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NOMINATED FOR THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD

2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. Only Love features contributions from friends and fans all over the world. It’s what we need right now.

Artist: Manu Hvala / Songwriters: Eric Bazilian, Michael Caruso, Glenn Goss / Producers: Martin Stibernik, Eric Bazilian

LOS ANGELES PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD

A documentary about a marine mammal biologist trying to protect one of the last paradises on earth before his age fails him.

Director: Taylor Rees / Producer: Povel Torudd 

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NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD

Chinese ink painting style short animated film with no dialogue, reflecting the profound philosophy of nature.

Director: Lijun Sun / Writer: Fan Beilu / Producer: Huixin Li

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

When disaster strikes, a ten year old Nepali boy's life is turned upside down.

Director: Eelum Mani Dixit / Writers: Eelum Mani Dixit, Tanmay Chowdhary / Producers: Ajaya Upadhaya,Ryan Michael Connolly

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NOMINATED FOR THE BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD

This music video aims to promote the tourism of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The song is about getting away from hassled life and traveling in Kaohsiung (southern city in Taiwan). The artist, Namewee is in his ""Moving Room"", travelling around Kaohsiung City.

Artist, Director & Writer: Namewee / Producers: UJay & Tidus / Cast: Namewee

A caravan in the American desert… An old couple… A beer, a joint and mosquitoes.

Directors & Writers: Alexis & Diego Perrotte / Producers: Fabrice Sakoun, Louise Meschini / Cast: Lee Boek, Alice Bowden

NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD

Walking in a snowy forest, a peasant sees an unusual deer and goes to follow it. The deer allures him and the peasant even wants to catch it.

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WORLD PREMIERE

In a future where humanity is forced to leave Earth, Jane is faced with a dilemma: leaving behind her only friend alive on Earth, or finding him and risking to lose her only chance to escape from the dying planet?

Director & Writer: Alessandro Marcon / Producers: Domeniko Preli, Alessandro Marcon / Cast: Helga Greggio, Gianmarco Fabris, Erica Bianco, Domeniko Preli

USA PREMIERE / NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD

The film adopts the painting art forms of Chinese famous painters Zhu Da (pseudonym Ba Da Shan Ren) and Shi Tao in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The film tells the story of two like-minded painting masters who have not met for a long time.

Director & Writer: Dmitry Geller / Producer: Zheng Liguo

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NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD

Azat, an Armenian immigrant selling counterfeit designer bags on the streets of Los Angeles, strikes a bond with a woman from his night school only to face the pitfalls of the American Dream.

Director & Writer: Michael Aloyan / Producer: Monika Ivonne / Cast: Karren Karagulian, Leona Paraminski, Frano Maskovic

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