Short Competition

La Bouche

2017., Columbia/France, 19'

A man finds out that his daughter has been ruthlessly murdered by her own husband. Time stands still as he oscillates between the…

The Signature

2017, Japan, 13'

A naive young man from China is trying to memorize his own “hope” amidst the chaos of Shibuya, Tokyo. In expectance of something…

Two Basilicas

2017, Denmark/Germany, 35'

The confrontation between a church in Copenhagen and cathedral in Orvieto as a dialogue between two different approaches to faith and religion. The…

Aria

2017, Cyprus/France, 14'

The seven-year-old Aria works at Jimmy’s kebab place, waiting for her father, who is supposed to give her lessons for her driving test….

Ant Killers

2017, Brazil/France, 13'

In a Brazilian town, every day a teenager goes to the eucalyptus woods, where she kills ants with pesticide. But the real struggle…

8th Continent

2017, Greece, 11'

On the Greek island of Lesbos, there is a deserted waste area, a cemetery of rejected life jackets used by refugees on their…

Islands

2017, France, 23'

Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and desire – this is the haiku-synopsis of Gonzales’ piece from the catalogue for the…

Crossing River

During a normal day, a young Chinese construction worker has to face loneliness and isolation, in pursuit of something meaningful.