HIGHLIGHTS: June 2023 Romance & Relationships Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: ISLAND
Best Cinematography: ONLY HERE AND NOW
Best Performances: GOODBYE FREYA
Best Sound & Music: GOOD TO SEE YOU
Best Direction: STAY
Best Long Form Short Film: RUMI’S RUMBA
Best Short Form Short Film: BETSY

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

ISLAND, 100min., Czech Republic
Directed by Rudolf Havlík
Richard and Alice, a married couple, are going on an exotic vacation. Richard is a successful architect and is continuously working on something. Even on their vacation. During their dinner, Richard admits to Alice that he has found a younger mistress and wants a divorce. Alice is in shock. The holiday is suddenly in ruins, and Alice wants to fly away immediately. Therefore, Richard books a small plane. Unfortunately, their plane crashes, and they find themselves on a desert island, and they don’t even talk to each other.

https://logline.cz/cs/filmy/13-filmy/107-ostrov
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076192269375
https://www.instagram.com/filmostrov/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


BETSY, 4min., USA
Directed by William Richard Beachum
Dylan decides to ask the effortlessly cool Betsy to the homecoming dance. In this queer short film, she learns the power of persistence.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


GOODBYE FREYA, 11min., UK
Directed by Bensalem Mitchell
Rob organises a surprise leaving party for his best friend Freya but it may be the last opportunity to confess his true feelings.

https://www.instagram.com/bensalem007

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


STAY, 9min., USA
Directed by Regina Ainsworth
Two strangers form an unlikely connection when they cross paths in a cemetery.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


ONLY HERE AND NOW, 20min., USA
Directed by Raymond Singer, Michael Hopkins
Wartime, 1942. When 18 year old newlyweds Marjorie Hua and Private Tom Carlson arrive at the small inn for their honeymoon night, they’re forced to wait for their room to be prepared. While waiting, their anxiety builds. Tom leaves for the war in the morning and what will their future hold? Will this first night together be their last? Finaly revealing the fears they’ve hoped to conceal, they’re able to celebrate the strength of their love and seize the joy in the moments they have here and now.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


GOOD TO SEE YOU, 14min., USA
Directed by Jarett Evans Malouf
A pair of exes bump into each other while on first dates at the same restaurant.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22485894/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
https://www.instagram.com/goodtoseeyoufilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


RUMI’S RUMBA, 19min., USA
Directed by George Kostopoulos
Professor Johnson, a college poetry professor, lectures his students on a poem by Rumi. When class finishes, one of the students, Olivia, approaches the professor with a question about the poem. This leads into a romantic fantasy musical sequence. Conflict arises soon after when Dean Cox and his secretary, Miss Flannigan, accuse Professor Johnson of exploiting Olivia.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


KIDS CAN REALLY FUCK UP A MARRIAGE, 8min., USA
Directed by Julie O’Hora
A suburban supermom and her career-driven husband are learning the hard way that love does not conquer all.

http://www.imdb.me/julieohora
https://www.facebook.com/julie.ohora
https://twitter.com/julieohora
https://www.instagram.com/julieohora/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


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