2022 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Program’s note:  A recollection of memory suggests that we might all be wired for longing.

ROMANCE | Álvaro de Miguel / Spain / 2021 / Fiction / 17:15 // Laura meets Carlos at a party. They dance, drink and have fun on a night that will be hard to forget. // Awards/Screenings: Off-Courts Trouville ( France ) | Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid – SEMINCI (Spain).

JUNKO | Minsho Limbu / Nepal / 2021 / Fiction / 14:43 // AA newlywed girl waits for a call from her husband, who left to find work. As days pass, she has to deal with the solitude within herself. // Awards/Screenings: POFF Shorts Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,2021 | Fribourg International Film Festival 2022.

TUMHARE BINA (Without You) | Shailendra Kumar Jha / India / 2021 / Fiction / 16:43 // A man loses his wife during a pandemic lockdown and struggles with loneliness and insomnia. He picks up an unusual solution. // Awards/Screenings: Critics Choice Award, Best International Short Film, Druk International Film Festival, Bhutan | Winner, Best Indian Director, Pune Short Film Festival.

DATING INTERNET STRANGERS (Saindo com Estranhos da Internet) | Eduardo Wahrhaftig / Brazil / 2021 / Documentary / 11:29 // Dating app users share good and bad date stories and their impressions about online dating in the era of smartphones. // Awards/Screenings: Nassau Film Festival 2022 – Honorable Mention | FestCine Itaúna 2022 – Best Animation, Nominee for Best Script, Best Editing, and Best Soundtrack.

MOONSHINE (明月光) | King-lun YEUNG / Hong Kong / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // On one auspicious full moon night, she received a call from Taiwan. It pulled her from a quiet night into a sea of memories… // Awards/Screenings: 27th ifva Awards (Open Category) – Gold Award.

Program’s note: Let the injustice be heard while listening to the people in power. Just don’t take their every word.

L’ESCALE (The Stopover) | Rob Jacobs, Nizar Saleh, Anne Reijniers, Paul Shemisi / Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Angola / 2022 / Documentary / 15:00 // During a layover, filmmakers Paul Shemisi and Nizar Saleh are stopped at the airport and led to an illegal detention center. // Awards/Screenings: Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen: prize of the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia & special mention by International Jury.

RAISA (Раиса) | Dorota Migas-Mazur / Poland / 2020 / Documentary / 20:36 // The story of a woman from Chechnya, Raisa, who has fled to Poland with her children to escape her difficult past.

DANCE MY DOLL (Dansa min Docka) | Jasmijn Kooijman / Sweden / 2022 / Animation / 15:00 // A stop-motion film about people who are all caught in the bureaucratic claws of the Swedish Migration Agency. // Awards/Screenings: Tempo Documentary Festival Stockholm: winner | Tempo Short Award. Kino Pavasaris Festival Vilnius: official selection.

MONA & PARVIZ | Kevin Biele / Germany / 2021 / Fiction / 17:01 // Two employees of the immigration office pay Mona an unannounced visit to check on the marital relationship with Parviz. // Awards/Screenings: Jury and 2. Audience Award at 34. Exground Filmfestival Wiesbaden, Germany | Special Mention du Jury Jeune Brest European Short Film Festival, France.

LA PRIMA COSA | Omar Al Abdul Razzak, Shira Ukrainitz / Spain, France / 2021 / Animation / 18:40 // A friendship between Kookoo Rikoo, the only Arab Christian Israeli clown and a war survivor, a Syrian girl. // Awards/Screenings: ANNECY Festival- Le Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy | Escales documentaires – Documentary film festival – La Rochelle.

Program’s note: Lighthearted, easy to watch with everyone.

DISNEYLANDIA (Disneyland) | Yosman Serrano Lindarte / Colombia / 2022 / Fiction / 07:31 // The only memory I want to keep is her face full of happiness for every effort I make for her.- To my mom.

MONKEY DOMINO (Affendomino) | Ulf Grenzer / Deutschland / 2021 / Animation / 04:07 // An orangutan encounters a manager and his little daughter at the zoo creating quite a change for all. // Awards/Screenings: 2022 Athens Animfest distinction | screening at Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2021.

DE-DE | Vivekananda Roy Ghatak / India / 2021 / Animation / 04:50 // A car driver encounters a somewhat persistently irritating beggar at a traffic light. // Awards/Screenings: Winner Cannes World Film Festival 2022 January | Winner 10th Mumbai shorts international film festival.

A COMME AZUR | Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach / France / 2021 / Fiction / 23:12 // Benjamin is 5 years old. During a holiday and 26 letters, Benjamin experiences his first sentimental pain and grows up.

DE FANTASTISCHE VLIEGWEDSTRIJD (The Fantastic Flying Competition) | John Croezen / Nederland / 2021 / Animation / 05:46 // During a flying competition for birds, ten teams run into trouble one by one and ends with a surprising winner. // Awards/Screenings: Public prize 2021 Groninger Film Festival – Netherlands | Mo & Friese Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Special Mention by The Children’s Jury.

Program’s note: Connection never dies.

SILENCIOVOZRUIDO (SilenceVoiceNoice) | Gonzalo Lugon / Peru / 2021 / Documentary / 09:28 // SilenceVoiceNoise tells the experience of the director during the first years of his life with Pierre Robin syndrome. // Awards/Screenings: International Short Film Festival Oberhausen – Germany | Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine de No Ficción Corriente – Perú, 2021.

YESTERDAY I WAS THE MOON | Yihan LIN / China / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // Dreaming about her dead son frequently before her grandson is about to work abroad, a grandmother and her grandson embark on a journey to find a psychic.

SIMONE IS GONE (Simone est partie) | Mathilde Chavanne / France / 2021 / Fiction / 21:28 // Young actors take over the bodies of my grandparents and replay their last moments together. They tell of the loss, talk of life. // Awards/Screenings: Director’s Fortnight 2021 | Laceno d’Oro.

WHEN THE SWALLOWS FLY AWAY (Quand les hirondelles s’en vont) | PINS Sébastien / Belgique / 2022 / Documentary / 18:56 // In a small rural village, a young boy befriends Fernand and Andrée, a farmer couple who, at 80 years old, find themselves in trouble feeding their remaining livestock. // Awards/Screenings: Honorable Mention in the 2022 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase: Recovering Species. (Nations-Unies) – New York-US-2022.

ESTOS VIEJOS (Old Souls) | Manuela Tabares, Juan David Mejía / Colombia / 2021 / Documentary / 17:35 // Neither loneliness nor old age overcomes dignity.

Program’s note: How I long for you…

BREAKING NEWS | Jessica Heng / Singapore / 2022 / Fiction / 23:48 // Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, 18-year-old Eliza wrestles with whether to break the news to her mother.

LILI ALONE (朵丽 / DUO LI) | ZOU Jing / China, Hong Kong, Singapore / 2021 / Fiction / 22:00 // Young mother Lili lives with her gambler husband in remote Sichuan. She heads for the city to earn money to save her dying father. // Awards/Screenings: Semaine de la Critique, France (2021) Prix Découverte Leitz Cine du court métrage | Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (2021) MIFF Award for Best Fiction Short Film.

TIGER AND OX (호랑이와 소) | Seunghee Kim / South Korea / 2019 / Documentary / 08:18 // The life of a single mother and her daughter showing what divorce means to women in Korean patriarchal society. // Awards/Screenings: Grand Jury Prize at 34th AFI Fest. (2020, US) | Honourable Mention, Aniamasian Award, 24th Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival(2020, Canada).

ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS (Between You and Milagros) | Mariana Saffon / Colombia / 2020 / Fiction / 18:00 // At fifteen, Milagros’ world still revolves around her mother’s affection. // Awards/Screenings: Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film – Venice International Film Festival, 2020, Italy.

Program’s note: Life confession stories, these films strongly stir our emotions associated with home.

HOMEBOUND | Ismail Fahmi Lubis / Indonesia / 2022 / Documentary / 17:00 // Tari longs to return home to Indonesia after more than 10 years working abroad in Taiwan.

ATEH | Kristie Ko / Hong Kong / 2021 / Fiction / 24:00 // In the summer of ‘99, a Filipina helper discovers she is pregnant and asks the little girl she cares for to keep it a secret. // Awards/Screenings: Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival | Kaohsiung Film Festival.

JAMAL | Muhammad Heri Fadli / Indonesia / 2020 / Fiction / 14:30 // Nur, who was drying her laundry, was shocked by her husband’s sudden return. // Awards/Screenings: Main Award, Youki Youth Media Festival, Wels, Austria | Official Selection 52nd Tampere Film Festival.

ANNAH LA JAVANAISE | Fatimah Tobing Rony / Indonesia / 2020 / Animation / 05:59 // In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin in Paris as his maid and model. This is a reimagining of her story. // Awards/Screenings: Best Short Film at Anifilm, Liberec, Czech Republic | Chinelo Prize for Best International Short Film, Pixelatl Festival of Animation, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE) | Olive Nwosu / Nigeria; UK / 2021 / Fiction / 13:41 // In search of healing, a young woman returns home to Nigeria, the country of her birth.

Program’s note: All about the parent, or the absence of.

BRANKA | Ákos K. Kovács / Hungary / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // Yugoslavia, 1991. Far away from the war zones, Branka gets a job in a maternity ward of a state hospital.

MINHA MÃE FAZIA | Andrei Smoler / Brazil / 2021 / Documentary / 03:00 // A short documentary film about Arlete Julio reminiscing about her biggest influence, her mother. // Awards/Screenings: Winner of SHORT to The Point | Selection at Curta Jacarehy Festival.

GEORGIA (조지아) | Jayil Pak / South Korea / 2020 / Fiction / 25:00 // When the police refuses to investigate their daughter’s alleged suicide, two parents decide to design a protest banner.// Awards/Screenings: Busan International Film Festival, Sonje Award for Best Short Film | Busan International Short Film Festival, Grand Prix for Best Short Film.

LAUT MEMANGGILKU (The Sea Calls for Me) | Tampubolon Tumpal / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 17:26 // A young boy, Sura, lives in a fishing village. One day he finds a broken sex doll washed ashore and tries to fix it. // Awards/Screenings: Best Asian Short Film (Sonje Award) Busan International Film Festival | Best Short Film, FFI.

BRACHA (ברכה) | Mickey Triest, Aaron Geva / Israel / 2020 / Fiction / 12:45 // During the Covid-19 lockdown, Bracha turns up on her anxious mother’s doorstep, but an argument ensues. // Awards/Screenings: Israeli Academy Award – Best Short Film.

Program’s note: Somebody is keeping something, perhaps a small word with a big impact.

AS DE TRÈFLE | Henri Kebabdjian / France / 2021 / Fiction / 09:34 // Nathan is joined by his daughter at the racetrack. He hopes that by betting, he will be able to afford the school of her dreams. // Awards/Screenings: 2021 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival | 2021 Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Best Actress in a Short Film upon Félicie Robert.

OLAYAN | Khalifa Al-Marri / Qatar / 2021 / Fiction / 18:00 | In the 90s, a Bedouin boy must rescue his best friend, a newborn camel named Olayan, from being sold at the market by his father.

BARTER (تهاتر) | Ziba Karamali, Emad Arad / Iran / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // Parsa, a 13-year-old boy, tries to hide a secret from his father. // Awards/Screenings: Flickerfest International Short Film Festival | Foyle Film Festival

UN PÈRE (A Father) | Christophe Prédari / Belgium / 2022 / Fiction / 13:38 // Steve receives a gift from his father, with whom he has not shared much for so long. // Awards/Screenings: Brussels Short Film Festival | Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival

BUNNY (Żabka) | Emma Lindahl / Poland / 2022 / Fiction / 16:47 // Ten-year-old Kamila is worried that her father might be disappearing soon, and she will do everything to stop him. // Awards/Screenings: Official selection of OKFA, Konin, 2022 | Official selection, Mlodzi i Film, Koszalin, 2022.

Program’s note: Individuals are back at the heart of work. It becomes personal.

THREE MEALS FROM ANARCHY | Tom Phipps, John O’Hare / United Kingdom / 2022 / Animation / 15:03 // Three characters struggle against bureaucracy and exploitation to make a living in modern Britain.

JUNIE | Grégoire Graesslin / France – Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 22:59 // An apprentice in a farm, Junie suffers from a strange illness: every morning, she wakes up in the countryside, lost and confused.// Awards/Screenings: Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium, 2021) | El Gouna Film Festival (Egypt, 2021).

OF WOOD | Owen Klatte / United States / 2022 / Animation / 06:59 // Wood carvings come alive to illustrate the uses of wood throughout the ages, until things get out of hand. // Awards/Screenings: Annecy Festival | Symbiotic Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, won the Best Animation Award.

OPERA JALANAN (Street Opera) | Arjan Onderdenwijngaard / Indonesia / 2022 / Experimental / 15:37 // A Street Opera created with the sounds, both rhythmic and vocal of 35 Indonesian street vendors. // Awards/Screenings: Indonesian Film Festival, Amsterdam 2022.

DISPLACED (Pa Vend) | Samir Karahoda / Kosovo / 2021 / Documentary / 14:38 // In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander around carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables. // Awards/Screenings: Cannes Film Festival 2021 – European Film Awards nomination | Sundance 2022 – Best documentary short film.

HOLY CARE (Corpo e Aria) | Cristian Patanè / Italy / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // Gaia works in her family funeral home and takes care of the bodies while the soul is leaving.

Program’s note: An unordinary take on human and nature focus.

BASSIN D’ATTRACTION | Jonathan Pêpe / France and Italy / 2021 / Experimental / 15:50 // Bassin d’attraction, in black and white, produced in computer-generated image, presents itself as a fake wildlife documentary.

THE LITTLE PLANT | Komeil Soheili / Iran, Korea / 2020 / Experimental / 18:24 // A plant unable to find its parents discovers its future.

ABLATION | Scott Miller Berry / Canada / USA / 2021 / Experimental / 07:20 // Ablation explores the onslaught of melting glaciers at a time of rapid climate change.

THE LAST FOREST (Hutan Terakhir) | Wayan Martino / Indonesia / 2022 / Documentary / 21:32 // Restu is a water management officer in Jembrana, the last forest in Bali. A water source and a life giver, it is now encroached upon by farmers. // Awards/Screenings: Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) 2022.

A NATURE DOCUMENTARY (Luontoelokuva) | Joel Karppanen / Finland / 2021 / Experimental / 10:37 // An essay film about simulated nature, forest animals, nature photographers and national parks. // Awards/Screenings: Go Short FF.

BELLE RIVER | Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin / Canada, USA / 2022 / Documentary / 11:18 // Belle River is about Louisiana and its peaceful inhabitants, both threatened by the emergence of the climate crisis. // Awards/Screenings: SXSW (2022) | Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (2022).

Program’s note: With no bowing heads nor lowered eyes, the women in these stories rise.

DAUGHTERS (Töchter) | Quynh Le Nguyen, Stella Deborah Traub, Katharina Soon-Hi Thaler / Germany / 2021 / Documentary / 20:44 // “I was born and there they were.” Three filmmakers reflect on the inescapable connection to their parents. // Awards/Screenings: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis | London Short Film Festival.

LEMO | Zuri Rinpoche / Bhutan / 2022 / Fiction / 10:22 // A childless woman’s struggle between reality and illusion.

WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM | Morad Mostafa / Egypt / 2021 / Fiction / 25:00 // Mariam goes to a public hospital with her husband and daughter, bleeding and suffering from severe pain in her abdomen.

STORE POLICY (L’effort commercial) | Sarah Arnold / France, Switzerland / 2021 / Fiction / 16:58 // Lea begins a summer job as a cashier at a large supermarket chain. She soon discovers the underlying violence at her workplace.

LATE BLOOMING IN A LONELY SUMMER DAY | Sein Lyan Tun / Myanmar / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // During Covid-19’s second wave in Yangon, Ma, a lonely woman, lost her job as a kitchen helper in the restaurant. // Awards/Screenings: Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland (2021) | Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2022).

Program’s note: An outloud authorial regime’s voice, a reminiscence of the past.

ARTIST | Andrey Krasavin / Russia / 2021 / Fiction / 11:32 // A cheerful performance raises the morale of fighters, allowing them to temporarily forget about the hardships of wartime. // Awards/Screenings: International Premiere at MFW8 | Taganay Muses (2022, Russia), Winner | Golden Calf (2021, Russia), Best Social Film.

CADILLAC AND BLACKBERRIES (Kadillak Dhe Manaferra) | Bako Suela / Albania / 2021 / Fiction / 14:56 // Cadillac and blackberries tells about the “soft” but stubborn resistance of an oil technician in Communist Albania in 1975

ANG AMOMONGGO SA ATON (The Monsters Among Us) | VinJo Entuna / Philippines / 2021 / Animation / 16:31 // When the Amomonggo commits a series of killings during the dictatorship, it is up to a local union leader to protect his community. // Awards/Screenings: Ateneo Video Open 2022 – Best Animated Film & Best Score and Sound Design | Sine Negrense 2021 – Jury’s Choice Award.

WHILE MY GOATEE GENTLY BLEATS | Kong Pahurak / Thailand / 2021 / Fiction / 06:00 // After having the last supper, a scapegoat is brought to the gallows.

ANGLE MORT (Blind Spot) | Lotfi Achour / Tunisia and France / 2021 / Documentary / 13:13 // Under Ben Ali’s dictatorship, a man is tortured and killed. His mother is still asking ‘Where did you abandon my son’s body?’ // Awards/Screenings: Best documentary – Tampere festival | Young audience award in Cinemed Montpellier (France).

FRISØRSALONGEN PÅ FRYDENLUND (Frydenlund Hair Parlour) | Hanne Berkaak / Norway, Belgium / 2021 / Animation / 13:35 // A WW2 story focusing on hair, not heroes. // Awards/Screenings: 34º Foyle Film Festival. Northern Ireland, UK | 29º Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. Germany.

Program’s note: Speaking your truth.

MARY (Meryem) | Celal Yücel Tombul / Turkey / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // Couples wanting children need a government permit after fulfilling pre-determined conditions. // Awards/Screenings: 10. Malatya International Film Festival | River Film Festival.

NOCTUIDAE | Alexandra Mauritz / Germany / 2021 / Fiction / 23:01 // Two lost dreamers sew a coat of moth wings. Can they escape from the lights of the world into the moonlight? // Awards/Screenings: Cleveland International Film Festival, USA I Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Sweden.

$75,000 | Moïse Togo / France / 2020 / Documentary / 14:12 // In some African communities, albinism continues to be extremely misinterpreted as a phenomenon based on false beliefs. // Awards/Screenings: Sundance film festival 2022| Annecy international animation film festival 2021| Scam Prize for Experimental Work/ Honorary mention at the Prix ars electronica.

YUGO | Carlos GOMEZ SALAMANCA / France, Colombia / 2021 / Animation / 10:00 // The life of a woman and a man questions capitalist and liberal economic development and its consequences on human beings. // Awards/Screenings: -A NNECY (France) Festival international d’animation – 2022, compétition | BILBAO (Spain) Zinebi – 2021, compétition.

A GRANDPA’S UNIFORM AND THE OTHER THINGS OF FEAR (Pedhut) | Christian Banisrael / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 21:42 // An old man trapped in his past steals an army uniform to chase away the ghosts that terrorize his long nights.

Program’s note: Beware: it’s toxic.

THE PARTIAN | Hadafi Raihan Karim / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 08:40 // On a planet where big vehicles and rocky mountains are a common view, an astronaut lands and discover things that seem familiar. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection – Film Musik Makan 2022 | Shortlisted – Festival Film Indonesia 2021

NORTH POLE (Severen pol) | Marija Apcevska / Macedonia/Serbia / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // Misty field, crowded locker room. Margo belongs to neither. Maybe if she loses her virginity, she will finally find her place. // Awards/Screenings: Cannes Film Festival 2021

THE NIGHT BURNS (La notte brucia) | Angelica Gallo / Italy / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // Raised in a small town, Max, Antonio and Hamza take pleasure in stealing valuable objects until one night the unexpected happens. // Awards/Screenings: Torino Film Festival 2021 Rai Cinema Channel Award | SICAFILM Los Angeles International Film Awards.

SUNDAY | Ezra Cecio / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 19:02 // Edwin is trapped in a collection of bizarre dreams and experiences after his daughter runs away from home. // Awards/Screenings: Balinale 2022.

MONSIEUR SACHET ( Monsieur Sachet) | Mathieu Girard / Canada / 2021 / Animation / 09:39 // Monsieur Sachet is a wicked escalation of tragicomic anecdotes happening in a colorful, crazy and completely absurd atmosphere. // Awards/Screenings: Festival international Fantasia, Montréal, Canada, 2021 | Dresden Short Film Festival, Germany, March 2022.

THE DAY THE RHYTHM WENT AWAY | Cheng Chai Hong / Singapore / 2021 / Experimental / 09:27 // A boy struggles with anxiety as he moves at a different pace from the world, with the rhythm of his heart as his only refuge. // Awards/Screenings: National Youth Film Awards, Nominated for Best Director and Best Film.

ANYÁM MACSKÁJA (Mom’s Cat) | Annabella Schnabel / Hungary / 2021 / Fiction / 17:31 // Felix, a thirty-something Furry, is still living with his mother. His life changes dramatically when he gets his dream job, which leads him to leave his mother and fulfill his weird coming-of-age dramedy. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection at the A-listed Academy Awards-Qualifying 43rd Moscow IFF Short Film Competition I ‘Best Fiction Film’ at VIII. Nefiltravane Kino Film Festival.

Program’s note: Both subtle and crude yearning to be heard in the family. Can you hear what they wish to say?

POSTERITY (代) | Audrie Yeo / Malaysia / 2021 / Fiction / 10:06 // Ah Ger discovers a dead bird and decides to bury it. Her good intentions lead her to be terribly misunderstood by her mother. // Awards/Screenings: Locarno International Film Festival Open Doors Short Program | Singapore International Film Festival.

SAFE | Ian Barling / USA / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // The manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind.

THESE COLOURS DON’T RUN (Balas) | Difizckal Satriatama / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 14:55 // After coming home beaten and bruised, Joni is given an ultimatum by his father to retaliate against his bullies.

SIERRA | Sander Joon / Estonia / 2022 / Animation / 15:55 // A boy accidentally turns himself into a car tire. // Awards/Screenings: Filmfest Dresden, Germany (2022) ARTE Short Film Prize & Special Mention from Youth Jury | Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA (2022) Won: Best of Fest.

THE BREAKDOWN | Giulio Mealli / Italy, Czech Republic / 2021 / Fiction / 05:20 // What if the car of two parents who are getting rid of their son has a breakdown in the middle of nowhere?

TANK FAIRY (桶妝仙女) | Erich Rettstadt / Taiwan, USA / 2021 / Fiction / 09:31 // The magical Tank Fairy delivers gas with sparkle and sass, casting an empowering spell over Jojo, a lonely young dreamer. // Awards/Screenings: SXSW 2022 – Audience Award | Short Shorts 2022 – Official Selection.

Program’s note: Get comfortable being uncomfortable.

ALL THE TIME (Hargez Gahi Hamisheh) | Shadi Karamroudi / Iran / 2020 / Fiction / 15:00 // Hearing that her teenage sister is planning to commit suicide, Toranj is in limbo not knowing how to react… // Awards/Screenings: Busan International Film Festival – Fribourg International Film Festival

FARMHOUSE (Plaashuis) | Dian Weys / South Africa / 2021 / Fiction / 14:58 // Two women clean a murder scene at a farm in rural South Africa. // Awards/Screenings: Tampere Film Festival | IFF Message to Man.

SNOW WHITE (Snjeguljica) | Lana Barić / Croatia / 2022 / Fiction / 14:41 // An unexpected visit will take her back to the past, shaking up her daily routine. // Awards/Screenings: Trieste Film Festival, Italy, In the Palace Film Festival, Bulgaria

HOT_GIRL_CINDY_ALONE_INHER_ROOM.3GP (CINDY_HOT_MAINSENDIRI_DIKOSAN.3gp) | Winner Wijaya / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 04:00 // Chika and her two friends are watching a sexy video starring a girl who looks like someone from their school’s basketball club.

TROUBLED WATERS (L’eau à la bouche) | Emmanuelle Huynh / Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 14:00 // Bruno, a loser, works at a municipal pool. He has to take care of his partner’s daughter and will face up to unspeakable impulses.

DESCENTE (4 AM) | Mehdi Fikri / France / 2021 / Fiction / 11:00 // After the After the Paris terror attacks, the state of emergency is proclaimed to facilitate the work of police forces.

Program’s note: The power of music.

BOW-WOW (멍멍, 바우와우, 와프와프) | Hyungnam PAK / South Korea / 2019 / Fiction / 22:20 // Three dogs at a dog shelter try Dog-ception to help Ggo-mi getting adopted. // Awards/Screenings: 2020 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Official Selection.

THE LITTLE PRODIGY (Le Petit prodige) | Xavier DISKEUVE / Belgium / 2022 / Fiction / 22:35 // Félix, a young pianist preparing for a huge competition, finds himself caught up in a trick set up by agents of soccer players… // Awards/Screenings: Best short film Halicarnassus Film Festival (Tur) | Best scriptwriter Roma Prima Award Festival.

EYES AND HORNS (아이즈앤혼즈) | Chaerin Im / Germany, South Korea, USA / 2021 / Experimental / 06:15 // Inspired by Picasso’s Vollard Suite: the transformation of the Minotaur leads to the destruction of boundaries of sexes. // Awards/Screenings: Frameline San Francisco LQBTQ+ Film Festival | Annecy International Animation Festival.

THE UNUSUAL EVENT; VOICES | Sesarini, Alieneta Firdausi / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 01:54 // The noises he hears become a limitation and a barrier for him to get peace from noise pollution. // Awards/Screenings: Film Musik Makan 2022.

TECHNO, MAMA | Saulius Baradinskas / Lithuania / 2021 / Fiction / 18:00 // Nikita loves to listen to techno music and dreams of going to Berlin and visiting the famous club ‘Berghain’.

Sometimes relationships are quite straightforward in twisted lines.

SUNSHINE ACID | Gitti Grüter / Switzerland / 2021 / Fiction / 23:32 // During an LSD trip in the Serbian Tara National Park, Leni and Rea are suddenly faced with a matter of life and death.

SOLAR ECLIPSE | Alireza Ghasemi, Raha Amirfazli / France, Iran / 2021 / Fiction / 14:12 // Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Teheran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse.

INVERSION (Inverze) | Lucia Kajánková / Czech Republic / 2021 / Fiction / 21:49 // A film about the complicated friendship of three adolescent girls, two swimming pools, and one malicious act of revenge. // Awards/Screenings: Prague Shorts 2021, CZ | Finále Plzeň 2021, CZ.

OUR OWN LAND (nous n’irons plus en haut) | Simon Helloco / FRANCE / 2021 / Fiction / 22:48 // It is time for silaging in the peaceful countryside. While farmers are harvesting corn, two brothers, 8 and 12, are left alone. // Awards/Screenings: Brussels Short Film Festival, 2022 I Huesca International Film Festival, 2022.

Program’s note: Live bravely in your own skin.

BEAR HUG | Margrethe DANIELSEN / France, Norway / 2022 / Animation / 10:33 // An eager little bear is waiting for his birthday guests, but nobody is coming… So, free as a bird, his hunt for company begins. // Awards/Screenings: LISBONNE (Portugal) Monstra – 2022, compétition |BARCELONE (Spain) Mecal Pro – 2022, compétition.

PERFECT RESTAURANT 善美餐廳 | Aiken Chau / Canada / 2021 / Animation / 03:59 // A family tries to get through their dinner at a restaurant as a fly wreaks havoc on their meal. // Awards/Screenings: Reel Asian Fasken Audience Choice Short Film Award 2021 | TAAFI 2022.

SPLISH SPLASH (Cipak Cipuk) | Andra Fembriarto / Indonesia / 2021 / Animation / 09:12 // Two bickering siblings unite to fight pirates who want to steal their precious Sun Pearl necklace. // Awards/Screenings: Best Short Animation Winner of Piala Maya 2022 | Best Short Animation Nominee, Festival Film Indonesia 2021.

A BLUE GIANT (파란 거인) | Gyeongmu Noh / South Korea (Republic of Korea) / 2021 / Animation / 06:45 // A blue giant goes through all sorts of hardships outside the house and finally finds the house fit for the body. // Awards/Screenings: Korean Competition for Shorts Special Jury Prize 2021 Jeonju International Film Festival | Official selection for Independent Walk 2021 Seoul Indie-AniFest.

POLAR BEAR BEARS BOREDOM (ホッキョクグマすっごくひま) | Koji Yamamura / Japan / 2021 / Animation / 07:00 // This film is inspired with the This film is inspired by the 12th-13th century scroll: Bird and Beast Character Caricature. // Awards/Screenings: Best International Animation Short | 1st North London Animation Festival, UK | Best Kid’s Animation | 2nd International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Japan.

FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND | Maya Sanbar, Gustavo Leal, Faga Melo / Brazil, UK, USA / 2021 / Animation / 07:05 // Follow the plight of Noor and Josef as they journey far away from home, orphaned by a devastating earthquake. // Awards/Screenings: 31º Cinequest Film Festival. San Jose, California, USA | 42º Durban International Film Festival. South Africa.

Program’s note; The bond is real.

TOO ROUGH | Sean Lionadh. / UK / 2022 / Fiction / 16:00 // A hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own dysfunctional family.

BLAUES RAUSCHEN (Blue Noise) | Simon Maria Kubiena / Germany, Austria / 2022 / Fiction / 16:30 // After a young apprentice turns away from his father out of disappointment, he seeks paternal closeness with his instructor. // Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Generation 2022 – Honorable Mention.

TEGUH | Riani Singgih / Indonesia / 2021 / Documentary / 14:59 // After being dishonorably discharged as a policeman due to his sexual orientation, Teguh and his partner persisted to seek justice.

LITTLE SKY (小天) | Jess X. Snow / Canada, USA / 2021 / Fiction / 13:58 // Drag sensation, Sky, returns to New York City to confront their estranged father about the memories that continue to haunt them. // Awards/Screenings: Flickerfest Australia, Show Me Shorts New Zealand.

LEO | Maning Putri / 2022 / 2022 / Fiction / 03:49 // Lia is a muslim schoolgirl who changes her look after her best friend Sindy mentions her crush who is handsome like Leonardo DiCaprio.

NEXT PICTURE | Cris Bringas / The Philippines / 2020 / Experimental / 06:00 // Solitary men in an empty cinema, omnipresent smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations. Welcome to Manila’s evolving queer space. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection, Open Doors Screenings, 74th Locarno Film Festival, 2021| Special Jury Prize, 27th Festival Jóvenes Realizadores – Granada Film Festival, 2021.

Program’s note: A wave of creatives acknowledging women’s lives.

RIDE TO NOWHERE | Khozy Rizal / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 15:00 // It is her first day living as a motorcycle taxi driver and she has to do something to prevent order cancellations.

GOADS | Iris Baglanea / Greece / 2020 / Fiction / 14:57 // Ira lives with her family in a remote location within Greece. She will face one of the strongest experiences of her childhood. // Awards/Screenings: Best Short Film, the Greek Society of Film Critics | Zinebi, Bilbao Int. Short And Documentary Film Festival (Spain) | Go Short Int. Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands).

BIG | Daniele Pini / Italia / 2021 / Fiction / 14:00 // Matilde lives in a cramped house on the beach. To make some money, she scours the sand with her metal detector. // Awards/Screenings: Festa Del Cinema Di Roma – Alice Nella Città (Italy), Best Short Film, Rai Cinema Award | Muestra Internacional De Cine De Palencia (Spain).

STIGMA, STYLE | Cheryl Wong Ye Han / Singapore/USA / 2021 / Fiction / 13:15 // Kerri spends an afternoon at her friend’s house where she grows increasingly curious about her friend’s elder sister, Clara. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection Palm Springs International Shortfest 2021 | Official Selection Urbanworld Film Festival 2021.

THE SWIRL (Pyörre) | Helka Heinonen / Finland / 2021 / Experimental / 22:59 // If nothing happens, why is it better not to tell about it? // Awards/Screenings: DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2022 | Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, 2022.

Program’s note: Wonderful stories of filmmaking spirit.

BACK TO ONE | Tang Kang Sheng / United States of America / 2021 / Fiction / 14:37 // Set against uncertain times, this story is a meditation on film-making and the choices lived by.

AN AFFAIR IN ONE FEBRUARY MORNING | Anonymous / Myanmar / 2021 / Fiction / 07:26 // A couple wake up in a beautiful morning on Feb 1, 2021 in Burma, the day of military coup, oblivious to what has occurred. // Awards/Screenings: SEA X SEA Film & Literature Festival (USA)

1MTH/MIN | Ethann Néon / Belgium / 2021 / Experimental / 03:45 // 1 MTH/MIN is a reflection on space-time in a cinematographic form. Each image is a 24h scan taken each day during spring 2020. // Awards/Screenings: Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy (France) | Short Waves Festival (Pologne).

ČETVRTAK (Thursday) | Boris T. Matic / Croatia, Slovenia / 2022 / Fiction / 12:55 // One usual day during unusual times …

A TWO | Kyle Credo / Canada / 2022 / Fiction / 11:58 // James makes a lifestyle change when he stumbles upon a familiar face on social media. // Awards/Screenings: World Premiere (the first time public showing in MFW)

BUG | Abel Bos / Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 14:58 // On the outskirts of the city, two youngsters discover the power of the camera.

LE SABOTEUR | Anssi Kasitonni / Finland / 2022 / Experimental / 12:00 // An ex-saboteur gets back in the game and every trick will be exposed! // Awards/Screenings: Tampere Film Festival, EFA Short Film Award Candidacy | DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival.

Program’s note: Understand the way privilege works, listen to these personal stories.

WHEN ELEPHANTS COME TO TOWN | Hyejeong Yun / Germany, United Kingdom / 2022 / Documentary / 18:00 // When did the ongoing history of brutality against other creatures, species, and ethnicities start? How many died without a name? // Awards/Screenings: European Media Art Festival 2022 (Campus selection) | EXiS Seoul international experimental film festival 2022 | Asian American International Film Festival AAIFF media exhibition: RENDERING REAL

LUCKIEST MAN ON EARTH | Muhammad Exsell Naufal Rabbani / Indonesia / 2022 / Fiction / 16:33 // A shy man tries marry a caucasian woman who he just met but was hindered by language and culture. // Awards/Screenings: Special Program Selection Tampere Film Festival 2022.

AGONIE (AGONY) | Loïc Guinebault / France / 2021 / Fiction / 11:23 // Migrants roam the sea in a canoe and one runs aground on the beach. A man regularly comes to the beach where the migrant is…

ANAK-ANAK MILENIAL (The Millennial Kids) | Nirartha Bas Diwangkara / Indonesia / 2022 / Animation / 07:02 // Two kids become friends when they discover the news about a doomsday comet.

NOTES FROM THE PERIPHERY | Tulapop Saenjaroen / Thailand, UK / 2021 / Experimental / 13:31 // Laem Chabang port, shipping containers as a policing tool, and a life cycle of a barnacle. // Awards/Screenings: International Short Film Oberhausen, 50th Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Canada

HANTU | Kim Kokosky Deforchaux / The Netherlands / 2021 / Fiction / 19:00 // An elderly widow from the former Dutch East Indies has been living in the Netherlands for decades, but is haunted by traumas of post-colonial turmoil and does not want to burden her son with her past. // Awards/Screenings: Netherlands Film Festival 2021, Gouden Kalf Competition | Vienna Shorts Film Festival 2022.

Program’s note: Of all the hardships, through a long absence, everyone seemed to find their true self.

AUNTIE OH LIVES IN YOUR MEMORIES | Kathleen Bu / Singapore / 2021 / Fiction / 14:51 // A baggage claim worker finds a new purpose in life when she goes on trips around the world in a magical luggage storage room. // Awards/Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)

MORA MORA | Jurga Šeduikytė / Lituania / 2021 / Animation / 10:05 // The keys of a shattered piano help a child navigate an eerie emotional world. // Awards/Screenings: 45º Ottawa International Animation Festival. Canada | 35º Cinekid Festival. The Netherlands.

DEEP BLUE (Fond Bleu) | Franie-Éléonore Bernier / Canada / 2021 / Fiction / 10:34 // A hotel phone rings. A woman answers. It is the sea calling. // Awards/Screenings: FNC (2021) | Palm Springs Short Film Festival (2022)

SIDÉRAL | Carlos Segundo / France, Brazil / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // A couple lives near Brazil’s first space center. She is a cleaner and he is a mechanic, but she dreams of other horizons. // Awards/Screenings: Cannes Film Festival, Official Selection (2021) | Best International Short, Palm Springs ShortFest (2022).

WARSHA | Dania Bdeir / Lebanon, France / 2021 / Fiction / 15:42 // A crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom. // Awards/Screenings: Sundance Film Festival, United States (2022), Best International Short Film: Fiction | Tampere Film Festival, Finland (2022) International Competition: Best Fiction Award.

Program’s note: The silence was more telling than anything anyone could say.

TIME OF A SLIME MOLD (Limakon aika) | Leena Pukki / Finland / 2021 / Experimental / 09:50 // The movement of slime mold is combined with pattern subjects selected from Karelian thread blankets. // Awards/Screenings: IFFF Dortmund + Cologne; ISFF Oberhausen.

THE RAIL WAY HOME | Theo Kourkov / Ukraine / 2022 / Animation / 10:47 // WM is constantly traveling along rails. An observer guides him to what he is to leave behind and what he can take away.

TENJINSAN TEXTILES (天神さんテキスタイル) | Michael Lyons and Haruka Mitani / Japan / 2021 / Experimental / 03:45 // Antique kimono textiles were filmed on super 8 and act as a visual score for the soundtrack. Watch and listen to kimono patterns. // Awards/Screenings: Punto y Raya 2021 | First Persian Experimental Film Festival 2022.

LO CHIAMAVANO CARGO (His name was Cargo ) | Marco Signoretti / Italy / 2021 / Documentary / 17:29 // Italy, late 1960s. Two strangers arrive in a village in the South: the first one has a movie camera, and the second one has a gun. The two will have an unexpected opportunity to change history.

THERE ARE FISH IN THE WATER AND RICE IN THE FIELDS (ในน้ำแฮฟฟิช ในนาแฮฟไรซ์) | Tanakit Kitsanayunyong / Thailand / 2021 / Documentary / 18:32 // A journey simulated Thai proverb, there is fish in the water and rice in the fields through memories about the land as home. // Awards/Screenings: Finalist Documentary Competition, 25th Thai Short Film & Video Festival 2021, Thailand | Chiang Mai Film Festival 2021, Thailand.

DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE | Shaima Al Tamimi / USA, Qatar, Netherlands / 2021 / Documentary / 09:13 // A heartfelt letter to the director’s late grandfather, which questions the continuous pattern of movement amongst the Yemeni diaspora.

LINES ON THE WINTER CAMPAIGN, 1980 | Thadeusz Tischbein, René Reinhardt / Germany / 2021 / Experimental / 05:36 // The excerpt from a poem by Russian-American Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky is a nightmarish illustration of war. // Awards/Screenings: International Poetry Film Festival Weimar, Germany (Best Animation Award) | International Short Film Festival Dresden/Germany.

THE SOUND OF THE TIME (I Suoni del tempo) | Jeissy Trompiz / Venezuela, Italy, Portugal, Brazil. / 2022 / Documentary / 15:00 // Nico is a sound man who records conversations of war soldiers from the past.

Program’s note: Some remain a mystery, long after these shorts.

CONCERTINA | Gabriel Gonzalez Acosta / Mexico / 2021 / Experimental / 12:42 // Two sets of brothers discuss their dreams of one another, opening dark ethereal worlds through their stories. // Awards/Screenings: Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, LAB Official Selection | The Norwegian Short Film Festival, International Competition.

LEMONGRASS GIRL | Pom Bunsermvicha / Thailand / 2021 / Fiction / 17:34 // According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside down underneath an open sky. // Awards/Screenings: San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA (2021) Best International Short | Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival, Thailand (2021) ASEAN Short Film Competition, Jury Prize.

THE NIPPLE WHISPERER | Jan Van Dyck / Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 15:00 // Maurice Sanders has a gift. He is a nipple whisperer. Once, he was known as “Magic Sandy” // Awards/Screenings: SXSW 2021; Tampere Film Festival 2022

THE DEVIL | Jan Bujnowski / Poland / 2022 / Fiction / 18:57 // In times of crisis, when people sought spirituality, seemingly impossible events were possible… // Awards/Screenings: 68 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.

FIGLIO SANTO (Holy Son) | Aliosha Massine / Italy / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // The daily routine of a young couple is disturbed by some shocking news.

Program’s note: Aspects of the routine made wondrous.

ABNORMAL PRIME TIME (이상 한철) | Sinn Kirin / South Korea / 2021 / Fiction / 14:00 // In Seoul, where day and night have changed due to the climate crisis, In-Kyung gets a call from her sister telling her to come out at midday. // Awards/Screenings: World Premiere (first-time public showing in MFW8).

IN MEMORY OF | Mattia Bioli / Italy / 2021 / Experimental / 05:53 // How does a fading memory look like? In memory of who no longer exists, neither as a face, nor in our memories, nor in a short film. // Awards/Screenings: Filmfest Bremen 2022 (Innovation) | Ribalta Experimental Film Festival 2022.

PROKOP | Danilo Stanimirović / Serbia / 2021 / Documentary / 10:00 // Prokop is an architectural organism which drags traces from many epochs in which it existed. However, it was never completed.

FLY (蠅) | Chun-him TO/ Hong Kong / 2022 / Fiction / 13:39 // A troop of youths got involved in a gang dispute because of a smartphone. // Awards/Screenings: The 9th Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music) , Silver Award of the “Best Microfilm Production Award” | The 20th GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival , Finalist.

HAPPY MOMENTS (美好时刻) | Jia Fang, Song Jian / China / 2021 / Experimental / 10:05 // It seems that the floating timeline has subverted the original meaning of instant images, but produces new questions at the same time. // Awards/Screenings: Buenos Aires International Film Festival – Semi-Finalist | London Super Shorts Film Festival (Official Selected).

INDONESIAN LEARN KAPPA HUNTING TECHNIQUES (インドネシア人技能実習生、河童の狩猟技術を学ぶ) | Takuro Kotaka / Japan / 2021 / Documentary / 24:22 // This mockumentary takes an ironic look at Japanese society. In this film, Indonesian hunt a fictional monster ‘Kappa’ in Japan. // Awards/Screenings: 16th JAFF Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2021 | Asian Perspective short

Program’s note: Struggle to adapt to life.

CONVIÉRTETE EN QUIEN ERES (Become who you are) | Agustin Iezzi / Argentina / 2022 / Experimental / 11:28 // A journey through my home in the midst of the pandemic. A journey that captures the essence of these strange times.

A GOAT’S SPELL | Gerhard Funk / Germany / 2022 / Animation / 09:00 // A psychedelic lullaby. // Awards/Screenings: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2022 | 62nd Krakow Film Festival, Special Mention for Short Animation.

HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE AND STAY HUMAN (איך לשרוד את החמסין ולהשאר בן אדם) | Ronni Shalev / Israel / 2021 / Animation / 07:48 // An An unbearable heatwave in Jerusalem forces a young woman to embark on a quest to find a new battery for her air conditioner. // Awards/Screenings: Best Student Film – Brighton Animation Festival 2022 | Best Student Film – Asif Animation Festival 2021.

MY PAWS ARE SOFT, MY BONES ARE HEAVY | Felix Klee / Germany / 2021 / Experimental / 04:57 // An artificial intelligence dreams it is an animal: as a cougar, it sleeps at the bottom of the sea until the world changes. // Awards/Screenings: 37th Interfilm Berlin Short Film Festival | TABOR FILM FESTIVAL

O QUE RESTA (What Remains) | Daniel Soares / Portugal / 2021 / Fiction / 20:37 // The old man and the ram. // Awards/Screenings: Telluride, Clermont-Ferrand

I GOTTA LOOK GOOD FOR THE APOCALYPSE | Ayce Kartal / France, Turkey / 2021 / Animation / 05:40 // March 2020. What if the crisis we are actually experiencing is not a pandemic, but an accelerated derealization of our lives? // Awards/Screenings: Annecy International Film Festival (2021) | Best Animation at Curtas Villa do Conde (2021).

SOUND OF THE NIGHT (Somleng reatrey) | Chanrado Sok, Kongkea Vann / Cambodia / 2021 / Fiction / 20:00 // Vibol and his brother Kea sell noodles on a motorized cart every night on the streets of Phnom Penh.

Program’s note: Urban life, as the night falls.

NIGHTLIFE | R Colvile / United Kingdom / 2021 / Experimental / 19:39 // An art film made on iPhone from the structures, stories and surfaces of the City of London. // Awards/Screenings: Tampere Film Festival | VAFT (Voted as Audience Favourite)

A MAN TREMBLES | Mark Chua, Lam Li Shuen / Singapore / 2021 / Fiction / 22:47 // 1998, Singapore. At the peak of the Asian financial crisis, a man and his family spend their final day on Earth at Sentosa Island. // Awards/Screenings: 65th BFI London Film Festival 2021 | 32nd SGIFF 2021 (Best Director, Southeast Asian Short Film Competition).

SPATIOHUMANISM | Moses Parlindungan Ompusunggu / Indonesia / 2022 / Documentary / 04:42 // Dreamy road trip images, a letter from afar, and a piano-based atmospheric music form a haunting reflection on space and humanity.

ATOMIC CAFE: THE NOISIEST CORNER IN J-TOWN | Akira Boch, Tadashi Nakamura / USA / 2020 / Documentary / 10:00 // In the late 1970’s, when Los Angeles’ punk rock scene was exploding, a family restaurant became one its most popular hang-outs.

LOST PEARL (失城) | Steve Li / Hong Kong / 2021 / Fiction / 21:48 // When the city cannot resist from dying, hope and love are compelled to be suppressed. Though, It is always darkest before dawn. // Awards/Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam

Program’s note: Unhinged characters against existential dread.

DE DAG DIE WIT WAS (The Day That Was White) | Wannes Vanspauwen / Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 15:02 // A diverse group of people are stuck in a traffic jam on a foggy highway. The mist persists and becomes a cloak of uncertainty. // Awards/Screenings: Film Fest Gent – Special Mention – Competition for Belgian Student Shorts | International Short Film Festival Leuven – Jury Award Best Flemish Short.

CITY OF SALT | James Di Martino / Australia / 2021 / Fiction / 05:00 // A teen who is trying her best to hide a dwindling romantic encounter when a freak accident happens. // Awards/Screenings: Best Director and Best Film at Peninsula Film Festival

SPOON | Arthur Chays / France / 2022 / Animation / 03:00 // To escape from everyday life, it is very simple: you need a ladder and a spoon. // Awards/Screenings: Nikon Film Festival Best Director Award Blackboard Film Festival Best Animated Film

FIELDTRIP | Soren Bendt, Paul Arion / United Kingdom / 2022 / Fiction / 20:30 // A short film about a man in a robotic spacesuit, who crashes into his own minefield and has to navigate through it. // Awards/Screenings: Arizona International Film Festival/Best Dramatic Short | Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift/ Best SciFi | Hollywood Shortfest/Best Cinematography in a short film.

WORK IT CLASS! | Pol Diggler / Spain / 2021 / Fiction / 08:00 // During a fancy New Year’s Eve party, two dancers try to mock the upper-class audience by changing the song of their performance. // Awards/Screenings: Dieciminuti Film Festival – Best Short Film | VIST Festival Internacional de Cinema de Vilareal – Best Script.

LE MOBILIER (The Furniture) | Mehdi Pierret / Belgium / 2021 / Fiction / 15:38 // A contemporary art gallery organizes an exhibition presenting several art performances.

DANZAMATTA | Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola / Switzerland / 2021 / Fiction / 05:00 // The morning after a wild party, David and Oscar discover that their roommate Robin is still dancing. What the heck is going on? // Awards/Screenings: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | Tampere Film Festival.

WHEN I EXPLODE (Wanneer ik ontplof) | Angelo Raaijmakers / The Netherlands / 2020 / Fiction / 07:16 // Chris’ thirtieth birthday party is turned upside down when he finds out there is a ticking bomb growing in his stomach.