HONOLULU - s4story -- hJET Progress and Draqual Media film production companies are pleased to announce that their pioneering SciFu (science-based futuring) Art Film film has thus far received twenty-seven individual 2024 international film festival awards: Winner (Byond Border International Film Festival; Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Short (Los Angeles Cult Film Festival; Beyond Border International Film Festival); Best International Short (Kollywood International Film Festival; Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Experimental Film (Dubai Indie Film Festival; Beyond Border International Film Festival); Best Science Fiction Short (San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival; Los Angeles Cult Film Festival); Best Film on Religion (Bankok Movies Awards; Beyond Border International Film Festival; Los Angles Cult Film Festival); Best Postmodern Film (Beyond Border International Film Festival) Best Television/Pilot Program or Series (Beyond Border International Film Festival); Best Debut Filmmaker (Beyond Border International Film Festival); Best Writer (Kollywood International Film Festival); Best Screenplay (Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Short Ensemble Cast (Rome International Short Festival); Best Actor (Munich Sort Film Awards; Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Actor in a Leading Role (Melbourne Independent Film Festival); Best Actress (Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Supporting Actor (Poombukar Independent Film Festival); Best Director (Poombukar Independent Film Festival); and Best Musical Director (Poombukar Independent Film Festival).

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"The cast and crew are delighted with the success of OTOSOTU, our second major art film, the first being WINNOWING, says Auteur Director and actor Daniel S. Janik. "OTOSOTU relies almost solely on its originality and drama-mystery rather than gratuitous violence to capture and hold viewer interest."

OTOSOTU is a SciFu film about alien contact and the significance of the human soul. "I included much of what I learned from NASA about establishing first contact."

This extraordinary film is currently in FREE public screening on YouTube to the first 1,000 viewers at https://youtu.be/Hr29crqeFEA, joining WINNOWING at https://youtu.be/lwZbCAjOFdc.



Filming has begun on our next production, Audience with a Vampyre.