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OFFICIAL SELECTION 2021/22
SHORT FILMS
(Animation, Experimental, Narrative and Documentary)
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"Hollow" (United Kingdom)
Directed by Paul Holbrook
(Nominee)
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"Rossellini Roma '21" (Switzerland)
directed by Francesco Piras
(Nominee)
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"The man who measures the World" (Italy)
directed by Irene Gianeselli
(Nominee)
"WHAT WE BURY (When we Bury our Dead)" (Sweden)​
directed by Sebastian Nylen
(Nominee)
"Loophole" (Islamic Republic of Iran)
directed by ETHAN JAHAN
(Nominee)
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"The World Is My Stage" (Russian Federation)
directed by Andrew Arrakis
(Nominee)
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"Invisible Troupe" (Greece)
directed by Lampros Ntousikos
"JACK" (Canada)
directed by Henri Pardo
"I knocked on my home's door" (Israel)
directed by Matthew Khoury
"Down to the Water" (Finland)
directed by Paula Saraste
"SCARLET RED" (Belgium)
directed by Toon Loenders
"The Tale of A Cavity" (United States)
directed by Kathleena Yiting Lin
"The market man" (Italy)
directed by Paola Cireddu
"The last Habanera" (Italy)
directed by Carlo Costantin Licheri
"Jonah and the whale" (Italy)
directed by Massimo Gasole
"Daily Bread" (Spain)
​directed by Manuel Sirgo
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"Justin and the Werloobee" (United States)
​directed by Ken Yoffe & Ellen Weisberg & John Vo
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"DELIRIUM" (Puerto Rico)
​directed by Benji Lopez
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"Adam's Apple" (Israel)
​directed by Eyad Galib Fadel, Nahd nakad Bashir
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"Where is the Governor?" (México)
​directed by Cabe Tejeda
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"WELLSPRING" (Philippines)
​directed by Jeffrey Smith Quizon
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"THE FISHERWOMAN"
​directed by Simonetta Barbon
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"Deliver You" (Italy)
​directed by Massimiliano Reina
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"April Days" (Spain)
​directed by David Roger Juan
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"Sorojchi" (Spain)
​directed by Javier Sobremazas
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"Honeymoon" (Switzerland)
​directed by Julien Wagner
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"Where is Lucy?" (United Arab Emirates)
​directed by Salma Azzam
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"Elza" (Latvia)
​directed by Walter Mirkss
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"It comes from the Heavens / Sucedió en el cielo" (Cuba)
​directed by Oldren Romero
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"BLUEBIRD" (United States)
​directed by John R Ryan
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"Distressed" (Sweden)
​directed by Martin Sandin
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"ZAWAL" (Germany)
​directed by Mujtaba Saeed
FEATURE AND HALF-LENGHT FILMS
(Narrative and Documentary)
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"THE QUEST: Nepal'" (United States)
directed by Alex A Harz
(Nominee)
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"Other Fathers" (Italy)
directed by Mario Sesti
(Nominee)
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"DJAGASSA" (Côte d'Ivoire)
directed by Hyacinthe HOUNSOU
(Nominee)
"STELA" (Macedonia)
directed by Stojan Vujicic
(Nominee)
"The Crying Steppe" (Kazakhstan)
directed by dMarina Kunarova
(Nominee)
"Nata Samrat" (India)
directed by Rishikeshwar Yogi
"Precipice Herdsman" (China)
directed by Chen Xingchi
"Four Doors Forty Maqams" (Turkey)
directed by Barış Tolga Ekinci
"Yoghurt Utopia" (United Kingdom)
directed by Anna Thomson & David Baksh
"Precipice Herdsman" (China)
directed by Chen Xingchi
"MISPLACED" (Australia)
directed by James Demitri
"Wicked Inwards Monastery" (Entrea)
directed by Efriem Kahsay Quada
"Paper Dream" (Japan)
​directed by Koichi Izuhara
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"THE PANTANI AFFAIR" (Italy)
​directed by DOMENICO CIOLFI
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"In a Whole New Way" (United States)
​directed by Jonathan Fisher
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"Four Doors Forty Maqams" (Turkey)
​directed by Barış Tolga Ekinci
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MUSIC VIDEOS AND WEB SERIES
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"PÉCHO" (Philippines)
directed by Luis Villanueva, Pier Paolo Piccoli
& Mason Coburn
"A World Away (Remix)" (Canada)
directed by Theresa Kowall-Shipp
"moving forward" (Taiwan)
directed by Tony Shih
"12h03" (France)
directed by
"MEGLIO DI COSI' (BETTER THAN THIS)" (Italy)
directed by Ari Takahashi
"Stevan - Hope It's Not (Music Video)" (Australia)
directed by Ben Develin
"Hoy Te Quiero Probar" (Australia)
directed by Daniel Prypchan & Christian Barbeitos
"SOULMATES by GÉMEAUX" (Denmark)
directed by Omar Gémeaux
"ILAM - DODO" (Canada)
directed by Jean-Vital Joliat
"To Me" (Republic of Korea)
​directed by LEE DAE HAN
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"AMARU - Tell Me (Official Music Video)"​
directed by AMARU
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"Mousetrap on the darknet" (Russian Federation)
directed by Tanya Vigel & Andrey Sergeev
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"Thunderclouds by LSD Cover Music Video" (Argentina)​
directed by VANDA Films & Liberty Eye
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"Cat Princess" (Hungary)
directed by Iván Tamás
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ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
(Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Actor/Actress, and Soundtrack)
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"It comes from the Heavens / Sucedió en el cielo" (Cuba)
​directed by Oldren Romero
"Veneer" (United States)
directed by George Alexander Karoba Jr
"We're All In This Together" (Canada)
directed by Katie Boland
"Liv&Bell " Bell's long thin friend"´ (Japan)
directed by Natsuki Kida
"MEGLIO DI COSI' (BETTER THAN THIS)" (Italy)
directed by Ari Takahashi
"WELLSPRING" (Philippines)
directed by Jeffrey Smith Quizon
"Precipice Herdsman" (China)
directed by Chen Xingchi
"In a Whole New Way" (United States)
directed by Jonathan Fisher
"Trend" (Canada)
directed by Sean Wever
"Crop Season" (Spain)
​directed by Sebastian Nandryka
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"One Last Time" (Argentina)​
directed by Ernesto Rowe
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"ZAWAL" (Germany)​
directed by Mujtaba Saeed
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"GEORGE M. COHAN TONIGHT!" (United States)​
directed by Jon J Peterson
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"Amazon Queen" (United States)​
directed by Marlin Darrah
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"WELLSPRING" (Philippines)​
directed by Jeffrey Smith Quizon
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"We're All In This Together" (Canada)​
directed by Katie Boland
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"China Reggaeton - Namewee & Anthony Wong" (Taiwan)​
directed by Lu Chi-Ming
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"Land of Honey" (Australia)​
directed by Neal Engelbrecht
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"Hellhole" (United States)
directed by Andreas Rothbart
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ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
(Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Actor/Actress, and Soundtrack)
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"The World Is My Stage" (Russian Federation)
directed by Andrew Arrakis
"THE PANTANI AFFAIR" (Italy)
directed by DOMENICO CIOLFI
"No Man´s Law" (United States)
directed by Richard Douglas Jensen
"The man who measures the World" (Italy)
directed by Irene Gianeselli
"she Q" (Japan)
directed by Tomoaki Yanai
"Deliver You" (Italy)
directed by Massimiliano Reina
"Lonesome" (United States)
directed by Tony K Hall
"We're All In This Together" (Canada)
directed by Katie Boland
"The Day When Irresponsibility Makes Life Easy"
(Republic of Korea)
directed by Myowook Kim
"The Tale of A Cavity" (United States)
directed by Kathleena Yiting Lin
"Wicked Inwards Monastery" (Eritrea)
​directed by Efriem Kahsay Quada
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"DELIRIUM" (Puerto Rico)​
directed by Benji Lopez
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"WHAT WE BURY (When we Bury our Dead)" (Sweden)​
directed by Sebastian Nylen
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"Those like me" (United States)​
directed by Rafael Fernanz
"Aufm Deich" (Germany)​
directed by Jakob Reuter
"FINLANDIA" (Spain)​
directed by Horacio Alcala
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"GATES" (United Kingdom)​
directed by Antoine Marc
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"The Stage of Golden Beach" (China)​
directed by Xiang Tian'ge
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All selected projects can request their Official MADFA Trophies!
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The Winners of the Short Film and Feature Film categories will be announced in the live event in June in Madrid, Spain.
(Only a few Short Film Nominees or Winners will be screening in the live event)