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Rules

1. Online submissions only.

2. All submitted projects must have completion date of 2021 and later. Projects completed before 2021 is not eligible for entry.

3. By submitting you agree that you have read and understood the aforementioned Festival Description, Award Categories and Rules herein.

4. You agree and confirm that you are fully authorized to make a submission to the Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

5. Once a project is submitted, fees are not refundable.

6. Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission without refund of submission fees.

7. All non-English language films must be subtitled in English.

8. ‘Submission’ , ‘Semi-Finalist’, and/or ‘Finalist’ designation of a film does not mean a project will be screened and/or streamed during the scheduled festival event. A curated selection of films determined to be “Winners” will be screened during the scheduled festival date(s) of the current season.

9. No premier status is required.

10. Multiple entries are allowed but separate entries are to be submitted for each film.

11. We treat all submissions with confidentiality. We will not screen, download your film or make it available online without your explicit permission.

12. -For Live Screenings; Our venue, Landmark Cinemas will requires a DCP format. DCP’s must be available 20 days before the event date(s).
(If required, DCP transfers is offered as a service for a small fee). To create DCP’s in house, .mov/mp4 files must be in 24fps.
-For Streaming; 1080p digital download will be required.

13. It is the responsibility of the submitter/ producer/filmmaker to secure authorization for any copyrighted material that are used in the film.

14. Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival and it’s affiliates; Directors Cut Film Society and/or Mya Studios Inc. is held harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (virtual and/or tangible) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, critique, or screening of any submitted film(s).

15. Directors Cut Film Festival reserves the right to add/change/cancel Categories, Awards, Event date(s) and/or Venue(s), and Screenings/Streaming due to circumstances beyond our control.

16. Any costs related to travel/accommodation, mail and/or digital downloads incurred by filmmakers or representatives of participating films are not the responsibility of Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival or it’s officials.

17. All decisions by official(s) at Directors Cut Film Festival is final.

November 2nd 2025

Finalists 2025:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Noor	Omer Yilmaz	Short	United States
Naked Jungle – It will be shortly	Aleix Barba Perarnau	Music Video	Not Specified
The cabin	Yordanis Baez,	Short,	Canada
Lavenza	Lauren Eden	Short, Student	Canada
Eugene O’Neill’s – The First Man	Hardeep Giani	Feature	United States
ONE FALL – “Lights Out	Matt Kristek	Music Video	United States
Crimson Pawprints	Christo Vutev…	Short	Canada
The Hallway	Shahar Shamay	Short	Israel
MOKSHAM		Music Video	India
Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting	Junsong Ling		China
Like No Other	Vivienne Roe	Documentary, Short	United States,
Brothers	Darkhan Tulegenov	Feature	Kazakhstan
GHOSTED	Rebecca Daugherty	Short	United States
Nix’s Symphony	Karina Loerchner	Animation, Short, Student	Canada
Dear Universe	Greg Smith	Short	New Zealand
Where Do You Roam? Autism…	Leilani E Forby	Documentary, Short	Canada
Ballad of Father Fouquet	Troy D. Hunter	Music Video, Short, Experimental	Canada
Goddamn it!	Yann Cado, Julien Ordan	Short	France, Switzerland
Fish Delivery #95	Luke Wolsko	Animation	United States
Hello, Wish You Well, Goodbye	Tommy Ngo	Short, Student	Canada
Ziad zaza / Beto2af Leih	Mostafa kashef	Music Video	Egypt
Trance	Aman Mann	Short	Canada
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU	Ashish Chanana	Feature	United States

No soldier returns alive from war	Farzaneh Negar Jahantab	Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Alone with her soul	João Batista Melo	Short	Brazil
Whale Math	D. Andrew Hartfield	Short	United States
No Heretics Allowed	Connor Rielly	Short	Canada
PIECE	Marcus Nash	Short	United States
Benchless	Galiam Bruno HENRY	Short	France
Battlebox (Through the Soldier’s Eyes)	Craig McCourry	Music Video	United States

Oct. 29th – Nov. 5th 2023.

Welcome to the “virtual” Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

FINALISTS 2023:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Enter the Room	Harry Waldman		United States
Dead End	Luis Sandoval	Short	Chile
Spilled Water Never Returns	Anthony Lee	Animation, Experimental, Short, Student	Canada
All Politics is Local	Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper	Documentary	Australia
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi	Aryana Farshad	Documentary, Television	United States
And outside life goes on	Daniel Maurer	Documentary	Switzerland
Noggin	Josh Hallem	Documentary	Canada
Tale and Corona	Tomislav Aleksov	Feature, Short	Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Journal of a Dreamer	Benjamin Hays	Short, Student	United States
Date-Saster	John Strahl	Short	Canada
Total Quarantine.	Sebastian Vaina	Short	Argentina
Duelo	Fernando Pliego García	Short	Spain
The Soul of the Lake	Mathieu Chéreau	Short, Student	United States
All for Naught	TL WESTGATE	Short	United States
Corporate Retreat	marc buzzell	Short	Canada
Remembering the Children: The Red Deer Indian Industrial School	Penny Gullion	Documentary	Canada
Desire in You	Vid Mercun	Feature	Slovenia
Chateau Laurier -Season 2	James Stewart	Web / New Media	Canada
Peanut Butter	Maxime Divier	Short	Canada
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth	Joël Gibbs	Animation, Music Video, Short	United States
IDEA – Miniatures by Improvisers	Ebba Jahn	Experimental, Feature, Music Video	Germany
Purpose	Christo Vutev	Animation, Short	Canada
Fatih the Conqueror	Onur Yagiz	Short	France
Our bodies like dams	Sarah Finn	Experimental, Short	United States
Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective	Kate P.R. Dunn	Documentary, Student	Canada
Around the Same Table	Zeynep Üstünipek	Animation, Feature	Turkey
Repeat	Andros Georgiou	Experimental, Short, Other	Canada
Someone who is punctual	Haibo Wang	Short	China
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023)	Towustasin	Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media	Canada
Flammable Film	Olivier van Malderghem	Documentary, Experimental, Feature	Belgium
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR	Phil Comeau	Documentary	Canada
The Milkman	Huzeifa Essaji	Short, Student	United Kingdom
Babushka	Simon Höbert	Short	Austria
Good Riddance	Jake Roth	Short	United States
The Founder Effect	Justin MacGregor	Feature	Canada
NAKED CAME THE STRANGER		Animation, Experimental, Short, Student	United Kingdom
Atomic Love	Antoine Girard	Animation, Short, Student	Canada
WAKING UP A WIDOWER	david grewe	Documentary, Short	Not Specified
Supermodel	Nicole Wensel		United States
ID	Kiran Kondamadugula	Feature	United States
Knife, Chocolate	Hooshmand Varaei	Experimental, Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Dawn of Decay	Ian Wright	Short	Canada
Through the Mirror	Jeff Evans-Todd	Short	Canada
Cherry Blossoms in March	Riley Rheyan	Short	Canada
Meera	Dilip Harnarayan Dixit	Feature	India
Pass	Elika Abdollahi	Short, Student, Other	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hate Can Kill	Imtiaz Popat	Documentary, Short	Canada
Doctor’s Orders	Aaron Robert Newman	Short	United States
The Divorcees Of Casablanca	BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED	Feature	Morocco
Hockey Kid: On thin ice	Richard Leonard MacQueen	Documentary	Canada
The Ultimate Sacrifice	Riley Jackson	Short, Student	United States
Ujan Story	shahram Badakhshan mehr	Documentary, Feature	Armenia
Alive… aha, Fuck	Ivy Watson	Short, Student	Canada
Elektra	Hisham Bizri	Feature	Lebanon
The Last Fare	David Breckman	Short	United States
Buddy Love	Kiefer O’Reilly	Short, Student	Canada
PERPETUAL SEARCH	Gopal Shivakoti	Documentary	Nepal
Juana Banana	Matias Szulanski	Feature	Argentina
ALIKIJA		Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
In The End	Ishwar L. Maisuria	Feature, Television, Web / New Media	Canada
Entombed	Barry Ferrier	Animation, Experimental, Short	Australia

November 15-20 2021.

Welcome to the “virtual”

5th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

FINALISTS 2021:

Project Title	Directors	*Project Type*	Country of Origin
Exchange Offer	Saunak Mitra	Short	India
The Beds of Others	Jonay García	Short	Spain
Lila	Lamberto Guerra	Short	Spain
Replica	Álvaro de la Hoz	Short	Spain
Neighbooor	Paco León	Short	Spain
The Atoms of Reality	Marco Joubert	Experimental	Canada
Don’t Give Up	Janne Tavares	Short, Other	Sweden
A.D.A.M.	Pablo Roldan	Short	Chile
Sorrow	Stefan Teofilovic	Short	Serbia
IN MEDIAS RUSH	Esben Persson	Experimental	Denmark
Shop	Jesper Klevenås	Feature	Sweden
Sab Rab De Bande:	Sukhdeep Singh	Doc	India
Col & Ibri discover elec..	Cosmin Dolea	Experimental	Romania
Plasmid	Roshni “Rush” Bhatia	Short	United States
Brr	K & B McQueeney, E Ojeda	Music Video	United States
The Complete Shutdown	Devpriya Paul	Documentary	India
Plan F	Igor Sobolev	Short	Czech Rep.
YAR	Aram Hassan	Documentary	Iraq
The Blue Bed	Alireza Kazemipour	Short	Iran
Inheritance	Eudald Corominas	Short	Spain
Hear, Eat, Home:	Hsuan Yu Pan	Documentary	United States
Incompleteness	David Ash	Television	United States
Paqui Conchi and The end..	Adolfo Ontoba	Short	Spain
Pindorama	Wagner Cinelli, M Oliveira	Music	Brazil
Arcos da Lapa	Wagner Cinelli	Music Video	Brazil
An Ordinary Life	G Danon, E Shalom Danon	Documentary	Israel
Faded Memories	Valentina Galdi	Short	Italy
KAALIRAATHRI	BISHWAS BALAN	Short	India
Mandarina	Gabriel Bucher	Short, Other	Chile
Year Zero – Episode 1-	Isaac Rodriguez	Web media	United States
Rules of the Dead	Isaac Rodriguez	Other	United States
Can’t Go Home Again	Anthony J. Cook	Short	UK
Isolation	Justin MacGregor	Short	Canada
COVIDAMA	Andrei Gloria	Doc, Short	United Kingd
Anagnorisis	Arturo Dueñas Herrero	Short	Spain
Groundhog year	Fernanda Almeida	Short	Brazil
How to Fall in Love in a Brothel	Sunhui Chang	Short	United States
Deep Blue Something:		Music Video	United States
Lady of the Sea	Emmett Sparling	Short	Canada
Evening Hymns – Heavy Nights	Monika Kraska	Music Video	Canada
For my daughter	mohammad ferajzade	Short	Iran
Dirty Dishes	A Goddard, M Ashman, J Roper	Short	Australia
Mike Barnes: Private Eye	Steven Ellis	Web Media	United States
Mid Life Conversations	Maria Filippone	Short	United States
Invocation to Isis	Giacomo Cataldo	Experimental	Canada
Anxiety	Blaine Thurier	Short	Canada
Reptile House	Tristan Risk	Short	Canada
Matty Boy	Dr Shahid Kamal	Short	United Kingd
Watch Your Six	Bryan Bostic	Feature	United States
The Beast of Our Time	Maaike Middleton	Documentary	United States
Untitled Thoughts	Eva Grzelak	Short	Australia
Cheaters, Robbers and Outlaws	Jason Steele	Short, Web	Canada
Mr. Emancipation:Walter Perry Story	Preston Chase	Documentary	Canada
See You Real Soon	Molly E. Smith	Music Video	United States
Where is Manjushri	Gosha Wen	Short	Canada
DOLLFACE	Titus Jackson	Short	United States
One Day At A Time	Vortre Williams	Feature	United Kingd
The Valravn	Spencer Hetherington	Short	Canada
Dentists	Paradox Delilah	Web Media	Canada
Ewa Goes Viral	Erik Anderson	Short	Canada
Deception	Barry Nerling	Short	Canada
One More Trip in the Bike	Dan J McDougall	Music Video	Canada
Dirty Laundry	Florence Hwang	Documentary	Canada
AL2-st (Altruist)	Christo Vutev	Animation	Canada
Displaced	Victor van Aswegen	Documentary	South Africa
The Sound of Water	J.B. Braud	Short	France
Journey 4 Justice	Jaylene Matthews	Documentary	Canada
Janani’s Juliet	pankaj rishi kumar	Documentary	India
Beautiful Violence	Joey Medina	Short	United States
Haleh	Jafar Mahyari	Short	Iran
The Colour of Spring	Paul Andrew Kimball	Feature	Canada
To The Wood	Miho Kahn	Short	United States
Mr Alemann	Stewart Nestor	Documentary	United States

November 7th – 14th 2020.

Welcome to the “virtual”

4th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Status	Country	Duration
My Name Was January	Elina Gress, Lenee Son	Doc. Short	Winner	Canada	00:25:45
Shibil	Nikola Bozadzhiev	Feature	Winner	Bulgaria	01:55:13
Rock On, Dude!	Frank Appache	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:10:00
Ada	Steven Kammerer	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:18:46
Cashed Out	Michael Trainor	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:12:12
HEY SMARTBOX	Panta Mosleh	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:05:15
Doris’s flight	Gabriela Lima	Exp/Short	Finalist	US	00:11:26
Toby’s Tree		Screenplay	Finalist	US	20
Wicca Book	Vahagn	Short	Finalist	Greece	00:22:46
UNTIMELY	Pouya Eshtehardi	Feature	Finalist	Iran	01:18:00
Waiting for the Salvation		Screenplay	Finalist		8
Soch	Ashish Dahal	Music Video	Finalist	Nepal	00:03:42
Goodnight	Jake Roth	Short	Finalist	US	00:05:07
Stood Up	Cjay Boisclair	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:04:40
Coffee and a Donut	Cary Patrick Martin	Short	Winner	United St	00:11:28
Blind Date	David Schumann	Short	Finalist	United St	00:12:03
Tabernacle 101	Colm O’Murchu	Feature	Winner	Australia	01:39:00
DOG TAG		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	5 Pages
Ettù Parànu	Davide carbone	Documentary	Finalist	Italy	00:51:36
Sockeye Salmon. Red..	D. Shpilenok , V. Grishin	Documentary	Winner	Russia	00:51:00
Bryers Cucumber Tost..	Christopher Hall	Short	Finalist	United St	00:16:12
Flight of the Dodo	Taras Demian Groves	Short	Winner	Canada	00:10:27
Silent Movie	Melo Viana	Short	Winner	Brazil	00:15:00
La Ráfaga (The Gust)	Edgar García	Short	Finalist	PuertoRico	00:30:00
The Barber	Sergiy Pudich	Short	Finalist	Ukraine	00:08:00
Rumori	SÄMEN	Short	Finalist	Italy	00:10:00
Transient Souls	Christian Frosio	Music Video	Winner	Italy	00:04:24
Finding Filman	Kevin Anglin	Short	Finalist	US	00:13:17
It’s Your Turn	Rose , Oliver d	Short, Web	Finalist	Spain	00:15:00
The Unsuperheroes	Caitlynn Silvius	Student, Web	Finalist	United St	00:06:30
Quiver		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	8 Pages
The River	Benjamin Hargreaves	Doc. Short	Finalist	Canada	00:16:40
NEXT STOP	Weekes,Tapambwa, Wit.	Short, Web	Winner	Canada	00:17:00
Wednesday	L.Delhom, J.Paquet	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:10:00
LITTLE BIG-GO BANANAS	A. Pasok, I. Prusikin	Music Video	Finalist	Russian	00:02:47
Align	R.E. Wolfe	Short	Finalist	UK	00:07:22
River City Series Pilot		Script	Finalist	Canada	23
Highland Home		Music,Short	Winner	United St	00:04:59
Ekti Golpo	shan A Alavi	Music Video	Finalist	Bangla	00:03:23
Stro: The Michael D’Asaro..	G.Lynch Jr, D.Nichols	Documentary	Winner	United St	01:28:18
Bambiland	Danilo Stanimirović	Short	Finalist	Serbia	00:19:59
Chances	Rob Heschl	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:03:26
Therapy Dogs		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	18
A Momentary Yearning	Faraaz Husain Rahman	Short	Finalist	Australia	00:11:27
The Upward Cycle		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	21
Cate	Terrell Ferguson	Short	Finalist	United St	00:14:20
(Dys)Functional	Adam Nowak	Short	Finalist		00:12:41
Saudade	Mark D’Cruz	Short	Finalist	India	00:10:05
DADDY SITTER		Screenplay	Finalist	France	17
We’re Fine		Short Script	Finalist	United St	12
Ashes		Short Script	Finalist	United St	15
What We Found Out There	Karl Kimmel	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:09:00
Malakout	Farnoosh Abedi	Animation,Short	Finalist	Iran	00:11:24
Feel India	Ion Sova	Documentary	Finalist	Moldova	00:11:22
A Few Flower Branches	Mehrdad Parvani	Student, Short	Finalist	Iran	00:29:21
ANNA – Cannes Official..	Dekel Berenson	Short	Winner	UK. Ukrai.	00:14:59
The Horror Crowd	Ruben Pla	Documentary	Finalist	USA	01:31:58
Ukde	Ecem Çelik	Feature, Short,	Finalist	Turkey	00:18:28
Ionuț and Călin	Sorin Poamă	Short	Finalist	Romania	00:17:44
Rocking on Air	Kim Tran	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:09:42
Midnight Movie : Magnum..	Myriam Khammassi	Student	Finalist	Tunisia	00:12:48
ARGON	Shoresh VAKILI	Student, Short	Finalist	Iran	00:15:00
Strut – 1980s (Music Video)	Tim Cash		Winner	Canada	00:00:00
When The Music Changes	Lakshmi Devy	Feature, Short	Finalist	United St	00:47:15
The Breathing Moon		Screenplay	Winner	United St	11 Pages

(Archived Events)

October 27th and 28th 2019.

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

Sunday Oct.27th Shows and Times

12:00pm: The He without Him – Kolkata, India, 1hr50m
02:30pm: Beyond the Woods – BC Canada, 1hr41m
05:00pm: 2Below0 – Oregon USA, 50m
07:00pm: RECEPTION! Lets meet the filmmakers…
08:00pm: Aleksi – Croatia, 1hr30m
10:00pm: Greek Rock Revolution – Greece, 1hr36m

Monday Oct. 28th Shows and Times

12:00pm: Taming Wild:Pura Vida – Costa Rica/USA, 1hr
01:30pm: We are the Roots: Black Settlers of the Prairies – AB Canada 1hr
03:00pm:* International Shorts – 1hr30m
05:00pm:* USA Shorts – 1hr30m
07:00pm: Guca: Serbian Detox – Serbia/Canada, 1hr
08:00pm:*Canada Shorts (Local/National) – 1hr40m

CANADA SHORTS:

The First & Last Time, Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series, Paula Elle, Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada
Dark Before Dawn, Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media, 5:46,Canada,
GRITZMORE S1, David K. Greene, Short,00:09:32,Canada,
Polar Tour, Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada
I’m Sorry, Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada
Come Around, Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Send me to hell, Baby, Todd Davies, Short,00:19:10,Canada
In Service of Duality, Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
Unmasking, Rob Comeau, Short,00:12:00,Canada,
One More Day, Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
Venus Rising, Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada
The Act, Raffinand Akiji, Short, 16:43, Canada

*INT’L SHORTS

In A Jungle, Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria
Rebecca Gold, Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom
Sound of Two, Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates
I Killed Vincent, Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin
Allegro, Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon
Nemesis, Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Short”,00:05:00,”Iran”
In Brief, Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy
You’re talking to me? Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France
Coffin Decolleté, Nancy Kamal, Experimental,00:05:57,Egypt
We Meet On The Roof, Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China

*USA SHORTS

Forbidden, Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States
Method, Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,
The Ballad of Handsome Ned, Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Tomorrow, Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States
Platonic, David Leidy, Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States
EXTRA INNINGS, John Gray,Short, 00:08:34,United States
Shebbie’s Live Life Series, Justin R. Edelman, Web / New Media”,00:05:00, Tonga, US
THE DESECRATED, John Gray,Short, 00:07:48,United States

* ALL SHORT FORM FINALISTS: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORTS

The Ballad of Handsome Ned,Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series,Paula Elle,Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada,https://youtu.be/WhhwzHctLqo
Tomorrow,Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States,
I’m Sorry,Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada,https://vimeo.com/298057333
Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī,Justyn Ah Chong,Short,00:19:59,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11582905
In A Jungle,Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11757365
REFUGE IN THE ROCKIES,Kaio Kathriner,”Documentary, Short”,00:12:18,Canada,https://vimeo.com/286565931
Come Around,Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Platonic,””,”Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States,https://vimeo.com/148441246
Rebecca Gold ,Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Pq4XRqDTg
Sound of Two,Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8Xpk9cy1w
In Service of Duality,Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
“Dark Before Dawn | CARAVAN, CONVOY”,”Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media,00:00:00,Canada,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8AUkNHkJw
I Killed Vincent,Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/12671474
One More Day,Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
EXTRA INNINGS,John Gray,Short,00:08:34,United States,
Tattoo,Aleksandras Brokas,Music Video,00:03:07,Indonesia,
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13066832
The Music Sounds Better with Whom: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Music Experience,Chasson
Gracie,”Documentary, Short”,00:19:09,”Canada, Japan, United States”,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13094869
Shebbie’s Live Life Series,Justin R. Edelman,”Documentary, Web / New Media”,00:05:00,”Antarctica, Argentina, Australia,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, Maldives, Tonga, United States”,https://vimeo.com/350243883
GRITZMORE SEASON ONE,David K. Greene,Short,00:09:32,Canada,https://youtu.be/5rjw6Z5ITMY
THE DESECRATED,John Gray,Short,00:07:48,United States,
The First & Last Time,Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13256080
Method,Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,””,
Allegro,Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon,https://vimeo.com/363499450
Forbidden,Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13316690
Nemesis,Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Experimental, Short”,00:05:00,”Iran, Islamic Republic of”,https://vimeo.com/320030106
In Brief,Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy,https://vimeo.com/313123181
You’re talking to me?,Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France,
“Send me to hell,Baby”,Todd Davies,Short,00:19:10,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13348470
Coffin Decolleté,Nancy Kamal,”Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Short”,00:05:57,Egypt,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13361221
We Meet On The Roof,Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13365139
Polar Tour,Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada,https://youtu.be/UXHzR1HsbNE
Unmasking,Rob,Short,00:12:00,Canada,
The Act,Raffinand Akiji,”Short, Student”,00:16:43,Canada,
Venus Rising,Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada,

Awards

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival Winners 2025:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Mother	Sebastian Kwidziński	Short, Student	Poland
GASPAR	ENRIQUE G. TAPIA	Animation, Short	Chile
John Qualcosa – Cani come figli	Silvano Richini	Music Video	Italy
Moon Over Capri (Ava Della Pietra	Nathan Levine-Heaney	Music Video	United States
Zhaza Trailer	Darkhan Tulegenov	Other	Kazakhstan
Sunshine on His Face	Jeana MacIsaac	Short	Canada
Kül “Ashes”	EZEL MANAY	Photography	Turkeye
Kathaakar Ki Diary, The Story of Ordinary Lives	Anwesh	Feature	India
joyful	Simantini Chakraborty	Documentary	United States
Panic Sets In	Dustin Morrow	Feature	United States, United States
Urban Chime	Eric Vincent Hinch	Music Video	Canada

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2023 Winners:

Project Title	Director	Project Type/genre	Country of Origin
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi	Aryana Farshad	Documentary, Television	United States
And outside life goes on	Daniel Maurer	Documentary	Switzerland
Chateau Laurier	James Stewart	Web / New Media	Canada
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth	Joël Gibbs	Animation, Music Video, Short	United States
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023)	Towustasin	Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media	Canada
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR	Phil Comeau	Documentary	Canada
Babushka	Simon Höbert	Short	Austria
The Founder Effect	Justin MacGregor	Feature	Canada
WAKING UP A WIDOWER	david grewe	Documentary, Short	United States
ID	Kiran Kondamadugula	Feature	United States
The Divorcees Of Casablanca	BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED	Feature	Morocco
The Ultimate Sacrifice	Riley Jackson	Short, Student	United States
Buddy Love	Kiefer O’Reilly	Short, Student	Canada
PERPETUAL SEARCH	Gopal Shivakoti	Documentary	Nepal

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2021 Winners:

Best Documentary Int’l – An Ordinary Life (Israel)

Best Doc USA – The Beast of Our Times: Climate Change and Grizzly Bears

Best Documentary Canada – Mr. Emancipation: The Walter Perry Story

Best Feature Film Int’l — Shop (Sweden)

Best Feature Film Canada— The Colour of Spring

Best Short Film Int’l — Untitled Thoughts (Australia)

Best Short Film USA — Plasmid

Best Short Film Canada — Anxiety

Best Web Series Canada — Dentists

Best Web Series USA – Incompleteness

Best Music Video — Arcos Da Lapa (Brazil)

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2020 Winners:

Best Documentary — Sockeye Salmon. Red fish (Russia)
Directors – Dmitriy Shpilenok & Vladislav Grishin

Best Documentary USA — Stro: The Michael D’Asaro Story
Produced and Directed by — Greg Lynch Jr & Doug Nichols

Best Documentary (Short) — My Name Was January
Directors – Elina Gress & Lenee Son
Producers – Alex Sangha & Ash Brar

Best Feature Film — Shibil (Bulgaria)
Written & Directed by – Nikola Bozadzhiev

Best Feature Film Int’l — Tabernacle 101 (Australia)
Written Produced & Directed by Colm O’Murchu

Best Short Film Int’l — Cinema Mudo (Brazil)
Written and Directed by – Melo Viana

Best Short Film USA — Coffee and a Donut
Written and Directed by Cary Patrick Martin

Best Short Film Canada — Flight of the Dodo
Produced & Directed by Taras Demian Groves

Best Web Series — Next Stop (Canada)
Directed by Jabbari Omar Weekes, Tichaon Tapambwa, Phil Witmer

Best Music Video USA— Highland Home
Directed and Written by – Dan Schaefer
Music by Kurt Rosenberg

Best Music Video Int’l — Transient Souls (Italy)
Producer, Director and Song by Christian Frosio

Best Music Video Canada — Strut – 1980s
Produced & Directed by Tim Cash
Song by Pennan Brae

Best Short Script — The Breathing Moon
Screenwriter – Jeffrey Morin

Best Actress — Svetlana Barandich
for Anna (Ukraine)

Best Actor — Julien Rayn de Long
for Flight of the Dodo (Canada)

Best Director — Melo Viana
for Cinema Mudo (Brazil)

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2019 Winners:

Best Web Series – Canada
Dark Before Dawn: Written and Directed by Brodie Spaull & Paul Krysinski

Best Short Film – Canada
Unmasking: Edited, Written, & Directed by Rob Comeau

Best Documentary – Canada/Serbia
GUCA: Serbian Detox: Produced and Directed by Igor S Rados

Best Actor: Pennan Brae for 2 Below Zero – USA/CANADA

Best Feature Film – Festival Favourite
2 Below 0 – USA/CANADA

Best Feature Film – Canada

Beyond the Woods: Written & Directed by Brayden DeMorest-Purdy

Best Cinematography: Zach Zhao
Beyond the Woods – Canada

Best Web Series – Int’l
Rebecca Gold – UK
Written, Co-Produced, & Directed by Ian Diaz

Best Short Film – Experimental
Allegro – Lebanon
Composed, Written, & Directed by Karl Bou-Rjeily

Best Short Film – Int’l
Coffin Decollete – Egypt
Written & Directed by Nancy Kamal

Best Short Film
Extra Innings – USA
Written, Produced, & Directed by John Gray

Best Documentary – Int’l
Greek Rock Revolution – Greece
Written, Produced, & Directed by Miguel Cano

Best Documentary
Taming Wild: Pura Vida – USA/Costa Rica
Written & Directed by Elsa Sinclair

Best Music Video
The Ballad of Handsome Ned – USA
Produced & Directed by Beth Harrington

Best Editor : Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha -Kolkata, India

Best Actress: Tihana Lazovic
For Aleksi – Croatia

Best Screenplay: Amartya Bhattacharyya
For Runanubandha – Kolkata, India

Best Feature Film – Int’l
Runanubandha. Kolkata, India
Produced by Swastik Choudhary

Best Feature Film
Aleksi – Croatia
Written and Directed by Barbara Vekaric

Best Director: Barbara Vekaric
For Aleksi – Croatia

DCFF 2018…………WINNERS

Best Feature……………………………………The Astronot (Tim Cash)

Int’l Feature…………………………………….La dorMeuse Duval (Manuel Sanchez)

Canada Feature………………………………E-Hero (Joseph Procopio)

Vancouver Feature………………………….Vitreous (Brian MacDonald)

Best Short Film ……………………………..Are You Volleyball (Mohammad Bakhshi)

Canada Short…………………………………Sweetheart (Martha MacGrath)

Festival Favorite Short……………………D.A.T.E (Sai Deodhar Anand)

Best Web Series……………………………..Nemausus (Quentin Uriel)

Canada Web Series…………………………Chateau Laurier (James Stewart)

Best Music Video……………………………Son (Philippe Grenier)

Int’l Music Video……………………………Luka (Sergiy Pudich)

Festival Favorite Music Video…………Patrick Stewart Bakes a Cake (Chris Sivak)

Best Director………………………………..Manuel Sanchez (La dorMuese Duval)

Best Editor…………………………………..Tim Cash (The Astronot)

Best Screenplay……………………………Pennan Brae (The Astronot)

Best Actor……………………………………Dominique Pinon (La dorMeuse Duval )

Best Actress…………………………………Marina Tome (La dorMeuse Duval)

Best Music…………………………………..Pennan Brae (The Astronot)

CATEGORIES……2017 WINNERS

Best feature…………………………………BIKINI BLUE (Jarek Marszewsky)

Best Documentary……………………….ONE YEAR ON A BIKE (Martijn Doollard)

Best Short……………………………………POOL (Leadro Goddinho)

Best Web Series……………………………THIS IS DESMONDO RAY (Steve Baker)

Best Music Video………………………….TRAINS (Jola Kudela/ Poppy Ackroyd)

Best Director………………………………..Jarek Marszewsky (BIKINI BLUE)

Best Editor…………………………………..Martijn Doollard (ONE YEAR ON A BIKE)

Best Screenplay……………………………I AM ANNA (Timo Langer / Laura Anne Anderson)

Best Actor……………………………………Tomasz Kot (BIKINI BLUE)

Best Actress…………………………………Delphine Theodore (THE COURTESY OF ANGELS)

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival aspires to acknowledge, reward, and promote exceptional emerging auteurs and their movies.

There is only one requirement: the Director ALSO functioned as at least ONE of the following positions: Producer, Writer, DP, Editor, Actor, Composer…

Yes, we are all about appreciation for the Versatile, Multi-Talented Director.

We value your cinematic endeavor and the intrinsic multidisciplinary aptitude and work ethic required to see a movie project through from inception to completion, and finally to exhibition.

Congratulations! And now, let’s get you and your masterwork the recognition it deserves…

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES (any genre)

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES (any and all genres)
-Feature films: 45 minutes and over
-Short films: less then 30 minutes
-Web series: at least 2 episodes, each up to 10 minutes
-Music videos: up to 10 minutes
-Photography

Directors Cut Int’l Film Film Festival holds its screening event at Landmark Cinemas 10 in New Westminster B.C. Canada.

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Rules

1. Online submissions only.

2. All submitted projects must have completion date of 2021 and later. Projects completed before 2021 is not eligible for entry.

3. By submitting you agree that you have read and understood the aforementioned Festival Description, Award Categories and Rules herein.

4. You agree and confirm that you are fully authorized to make a submission to the Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

5. Once a project is submitted, fees are not refundable.

6. Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival reserves the right to disqualify any submission without refund of submission fees.

7. All non-English language films must be subtitled in English.

9. No premier status is required.

10. Multiple entries are allowed but separate entries are to be submitted for each film.

11. We treat all submissions with confidentiality. We will not screen, download your film or make it available online without your explicit permission.

13. It is the responsibility of the submitter/ producer/filmmaker to secure authorization for any copyrighted material that are used in the film.

15. Directors Cut Film Festival reserves the right to add/change/cancel Categories, Awards, Event date(s) and/or Venue(s), and Screenings/Streaming due to circumstances beyond our control.

17. All decisions by official(s) at Directors Cut Film Festival is final.

November 2nd 2025

Finalists 2025:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Noor	Omer Yilmaz	Short	United States
Naked Jungle – It will be shortly	Aleix Barba Perarnau	Music Video	Not Specified
The cabin	Yordanis Baez,	Short,	Canada
Lavenza	Lauren Eden	Short, Student	Canada
Eugene O’Neill’s – The First Man	Hardeep Giani	Feature	United States
ONE FALL – “Lights Out	Matt Kristek	Music Video	United States
Crimson Pawprints	Christo Vutev…	Short	Canada
The Hallway	Shahar Shamay	Short	Israel
MOKSHAM		Music Video	India
Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting	Junsong Ling		China
Like No Other	Vivienne Roe	Documentary, Short	United States,
Brothers	Darkhan Tulegenov	Feature	Kazakhstan
GHOSTED	Rebecca Daugherty	Short	United States
Nix’s Symphony	Karina Loerchner	Animation, Short, Student	Canada
Dear Universe	Greg Smith	Short	New Zealand
Where Do You Roam? Autism…	Leilani E Forby	Documentary, Short	Canada
Ballad of Father Fouquet	Troy D. Hunter	Music Video, Short, Experimental	Canada
Goddamn it!	Yann Cado, Julien Ordan	Short	France, Switzerland
Fish Delivery #95	Luke Wolsko	Animation	United States
Hello, Wish You Well, Goodbye	Tommy Ngo	Short, Student	Canada
Ziad zaza / Beto2af Leih	Mostafa kashef	Music Video	Egypt
Trance	Aman Mann	Short	Canada
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU	Ashish Chanana	Feature	United States

No soldier returns alive from war	Farzaneh Negar Jahantab	Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Alone with her soul	João Batista Melo	Short	Brazil
Whale Math	D. Andrew Hartfield	Short	United States
No Heretics Allowed	Connor Rielly	Short	Canada
PIECE	Marcus Nash	Short	United States
Benchless	Galiam Bruno HENRY	Short	France
Battlebox (Through the Soldier’s Eyes)	Craig McCourry	Music Video	United States

Oct. 29th – Nov. 5th 2023.

Welcome to the “virtual” Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

FINALISTS 2023:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Enter the Room	Harry Waldman		United States
Dead End	Luis Sandoval	Short	Chile
Spilled Water Never Returns	Anthony Lee	Animation, Experimental, Short, Student	Canada
All Politics is Local	Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper	Documentary	Australia
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi	Aryana Farshad	Documentary, Television	United States
And outside life goes on	Daniel Maurer	Documentary	Switzerland
Noggin	Josh Hallem	Documentary	Canada
Tale and Corona	Tomislav Aleksov	Feature, Short	Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Journal of a Dreamer	Benjamin Hays	Short, Student	United States
Date-Saster	John Strahl	Short	Canada
Total Quarantine.	Sebastian Vaina	Short	Argentina
Duelo	Fernando Pliego García	Short	Spain
The Soul of the Lake	Mathieu Chéreau	Short, Student	United States
All for Naught	TL WESTGATE	Short	United States
Corporate Retreat	marc buzzell	Short	Canada
Remembering the Children: The Red Deer Indian Industrial School	Penny Gullion	Documentary	Canada
Desire in You	Vid Mercun	Feature	Slovenia
Chateau Laurier -Season 2	James Stewart	Web / New Media	Canada
Peanut Butter	Maxime Divier	Short	Canada
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth	Joël Gibbs	Animation, Music Video, Short	United States
IDEA – Miniatures by Improvisers	Ebba Jahn	Experimental, Feature, Music Video	Germany
Purpose	Christo Vutev	Animation, Short	Canada
Fatih the Conqueror	Onur Yagiz	Short	France
Our bodies like dams	Sarah Finn	Experimental, Short	United States
Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective	Kate P.R. Dunn	Documentary, Student	Canada
Around the Same Table	Zeynep Üstünipek	Animation, Feature	Turkey
Repeat	Andros Georgiou	Experimental, Short, Other	Canada
Someone who is punctual	Haibo Wang	Short	China
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023)	Towustasin	Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media	Canada
Flammable Film	Olivier van Malderghem	Documentary, Experimental, Feature	Belgium
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR	Phil Comeau	Documentary	Canada
The Milkman	Huzeifa Essaji	Short, Student	United Kingdom
Babushka	Simon Höbert	Short	Austria
Good Riddance	Jake Roth	Short	United States
The Founder Effect	Justin MacGregor	Feature	Canada
NAKED CAME THE STRANGER		Animation, Experimental, Short, Student	United Kingdom
Atomic Love	Antoine Girard	Animation, Short, Student	Canada
WAKING UP A WIDOWER	david grewe	Documentary, Short	Not Specified
Supermodel	Nicole Wensel		United States
ID	Kiran Kondamadugula	Feature	United States
Knife, Chocolate	Hooshmand Varaei	Experimental, Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Dawn of Decay	Ian Wright	Short	Canada
Through the Mirror	Jeff Evans-Todd	Short	Canada
Cherry Blossoms in March	Riley Rheyan	Short	Canada
Meera	Dilip Harnarayan Dixit	Feature	India
Pass	Elika Abdollahi	Short, Student, Other	Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hate Can Kill	Imtiaz Popat	Documentary, Short	Canada
Doctor’s Orders	Aaron Robert Newman	Short	United States
The Divorcees Of Casablanca	BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED	Feature	Morocco
Hockey Kid: On thin ice	Richard Leonard MacQueen	Documentary	Canada
The Ultimate Sacrifice	Riley Jackson	Short, Student	United States
Ujan Story	shahram Badakhshan mehr	Documentary, Feature	Armenia
Alive… aha, Fuck	Ivy Watson	Short, Student	Canada
Elektra	Hisham Bizri	Feature	Lebanon
The Last Fare	David Breckman	Short	United States
Buddy Love	Kiefer O’Reilly	Short, Student	Canada
PERPETUAL SEARCH	Gopal Shivakoti	Documentary	Nepal
Juana Banana	Matias Szulanski	Feature	Argentina
ALIKIJA		Short	Iran, Islamic Republic of
In The End	Ishwar L. Maisuria	Feature, Television, Web / New Media	Canada
Entombed	Barry Ferrier	Animation, Experimental, Short	Australia

November 15-20 2021.

Welcome to the “virtual”

5th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

FINALISTS 2021:

Project Title	Directors	*Project Type*	Country of Origin
Exchange Offer	Saunak Mitra	Short	India
The Beds of Others	Jonay García	Short	Spain
Lila	Lamberto Guerra	Short	Spain
Replica	Álvaro de la Hoz	Short	Spain
Neighbooor	Paco León	Short	Spain
The Atoms of Reality	Marco Joubert	Experimental	Canada
Don’t Give Up	Janne Tavares	Short, Other	Sweden
A.D.A.M.	Pablo Roldan	Short	Chile
Sorrow	Stefan Teofilovic	Short	Serbia
IN MEDIAS RUSH	Esben Persson	Experimental	Denmark
Shop	Jesper Klevenås	Feature	Sweden
Sab Rab De Bande:	Sukhdeep Singh	Doc	India
Col & Ibri discover elec..	Cosmin Dolea	Experimental	Romania
Plasmid	Roshni “Rush” Bhatia	Short	United States
Brr	K & B McQueeney, E Ojeda	Music Video	United States
The Complete Shutdown	Devpriya Paul	Documentary	India
Plan F	Igor Sobolev	Short	Czech Rep.
YAR	Aram Hassan	Documentary	Iraq
The Blue Bed	Alireza Kazemipour	Short	Iran
Inheritance	Eudald Corominas	Short	Spain
Hear, Eat, Home:	Hsuan Yu Pan	Documentary	United States
Incompleteness	David Ash	Television	United States
Paqui Conchi and The end..	Adolfo Ontoba	Short	Spain
Pindorama	Wagner Cinelli, M Oliveira	Music	Brazil
Arcos da Lapa	Wagner Cinelli	Music Video	Brazil
An Ordinary Life	G Danon, E Shalom Danon	Documentary	Israel
Faded Memories	Valentina Galdi	Short	Italy
KAALIRAATHRI	BISHWAS BALAN	Short	India
Mandarina	Gabriel Bucher	Short, Other	Chile
Year Zero – Episode 1-	Isaac Rodriguez	Web media	United States
Rules of the Dead	Isaac Rodriguez	Other	United States
Can’t Go Home Again	Anthony J. Cook	Short	UK
Isolation	Justin MacGregor	Short	Canada
COVIDAMA	Andrei Gloria	Doc, Short	United Kingd
Anagnorisis	Arturo Dueñas Herrero	Short	Spain
Groundhog year	Fernanda Almeida	Short	Brazil
How to Fall in Love in a Brothel	Sunhui Chang	Short	United States
Deep Blue Something:		Music Video	United States
Lady of the Sea	Emmett Sparling	Short	Canada
Evening Hymns – Heavy Nights	Monika Kraska	Music Video	Canada
For my daughter	mohammad ferajzade	Short	Iran
Dirty Dishes	A Goddard, M Ashman, J Roper	Short	Australia
Mike Barnes: Private Eye	Steven Ellis	Web Media	United States
Mid Life Conversations	Maria Filippone	Short	United States
Invocation to Isis	Giacomo Cataldo	Experimental	Canada
Anxiety	Blaine Thurier	Short	Canada
Reptile House	Tristan Risk	Short	Canada
Matty Boy	Dr Shahid Kamal	Short	United Kingd
Watch Your Six	Bryan Bostic	Feature	United States
The Beast of Our Time	Maaike Middleton	Documentary	United States
Untitled Thoughts	Eva Grzelak	Short	Australia
Cheaters, Robbers and Outlaws	Jason Steele	Short, Web	Canada
Mr. Emancipation:Walter Perry Story	Preston Chase	Documentary	Canada
See You Real Soon	Molly E. Smith	Music Video	United States
Where is Manjushri	Gosha Wen	Short	Canada
DOLLFACE	Titus Jackson	Short	United States
One Day At A Time	Vortre Williams	Feature	United Kingd
The Valravn	Spencer Hetherington	Short	Canada
Dentists	Paradox Delilah	Web Media	Canada
Ewa Goes Viral	Erik Anderson	Short	Canada
Deception	Barry Nerling	Short	Canada
One More Trip in the Bike	Dan J McDougall	Music Video	Canada
Dirty Laundry	Florence Hwang	Documentary	Canada
AL2-st (Altruist)	Christo Vutev	Animation	Canada
Displaced	Victor van Aswegen	Documentary	South Africa
The Sound of Water	J.B. Braud	Short	France
Journey 4 Justice	Jaylene Matthews	Documentary	Canada
Janani’s Juliet	pankaj rishi kumar	Documentary	India
Beautiful Violence	Joey Medina	Short	United States
Haleh	Jafar Mahyari	Short	Iran
The Colour of Spring	Paul Andrew Kimball	Feature	Canada
To The Wood	Miho Kahn	Short	United States
Mr Alemann	Stewart Nestor	Documentary	United States

November 7th – 14th 2020.

Welcome to the “virtual”

4th Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival

Visit: https://xerb.tv/channel/directorscut/virtual-events

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Status	Country	Duration
My Name Was January	Elina Gress, Lenee Son	Doc. Short	Winner	Canada	00:25:45
Shibil	Nikola Bozadzhiev	Feature	Winner	Bulgaria	01:55:13
Rock On, Dude!	Frank Appache	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:10:00
Ada	Steven Kammerer	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:18:46
Cashed Out	Michael Trainor	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:12:12
HEY SMARTBOX	Panta Mosleh	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:05:15
Doris’s flight	Gabriela Lima	Exp/Short	Finalist	US	00:11:26
Toby’s Tree		Screenplay	Finalist	US	20
Wicca Book	Vahagn	Short	Finalist	Greece	00:22:46
UNTIMELY	Pouya Eshtehardi	Feature	Finalist	Iran	01:18:00
Waiting for the Salvation		Screenplay	Finalist		8
Soch	Ashish Dahal	Music Video	Finalist	Nepal	00:03:42
Goodnight	Jake Roth	Short	Finalist	US	00:05:07
Stood Up	Cjay Boisclair	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:04:40
Coffee and a Donut	Cary Patrick Martin	Short	Winner	United St	00:11:28
Blind Date	David Schumann	Short	Finalist	United St	00:12:03
Tabernacle 101	Colm O’Murchu	Feature	Winner	Australia	01:39:00
DOG TAG		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	5 Pages
Ettù Parànu	Davide carbone	Documentary	Finalist	Italy	00:51:36
Sockeye Salmon. Red..	D. Shpilenok , V. Grishin	Documentary	Winner	Russia	00:51:00
Bryers Cucumber Tost..	Christopher Hall	Short	Finalist	United St	00:16:12
Flight of the Dodo	Taras Demian Groves	Short	Winner	Canada	00:10:27
Silent Movie	Melo Viana	Short	Winner	Brazil	00:15:00
La Ráfaga (The Gust)	Edgar García	Short	Finalist	PuertoRico	00:30:00
The Barber	Sergiy Pudich	Short	Finalist	Ukraine	00:08:00
Rumori	SÄMEN	Short	Finalist	Italy	00:10:00
Transient Souls	Christian Frosio	Music Video	Winner	Italy	00:04:24
Finding Filman	Kevin Anglin	Short	Finalist	US	00:13:17
It’s Your Turn	Rose , Oliver d	Short, Web	Finalist	Spain	00:15:00
The Unsuperheroes	Caitlynn Silvius	Student, Web	Finalist	United St	00:06:30
Quiver		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	8 Pages
The River	Benjamin Hargreaves	Doc. Short	Finalist	Canada	00:16:40
NEXT STOP	Weekes,Tapambwa, Wit.	Short, Web	Winner	Canada	00:17:00
Wednesday	L.Delhom, J.Paquet	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:10:00
LITTLE BIG-GO BANANAS	A. Pasok, I. Prusikin	Music Video	Finalist	Russian	00:02:47
Align	R.E. Wolfe	Short	Finalist	UK	00:07:22
River City Series Pilot		Script	Finalist	Canada	23
Highland Home		Music,Short	Winner	United St	00:04:59
Ekti Golpo	shan A Alavi	Music Video	Finalist	Bangla	00:03:23
Stro: The Michael D’Asaro..	G.Lynch Jr, D.Nichols	Documentary	Winner	United St	01:28:18
Bambiland	Danilo Stanimirović	Short	Finalist	Serbia	00:19:59
Chances	Rob Heschl	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:03:26
Therapy Dogs		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	18
A Momentary Yearning	Faraaz Husain Rahman	Short	Finalist	Australia	00:11:27
The Upward Cycle		Short Script	Finalist	Canada	21
Cate	Terrell Ferguson	Short	Finalist	United St	00:14:20
(Dys)Functional	Adam Nowak	Short	Finalist		00:12:41
Saudade	Mark D’Cruz	Short	Finalist	India	00:10:05
DADDY SITTER		Screenplay	Finalist	France	17
We’re Fine		Short Script	Finalist	United St	12
Ashes		Short Script	Finalist	United St	15
What We Found Out There	Karl Kimmel	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:09:00
Malakout	Farnoosh Abedi	Animation,Short	Finalist	Iran	00:11:24
Feel India	Ion Sova	Documentary	Finalist	Moldova	00:11:22
A Few Flower Branches	Mehrdad Parvani	Student, Short	Finalist	Iran	00:29:21
ANNA – Cannes Official..	Dekel Berenson	Short	Winner	UK. Ukrai.	00:14:59
The Horror Crowd	Ruben Pla	Documentary	Finalist	USA	01:31:58
Ukde	Ecem Çelik	Feature, Short,	Finalist	Turkey	00:18:28
Ionuț and Călin	Sorin Poamă	Short	Finalist	Romania	00:17:44
Rocking on Air	Kim Tran	Short	Finalist	Canada	00:09:42
Midnight Movie : Magnum..	Myriam Khammassi	Student	Finalist	Tunisia	00:12:48
ARGON	Shoresh VAKILI	Student, Short	Finalist	Iran	00:15:00
Strut – 1980s (Music Video)	Tim Cash		Winner	Canada	00:00:00
When The Music Changes	Lakshmi Devy	Feature, Short	Finalist	United St	00:47:15
The Breathing Moon		Screenplay	Winner	United St	11 Pages

(Archived Events)

October 27th and 28th 2019.

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival.

RESERVE TICKETS HERE

Sunday Oct.27th Shows and Times

12:00pm: The He without Him – Kolkata, India, 1hr50m
02:30pm: Beyond the Woods – BC Canada, 1hr41m
05:00pm: 2Below0 – Oregon USA, 50m
07:00pm: RECEPTION! Lets meet the filmmakers…
08:00pm: Aleksi – Croatia, 1hr30m
10:00pm: Greek Rock Revolution – Greece, 1hr36m

Monday Oct. 28th Shows and Times

12:00pm: Taming Wild:Pura Vida – Costa Rica/USA, 1hr
01:30pm: We are the Roots: Black Settlers of the Prairies – AB Canada 1hr
03:00pm:* International Shorts – 1hr30m
05:00pm:* USA Shorts – 1hr30m
07:00pm: Guca: Serbian Detox – Serbia/Canada, 1hr
08:00pm:*Canada Shorts (Local/National) – 1hr40m

CANADA SHORTS:

The First & Last Time, Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series, Paula Elle, Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada
Dark Before Dawn, Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media, 5:46,Canada,
GRITZMORE S1, David K. Greene, Short,00:09:32,Canada,
Polar Tour, Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada
I’m Sorry, Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada
Come Around, Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Send me to hell, Baby, Todd Davies, Short,00:19:10,Canada
In Service of Duality, Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
Unmasking, Rob Comeau, Short,00:12:00,Canada,
One More Day, Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
Venus Rising, Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada
The Act, Raffinand Akiji, Short, 16:43, Canada

*INT’L SHORTS

In A Jungle, Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria
Rebecca Gold, Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom
Sound of Two, Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates
I Killed Vincent, Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin
Allegro, Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon
Nemesis, Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Short”,00:05:00,”Iran”
In Brief, Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy
You’re talking to me? Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France
Coffin Decolleté, Nancy Kamal, Experimental,00:05:57,Egypt
We Meet On The Roof, Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China

*USA SHORTS

Forbidden, Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States
Method, Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,
The Ballad of Handsome Ned, Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Tomorrow, Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States
Platonic, David Leidy, Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States
EXTRA INNINGS, John Gray,Short, 00:08:34,United States
Shebbie’s Live Life Series, Justin R. Edelman, Web / New Media”,00:05:00, Tonga, US
THE DESECRATED, John Gray,Short, 00:07:48,United States

* ALL SHORT FORM FINALISTS: WEB SERIES, MUSIC VIDEOS, SHORTS

The Ballad of Handsome Ned,Beth Harrington,Music Video,00:06:01,United States
Shrink-Wrapped the Web Series,Paula Elle,Web / New Media,00:07:31,Canada,https://youtu.be/WhhwzHctLqo
Tomorrow,Karis Campbell,Short,00:06:42,United States,
I’m Sorry,Gabriel Galand,”Short, Student”,00:04:00,Canada,https://vimeo.com/298057333
Down on the Sidewalk in Waikīkī,Justyn Ah Chong,Short,00:19:59,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11582905
In A Jungle,Uduak Etukudo,Short,00:12:00,Nigeria,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11757365
REFUGE IN THE ROCKIES,Kaio Kathriner,”Documentary, Short”,00:12:18,Canada,https://vimeo.com/286565931
Come Around,Andy Alvarez,”Short, Student”,00:07:20,Canada,
Platonic,””,”Experimental, Short”,00:19:30,United States,https://vimeo.com/148441246
Rebecca Gold ,Ian Diaz,”Short, Web / New Media”,00:10:00,United Kingdom,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Pq4XRqDTg
Sound of Two,Sachin Ramdas,Short,00:12:23,United Arab Emirates,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA8Xpk9cy1w
In Service of Duality,Rogan Lovse,”Experimental, Short”,00:03:14,Canada,
“Dark Before Dawn | CARAVAN, CONVOY”,”Brodie Spaull, Paul Krysinski”,Web / New Media,00:00:00,Canada,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8AUkNHkJw
I Killed Vincent,Jean-Luc Blanchet,”Documentary, Short”,00:14:04,France,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/12671474
One More Day,Brenda Grzetic,Documentary,00:13:42,Canada,
EXTRA INNINGS,John Gray,Short,00:08:34,United States,
Tattoo,Aleksandras Brokas,Music Video,00:03:07,Indonesia,
Nobody Dies Here,Simon Panay,Documentary,00:23:21,Benin,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13066832
The Music Sounds Better with Whom: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Music Experience,Chasson
Gracie,”Documentary, Short”,00:19:09,”Canada, Japan, United States”,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13094869
Shebbie’s Live Life Series,Justin R. Edelman,”Documentary, Web / New Media”,00:05:00,”Antarctica, Argentina, Australia,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, Maldives, Tonga, United States”,https://vimeo.com/350243883
GRITZMORE SEASON ONE,David K. Greene,Short,00:09:32,Canada,https://youtu.be/5rjw6Z5ITMY
THE DESECRATED,John Gray,Short,00:07:48,United States,
The First & Last Time,Peter Sacco,Music Video,00:05:27,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13256080
Method,Robert Grabow,Short,00:14:40,””,
Allegro,Karl Bou-Rjeily,”Experimental, Short, Student”,00:06:27,Lebanon,https://vimeo.com/363499450
Forbidden,Vibha Gulati,Short,00:20:00,United States,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13316690
Nemesis,Behzad Jafarimazhab Haghighi,”Experimental, Short”,00:05:00,”Iran, Islamic Republic of”,https://vimeo.com/320030106
In Brief,Carlo Perassi,”Documentary, Experimental, Short”,00:06:32,Italy,https://vimeo.com/313123181
You’re talking to me?,Desalos Isabelle,Short,00:03:38,France,
“Send me to hell,Baby”,Todd Davies,Short,00:19:10,Canada,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13348470
Coffin Decolleté,Nancy Kamal,”Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Short”,00:05:57,Egypt,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13361221
We Meet On The Roof,Nicholas Sun,”Short, Student”,00:18:46,China,https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/13365139
Polar Tour,Dustin McGladrey,”Short, Student”,00:04:30,Canada,https://youtu.be/UXHzR1HsbNE
Unmasking,Rob,Short,00:12:00,Canada,
The Act,Raffinand Akiji,”Short, Student”,00:16:43,Canada,
Venus Rising,Alexandra Noble,”Experimental, Short”,00:04:28,Canada,

Awards

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival Winners 2025:

Project Title	Directors	Project Type	Country of Origin
Mother	Sebastian Kwidziński	Short, Student	Poland
GASPAR	ENRIQUE G. TAPIA	Animation, Short	Chile
John Qualcosa – Cani come figli	Silvano Richini	Music Video	Italy
Moon Over Capri (Ava Della Pietra	Nathan Levine-Heaney	Music Video	United States
Zhaza Trailer	Darkhan Tulegenov	Other	Kazakhstan
Sunshine on His Face	Jeana MacIsaac	Short	Canada
Kül “Ashes”	EZEL MANAY	Photography	Turkeye
Kathaakar Ki Diary, The Story of Ordinary Lives	Anwesh	Feature	India
joyful	Simantini Chakraborty	Documentary	United States
Panic Sets In	Dustin Morrow	Feature	United States, United States
Urban Chime	Eric Vincent Hinch	Music Video	Canada

Directors Cut Int’l Film Festival 2023 Winners:

Project Title	Director	Project Type/genre	Country of Origin
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi	Aryana Farshad	Documentary, Television	United States
And outside life goes on	Daniel Maurer	Documentary	Switzerland
Chateau Laurier	James Stewart	Web / New Media	Canada
The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth	Joël Gibbs	Animation, Music Video, Short	United States
In the Wake of the Cedar Tree (2023)	Towustasin	Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media	Canada
ROOTS, DIASPORA & WAR	Phil Comeau	Documentary	Canada
Babushka	Simon Höbert	Short	Austria
The Founder Effect	Justin MacGregor	Feature	Canada
WAKING UP A WIDOWER	david grewe	Documentary, Short	United States
ID	Kiran Kondamadugula	Feature	United States
The Divorcees Of Casablanca	BENSOUDA MOHAMMED AHED	Feature	Morocco
The Ultimate Sacrifice	Riley Jackson	Short, Student	United States
Buddy Love	Kiefer O’Reilly	Short, Student	Canada
PERPETUAL SEARCH	Gopal Shivakoti	Documentary	Nepal