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w w w. m a e y a . o r g As a cultural project management firm, Maeya Culture Exchange Group LLC produces and manages three international film festivals every year in the United States. One is the Universe Multicultural Film Festival that is held in Los Angeles every April, and the other is San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival that is held in San Diego every September. Maeya’s brand-new annual production is Epic ACG Fest that is held in Silicon Valley every November.

Maeya has many years of experience in the promotion and distribution of family-friendly films, Both in the U.S. and in China. As of to date, Maeya has the distribution rights of 63 films imported from China. All of the films have been promoted through participation in various film festivals.

In February 2013, Maeya proudly presented Cheng Ying Rescues the Orphan, Maeya’s first theater production at Studio 54 Theater in New York’s Broadway as well as at the Warner Grand Theater in Los Angeles. On October 18, 2016, Maeya present this Chinese Yu Opera, for the first time, at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the home of Academy Awards.

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Welcome Letter from Executive Director Lynn Tang

Dear EACG attendees, Welcome to the 2024 Epic Animation Comic and Game (EACG) Fest in the beautiful Mountain View in California. All EACG activities will be held in the Scientology Silicon Valley . This will be our very 11th edition of showcasing animations, comics, and games. We will be bringing artists from around the world to screen, exhibit and compete their work for the local audience.

We will be show case 100+ animated films/ comic arts/ games from 15 counties that have been selected from submissions from all over the world. There will be special guest appearances from both domestic and international.

This year's gaming tournament features games, Mahjong, a traditional game originated in China; cube puzzle, a classic but very challenging board game. We will have a in person ACG industry cooperation panel. we will also be hosting cosplay contest and a red carpet award ceremony with recognitions to some of the best competitors.

On behalf of the entire EACG committee, we thank you for being a part of our festival. EACG will continue to grow with your support and care. I sincerely thank for the sponsors, supporters, volunteers who make this event possible.

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Animation Short Films Black Power Is Green Power |France| 1:00 Director: Etienne HUSSON Haïku: “Raised fist, an isolated willow tree makes spring explode”

Cohesion |Poland| 5:05 Director: Sara Sawickai A journey through the subconscious, the visions are surreal interpretations of hidden fears. The ego, fearing disintegration, tries to resist it.

Half Empty |Poland| 4:52 Director: Katarzyna Orlowska With hope to break a creative impasse, the woman pores over a blank piece of paper, drinking a half-empty glass of wine. The fear of failure haunts her at every step, taking the form of wine red. The animation created in ink is a metaphorical image of the heroine's inner experiences and her struggles with the lack of faith in her own abilities and achievements. THE SILVER BUNDLE O!PLA 2024

Lack |Poland| 10:45 Director: Pawel Prewencki The film tells a story about struggling with pain and suffering. It touches on a very personal experience. It is a story of loneliness, anger and grief experienced by parents who lose a child. It is an intimate and emotional visualization of the world in which bereaved people live. It tells about a situation for which no one is prepared, and the 'catalogue' of reactions we have known up to that point becomes useless. THE BRONZE BUNDLE O!PLA 2024

Mercedes' Kitchen |France| 8:34 Director: Inés Argueta, Melissa Troublé Mercedes is a traditional Mexican cook, she learned cooking by watching her mother and grandmother. When she arrived to France, she wantedt to claim Mexican gastronomy and show this ancestral cuisine.

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Animation Short Films Mr. T |France| 5:52 Director: Etienne HUSSON A tea bag will suffer and then rebel against the dictatorship.

Perfect Me |Poland| 2:16 Director: Sonia Mossoczy A short story tackling the issue of eating disorders. As the main character gets smaller, her alter ego floating in a teacup grows.

The Painter of Flags |France| 4:24 Director: Etienne HUSSON The Painter of Flags helps the greatest leaders in the world so that he can “show their ideals high” until the day he realizes what they are really doing with them.

Safari Club |Poland| 9:52 Director: Zuzanna Szyszak "Safari Club" is a place where partygoers can cut loose, run wild and display animalistic behavior. A girl gets ready to go out hunting and is about to have the wildest night-out of her life, in every sense of "wild". THE GOLDEN BUNDLE O!PLA 2024

Wait for Me in a Dream |Poland| 14:56 Director: Natalia Durszewicz This is a poetic story about an elderly married couple shown with the use of painterly animation.

Isolated from the world and condemned to loneliness, Bronka and Zygfryd experience a slow defragmentation of their reality caused by the woman's illness and the adversities associated with it. On their final journey, they experience moments of regret, pain and even repulsion.

However, for all their worth they try to remember the love that used to last between them.

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Animation Short Films A Thought |United States| 3:31 Director: Ryan Bode While attempting to turn off the shower, a black circle is attacked by an intrusive blue dot.

Before Heaven |Iran| 6:00 Director: Ahmad Heydarian Children paintings are on the wall that the new owner of the house has made a decision to paint all of the walls.

The Clay Comprehension's |France| 4:11 Director: Etienne HUSSON, Azul Paola MEZA In a world of increasing pressure and fear, a woman becomes the form.

Love Bubbles |Switzerland| 7:34 Director: Marcel Hobi Floating on a pink cloud as a couple is easy. It is much more difficult to cope with everyday life and the future together - an amusing relationship drama.

Junga the Dancing Yeti in Yeti, Set, Go! United States | 24:00 Director: James R Alburger When Junga, Groth, Heidi and friends play football on the mountain, they learn important lessons about fair play, forgiveness, making friends, dealing with bullying and more. As the locals prepare for the annual MFL (Mountain Football League) game, the bullying from other players becomes too much to handle for the children.

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Animation Short Films The Pearl (Lets Make Peace) |Iran| 6:00 Director: Abdollah Alimorad Afandi and Pashandi are two neighbors that just can’t stand each other. When they’re not trying to sabotage each other’s plans, they’re usually plotting to get revenge. But when push comes to shove, they cast aside their differences and join forces to vanquish the dragon, fend off the wolves, and save the princess—you know, the usual

Seven Spider Myths |United States| 14:30 Director: Owen Roberts A story about belief and estrangement, told in seven fairy tales.

The Splint |Iran| 5:27 Director: Mehdi Sedighi A robotic truck driver, on a dirt road, is replacing old wooden power poles with new concrete ones when he hits two birds.

The Corridor |Iran| 8:36 Director: Kourosh Mohammadi A body that is completely disjointed is trying to put its pieces back together. On this path, it succeeds in creating a collage of itself.

The Historical Bolt |Iran| 1:15 Director: Milad Mohamadi The Bolts are fighting with thunder and they need to be united to survive.

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Animation Short Films A Brief Lunch Break China| 3:03 Director: Traveling Frog A child dreamed during his lunch break that he was blamed by his mother for his poor test scores, so he decided to work hard and study knowledge and martial arts. In the end, he, who was both good at literature and martial arts, had a contest with his mother. However, at the critical moment when he was about to defeat his mother, he was awakened by the alarm clock.

Water Jar China| 3:01 Director: Leyang Zhang This story is deeply rooted in the heart of a boy who lives in a small town. Although he loves rivers, there is no river flowing through his town. His surroundings are filled with square houses and square furniture, everything arranged in neat rectangles. However, one day, a crack forms in the lightbulb in his room, and light begins to spill out like water, slowly filling the room.

Surprised, he rises from the floor, accidentally shatters the light, and is engulfed by the luminescent water, leading him into a new world he never knew existed.

Door Gods China | 6:47 Director: Sun Lijun The two door gods, the Chinese folk gods whoguard the door, are torn from the door after afarce over a leaf causes both sides to lose, and anew door god is affixed to the door.

Contaminate |China| 4:30 Director: Yanling Zhang The work takes "nuclear pollution" as its theme, and uses the first-person perspective to look at the lives of ordinary people under nuclear pollution. It tells the protagonist's life in a polluted environment. At the end, the protagonist wakes up and finds that it was a nightmare. This will strengthen people's awareness of environmental protection, and at the same time, it will help the public pay attention to the pollution of the environment in their daily lives.

Whose Apple Is This |China| 2:06 Director: Jianwen Huang, Qingling Chang, Yujie Fu After picking up a basket of apples, the little bear insisted on waiting for the owner of the apples, and finally waited for the owner of the apples, the little hedgehog. The little hedgehog also thanked the little bear with apple pie. They shared the apple pie and became good friends.

The lively and cute little animals and easy-to-understand stories teach children to return lost items, be grateful, and be willing to share.

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Animation Short Films A Pedaling Old Man |China| 4:42 Director: Zhiguo Bu This is adapted from a true story. From the perspective of a child sponsored by Mr. Bai Fangli, the film tells the story of how the old man returned to his old job after retirement and earned money by pedaling a tricycle to support poor students.

Shizhen Li |China| 6:36 Director: Guiru Fu Li Shizhen asked his father three times to let him practice medicine. After getting his father's consent, he followed his father to practice medicine everywhere. During his practice, he found many cases of misidentifying and prescribing the wrong medicine. The medical books at that time were also full of errors. So, he began to revise the Materia Medica. He visited all over the country and finally completed the Compendium of Materia Medica after 40 years.

No Way Forward, No Way Back |Poland| 3:27 Director: Maciek Stepniewski Landscapes loosing friends collage getting tinnitus synthesizers climate crisis generator the end. THE BRONZE BUNDLE O!PLA 2023

My Number One United States | 4:59 Director: Ros Fiol Two brothers fight over -- and within! -- a kiddy racing video game.

"My Number One" is about making peace with chaos while also learning how to play nice.

The Three Gorges of Chinese Ink Painting |China| 2:28 Director: Yu Tao This film depicts the magnificent beauty of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in the style of ink painting.

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Animation Short Films Dayfall |Poland| 3:02 Director: Julia Szkup Inert figures immersed in the dense depths of the ocean are waiting for the sun, which may bring them the long-awaited escape. A painting animation about fear and hope for better times that do not always come.

Under the Water |Poland| 1:00 Director: Julia Orlik-Buratynska It is a short but very intense journey into the depths of the ocean. What we know well becomes something completely different. THE BRONZE BUNDLE O!PLA 2024

Rice and Chicken |Poland| 1:35 Director: Kamil Wojcik & Cat Kaczmarek get out of breath on the stairs again? fed up with your slim figure? puke when you look in the mirror? don’t have time for the gym? excellent! Turbo Chicken was created especially for you! filled with proteins, testosterone, lead, hatred and lust for murder, it tastes like a Silesian roulade! eat and grow! the rest of the leaflet is illegible.

They Called Me a Good Girl |United Kingdom| 5:05 Director: Agata di Masternak Between what is warm, moist and pulsating, formed for a moment into cells, tissues and bones, and what is free from matter and eternal - there lies the secret of existence.

Memories from a difficult childhood in Poland during the political transformation; childhood additionally burdened with a serious and incurable disease.

Letter from a Stranger |Iran| 5:49 Director: Shima Markazi Omidvar "Letter from a Strange" is a short 2D animation that explores the delicate interplay between two colleagues working in a large library.

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Animation Short Films Om Nom Nom...

Japan| 3:16 Director: Minato Matsuda, Haruna Ueno, Tomoko Taiga One day, a hungry dinosaur came across a weird jumping egg in the forest. He swallowed it, and then felt some strange rumblings in his tummy. Well, well, well...

Star Fire |China| 2:30 Director: ZhaoQiang Song The love, hate, and enmity between a group of advanced life forms that profit from lower creatures in the vast galaxy.

Hoang the Paper Boy United States | 10:00 Director: Ly Bolia Hoang a country boy uses his paper folding skills to prove his worth to the Princess Thy Mai.

Metal Flower |South Korea| 4:57 Director: Seoyun Kim One day, the robot making 'fake flowers' with metal encounters 'a real flower' for the first time.

The Grand Mother |Poland| 10:00 Director: Julia Hazuka The Great Spideress catches drops of sunlight on her web and collects them in a large jar. From one of these drops, she creates the first Man to raise him and teach him life. They are like Mother and Son to each other. When the Boy reaches adulthood and the jar is completely filled, the Spideress takes him to a secret cave where he has never been before. The story focuses on the relationship between the Mother and Child. Both grow to the point where their paths must part.

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Animation Short Films DUST |China| 3:34 Director: Mingqi Yang An astronaut came to a magical world full of dust. After some exploration and trekking, he finally discovered...

Beyond the Gravity |China| 3:45 Director: Mingqi Yang This is a fan work that pays tribute to Mobile Suit Gundam.

Sadness |China| 1:22 Director: Ruiyan Lei This story is about a young person’s deep sadness in his heart and the relationship with someone else.

Smiling Wings |China| 1:29 Director: Peter Wu, Murphy Xie, Zoe Lv Three children created a colorful world on a flat surface using stop-motion animation.

Dream of Butterflies |China| 4:45 Director: Mingqi Yang This is a story inspired by Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly.

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Animation Short Films The Earth in the Tank |China| 3:00 Director: Ruiyan Lei This short film is to remind us to protect our mother Earth.

Military Training |China| 1:30 Director: Yeming Chen A young boy created a series of military training activities with his imagination.

Childhood Goose Dream |China| 4:45 Director: Wangying Hu This is the memory of the creator’s interaction with a goose when he was a child.

Animation Feature Films Abah and his Band |Brazil| 1:24:00 Director: Humberto Avelar Abá and His Band is an adventure that follows a young prince who is conflicted between his dreams and responsibilities. After breaking up with his father, he goes to the Music Festival and discovers his uncle's plans to end the diversity of Pomar.

Pigsy Taiwan | 1:35:00 Director: Li Wei Chiu One day, Pigsy, a street-smart loser is chosen to enter the new world, to become a symbol of success; however, soon after, it turns out to be a mistake. After accidentally exchanging information with the sinister, Bull Demon King, Pigsy must do everything in his power to stop him.

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Mix-media Feature Films Emily Cat-alonian |Mexico| 1:09:00 Director: Alberto Zúñiga Emiliana's life is very interesting because it is full of adventures: moving to Mexico, her parents's divorce, and discovering new friends. Emiliana is happy but she dreams of returning to her native Spain... will she be able to achieve it?

Mix-media Short Films Atlas Shrugged: A Book Trailer for Ayn Rand's Masterpiece |United States| 4:13 Director: Patrick Reasonover This short film is an AI anime trailer for Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged. From the perspective of Dagny Taggart, female railroad executive and the main protagonist of the novel, we see a world crumbling around her as she embarks on a mission to find the man behind the destruction... and stop him.

LEGO Home Alone The Movie |United States| 23:26 Director: Andrew Neis LEGO Home Alone: The Movie is a shot-for-shot remake of the original 1990 holiday film, in Lego, condensed to 23 minutes.

Outrun |United Kingdom| 1:24:00 Director: Rush Leejohnson Two schools across the world, one in Wales one in California create a film together.

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Music Videos We Are Here to Help |United Kingdom| 5:11 Director: Sam Chegini On a vinyl planet, robots everywhere are collecting vinyls between all the dumped artistry onto a big truck with robotic arms. "We are here to help," they say. Will you trust them to sign up and get on this ride with them?

Wrestling with Plato |United Kingdom| 7:00 Director: Sam Chegini A tragic love story about two people falling in love, despite the fact they may not be the same person they fell in love with.

Lower Moat Manor |United Kingdom| 4:57 Director: Sam Chegini A state of unconsciousness, lost in a nightmare. Official music video for Benjamin Croft's Lower Moat Manor from his album "We Are Here to Help".

Music/Song Story Monster Theme Song |United States| 2:04 Director: Linda Radke

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AI Genrator Doomsday Migration |China| 2:31 Director: The work is based on the theme of "Doomsday Migration" and mainly uses AI tools. The creation process is as follows: first use ChatGPT to write and adjust the script, then use WHEE, Midjourney, DALL-E, etc. to generate pictures. Then, use luma AI, Runway, Pika, Dreamina to generate dynamic videos, and use comfy UI, Magnific AI, PS AI, Topaz Video AI and other tools to process video materials. Finally, the whole film is completed through manual editing.

VR Panoramic View Design of the Cultural Center |China| 7:20 Director: Jie Jin The work uses a variety of software and platforms, and integrates text, pictures, sounds and other elements in a VR panoramic browsing manner, allowing the audience to browse the virtual scenes of the cultural center in an immersive way and understand the evolution of Chinese characters and the development of Chinese language and culture.

Gusu Bustling City |China| 2:26 Director: Xin Zhou The work describes the prosperous scene of Gusu City in ancient times. Suzhou thrives on water, and convenient waterways are crucial to Suzhou's prosperity. The production and implementation of the Gusu Prosperous Map project uses VR virtualization as a medium, allowing people in modern times to experience the living environment of ancient people in person and experience the humanistic atmosphere of ancient Suzhou more realistically.

Game Shepherds |United States| 14:59 Director: Haoyun Zhang Shepherds is a 3D co-op action-adventure game that blends musical puzzle-solving gameplay. Players control the shepherd girl Zoe and the magical wolf Kin, cleverly using their individual mastery of musical melodies and unique movement styles to solve puzzles across various adventure levels.

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Comic Story Greener Pastures #8 |Australia| 34 pg Director: Time McEwen, Louis Perdy Trevor the bull and his best mates Colin are in for a night of sex and violence when their flatmate Caesar drags them along to a night club to watch the 1997 Miss Universe Pageant broadcast.

Story Monster Among Us |United States| 4:11 Director: Conrad J Storad Story Monsters Among Us: A Brief History of Human Storytelling, by award-winning children’s author Conrad J. Storad, whisks readers away on a journey spanning 50,000 years to discover the origins of storytelling—from the Chauvet Cave painters of southern France to the brothers Grimm to modern-day stories in the digital age.

Daughters of Django |United States| pg Director: Allen Ling The first story arc of a graphic novel western with the likes of “Charlie’s Angels” meets “Django Unchained.” When three sister-warriors unite to search for their missing father, and have to face off with the Ku Klux Klan and other unfriendlies, the action only begins!

Genesis II United States| 200 pg Director: Allen Ling In a dystopian future full of terrorism and global warming, two childhood friends, Daniel and Lee/Lisa use their knowledge and genius to combat evil and defend humanity. An epic tale that sapns 7 chapters and over 200 pages.

The Rescuer United States| 83 pg Director: Allen Ling A super hero with a conscience, Roy “The Rescuer” embarks on his own journey of selfdiscovery, as a hero, a soldier, and a rescuer. Tortured by the loss of the love of his life, he struggles to discover if justice can bring peace to his troubled soul.

Hawk the Kitty United States| 83 pg Director: April Yu Meet Hawk, a friendly, creative cat with a knack for inventing clever machines to solve everyday problems! Whether it’s figuring out how to reach a high shelf, making breakfast faster, or helping his friends with tricky dilemmas, Hawk’s inventive mind always leads to exciting new creations.

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Mechanical Body, Chang'e Flies to Soul Ascension the Moon |China| Yuhan Tang

Jiang Ziya |China| Wanyun Xie

Sea Protection |China| Xichen Wang

Left Heart Language |China|Hongjing Liu

|China| Lijie Bao

Space Exploration Letter to a Lover |China| Ziying Chen Editorial Department |China|Jianhao Yuan

Chinese Style Young Warrior

278 Art and Creative Park

|China|Jie Yin

|China|Chiyu Miao

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Miyazaki's World

New Gods: Nezha Reborn

Colorful Lens

Zhongkui

Turning Red

|China|Zimu Xia

|China|Peixi Han

My Neighbor Totoro

|China|Siyuan Qiu

|China|Tongxin Wei

The Motion in the Book |China|Shuyan Zhong

Green Field Home |China|Aiyan Zou

The Mitchells Vs. the Machines |China|Yuedi Ma

|China|Yuxiang Wang

Kung Fu Panda

Inside Out

|China|Yu Wu

|China|Enxi Hu

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Space Jam

Nine-tailed Fox

|China|Peichen Han

|China|

The Story of the Nine-colored Deer

Untitled |China|

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania |China|Ningzhi Zhang

|China|

Sanzang and His Disciples’ Journey through Time

Monkey King: Hero Is Back

Dreamer's Undersea Carnival

A New Biography Of Harry Potter

|China|Ziming Zheng

|China| Qian Xiao

|China|Xinyan Zhong

|China|Chiyu Miao

The Source of Nature |China|Xuanqing Cui

Empress Wu Zetian The Beauty Of Lingxi |China|Liyi Gu

Untitled |China|

|China| Ziyue Zhang

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Chinese Traditional Culture Series

Core |China| Shufan Chen

|China| Yuting Zhuo

|China|Yang Shao

Tiger's Accomplice & Qiong

Little Sheep Travels in Yangzhou

Dazu Illustration |China| Shanmei Yu

|China| Yejia Zeng

A Little Witch Who Can Only Fly |China| Yiqing Wu

Red Plumof Flower Manor is a The Beauty Fans beautiful retreat facility Address: 1928 signal ridge road,, Evanston, WY, United States, 82930

|China| Yangyang Chen, Wenjie Liu, Liyi Gu, Yuting Zhuo

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Screenplay Selections Howl Iran | 15pg Writer: Mohammad Abedi A famous theater actor wakes up the night before a performance and realizes that he has no face.

The Chinese Elf China | 80p Writer: Xiqiang Li The Tibetan antelopes went to Zhuonai Lake to lamb. Yangjin followed her mother Wangmu on the road of migration. After thousands of hardships, the Tibetan antelopes finally came to Zhuonai Lake. To save her brother Cairen who was bitten by a wolf, she met the kind marmota leader Guite. Yangjin painstakingly persuaded natural enemies such as wolves, brown bears and mountain eagles to unite against poachers.

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ZOMBIE PIZZA PARTY United States | 10min Short | Drama Director: Avery Christmas The only thing missing from this zombie apocalypse is pizza.

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FULL GAS Israel | 113min Feature | Drama Director: Kobi Machat Tomer, 17, moves with his mother to a small village at the edge of the desert. Everyone is preparing for the under-18 Motocross National championship due to take place a month later, with arrogant Nimrod,17, – the village’s alpha male – the clear favorite to win.

Tomer’s arrival changes the rules of the game.

GINGER’S TALE Russian Federation | 88 min Feature | Drama Director: Konstantin Shekin Potter, kind and poor guy, finds a magical artifact named Stone Of Fire, that makes him rich and cruel. The evil Queen decides to kill him, so she could lay her hands on the Stone Of Fire. Only the main character, a girl named Ginger, can save Potter with her devotion.

Without a moment's hesitation she rushes to rescue her friend, helping Potter to understand that love and honest work are more important than money and power.

SELFIE MOMMY GOOGLE DADDY India | 126min Feature | Drama Director: Madhuchandra R Selfie Mummy Google Daddy is a movie about children's mobile addiction. The story revolves around a couple and their two kids. It showcases the extent of mobile addiction in todays generation kids with gaming and its impact on them. The trials and tribulations the parents undergo and the various strategies they make to get rid of the addiction from their children. Ultimately, what the parents realize and how they find a solution to this, forms the rest of the plot.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN RESCUE United States | 48min Feature | Drama Director: Theo Brown Smoky Mountain Rescue is a web series that shares the story of Emily, a teenager who’s reluctantly stuck visiting her grandpa’s farm for the summer. While reconnecting with her younger cousins there, she meets Jack, a lost dog that Grandpa and the kids rescued on the side of the road. Throughout the series, the family looks to solve the mystery of Jack’s missing owners and learn about different values of acceptance along the way.

HARVIE AND THE MAGIC MUSEUM Belgium | Czech Republic | Russia | 85 min Director/Producer Martin Kotik

Feature | Animation | Comedy | Adventure

Harvie is a smart but a bit too lively boy with one ambition, to finish the last level of his computer game. Once in the Gamers Hall of Fame, his father would finally be proud of him.

But finishing the game turns out to be only the start of a real adventure.

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