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
EEVA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 It’s pouring down rain at a funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps. Bios Lucija Mrzljak is a Croatian animation film director and illustration artist based in Tallinn Estonia....
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
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
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
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
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
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
GO FOR GRANDMA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: YOUNG AT HEART Inspired by the iconic ‘80s fantasy films we all grew up on, GO FOR GRANDMA is a magical journey into the mind of a young boy who escapes a neglectful home life through his grandmother's love and the power of his imagination. Bios Sabrina Doyle...
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...
