Near Nazareth Festival (NNF) - Season 7

Director Prabhu Selvaraj
India
Runtime  55:00
Completion Date: June 2, 2019

Bharathi, a care free youth gets his dream job in a world class gated community as a security, but gets trashed by the uber-rich people anytime he gets into a conversation expressing his excitement. He becomes a loner and suffers with claustrophobic and insomniac issues. Manjari, a sweet little child and her family becomes his only solace in the entire community. Tragedy strikes and this family becomes a target of a notorious Gang men John. What John does to this family, how he does it, his compulsions behind it and whether Bharathi nails these culprits to bring them to justice or not, makes the film a perfect edge of seat crime thriller.

Director Yih-Fen Chou
Taiwan
Runtime 4:46
Completion Date: August 4, 2019

Mimi Says No is an animation closely in tune with the everyday life and inner world of children. Mimi’s mother wants to help Mimi navigate various life situations, but Mimi insists on doing everything herself. It conveys momentary beauty, warmth and thought through a simple story. Finally, because the titular tag line is expressed solely from the child’s standpoint, it abounds with childlike charm and righteousness!

Director Yih-Fen Chou
Taiwan
Runtime 6:15
Completion Date: January 1, 2019

Warmly presents how Mimi meets and falls in love with books.

Director Yattaa - Emanuele Brusini-
Italy
Runtime 01:17:40
Completion Date: July 28, 2019

The italian theatre no profit group “I Giocolieri delle Stelle'' presents the Fan Film: “Two destinies overwhelmed by Revolution”. It takes place in France, during the period of Ancien Régime that sees Louis XVI ascend the throne of France after the death of Louis XV. The story talks about Oscar François de Jarjayes, a young woman grown up as a boy because his father wanted a male heir. She becomes Captain of the Royal Guards so her story intertwines with the life of the queen Marie Antoinette. The plot is a crossover between the Japanese cartoon “Lady Oscar” based on the comic written by Riyoko Ikeda and the film“Marie Antoinette” of 1938, directed by W. S. Van Dyke II. All rights are reserved to the original authors.

Director RADHESHYAM PIPALWA
India
Runtime  01:51:31
Completion Date: December 27, 2018

In the 1990s, Principal of Shekhawati High School in Fatehpur, Rajasthan is faced with the daunting task of saving the school from shutting down.
The only way he can save the school is by improving its academic results, which is impossible in a village that gambles and fritters away their time. The other option available for him is to somehow inspire the school to win the State Level Badminton Tournament.

Director Vedanti Chandrakant Dani
India
Runtime  01:34:00
Completion Date: July 26, 2019

Dharan is a story of friendship between a six-year-old urban girl and an eight-year-old rural boy. Inquisitive Charcha travels to a village near Satara in western Maharashtra with her father on his official tour. Her father is a water resources officer who has arrived to inspect a water dam site. They settle in a circuit house.
In the hour of load shading at night Charcha walks out of her room in the search of her father - wearing a white nightdress, holding a candle in her hand. She bumps into Panya, a shy rural boy who is a nephew of the caretakers at circuit house. He confuses her for an evil spirit and runs away in fear leaving Charcha mind boggled.

Director Vikrant More
India
Runtime  01:39:00
Completion Date: July 31, 2019

A story of five children who are the victim of depression, insecurity, peer pressure, carrier pressure, growing fights of their parents in front of them and their bad habits. They work really hard to gain the attention, love and care of their parents which might had been lost in this technically rush world.
In their hard work, carrying them out to their destination 'Siddharth sir ' help them through his "BRAIN POSITIVE PROGRAMMING " course. During this course the children came to know many useful moral lessons for their childhood as well as future with 'new positive prospective'. Pursuing their course children meet ' Montu' through Siddharth sir's meditation techniques, who always help the children by giving then his new ideas each time. Because of children's flaw Montu got disappear from the life of the children, now they were in a trauma. But in the end you will see a shocking as well as surprising result, which lead their parents towards the right path, by making them realize their mistakes.

Director Cynthia Pepper
United States
Runtime  29:29
Completion Date: January 1, 2019

Pixie & Dust tells the story of two teenagers who are transformed by their adventures on a treasure hunt. As they set off in search of the mystery, they discover a transparent portal in the sky. Their journey takes them through five color worlds encountering wild wardrobes, quirky sounds, and extraordinary visual and emotional experiences. Each zone is embraced through the lens of their friendship. Pixie & Dust embrace their search with all of its challenges and questions. They discover a good friend is more important than any treasure.

Director Drazen Zarkovic, Marina Andree Skop
Croatia
Runtime  01:19:00
Completion Date: February 18, 2019

The life of a little girl named Una turns upside down when her grandfather is abducted by aliens. In the basement of her house she accidentally finds out that grandpa is himself an alien whose ship fell on the Earth a long time ago. His pilot, a grumpy little robot, stayed here as well. The two of them have less than 24 hours to find grandpa and save him.

Director Udo Neubert
Germany
Runtime  58:10
Completion Date: March 13, 2019

Prince Albrecht of Sänftenberg is about to be crowned king. The pale youth is plagued by boredom and an insatiable passion for toys. The betrayal flatteries of his Chamberlain convince the prince to journey to the well-praised "Toyland", ignoring therefore all possible threats and dangers of travelling to the eerie land.