The International Competition program presents a diverse range of short films from various locations and genres. The category embodies the desire to explore new and innovative approaches to filmmaking.
November 17, 18:50
Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon hall
Konstantinovskaya St, 26
Screening duration: 75 min
Trigger and content warnings: blood, self-harm, nudity, use of substances
The films are screened in OV with Ukrainian and English subtitles
Films are available online in Ukraine
ABAN
Abbas Taheri, Mahdieh Toosi
Iran, France / 2022, 16 min
Under constant pressure from her ex-husband, Nazanin tries to turn their 9-year-old child, Aban, away from a very driven feminine taste. Today, Aban goes to hospital hoping to undergo life-changing surgery...
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE
Tan Ce Ding
Malaysia / 2022, 18 min
A young scam call operator is thrust into a moral dilemma as she navigates a life-changing situation.
CATERPILLARSLES CHENILLES
Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany
France / 2023, 30 min
Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind. Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them - one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries.
In the midst of forced migrations, can we move past our animosity to find solace in each other?
27
Flóra Anna Buda
Hungary / 2023, 11 min
Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?