WINNER: HONORABLE MENTION – BEST CINEMATOGRAPYT FILM

• SOCRATES
• Director: Ken Sagoes
• USA Premiere
• USA, 2025, 37 min
• Category: Drama • Thriller (In Person)

“Socrates” is a horror thriller about Ahmad, Thomas, and a group of college students researching ancient history and folklore. They discover that an urban legend is not a myth and releases a deadly spirit that is connected to an old slave fable. The spirit is housed in an intelligent African Grey parrot whose mission is to seek revenge on the descendants of their ruthless and heartless ancestors.