MASH DENPASAR

BEYOND EXPECTATION | Duration: 83:25 | AGE RATING: 17+

Life and reality are like twisted wires and one or the other sometimes go far beyond anything that had been expected.

a woman named Yumiko, a serious, yet apprehensive and honest single mother of a son and daughter, both in their twenties.

–Awards/Screenings: Spain Moving Images festival 2019 / Official Selection, zeitimpuls short film 2019 / Finalist

SARINO

Valerio Filardo / Italy / 2019 / Fiction / 14:00

Nazi concentration camp, 1944. Two Italian prisoners locked in a very small cell are taking a pledge.

little Rubén narrates the adventures of Galactic Lighting, a brave space hero who fights Dr. Evil.

DREAM/LIFE

David (Davi.In) Aufdembrinke / Germany / 2018 / Experimental / 22:22

A young man tries out what happens if he assumes that everything was possible

–Awards/Screenings: DOOR KINETIC ARTS FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019), THE QUARANTINE FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019)

WANDERBOY

Thomas Bernos / United States / 2019 / Fiction / 16:28

The final journey of Paco, an imaginary boy and his lifelong friend Ben, the old man who grew out of him long ago.

–Awards/Screenings: Independent Shorts Awards (ISA)- Platinum Awards winner for: Best Fantasy short and Best First time Director.

ALL THAT SHE WANTS | Duration: 96:11 | AGE RATING: 17+

Fueled by mysterious or obvious expression of all the women’s wish in these films, they become reflection of the contemporary society.

MACHINE GUN MAMA

Justine Klaiber, Marwan Abdalla Eissa / Switzerland / 2018 /Animation, Experimental / 01:20

Getting in touch with her bad side has lead this faithful lama to live a double life between femme fatale and super mom.

A PRAYER FOR THE CHILDLESS (Santhana Gopala)

Sandeep Ravindranath / India / 2018 / Fiction / 08:56

Awards/Screenings: Tasveer South Asian Film Festival, Signs Film Festival

MOTHER OF

Gan / Israel / 2018 / Fiction / 10:00

A mother discovers that something happened to her daughter, instantly her whole being becomes mother of.

A COUNTRY IN MOVING PICTURES(Palabas)

Arjanmar Rebeta / Philippines / 2018 / Fiction / 16:27

An old man talking to his girlfriend, it starts normally, but eventually turns into a pervasive look into another life.

Awards/Screenings: 2019 Best Film 1 5th Mini Film Festival Malaysia, 2019 Signs Award 17th Festival International Signs of the Night – Zeichen der Nacht (Berlin, Germany

A young mother asks for her husband’s permission to go to the beauty salon but her husband flirts with another woman instead.

AND ME (YA BEN)

Yaren Zara Berg / Germany / 2019 / Fiction / 24:16

Gülbeyaz is a middle age married Turkish woman facing an unexpected string of events that leads her to a revelation.

Awards/Screenings: HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL MOVING PICTURES FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019),GLOBAL INDIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019)

JUST BECAUSE WE’RE FRIENDS

Olivia Griselda / Singapore / 2018 / Fiction / 10:09

a young woman initiates sex with her prudish male best friend in the hope of a romance, only to uncover his private secrets.

RASH

Myat Noe / Myanmar / 2018 / Fiction / 08:45A peeping tom, a beautiful woman, and mysterious skin rashes.

Awards/Screenings: Sylhet Film Festival (Bangladesh), Cine Kasimanwa Western Visayas Film Festival

WOMEN STAND UP | Duration: 77:30 | AGE RATING: 17+

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Hiroshi Kizu / Japan / 2018 / Experimental / 03:15

The action emphasized by editing i t becomes a sound and forms a rhyt–Awards/Screenings: The IndieFEST Film Awards2019 [Award of Excellence Special Mention], C inematica Festival 2019 [PUBLIC PRIZE]

ORDINARY THINGS (THAT HAPPENED IN THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF THE MAKER OF THIS FILM)

Rachel Gruijters / Belgium / 2018 / Experimental / 11:50

The reliability of memory is being questioned when, set within the highly constructed world of Old Hollywood

ATARRAYA

Esteban Garcia / Colombia / 2018 / Fiction / 15:00

Maryuri must take the decision to put her life at risk or return to her fisherman boyfriend.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Laurent Annoni, Charlotte Annoni / Switzerland / 2018 / Fiction / 04:40

During a professional meeting, two young women lose their chance to realize a dream project against an arrogant boss.

–Awards/Screenings: VIDEONALE FILM- AND VIDEOCOMPETITON (Official Selection 2019), FEMALE FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL BERLIN (Official Selection 2019)

THE HORRIBLE THIRTY: ME, MY FATHER AND RICHARD THE TIGER (虎父的妞妞未而立)

Rina Tsou / Taiwan / 2018 / Documentary / 20:00

Rina travels the cinematic rails of the 1950s to update her life to her late father.

–Awards/Screenings: 2018 Taiwan International Documentary Festival (Taiwan), 2019 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany)

THE PORNOGRAPHER (Pornografen)

Nils J. Nesse / Norway / 2018 / Fiction / 11:00

A disillusioned porn director tries to save a young actress out of the claws of a cynical and destructive industry.

–Awards/Screenings: 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Competition (France, February 2019).

ONCE UPON A TIME | Duration: 56:27 | AGE RATING: 7+

Things do not go entirely according to plan at the beginning, but it eventually works.

MARGO HOO COULDN’T SLEEP!

Raul Gonzo / United States / 2018 / Animation / 19:54

A children’s tale about a young insomniac named Margo set in a uniquely colorful world.

–Awards/Screenings: FestPro Film Festival 2019: Best Children’s Film Award, Sacramento Music and Film Festival 2019

RANCAK!

Stefani Guscia / Indonesia / 2018 / Animation / 05:00

Rancak tells a story of a lazy chef & his protégé who went on an adventure to search for the ultimate magic spatula.

–Awards/Screenings: SEA Movie 2018 – Yogyakarta, Indonesia WOIS Film Festival 2019 – Dubai

RAIN

Ervin Han / Singapore / 2017 / Animation / 09:55

A story about solitude, serendipity and kindness during a late afternoon downpour in the city

THE FOX & THE PIGEON

OOV Studios / Canada / 2019 / Animation / 06:00

A fox must save his ice cream from a pigeon with a sweet tooth and a narrator with a wild imagination.

MY LITTLE BOYS COUCH

Jack Shih / Taiwan / 2018 / Animation / 03:38

The little boy plans a secret space exploration along with his dog Donnie, transforms the couch into a super spaceship…

–Awards/Screenings: 2019 ZLIN FILM FESTIVAL –International Film Festival for Children and Youth, CzechRepublic 2019 Cartoons on the Bay, Italy.

THE CHILD AND THE NIGHT

Claudia Marcela Ruiz / Argentina / 2017 / Animation /12:00

Grandmother, a shoe and a moon be accomplices of this travel.

–Awards/Screenings: BEST DIRECTION 8th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-18, Best Photograph and Best Art Festival Latinoamericano Cine Jardim, Pernambuco, Brasil, 2018

IMAGINE THIS | Duration: 38:03| AGE RATING: 7+

Imagination is stronger than knowledge.

DON’T FEED THESE ANIMALS

Guilherme Afonso, Miguel Madaíl De Freitas / Portugal /2019 / Animation / 10:00

A hungry lab bunny accidentally gives life to his favourite food and now he needs to make unexpected alliances

PLAYMOBIL GENERATION (Génération Playmobils)

Thomas Leclercq / Belgium / 2018 / Animation / 07:28

A young boy loses his brand new toy in the playground’s bushes. His friends warn him : nobody ever came back from there.

–Awards/Screenings: Audience Award at Children Film Festival of Stain (France), Screening at International short film festival of Clermont Ferrand (France)

LIKE AND FOLLOW

Tobias Schlage, Brent Forrest / Japan / 2019 / Animation /02:05

When a kid starts spending time in the real world, it’s upto his smartphone to bring his attention back to where itbelongs.

–Awards/Screenings: Ginza Award: Ginza Short Film FestivalB est Animated Film: Lakeview International Film Festival

PETIT

Asier Ramos / Spain / 2017 / Fiction / 11:00

Mateo’s world seems to spin too fast and everyone seems insensitive. He will have one option only, RUN AWAY.

VSSANTA

Aitor Herrero, Raul Colomer Válcarcel / Spain / Animation/ 04:00

On Christmas Eve, a child is alone in a immense apartment when finally receives the expected visit of Santa Claus.

MILES AWAY

Barbara Brunner / Switzerland / 2018 / Animation / 03:30

Miles is a little boy whose best friend is a tree.

–Awards/Screenings: Chicago Children’s Film Festival, DOK Leipzig

BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN | Duration: 71:06 | AGE RATING: 17+

Artistic voice of recognizing a unique perspective from the woman character in these films.

IN FULL BLOOM

Maegan Houang / United States / 2018 / Fiction / 10:40

Cecile, an older Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house.

Awards/Screenings: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (Official Selection 2019), Moosburger Kurzfilmnacht(Official Selection 2019)

LENA

Kate Lefoe / Australia / 2019 / Documentary / 06:40

A bittersweet portrait of a charismatic Peruvian woman Lena, her voice joining millions in the ‘Me Too’ movement.

X PAUSED PORTRAIT OF MAIRA S.

Konstantinos Fourkiotis / Greece / 2019 / Experimental /01:40

A woman is standing still, half in dark and half under the shade of the purest light, whispering silently …

UNFOLDED

Cristina Picchi / Italy / 2018 / Fiction / 15:00

After a sleepless night, a woman leaves her house determined to put an end to her tormented relationship.

AURORE

Mael Le Mée / France / 2017 / Fiction / 17:48

Aurore, a sixteen-year teenage girl, discovers her body with her friends… With a supernatural finger.

–Awards/Screenings: Fantasia Montreal / InterFilm Berlin

VINEGAR BATHS

Amanda Nell Eu / Malaysia / 2018 / Fiction / 14:00

A tired and overworked nurse at the maternity ward finds joy when she is alone roaming the hospital corridors at night.

A CHALLENGE | Duration: 64:23 | AGE RATING: 13+

Challenge you to taste these diverse shorts: from animation, fiction to documentary.

EMBRACES & THE TOUCH OF SKIN

Sara Koppel / Denmark / 2019 / Animation / 02:42

An animated poem about the vital need for embraces andcontact with other beings.

Awards/Screenings: Premiered Copenhagen Denmark 2019, London UK 4th of Maj, Maio Portugal 26th (2019)

RE/CYCLE

Rene Smaal / Netherlands / 2018 / Fiction / 00:54

A forest. A bicycle. A man. Where did they come from? Where do they go?

Awards/Screenings: Vlaardings Filmfestival, Vlaardingen Netherlands

MIRIAM (Wniebowzięcie Miriam z ulicy zimą 1942)

Jędrzej Gorski / Poland / Experimental / 01:39

Jerzy Ficowki’s poem tells a story of a poet that see jewish girl dying on the street in 1942 in Poland.

CIRCUIT

Delia Hess / Switzerland / 2018 / Animation / 08:41

On a small planet, the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions, which repeat themselves in an endless loop.

A FILM BY ABIGAIL

Paul Vernon / United Kingdom / 2012 / Documentary /05:00

A child discusses her new toy video camera she received for Christmas

Awards/Screenings: London Short Film Festival at ICA Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival at LACMA

TINSELTOWN

Daniel Ongko / Indonesia / 2019 / Fiction / 03:50

An international student has to make a decision between obeying her parents or follow after what her heart desires.

Awards/Screenings: Official Selection in Direct Monthly Online Film Festival

MARQUET PLACE

Annick Christiaens / Belgium / 2018 / Fiction / 18:53

A young woman passes a short waiting time by feeding playfully the male attention that surrounds her.

Awards/Screenings: 7th TORONTO SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (BEST COMEDY 2019)

THE HACKED MIND

Diana Frankovic / Germany / 2018 / Documentary,Experimental / 07:44

The Hacked Mind follows a seven-chakra clearing method which is normally experienced internally through visualization.

Awards/Screenings: 4th INCA IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019), 8th CARMARTHEN BAY FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019)

EVA

Xheni Alushi / Switzerland / 2018 / Fiction / 15:00

An introverted young girl discovers a gateway to a parallel world, she finds comfort and ease for her feeling of guilt.

Awards/Screenings: Locarno Film Festival 2018

BETWEEN THE SPACE | Duration: 76:19 | AGE RATING: 17+

Encourages you to think about architecture, space and events. These films supposedly make us rethink about time and space and the experience of all the characters moving through it.

SUTURES OF A LANDSCAPE

Emma Rozanski / United Kingdom / 2018 / Experimental / 06:16

A poetic landscape using shadow puppetry of antique surgical instruments

–Awards/Screenings: International Museum of Surgical Science Chicago 2018

HIGH WAY

Chia Chee Sum / Malaysia / 2017 / Fiction / 18:00

In a public housing flat in Kuala Lumpur, a young Malay man travels back and forth for his parents, and his beloved t-shirt.

–Awards/Screenings: 2018 Busan International Short Film Festival, Jury Prize Int’l Competition, 2018 Singapore International Film Festival, Southeast Asian Short Film Competition

LAND SHAPE #1

Thadeusz Tischbein / Germany / 2019 / Experimental / 04:50

this visual information can tell us about the relationship between landscape and its utilization.

–Awards/Screenings: FECIBogotá – Feria Internacional de Cine Independiente de Bogotá – Festival Screening

OPERATION JANE WALK

Robin Klengel, Leonhard MüLlner / Austria / 2018 / Documentary, Experimental / 16:14

A City Tour through the Architecture of an Online Shooter Game

–Awards/Screenings: VIS Vienna Shorts Award “Best Austrian Film”, Short Waves Int. Film Festival “Audience Award”

A YEAR ALONG THE GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT

Felix Dierich / Germany / 2018 / Animation, Documentary / 15:59

A year through the distant eyes of meteorological satellite Himawari-8

–Awards/Screenings: Annecy 2019, Flensburger, Kurzfilmtage 2018 – Honourable Mention of the jury

SX2019 VIETNAM | Duration: 59:15 | AGE RATING: 17+

Programmer: Marcus Manh Cuong VuWorks as a film programmer, producer, and critic in Ho Chi Minh City. Previously, he was festival director of the Yxine Film Fest from 2010 to 2014.

DEAR LY

Nguyen Hong Quan / Vietnam / 2019 / fiction / 11:21

A father who lives in Brussels chats with his little daughter in Hanoi via skype.

COLD FISH

Thanh Doan / Vietnam / 2018 / fiction / 16:39

Three young millennials share an apartment in Ho Chi Minh City but are busy with their own lonely small worlds.

SURROUNDED

Bui Binh Duong / Vietnam / 2018 / fiction / 12:26

A highschool boy and son to a sacristan of a Catholic community in Northern Vietnam.

THE MUTE

Pham Thien An / Vietnam / 2018 / fiction / 15:11

A bride-to-be experiences her last night as a bachelorette in heavy rainy Saigon.

FIRST TASTE

Nguyen Duy Anh / Vietnam / 2018 / fiction / 03:38

A tasty joke on the restrictions of smoking scenes in films recently introduced in Vietnam.

SENSE OF SELF | Duration: 73:41 | AGE RATING: 17+

Getting to know oneself is not easy! Immerse in this selection of films and perhaps you’ll see a glimpse of yourself.

GIRL ABOVE THE RIVER

Alexandria Searls / United States / 2019 / Documentary, Experimental / 01:59

A girl plays and dances with the river. We see her from underneath the water.

ARTHUR RAMBO

Guillaume Levil / France / 2018 / Fiction / 18:00

To earn a few pennies, Alain recites Arthur Rimbaud’s poems to drivers stuck at the red light.

–Awards/Screenings: Best International short – Manchester Film Festival.

DOWNHILL

Erica Moriconi / United States / 2018 / Animation / 06:22

Four plagued neighbors resort to self-destruction when their decaying apartment intends to drag everyone down with it.

–Awards/Screenings: Official Selection: Animation Block Party 2018, Grrl Haus Cinema 2018

ELI – A PORTRAIT (ELI – EIN PORTRAIT)

Lumen Nguyen / Germany / 2018 / Documentary / 06:40

“In the end your soul wants to follow your body. Your body wants to follow your soul.” Balian Buschbaum

–Awards/Screenings: 54th WERKSTATT DER JUNGEN FILMSZENE (2019 Official Selection), 15th FEST – NEW DIRECTORS, NEW FILMS FESTIVAL (2019 Official Selection)

PSICOLAPSE

Arnau Gòdia Montesinos / Spain / Animation / 07:00

Anna is a psychiatrist that receives a patient in a state of apathy

–Awards/Screenings: participation short film catalogue – Short Film Corner (Cannes 2019), official selection in – Animac (Lleida 2018).

ASYLUM

Jefta Varwijk, Jaap Van Heusden / Netherlands / 2017 / Documentary / 22:40

A voice in David Brown’s head gave him a choice: kill his brother or jump from the fourth floor. David chose to plummet… –

–Awards/Screenings: Nominated for Dutch Academy Award (Golden Calf) for Best Short Documentary. Winner of Voices-of-Experience Award @ Mental Health Film Festival, Glasgow.

MINOR KEY (Tono Menor)

Iván Sáinz-Pardo / Spain / 2018 / Fiction / 11:00

The moving story about a man locked in a Portuguese Fado

IN BETWEEN | Duration: 67:41 | AGE RATING: 13+

An atmosphere of somewhere between the surroundings and humanity itself.

PENCIL  (笔芯)

Gina Tan / Singapore / 2018 / Fiction / 15:13

Set in 90s Singapore, Pencil tells the story of two best friends whose friendship is tested due to an incident.

–Awards/Screenings: Best Film and Best Screenplay in the Open Category at the National Youth Film Awards 2018. Grand Prize Short Film in Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival

CARLOTTA’S FACE

Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld / Germany / 2018 /Animation, Documentary / 05:00

Through art, Carlotta overcomes a rare brain condition that prevents her from recognizing faces.

–Awards/Screenings: DOK Leipzig 2018: Audience Award,Hot Docs International Documentary Festival

THE APARTMENT

Justine Gauthier / Canada / 2018 / Fiction / 11:38

For the first time since her divorce, a mother welcomes her two kids into her modest new flat.

AVARYA

Gökalp Gönen / Turkey / 2019 / Animation / 19:58

Embarked on a spaceship in the hope of finding a new habitable planet, the human trapped in his own ship.

–Awards/Screenings: Imagine Film Festival N etherland 2019 Official Selection, Istanbul Film Festival 2019 B est Short Film.

FAUVE

Jeremy Comte / Canada / 2018 / Fiction / 15:52

Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

–Awards/Screenings: Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film – 91st Academy Awards

WHEN YOU BELIEVE | Duration: 83:35 | AGE RATING: 17+

AYA

Moufida Fedhila / Tunisia / 2017 / Fiction / 24:01

In Tunis lives Aya, a smart little girl, with her Salafist parents. A special event disrupts the life of this family.

–Awards/Screenings: Gold FIFOG – International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva Golden Tanit – Carthage Film Festival

GIOVANNI

Evgeny Makharadze / Russian Federation / 2019 / Documentary / 06:11

A portrait of an unusual man with an unconventional hobby, leading secluded life on a tropical island.

RELICIOUS

Eugenio Villani, Raffaele Palazzo / Italy / 2018 / Fiction / 08:27

The man realizes with amazement that each one of the yogurt cups has stamped on it the name of a religion.

–Awards/Screenings: Hoboken International Film Festival (Official Selection 2019), Hyperwave Film Awards – Spring Season (Best Short Comedy 2019)

Twelve-year-old boy trying to return TO his beloved girl, who drowned.

–Awards/Screenings: Best Editing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival 2018, Pune, India.

FLORIAN’S LAST CLIMB (Florians letzter Aufstieg)

Harold Chapman / United Kingdom / 2018 / Documentary / 25:00

An Austrian aristocrat employs two film makers to help him uncover the mystery of his grandfather’s disappearance.

–Awards/Screenings: Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA Golden Maple for Best Documentary, Jahorina Film Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina

OUT OF THE ORDINARY | Duration: 71:13 | AGE RATING: 17+

Playing on the edges of the seemingly routine life, these films explore themes in out of the ordinary way.

THE UMBRELLA

Tsang Hing Weng Eric / Hong Kong / 2018 / Fiction / 21:59

It rained non-stop when Hong Kong was rocked by the Umbrella Movement in 2014.

–Awards/Screenings: Best Narrative Short – the 67th Columbus International Film Festival

CUBAN QUEENS

Warren Bass / United States / 2018 / Experimental / 06:00

It rhythmically constructs, de-constructs and explores evolving images that were sketched on the streets of Havana.

–Awards/Screenings: Official Selection at AVIFF Cannes Art Film Festival 2019, and the Athens International Film Festival 2019.

MAIDS (Amo a las criadas por irreales)

Sofia Castro / Argentina / 2018 / Experimental / 05:00

A maid ballerina embodying the voices of two radio drama lovers who plan to murder her with their own hands.

–Awards/Screenings: 2018. 32nd Leeds International Film Festival (UK) – World Premiere 2019. 16th Cinedans Dance on Screen Festival (Amsterdam, NL)

DISCESA

Lore Vandebeek, Kristof Lauwers / Belgium / 2018 / Fiction / 10:34

short road movie on a dead end street on the enchanting isle of Pantelleria about two brothers, a stubborn moped and pasta.

DETERNITY

Mersolis Schöne, Evi Jägle / Austria / 2018 / Experimental / 02:45

“Deternity” is an experimental poetic short film exploring Friedrich Nietzsche’s poem “Once More”

–Awards/Screenings: Winner of “Best Experimental Film 2018” at the Austrian Independent Film Festival. Winner of “Best Experimental Short” at the Changing Face International Film Festival (May 2018 Edition).

WHITE WALLS (Pareti Bianche)

Alessandro Sedda, Annalisa Ciacco / Italy / 2017 / Experimental / 14:55

A dissonant chant of a man forced to live inside himself. He faces the world, but finds nothing but himself.

–Awards/Screenings: Denver Underground Film Festival 2019 – Official SelectionD elete TV, 2019 – Official Selection

CONTEMPLATION | Duration: 73:07 | AGE RATING: 17+

Take some time to look thoughtfully into these selection of contemplative films: from Experimental, Documentary, Animation and Fiction.

HYDE & SEEK

Pierre Ajavon / France / 2018 / Experimental / 04:11

Hidden behind a totemic tree, the moon plays hide-and-seek with the spectator and lets glimpse another world…

–Awards/Screenings: 2019 – Concept 2019 – CICA Museum – Gimpo // South Korea, 2019 – FIVAC Festival – 8th International Video Art Festival of Camagüey – Camagüey // Cuba

ROUGHHOUSE

Jonathan Hodgson / United Kingdom / 2018 / Animation / 15:35

Three friends embark on a new adventure but when a manipulative new member joins their gang, their loyalty is torn apart.

–Awards/Screenings: BAFTA for British Short Animation 2019, Audience Award at the International Animation Film Festival of Paris 2018

SHOOTING CROWS (Krähen schiessen)

Christine Hürzeler / Switzerland / 2018 / Documentary / 20:00

Now and then a crow is shot: as a deterrent. The crows rally after every shot.

–Awards/Screenings: Visions du Réel, Nyon (CH); DokLeipzig, Leipzig (D); Documentamadrid, Special Mention (E)

BITTER SEA

Fateme Ahmadi / United Kingdom / 2017 / Fiction / 14:48

To keep her job and home in London, an immigrant single mother has to hide her five year-old daughter

–Awards/Screenings: NOMINEE FOR THE BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM BY THE BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS (BIFA) (2018), LONDON CALLING PLUS – FILM LONDON & BFI NETWORK PRODUCTION AWARD (2017)

IN THE WIND

Nakorn Chaisri / Thailand / 2018 / Fiction / 18:33

After the tragic death of his wife, a desperate man reunites with the spirit of his wife and starts their new relationship.

–Awards/Screenings: 2019 DC Asian Pacific American Film2 019 Garden State Film Festiva

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW | Duration: 74:27 | AGE RATING: 17+

Like a rainbow, sexuality is beautiful, colourful but yet complicated as it is involved a wide range of feelings and many strong social constructions.

GENTLEMAN SPA

Yu Jhi Han / Taiwan / 2019 / fiction / 18:06

A janitor at a gay spa. For him, romantic relationships are an unreachable dream.

THE SUBLIME OF RECTUM

Truong Minh Quy / Vietnam / 2017 / Experimental / 14:29

A visual exploration on one of the most intimate homosexual body contacts.

FLOSS

Popo FAN / China, Norway / 2019 / fiction / 15:00

a story about love, fetish and interpersonal communication.

ANT-MAN (Người Kiến)

Viet Vu (Phạm Quang Trung) / Vietnam / 2017 / fiction/ 26:52

The daily life of a homosexual man whose body is inhabited by ants.

REDEFINING FAMILY AND HAPPINESS | Programmer: John Badalu | Duration: 77:50 | AGE RATING: 17+

Family is tangible but Happiness is intangible. How can these 2 elements be united in our society? Does a family always mean happiness?

MARIA

JP Habac / Philippines / 2016 / fiction / 10:36

Mwanwhile her 14-year-old daughter a suspected pregnancy, a 50-year-old woman gives birth to her 22nd child.

KINGDOM

Tan Wei Keong / Singapore / 2018 / Animation / 05:12

The quiet, atmospheric terrain of the forest is undisturbed until a man comes along.

COBALT BLUE

Aung Phyoe / Myanmar / 2019 / fiction / 27:00

A boy and his mother waiting for the return of the father, to move out another town at upper Burma.

FATIMA MARIE TORRES AND THE INVASION OF SPACE SHUTTLE PINAS 25

Carlo Francisco Manatad / Philippines / 2016 / fiction / 16:30

An ordinary old couple living in the suburbs attempts to go about their life during this strange day.

THE POWER OF PAUSE | Duration: 75:29 | AGE RATING: 17+

The stories are not simply conveyed by dialogs, but also by the space between the lines and pictures that makes it a great film.

THE TRAFFIC SEPARATING DEVICE

Johan Palmgren / Sweden / 2018 / Documentary / 15:00

Tragic and funny situation occur and we follow the whole mess of human failure.

–Awards/Screenings: LOS ANGELES FILM AWARDS (2018 HONORABLE MENTION: DOCUMENTARY SHORT), INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF SRIGANGANAGAR (2019 BEST DOCUMENTARY)

LUCIANA

Renton Méndez / Mexico / 2018 / Fiction / 15:00

A detective explores the mind of Luciana, a teenager who has been a victim of rape and accused of murder.

–Awards/Screenings: Top Shorts Los Angeles United States November, 201, Honorable Mention Los Angeles CineFest Los Angeles United States January 20, 2019 Semi Finalist

ULYSSES (Ulises)

Jorge Malpica / Mexico / 2018 / Feature / 08:00

Ulysses is a duel in which a mermaid tries to seduce an old fisherman but the hunter can become the prey.

–Awards/Screenings: discover film festival Jurys choice and Gosh film festival Audience Award.

THE VISITOR Justin Olstein / Australia / 2018 / Fiction / 10:03

A woman grapples with how far she can go to protect a late-night visitor from rapidly encroaching danger.

–Awards/Screenings: NEW YORK SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019), FESTIVAL OF NATIONS (Official Selection 2019)

RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT Maegan Houang & Grace Kredell / United States / 2018 / Fiction / 07:26

Two young women are sequestered in an underground bunker, waiting for a window of release.

–Awards/Screenings: SORSICORTI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019), FIRENZE FILMCORTI FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019)

THE LAST WELL

Filip Filković / Croatia / 2018 / Fiction / 20:00

2037, Europe is in shambles. The last well with natural clean water dries out. His owner is going to makes one last“trade”.

–Awards/Screenings: New Renaissance Film Festival – Best Sci-Fi Short // Diversions Short Film Festival – BestCinematography Award

TIME DRIPS | Duration: 74:15 | AGE RATING: 13+

Like water, a sense of time in these films flows slow and steady.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ( XIAO YU)

Hao Zheng / United States / 2018 / Fiction / 21:38

On Chinese New Year’s Eve, a 19 year old boy tries to reconnect with his mother.

MELODI

Michael Kam / Singapore / 2017 / Fiction / 11:43

An awkward, lonely boy is infatuated with his new neighbor, a young caregiver.

–Awards/Screenings: Singapore International Film Festival 2017- World Premiere.

2ND CLASS

Jimmy Olsson / Sweden / 2018 / Drama / 13:52

Charlotte is a teacher. One night she is attacked by a nazi.

–Awards/Screenings: Best short film Jaipur international film festival, Best short at Giffoni film festival

ROJAK ROMANCE

Christine Seow / Singapore / 2019 / Documentary / 22:02

a mixed race couple attempt to gain approval from their families.

–Awards/Screenings: 9FilmFest, Migranti Film Festival

ISLE OF CAPRI

Måns Berthas / Sweden / 2018 / Fiction / 05:00

Lina’s grandmother is in a severe state of Alzheimer’s disease

VISUAL POETRY | Duration: 65:50 | AGE RATING: 13+

An attempt to make sense of the world through a flow of audio visual work of art in animation, experimental films, fiction and documentary.

KEVLAR

Tuna ÖZer / Sweden / 2018 / Fiction / 11:20

Camilo borrows his friend’s expensive jacket and approaches Amina, offering to show her the way. A misunderstanding follows.

MY JUKE-BOX (Mon juke-box)

Florentine Grelier / France / 2019 / Animation, Documentary / 14:59

Remembering the infernal machines of my dad, the man of a thousand lives, the king of the juke-box.

–Awards/Screenings: Annecy (André Martin Selection) – 2019 and Tampere film Festival – 2019

ISLA (III)

Natalia Barua, Owa Barua / United Kingdom / 2019 /Experimental / 12:12

Explores memory and movement as interlacing subjects, a personal account about presence and place.

narrating scientific facts regarding an enormous timespan, whilst developing a silent drama around the heart of being human.

–Awards/Screenings: Best Director and Best Sound at Westminster Film Festival (UK)

POEM 1

Daniel Sauermilch / United States / 2018 / Fiction / 05:57

A young woman checks into a remote recovery center

–Awards/Screenings: INT’L MOTION FESTIVAL – IMF (Official Selection 2019), PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection 2019)

ABOUT STEVEN

M. Scholz / Spain / 2018 / Documentary / 01:50S

teven’s reason to ride.

–Awards/Screenings: 4th FILM INVASION LOS ANGELES (2019 Official Selection), 4th SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL (2019 Official Selection)

INS HOLZ (IN THE WOODS)

Thomas Horat, Corina Schwingruber Ilić / Switzerland / 2017 / Fiction / 13:00

Every four years, over a period of three months in winter, wood is being cut in a steep mountain-

Awards/Screenings: La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Calabria IT Best Documentary Shortfilm, Corto e fieno, Festival del Cinema Rurale, Ameno IT Premio del Pubblico – Vanga d’Oro

LONG STORY SHORT | Duration: 70:30 | AGE RATING: 13+

The selection is a mixture of forms and languages, arranged in a sequence that will gradually challenge the audience to read in between the lines.

MILESTONE (ךרד ןבא)

Aviv Kaufman / Israel / 2018 / Fiction / 13:04

This is a story about a trauma that became a milestone in a life of a young boy.

–Awards/Screenings: Independent Shorts Awards Los Angeles, Gold Award 2019 Best Child/Young Actor, Days of German and Russian short films VKRATZE! 2019 Official Selection.

SELFIES

Claudius Gentinetta / Switzerland / 2018 / Animation /03:40

SELFIES is a fireworks display of grinning people who lose themselves in the abysses of human existence.

–Awards/Screenings: San Francisco 62nd San Francisco International Film Festival, USA Golden Gate Award for Best Animated Short, Barcelona FILMETS 28th Badalona Film Festival. Spain Best Film of the Festival.

SKYSCRAPERS

Fabienne Giezendanner / Switzerland / 2017 / Animation/ 12:53

two billionaires both build his own skyscraper, always more luxurious and higher. But how high will they go?

–Awards/Screenings: Best animed film at L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival and Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (cicff ).

ABRACADABRA

Telemach Wiesinger / Germany / 2019 / Fiction / 02:15

A short magic trick – without net and double bottom !

ANACRONTE

Raúl Koler, Emiliano Sette / Argentina / 2018 / Animation/ 14:58

Without any emotion they put to test humanity’s happiness in a struggle has each of us as winners and losers.

–Awards/Screenings: WorldFest-Houston Remi Award – USA, Gold Movie Awards – England

BECOMING GIRL (Menjadi Dara)

SARAH ADILAH / Indonesia / 2019 / Fiction / 08:40

ANTO and BUDI must take a responsibility how it feels becoming a girl name DARA who experienced her first menstruation.

–Awards/Screenings: Winner Best Short Fiction Film UCIFEST 10

–2019 Best Short Film in Avanca Film Festival, Portugal, 2019 Best film in Festival de CineArte en la Frontera , Venezuela