2021 Hoterallian International Film Festival

2021 Hoterallian International Film Festival

Location	Oracloer National Theatre, Oracloer, Hoterallia
Festival date	1 – 30 September 2021

The 2021 Hoterallian International Film Festival honored the best in Hoterallian and international film, television works of 2021. The awarding ceremony was broadcasted live on the last week of September, 2021, from the Oracloer National Theatre in Hawata Region, Oracloer. The ceremony was aired live on HHK Hoterallia-Anteria channel in Anteria.

The year slogan was "Beauty of Anterian Unity"

Jury

The jury were revealed in early June, the jury in the Feature Film category consists of 9 members:

• Doctor Sachio Hayashi, Former President of Hoterallian Cinema Association (Head)
• Actress/producer Rei Maeda
• Screenwriter Kazumi Mori
• Director Takayoshi Matsuoka
• Journalist Masataka Tamura
• Director Yūsuke Sakuma
• Composer Ryōhei Ō
• Painter Yoshihiro Natsume
• Cinematographer Asako Suzuki

The jury of the Animated category consists of 6 members:

• Animator Tōko Imai (Head)
• Monogaka Kaoru Kurata
• Master Hideki Kodachi
• Composer Mami Ikeda
• Journalist Tomoko Ōchi
• Animator Kazuhisa Haino

Official selections

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  Rainy Day in Gerkoller

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  Defenders of Ryuiki

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  Return to Aztlan

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  I... the Adventurer

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  The Night When The Sky Falls

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  Where The Lights Glow Darkly

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  Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

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  I, Jon From Elsewhere

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  Until Sunrise

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  Gone..?

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  In The Balance

Highlighted title indicates Golden Fox winner.

Title	Original title	Country of origin	Synopsis/Plot
Rainy Day In Gerkoller	げこれえ市の雨の日	Hoterallia	A romantic film that takes place in Gerkoller, between a girl in the deep southern Fūtaba region and a boy that is leaving for university in Oracloer. They spends the rest of their times together before the boy departs westward, leaving everything behind him on a rainy day.
Defenders of Ryuiki	りゅいきの擁護者	Hoterallia	A war film that took place in Ryuiki, one of the most important port in Hoterallia. This movie depicts two battle, the Battle of Ryuiki during the Stonish Invasion of Hoterallia and the Defence of the Ryumes during the Second Reunification War of Hoterallia. The movie told the story of General Kazuyuki Fujimoto in the 14th Century and Lieutenant Konoe Shingo on 1945.
Return to Aztlán	In Necuepaliztli in Aztlan	Gran Rugido	Spoken entirely in Sapinish language, the film takes place in Pre-Canterian Gran Rugido. The film focuses on an priest who is put on charge of searching for the local witch after an outbreak of a disease begins to affect the population of Tlaxomolko.
I... The Adventurer	Yo... el aventurero	Gran Rugido	A animated coming of age film. After Jorge becomes orphan in the aftermath of the civil war, a second chance to have a familiy comes with the notice that his uncles are still living somewhere in Santa Elisa. The preteen sets out on a journey to the city amid the hostile wasteland that his country once was, burgeoning from remnants of Proceso forces, criminal syndicates and refugees eagerly waiting to leave the country. An adventure that will profoundly change Jorge's transition to adolescense.
The Night When The Sky Falls	La Noche Cuando El Cielo Cae	Shimerland	An earthquake hits the coast of the minor coastal cities of Shimerland, after a few days of the accident an emanating source of heat emerges from the waters to wreak havoc in Odakyo City, a guy named John Holleyson escapes from the scene and starts investigating how to defeat the monster now with a name: the Sunraye.
Where The Lights Glow Darkly		Gassasinia	Bruce Kafrouny, a disabled adult, struggles to survive in a 2057 Jabiyah, the most affluent city in the world, where friendships and family have been replaced by cut-throat competitive corporate politics, and where society has been strictly regimented into a caste system split between those who are "educated" and those whom are "uneducated". Based on the critically acclaimed 1990 book of the same name by author Mohammed Nadir.
Then, During the War	Затим, током рата Zatim, tokom rata	Kentalis	Based on the 1981 Book "During the War, a tale of a family" by Petar Gavrilović, Then, During the war follows the true story of the Gavrilović family during the Kentalian Civil war. The family Gavrilović, led by the three sons Petar, Stojan and Brajko, has been split up during the war, as Petar fights for the Republic, Stojan for the Stratocracy, and Brajko for Ereskan independence.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning		Vultesia	A disillusioned, small town lawman with a powerful addiction, Leo's life is sent into a tailspin when his only daughter fatally overdoses on his supply. Caught between grief, self-loathing, withdrawal symptoms and a warped need for revenge, Leo will battle with old friend and new enemies, criminals and cops -not to mention his own demons, and the ghosts of his past- in this wire tight, thriller adapted from the controversial best selling novel of the same name. With its grizzled anti-hero and a morally ambiguous supporting cast, audiences are set to be on the edge of their seats from this stylish, suspenseful and ultra violent revenge film.
I, Jon From Elsewhere		Vultesia	No memories, no ID, no clue. Adan Afnil stars as the eponymous Jon in this pitch black, fish-out-of-water comedy by the Garr Brothers. Following a car crash induced head injury, Jon sets out into the city of Agralbosz with nothing but his name. On his journey to piece together his identity Jon will encounter everything from a stuttering mobster, to a down on their luck rugby team, and from a call girl with a heart to a homicidal fry cook as well as a host of other characters, some heartwarming, some unsavoury, and all unforgettable.
Untill Sunrise	Până la Răsărit	Qazhshava	A war movie based on the true story of Andrei Dimitrescu, a rebel volunteer and poet from the Great War. The movie revolves around Ioan Baciu, age 21, who is enroled in the Rebel Volunteers during the war, him and his 40 rifle strong team get stranded in the Lakkathan town of Twæshan, during nightfall a company of Yirgadas troops passes through the town where they are forced to engange in urban warfire lasting untill sunrise, suffuring major casualties, and barely escaping alive.
Gone..?	Neprotomen	Pelostan	Kosef Zekeni plays a construction worker named Hinca Nuwal working on a house in the middle of nowhere. He is working on the house alone, when all of the sudden he falls of a ladder. When he wakes up, he realizes he is paralyzed. The movie then browses through lives of different people that have connections with Hinca, such as family members and close friends. Will they find and save him in time? Will they even realize that he is... Gone..?
In the Balance	Amfírropos	North Memea	Three North Memean soldiers get lost in the woods fighting in the Great War. Now they must contend with the environment and their emotions as their lives hang in the balance. A film based on the book of the same name by Zoe Deciboros and directed by Leonidas Bashar. The film stars up and coming actor Alexander Hashim.