War Machine (Bulgaria)

Director – Iva Dimanova

Synopsis – “War Machine” deals with one of the oldest problems of the humanity – war. Painting a world not based on any particular conflict, but rather an amalgomation of several conflicts. Observing a world with no good and evil, in which war and it’s consumption of life has become a well oilled machine, allows me to explore the true nature of war – the act of killing. The act of mass produced killing. The act of stripping the humanity away from the people until they are nothing more than war machines.

Mosul 980 (Iraq)

Director – Ali Mohammed Saeed

Synopsis – A 17 years old kidnapped Yazidi girl disguised in ISIS uniform tries to escape form ISIS. She finds no way to break free, but a military vehicle set on explosives.

Their War (UK)

Writer/Director/ Producer – Max Mason

Synopsis – Two soldiers on opposite sides of World War One must do all they can to survive and get back to the families they left behind.

Surviving With Grief (USA)

Director – Brooke Mailhiot. Writer – Kristen Lusk

Synopsis – Surviving Grief is Corporal Alfred Brenner IV’s story about his canine, Grief.

Darkest Corner (Australia)

Director - Dave Beamish

Synopsis – When two unlikely young saboteurs are trapped by a hostile extremist militia, the pair must risk their lives in hope of escaping their post-apocalyptic nightmare.

Writer/Director – Dave Beamish/Zac Loy

Producer – Dave Beamish

Military Experts – Lukas Woolley, Shaun Barry

Cast – Dave Beamish, Frances Berry, Chris Bridgewater, Jacob Turner, Carmel Rose

Minor Accident of War (USA)

Director – Diane Weis, Piotr Kabat. Writer – Edward Field

Synopsis – A true story written and narrated by the man who lived it — Edward Field, 95 yrs old and a WWll veteran. In 1945, at 21 years old, Field was the navigator in the 8th Air Force during WWll. On his 3rd mission over Germany, his plane lost all four engines after being hit by flak and crash landed in the North Sea. Hanging on to one of the two rafts in the freezing cold water, a decision was made that to this day has affected Field. Field narrates his story.

The German King (USA)

Writer/Director – Adetokumboh M’Cormack

Synopsis – Set in 1914 at the start of World War I, The German King is the unbelievable true story of Rudolf Manga; a German raised African prince who becomes king after his father’s death. Upon returning home to Cameroon, he sees his people being subjugated and enslaved under Kaiser Wilhelmʼs II oppressive colonial rule. He realizes the only way to put an end to his peopleʼs suffering, is to lead a rebellion against the man he once considered his brother.

Borrowed Time (France)

Synopsis – Winter 1916. A french lieutenant finds himself the sole survivor of his company after a deadly assault. In search of allied refuge, he is haunted by the ghosts of war.

Director/Writer – Raphaël Treiner Producer – Lucie Moreau