THE LAUREATE • 2020

DIRECTOR: William L Nunez

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

RUNTIME: '110

SYNOPSIS: Set in the mid-1920s, celebrated poet and writer Robert Graves returns from war traumatised and creatively struggling. It takes young poet Laura Riding to re-ignite Robert’s passion, and with the blessing of his wife, Nancy, his muse becomes his lover. With the three of them sharing a life, soon, Laura’s attention turns to Nancy, and a complicated relationship that scandalised society threatens to risk everything they have.

NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film

• Best Director

FEATURE FILMS

ARTIFICIAL MEDITATION • 2020

DIRECTOR: Yeji Yeon

COUNTRY: South Korea

RUNTIME: '83

SYNOPSIS: Year 2028, Seoul. Yuha and Juno live in hiding from Artificial Intelligence; refusing the age of singularity. Their lives take on a complete however- when Jia, a female android, appears at their doorstep.

NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film

THE COLOUR OF SPRING • 2020

DIRECTOR: Paul Andrew Kimball

COUNTRY: Canada

RUNTIME: '94

SYNOPSIS: To their friends, Sarah and Sam seem like the perfect couple desperately in love. But when Sarah gets her big stage break as an aspiring actress, Sam begins to question whether he’s good enough for her, particularly as he’s stuck in a dead-end job. As their relationship unravels, and a mysterious woman threatens to further tear them apart, Sarah and Sam are forced to confront the anger and hurt that they have built between themselves, and once again believe in each other and their love in order to find their way “home”.

NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film