DUE TO EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVOID GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 50, OUR FESTIVAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
hosted by
CFS Performing Arts Center
Durham, North Carolina
FiLMS for World Peace Festival to be held on May 12-14 in the Performing Arts Center at Carolina Friends School in Durham, NC from 7 – 9:30PM.
Programming includes our Student Showcase and Competition Films from France, Iran, Portugal, Nepal, Switzerland and Turkey. Genres include experimental montages, animation, film poems, music videos, documentaries and short narrative films.
For those attending in person, there are no ticket fees, but we will be accepting donations for the film program at CFS. Scroll through our line-up then check-out scheduling below:
Student Showcase
Thursday, May 12th 7PM-8:30 PM.
This section includes films by students in our film program. These films are not in the competition, but they celebrate the creativity of our youth.
TBT:
Ruth Black –Mixed–Experimental (6 minutes 52 seconds)
Tal Chatterjee–Stolen Dance–Music Video (2 minutes 54 seconds)
Simon Covington– MLK–Film Poem (3 minutes 12 seconds)
Student Showcase
Middle School Experiments
Ella Springer, Zoe Boardman, Violet Gibbs–Film Poem ( 2 mins 30 seconds)
Sophia Creighton–Experimental (2 minutes)
Eamon Hinton–Experimental (1 minute)
Ella Springer, Zoe Boardman, Violet Gibbs–Experimental (1 min 32 seconds)
Spencer Bluth, Drew Slaughter, Eamon Hinton–Experimental (1 minutes)
Ansel Fodchuck, Ben Hearn–Experimental Horror (1 min 43 seconds)
Upper School Student Showcase
Arden Beam–Music Video (original song) –( 3 minutes 11seconds)
Pilar Covington–Film Poem –(5 minutes)
Abby Breshi–Film Poem (3 minutes 34 seconds)
Holland LaGarde–Animation Short (3 minutes 19 seconds)
Croft Holt–Video Essay— (3 minutes)
Siena Bush–Experimental Montage (4 minutes 17)
Kika Larrick–Documentary Short (4 minutes 51 minutes)
Birtukan Lomax–Documentary Short (8 minutes 9 seconds)
Yana Levy–Documentary Short (3 minutes 36 seconds)
Abby Breshi–Montage (45 seconds)
Yana Levy–Montage (1 minute)
Anton Dubois–Mockumentary (3 minutes 23 seconds)
Gabbi Robertson–Experimental Montage (2 minutes)
Jack Sendlinger–Experimental (3 minutes 52 seconds)
Jasper Ewing–Narrative Short (6 minutes)
Charlotte Henderson–Documentary Short (5 mins?)
McCallum Keats–Documentary Short (16 mins 50 seconds)
Pepita Kipp–Documentary Short (4 mins)
Noah Hardy– Dance Video ( 4 mins)
Art Portfolio Films
Eliza Zurbach (3 minutes)
Yana Levy (2 minutes)
Competition Film Line-up
In addition to our Student Showcase, the following are some of the international films in competition. All screening days start 7PM from May 12th and May 14th at:
Halazoon (Snail)
Synopsis: Three young Iranian boys along with a smuggler are clandestinely smuggling across the Iran-Turkey border. The smuggler only passes males through the border. In the middle of the way, he suddenly realizes that one of the passengers is a hermaphrodite
Country of Origin: Iran Runtime: 10:45 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Mohammad Towrivarian
Under the Blade
Synopsis: Inspired by The Respectful Prostitute by Jean-Paul Sartre and the link between sexual abuse and the invasion of thoughts by the government via censorship. This film explores a woman’s attitude towards modernity and feminism.
Country of Origin: Iran Runtime: 14:49 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Javid Farhani
Finish Line
Synopsis:
After her accident, an Iranian female athlete is trying to get back into her sport but faces challenges for refusing to wear hijab in international competitions. Now she has to confront the consequences of her decisions.
Country of Origin: Iran Runtime: 12:15 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Saeed Mayahy
Flying Fish
Synopsis:
A new teacher in the village discovers that the only girl in the class has a cigarette burn on her hand.
Country of Origin: Iran Runtime: 14:39 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Mohammad Towrivarian
Away from Guns
Synopsis: The idea of Away from guns came in 2015, after meeting Junior, a demobilized child soldier from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Made up of testimonies from demobilized former child soldiers from several continents, this film also represents local youth who have committed themselves to the cause, as well as experts on the subject.
Country of Origin: Switzerland Runtime: 40:00 Film Type: Documentary Short
Director – Hassan Lakhdar
From One Shore to Another
Synopsis: An oyster farmer from the South of France, who only listens to his heart, is confronted to a situation which is going to make resentment, racism and intolerance rise in others.
From one shore to another
Country of Origin: France Runtime: 19:30 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Gerard Corporan
Alfalao
Synopsis: We are in the village, where it is always too hot despite the cold weather and the rain once in a while. This village is Alfaião
Country of Origin: Portugal Runtime: 13:17 Film Type: Documentary Short
Director – André Almeida Rodrigues
Only One World Left
Synopsis: A social awareness underwater short film of single-use plastic effects to the oceans
Country of Origin: Turkey Runtime: 3:00 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director – Alican Abacı
White Cloud of Mind
Synopsis: Aakash(24 years old) is struggling with his father to go abroad. After spending most of his money for a consultancy, he realizes that it is not possible to get his visa.
Country of Origin: Nepal Runtime: 17:00 Film Type: Narrative Short
Director: Ramesh Lamaa