SEASON ONE FILMS
Official Selections of the 1st Annual International Freethought Film Festival
Check out the trailers and synopses, and click on the short film links to view them online.
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The Nature of Existence |
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| SYNOPSIS What if you asked the religious experts, gurus, scientists, and atheists of the world why we exist, and what are we supposed to do about it? What started the Universe, and was it a mistake? Does God exist, and why does he seem so interested in our sex lives? Who do you think wins that debate? After exploring the phenomenon of Trekkies, filmmaker Roger Nygard journeyed to the source of each of the world's belief systems, to find people who have influenced, inspired, and freaked out humanity...Including high-profile atheists such as Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind (co-discoverer of string theory), Harvard Psychologist Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness), monologist Julia Sweeney (Letting Go of God), film director Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), author Ann Druyan and wife of the late Carl Sagan), evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), and many more.... |
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International Freethought Film Festival Panel Discussion: Neurosurgeon, Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, will lead a |
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| SYNOPSIS As humans, many a time, we wonder if God exists or not. A quest to find the answer to that question took Dr. Vivekanand Palavali on a philosophical and global journey, beginning while a teenager and ending a few years after becoming a neurosurgeon. Being a brain surgeon helped him understand the phenomena of mysticism, spirituality and our idea of God. Finally the puzzle of God's existence is solved. One may be fascinated to know where the key to unlock the mystery of God actually lies. In these times of religious intolerance and insanity, hopefully, the definitive answer to that universal and all-important question of God's existence will help humanity to reflect on the senseless crusades and jihad, raging in almost every corner of the world. |
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The Evangelist |
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The God Complex |
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SYNOPSIS What if god was a 350 lb. bald man in a bowling shirt? The God Complex takes you from 'In the beginning...' to today, where God walks among us working at a toy company. You will meet the man in charge of it all, Alan Marty God - a man with a chip on his shoulder that's the size of the universe he created. Also, you will meet many of your favorite biblical characters: Adam and Eve, and their third wheel Pete; Noah and his wife Yessah; Abraham and Isaac, depicting the first case of child abuse; Moses and the burning bush, and of course, the virgin Mary, her fiance' gay Joseph and their illegitimate kid, Jesus. |
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The Third Testament |
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SYNOPSIS In this nail-biting feature film debut from first-time visionary writer-director Matt Dallmann, the mysterious disappearance of a Christian missionary investigating the so-called "Third Testament" sets off a chain of events that lead to the stunning revelation of a dangerous religious doctrine suppressed for years behind a murderous cover-up. |
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Godless |
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SYNOPSIS Today in America one of the fastest growing groups are those labeled as the nonbelievers; the freethinkers, skeptics, agnostics and atheists. But what makes these people different from the rest of America? "GODLESS" provides a look at the faces of the nonreligious and gives answers to questions we have all had but did not know an atheist to ask. |
5m Directed by Emily Harrold USA |
Dark Matter an IFFF shorts program that reflects the darker side of inquiry |
15m Directed by Brett Comden USA |
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7m Directed by Konstantinos Papathanasiou Greece |
11m Directed by Will McMaster Denmark |
5m Directed by Jeffrey Bliss USA |
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3m Directed by Yongchu Suh South Korea |
(Get Them While They're Young) 4m Directed by Seth Andrews USA |
for Agnostics 16m Directed by Matthew Taylor USA |
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9m Directed by Tal Shamir USA |
8m Directed by Kim Sheridan USA |
9m Directed by Tyler Thomas Canada |
10m Directed by Tarek Khalil Egypt/USA |
The Brighter Side an IFFF shorts program |
9m Directed by Vivekanand Palavali Turkey/USA |
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5m Directed by Philip Bastian USA |
2m Directed by Dave Fischer USA |
3m Directed by Balgum Song USA |
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11m Directed by Oliver Houston & Anna Edwards United Kingdom |
9m Directed by Dipayan Pathak USA |
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5m Directed by Serguei Kouchnerov USA |
Golden Arc Rider 11m Directed by Steve Anthopoulos Australia |
1:43m Directed by Mandana Talieh United Kingdom |
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4m Directed by Sijia Luo USA |
5m Directed by Mike Dacko USA |
9m Directed by DC Turner United Kindgom |
| PEACE | IT | TOGETHER | |||||||||
7m Created by Avner Chamelnick Majd Janazra May Khen Natasha Wehn |
9:26m Created by Zahida Rahemtulla Nada Anati Gal Shaked Hanna Bishara |
6:25m Created by Sol Kauffman Saray Yehiel Alex deBoer A'asem Abu Shtia |
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of Humanity 3:48m Created by Chloe Clark Zain Masri Owen Quanstrom Tamir Assouline |
2:25m Created by Jeremy Izso Mohammed Qassas Illy Auerbach |
4m Created by Alex Boskovich Katelyn Jmaeff Shadi Mansour Ryan Thom |
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10:31m Created by Aya Abu Hamdieh Omar Chu Mahmoud Jabari Ofek Ravid |
Peelings 3m Created by Haneen Abu-Libdeh Naama Avitzur Chloe Edbrooke Majdi Saleh HafiAvitzur Chloe Edbrooke Majdi Saleh Hafi |
Dreamers 8m Created by Inbar Sofri Ira Johnson Nadir Abu Dalu Saad Mahmoud |
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4:36m Created by Nadav Dan Goor Bénédicte (Benny) Etienne Maoz Nagauger Razan Abdel Rahman Ellis Tregidgo |
11:32m Created by Alex Rivers Mohammed Abu Maria Tom Leifer |
2m Created by Itay Sasson Jennifer Sarkar Gilli Tohar Mirna Yacoub Abu Abara |
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7:49m Created by Pirouz Nemati Ala'a Abu Dawoud Ragheb Askari Yana Galfrin |
Chocolate 5:25m Created by Kelsey Smith Hadil Yasin Nir Ayalon Nadav Strumtza |
2m Created by Gideon Scanlon Maya Sharon Muhammed Shaura Ofir Vaknin |
