Hey… get your right dose!
Here is your guide for a healthy dose of short films. Our International program is divided into 5 categories to help you find the right dose.
This program will warm your heart and make you realize how much you truly miss someone.
Get your wheels turning while enjoying the experience.
Laughing, crying, or leaving you in awe. Beware! Be cautious!
Films that make you reflect on your own experiences. Typically films that touch on topics about self and often personal.
Here is an offer of a new twist in storytelling, form, or artistic values. Bringing audiences a new experience that breaks the regular cinematic conventions.
HEALTHY DOSE FOR YOUR HEART
ADORE
How deep is their love?
18+
Duration: 82:57
BASRI & SALMA IN A NEVER-ENDING COMEDY (Basri & Salma dalam Komedi yang Terus Berputar)
[d][w] Khozy Rizal
Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 15:00
A married couple own an Odong-Odong at the carnival spending their days entertaining other people’s children
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Awards/Screenings: Cannes Film Festival – Short Films Competition 2023 – World Premiere // Guanajuato
International Film Festival 2023, Mexico – Best International Short Fiction Award
[e] lightson@lightsonfilm.org
[ig] @khozyrizal
A DEAD MARRIAGE (Martwe malzenstwo)
[d] Michal Toczek / [w] Ola Hulboj, Michal Toczek
Poland / 2022 / Fiction / 18:37
Filip is a professional extra, specialized in playing dead bodies on movie sets. One day he meets Lucy on set.
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Awards/Screenings: 29th Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA – Best Student International Short // 38th Brest European Short Film Festival, France- Grand Prix du Festival
[e] marta.swietek@kff.com.pl
SUPER
[d][w] Nikolas Kouloglou
Greece / 2023 / Fiction / 20:00
On their way to the supermarket, Penny and James meet again for the first time.
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Awards/Screenings: Brussels Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium, World Premiere // Busan International Short Film Festival 2023, South Korea
[e] kouloglou.n@gmail.com
[ig] @nikolas.kouloglou
THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY
[d] Faris Alrjoob / [w] Matthew LaPaglia // Faris Alrjoob
Jordan / 2023 / Fiction / 21:06
A Haunted Ida Travels To The Liminal Site Of Her Partner’s Disappearance In An Attempt To Feel His Presence One Last Time.
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Awards/Screenings: Cannes Film Festival, France (Quinzaine Des Cinéastes) // El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
EN ATTENDANT LOLO (WAITING FOR LOLO)
[d][w] Jules Ronfard
Canada / 2022 / Fiction / 08:14
On a country road, a couple gone for a ride on a scooter find themselves immobilized after running out of gas.
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Awards/Screenings: FESTIVAL REGARD, Canada (2022) // RENDEZ-VOUS QUÉBEC CINÉMA, Canada (2023)
[e] ronfardj@gmail.com
[ig] @julesronfard
BITTERSWEET
Familial bonds: not just a one-way street.
18+
Duration: 83:35
MANIA!
[d] Lena Jaworska
Poland / 2023 / Fiction / 16:02
Mania is brought by her mother to the countryside to her aunt’s. During her lonely stay she makes friends with a hen.
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Awards/Screenings: 35th Trieste Film Festival , 48th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
[e] raczejlena@gmail.com
[ig] @iosonolena @kozaq_
EPHEMERA
[d] Virya Hendriyah / [w] Virya Hendriyah, Evangeline Chezia Hausjah
Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 16:34
Time is finite for everyone, but what one does in that limited period are what is called as “living”.
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[e] helies.pictures@gmail.com
[ig] @heliespictures @vihendri_
BONDS
[d][w] Chadi Benani
Canada / 2023 / Fiction / 10:53
Two days too late, Michael visits his son to wish him a happy birthday.
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[e] distribution@wlcmaboard.com
[ig] @wlcmaboard
BLACK RAIN IN MY EYES (مطر الاسود في عینی)
[d] Amir Masoud Soheili, Amir Athar Soheili
Syria / Iran / 2023 / Documentary / 20:06
A Syrian poet with four blind daughters must decide whether to expose them to the war’s reality when invited to a poetry forum.
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[e] masoud.soheili@gmail.com
[ig] @masoudsoheili
SHOOTING WATERMELONS (Sparare alle Angurie)
[d] Antonio Donato / [w] Antonio Donato, Paolo Carbone
UK, Italy / 2023 / Fiction / 20:00
Federico is on holiday with his father in a summer residence in Sardinia.
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Awards/Screenings: Interfilm, Berlin 2023, Germany – World Premiere // Leuven International Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium
[e] lightson@lightsonfilm.org
[ig] @spararealleangurie @toto.donato
HUMANITY BEATS
A mantra to anchor us in these times.
18+
Duration: 73:53
DICIASSETTE (Seventeen)
[d][w] Thomas Horat
Switzerland / 2023 / Documentary / 17:00
Antonietta transported munition and medicine in a backpack to her partisan group in the mountains at great risk during war times.
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Awards/Screenings: Jury Award – Trento Film Festival
[e] thomas@mythenfilm.ch
POMI POTHOE
[d] Chaweng Chaiyawan
Thai / 2023 / Fiction / 14:30
a young Karen tribe man goes out to the forest to forage forage for food, however today the familiar forest looks strange.
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[e] 169film@gmail.com
THE NAP
[d][w] Joonseong Ahn
South Korea / 2023 / Fiction / 03:23
On a hot summer day in 1950, during the Korean War, a South Korean soldier and a North Korean soldier take a nap in the valley.
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Awards/Screenings: The 15th Seoul Yeongdeungpo International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Extreme-Short Competition (2023) // The 26th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Asia International Competition (2024, Japan)
[e] joonseong11@naver.com
[ig] @joonseong11
AT ALL HOURS AND NONE (In tutte le ore e nessuna)
[d] Davide Minotti, Valeria Miracapillo / [w] Asli Erdogan
Italy / 2023 / Documentary / 20:00
A voice guides the soul of Asli Erdogan, Turkish writer in exile, while she’s writing a page.
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Awards/Screenings: Dok Leipzig // Bellaria Film Festival, jury award
[e] minottidavide89@gmail.com
[ig] @davideminights @mildredpierce @aamod
THE MEDALLION
[d][w] Ruth Hunduma
United Kingdom/Ethiopia / 2023 / Documentary / 19:00
Ruth’s mother gave her a medallion with Nefertiti’s portrait, symbolizing beauty, strength, and survival from the Derg Genocide.
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Awards/Screenings: 2024 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival – France // 2023 DOC NYC
[e] festival@sudu.film
[ig] @suduconnexion
JOLLY
Exploring the playful side of life.
7+
Duration: 30:48
HAPPY NEW YEAR (干支新年会)
[d][w] Saki Muramoto
Japan / 2023 / Animation / 03:21
The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac are celebrating and welcoming the Year of the Rabbit. But Someone’s
missing.
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[e] sakimrmt@gmail.com
[ig] @saki_muramoto_sketch
BUTTERFLY (Leptir)
[d][w] Suncana Brkulj
Croatia, Denmark / 2024 / Animation / 08:07
A butterfly changes life’s daily flow in a small community.
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[e] vanja@bonobostudio.hr
[ig] @suncanabr @adriaticanimation @bonobostudio_zagreb
SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE (길 건너에서 만나요)
[d][w] Jung Haeji
South Korea / 2023 / Animation / 08:30
The two girls friendship started to changewhen the season shiked from a cold winter to a dazzling summer.
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[e] vbnm5152@naver.com
SOMNI
[d][w] Sonja Rohleder
Germany / 2023 / Animation / 03:15
The sun sets and the eyes are closing. The little monkey glides gently to sleep. Suddenly the world gets darker and wild.
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Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Generation, LIAF London International Animation Festival
[e] film@sonjarohleder.de
FERARRI (Mein Papa fährt Ferarri)
[d][w] Philip Ivancsics
Austria / 2024 / Fiction / 07:35
A 12-year-old’s struggle to prevent his 70-year-old dad from attending his classmate’s party leads to a tricky situation.
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Awards/Screenings: Goldener Spatz 2024 (Germany, 2024) // ShorTS International Film Festival Trieste (Italy 2024)
[e] philip.ivancsics@students.mdw.ac.at
LOST & FOUND
Be kind, my dear…
13+
Duration: 76:53
TEACUPS
[d][w] Alec Green & Finbar Watson
Australia & Ireland / 2023 / Animation / 07:40
For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide across the road from his house.
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Awards/Screenings: Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation (Oscar-Qualifying) – Sydney Film Festival 2023 // Best in Show (Oscar-Qualifying) – Spark Animation Festival 2023
[e] alecgreen505@gmail.com
[ig] @teacupsfilm
THE RAMP (La rampa)
[d] Juanfer Andrés / [w] Juanfer Andrés, Laura Vago
Spain / 2023 / Fiction / 14:51
Justo has to carry her granddaughter Lola, a girl with cerebral palsy, up the stairs outside her house every day.
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Awards/Screenings: 28. Festiva de Cine de Zaragoza. Spain // ¡Viva! 30º Spanish and Latin American Film Festival. UK
[e] internacional@agenciafreak.com
[ig] @juanferandres @agenciafreak
RALLY
[d][w] Myojung NOH
South Korea / 2022 / Animation / 05:14
Tyrano, who was playing tennis alone, meets Brachi.
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Awards/Screenings: 2023 Tenerife Shorts – International Film Festival, Best Family Shorts / Spain // 2023
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, Competition / USA
[e] kaniseed@kiafa.org
BENZINA (Gasoline)
[d][w] Daniel Daquino
Italy / 2023 / Fiction / 20:00
Vincenzo, with OCD, runs a gas station on a quiet road. Only a woman seems to notice him and she lights something in Vincenzo.
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Awards/Screenings: Rome Independent Film Festival 2023, Italy (Official Selection) // I Corti sul lettino Cinema e psicoanalisi” 2024, Italy (Best Short,Best Actor)
[e] distribution.sayonarafilm@gmail.com
[ig] @sayonarafilm
LE BON SOUFFLE (Just Breathe)
[d][w] Renaud Ouimet
Canada / 2022 / Fiction / 09:46
To get the package he’s been waiting for, Damien challenges himself to go to the post office and confront his speech impediment.
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[e] distribution@wlcmaboard.com
[ig] @wlcmaboard
ULTRAVELOCI
[d][w] Paolo Bonfadini, Davide Morando
Italy / 2023 / Fiction / 19:22
A man suffering from a form of partial paralysis finds himself alone for the first time having to defend the family workshop.
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Awards/Screenings: SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (NEW ZEALAND)
[e] distribuzione.zenmovie@gmail.com
[ig] @zen_movie @paolo_bonfadini @fosterwallaced @ic_irenecotroneo @collettivoasterisco
TRIBUTE
Empowering Palestinian stories.
13+
Duration: 62:05
THE KEY
[d] Rakan Mayasi / [w] Rakan Mayasi (Based on a story by Anwar Hamed)
Palestine, Belgium, Qatar, France / 2023 / Fiction / 18:30
A family’s equilibrium gradually disintegrates as the mysterious sound of a key is heard every evening in their apartment door.
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[e] andy@rainafilms.com
[ig] @rainafilmfestivaldistribution
MAR MAMA
[d][w] Majdi El Omari
Palestine / 2023 / Fiction / 15:36
With her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death.
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Awards/Screenings: IndieCork Film Festival 2023, Ireland // Ismailia International Film Festival 2024
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
PALESTINE 87
[d][w] Bilal Alkhatib
Palestine / 2022 / Fiction / 12:40
A man fleeing the Israeli army during the First Palestinian Intifada is sheltered by two strangers who prevent his
capture.
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[e] matarbilal45@gmail.com
IN THE WAITING ROOM
[d][w] Moatasem Taha
Palestine / 2023 / Fiction / 15:19
Hussein a Palestinian Arab guy accompanies his newly widowed mother to Israeli Hospital.
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Awards/Screenings: Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland (World Premiere) // Ibiza Independent Film
Festival, Spain
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
A HEALTHY DOSE FOR YOUR MIND
DILEMMA
Duration: 77:58
A checkpoint where tension, conscience, and consequences meet.
18+
AROUND THE CORNER (Za vogalom)
[d][w] Martin Turk
Slovenia / 2022 / Fiction / 13:16
12 years old boy Nejc witnesses teenage bullying. He befriends Timi, the victim of violence.
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Awards/Screenings: Special mention – 28th International Children’s Film Festival (…and not so children) // Uppsala SFF
[e] info@belafilm.si
[ig] @belafilm
WINGS
[d] Fivos Imellos / [w] Fivos Imellos, Nancy Spetsioti
Greece / 2023 / Fiction / 17:33
A woman receives a startling phone call from her son, while waiting for him and his girlfriend over for lunch.
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Awards/Screenings: Int. Short Film Festival In Drama (Greece) // Tirana Int. Film Festival (Albania)
[e] distribuzione.zenmovie@gmail.com
[ig] @zen_movie @fivosimellos @wings_short_film @acehouse_productions
LE FAIT DIVERS (The news item)
[d][w] Charles Cabon
France / 2023 / Fiction / 15:29
Julien, has a job appointment. His fiancée called him : there had been an accident on the road he had taken.
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Awards/Screenings: Best first-time director, short film (Berlin Indie Film Festival)//Official selection in International competition of Lanzarote Festival 2024
[e] lamaisondecharlesfilms@gmail.com
[ig] @lamaisondecharlesfilms
FORSAKEN
[d][w] Aziz Shennawy
Tunisia / 2023 / Fiction / 13:41
After Meriem decides to treat herself to a vacation, she finds the body of a sub-saharan african man drowned in front of her
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Awards/Screenings: Ghent international film festival 2024, Belgium
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
SPOOK (Gjenferd)
[d] Nils Johan Nesse / [w] Nils Johan Nesse, Jamie Turville
Norway / 2023 / Fiction / 17:59
A man caring for his chronically ill mother vents his frustration by dressing up as a dead colonel to spook the
townspeople.
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[e] nilsjnesse@gmail.com
FAMILIAR STRANGER
Duration: 85:33
Beyond bias and stereotypes.
18+
GAME RULES (Spelregler)
[d] Christian Zetterberg / [w] Albin Abrahamsson
Sweden / 2024 / Fiction / 11:30
A youth handball team enters their first major tournament, but adults disrupt it, questioning who’s really allowed to play.
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[e] Liselotte@graklippan.se
[ig] @chrillezetterberg
SAWO MATANG
[d] Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
Indonesia, Canada, USA / 2023 / Fiction / 20:46
In a post-New Order Jakarta, Nala is torn when her crush asks her to perform a ritual meant only for Native Indonesians.
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Awards/Screenings: Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (2023) // Toronto Reel Asian International Film
Festival, Canada (2023) Won: Air Canada Short Film Award
[e] info@squareeyesfilm.com
THE ROBBERS (Die Räuberinnen)
[d][w] Isa Schieche
Austria / 2023 / Fiction / 15:45
Three female robbers plan a heist and work on disguising themselves as men in an idyllic rural setting.
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Awards/Screenings: Max Ophüls Preis 2024 (Germany 2024) – Best Short Film // SXSW Film Festival (USA 2024)
[e] isaschieche@gmail.com
[ig] @isaschieche
BALEK KE JAMBI (To Face My Father in Jambi)
[d] Anggun Pradesha
Indonesia / 2023 / Documentary / 24:58
After 8 years away, Anggun, a trans woman, returns home to seek her father’s acceptance in Jambi, her hometown.
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[e] balekkejambi@gmail.com
DUCK ROAST
[d] Jelica Jerinić
Finland / 2023 / Fiction / 12:34
Young immigrant in Finland tries to impress his date with a duck roast dinner, but finds out that she’s a picky eater.
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[e] andy@rainafilms.com
[ig] @rainafilmfestivaldistribution
ORIGINS
Duration: 70:36
What it takes in the name of safety.
13+
EUROPE BY BIDON
[d] Samuel Albaric & Thomas Trichet
France / 2022 / Animation / 14:32
Biodun is nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris.
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[e] andrea@manifest.pictures
BOLOUR ( بلور)
[d][w] Helia Behrooz
IRAN / 2024 / Fiction / 16:12
In the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, 19-year-old Bolour flees Afghanistan, clutching her family’s ancestral Robab.
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[e] BolourMovie@gmail.com
[ig] @heleeyah
SUITCASE (Chamedan)
[d] Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi / [w] Saman Hosseinpuor and Ako Zandkarimi
Iran, US / 2023 / Fiction / 15:00
When someone steals the suitcase in the tumult of the foreign city center, he loses his home a second time.
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[e] hpsaman@gmail.com
[ig] @samanhp.ir
ONE ALOE, ONE FICUS, ONE AVOCADO AND SIX DRACAENAS (Алоє, фікус, авокадо і 6 драцен)
[d][w] Marta Smerechynska
France, Ukraine / 2023 / Documentary / 08:00
Packages from Ukraine under a bridge, a farewell to Kyiv’s treasured memories. What to take, what to leave when saving your life?
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Awards/Screenings: Visions du Réel 2023 // Sarajevo Film Festival 2023
[e] msmerechynska@gmail.com
[ig] @smerechynska_m
GOLDEN DRAGON (Neak Meas)
[d][w] Boren CHHITH
Cambodia / 2023 / Fiction / 16:52
As Vicheka tries to learn how he ended up in a hospital, he is overwhelmed by his dreams, memories, and a rapidly changing city.
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Awards/Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival 2023 // International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
[e] daniel.mattes@antiarchive.com
[ig] @anti_archive
PUZZLED
Duration: 83:07
Through technology, shorts find new paths and forms.
18+
DUCK
[d][w] Rachel Maclean
United Kingdom / 2023 / Experimental / 16:30
Relax… none of this is real.
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[e] mail@rachelmaclean.com
[ig] @rachela_maclean
NGỦ NGON EM YÊU (Goodnight Baby)
[d][w] Le Quynh Anh
Vietnam, Singapore / 2023 / Fiction / 18:03
In her sleepless nights, Gia Gia watches online videos and finds out why she is afraid to fall asleep.
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Awards/Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival // Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
[e] joel@momofilm.co
[ig] @momofilmco @le.ei.ei
BYE BEAR
[d][w] Jan Bitzer
Germany / 2023 / Animation / 10:44
A robot story about friendship, change and farewell. And dreams of wilderness.
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[e] distribution@fabianfred.com
PLEASUREDORA
[d] Mark Prebble / [w] Marion & Mark Prebble
New Zealand / 2024 / Fiction / 09:05
A glitchy AI love companion and her lonely final customer confront mortality, second chances, and life on the scrap heap.
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[e] markdprebble@gmail.com
[ig] @mashopreb @mark_prebble_nz
THIRTEENTH NIGHT
[d][w] Rachel Song
China / 2023 / Fiction / 15:00
After receiving a call from her late fiancé, an unknown force starts to disturb Xiaoxue’s normal life.
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Awards/Screenings: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival // FIRST International Film Festival
[e] short@parallaxchina.com
[ig] @rachelwenwenwen @parallax_china
COMPLICATIONS (Komplikasjoner)
[d] Ivar Aase / [w] Erik Ivar Sæther
Norway / 2023 / Fiction / 13:45
An intimate cam session unexpectedly turns into a suspenseful, life-and-death situation for Lotte – a webcam dominatrix.
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Awards/Screenings: Winner of Best Short Film Golden Chair Award, The Norwegian short film Festival // Winner Best Live Action 15 Min and Under, Palm Springs Shortfest
[e] ivaraase@gmail.com
[ig] @ivarpinhead
SOLACE
Duration: 77:07
Cling to hope, for it can pierce the depths of despair.
13+
THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT
[d][w] Daniela Stephan
Lebanon / 2022 / Fiction / 17:31
In The Aftermath Of The Destruction In Beirut, Mounia, A Young Woman In Her Mid-20s, Searches For Her Lost
Cat Among The Ruins.
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Awards/Screenings: Olhares Do Mediterraneo International Women Film Festival, Portugal // Tripoli International Film Festival, Lebanon
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
COMRADE POOPY
[d][w] Anonymous
Myanmar/France/Japan / 2023 / Documentary / 19:35
Following its humans, an eccentric cat called POOPY experiences a revolutionary journey a ker the military coup in Myanmar.
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Awards/Screenings: FIPADOC – France 2024 Tampere Film Festival 2024
[e] angele.panorama@gmail.com
[ig] @panorama__films
HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE
[d][w] Simone Fiorentino
Italy / 2023 / Experimental / 09:12
A young man wanders around his bomb-wounded city with his dog and his noseless friend Jean-Michel.
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Awards/Screenings: 46. Drama International Short Film Festival // 39. Interfilm Berlin
[e] info@gioiafilm.com
[ig] @silly.blu @gioiafilm
HISTORY IS WRITTEN AT NIGHT (La historia se escribe de noche)
[d][w] Alejandro Alonso
Cuba, France / 2024 / Documentary / 19:57
Taking refuge inside our house during a blackout, my mother tells me about a vision that has been tormenting her for years.
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Awards/Screenings: IFFR Rotterdam 2024 // Documenta Madrid 2024
[e] bprieto@vegaaltafilms.com
[ig] @ocnicapax @estudiost.habana @vegaaltafilms
PERFECTED GRAMMAR
[d][w] Andrea Suwito
Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Indonesia / 2023 / Documentary / 10:52
A Daughter learns her Mother’s Indonesian roots through a language lesson, unraveling the Mother’s painful longing for home.
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Awards/Screenings: World premiere: Sheffield Doc/Fest 2024
[e] andreasuwito@outlook.com
[ig] @watermelon.rabbit
A HEALTHY DOSE FOR YOUR NERVES
ALIENATION
Duration: 73:43
Bright as the blood, these are the stories of brave women.
18+
THREE BIRDS (Tri ticice)
[d][w] Zarja Menart
Slovenia, Croatia / 2024 / Animation / 08:18
A wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.
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[e] vanja@bonobostudio.hr
[ig] @zarja_menart @fintafilm @adriaticanimation @bonobostudio_zagreb
CYCLE (Döngü)
[d][w] Naz Çaybaşı
Turkey / 2023 / Fiction / 10:39
The story of a girl who has her period for the first time but does not know what a period is.
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Awards/Screenings: 46th Odense Film Festival – International Competition 2023 (Oscar qualifying & E.F.A.
qualifying) – 21st Female Eye Film Festival – Best Foreign Short Film Award 2023 (Canadian Screen Awards
qualifying)
[e] nazcaybasi@gmail.com
[ig] @dongushortfilm
A FERMENTING WOMAN
[d] Priscilla Galvez / [w] Maisie Jacobson
Canada / 2024 / Fiction / 23:58
On the brink of getting fired, visionary chef Marielle Lau discovers a bewitching ingredient she’s convinced will save her career.
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[e] priscilla@silenttower.media
[ig] @afermentingwoman
CHELLO ‘NCUOLLO (Impure)
[d][w] Olga Torrico
Italy / 2023 / Fiction / 20:00
In a rural town where time stalls, Renata’s first period clashes with ancient beliefs, unsettling her about women’s lives there.
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Awards/Screenings: Alice nella Città 2023, Italy (Rai Award – Onde corte Section) | Bogotá Short Film Festival
2023, Colombia (Official Selection)
[e] distribution.sayonarafilm@gmail.com
[ig] @sayonarafilm
SHE AND HER GOOD VIBRATIONS
[d] Olivia Griselda, Sarah Cheok / [w] Olivia Griselda
Singapore / 2023 / Animation / 10:48
A stressed-out woman discovers the wonders of a vibrator. Addicted to solo pleasure sessions, she soon loses touch with reality.
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Awards/Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival 2023 // Filmfest Dresden 2024 (Germany)
[e] oliv.griselda@gmail.com
[ig] @shevibrations
BOTTLED UP
Duration: 73:50
Words left unsaid, lines never read.
18+
THE NIGHT INSIDE (La Noche Dentro)
[d] Antonio Cuesta / [w] Antonio Cuesta, Adrián Pino
Spain / 2023 / Fiction / 23:54
Belén, nurse attacked, accused of child’s death. She injected right medicine, vows to prove innocence.
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Awards/Screenings: Busan International Short Film Festival 2024 // 39 Festival Internacional De Cine
En Guadalajara (Mexico) – Iberoamerican Short Film Competition
[e] info@lineupshorts.com
[ig] @antcuesta @elgolpe_cde @lineup_filmagency
BEBEN (Tremor)
[d] Rudolf Fitzgerald leonard / [w] Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard, Annika Birgel, Luis Brandt
Germany / 2022 / Fiction / 16:16
During water therapy for his chronic spasms, Leon is involved in an incident that gradually disrupts all aspects of his life.
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Awards/Screenings: Previous Screenings: Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2022, Toronto International Film Festival 2022
[e] office@problemkindfilm.com
[ig] @problemkindfilm @rudolf_fl @annielbirg
SWEATSHOP GIRL (Chica de Fábrica)
[d] Selma Cervantes / [w] Selma Cervantes, Indra Villaseñor Amador
Mexico / 2023 / Fiction / 16:40
Pregnant seamstress in sweatshop fears job loss, keeps condition hidden.
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[e] bogoshortsfilmagency@gmail.com
[ig] @sweatshop.girl
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
[d][w] Sam Manacsa
Philippines, / 2023 / Fiction / 17:00
Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and a love interest becomes a source of comfort through his constant phone calls.
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Awards/Screenings: Venezia 80 – Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica, Orizzonti Short Films Competition
2023, Italy – World Premiere // Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023, Taiwan – Jury Award
[e] lightson@lightsonfilm.org
[ig] @_somesam
QUIRKY
Duration: 68:12
Do they tickle your funny bones?
13+
MORTELLI, A HOPELESS CASE (Mortelli, un cas perdut)
[d][w] Ben Fernández
Spain / 2023 / Animation / 17:36
Detective Mortelli receives a call from Commissioner Rowley is assigned the strangest and most exciting case of his career.
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Awards/Screenings: SYFY Award at Fantastic And Horror Film Week In Donostia (Spain) // Award Global Short Animation Jakarta Film Week 2023
[e] miguel@jaibofilms.com
[ig] @beamosproduccion @jaibofilms @bendezfernandez
OLD TRICKS
[d] Edoardo Pasquini, Viktor Ivanov / [w] Edoardo Pasquini
Bulgaria, Italy / 2022 / Fiction / 06:00
Boredom can be a very dangerous matter for Grandma and Grandpa…
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Awards/Screenings: Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival (Australia) // The Norwegian Short Film Festival (Norway)
[e] distribuzione.zenmovie@gmail.com
[ig] @zen_movie
A NIGHT AT THE REST AREA (パーキングエリアの夜)
[d][w] Saki Muramoto
Japan / 2024 / Animation / 11:34
At a midnight highway rest area, the weary travelers each quietly relax their minds. It is lonely yet somehow comforting time.
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[e] sakimrmt@gmail.com
[ig] @saki_muramoto_sketch
SANDWICH CAT
[d][w] David Fidalgo
Spain / 2022 / Animation / 10:54
David is lying on the couch watching his favourite series: a Christian fantasy, while Sandwich Cat is doing his thing.
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Awards/Screenings: SXSW – South by Southwest, Audience Award for the Animated Shorts Competition // AFI
FEST – Los Angeles ( United States )
[e] fest@marvinwayne.com
OLGA’S EYES (Les yeux d’Olga)
[d][w] Sarah Carlot Jaber
Belgium / 2023 / Fiction / 22:08
Olga is tired of killing humans. Could it be the vampire blues? She’s placed in a care home to find easier something to eat!
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Awards/Screenings: Audience Award at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), South Korea // Grand Prize Vortex Sci-Fi & Fantasy Award at Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival.
[e] sarah.carlot@gmail.com
[ig] @sarah.carlot.jaber
TWISTED
Duration: 67:49
Well… It’s complicated.
18+
WILD TALE (Conte sauvage)
[d] Aline Quertain
Belgium, France / 2023 / Animation / 15:52
In the middle of a boreal forest, a lonely feline meets a small bird.
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Awards/Screenings: In Competition at IndieLisboa, Portugal 2024 // Best film Award of Wallonia-Brussels Federation at Festival Anima, Belgium, 2023
[e] diffusion@zorobabel.be
[ig] @atelier_zorobabel
SMOKEY EYES
[d] Ali Ali / [w] Nancy Ali
Egypt / 2023 / Fiction / 19:41
Nour plotted carefully for her date, but anything can go wrong on a ride through an anxious Cairo by night.
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Awards/Screenings: Red Sea International Film Festival (World Premiere)
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
DREAMS LIKE PAPER BOATS
[d] Samuel Suffren
Haiti / 2024 / Fiction / 18:45
After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love?
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Awards/Screenings: Sundance Film Festival, United States (2024) REGARD – Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay, Canada (20 – 24 March, 2024) Competition Special Mention
[e] info@squareeyesfilm.com
THROUGH THE THROAT
[d][w] Cavan Campbell
Canada / 2023 / Fiction / 08:00
Today, the inner demon that Janine duels in the aftermath of her break-up is proving all too real.
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[e] cavan@interlockpictures.com
[ig] @InterlockPictures
SWEET LIKE LEMONS
[d][w] Jenny Jokela
UK, Finland / 2023 / Animation / 05:31
A visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on.
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[e] vanja@bonobostudio.hr
[ig] @jokelajenny @bonobostudio_zagreb
A HEALTHY DOSE FOR YOUR SOUL
ABOUT US
Duration: 76:13
Merely me and you…
18+
A LONG WALK (Piyaadehravi-ye Toolani)
[d] Sonia Sanjari / [w] Sonia Sanjari, Siavash Farhadi
Iran / 2023 / Fiction / 15:45
After losing ‘Saeed’ on their trip to see fireflies, ‘Mona’ feels and sees things she couldn’t before.
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Awards/Screenings: 41st Busan International Short Film Festival
[e] AradNavizi@AradNavizi.com
[ig] @Sonia.Sanjari
THE WIDE EYED GIRL AND THE LONG LEGGED BOY (A Rapariga de Olhos Grandes e o Rapaz de Pernas Compridas)
[d][w] Maria Hespanhol
Portugal / 2023 / Animation / 10:50
A love story full of encounters and mismatches.
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Awards/Screenings: 47º Cinanima Film Festival. Portugal // 21º Bogoshorts – Bogotá Short Film Festival. Colombia
[e] internacional@agenciafreak.com
[ig] @mariahespanhol @alibifilms @agenciafreak
YOU’RE HAPPY, IT’S OKAY
[d][w] Laura Low
Malaysia / 2023 / Fiction / 19:51
A lovelorn young woman takes care of her aging aunt, while they bond further over amused Tinder swipes and
actual love stories.
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Awards/Screenings: HollyShorts Film Festival, Busan International Short Film Festival
[e] laura.low.jia.xin@gmail.com
[ig] @lilrappo1102 @foregroundpictures
FOREVER YOURS
[d] Elliott Louis McKee / [w] Elliott Louis McKee, Andrea Ariel
Germany / 2024 / Fiction / 15:33
After an accident paralyzes the love of her life, Valeria becomes his caregiver. But beneath her devotion, a dark
obsession grows.
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Awards/Screenings: Achtung Berlin Filmfestival // Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
[e] queenbratfilms@gmail.com
[ig] @elliottmckeee
STELLA
[d][w] Alison Titulaer
New Zealand / 2023 / Fiction / 14:14
Stella is on a special date with her husband. She yearns for connection, capturing brief moments of lucidity before
he slips away.
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Awards/Screenings: Aesthetica Film Festival, York UK // Flickerfest, Australia
[e] citizencreativenz@gmail.com
BOUNDARIES
Duration: 85:04
Where dreams meet reality.
13+
THE WANDERING
[d][w] Amarl Al Kautsar
Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 11:25
A couple wandering in nature talking about their hope for the future, while a looming fear of uncertainty follows
their journey
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Awards/Screenings: Incheon International Short Film Festival (Special Jury Award)
[e] fadhil@ruangmantra.com
[ig] @ruang.mantra
SUKOUN (Amplified)
[d][w] Dina Naser
Jordan, Egypt, Palestine / 2023 / Fiction / 18:45
After a violating incident at the Karate center, a young hearing-impaired Karate athlete must find a new way to reclaim her power.
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Awards/Screenings: berlinale_Generation Kplus 2024 (special mention award) // Athens International Film + Video Fest (Black Bear award for sound design)
[e] dina.naser@gmail.com
[ig] @dina_naser9
WHEN A ROCKET SITS ON THE LAUNCH PAD (Huo jian fa she shi)
[d][w] Bohao Liu
China, USA / 2023 / Documentary / 12:00
At the basketball camp, 15-year-old Fang talks about her dreams. But life never stops, it moves too fast.
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Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Generation 2023, Germany, World Premiere
[e] lightson@lightsonfilm.org
[ig] @bohoaliu
A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA
[d][w] Murad Abu Eisheh
Jordan / 2022 / Fiction / 16:35
Fearing that her younger sister will be married off just like she was, Ahlam lures Yasmin to run away with her by
telling a story.
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Awards/Screenings: Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (World Premiere) // Cleveland International Film
Festival, US
[e] distribution@mad-solutions.com
[ig] @madshorts_
THE GARDEN OF HEART (A szív kertje)
[d][w] Olivér Hegyi
Hungary, Slovakia / 2022 / Animation / 10:32
While waiting for his university entrance exam, a nervous aspiring painter’s demons appear to him in the form of
garden pests.
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[e] vanja@bonobostudio.hr
[ig] @oliverhegyi_ @cubanimation @artichokefilmproduction @bonobostudio_zagreb
SOUTHERN AFTERNOON (南方午后)
[d][w] Tian LAN
China / 2022 / Fiction / 15:47
A father tries to solve his doubt on a possible love letter of his daughter in a unfamiliar language.
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Awards/Screenings: Best Asian Short Film – Busan IFF 2022
[e] shylightfilmsteam@gmail.com
CORNERED
Duration: 75:01
Delicate topics for everyday conversations.
13+
PURUSA: WEDDING SACRED
[d][w] I Made Suniartika
Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 14:59
Pregnant Kadek Shanti failed to get married because her boyfriend’s parents canceled. Kadek was married off with a sacred object.
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[e] suniartikaimade@gmail.com
[ig] @madesuniartika @lokapurvafilms @ylilaaar
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[d] Christine Seow
Singapore / 2022 / Documentary / 15:32
Marred with her delinquent past, ‘Lin’ hopes to turn over a new leaf as she graduates from a juvenile rehabilitation centre.
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Awards/Screenings: Aesthetica Short Film Festival
[e] seowfilms@gmail.com
[ig] @seowfilms
ALL ABOUT SHAOCHANG (少昌)
[d][w] Peiyao XU
China / 2024 / Documentary / 25:00
Out of inner inquiry, Peipei investigates the “haunting stranger”, her deceased brother, through conversation with her family.
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Awards/Screenings: Competition – Beijing ISFF 2023
[e] shylightfilmsteam@gmail.com
COCOON
[d] Yiwei Chen
China, United Kingdom / 2024 / Animation / 04:30
A little girl wakes up alone in the dark and surreal night, triggering fragmented memories of neglect by her caregivers.
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[e] yiwei.chen@network.rca.ac.uk
[ig] @yiweii.c
RIEN DE SPÉCIAL (Nothing Special)
[d][w] Efrat Berger
France, Israel / 2023 / Fiction / 15:00
Between four walls, two women are waiting. One let death come and get her. The other that his life finally begins.
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Awards/Screenings: Festival du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand (World Premiere) // Hot Docs (Audience Award for Short Documentary)
[e] info.varicoloured@gmail.com
[ig] @varicolouredhfa @ikkifilms @efrat_berger
ENIGMA
Duration: 81:51
Of human and nature.
13+
GUESTS OF HONOR (Kunniavieraat)
[d] Paula Lehtonen
Finland / 2024 / Experimental / 03:30
In this speechless video, a dinner is laid on the table. Arriving guests are creatures that are typically found on the plate.
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Awards/Screenings: Leiden International Short Film Festival 2024
[e] programme@av-arkki.fi
[ig] @avarkki.fi @paulalehtonenartist
THROUGH THE DAMS
[d][w] Zhuge Shao
USA / 2023 / Fiction / 14:58
Amidst an investigation into a pollution source in a river region, Aaron’s discovery of a videotape uncovers a personal revelation
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[e] submissions@festivalformula.com
LUTHIER
[d][w] Carlos González Penagos
Colombia / 2023 / Animation / 12:24
A reclusive luthier manages to create a mystical connection between nature and the musical instruments he builds
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Awards/Screenings: 46 DISFF, Drama International Short Film Festival // 38 FIFF, International Film Festival Fribourg
[e] gisela@filmstofestivals.com
[ig] @loboespeletia @ puna_sm @ films.to.festivals
WHISPERS OF A QAREEN (Qareen ki sargoshi)
[d][w] Maaria Sayed
India / 2024 / Fiction / 15:00
Jahaan, a young girl in a Himalayan village is contacted from the realm of the dead, while she tries to process her recent loss.
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Awards/Screenings: 40th KurzFilm Festival Hamburg // Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival 2024
[e] info@draw4films.com
[ig] @maariasayed @draw4films
SURFACE (Rajapinta)
[d] Anna Kekkonen / [w] Anna Kekkonen & Jenny Timonen
Finland / 2023 / Documentary / 20:24
A documentary about four people and their experiences of freedom in water. Each of them has some disability or illness.
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Awards/Screenings: Tampere Film Festival (Finland) International & National competition // OFF – Odense International Short Film Festival 2024 (Denmark)
[e] annakekkone@gmail.com
[ig] @kekkonen_anna
THE WAITING
[d] Volker Schlacht / [w] Max Mönch, Alexander Lahl
Germany / 2023 / Animation / 15:35
Mysterious deaths occur all over the planet and have a similar pattern. Why have so many species vanished?
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[e] distribution@fabianfred.com
HIDDEN TRUTH
Duration: 68:01
Ode to teenagers.
13+
8
[d][w] Anaïs-Tohé Commaret
France / 2023 / Fiction / 22:36
In suburban lots, youngsters are wishing for money & success. Dreams clog up the air conditioning until everything starts to drip.
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Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Shorts // Côté Court Pantin – Grand Prize Essai & Art Vidéo // Go Short & FNC Montreal – Special Mentions
[e] florian@proteststudios.com
[ig] @te.pirater @proteststudios @leflochat
THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE FIGHT (Prava istina priče o šori)
[d][w] Andrea Slaviček
Croatia, Spain / 2023 / Fiction / 14:00
Between school trouble, mean girl drama and a mysterious blue car, teenage Lena d, tells us the real story behind The Big Fight
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Awards/Screenings: Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2023, France, World Premiere
[e] lightson@lightsonfilm.org
[ig] @andreaslavicek
PORCELAIN (Porzellan)
[d] Annika Birgel / [w] Annika Birgel, Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard
Germany / 2024 / Fiction / 15:22
Ten-year-old Fina desperately tries to keep a piece of porcelain and hence of herself intact.
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Awards/Screenings: Berlinale Generation
[e] festivaldistribution@interfilm.de
[ig] @problemkindfilm
AUNQUE ES DE NOCHE (Even though it’s night)
[d] Guillermo García López / [w] Guillermo García López, Inbar Horesh
Spain / France / 2023 / Fiction / 16:03
In la Cañada Real, Europe’s largest slum, Toni, a 13 year-old boy, discovers that his best friend Nasser is leaving.
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Awards/Screenings: Cannes 2023 Official Competition, Goya 2024 for Best Fiction short
[e] distribution@lesvalseurs.com
IMPLIED
Duration: 84:00
Take a little time to think.
18+
WHATEVER MOVES IS ALIVE (Ce qui bouge est vivant)
[d] Noémie Marsily
Belgium / 2022 / Animation / 11:04
Noémie composes a moving and fragmented self-portrait, on the fringes between intimacy and the world’s hubbub.
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Awards/Screenings: Award 3-month scholarship at Tricky Women – Tricky Realities Festival 2023 // Honorable Mention for Best Disembodiment at Giraf – Festival of Independant Animation, Canada, 2023
[e] diffusion@zorobabel.be
[ig] @atelier_zorobabel
ESTE ES EL DIARIO NO TAN SECRETO DE RAQUEL (This Is Raquel’s Not-so-secret Diary)
[d][w] Raquel Agea
Spain / 2023 / Documentary / 17:58
I kept 3 diaries between the time I was a preteen until adulthood. I read them and realized a problem, that they dealt with boys.
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Awards/Screenings: ZagrebDox // Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
[e] raquelagea@yahoo.es
[ig] @monna_pomona
DONA IRENE (Mrs. Irene)
[d][w] Gustavo Campos
Brasil / 2024 / Fiction / 17:30
After falling on the street, Mrs. Irene can’t go out by herself anymore.
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Awards/Screenings: 46º Moscow International Film Festival
[e] gustavo.leopoldo.campos@gmail.com
[ig] @gustavolomcampos
OISEAU DE PASSAGE (Wandering bird)
[d][w] Victor Dupuis
Belgium / 2023 / Fiction / 15:15
A strange bird is calling and memories come alive again. “Where were you when I was in despair?”, asks the friend.
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Awards/Screenings: Public Prize of best student short at Film Fest Gent // Selection at Berlinale Shorts
[e] victordupuisg@gmail.com
[ig] @victordupuisg
CLOWN*ESSES
[d][w] Jana Rothe
Germany / 2023 / Documentary / 22:13
CLOWN*ESSES shows the lives of contemporary, feminist clowns who turn the world upside down beyond learned structures.
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Awards/Screenings: DOK LEIPZIG 2023, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage – Best Fiction/Nonfiction
[e] maikemia@pinkmovies.de
[ig] @clown.esses @janarothe.photos
INTRICATE LOVE
Duration: 65:47
Tough truths talks.
18+
PIRSAS
[d] Angélica María Torres Tamayo
Colombia / 2023 / Documentary / 19:30
After 16 years, the director returns with her mother to the site of the avalanche where she lost her brother, seeking answers.
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Awards/Screenings: Official Selection Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastian
[e] bogoshortsfilmagency@gmail.com
[ig] @docupirsas
AYKUO (АЙЫЫ КУО)
[d] Ayaal Adamov
Russia / 2023 / Fiction / 22:14
The Yakut epic about two sisters. The younger sister is studying in the city and at this time her older sister has
died.
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Awards/Screenings: 2023 Busan International Short Film Festival // 2023 Vienna Shorts
[e] ekaterina@eastwood.agency
WHERE THE WILD FRANGIPANIS GROW (Ragadi Maparo)
[d][w] Nirartha Bas Diwangkara
Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 15:00
A personal assistant in a Hindu ashram in Bali is torn between his charismatic Guru and an innocent recruit.
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Awards/Screenings: Busan International Film Festival 2023, Queer East Film Festival 2024
[e] nirartha@gmail.com
[ig] @wildfrangipanis
A BRAVE NEW WORLD
[d] Arnold Tam
Hong Kong / 2023 / Experimental / 09:03
Thought-provoking cinematic vignettes mixing fiction and reality, painting a present-day landscape of Hong Kong in 2020s.
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Awards/Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam // B3 Biennial of the Moving Image
[e] arnold@arnoldtw.com
[ig] @arnoldtw
PASSAGES
Duration: 66:10
A journey of life with unexpected twists.
13+
HEY LITTLE ONE (Salut bébé)
[d][w] Sarah L’Hérault
Canada / 2024 / Animation / 06:22
Hey Little One explores the intensity of the bond of attachment between a hospitalized baby and a pair of friends of her parents.
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[e] projets@spira.quebec
JUVÉNILES (Juvenile)
[d][w] Miguel Lambert
Canada / 2023 / Fiction / 17:48
Two cousins see their friendship turn into a rivalry when they are confronted with the toxic behavior of complete strangers.
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[e] distribution@wlcmaboard.com
[ig] @wlcmaboard
JOIE DE VIVRE
[d][w] DADA
Canada / 2023 / Fiction / 11:38
On a bright winter morning, a couple share breakfast. A simple, ‘You good?’ is about to disrupt the balance of their relationship.
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[e] distribution@wlcmaboard.com
[ig] @wlcmaboard
LUMEN
[d][w] Stéphanie Bélanger
Canada / 2024 / Fiction / 13:30
Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break his solitude and bring light into his life, at any cost.
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[e] projets@spira.quebec
ROUNDABOUT
[d][w] Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
USA / 2023 / Fiction / 16:52
Rose, aged 85, drives home.
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[e] info.varicoloured@gmail.com
[ig] @varicolouredhfa @thecosmicsalon
PERSEVERE
Duration: 81:40
Emotions locked in a cage.
13+
GOLDFISH FOR BREAKFAST
[d][w] Uriël Matahelumual
2023 / 2024 / Fiction / 16:00
Three seniors don’t talk to each other since Leviy’s death. Will the goldfish El Tigre bring them together?
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Awards/Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam
[e] uriel@fisuals.com
[ig] @goldfishforbreakfastfilm
SAMU THE TERRIBLE AND HIS SIN
[d][w] Dhiwangkara Seta
Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 18:00
A lonesome marine student receives strength from the freshwater realm to seek revenge against his rivals.
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[e] elizaacheisa@gmail.com
[ig] @qunfilms @dhiwankokoro @elizacheisa @giovannirahmadeva
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS (Dar Saaye Sarv)
[d][w] Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani
Iran / 2023 / Animation / 19:33
A captain suffering from PTSD, lives with his daughter & struggle with a harsh life. One day something unexpected
happens.
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Awards/Screenings: Venice International Film Festival // Annecy International Animation Festival
[e] shirinsohani@gmail.com
[ig] @Hossein_molayemi @shirinsohani
SHALLOT SALAD
[d][w] BW Purbanegara
Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 13:37
A depressed cop looks at a tragedy that killed 135 people in Indonesia.
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Awards/Screenings: Asian Perspective Shorts JAFF 2023
[e] kolaborasibagus@gmail.com
[ig] @bewe_bw @suitrawan
TOMORROW (Mañana)
[d][w] Ingrid Pérez López
Colombia / 2023 / Fiction / 14:30
On the eve of her First Communion, Rocío faces heartbreak, but believes life must go on.
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[e] bogoshortsfilmagency@gmail.com
