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Semi & Finalists 2023

Fifth edition of the international Films Infest festival in New York City (NYCIFIF)

Best Fiction Feature Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Lost Cos2022Robin de LevitaUnited States
Green Grass2020Ignacio RuizChile
Eleanor Slaughter2023Chris Chan RobersonUnited States
LYCANTHROPY2023Nieves GómezSpain
El Hilo Dorado2022Tomas Aceituno MaldonadoSpain
Majaz A Life in Poetry2023Huma Khalil, Mustajabuddin MalikIndia
Año Cero – El Exilio2020Jorge DahlhausMéxico
Dark Girls2023Allan J.ArcalSpain

Best Documentary Feature Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Woyane2023Jonathan SternUnited States
confessions of an artist2023Ramón Margareto, Alejandro Iodice, Ángela AguilarSpain
One Day2023Geir FredriksenNorway
A Village Named Deng’ Er2023ACIMODUOChina
Going North2022Natalia BermúdezMéxico
The Son of… the Holy TV2023Jose Carlos GorrittiPeru
El Último Concierto2023Chema Ramos SierraSpain
Ayni2023Luciano MedinaSpain
De Barlovento a Sotavento2019Pilar ColomèEl Salvador

 

Fiction Short Film

 

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Vigil Hours2023Marko MarinkovicSerbia
SKALA2023Kae BaharUnited Kingdom
Conscience2023Ehsan EslamiIran, Islamic Republic of
Army Men2023Paul LouisUnited States
Wake up2023Cecilia GessaSpain
Princess2022Cecilia GessaSpain
Infinity And Beyond2023Shreyans JainIndia
Vax2023Barak ShpiezUnited States
Something I Can Teach2023NATASHA C. SMITHUnited States
Bali Frodo2022Felix Benjamin SchaeferRussian Federation
Title 262023Christopher OrtegaUnited States
Fireflower2023Chad AvalonUnited States
You, I know2023Lisa Service, John CarlinUnited Kingdom
Who Invited The Robots?2023Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace, Dan RathkeUnited States
Contract2022Jack Alejandro YoungUnited States
Who’s Afraid Of Shorty Virginia?2023Levon Ohanes ManoukianUnited States
Seeds2022Toni BestardSpain
My bittersweet2022Jay CrossUnited Kingdom
Fluye2022Robert Rabanal RamírezSpain
Vidas2022Nacho Ros BernalSpain
Ya Es Tarde2022Pedro MoraelcheSpain
La Bolita2022Arian BlancoUnited States

Experimental Short Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
On / Off2021Nicolas P. VillarrealArgentina
Gifted2022Angelique BenicioUnited States
Space Ryder2023Jeff Kenji YamashitaUnited States
Mare Immensus (Sea of the Boundless)2023Jingchen ZhaoUnited States
No Porn Avocado2023Gabriel FornésIlles Balears – Spain

Documentary Short Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Woman, Life, Freedom | Iran’s Revolution Amidst the 2022 FIFA World Cup2023Auctus ProductionsUnited States
Chinese Doctor2021chengyuan liuChina
Luisa2023Aukai El CasallasUnited States
The Lost Jews of Pakistan2023Alexander NilsenPakistan
Preschool to Prison2023Dr. Karen BaptisteUnited States
Berrocal2023Manuel CorreaSpain
Jocelyn y el Coyote2013Pilar ColomèMéxico
Luchando En Minoría2023Jaume DuranSpain

Animation Short Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Switcho2021Alison VegaUnited States
Innermost2022Maing CaochongChina
On / Off2021Nicolas P. VillarrealArgentina
NAMI’ DANCE WITH GOD2023ETTORE PASCULLIItaly
Dandelion2023Ling Zhao, Zhengwu GuUnited States
If I Were a Pony2023Leonard EckhausUnited States
Adventures With The Caretaker2022Peter GardnerUnited States

Balearic Films

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Seeds2022Toni BestardIlles Balears – Spain
Uns segons en cel·luloide2023Ferran Bex CastellIlles Balears – Spain
The aircraft2023Guillem MiróIlles Balears – Spain
Anecoica2023Marcos CallejoIlles Balears – Spain
J.J. Poo – Story of a lifetime2023Joan Miquel Bruno SerraIlles Balears – Spain
Maria and the lost movie2023Núria Abad Rivas, Marta Hierro BravoIlles Balears – Spain
DU VIN DANS LES VOILES2023Xavi HerreroIlles Balears – Spain
PEDRA I OLI2022Álex DioscóridesIlles Balears – Spain
No Porn Avocado2023Gabriel FornésIlles Balears – Spain
Historias Encontradas – Mallorca2022Iván ValenciaIlles Balears – Spain
Joan Bennàssar – Razones Humanas2023Joan Bennàssar EscapeIlles Balears – Spain

Student Short Film

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Chateau Sauvignon: terroir2022D.M. Night MaireUnited States
The Inbetween2022Izzy LoveUnited States
Bouchaib2021Ali BoudraMorocco
The Glass Ridge2023Valmik PuriUnited States
Luisa2023Aukai El CasallasUnited States
Cross Bay Bridge2023Yihan YangNot Specified
(UN)SCRIPTED2023Sofi DawalibiUnited States
Love Bites2023Brian DeLongUnited States
Dog Tag2023Ryan GoldbergNot Specified
Daddy2023Jay BeckettUnited States
For Them That Prey2022Mmakgosi Anita TauUnited States

TV & Series

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
History with J (Episode 1)2023Tanya FerminUnited States
Just Us2022Alexander OsmanUnited Kingdom
S.Q.U.A.D.2023Ethan William Cyr, Carlos Jose Lavezzari, Dakota Holmes-DodgeUnited States

 

Music Videos

Project TitleDateDirectorsCountry of Origin
Desert Land2022Pierre JaffeuxFrance
Kingdom of Tyrants – Ghost of Industry2023Rudy ChildsUnited States
Eclipse2023Taryn Jade BenadeSouth Africa
Affentanz – Hunter2023CYPRIAN HERCKAGermany
Meir Levine – Wherever I Run2023Esther ShpigelmanUnited States
Beyond Farewell2023Jackie Shijie XingUnited States