Film Screening
The Steak
A birthday party preparation is thrown into chaos by an awful event.. Introducing a formalistic approach, this short film delves into the dramatic transformation that can occur within 7 minutes. Through continuous 360-degree tilt, the narrative employs a metaphorical technique juxtaposing the beginning and the ending, creating a disparity of outcomes. Xposure Film Awards Short […] ...
My So-Called Iraqi Wedding
As a child, Iraqi-American SAMIRA “SAMI” RAMSEY learned to be an incurable romantic thanks to her rom-com loving, mystical aunt. Now, on the verge of 40, Sami has finally met ADAM, her person. But never mind love, how big is the wedding? That’s what her mother wants to know. And Sami finds herself sucked into […] ...
Born Free: Mandela’s Generation of Hope
Born Free Mandela’s Generation of Hope is a documentary that follows young South Africans born after the end of apartheid, a generation raised on the promise of freedom shaped by Nelson Mandela’s legacy. Through intimate portraits and everyday moments, the film explores how hope, ambition, and frustration coexist as inequality, unemployment, and social division persist. […] ...
Guardians of the Forest
Guardians of the Forest is a short documentary that follows photographer Joshua Holko on a journey into the boreal forests of Finland. Through breathtaking scenes, the film explores how respect for the environment leads to stronger visual storytelling. Wolves and bears are presented as guardians of the forest, shaping the balance of this fragile ecosystem. […] ...
Bedouins of The Wind
A filmmaker lives for 100 days in the desert of his childhood to quietly witness a Bedouin tribe, their camels, and a poetic culture divided between glittering Dubai and desert winds — set against 100 days to the nation’s biggest race, as two generations wonder what it means to remain Bedouin in a vanishing world. […] ...
Steppe
The story of hunting inspectors who engage in a battle with poachers and save a woman and her daughter at the cost of their lives. Xposure Film Awards: by: Maxim Akbarov ...
Three Stories From Gaza
The film “Stories from Gaza” monitors aspects of the events that took place in the 2012 Gaza war during the 8-day Israeli occupation. The film, which is of a short documentary type, tells the story of journalist Emad and the stories he lived and documented as an archive during the war, and how he faced […] ...
The Tide Turns
A testament to young people around the world who are forced to fight every day for their right to dream. In these two boys, I saw the reflection of a universal story — the struggle of a generation trying to shape its future while going against the wind, often alone. Ranjit dreams of building his […] ...
Afrikaner Blood
Afrikaner Blood is a short documentary that follows white South African teenagers at Kommandokorps camps, where they are trained in self defence and taught an extreme right wing Afrikaner nationalist worldview. As the young participants wrestle with identity in post apartheid South Africa, the film reveals how ideas of separation, fear, and belonging are passed […] ...
Black Box
Items magically appear in the black box to help its owner to make dreams come true. When hero loses this box, he realises that he can fulfil his dreams on his own Xposure Film Awards: by: Nikolai Beliakov ...
Holy Death
Holy Death is a modern adaptation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. When Death appears before a man, he offers him one final chance: answer three profound questions about life, and return to the world of the living. To earn his redemption, the man must journey through the afterlife—facing the Devil in Hell, Death in Purgatory, and […] ...
Matar
Children who lose their mothers at birth carry an emptiness in their hearts that can never be filled, but they come into life as symbols of hope surrounded by the love of those who care for them. Xposure Film Awards: by: Sultan Bin Dafoon ...