Talent Demo Showcase is a film review of f0ilms that were finished with a contribution of Talent Demo consultations. Each year, young filmmakers submit their projects to the program in order to seek advice from professionals and we make their meeting possible. Through Talent Demo Showcase, we want to give these projects a chance to be appreciated by the audience of EnergaCAMERIMAGE.
Today we present this year's Talent Demo Showcase Lineup:
A DRIVE TO HEAVEN
Mairen is a woman who has to give birth in a paramilitary white SUV, which is well known, because those who get in, are never seen alive again.
Director: Miguel Vargas Mejía
Cinematographer: Felipe Portilla
Production: Mónica Gonzalez Liberato
Country and year: Colombia, 2024
DRY PEACHES
Two friends say their final goodbyes as one of them decides not to join the other in the last remaining human settlement.
Director: Kasia Kaczmarek
Cinematographer: Helena Gonzalez
Production: Circumsolar Motion Pictures
Country and year: UK, 2024
FATHER
A busy manager is struck by "Forgotten Baby Syndrome," believing he left his young daughter at daycare, when in reality she was locked in the backseat of his car. The child doesn’t survive, and the father faces the wrath of society, but most of all, his own guilt. (A fragment of a feature film that will premiere in 2025).
Original title: Otec
Director: Tereza Nvotová
Cinematographer: Adam Suzin
Production: DANAE Production, Lava Films, Moloko Film
Country and year: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, 2025
IM FINSTERN
Behind the existence of a vampire in her decaying home lies the tender story of unbroken love and deceptive melancholy.
Director: Mahyar Mandegar
Cinematographer: Hannah Platzer
Production: American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI)
Country and year: USA, 2024
OUTSIDE OF TIME
Leo, a dreamy 12-year-old boy, is at his grandparents’ for a serious family reunion. His parents want to put his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s, in a special home. Leo has to face this decision. Perhaps he is the only one who can still maintain contact with his grandfather.
Director: Elitsa Marielle
Cinematographer: Andy Leung
Production: London Film School (LFS)
Country and year: UK, 2024
WE'RE STILL HERE
An ex-couple reunites in the laundry room of a party after a long time apart, leading them to a journey of understanding what they meant and still mean to each other.
Directors: Matheus Malburg, Larissa Murai
Cinematographer: Luigi Parisi
Production: Júlia Faria, João Macedo, Matheus Malburg, Larissa Murai
Country and year: Brazil, 2024