September 23, 2023
FLESHWORK
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 At a butcher shop in Jeromesville, Ohio, four meat processors situate their labor within their own minds and bodies. Bios Lydia Cornett is a Baltimore-born filmmaker currently based in Brooklyn, New York. As a former musician turned film director and composer, she makes work that explores...
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
HONOLULU
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Flaming lobsters and menstruation woes plague 12-year-old Yuki’s doomed Hawai'ian beach vacation. As tensions boil over, she, her aloof father and elegant grandmother battle bright red sunburns and the seemingly mundane family scuffles that manage to leave behind the deepest scars. Bios Maya Tanaka is...
September 23, 2023
HAFEKASI
DescriptionBiosDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 Mona is a 10-year-old Tongan-Australian girl who begins to realize she's different from her single, white mum and family. Both mother and daughter navigate identity and belonging in Melbourne suburbia during the ‘90s. Bios Annelise Hickey is a writer and director based in Naarm (Melbourne),...
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...
September 23, 2023
A KIND OF TESTAMENT (UN GENRE DE TESTAMENT)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription U.S. Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 Bios Stephen Vuillemin, born in 1986 in Besançon, France, is an animation director, comics author and illustrator. Between 2016 and 2022, Vuillemin dedicated his time to creating his first animation short film, A KIND OF TESTAMENT, first by himself and then with the support...
September 23, 2023
BEYOND THE SEA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription International Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time,...
September 23, 2023
A CRAB IN THE POOL (UN TROU DANS LA POITRINE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves on a scorching summer day. They will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other. Bios Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel are a duo of...
September 23, 2023
DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS (LA HERIDA LUMINOSA)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Sun-starved teenagers take a dreamy trip to the Balearic Islands in the pursuit of light and warmth. They must absorb it and be a vessel in order to transport it back to their heavy clouded kingdom. Bios Barcelona, 1997. Christian Avilés is...
September 23, 2023
BEEN THERE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 Weekend trips, city breaks, a detour into nature or once around the world. Barely a few days off, and you're already gone. Never before has the desire to travel been so widespread and visited places so overcrowded. What do we get out of...
