OFFICIAL SELECTION MARCH 2022
narrative
EXTREME by Jingqian Zhou
FEVER NIGHT by Andrea Cable
A group of teenagers on vacation is stuck inside a house while outside there's an unknown global catastrophe. Rio, our protagonist is trying to make sense of this senseless situation while also reflecting on his own relationships and pondering important moral questions. All of this while everyone's struck with a mysterious fever (that only affect Rio), and reality starts to bend...
SHE by Anastasia Raykova
Kate, a carefree young woman, is nervous about spending her first weekend away with her new lover and his kids. On their way to his beachside holiday home, he receives a text from his troubled ex-wife, threatening suicide. Thinking it's just another cry for attention, he ignores it. Later that night he receives the call he was dreading. Kate suddenly finds herself embroiled in a complex family situation that she's not ready for, trying to find a way to comfort a grieving family that she hasn't yet found her place in.
SPRINGBOUND by Clarence Lin thein
Alone on a trampoline, a boy is joined by an unlikely companion, who in her state of intoxication, shares her own story of isolation.
SWEET DREAMS by Massimo Pibiri, Mordjane Mira
One day, everyone's dreams suddenly start to come true. Jean wants to get rid of this strange spell, you never know that his nightmares will come true. In this he has the support of his girlfriend Marlene, but not of Janine, who always secretly dreamed of marrying him.
BEST NARRATIVE WINNER
experimental
MODERN LOVERS by Pablo Robertson de Unamuno
nininini nininino nininio
DEAR FRIEND, REPLY by Luca Sorgato
A dead man replies to a friend's letter.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL WINNER
I AM ALREADY FREE by Chandel White
This is the true story of a Los Angeles homeless man celebrating a moment of great clarity with a song he wrote and recorded in his vehicle…a vehicle that has served as both his cocoon and his shelter for the past 3 years. This stirring depiction of the innate aims to highlight the power of transformation working within each one of us, no matter the journey…no matter the path.
BETTY COED by Heather Warren-Crow
Betty Coed is an experimental short that brings together old film footage from a University hypnosis experiment with cheesy clip art, all in the service of an unsettling reflection on power and identity.
I´VE BEEN AFRAID by Cecelia Conduit
"I've Been Afraid" is about threats and aggression, big and small fears, and the violence against women that permeates our society.
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EVERYTHING IS HARD (BUT NOT ALL THE TIME) by Francis Berry
An Experimental documentary showcasing the intersection of art, depression and self-care in Miami during Miami Art Basel 2021.
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BODY PROP MOVEMENT 2 (SOLAR NEMESIS)
by M.Woods
animation
CONSTANTINE by Heta-Linnea Kovanen
Constantine is a fine lady who lived her life in a very beautiful but fragile way - just as a flower.
DOWNFALL by Rona Fayad
Enya's journey trying to make it as a dancer is hindered as her behaviors drag her downhill.
BEST ANIMATION WINNER
OFFENSIVE CARTOONS : KINDER by Ruben Uggla
Kinder is the fourth part in my series, Offensive Cartoons, where I make animated, satirical short films that mainly seek to provoke.
Kinder in itself is a commercial, for a fictional app, that acts as a critic on the modern dating apps. With a dark twist...
SPELL by Philppe Safire
A Digital Age Tragedy
Our story takes place in Digital City, a socially and technologically advanced society. People enjoy access to vast freedoms and rapid economic growth. That is, until a woman reports a mysterious incident unnoticed among the flashing lights and strident sounds of the city. Society as a whole then faces a crisis that will lead to new relationships and a very strange discovery.
UNVEILED by Paolo Iorio
An intense and delicate journey in an inaccessible and painful territory, but with seat belts.
documentary
WAITING ROOM by Aleksandra Folczak
During the isolation caused by a crown-virus epidemic, the director talks on the phone with Friends and family. The film is a record of intimate miscarriage of people trying to adopt
An unusual situation. The documentary shows their longing, needs, emotions. In stories full of emotions and humor, everyone
will find a fragment of his experiences from that time.
TALIA by Pedro Cruz, David Gomes
Natália is a 75 year old portuguese craftswoman, who struggles to maintain the art of the bulrush mats. Ever since her early days, in a time and place that knew no abundance, the bulrush was a central piece of a simple way of living. Her life and her craft intertwine and blend in a magic realism documentary.
BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER
DIXIE by Caroline Rumley
How much of who you are is where you come from? An American woman and her daughter investigate their Southern roots.
INGE : WHEN THE WALLS by Kaja Levy de la Vie
This touching experimental documentary features Inge, an octogenarian Austrian-Canadian who recounts stories of her family and the grave losses she continues to endure. She also describes the construction of her home in the seventies that she built from cement and steel.