Welcome to the LTUE 2021 International Film Festival Screenings Part 1 (Short Films).

The film festival ran live on February 11th, 2021 from 8 PM until 11 PM. The following link will take you to the RAW recorded stream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

You can start watching the full festival at 20 minutes into the RAW stream. You can also jump to a specific film by moving the time slider to the point in the stream where that film starts.  For example, the time slider below shows the position where the short film “Rahak” starts.

Please check back for the upcoming Part 2 (Feature Films) of the LTUE 2021 film festival. We will screen a few other short films and a number of Feature length films. There just wasn’t enough time during the symposium to screen all the great films that we found. 

All of the films that were screened during the symposium (Part 1) are “Shorts.” The longest running is about 30 minutes.  Here are the summary descriptions and links where you can (for the next month) watch these films. 

Of Dice and Men (Canada)

A group of adventurers discover the evil that plagues them might be otherworldly.

Starts at 20 minutes, 15 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Rehak (United Kingdom)

Can a pencil drawing on the wall help overcome the Generation gap?
A young girl named Lilly, in her age of innocence discovers Rehak, a magical pencil drawing hidden behind the cracking paint on her bedroom wall.

Starts at 27 minutes, 14 seconds into this stream:   Watch Rehak  

Biji (Malaysia)

Set in a rain forest full of squarish plants controlled by the Mother Tree. Biji, a round seed is different. He wants to express his own style through dancing. He is rejected and controlled by the Mother Tree until they lose their color.

Biji struggles and discovers that each of the seeds are different. He helps heal the mother plant and helps the others become what they wanted to be.

Starts at 37 minutes, 14 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Something Witchy (Norway)

Two young witches who have nothing in common decide to study magic in the North… and will have to live together! Sometimes the outside problems help us unite.

Starts at 46 minutes into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Milly and the Roots (Columbia/United States)

A happy little girl Milly loves planting seeds, watching vegetables grow, and playing with her new friend, Aamira. When Aamira’s mother comes to get Aamira, Milly is scared because she can’t see Aamira’s mother’s face because of her “head cloth”!

Milly is led on an exciting adventure with her imaginary root vegetable friends and learns to like others different from her.

Starts at 53 minutes, 41 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Aftermath Restoration (Ethiopia)

This animation was done as a symbol of healing and coming back to life after a disaster. It is the “Mustang” equivalent of the Phoenix rising out of the ashes.

Starts at 1 hour, 2 minutes into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Crunch  (United States)

Crunch” is a sci-fi comedy 3D animation. In the morning a little, short guy named Bob, on his first day working in the space agency watches a spaceship launch. Bob is hit by a mysterious lightning bolt and starts growing bigger . . . and bigger. It seems there is no way to stop…

Starts at 1 hour, 3 minutes 58 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

It’s Better There (Iraq)

Very symbolic of not giving up or giving in before life begins. This shows many symbolic roadblocks in life. It shows many places where we could get caught, trapped or mislead. Most importantly, it shows that sometimes we have to make our own path, climb the mountains, overcome, and reach the heights we were individually meant to reach before our final breath.

Starts at 1 hour, 13 minutes, 58 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Our World (Columbia)

A beautifully done love story set in a mental institute, where Dave and Sarah seek to create an imaginary world to escape and heal from the pain of their reality.

Mental Health Awareness Award (10 Minute Category)

Starts at 1 hour, 28 minutes, 55 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

My Side of the Fence (United States)

A brilliantly done and (intended) humorous commentary about a forbidden love story set in a highly restrictive dystopian pandemic world.

Starts at 1 hour, 44 minutes, 43 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Someone (Brazil)

Lilian is awakened during the night to sleep one more night with her little daughter, Julia. Something macabre seems to be chasing her. Is there someone else in the child’s room? What prevents nights of peaceful sleep for Lilian from ever happening again?

Managing Loss and Grief

Mental Health Awareness Award (5 Minute Category)

Starts at 1 hour, 47 minutes, 40 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Tim Travel

It’s not a Typo (United Kingdom)

Tim Travel is a heartfelt story about a broken family in an unwanted time travelling escapade. Tim isn’t sure whether he’s ready to leave home to go to university. Eddie, Tim’s younger brother, accidentally sets off his Father’s Time Machine, blasting him 12 years into the past. Tim must travel back to save his missing brother, forcing Tim to confront his past and overcome his grief for his Mother.

Managing Loss and Grief Award

Starts at 1 hour, 53 minutes 46 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

A Case of Conscience (Italy)

A humorous but meaningful humanizing of our Conscience.

Starts at 2 hours, 4 minutes 9 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Out of the Bag  (United States)

It’s been twenty years since the notorious Moreau organization went public. Now, Simulacrum’s own Gemma Eversman has landed the first ever interview with a key member from the company. Is there any merit to the rumors? Has the tech giant overstepped its bounds? Or are the limits of science meant to be pushed?

Shapeshifting Award

Starts at 2 hours, 10 minutes, 49 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Nemeku Lights (United States)

One city’s attempt to keep up with Roswell NM. Set in 2004 Texas, a group of filmmakers capture the staging of a UFO Hoax to help make it look real and put the city of Nemeku on the map. Note: Has a few cuss words, but the few F-bombs are bleeped out.

Humorous UFOs and Aliens Award.

Starts at 2 hours, 20 minutes, 52 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Muedra (Spain)

Life can arise anywhere. Nature can behave strangely and days can last for minutes. Everything is familiar to us, but nothing is what it seems in this place…

Stop motion “Claymation” mixed with gorgeous real natural settings.”

Mind Bending Stop Motion Award

Starts at 2 hours, 51 minutes, 28 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Signals (Austria)

When a young woman discovers signals from a distance, she travels to the planet where the signals seem to come from.

Best 5-Minute Live Sci-Fi Award

Starts at 3 hours, 1 minute, 2 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Where Smoke Rises (Hawaii)

Pua ka uahi is a wonder-filled Indigenous animation following Pele, a hot tempered fire goddess, who has been challenged by the shapeshifting trickster Kamapuaʻa in a race from Puna to Hilo. Pele traverses through the land and helps a few friends along the way. Will she win, or will she enjoy the journey even if it means losing the race?

Starts at 3 hours, 6 minutes, 34 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Taboodisobis (United Kingdom)

A woman from a far-away place is trying to join a clan of magical hunter-gatherers, who will welcome her on a condition – she must prove her ability to use their magic, known as “Taboodisobis”.

 Starts at 3 hours, 13 minutes, 23 seconds into this stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7exsUnuAICo

Ayacococha (Equador)

After winning her town’s guinea pig breeding contest, Nina will have to travel across the magical and spiritual world of Lake Ayacocha. She must face the terrible Urkuyaya, a mountain deity, to stop the sacrifice of her best friend, Lulun, the festival-winning guinea pig.

To be screened in Part 2 of the LTUE 2021 Film Festival. Watch for updates.