Director: Suana Hasani United States Music Video Award

This collaborative project that has been a year in the making, is brought to you by Isaiah M. Brown. The video is an expression of his feelings towards an emotionally complicated ex-friendship that became completely one-sided. It was only convenient when it fulfilled certain desires, thus the title Warm Body.

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Director: Courtney Coker United States International Short Film

Two sisters go on a road trip to visit their dad’s grave and have to confront the emotional weight of the last six years.

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Directors: John William Chambers and Em McCaughey United Kingdom Best Documentary Short

A Flare for Music is a peek into the life and music of Musician, Emily McCormick, based in Northern Ireland, with a primary focus upon the challenges that she faces both in her career and everyday personal life living with the criminally underrepresented condition that is endometriosis. The cause of severe debilitating chronic pain upon Emily that she experiences throughout her life on a near daily basis with consistently agonising flare ups. Despite being a disease that affects so many, as roughly over 10% (190 million) of reproductive age women and girls globally live with the affects and challenges that come with Endometriosis, nevertheless the condition remains misunderstood by many. This film explores and ruminates on Emily’s past as well as her future, as she articulates the anxieties that come with the hardships she is faced with. Emily’s experience is an unfortunately all too common one for many girls and women of all ages all over the world. Ultimately A Flare for Music is a spotlighted tale of one woman’s resilience and perseverance when faced with the trials and tribulations that come with a paralysing illness that interrupts her many personal, artistic and career aspirations as well as everyday general tasks.

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Director: Frank W Kelly Ireland Irish short Film

Joe and Kate meet again. Two years after they first met in a cafe they find out how Covid has affected their lives, for better and for worse.

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Directors: Samuel Cahill and Tao Bensoussan France Young Filmmakers

A group of friends find an old map and decide to seek the treasure, but someone comes in their way…

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Director: Nadia Tai Ireland Animated Short

Hello Mommy is a personal message to my dearest mother who passed away suddenly during my first month of university in November 2019.

My mother had always been worried about me going to study in Ireland alone, afraid that I would be lonely without family or friends. Now, after studying in Ireland for four years, there are so many things I want to tell her.

This animation is a means of closure for myself, a way to say my final goodbye to my beloved Mommy. It is also a love letter of appreciation to my friends and family letting them know their offer of love and company during my journey of grief has been felt.

Sometimes when you lose someone, it can be so heart-breaking and painful that you can only see what you have lost. We forget about the people that are still around us, still loving us. Instead of focusing on what I have lost, I chose to appreciate the people that are still around me and found just how deeply I am loved.

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