BETWEEN US, MOTHER & DAUGHTER

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 2)

Writer: Purva Grover (Dubai, UAE)

Director: Purva Grover

Producer: Pawan Manghnani, AishOutt Productions

Cast: Sherry Dang Briet, Mandeep Walia

Let not a rape victim be just another headline. A girl narrates her tale hoping her voice will reach us, and we will join hands to fight this plague.

 
GOING HOME

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 4)

Writer: Frank Dullaghan (Ireland) 

Director: Michael Haigney

Cast: Ronan Dennehy (Joe), Donal Patterson (Daniel)

What would you do for your friends when they can't find it in themselves. These two Irish men have several things in common, their homeland their lives in Dubai and their friendships.

GREEK CIVIL (OUT OF) SERVICE (GREEK)

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 3)

Writer: Thespis Greek Theatre (Greece / Dubai)

Director: Thespis Greek Theatre

Cast: Anargiri Garavela (citizen), Vasilis Piperias (security guard), Christos Mamas (civil servant 1), Maria Tsekou (civil servant 2), Athina Simeonidou (civil servant 3)

A Greek citizen wants to inherent a property from her recently deceased mother and discovers that it may not be as easy and quick as she thought…

PANIC ATTACK

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 4)

Writer: Samuel M. Post, U.S.A.

Directors: Lisa Harter, Jean Candiotte

Cast: Aida Laubach (Psychiatrist), Barry Greenberg (husband), Panayiota Triantafyliou (wife)

Who is the one who requires help when life events takes a turn for the worst?

THE LAST SUPPER

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 1) 

Writer: Cerise de Gelder (Australia)

Director: Mufaddal Bootwala

Cast: Sabiha Majgaonkar (Louisa)

Louisa has sinned all her life with hardly any regrets until she commits her latest sin...this one she cannot live with. A confession is due

THE PERFECT INDEPENDENT FILM

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 1)

Writer: Trace Crawford (USA)

Director: Sikendar Hemani

Cast: Nisha Bajaria, Haseeb Ahmed, Lionel Mendonsa, Vaishali Balgu

A morning after a whopper office party, two colleagues wake up in their conference room, with vague recollections from the previous night. They find out that they were tailed by two writers hoping to get a story made for their very own independent film.

THERAPIST

(OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE)

Writer: John Lombard (Australia)

Presented by the Short+Sweet Acting Group

Cast: Mary (Humera Sultana), Tom (Ian Halstead)

Lies, deception, lust and romance. The old story of boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl becomes boy's 'therapist'? Will girl be able to help boy? Is there happy ever-after for these two?

THREE'S A CROWD

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 2)

Writer: Yasmina Hatem (Lebanese) 

Director: Ghadi Yaghi

Cast: Rossana Bou Absi (Grace) Gloria Abou Diwan (Soraya) Ghadi Yaghi (Chadi)

Three Lebanese from completely different walks of life find themselves sitting next to each other on a plane from Beirut to Dubai. A little comedic glance into the journey of an expat.

UGLY SABER

(JUDGE'S CHOICE - WILDCARDS 3)

Writer: Based on the book Ugly Saber by Iwona Taida Drozd, based on an Emirati folk tale

Director: Stephen Delano

Presented by Maplewood International School

Cast: The Ensemble: Ahmed Abdelaziz, Yaser Alkahlout, Osama El Mezayen, Safwan Khan, Asem Mahmoud, Moke Mowatt, Omar Wehbe,

Ugly Saber is presented by Maplewood International School, based on the children’s book which is available in book stores across the UAE.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

(OVERALL PEOPLE'S CHOICE)

Writer: Alex Broun (Australia/Dubai)

Director: Muhammad Bilal

Cast: Rosey Nader (Kym), Dee Gee (Dave), Shannon Meehan (Jennifer), Sarah Potter (Ava)

Early morning at Kym's apartment; some unexpected guests show up with mysterious text messages they received from Kym.