Rayany Creators Film Festival

The Rayany Creators Film Festival was brought to a conclusion on Sunday 18th, February with the awards celebrating the efforst and talents of the filmmakers of the finest films on exhibition. The Awards were presented by Hayden Kelley and Rebecca Taylor.

Our Awards finalists/Nominees list is finally out after long days of critical work done by our judges. All categories saw stiff competition as there were dozens of fantastic films and scripts sent in from all over the world in each category.

PACK UP AND GO Director: Skya Theobald Runtime: 20: Theme: Friendship. Two friends who met online to later become college roommates navigate the pain and joy of the natural course of true Friendship.

ABRAZO Director: Paola Baldion Runtime: 16:50 Theme: Immigration, Kindness, Political. In Abrazo, an illegal immigrant finds her way into the house of an elderly woman who from obvious indications don't take kindly to foreign aliens breaking through the American borders.

4.0: The Last Question Director: Juan Pablo Bornio Runtime: 05:00 Theme: Sci-Fi, Robot Apocalypse, Dystopia The hard work with making short films is that you have to make a lot of sense within the same time frame a feature would be forgiven for beating round the bushes of a plot. 4.0 did a beautiful job […]

HADASSAH Runtime: 09:33 Director: Albrin Junior Theme: Domestic violence, revenge, abuse. These days, it is not every time we sit to watch a film that we get the chance to feel like we are part of the story unfolding.

THE HARROWING Runtime: 05:00 Director: Brendan O'Neil Theme: Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, Family, Aliens. The plot of The Harrowing is pretty straightforward to grasp as the trope is commonly seen in Hollywood thrillers.

TIME Runtime: 01:47 Director: Polla-Ilariya Kozino Theme: Animation, Reflective, Growth, Family. Whatever your film taste, you will be caught in the sobriety offered by this film.