The Festival took place on Saturday 3rd November 2018, from 10am to 5pm. The following are the results of the audience voting, with tie breaks decided by the festival director. Congratulations to all our winners!
| General | Good Girls Don’t | Category winner |
| Animation | Pinch Pot | Category Winner |
| Comedy | Spy Games | Category Winner |
| Hunting Bigfoot | Highly commended | |
| How Dads Hear | Highly commended | |
| Family and Home | For a Better Life | Category Winner |
| Average Mom | Highly commended | |
| Female Filmmakers | Golden Girl | Category Winner |
| D.A.T.E. | Highly Commended | |
| GRAND PRIZE WINNER | Good Girls Don’t |
The Official Selections are shown below.
General Schedule
(further details below)
| Time | Category | Project Title | Directors |
| 10:00 AM | General – 10+ mins | The Art of Getting Lost | Luca Schilirò, Fabrizio Casorzo |
| The Confidence | Stepan Sokolov | ||
| 2nd Class | Jimmy Olsson | ||
| Wonderland | Tiffanie Hsu | ||
| Good Girls Don’t | Ana de Lara | ||
| Sparow | Welby Ings | ||
| 12:00 PM | Animation | Blows With The Wind | Hazhir As’adi |
| And She Rode Forth…. | Deb Ethier | ||
| Sunup | Lizzie Hopwood | ||
| Euthanasia Pines | Tara Gordon | ||
| Pinchpot | Greg Holfeld | ||
| Just Visiting | Charlie Kothe | ||
| Cat Days | Jon Frickey | ||
| 1:00 PM | Comedy | Happy Birthday | Javier F. Espadas |
| Spy Games | James Marlowe | ||
| How Dads Hear | George A. Johnson | ||
| The Study Date | Sam Avery | ||
| Hunting Bigfoot | Kelsey O’Brien McManus | ||
| Heath + Brian | Zack Reichgut | ||
| Destiny | Vikkramm Chandirramani | ||
| 2:00 PM | Family and Home | Average Mom | Cathy Lynn Yonek |
| Scenes from a Visit | Neil Ira Needleman | ||
| Lights | Matthew Hanisch | ||
| For A Better Life | Yasmin Mistry | ||
| Shattered | Gerrit Magnus Beduhn | ||
| 3:00 PM | Female Filmmakers | Western Jubilee | Donna W, Guthrie, Colin W. Guthrie |
| D.A.T.E | Sai Deodhar Anand | ||
| Golden Girl | Chiara Fleischhacker | ||
| 4:00 PM | General – 10 or fewer minutes | Request | Kazuya Ashizawa |
| Cross the Bridge | Marc Eikelenboom | ||
| Area 52 | Sam Avery | ||
| Forever Ago | Kai Vernooy, Simon Stone | ||
| Infected | Meera Mahadhi | ||
| Beachballs and Tablecloths | Caden H. Hollander | ||
| Bringing Back Eagles | Kristen Carton | ||
| The Adventures of Zack and Molly | Jim Toomey | ||
| 5:00 PM | Announcement of Category Winners and Grand Prize | ||
The M3F3 2018 festival is kindly hosted by the Marcellus Free Library.
Marcellus Free Library
32 Maple Street
Marcellus, New York, USA, 13108
Tel: 315-673-3221
marcellus@onlib.org
Detailed Schedule:
10:00 am
General Films: 10 minutes or more
| The Art of Getting Lost | |||
| Directed by | Luca Schilirò, Fabrizio Casorzo | ||
| Synopsis: An artist struggles to produce his last work in a difficult family situation. | |||
| Italy | 11:25 | ‘ G | |
| The Confidence | |||
| Directed by | Stepan Sokolov | ||
| Synopsis: Vasya, a diffident young man, asks his smart friend Jenya to help him impress a cute girl Vika who is Vasya’s dream woman. Jenya suggest Vasya protects Vika from a fictional abduction, with the abductors being Jenya’s friends. Our friends couldn’t even imagine that alongside their fictional abduction 2 real want to really abduct Vika. | |||
| Russia | 12:27 | G | |
| 2nd Class | |||
| Directed by | Jimmy Olsson | ||
| Synopsis: Charlotte has got a new job as a second-grade teacher. One night she is attacked by a nazi and is severely injured. When she comes back to her students she discovers that one of her students is the son of that nazi. | |||
| Sweden | |||
| Wonderland | |||
| Directed by | Tiffanie Hsu | ||
| Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Adeline Tang struggles to navigate America’s adult playground and keep her mother’s gambling under control, all for the promise of that perfect family Christmas holiday once her father arrives. But as the days unfold, Adeline realizes that growing up might not hold all the excitement she’d been hoping for. | |||
| USA | 14:18 | ||
| Good Girls Don’t | |||
| Directed by | Ana de Lara | ||
| Synopsis: A comedic short film about a Filipina-Canadian girl who defies her mother’s warning that she will turn into a boy if she plays basketball. (Spoiler Alert: She doesn’t!) | |||
| Canada | 15:00 | ||
| Sparrow | |||
| Directed by | Welby Ings | ||
| Synopsis: Sparrow is the lyrical story of a small boy who believes he can fly. However, his life is overshadowed by the legend of his grandfather who died a hero in World War Two. One night he discovers the tale that his father so adamantly clings to, is a lie. His grandfather was a gay man, who seeing the futility of war, deserted in protest when his lover was shot in the dugouts of Egypt. In unravelling the truth behind what happened, the boy discovers the strength to stand up to the bullies in his world, in an unexpected way. | |||
| New Zealand | 15:00 | ‘Gõ¯ | |
12:00 pm Animation
| Blows With The Wind | |||
| Directed by | Hazhir As’adi | ||
| Synopsis: After occurring some events for the scarecrow, scarecrow becomes human. | |||
| Iran | 06:30 | G | |
| And She Rode Forth…. | |||
| Directed by | Deb Ethier | ||
| Synopsis: A Bard recounts the tale of the Archetypal Heroine, called forth by necessity to begin her journey and fulfill her destiny. A silhouette animation, this is a “song without words”, the tale being told solely through visuals and instrumental music. | |||
| Canada | |||
| Sunup | |||
| Directed by | Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hopwood | ||
| Synopsis: In a lush tropical forest, a wacky firebird is pursued by a hermit with an intense hunting habit. Constantly thwarted by the bird’s uncanny connection to the cycles of the sun, the hermit comes to realize that his blissful adversary may be more powerful than it appears. | |||
| USA | 04:33 | G | |
| Euthanasia Pines | |||
| Directed by | Tara Gordon | ||
| Synopsis: (Not supplied by filmmakers). Escapades at a Retirement Home. | |||
| USA | Gõ | ||
| Pinchpot | |||
| Directed by | Greg Holfeld | ||
| Synopsis: A story about art and work, giving and receiving, life and death, and things made from lumps of clay. | |||
| Australia | 04:21 | ||
| Just Visiting | |||
| Directed by | Charlie Kothe | ||
| Synopsis: After a trip to the big city, a mysterious traveler and his faithful canine catch a ride home that’s out of this world. | |||
| USA | 01:38 | ||
| Cat Days | |||
| Directed by | Jon Frickey | ||
| Synopsis: Jiro, a little boy, feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless case of cat flu. However, according to the doctor, this means that Jiro must be a cat. As father and son try to cope with the boy’s new identity, things go awry. Jiro’s father wishes him to connect with other cats at the animal shelter, but Jiro gets scratched. Complying with a handbook on raising cats, Jiro’s father sends his son outside. This leads to encounters with a friend, with nature and with a wild white cat. In the end, though, everything will feel right again. | |||
| Germany | 11:09 | ||
1:00 pm
Comedy
| Happy Birthday | |||
| Directed by | Javier F. Espadas | ||
| Synopsis: Why does Dad want to celebrate his daughter’s birthday every night? | |||
| Spain | 01:00 | ||
| Spy Games | |||
| Directed by | James Marlowe | ||
| Synopsis: After intercepting an enemy agent, over-confident spy Ian suspects his colleague, Bill, of being a mole. | |||
| USA | 08:20 | õ¯ | |
| How Dads Hear | |||
| Directed by | George A. Johnson | ||
| Synopsis: A comedic look at how dads hear when all of the kids are talking at the same time. | |||
| USA | 02:31 | ||
| The Study Date | ||||
| Directed by | Sam Avery | |||
| Synopsis: Sarah just wants to study but Mitch seems to have other plans… Some background – this film was actually made in collaboration by intro-film production students at the State University of New York, College at Cortland. They wrote the script and assumed all the required crew positions! It was a great learning exercise for them and I’m sure they would love to see their film on the big screen! | ||||
| 02:00
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| Hunting Bigfoot | ||||
| Directed by | Kelsey O’Brien McManus | |||
| Synopsis: A group of friends and their dog are in search of Bigfoot. | ||||
| USA | 07:00
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| Heath + Brian | |||
| Directed by | Zack Reichgut | ||
| Synopsis: When twin brothers Heath and Brian are subjected to a scavenger hunt initiated by their eccentric roommate, they embark on a journey of self-discovery. | |||
| USA | 05:52 | ‘ | |
| Destiny | |||
| Directed by | Vikkramm Chandirramani | ||
| Synopsis: Tanya finds it hard to accept when a guy she has meet twice and has been raving about, loses interest in her. She decides to make him taste the same rejection. A charming bitter-sweet romantic comedy.
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| India | 13:44 | ||
2:00 pm
Family and Home
| Average Mom | |||
| Directed by | Cathy Lynn Yonek | ||
| Synopsis: An unconventional single mom raises her son to be an exceptional young man. | |||
| USA | 12:05
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| Scenes from a Visit | |||
| Directed by | Neil Ira Needleman | ||
| Synopsis: After being away for several months, a documentary filmmaker visits the remote home his aging parents bought. During the visit, he comes to realize that the years are catching up to his octogenarian father, an artist with a vivid imagination. | |||
| USA | 08:35 | ||
| Lights | |||
| Directed by | Matthew Hanisch | ||
| Synopsis: After losing his way, a young man must reconcile his past mistakes if he hopes to reconnect with his parents and find the light in his life again. | |||
| USA | 06:00 | ||
| For A Better Life | |||
| Directed by | Yasmin Mistry | ||
| Synopsis: Sold for $100 at the age of 5, Fekri suffers through years of abuse before his plight is discovered. After almost a year of hospitalization and therapy Fekri moves into a group home where he finds support, mentorship, and eventual forgiveness towards the family which sold him. | |||
| 09:32 | |||
| Shattered | |||
| Directed by | Gerrit Magnus Beduhn | ||
| Synopsis: During a train ride, Theo remembers how he and his dad played chess for the first time and went on a sailing trip. Happy memories, until they speak about Theo’s dead mom. Theo feels responsible for her death. Then destiny strikes again. | |||
| Germany | 10:36 | ||
3:00 pm
Female Filmmakers
| Western Jubilee | |||
| Directed by | Donna W, Guthrie, Colin W. Guthrie | ||
| Synopsis: Western Jubilee is a documentary film about a private music venue and recording studio in Colorado Springs, CO devoted to traditional cowboy music. The film features avid collector Scott O’Malley, the owner of Western Jubilee, and Grammy-nominated cowboy singer Don Edwards. These two men share a friendship, an obsession, and a true love for all things cowboy. | |||
| USA | 10:00 | ||
| D.A.T.E | |||
| Directed by | Sai Deodhar Anand | ||
| Synopsis: An older lady’s first job interview and what happens thereafter. | |||
| India | 13:10
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| Golden Girl | |||
| Directed by | Chiara Fleischhacker | ||
| Synopsis: The 14-year-old Céline sits in a designer dress, with high hair and perfect make-up in front of her father’s camera. It should be the perfect photo today, never before has so much time been invested in preparation. She looks beautiful, but how long can the outer shine obscure her emotional world? Is this really herself or is it her father’s ideal, an empty template that is put on a new mask at every shooting?
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| Germany | 12:52 | ‘Gõ¯ | |
4:00 pm
General Films 10 minutes or fewer
| Request | |||
| Directed by | Kazuya Ashizawa | ||
| Synopsis: A woman and a man who met first time today are playing cello together. The man wants to see her again, so he requests a music for the next meeting. Will she accept his request? | |||
| Japan | 01:00 | ||
| Cross the Bridge | |||
| Directed by | Marc Eikelenboom | ||
| Synopsis: A lonely bridgekeeper’s life changes if he falls in love. | |||
| Netherlands | 02:29 | ||
| Area 52 | |||
| Directed by | Sam Avery | ||
| Synopsis: “This Place Looks Nice” – Voice from Space | |||
| USA | õ ¯ | ||
| Forever Ago | |||
| Directed by | Kai Vernooy, Simon Stone | ||
| Synopsis: When two friends are chased through the forest, they’ll have to solve the mystery of their attacker. | |||
| USA | 04:07
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| Infected | |||
| Directed by | Meera Mahadhi | ||
| Synopsis: A film about the power of social media and how it will lead to danger when you are addicted to IT. | |||
| India | 06:45 | ||
| Beachballs and Tablecloths | |||
| Directed by | Caden H. Hollander | ||
| Synopsis: Three teenagers stuck on the side of the road must find a way out of their tough situation. | |||
| USA | 06:59
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| Bringing Back Eagles | |||
| Directed by | Kristen Carton | ||
| Synopsis: Take a quick look at how the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) was able to bring the Bald Eagle back from the brink of extinction in New York State. | |||
| USA | 02:59
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| The Adventures of Zack and Molly | |||
| Directed by | Jim Toomey | ||
| Synopsis: Zack is more interested in the small world of his smart phone than the larger world around him. His online request for a roommate is answered by Molly, a tech-savvy dumbo octopus on a mission to tell the world about the importance of the deep ocean. Molly wants to use Zack’s apartment for her global communications headquarters, but Zack is skeptical. | |||
| USA | 10:00 | O | |