Competition Films Announced!
Selected Films
International Random Film Festival 2017
This is a message to all the 4175 filmmakers whose film didn’t get selected this year to the International Random Film Festival:
Remember to stand tall and never seek approval for your art from being selected to a film festival. No other festival admits it, but randomness is all around us, so keep on going, be true to yourself and don’t surrender in making something just to stand out, just to get selected to a festival.
Well actually, the same message applies to the 25 filmmakers being randomly selected to this years International Competition:
The International competition 2017
1. SOPHASAK KIMANN, RED GLOVES, CAMBODIA 2. RACEN DHAOUADI, VIOLENCE & VIOLINS, TUNISIA 3. SORAYOS PRAPAPAN, FAT BOY NEVER SLIM, THAILAND 4. TRIET LE, LITTLE WONDERS, VIETNAM 5. OLDREN ROMERO, A TALE WITH CHRIST AND JESUS, CUBA 6. BRYAN TAN CHEE YONG, FETISH, SINGAPORE 7. LINDA KIKOLASHVILI, NOT TODAY, GEORGIA 8. DAFNE DE VINATEA, FLIPPING OUT, PERU 9. MICHAEL LOURDES, LIFELINE, MALAYSIA 10. ALEXANDER NACHEV, TERROR ERROR, BULGARIA 11. CHANEE CHOI, THE GUT, SOUTH KOREA 12. TOMI KERMINEN, PORTRAIT OF THE INNER MIND, FINLAND 13. MILENKOVIC STEFAN, CLOS, SWITZERLAND 14. MARTIN LENNON, OOR WALLY, IRELAND 15. JOVANA MANOJLOVIC, PAPER, HORSE AND BIRDS, SERBIA 16. NADIA FEDOTOVA, PAIN, RUSSIA 17. LEO FERRI, WHO THE HELL IS SATAN?, IRAN 18. ABDUL ALMUTAIRI, DAESH GIRL, USA 19. ENRICO BUTELLI, URSUS FACTORY: HAAYO, ESTONIA 20. ANTHONY BENNETT, MY LITTLE BROTHER, NEW ZEALAND 21. NONDO RICHARD JEBERECHIAH, FAITHFUL, UGANDA 22. HANNAH ESPIA, RUWEDA (WHEEL), PHILIPPINES 23. TRUDY SARGENT, WITH YOU, USA 24. VIKTOR HERTZ, FOMO SAPIENS, SWEDEN 25. FEDERICO DURAN, OSCURO, COLOMBIA
The selected filmmakers will be contacted by email. The Festival takes place in Helsinki 5-7 May 2017.
To take a peek how our random selection committee was working: