HIGHLIGHTS: November 2023 ROMANCE & RELATIONSHIPS Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Short Film: HOLD ME TIGHTLY
Best Direction: FIRST(ISH) DATE
Best Performances: RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Best Student Film: ADAGIO
Best Sound & Music: BEHOLDEN

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

FIRST(ISH) DATE, 11min., USA
Directed by Shira Baron
After weeks of online dating, Molly finally meets Jess in person, but even as sparks fly, she finds herself face to face with her oppressive insecurities.

https://www.thisisashleyflowers.com/projects
https://instagram.com/thisisashleyflowers

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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ADAGIO, 14min,. USA
Directed by Tianyang Colin Zhang
A hallucinated young woman suffers from depression and distance and develops an alternate reality.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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HOLD ME TIGHTLY, 9min., Isreal
Directed by Ilya Tilkin
Vera visits her husband Marik who suffers from advanced dementia at the assisted living facilities on their wedding anniversary – 50 years together. She grossly and audibly complains to those who are ready to listen about her ruined life with Marik. What if behind the irritation of a grossly swearing life-beaten old woman is hiding the tender and invincible feeling of love?

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR, 14min., UK
Directed by Lola Frears
Stella is 39 and single. She drops in on former one-night-stand Jacob (22) to tell him that she’s on her way to abort his baby. Jacob can barely remember her name but he gallantly gives her a lift to the hospital in his dad’s van. Rational Behaviour is a Romantic Comedy that explores the difficult and at times comic reality of dealing with an abortion.

http://lifetolivefilms.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ltlfilms

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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BEHOLDEN, 14min., UK
Directed by Leon Lopez
Lee’s only hope of escaping prison on a murder charge is his childhood sweetheart, who is now a lawyer. Will Carlie be willing to revisit the traumatic past, she worked so hard to get away from, in order to save him?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21036990/
https://www.facebook.com/BeholdenFilm/
https://twitter.com/TrilateralP
https://www.instagram.com/beholden_film/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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AAI-RON, 8min,. USA
Directed by Angel Alvarez
Girl want her new boyfiend to meet her parents!

https://www.instagram.com/angelalvarez2117

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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SURRENDER, 12min., USA
Directed by Raphael Buisson
Two brothers find themselves entangled in a violent confrontation at a beach house in Malibu. One of the brothers loses his life, while the other, awaiting the arrival of the police, reflects on the events that led to this tragedy.

https://raphaelbuissonenlas-cinema.squarespace.com/home-raphaelbuisson-cinema/shortfilms-work
https://www.instagram.com/raphael9619/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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KITE, 15min., China
Directed by Olivier Hero Dressen
A man stands at the edge of a cliff staring at the void beneath. With nothing left to live for and only one thing left to lose he has a chance to meet with a little stranger who gives him hope and a reason to live.

https://www.studiosupremefilms.com/kite
https://www.instagram.com/studiosupreme_prod

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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