September 23, 2023
SWEET LIKE LEMONS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 SWEET LIKE LEMONS is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on. The title is a play on the saying “when life gives you lemons make lemonade,” only in this case there is no lemonade to be made but...
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
MY NAME IS EDGAR AND I HAVE A COW (JMENUJU SE EDGAR A MAM KRAVU)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees at a slaughterhouse. Bios Filip Diviak is a Slovak film director and animator. He studied animation at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín, Czech Republic. His main interest is to tell stories...
September 23, 2023
THE MIRACLE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Forty-year-old Irma goes on a vacation to an all-inclusive resort. Soon after her arrival she realizes the place is meant for young families, and Irma has to find her own place in this holiday paradise. Bios Nienke Deutz is a director and animator...
September 23, 2023
NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ (GRANDMA & GRANDMA) (奶奶跟外婆)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 Nǎi Nai is my grandma. Wài Pó is also my grandma. Together, they are a grandma super team that dances, stretches and farts their sorrows away. Bios Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. His latest film, NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ (GRANDMA AND GRANDMA),...
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
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...
