 | | Announcing Scout 2019 Official Selections and Category Nominees | Dear Scout Community, In this, our 3rd year, we received 2,164 submissions from 105 countries! This record number of submissions granted us the unique opportunity to consider work that spans a wide spectrum from around the globe. Our heroic screening committee had their work cut out for them, difficult choices were made, narrowing our catalog down to 187 official selections screening January 4-6, 2019 in Stowe, VT, USA. Just under half of our selected films were written or directed by a Female Filmmaker. We purposely narrowed our list blind to certain information, as an experiment, so this distinction reflects genuine merit as well as the happy indication more female filmmakers are out there, being supported and submitting work! Congratulations to all the filmmakers included here, and to ALL who submitted, THANK YOU, we look forward to viewing your future work. Films are listed by category and then alphabetically. Nominees in all categories are bold, Female Filmmakers indicated in BLUE . You will see only the films nominated for Best Female Filmmaker under that heading. Important reminder to filmmakers, the deadline to apply for the Scout Film Festival Emerging Storytellers Grant is October 26. Links to submit and more information on the program can be found at the end of this correspondence. We have a big announcement coming soon so stay tuned for that as well as travel and ticket information! Local Love, Global Love
Your Scout Team Banner image screenshot from Illuminosity by Jeffrey Meacham and Michael Rootare Drum roll... |  Roadkill | After Life on Earth by Callahan Bracken, Canada Anxiety by Laura Popa, Romania The Book Club by Tobias LaMontagne, USA consumed by Max Shoham, Canada Dieu Merci: The Story of Michele Rodri by Xenia Bernal. Fiona Fortunato,
Ziggy Hicks, Grace Ma and Idalis McZeal produced through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film Dodgeball by Students of ZVVIKS Edu Program, Slovenia iRony by Radheya Jegatheva, Australia The Night I Lost My Favorite Jacket by Jenna Krumerman, USA Roadkill by Pyoung won Seo, Republic of Korea wavy head by Max Shoham, Canada |  Marcus | Betty by Sam Bovard, USA Florist by Tilly Hobkirk, Australia The Hitchhiker's Guide to Suburbia by Alex Alford and Zak Denley, USA Jaded by Gabe Braden, USA The Kill Jar by Isabel Mansour, Justin Johnson and Gavin Conlon, USA The Life of Davie by Austin Coombs-Perez, USA Mackey & Gibbs by Crawford Lemoine, USA Marcus by Rowan Quinn, Morgan Kearley, Claire Sanderson and Dave Edwards, Australia OLD BLOO by Jack Nordstrom, USA The Oregon Trail by Brian Niles, Grace Gallagher and The Space Bandits, USA Straight to the Rim by Sarah Luria and Eli Hall, USA |  Growing Up Hip Hop | A(mexi)can by Saray Aguilar, produced through The Reel Voices Program of The Pacific Arts Movement, USA Big Cats by Maddie Kern, USA
Cambodia: The Next Generation by Emilia Holt and Marina Weidmann, a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA Daughters of Cambodia by Maya Hinken, Nicole Kim, Tarin North and William Park, a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA The Fabric of America by Alyssa Berrios, Merry Hailegeorgies, Gabe Hoekman, Verite Igiraneza, Avi Krishan, Sophie Lucarelli, Juliet Marschall and Juan Ortiz through Gandhi Brigade Youth Media, USA FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Angel Baeza produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Growing the Rose: Landmines in Cambodia by Milo Hensley, Sam McCabe, A production of HW Go! Cambodia: a Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA Growing Up Hip Hop by Nina Pearl Martin, produced through The Reel Voices Program of The Pacific Arts Movement, USA Home by Molly Mielke, USA LOVE ME by Joshua Sun, produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Mathew Brady: The Father Of Photojournalism by Ioannes Palomaria, USA Note to Future Self by Carly Drabeck, USA One in Thirty: The Story of Henry Oster by Sarah Antabli, Tiffany Chang, Stephanie Cho, Sara Lowin, Gracie Sandman, India Spencer and Juliet Wiener through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA Peace by Piece: The Story of Harry Davids by Xenia Bernal, Becca Frischling, Kyle Reims, Dora Schoenberg, Nicole Soussana, Benji Tucker and Carina Yiu through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and teens, during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA Phenomenal Women by Liv Coron, Peyton Miller and Liliana Miller, USA Running for Her Life by Kinly McCaffrey produced, a Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA
SURVIVING by Téa Santos produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Us & Us by Trey Carlisle, Cole Kawana, Sebastian Ko and Jordan Seibel. a production of HW Go! Cambodia: A Digital Storytelling Adventure, a program of Content Media Group, Harvard-Westlake School, and Peace Works Travel, USA WE EXIST by Anabelle Martinez produced through Youth Documentary Academy, USA |  Boka | Best of Three by Yehwan Choi, Deeva White, Matthew Millard and Elisha Murray through BFI Film Academy and SIGNAL STARTERS, United Kingdom Beyond the Cosmos by James Hastings, United Kingdom Blue by Armin Mahmoudi and Ahmad Noori, Islamic Republic of Iran Boka by Emil Baltić Hrsan, Croatia Break by Anne-Marie Bjerre Koch and Anneli Søgård-Høyer through Station Next, Denmark Chastity by Mihai Nichiforeac, Republic of Moldova Drained by Cole Maute, USA Embark by Brianna Seaberg, USA Endless Night by Abigail Reese, USA FATE by Anton Forsdik, Sweden Heatwave by Jacob Langsner, USA Hope by Kunu Krisztian, Hungary I'm Your Brother by Michael Yuanhao Deng, USA Moonchild by Jaclyn Goldstein, USA Only One by Jacob Langsner, USA Playing The Game by Ethan Paisley, USA Processing by Felipe Vargas Ferrufino, USA Soaring Soldiers by Cecilie Elmholt Skou through Station Next, Denmark To See The Sky Again by Justin Kaminuma, USA Vital Fluid by Dean Russell, USA |  Catfish | 324 by Tandis Shoushtary, USA Boys Beware by Callahan Bracken, Canada Catfish by Sourena Bayramloo, Islamic Republic of Iran Creation by Sara Eustáquio, USA The Future is Now by Lily Drummond, Australia Just A Scenario by MLE DeJaco, USA Love Letter by Abigail Reese, USA LOVELY VIOLENCE by Borja Ibrahim, Spain MEET ME IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT by Avon Schultz through Youth Documentary Academy, USA Portrait of a Young Woman by Tessa Hill, Canada Same Room by Ranja Ali, Iraq This Is Not A Dream by Fin Davis, United Kingdom
unauthorized by Kara Tsenov, Canada | | FEMALE FILMMAKER NOMINEES |  Soaring Soldiers | Best of Three by Yehwan Choi, Deeva White, Matthew Millard and Elisha Murray through BFI Film Academy and and SIGNAL STARTERS, United Kingdom Held by Tessa Hill, Canada Marcus by Rowan Quinn, Morgan Kearley, Claire Sanderson and Dave Edwards through Cardinia Shire Youth Services, Australia Soaring Soldiers by Cecilie Elmholt Skou through Station Next, Denmark THE STRONGER ONES by Miranda Pla, USA |  Upír | Cliché by Trevor Walls and Ethan Eigenfeldt, Canada In The Trees by Will Nordstrom, USA Mujarrad fodol by Hassan Alabsi, Jordan Speak No Evil by Matthew Serrano, Connor Vera and Dave Vera, USA Upír by Laura Rembault, France |  Baker Plaid - Back For A Reason | Baker Plaid - Back For A Reason by Vasiliy Bondarchuk, USA Battles - Hudson Taylor by Blake Sepe, USA Battles - Hudson Taylor by Anahita Amirshahi and Avery Meltzer, USA Distance - Sophie Feldman by Josh Jaffe, USA Love Me Like You Mean It by Bianca Radulescu, Romania Palehound "If You Met Her" by Caitlin LeBlanc, Jeovana Almeida, Kiely Quinn, Michael Escobar, Rachel Newman, Sara Tesh, Tatiana Marquez, Tom Quigley through Raw Art Works, USA | | PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT |  Albemarle County Police Department Holiday PSA | A Hidden Gem by Jack Sanders, USA Albemarle County Police Department Holiday PSA by Lily Casteen and Trevor Przyuski, USA American Girl by Naja Butler, Samrina Vasani and Sophia Villatoro through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA Domestic Violence PSA by Evie Masters, Christine Mouton and Gigi Copeland, USA Education Justice by Chablee Adams, Ariana Batiste, Jordan Brown, Sebastian Evans through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and Teens
Help Me by Ashley Lee, USA lgBFFt by Caitlyn Conville, USA Stop Bullying PSA by David Anthony Baez, USA The Test by Jacob Adivi, Ben Schaffer, Rene Servin and Faiz Shamji through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA Read Between the Lines by Muhammed Aly, Zoe Redlich, Rene Servin, Eva Suissa and Sasha Vogel through The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust Survivors and Teens, USA Ve by Ariana Batiste, Michelle Jeon, Lauren Song and Teresa Suh through The Righteous Conversations Project during Harvard-Westlake Summer Film, USA | | Documentary by Filmmakers Aged 19 to 24 |  Little Manaschy | A Life in Fast Forward by Niall Conroy, United Kingdom Every Grain of Rice by Carol Nguyen, Canada Little Manaschy by Farida Seitalieva, Kyrgyzstan My Other Half by Chantal Feitosa, USA No Father by Hasan Raza Khan, Pakistan Peacekeeper by Nicholas Markart and Tyler Knutt, USA Plintik by Nur Munawarah Mohamed Hussain, Singapore SOMNUS by Julián Villegas, Colombia Taraash by Ishan Siddiqui, United Kingdom and India Under the Windhorse by Michael Deng, USA and China | | Narrative by Filmmakers Aged 19 to 24 |  The Dark Room | #HELP, Drama by Peter Engelmann, Hungary A world as big as a hole, Drama by Milad Rezaei, Islamic Republic of Iran ABANDON, Drama by Varun Chopra and Myles Reid, USA After Party, Horror by Emmeline Kellie, Liam Banks and Adei Bundy, United Kingdom Airstream, Drama by Jonathan Yoho, USA Amanda, Drama by Henrí Armelin, Brazil AMORE BAMBINO, Comedy by Giulio Donato, Italy Asiri, Animation by Vishal Harshey, India Author And The Nose, Animation by Zanna Abasova, Kyrgyzstan Average Fellas, Comedy by Kim Stratton, USA Blessed Days, Drama by Valentina Casadei, France Castle on a Cloud, Drama by Joshua Cavalier, USA Cheeni Kum hai, Drama by Rajat Verma, India Copy of, Copy of, Experimental by Samir T. Radwan and Ahmed Hossam, Egypt Corpse Slayers 2: Spooky Emperor Zhu, Comedy by James Khou and Thomas Goldblatt, Australia Count Your Curses, Animation by Lorène Yavo, Belgium Crunch - Jealous, Music Video by Bobby Zarkasih, Indonesia the CURDGE - Take Your Time, Music Video by Border Williams, USA The Dark Room, Drama by Morgane Organe Segaert, France Despite your absence, Drama by Djail Brown-Cepeda, USA different directions, Music Video by Jasmin Luu, Germany Dissonant, Drama by Vic Kings and Guilherme Pulga, Brazil Distant, Drama by Felipe V Ferrufino, USA |  Fly | Eat Your Principles, Drama by Ana Garcia Rico, United Kingdom El juego, Horror by Agustina Abeijón and Laura Plasencia, Argentina FLY, Animation by Parinya Saint Gavinlertwatthana and Nongpanga May Chinnawornrungsee, Thailand Forget-me-not, Drama by Jodi Bosman, South Africa Growing Alice, Drama by Danilo Zambrano, Ireland heaven. vol. i., Experimental by Aaron Longoria, USA Helena, Drama by Amir Hossein Sajjadi, Islamic Republic of Iran How the Moon Fell From the Sky and No One Even Noticed, Drama/Musical by Christina Xing and Jack Fossett, USA Illuminosity, Animation by Jeffrey Meacham and Michael Rootare through School of Visual Arts, USA Immortals, Comedy/Drama by Amaury Goetgheluck, France In Time, Drama by Georgia Williams and Barnaby Boulton, United Kingdom KCLOC, Animation by Ninaad Kulkarni, India/USA Listen to the Quiet, Animation by Nick Gillin, USA Lovorphosis, Animation by Roberto Grasso and Sara Irace, Italy Marushka, Drama by Hanna Szentpeteri, Slovenia Menarche, Drama by Guilherme Candido and Asaph Luccas, Brazil Monster Bites, Animation by Mackenzie Lancaster, USA Mothering, Drama by Caru Roelis, Brazil Mourn, Experimental by Jai Vir Rodgers, United Kingdom Nieve de limón, Drama by Romina Serna, Mexico NIGHT, Drama by Joosje Duk, USA Order In The Court, Comedy by Rebecca Doctor and Mike Doxford, United Kingdom Orlando Gloom | Always the Same, Music Video by Solmund MacPherson, Canada Our Untold Story - Calm Seas Don't Make Good Sailors, Music Video by Johannes S Karpe and Xander Turian, United Kingdom/Sweden OUST, Drama by Manon Guiomard, France |  Welcome | pas D'yeux, Animation by Thao Dan Nguyen Phan through School of Visual Arts, USA Paul, Comedy by Nicolas J Capra, USA Preconceived, Drama by Gershon Sng, USA Prohibitoria, Drama by Filip Kilián, Czech Republic Run Rabbit, Horror by Emily Haigh, United Kingdom Sentier Rouge, Animation by Alexis Coppee, Pierre Bekec and Yohann Palut, France Shoot, Drama by Vojta Komarek and Ondra Nedvěd, Czech Republic Since The Time - Behind you, Music Video by Vladislav Udintsev, Russian Federation Sleepless, Animation by Débora Pinto and Breno Guerreiro, Brazil THE SNOWBOYS, Comedy by Ignat Kunilov, Russian Federation Starling, Drama by Caleb Wild, USA The Station, Comedy by Javier Chacártegui, Spain Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (Captain What Remix) 4K, Music Video by Hunter Harding, USA TETRAS, Drama by Axel Zeltser, Brazil Twilight Prophecy, Animation by Joseph Scheidemandel and Enrique Ponce, USA Tybee, Drama by Jonathan Yoho, USA Undiscovered, Animation by Sara Litzenberger, USA Vessel, Drama by Felipe V Ferrufino, USA The Voyage, Animation by João Monteiro, Luís Vital and Ricardo Livramento, Portugal The Voyager, Animation by João Gonzalez, Portugal Walk of Shame, Experimental by Maisie Buck and Darcie-Mae Smith, United Kingdom Welcome, Animation by Polina Kutukina, Russian Federation The White Fields, Drama by Kartik Parmar, India Wire, Drama by Berkay Hasbay, Turkey Wonder Dog, Animation by Janice Lee, Meg Pangiochi through the School of Visual Arts, USA You're Next- Dani ep 4, Web Series by Michelle von Hershko, Israel You're Not Funny, Comedy by Dan Stewart, USA Youssef, Drama by Fadi Saghbiny, Lebanon | | EMERGING STORYTELLERS GRANTS | October 26 is the final deadline to apply for $5000 of cash and in-kind support for the completion of a new short narrative or documentary project or work in progress in one of two separate age categories; 18 and under
or 19 to 24. The winner will be announced and prize distributed at Scout Film Festival January 4-6, 2019. About The Program:
Scout Film Festival, in partnership with Visura.co is proud to launch its Career Development Program in support of filmmakers aged 24 and under. This Program works to offer grants, scholarships, mentorships, internships and other career opportunities to emerging filmmakers worldwide. The Scout Film Festival Emerging Storytellers Grants introduce this slate of opportunities. We are really excited to support our emerging filmmakers from a completely different angle. This award will bring profound validation to the hopes, dreams and hard work of our young storytellers and will be pivotal in building strong, thoughtful future film leaders. | | |
