Outstanding Action/Sci-Fi

Y21S

Directed by Ina Mckiernan

Earth’s MARSvelous savior

Director: Mark Khairullah

Editor: Mark Khairullah

Cameraman: Mark Khairullah

Sound editor: Mark Khairullah

Scriptwriter: Mark Khairullah

Actors: Mark Khairullah (All characters)

The year is 2022, rovers on Mars have discovered signs of life and one brave soul must travel to the planet to become the first man on Mars, and possibly, the first man to meet aliens. During his journey, he sees that the rover’s findings have come to fruition. Having found an alien base, he decides to spy around and quickly learns that the aliens are planning to destroy Earth with a missile. Now, he must find a way to stop them and save his planet.

Therapy Session

Director: Morgan Lindsey

Actor: Morgan Lindsey

This film is about a girl who loses her best friend so she goes to therapy to cope. She realizes something is off about the therapist and attempts to figure out what it is.

Mission Impossible: Steal the Device

Director: Houssam Yaacoub

Cameraman 1: Houssam Yaacoub

Cameraman 2: Mustafa Yaacoub

Editor: Houssam Yaacoub

Actor 1 (Protagonist): Mustafa Yaacoub

Actor 2 (Protagonist’s Friend): Houssam Yaacoub

Actor 3 (Guard): Houssam Yaacoub

Two friends are planning to rob a bank. It sounds impossible, but with the help of the glasses that can supposedly ‘hack anything’, it might be possible. Just stick to the plan, and nothing can go wrong.

Close Strangers

By Skander Adam, Ismail and Karim Gasmi

A Van Gogh painting has been robbed from the most famous museum in Asia a mysterious inspector is on the trail of a strange thief across the seven states of the United Arab Emirates. What will he find out? What if all this is more personal than he thinks?

Alone

A film by Yazan Shehada

A teenager, randomly distanced from his family moments before they’re about to go on vacation. He attempts to survive in the pits of his house and surroundings as a radiation wave hits his town.

LUCID

Short story about a young boy who enters a whole new world.

Actor - Arman

Everything else - Rafi

Classified

Following a forgetful FBI agent and two enemy spies who end up in a tricky situation.

Film by Petrina Diana Gheorghiu

Music: Contamination by Purple Planet Music (https://www.purple-planet.com/contamination)

Cast: Dora Gheorghiu, Marina Gheorghiu, Diana Gheorghiu

Keystone Time Watch

Keystone Time Watch is a film based around a boy who has a powerful piece, passed on for generations and now in his hands. Not knowing of its powers, left Lucas in grave danger from the company. Being the new kid at school, made it even worse. How does Lucas discover its powers? Who is the company? Will he escape?

Hamza (Director, part time cinematographer, Lucas Hernandez, editor) Davide (cinematographer, Tony) Giordano (Gino, sound) Fred (company man #1) Chelo (company man #2)

The Disaster

Director : Nour El Bacha

Survivor 1: Nour El Bacha

Survivor 2 (washed up on boat): Nina Snyman

Desert Colony : Philippe El Bacha, Nosha El Bacha, Mickaela Moon, Bella Boson

Cameraman 2 : Bella Boson

Cemeraman 3: Aneschka Van Zyl

Editor: Nour El Bacha

As 2 lost and helpless teenagers search their way through a deserted world, they overcome challenges facing the deadly heat of the empty quarter and the loss of survival materials. They hope to find someone who can help and give them clues of what really happened to planet earth.