September 23, 2023
PUFFLING
DescriptionBiosDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 Over the course of one night, teenagers Birta and Selma exchange nighttime parties for nocturnal puffin rescues – saving lost pufflings, whilst also grappling with their own uncertain futures. A coming-of-age documentary about growing up, making choices and dealing with encroaching environmental pressures, PUFFLING explores the...
September 23, 2023
MARUNGKA TJALATJUNU (DIPPED IN BLACK)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 An Anangu man road trips back to Aputula as memories from his childhood return, journeying from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide to seek spiritual healing and perform on sacred Inma ground. Bios Matthew Thorne is a South Australian filmmaker and...
September 23, 2023
MERMAN
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 A 58-year-old Black queer man speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder and civil rights advocate. Bios Sterling Hampton IV is an American filmmaker from California. After his last short documentary KYLIE gained success at AFI FEST, Sundance, Urbanworld and Tribeca Film...
September 23, 2023
PRIMETIME MOTHER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 The willpower of a mother is tested as she endures the tedious and degrading audition process of a popular Philippine game show. Bios Sonny Calvento is a director, writer and producer based in Manila, Philippines. At the age of 19, he worked as...
September 23, 2023
LA PERRA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 In Bogota, a bird-girl leaves behind the family home, her domineering mother and a faithful dog to go and explore her sexuality. Bios Carla Melo Gampert is a visual artist who graduated from the Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) and the Film program at Universidad Torcuato...
September 23, 2023
THE OLD YOUNG CROW
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo. Bios Liam LoPinto is a filmmaker and animator based out of New York City. He graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts' UGFTV program. He also attended CalArts' Character Animation program...
September 23, 2023
MADDEN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 MADDEN tells a story about relating to your herd, duty versus longing, high-heeled shoes stepping in dung and heavy animal bodies thundering across a Scandinavian landscape – a forest of tall tree trunks between our protagonist and the outside world. Bios Born...
September 23, 2023
FRATELLI CARBONAI
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 As Italy lurches to the far right, a Malian migrant finds a place amongst a family of charcoal burners in the remote Calabrian mountains. Bios Joshua Hughes is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Felix Bazalgette is a writer and filmmaker – both from...
September 23, 2023
GEORGE-PETERLAND (GÖSTA PETTER-LAND)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Five eight-year-olds found the imaginary world “George-Peterland,” a dreamy forest land with cute chickens you can travel to just by shutting your eyes. When rules take over the imaginary world, it becomes a nightmare. Bios Christer Wahlberg is a filmmaker and composer who...
September 23, 2023
FRIDAY NIGHT BLIND
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 The Milwaukee Beer Barrels Blind Bowling League is an eclectic mix of visually impaired and sighted bowlers with a simple focus: making friends, having fun and taking life one frame at a time. Bios For over 35 years, Scott Krahn created and produced award-winning television commercials...
