Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: THE ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE
Best Sound & Music: THE HUNTER’S EXCHANGE
Best Direction: THE ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE 2: SILBADORES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
Best Cinematography: SPACE RYDER
Best Performances: EXILE
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THE HUNTER’S EXCHANGE, 10min., Canada
Directed by Aidan Byrne
This 8-minute action film throws an experimental twist on the fight scene genre while taking new directions with popular tropes from fantasy and science fiction films, telling a story about the price of power, with no dialogue.
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SPACE RYDER, 13min,. USA
Directed by Jeff Kenji Yamashita
Space Ryder is a sci-fi action-adventure short film that follows Ryder, an intergalactic bounty hunter in pursuit of his white whale: a monstrous alien creature that has eluded his capture for years. As Ryder sets out on a mission to finally capture the elusive beast, he travels to a remote planet, where he traverses through otherworldly landscapes, faces incredible dangers, and ultimately comes to question his own identity as a hunter.
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EXILE, 17min., USA
Directed by Corey Gilbert
When an assassin decides she wants out, she is put to the ultimate test.
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THE ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE, 15min., USA
Directed by Russ Emanuel
A coming of age story about Kaylee (Tarah Paige), an apprentice assassin, and her relationship with Pete (Robert Picardo), her trainer, and Miranda (Marina Sirtis), their handler. Kaylee, like a rebellious teenager, simultaneously wants approval and independence from Pete and Miranda. When assigned her first solo hit, Kaylee immediately disobeys orders and goes off course, chasing a Freerunner drone, often with hilarious results. In the end, Kaylee accomplishes her mission, but realizes that she is not yet ready to go it alone.
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THE ASSASSIN’S APPRENTICE 2: SILBADORES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS, 25min., USA
Directed by Russ Emanuel
Kaylee, an apprentice assassin for TAA Corp., is taking a long-deserved vacation in the Canary Islands, when her Freerunner drone arrives to project a holographic image of Rick, her handler. Rick explains to Kaylee that her vacation has been cut short, and that she is being urgently summoned by Roy, the head of TAA Corp.’s Canary Island Bureau headquarters, for a new mission. Kaylee follows the Freerunner drone to the TAA Corp.’s Canary Island headquarters, where Roy explains that F.A.D., a rival group of counter-assassins, are on the island to eliminate TAA Corp.’s drone trainers, known as “Silbadores.” Kaylee drives her ninja motorcycle at breakneck speeds along beautiful coastal roads to TAA Corp.’s drone training grounds where she saves the Silbadores from deadly Swarmbots unleashed by the F.A.D. counter-assassins. A final showdown with the F.A.D. counter-assassins Sork and Karla ends with a surprising result.
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Action/Adventure Film & Screenplay Festival 