Exploring gender through the lens of the superhero myth, BALLOON questions how we raise boys when our concept of masculinity has become narrow. For fifteen-year-old Sam, surviving high school means staying below radar. But that becomes impossible after he becomes the target of the school’s next viral video. He’s pressured to “hit back,” but Sam Read more about BALLOON – Jeremy Merrifield (United States, 2019) 17′[…]
Claude, sixty-five years old, ride on her motorcycle, scratching Bingos and living on fake checks. For the village, it can’t last any longer. The old lady must settle down or disappear. Jury Prize – Rueil-Malmaison Film Festival 2020 Director – Thomas Buisson
Arben, a doctor, is on duty for a theatrical performance. He is late. Arrived at the theatre, he must calm the anxieties of the star actress, panicking she refuses to go on stage. Bucharest Short Film Festival 2022 Director – Matthieu Moerlen Matthieu Moerlen is an actor and director, known for Les anciens l’appelaient chaos Read more about CLOSING NIGHT – Matthieu Moerlen (France, 2020) 15’[…]
In a future where human memory is recorded on cards and biomechanical bodies are replaced by biological ones, anyone can change appearance following their mood, as long as they can afford it. But people who can not continue to rent their expensive bodies and are forced to abandon them. This is what threatens Emma Beaufort. Read more about ELECTRIC BODIES – Antoine Janot (France, 2020) 15′<br>[…]
Dorin, a young man from the country, agrees for money, to take an exam for a Bachelor’s Degree on behalf of someone else. He’s got just one night to prepare and get in character, while facing social awkwardness and the absurdity of a flawed system. Moscow International Film Festival 2020 Director – Valeriu Andriuță Valeriu Read more about I AM DORIN – Valeriu Andriuță (Romania, 2020) 23′[…]
Diana Dumitrescu, mediatized gymnast and Romanian champion, has been trained to overcome the toughest trials and succeed in the most perilous figures. Sulmona Film Festival 2021 Director – Alberto Segre Alberto Segre was born in Turin, Italy, where he studied sociology before studying in Cambridge and Paris. He worked in France as a researcher and Read more about MEMORIES OF CROSSING – Alberto Segre (France, 2021) 20′[…]
While trying to save her family from a return to the street, Shakira, a young gypsie woman, meets Marius, a member of a robber gang… Prix d’Interprétation Féminine & Mention Spéciale – Festival du Film de Cabourg Director – Noémie Merlant Born in Paris in 1988, Noémie Merlant is an actress and director. Trained at Read more about SHAKIRA – Noémie Merlant (France, 2020) 19′[…]
There’s a man floating around in an indoor swimming pool. The police order him to get out, to be arrested, but the man refuses. Swimmer is a humorous short film about a dramatic arrest that turns into an anticlimax. Flickerfest 2021 Director – Jonatan Etzler (Narrative film winner Jonatan Etzler prior to the 45th Annual Read more about SWIMMER – Jonatan Etzler (Sweden, 2020) 13′[…]
In the story of the kite short film it is stated that: Border boy silence falls in love with a girl who lives across the border. She tries to reach out to the girl through the missing girl’s kite on the other side of the border. Berlinale Film Festival 2020 Director – Seyed Payam Hosseini Read more about THE KITES – Seyed Payam Hosseini (Iran, 2020) 14′[…]
Few rights in Judaism are as important as the Brit Milah – the circumcision. James and his wife Lola, a recent convert, live in a community without any Mohel’s, and after celebrating the birth of their first son have to fly one in to perform the ceremony. Family expectations and financial strain force James to Read more about THE MOHEL – Charles Wahl (Canada, 2020) 14’[…]