Official Selection 2016
American International Film Festival
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The Trial Of Everett Mann
by Mike Gerard United States |
An arrogant hot-headed man finds himself on the wrong end of the law. Desperate with no place to turn, he finds hope and redemption through an unlikely stranger. | 
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Ripples on the Water
by Alexander Falcon United States |
After losing his wife and contemplating suicide, Leo has a life-changing encounter with a young man who tries to rob him. | 
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Baiting the Abductors
by Chris Browne Canada |
A Support Group for Alien Abductees realizes that talking about their problems isn't enough, they must search for proof to confront a world of nonbelievers. A 3 minute Science-Fiction Epic presented in movie-trailer format. |
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Once Upon a Time In Space
by Qishi Li United States |
Captain Adam is on a mission to colonize a habitable planet, but when his ship encounters disaster, he must abandon the mission and instead, sends ancient bacteria to the planet in the hope that it will evolve into a new human species and thrive. | 
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A Hero for a Day
by Lifan Wang United States |
A high school loser, bullied by his classmates, decides to take revenge on his tormentors. With a gun in hand, he walks into school. However, once there, things take an unexpected turn and instead of becoming a murderer, he ends up a hero. | 
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Your Secret
by Anthony James United States |
Everyone has something to hide and GEORGE, a concierge, blackmails random people in New York, pretending that he knows their secrets. Until he blackmails the wrong person... | 
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Empty Space
by James Choi United States |
Is a feature film that was written by the talented writer/director, Judi Krant, who wrote and directed 'Made In China', a feature film I produced in 2009 that won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at SXSW and distributed by IFC films. 'Empty Space' is a coming of age dramedy about, Tom, an overweight young man who takes refuge at his grandmother's cabin in rural Protection, IL, in an attempt to bury the years of being bullied and feeling rejected. While in town, he meets a precocious blind girl named Lilly, who shows him how to be accepted and loved. | 
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HUIDAS
by Mercedes Gaspar Spain |
China, in his flight he finds travelers who her help, or they guide it, but also moment lives terrible, of that it recovers in a residence for battered women. There it knows Caddy Adzuba (the famous journalist of the Republic of the Congo) and discovers the unimaginable pain of other women who him will make mature and face the life otherwise. | 
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Smile Again, Jenny Lee
by Carlo Caldana United States |
Jenny Lee is a tennis all-star known for her acerbic wit and temper. When a mysterious accident ends her career, Jenny finds out that her agent ran away with her money. Now penniless and forgotten by her sport, she decides to restart her career and seek financial support. She embarks in a search for her father who abandoned her when she was a child, but soon tracks down a man with a shady past who left a trail of family secrets. | 
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When The Sun Shines
by Frederik Barington Denmark |
Having lived most of his life inside the confines of hospitals and medical institutions Sofus, a young terminally ill cancer patient is enrolled in a hospice feeling ready to die. Shortly after arriving he meets Sarah a charming young hospice worker. Sarah's impulsiveness and interesting approach to life intrigues and fascinates him. However, Sarah hides a dark past. Her father died of cancer when she was young and she never had her goodbyes. The two decide to go out and spend time together, enjoying life. Sofus relapses on what seems to be the peak of their happiness together and Sarah shuts Sofus out of her life afraid of losing him like she lost her dad. Sofus comfort in dying is now replaced with a fear of missing out on the life that he never knew he missed. Sofus realizes than in order to regain comfort in his remaining days, he has to understand the life and youth he has never experiensced and have Sarah forgive her dead farther in order to start a new life. |
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The Second Coming Of Christ
by Daniel Anghelcev United States |
The journey of a woman scientist who, at the end of times, discovers that true Faith can bring Miracles. | 
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Pechorin
by Roman Khrushch Russian Federation |
Based on the Russian classic Mikhail Lermontov novel 'The Hero of Our Time'. All events shown as they are reflected in the mind of the dying hero, as a series of irrevocable mistakes and interpreted anew: it is either reconsideration or repentance. Recollections make main hero torment himself over his own past pretenses that seem ridicules now agonize and despair over his perfect indifference to everything except himself, see the horrible aspect of killing his friend, a greenhorn and a show-off. The final action of an intelligent and outstanding man is judging oneself without mercy. | 
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An American Quilt-Stitching Together Our 9/11 Memories
by Roz Sohnen United States |
Six families after losing loved ones in 9/11, share their stories and create quilt panels to memorialize their loved ones and in the process begin to heal. | 
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(faith)
by Crisanta Deguzman United States |
When doctors told Victoria that she had Stage 4 breast cancer, she decided to fight. But she needed more than medical care. She also needed housing, living expenses and support for at least a year. All Victoria had to rely on was her faith that God would provide. What happens to faith when faced with cancer and mortality? If you believe hard enough, do the odds move in your favor? | 
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America Wild
by Shauna Badheka United States |
Narrated by Academy Award winner, Robert Redford, America Wild is an immersive giant-screen experience that takes audiences on the ultimate off-trail adventure into the pristine wilderness of America's great outdoors. Spectacularly wild and iconic places like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Everglades, Redwood, Canyonlands and more are illuminated as never before with IMAX 3D camera imagery. Audiences will drop into the adventure with world-class mountaineer Conrad Anker, his son Alex Lowe, and friend Rachel Pohl as they mountain bike ride, ice climb, and river raft their way through the nation's mountains and canyons, then travel back in time to America's most famous camping trip where President Theodore Roosevelt and renowned conservationist John Muir imagined a vast National Parks system that would preserve these national treasures forever. Released to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. National Parks, America Wild reveals a tapestry of natural wonders that will inspire the adventurer in us all. | 
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Fighting to Win
by Leandro Lima Brazil |
The life, struggle and challenges of one the world's best MMA coach to overcome obstacles and fight for the podium. Andre Pederneiras leads a successful team called Nova Uniao. The lives of his fighters follow similar stories: childhood poverty, abandonment and starvation. Pederneiras is not only a coach but also a father for these men who come from all over the country to fight, win and hopefully change their destinies. The film reveals the determined coach mentoring Jose Aldo, Renan Barao, Eduardo Dantas and other fearless champions confronting arduous physical and mental challenges to become champions. | 
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The Samaritan
by Kevin McAfee United States |
This exciting true story is set during the Cold War in Romania. A maverick lawyer helped bring reunification of an immigrant family in the midst of the Romanian Revolution. While human rights violations are at an all time high, the dictator has killed over 2 million people attacking people of all faith and every religion. This exciting feature length documentary is a multi plot film enhanced by drama, mystery, danger and love. | 
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An essay on electoral fraud
by Joao Almeida Portugal |
The movie is the story of a book, told in the first person. The storyteller is invited by a friend to meet someone who wanted to denounce the biggest electoral fraud in the Portuguese History. This fraud took place in the local elections of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2001 and helped Durao Barroso to lead the new government, months before his promotion to Brussels. That person had written a book, but nobody understood it. He needed a ghost-writer. But, suddenly, when the author was supposed to meet his ghost-writer he was found dead. The ghost-writer becomes the author. And step by step the new author enters into another world, 'bumping' into the black side of democracy. This movie is about his thoughts, about other cases in the west countries and about how fragile democracy can be. | 
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HeavenKid: Time-Space Door
by Derrick, Yung-Te, Wu Taiwan |
The book Di-Zi-Gui was written based on Confucius, a wisdom of ancient China. Di-Zi-Gui outlines the standards for being a good student and child. Confucius believed that moral principles, virtues, and discipline should be the very first lessons taught to a child, and that a child needs to practice them daily. The program HeavenKid uses a theatrical 3D approach to educational television programming replacing dogmatic preaching approaches. The 3D animation and lively entertainment provides a moral educational tool in a subtle manner. | 
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The Wonderful World of Chinese Characters
by Shan-Pen Lin Taiwan |
Is an animation aiming to introducing Chinese culture by means of Chinese characters. This episode is to explain the fact that in Chinese culture, people and things that don't have a striking appearance, such as 'wood', are usually appreciated too, as they may have strong inner strength. |
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Another Day in Paradise
Bellopropello Switzerland |
Plants are growing in paradise; one of them nicer, more beautiful and taller than all the other and provoke a disciplinary action. Against all odds has consequences even in paradise. | 
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Detention
by Carlota Coronado Spain |
Sara is a new student in high school who has been grounded along with four other students at the end of class. When the school gets empty, with the presence of only one of her teachers, something weird happens. | 
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Jesus Is My Booski
by Camy "Cameron" Arnett United States |
Is a comical children's series set in the enchanted kingdom of Zoe. In constant pursuit of the unseen Booski who has all solutions to life's problems, the lively Jasper (Mic Sykes), vibrant Sha na Owa (Shawn Collins), and hilarious Country Boy (Reagan Givhan) and a host of others shine a comical light on issues such as self-esteem, abuse, faith and character. Popping out of a green screen background, the Booski emerges to the urban sounds of hip hop, with steady intervals of joyous praise breaks, praise reports, and a slight touch of a reality show. The Booski's the protagonist that has already defeated the villain, A.Cuser and all other 'bad guys'. In every conflict, the Booski is the solution. | 
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Arthur
by Alberto Meroni Switzerland |
His name is Arthur, and he is a serial killer. He wants to quit, though. Will he succeed? | 
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Lavey Laveau, "Nocturne Magnum Opus 9, No. 1"
by Christopher Haines, John Patrick Sellars & Lon Lawson United States |
Anton Lavey and Marie Laveau attend a soiree convened in their honor, partying with dead rock stars, bearing witness to the hedonistic indulgences of the afterlife. | 
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War & Peace
by Sylvia Basleh Germany |
Jangh o Sol (War & Peace) is a fantasy music video acting in an indefinite country and showing an army officer and his soldiers leaving for war. Whereas suddenly there comes a message that the war is over - now and forever. A dream - that all of us - are living for. | 
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El Cantante de Jazz
by Antonio Bellido Marin Spain |
Un cantante de Jazz lo salvan de un incendio vampirizandolo. | 
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