directed by Craig Rosenthal/ Every weekend in Shanghai’s famous Peoples’ Park, an overly-ambitious mother puts up a poster advertising her unwed son to potential brides. But, when true love is at stake, sometimes the best-laid plans have a funny way of coming undone. “The dialogue is charming and it’s there and it’s funny but if […]
Pishto Goes Away
directed by Sonya Kendel/ One autumn day Pishto was taken sick and tired of everything so he decided to leave for good. “I’m a perfectionist and that’s a very dangerous quality to have in animation.” – Sonya Kendel, director of Pishto Goes Away Issue 9: Shorts at Festival de Cannes 2013
Levi’s Horse
directed by Torfinn Eversen/ Fourteen-year-old Jonas is a lonely and alienated young boy living in a small village in Northern Norway. He feels a certain bond with the mentally disabled man Levi and his little horse. When Jonas wants to be accepted amongst his peers he is facing a moral dilemma: He must choose either […]
Waiting for the Thaw
directed by Sarah Hirtt/ Long divided siblings meet for the moving out of one of them. The atmosphere is tense. Valery, Victor and Vincianne take the road, not knowing that the trip will be hazardous… Waiting for the Thaw is questioning the development of family disagreements in the context of a critical and incongruous situation. […]
In the Fishbowl
directed by Tudor Jurgiu/ George and Cristina are trying to break up. But despite their efforts and violent fights something keeps them together. “And at some point in going over my notes I found this pattern of breaking up and coming back together, and breaking up and coming back together and I found it funny […]
Danse Macabre
directed by Małgorzata Rżanek/ A dense, pitch black night. The moon glances balefully. Someone will die tonight. Suddenly the carousel of death moves on and there is nothing to stop it. Joined by a fine thread the skeletons waft up and then fall straight into the clip of the fatal revolver. The bones are patiently […]
Olena
directed by Elzbieta Benkowska/ A couple of young Ukrainians is traveling to Sweden. Boy’s wallet with her passport gets stolen on a Polish train. A thief throws it trough the window. They have to find it before a ferry leaves. The real reason of this travel reveals. “My teacher from film school said that every […]
Condom Lead
directed by Arab Nasser/ A dream of the hope for intimacy and love in a brutal, divisive world. “If you want to learn about something, like war, like destruction, or anything else, you must look closely at the details. You can know the meaning of war, you can know the meaning of destruction, the meaning […]
37°4 S
directed by Adriano Valerio/ Nowadays, 270 people live on a small island in the middle of the atlantic ocean. Nick and Anne, two teenagers, have known each other since their birth and are lovers since childhood. But Anne’s just made up her mind : she’s going to study in England, 6152 miles away. ““Normally I […]