Our jury has put forward the following films as Official Selections, Finalists & Semi-Finalists for last month’s submission to The People’s Film Festival which culminates at our annual gala - March 2022!
Official Selections
ON THE COUCH WITH MY DEPRESSION
directed by Angharad Gladding
Full of excited anticipation, a poet plans to go to a book party. Then along comes depression. A film about yearning simply to be able to clean your teeth and leave the house.
Based on the poem "I was going to go to Dorothea Lasky’s book party in Brooklyn, but instead I stayed on the couch with my depression, not crying" by Paula Harris
ON THE COUCH WITH MY DEPRESSION is an Official Selection in the Sponsored category.
JAHANNAM
directed by Hamza Pool
A victim of Israel’s use of administrative detention, a Palestinian detainee goes on a hunger strike after being separated from his daughter and incarcerated without trial or charge.
Inspired by recent cases, "Jahannam" tackles the issue of administrative detention and Israel's use of this practice to imprison thousands of Palestinians for lengthy periods of time. The film also explores the use of hunger strikes by detainees as a form of protest, and how the Israeli prison system punishes such resistance.
JAHANNAM is an Official Selection in the Sponsored category.
MYRTLE
directed by Patricia McCormack
Myrtle, a trailer park Mom from Indiana, cooks dinner for her son. But something's not quite right. This kitchen is anonymous, industrial, and Myrtle's working to a deadline. As her composure unravels, we realize that 21 grams is all that separates life from death.
MYRTLE is an Official Selection in the Sponsored category.
finalists
Micro-Budget Category
LIFE’S A SHOW directed by Harvey Puttock
THE TROLL directed by Yennis Cheung
Low-Budget Category
I WANT TO LOVE YOU IN ANALOGUE directed by April Lampre
THE END OF AN ERA directed by Alexander Vanegas Sus
Sponsored Category
BACK TO US directed by Gabriele Rossi
T.A.N. directed by Adrian Younge
semi-finalists
BELIEVE directed by Peter Stead
MAYA directed by Jacquile Kambo
TO START OF NOTHING directed by Nico Pimparé
TWO GHOSTS WATCHING EACH OTHER directed by Malindi Kindrachuk & George Moore Chadwick
UNDO directed by Katie Harriman
WHAT SETS THE PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL APART?
✔️ Win £1,000 in funding for your next short film
✔️ Free feedback w/ every submission
✔️ Categories based on budget vs genre
