Youth, future, and new films! Gbeck Future Film Festival is a competition of original films created by filmmakers from around the world, designed to discover and support young filmmakers. The 2021 edition of the Festival is the seventh annual, and the third to be presented in PEI. City Cinema hosted the screening on May 7-9.
PEI provincial government, Charlottetown government, Charlottetown film society, and all community partners, sponsors, and audiences witnessed the opening of the screening.
Creative Industries Development Officer of PEI
Mayor of Charlottetown
President of Charlottetown Film Society
The 2021 Gbeck Future Film Screening has been presented in Prince Edward Island on May 7-9 after twice successful PEI launch since 2019. The films were submitted from China, Iran, British, Russia, France, Spain, and other countries; in total 25 short films and 1 full-length film. The films are categorized as drama, documentary, animation, and they range in length from 3 to 110 minutes; all films have English-language subtitles. Each screening lasts about 100 minutes in total and is themed with different topics.
Scene 1: Impermanence
Date: May 07, 7:00 PM
5 short films, come from different countries, shows the same complex, absurdity of the real world.
| Title | Director | Courtry | Category |
| Superprize | Konstantin Chelidze | Russia | drama |
| Warehouse | Hosein torkjoosh | Iran | drama |
| Middle of Nowhere | Tian-Tinghao | China | drama |
| Elephantbird | Amir Masoud Soheili | Afghanistan/Iran | drama |
| Stop the Bus | David Trujillo | France | drama |
Scene 2: Childhood
Date: May 08, 2:00 PM
9 short films, there is the beauty of childhood, childlike precious, also has our each person’s childhood memories.
| Title | Director | Courtry | Category |
| Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stay Sane? | Nick Hales | United Kingdom | animation |
| Monkey King | Luo-Aoze | China | animation |
| The Girl | Lin-Zhiquan | China | documentary |
| Once Upon a Head | A Nuodi | China | animation |
| Shepherd boy | Ulan Kapizolla | China | animation |
| Aitxitxe | Markel Goikoetxea | Spain | drama |
| Spring in the Hood | Wang-Zeyu | China | drama |
| On The Loose | Zhou-Jinghao | China | drama |
| This side ,Other side | Lida Fazli | Iran | animation |
Scene 3: People
Date: May 08, 7:00 PM
5 short films, shows the complicated human nature and diversity of life.
| Title | Director | Courtry | Category |
| Living Children | Gan-Chengyu | China | documentary |
| Shanghai Windows | Carlo Lin | China | drama |
| Unwed Mothers | Xu-Shuo | China | documentary |
| The Butterfly | Masoud Haghi | Iran | drama |
| Father’s debt | Xu-Hanlin | China | drama |
Scene 4: Watchman
Date: May 09, 2:00 PM
6 film, about love, about family, about the dream. Are you a watchman too?
| Title | Director | Courtry | Category |
| Warm Home | Liu-Zeyu | China | animation |
| Ava’s Silence | Seyed GholamReza Nematpour | Iran | drama |
| Pipo and Blind Love | Hugo Le Gourrierec | France | drama |
| Kusbek | Guo-Zhongyuan | China | drama |
| The Castle up the Cloud | Luo-Bofan | China | drama |
| Three Sticks | Ye-Yunhui | China | documentary |
Scene 5: Watch China
Date: May 09, 7:00 PM
From this film, see Chinese, understand Chinese.
| Title | Director | Courtry | Category |
| When We Meet Under The Same Sky | Gao-Jun | China | documentary |