2024 43rd Season of the Thomas Edison Film Festival Program

DIRECTOR’S
CHOICE AWARDS
Flower Gathering at Night – Documentary
15 min. by Zihlun Jian, Taiwan
Some people like to cook – maybe not just to eat, but to enjoy the atmosphere
of cooking, sharing and taking care of each other. This introspective short film,
links generations and local crops. The running water at the end is a blessing
and leaves behind a sense of resilience and care.
DIRECTOR’S
CHOICE AWARDS
It’s Hard to Wait – Narrative
7 min. by Tetiana Chorna, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
This film is about the psychological experiences of a young girl due to the
military conflict in Ukraine caused by Russian aggression. She suffers from
post-traumatic stress disorder but finds the strength to believe in the best.
France – Experimental
6 min. by Philip Cartelli and Mariangela Ciccarello, NY, NY, USA
“The four corners of the hexagon.” The formal simplicity of the “hexagon”
(which refers to the idealized shape of metropolitan France) is countered in
the film by convoluted
drawings and twisted
branches of a coastal
environment, evoking
French colonial
domination and the
illusion of national
unity and harmony.
Len & His Spitfire – Documentary
11 min. by Noelle Duddridge, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
As a young child of the 1920’s, Leonard John Duddridge sustained serious
injuries from a dynamite blast cap. As a young adult, despite his disability,
he enlisted in the fight against the Germans in World War II. Adventures and
near death ensues, after he finds himself in the cockpit of a Spitfire.
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