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A new season of Fine Cut Festival of Films is back!
Starting September 26th at 9PM on KCET, viewers can watch and then vote online for their favorite film each week.
The film with the most votes will take home a prize package worth over $20,000 toward gear and supplies for their next project. You can vote once a day, during and up to one week after the broadcast date, so make sure to put a reminder in your calendar!
Nineteen years ago Jack Larson approached KCET with the idea of creating a student film series that would provide talented students with the opportunity to have their short films aired on television. Larson thought that public television was an excellent platform for providing critical visibility to emerging filmmakers. KCET shared Larson's enthusiasm and together they created, “Fine Cut Festival of Films”.
This season features six half-hour episodes showcasing a collection of short films from schools across Southern California, including, winners in the categories of Documentary, Narrative and Animation chosen by our esteemed panel of judges. Plus, three films from our partner The American Pavilion, the epicenter of American hospitality at the world’s largest film market.
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Episode 1: 'The Unknown'
In this episode, "The Outcast" from the U.S.(Drama), "Scraps" from New Zealand (Animation), "Champagne" from the U.S. (Drama), "Bobo" from Pakistan (Suspense), and "The Automn of Zao" from France (Fantasy).
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Episode 2: 'Starting Over'
In this episode, "Respectfully, Tony" from the U.S. (Documentary), "Waiting in the Wings" from the U.S. (Comedy), "What if" from France (War), "Dad" from the U.S. (Drama), and "Kaska" from Germany (Animation/Expermental).
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Episode 3: 'Challenges'
In this episode, "The Melody of Unexpected Encounters" from the Russian Federation (Romantic Comedy), "Score" from Belgium (Drama), "HELL YOU TALMBOUT" from the U.S. (Experimental), and "Hide and Seek" from France (Suspense).
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Episode 4: 'Can I Trust You?'
In this episode, "The Stone" from Portugal (Drama), "Aufseherin" from the Netherlands (Animation Documentary, "The Helper" from France (Fantasy), "Riven" (Suspense), and "The Arctic Circus" from Canada (Documentary).
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Episode 5: 'Serendipity'
In this episode, "Pumpkin" from the U.S. (Drama), "Dream Vending Machine" from Tawain (Animation), "Springtime" from Budapest (Romantic Comedy), and "IDIOT" from the Netherlands (Comedy). "Pumpkin"
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Do Without
The 18th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films is a collection of short films from student and emerging filmmakers. In this episode, "The Bug" from the U.S. (Comedy), "I am Aliya" from Slovenia (Drama), "Out of the Village" from the United States (Drama), "#SalveRegina" from Hungary (Experimental), and "For Dad" from the United States (Drama).
"The Bug"
A young woman comes to terms with her condition
"I am Aliya"
Isolation
The 18th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films is a collection of short films from student and emerging filmmakers. In this episode, "Spaceman" from the U.S. (Comedy), "Blue" from the U.S. (Animation), "You, Me, US" from the U.S. (Experimental), and "Itch" from the U.K. (Suspense).
"Spaceman"
A young man with big aspirations sets out on a very curious and unique path to realize his dream of becoming an astronaut. Unemployed and living with his single mother, Rupert Madurski must find a nice balance in a world without spacemen.
"Blue"
Past, Present, Future
The 18th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films is a collection of short films from student and emerging filmmakers. In this episode, "Good Old Times" from Slovakia (Comedy), "Call Unknown" from the U.S. (Suspense), "Remain Rain" from Iran (Emerging), "Recast: The Story of Pune's Tambat Ali (Copper Alley)" from India (Documentary), and "The Door to Freedom" from Germany (Drama).
"Good Old Times"
"Call Unknown"
A young woman abandons technology for 7 days and goes off-grid in a house where she confronts her darkest fear.
The Unknown
The 18th annual Fine Cut Festival of Films is a collection of short films from student and emerging filmmakers. In this episode, "The Outcast" from the U.S. (Drama), "Scraps" from New Zealand (Animation), "Champagne" from the U.S. (Drama), "Bobo" from Pakistan (Suspense), and "The Autumn of Zao" from France (Fantasy).
"The Outcast"
Watch Short Films from 2017
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It is a love story of John, a young inventor of tin robots, and Anna, a beautiful girl selling paper cranes in place of Arthur, his father.
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A female adventurer returns home with a mysterious object. As she tries to uncover its secrets, its influence causes her innermost fears to become reality.
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Yildiz is a 16-year old mentally disabled girl who wants to show that she is just like anyone else.
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Mahesh and Kadu are two individuals with a common passion - shaping metal.
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The story takes us into the mind of a refugee who is dealing with problems that erupted during the five-year war in Syria.
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A young woman abandons technology for 7 days and goes off-grid in a house where she confronts her darkest fear.
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A room painted blue. White corridors. Some patients. Alice is in the hospital. Here, she does not invite visitors-- she gets them.
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Carmilla, a girl with a rare skin disease that makes it burn, comes of age as she witnesses the relationship of the two female nurses taking care of her as they burn too.
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Do you ever get that feeling, that when you stare into a mirror something else stares back?
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The moment when a couple finds out that their relation reaches rock bottom.
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It's the middle of World War II and Hebe is a member of the Dutch resistance. She gets captured by the Nazis and pretends to be someone else. But what will happen to her if they figure out that she is not who she says she is?
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A young courier loses the name of the addressee on his way to deliver a parcel. In his attempt to deliver it, he is swept into an adventure.
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A starving, scrapyard rat builds a rocket ship with hopes of landing on a moon made out of cheese.
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An old man wanders the desert as his time on earth runs out.
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Jason, a guy with down syndrome, is the local soccer team's personal assistant.
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Zao is a little boy with an incurable disease, in a house beside a lake. A little girl, Cloe, leads him through the forest and tells him the legend of the lake monster.
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A depressed man struggles with the loss of his loved one.
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Hugo, a new writer, presents his first novel at a press conference. There he meets a work placement journalist who feels attracted by the story behind his book.
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A convicted murderer re-enters society after spending 12 years on death row and 39 years in prison.
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One person's trash is another's treasure.
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A group gets together in a studio and makes a commercial.
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An old magician is telling his story to a young child. But does magic really exist?
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Rebecka suffers from Postpartum depression and can’t bond with her daughter. She finds an unconventional solution to the situation.
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A mother becomes increasingly frustrated as her daughter blames her imaginary friend Bobo for a series of mishaps.
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This animation follows a young girl who is blue.
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In the wake of the country’s social and political current events, Hell You Talmbout artfully confronts police violence, racial discrimination and the Black Lives Matter
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In 1944, Champagne, France two American soldiers survive an accident and are left stranded in the country side with a German prisoner.
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A satirical comedy which wryly suggests that today's obsession with female appearance was borne out of one official government meeting that took place just after WW1.
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Alice's best friend, Dan, lives in another country. When he gives her the bad news about his disease, Alice faces the scary feeling of being away, distant and powerless.
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A ghastly shadow creeps through the ruins of a dark postwar city. A small, spider-like robot sneaks into the few remaining houses, in search for victims...
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A Mexican widower and son's relationship is put to the test when the son discovers his dad's most intimately kept secret.
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Two bitter understudies for a theatrical production of Macbeth plot to overthrow the regular actors.
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A young woman comes to terms with her condition.
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A widower starts hoping that he might be able to connect with the lady next door.
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A young girl, traveling in the south of Angola, meets a retired doctor who deals with the memories of war and its perpetual waste.
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Elizabeth needs Roy to have an internal sense of wholeness and security.
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After escaping a war-torn country, a young woman is left alone when her husband is denied entry to the United States.
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A teenage girl keeps her comatose father up to date on her struggles to deal with his absence, high school and growing up through a series of brief recordings.
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The Arctic Circus is a film that investigates the controversial tourism industry of Churchill, Manitoba, billed as the 'polar bear capital of the world.'
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The film is trying to show the new virtual world and its effect on our society, especially to the youngest generation.
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What if a grandpa tells his grandson a fairytale in order to explain the inner issues of the refugee crisis?
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A boy draws a tree house. He hears of a dream vending machine and hopes it can make his dream come true.
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This documentary is about the third generation asking for the first generation's stories.
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A young man with big aspirations sets out on a very curious and unique path to realize his dream of becoming an astronaut.
Articles
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Voting is open for the Fine Cut People's Choice award. How does it all work? Let us explain.
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These are the judges for the 2018 Fine Cut Festival of Films.
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Fine Cut proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world's best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage, digital press kits, and more. Submit your film today.
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Fine Cut award-winning filmmakers share their travels to present their film at The American Pavilion at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival.
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Tom Tell's short animated film "Hum" was the winner of the 2017 Fine Cut Film Festival Jack Larson Southern California Student Filmmaker Award. Read an interview with him about the making of the film.
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"The Door to Freedom" was the recipient of the 2017 Fine Cut Film Festival Student Filmmaker Award. Watch his short film and read an interview with him about filmmaking.
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