home explores the profound human cost of the Ukraine war, shedding light on the volunteers delivering critical medical aid on the frontlines and the families left waiting in uncertainty.

Directed by Joshua Saunders

2.45pm

Chouzenji 107 minutes

The setting of the story is “Chozen-ji Temple”, a temple on Mt. Tobari of the Soto sect, which has shared hardships and pleasures with the people of Kashiwa City since its founding about 450 years ago.

Directed by Junichi Kawamoto

4pm

I am waiting for you my love 15 minutes

This documentary series highlights the devastating impact of domestic violence,

Directed by gabriel Otero

4.20pm

Ashes to Ashes 15 minutes

The story of a family, a funeral and death.

Directed by Holly Dorff

4.30pm

The Path 50 minutes

Holly Beckham (Ngāpuhi) is on a mission to be the first Māori woman to scale Everest. She has no alpine experience, but she has survived the depths of addiction and is climbing a mountain to recovery.

Directed by Alexis Smith

6pm

Next up 30 Minutes
Juliette Mandeville and Tilly Anders, two actresses follow a call to audition in London for a theatre role.
Juliette is already a successful and well-known actress but due to her age is no longer offered good film roles, whereas
illy is at the beginning of her career, inexperienced and full of self-doubt.Met by the shady director the auditions don’t go well. How do the two women deal with it and will their lives take a turn?

Directed by Marion H Von Loewenstern

6.30 pm

Memory for burial 60 minutes
urvive against all odds. In 1940, Benjamin Orenstein, just a teenager, was sent to his first concentration camp in Poland. The start of a journey that will mark him for life. After years of silence, he testifies on one of the darkest pages in history

Directed by Charlotte Jarrix

7.30pm

The Sacrifice 60 minutes
A Saudi psychological horror, The Sacrifice tells the story of four friends who enter an abandoned haunted house, devastated by a merciless blaze the previous year. Little do they know; they may never be able to leave.

Directed by Abdullah Almatrood