Shorts 2021-2022
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- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsClaudine BaschetChristophe BierEmmanuel BrugheraIn a living forest, an androgynous creature is pursued by beings seemingly sent by the god Pan.
- DirectorLucia MartinezStarsMatty CaloMia Martinez GarciaDihya reveals her world, her secrets, her stories. She reigns in this dehumanized world, like a queen, a warrior.
- DirectorNava RezvaniStarsKatayoon SalekiHouman HosseyniA young woman unwillingly undergoes cosmetic surgery on her face only for the sake of her boyfriend, but the man is not happy with the final result. This will lead the girl through a process of rediscovery of herself.
- DirectorNicolas GebbeA secluded beach location, the perfect partner, the most exclusive hotel: that's the life of your dreams. Join an eerie trip into the luxurious world of unfulfilled dreams, nostalgia, desire and catch a unique glimpse through the polished facades of a world shaped by abundance and the reality-distorting imagery of social media.
- DirectorPatrick BresnanIvete LucasStarsBear LopezOn the night before Christmas, a warehouse of workers in Austin TX rush to process newspapers for delivery before driving out to trace the desolate streets delivering to their few and far between customers.
- DirectorKim TorresStarsSimon DalzellNello RiveroWhen a mysterious light invades socially awkward Lila, she encounters its source: a cyborg who comes to remind her who she was in a past life.
- DirectorJuliette RiccaboniStarsVictor BonnelLéonie StassenJust out of his teens, Oscar is passionate about horse racing. At night, he dreams of the winning horses and the next day he bets successfully at the local bar. One night, Oscar once again sees Dan, an ex-lover of his mother's. In his dreams, everything blends together. The horses have disappeared. Oscar must then face dark memories.
- DirectorKilian VilimThe diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standards of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed he shovels madly on their trip on her new iron horse.
- DirectorSok ChanradoKongkea VannStarsMony RosLong MeachLina RyVibol and his brother Kea sell noodles on a motorized cart every night on the streets of Phnom Penh. They often face troublesome threats from gangsters and thieves, even if these very people are their only customers. As the city is growing around them, they consider their unstable income and imagine a different future.
- DirectorAudrie YeoStarsIsabel Alessandra JallehPearlly ChuaChristina LimDiscovering a severed bird that is missing its body, Ah Ger decides to make a mock body for the poor creature and give it a proper burial. Her intentions prompt an unexpected visit by the ghost of her late grandmother appearing in the form of the dead bird, urging Ah Ger to help find and care for her egg. Her actions caused her to be terribly misunderstood and punished by her mother.
- DirectorPolen LyStarsVeu PomSeng ThongPhoeun PetThrough daily routines in a rural village, an indigenous elder couple recall their strange marriage to their granddaughter, and sometimes to each other, in the changing rhythm of nature around them.
- DirectorMonica Vanesa TedjaStarsJourdy PranataWillem BeversWani SiregarA 27-year-old Indonesian, Tim, is having a family vacation with both of his parents on a remote island far from the city, where they learn about the myth of a reincarnated deer that exists somewhere along the beach. Island locals believe that seeing the deer is a sign of meeting one's soulmate. Tim is the only one who secretly hoping to discover the deer, hiding his desire from his very devout Christian parents.
- DirectorCris BringasSolitary men in a roomy but empty cinema, ubiquitous smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations coalesce in a raunchy yet incisive portrait of Manila's evolving queer space.
- DirectorLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirStarsAzzaya MunkhbatDulguun GanbaatarSarangerel SukhbaatarA troubled girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman.
- DirectorLeonardo MartinelliStarsDennis PinheiroSilvero PereiraJoão is a delivery man who dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
- DirectorMajid Al-RemaihiStarsMajid Al-RemaihiTala KaddouraRehana KhanFilmed on an abandoned fishermen village of Northern Qatar, 'And Then They Burn the Sea' is an ode to the filmmaker's living mother whose memories abruptly left her during the making of the film. Al-Remaihi ruminates on an experience of familial loss of that which cannot be defined but is deeply felt by pairing existing family archives with reenacted dreams. Weaving a myriad of poetry, folk history, and personal archives, the film mirrors a history of maternal mourning rituals that lament their loved ones who may never be returned by the sea. Created in DFI's Short Documentary Lab with Rithy Panh.
- DirectorLuka PopadicStarsJane SlavinRyan WhittleNATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. James, a young journalist on his first deployment abroad, is faced with the absurd reality of news production and is forced to choose between his career and his moral code.
- DirectorGiselle LinStarsWendy ZhuoPeter YuIris LiA mother, trapped in the comfort of memory and mourning, confronts her grief when she is invited to the wedding of her late son's childhood sweetheart.
- DirectorGüzin KarStarsSibylle BergA featureless street on an industrial estate in Bonn - desolate, unfinished and inconspicuous. The street bears the name of a child. It is meant to commemorate the racially motivated terrorist attack that this child did not survive.