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- [Forever Chapter](https://tmff.net/reviews/forever-chapter/index.md): ' Forever Chapter ', directed by Omid Romal and produced by Maximum Risk Films, is first and foremost a film about mourning, a tribute built from the voices of those who knew Michael “Kok” Rosenvold (as a father, husband, friend, mentor, leader, and Europe Bandidos MC Preside
- [Blue](https://tmff.net/reviews/blue/index.md): Some loves need not last forever to become an essential part of our destiny. Beyond the familiar patterns of passionate or doomed love, there are also forms of devotion that leave emotional explosions aside in favour of another kind of attachment. In fact, some relationships need
- [August-September 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/august-september-2026/index.md): Screenplay competition (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER EDITION) Winners Finalists (6) Veritas by Sabine Keutner Beth by Jason B Cohen The Burning Shore by Michael Herrmann Ab Oceano: Origins by Joaquin Hernandez The Island Without Parents by Messina Antonio Hackathon by Tom Rivers Semifinalist
- [The Box](https://tmff.net/reviews/the-box/index.md): The beauty of life often lies in its fleeting nature, even when a friend leaves this world behind, creating a void that seems impossible to fill. ' The Box ' plunges into existential tragedy, allowing a formative friendship to resonate with a painful kind of beauty. In essence, d
- [Full Major Psychosis](https://tmff.net/critique-reviews/full-major-psychosis/index.md): 
- [Best of October 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-october-2026/index.md): Winners announced in:
- [Something Red](https://tmff.net/reviews/something-red/index.md): Over-explanation often risks weakening a film’s emotional impact. ' Something Red ' understands this very well, building its force precisely through its refusal to say too much. In fact, director Jan Fabris uses ellipsis as a strategy to build tension, which leads the viewer to s
- [Time Will Tell](https://tmff.net/reviews/time-will-tell/index.md): Beyond the pain of losing someone dear, grief becomes a force that compels us to look back at what has remained unhealed. In a similar vein, the short film ' Time Will Tell ' begins from this kind of family situation, where the mother’s death triggers a painful process of heali
- [Best of September 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-september-2026/index.md): See the September List September-October Feature Film Winners announced at the end of October FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Blue 2nd Film of the Month: The Box 3rd Film of the Month: Uproot TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: The Big Kids STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES
- [Best of July-August Feature 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-july-august-feature-2026/index.md): See the July films See the August films Short film nominees & winners BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES Winner: Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre 2nd Place: The Fastest Ride Around Scotland 3rd Place: Know Fear, Know Freedom
- [Know Fear, Know Freedom](https://tmff.net/reviews/know-fear-know-freedom/index.md): Some documentaries begin with an apparently simple question, yet end up touching one of the oldest and most intimate mechanisms of human life. ' Know Fear, Know Freedom ', directed by Heather McBride Manley, is built around fear in its many forms: from biological, social, learned
- [Cambio Vita](https://tmff.net/reviews/cambio-vita/index.md): ' Cambio Vita ' starts from a minor accident along the way in order to speak gently about how the speed of city life can distance us from ourselves. It is a simple premise, close to that of a classic family comedy, but precisely this simplicity allows Ettore Zito to build a warm 
- [June-July 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/june-july-2026/index.md): Screenplay competition (JUNE-JULY EDITION) June-July Edition Winner Hidden by Noah Ruderman Winners (3) Hidden by Noah Ruderman ( First Place ) The Story Shall Stay by Renee Meland ( Second Place ) Women at Work by Steven Friedman ( Third Place ) Finalists (8) Hidden by Noah Rude
- [Borrowed Sight](https://tmff.net/reviews/borrowed-sight/index.md): The world does not disappear when we stop seeing it. Or, at least in ' Borrowed Sight ', sight is more than a biological function, becoming a fragile form of memory and survival. Hei Lit Ma’s short film follows the nocturnal encounter between two characters who are, each in their
- [Best of August 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-august-2026/index.md): See the August List July-August Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Something Red 2nd Film of the Month: Time Will Tell 3rd Film of the Month: The Last Stagecoach West TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Being a Quijote STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT
- [Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre](https://tmff.net/reviews/robbery-at-the-rockvale-theatre/index.md): ' Robbery at the Rockvale Theatre ' is the kind of feature film that knows its territory very well and works precisely because of that. In fact, director Jesse Edwards doesn’t try to turn a family comedy with teenagers, mystery, and musical moments into something more serious tha
- [Empathy Rehearsals](https://tmff.net/reviews/empathy-rehearsals/index.md): More than an art form, theatre is a space for confronting oneself. ' Empathy Rehearsals ' explores how performance can break through the defensive mechanisms of a teenager accustomed to communicating through intimidation. Without turning the school into a spectacular setting or a
- [Masterpiece](https://tmff.net/reviews/masterpiece/index.md): In ' Masterpiece ', love takes on the texture of a surface painted by two people, where every colour added by one alters the intention of the other, and the work in progress gradually comes to preserve the traces of the entire relationship. Kyle Cyr begins with this clear metapho
- [Best of July 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-july-2026/index.md): See the July List July-August Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Cambio Vita 2nd Film of the Month: Borrowed Sight 3rd Film of the Month: Expectations TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Dead Echo STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS DIR
- [Best of May-June Feature 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-may-june-feature-2026/index.md): See the May films See the June films Short film nominees & winners BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES Winner : UNbecoming 2nd Place: Second Draft 3rd Place: Street Angel
- [Stolen](https://tmff.net/reviews/stolen/index.md): Fear begins with a scenario any parent can immediately understand: a child does not come home from school. Yet ' Stolen ', directed by Nikita Tsedryk, does not remain within the simple territory of parental anxiety, nor does it settle for building a thriller about a disappearance
- [I Don't Live Here](https://tmff.net/reviews/i-dont-live-here/index.md): The fall is almost never a clear, easily identifiable moment. In ' I Don’t Live Here ', the loss of self emerges through a series of small gestures, an accumulation of lost nights and clumsy attempts to feel something real. Directed by Jacob Lee, the short film speaks about a k
- [Behind The Reflection](https://tmff.net/reviews/behind-the-reflection/index.md): Survival has nothing elegant about it. On the contrary, it often appears as a dirty, exhausting struggle, fought in a world that seems to have already decided who has the right to exist and who must be pushed to the margins. ' Behind The Reflection ' is precisely about this form 
- [Acceptance](https://tmff.net/reviews/acceptance/index.md): Sometimes, words must disappear because, at the core of extreme emotional suffering, they become useless. ' Acceptance ', directed by Robbie James Templeton & Catherine Jane Allana McFadzean, approaches depression as a state that gradually swallows everything. The short film func
- [April-May 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/april-may-2026/index.md): Screenplay competition (APRIL-MAY EDITION) April-May Winner The Real McCoy by Avraham Isseroff, Jayme McMillan Winners The Real McCoy by Avraham Isseroff, Jayme McMillan ( First Place ) The Last Hunt by Scott Joseph Cahill ( Second Place ) The Blue Cage by James Barr ( Third Plac
- [Best of June 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-june-2026/index.md): See the June List May-June Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Empathy Rehearsals 2nd Film of the Month: Masterpiece 3rd Film of the Month: Those Left Behind TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Quimera STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS
- [Cigarette](https://tmff.net/reviews/cigarette/index.md): Gonzalo Golpe’s ' Cigarette ' starts with a recognizable gesture but turns it into a heavy image of addiction and the way society slowly consumes what was once innocent. Without dialogue or straight explanations, his short animation tackles the relationship between body, object, 
- [The Impending White Light](https://tmff.net/reviews/the-impending-white-light/index.md): Death often appears in cinema as a final point. ' The Impending White Light ' sees it differently: as a strange, almost silent interval in which two lives can meet before everything changes for good. In his short film, director Ben Wicks doesn’t try to solve the mystery of the 
- [Cracks](https://tmff.net/reviews/cracks/index.md): Dreams can sometimes turn out to be the most terrifying nightmares, and, eventually, the desire to reach perfection degenerates into an emotional fracture that cannot be healed. ' Cracks ', directed by Anna Veisman, explores precisely the psychological cost of performance pushed 
- [Best of May 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-may-2026/index.md): See the May List May-June Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Stolen 2nd Film of the Month: I Don't Live Here 3rd Film of the Month: Unspoken TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: English Beasts STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS DIRECTOR
- [She Was](https://tmff.net/reviews/she-was/index.md): Sometimes, cinema must shatter the comfort zone of viewers who seek explanations too easily accepted. Remaining in the framework of a social critique, the short film ' She Was ' starts from the issue of femicide, tackling the way how reality is collectively filtered and reinterpr
- [Being Billy](https://tmff.net/reviews/being-billy/index.md): There are stories that impress through the almost imperceptible way they touch the most fragile layers of memory. It is precisely on this unstable ground of identity that ' Being Billy ' unfolds as a dense meditation on the traces that violence leaves within the human soul. There
- [Best of April 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-april-2026/index.md): See the April List March-April Feature Film Winners Postponed for the Next Edition FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: The Impending White Light 2nd Film of the Month: Cracks 3rd Film of the Month: Behind The Reflection TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Get Lost Luca STUDENT F
- [February-March 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/february-march-2026/index.md): Screenplay competition (FEBRUARY-MARCH EDITION) February-March Edition Winner Skin Deep Blood Red by Cain Angelle Winners (3) Skin Deep Blood Red by Cain Angelle ( First Place ) The Palimpsest by Danny Sturrock ( Second Place ) And God Made The Devil by Mike Brislee ( Third Place
- [Best of March 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-march-2026/index.md): See the March List March-April Feature Film Winners announced at the end of April FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: She Was 2nd Film of the Month: Being Billy 3rd Film of the Month: Blue Fog TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Father K.O. STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Win
- [The Silence of the Mime](https://tmff.net/reviews/the-silence-of-the-mime/index.md): Buried grief does not disappear simply because it goes unspoken. In fact, it lingers beneath the surface, shaping everything from the inside. This could be the main idea of ' The Silence of the Mime ', directed by Avyel Cohen, which follows a young girl who buries the pain of her
- [Re:Union](https://tmff.net/reviews/reunion/index.md): At the point where a shared past gives way to an uncertain future, a love begins to quietly unravel. The short film ' Re:Union ', directed by Megan Mackenzie and Gabriel Kirkley, plunges into the theme of separation as something that unfolds quietly, through reflection rather tha
- [Best of January-February Feature 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-january-february-feature-2026/index.md): See the January films See the February films Short film nominees & winners BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES Winner : My Boyfriend, a Mannequin 2nd Place: They Might Be Monsters 3rd Place: I Love You, I Like You, Thank You
- [Best of February 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-february-2026/index.md): See the February List January-February Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: The Silence of the Mime 2nd Film of the Month: Re:Union 3rd Film of the Month: Acid Amore TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Theatrical Thread STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT 
- [Code E414](https://tmff.net/reviews/code-e414/index.md): History has taught us that literary or cinematic dystopia often no longer functions as a warning aimed at a distant future, but rather as a disturbingly clear mirror of the present. Joel Junior begins from this contemporary unease to examine the fragility of access to knowledge i
- [Fade to White](https://tmff.net/reviews/fade-to-white/index.md): On the threshold of disappearance, memory no longer functions as an archive, but as an inner spectacle. ' Fade to White ', directed by Liam Fowler, dives into this liminal space to explore cinema not as an art or a profession, but as a territory where existence is rewritten throu
- [December-January 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/december-january-2026/index.md): Screenplay competition (DECEMBER-JANUARY EDITION) December-January Edition Winner Redemption by Ben Colton Winners (3) Redemption by Ben Colton ( First Place ) The Eternal Circus by Jade Sanderson Starkie ( Second Place ) Gutter Press by Mike Walsh-Rose ( Third Place ) Finalists 
- [Film of the Year 2025](https://tmff.net/film-of-the-year-2025/index.md): FILM OF THE YEAR Winners and contenders of 2025 See all editions → CONTENDERS (12): OBOLUS (January Winner) Category: Drama Release Year & Edition: 2023 - January 2025 Duration: 18 minutes Director: Kim Fabienne Hertinger Umbral (February Winner) Category: Drama, Student Release 
- [Reviews of 2025](https://tmff.net/reviews-of-2025/index.md): PROMOTIONAL REVIEWS Fresh reviews each month, where awesome stories get discovered . Submit your review request now →
- [Screenplay Competition 2025](https://tmff.net/screenplay-competition-2025/index.md): SCREENPLAY COMPETITION Proudly sponsored by Final Draft & InkTip & ISA Submit your screenplay for the current edition → OCTOBER-NOVEMBER Edition Winners AUGUST-SEPTEMBER Edition Winners JUNE-JULY Edition Winners APRIL-MAY Edition Winners FEBRUARY-MARCH Edition Winners DECEMBER-JA
- [Best of January 2026](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-january-2026/index.md): See the January List January-February Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Code E414 2nd Film of the Month: Fade to White 3rd Film of the Month: Piece of Mind TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Under the Stars of Rome STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winne
- [Winners of 2025](https://tmff.net/winners-of-2025/index.md): OUR MONTHLY WINNERS Best films, trailers and screenplays in one place. Submit yours and stay here forever . → Film of the Year ⭐ January February March April May June July August September October November December Screenplay Competition
- [2025 Selections](https://tmff.net/collection/all-films/2025-selections/index.md): 
- [Best of December 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-december-2025/index.md): See the December List November-December Feature Film Winners Announcement Postponed for the Next Edition FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: The Man in the White Mask 2nd Film of the Month: Zone of Shards 3rd Film of the Month: I Made The Invisible Man TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEE
- [Pieces of Me](https://tmff.net/reviews/pieces-of-me/index.md): Cinema is not merely about fantasy scripts but also an artistic framework that can host a process of self-healing. Tzuyu Tung approaches cinematic language with the openness of one who understands that the seventh art is an excellent medium for the sublimation of suffering. Thus,
- [October-November 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/october-november-2025/index.md): Screenplay competition (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER EDITION) October-November Edition Winner Crown of Fire by Rebekah Fern Sinclair Winners (3) Crown of Fire by Rebekah Fern Sinclair ( First Place ) The Cross by Raymond Waring, Derrick Corrigan ( Second Place ) Reboot by Mike Walsh-Rose ( T
- [Best of November 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-november-2025/index.md): See the November List November-December Feature Film Winners Announcement Postponed for the Next Edition FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Where the Shadows Wait 2nd Film of the Month: BILLY 3rd Film of the Month: Trigger TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Blue Wednesday STUD
- [Best of October 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-october-2025/index.md): See the October List September-October Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Lev Berger 2nd Film of the Month: Nada Sin Ti 3rd Film of the Month: Dark Palette TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Tussle STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES NOT ENOUGH CONTENDERS D
- [Best of September-October Feature 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-september-october-feature-2025/index.md): See the September films See the October films Short film nominees & winners BEST FEATURE FILM NOMINEES Winner : Mochileros 2nd Place: Lost in Time 3rd Place: Point Washington Outlaws
- [Lost in Time](https://tmff.net/reviews/lost-in-time/index.md): ‘I wonder if one day music will come through here. Maybe if I remember some. Maybe you could play it for me. I also wonder if my home wasn’t real. The beach wasn’t real…’, confesses the protagonist of the feature-length film we are about to review, titled ' Lost in Time '. 'Lost 
- [August-September 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/screenplay-competition/august-september-2025/index.md): Screenplay competition (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER EDITION) August-September Edition Winner Jean Bart. Time is everything by Antonio Messina Winners (3) Jean Bart. Time is everything by Antonio Messina ( First Place ) Fall Seven, Rise Eight by Cain C Angelle ( Second Place ) Power Trip by 
- [Best of September 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-september-2025/index.md): See the September List September-October Feature Film Winners FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: A Life in the Shadows 2nd Film of the Month: Moskenstraumen 3rd Film of the Month: Safe TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: King of the Streets STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Wi
- [My Mother](https://tmff.net/critique-reviews/my-mother/index.md): 
- [At the Mercy of Faith](https://tmff.net/reviews/at-the-mercy-of-faith/index.md): Our humanity is only truly tested in moments of crisis. The same goes for faith. This could be, in brief, the central idea of the short film ' At the Mercy of Faith ', which explores the identity crisis of a character driven by circumstances to the brink of despair. But more than
- [Best of August 2025](https://tmff.net/winners/best-of-august-2025/index.md): See the August List July-August Feature Film Winners Postponed for the Next Edition FILM OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: The Mulberry Tree 2nd Film of the Month: The Axe Forgets 3rd Film of the Month: Gamblers TRAILER OF THE MONTH NOMINEES Winner: Marven STUDENT FILM OF THE MONTH N