HIGHLIGHTS: August 2022 Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: OICE OF THE GAME
Best Narrative Short: PUSHBACK
Best Documentary Short: THE 24
Best Cinematography: ONE STEP AT A TIME
Best Sound & Music: UNBREAKABLE
Best Direction: TRI-HARD

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

TRI-HARD, 10min., USA

Directed by Shawn Malangyaon
After suffering an injury, a Costa Rican triathlete returns to compete in the National Championships.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

ONE STEP AT A TIME, 38min,. USA

Directed by Michael McCulloch
Michael McCulloch, a retired NASA engineer, would like to bring you along on an incredible journey – the 4-day trek along the Classic Inca Trail to one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu, Peru. It is a little over 26 miles and scales two nearly 14,000-foot mountain passes. The appeal of this particular trek is the stunning combination of Inca ruins, magnificent mountains, exotic vegetation and extraordinary ecological variety. The trail goes over high passes with unforgettable views, through cloud forests, and finally into subtropical vegetation.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


UNBREAKABLE, 7min., UK, Documentary


Directed by Shaun Leong-Williams
In an instant bones tear through flesh and clothing alike. Jack D’arcy lies on the hot tarmac unable to move. At only 19 a devastating motorcycle accident has left Jack sedated in intensive care, his legs held together by titanium rods and his Olympic sprint dreams fading by the second. After having his sprint career written off by doctors and surgeons alike, Jack has one task; to simply “get better, one day at a time”. Starting with moving just one foot one inch, will Jack be able to will his body back onto the track and compete again? Unbreakable is a universal story of human endeavour; It is a story of resilience and hope.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


THE 24, 29min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Clay Pruitt
Once a year climbers from all over the world come together at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper, Arkansas to test their endurance in the worlds only 24 hour climbing competition. The official name of the event is “The 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell”, but the contestants call it…”Hell”

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


PUSHBACK, 17min., USA, Coming of Age

Directed by John Carlo F Rosillo, Zachary C Braddy
Pushback is a short film that explores Cassie’s journey of self-discovery and friendship through a new hobby and sport, Onewheel. Join her as she finds out more about the onewheel, its community, and new friends.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


VOICE OF THE GAME, 60min., USA, Documentary

Directed by Tom McCabe, Kirk Rudell
In 1963, a humble young German immigrant — a factory worker, with a special love for soccer — arrived to America’s shores. Quietly, over decades, his unique coaching approach and life philosophy, has inspired countless of his “students” to achieve playing and coaching success at the highest levels of the sport in the United States and beyond.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


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