Block 1-Foreign Shorts

About This Program

A selection of short films from around the world.

Aimé

Directors: Gillie Cinneri, Anouk Ferreira da Silva

Narrative Short, Belgium, 2022, 16 min, Color, Student Project - Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD), Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Aimé, a young drug dealer, comes to demand his due from one of his customers. She leaves him alone with her nine-year-old daughter who is having trouble with a math problem.

The Forbidden Fruit

Directors: Vlad F. Dumea, Sebastian Andro

Narrative Short, Romania, 2022, 19 min, Color

A devoted family man uncovers the truth about Original Sin.

Little Loneliness

Director: María José García Garrido

Narrative Short, Spain, 2022, 8 min, Color

After the death of a baby, the baby’s sister takes refuge in dreams of memories of happier moments with her mother, who has grown distant in her grief since the tragedy.

Oysters

Director: Maïa Descamps

Narrative Short, Belgium, 2022, 23 min, Color

Mouths stay shut like the oysters these women are busy opening. But as shells shatter and hands are torn, truth rises to the surface.

Myosotis

Director: Michael Schwendinger

Narrative Short, Switzerland, 2022, 15 min, Color

A mountain farmer experiences the drastic consequences of a forced farewell firsthand. He is powerless in the face of a system that swallows you up faster than you think.

Collecting

Director: Marcos Gualda

Narrative Short, Spain, 2022, 14 min, Color

Marita Carbone, an old aristocratic lady in decay, relieves her loneliness by collecting absurd things. One day, two Mormons disturb the peace of her home.

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Call It Whatever

Director: Jesús Agudo

Narrative Short, Spain, 2022, 5 min, Color, Student Project - Linterna Producciones, Madrid, Spain

Juan and Julia have been together for several years and have a comfortable life. He works in a laboratory and she is a successful executive. Their lives are about to change.

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The Bottle Opener

Director: Julien Dewitte

Narrative Short, Belgium, 2022, 15 min, Color

Eric, an introverted bachelor, has been working at the same Belgian brewery for twenty years. While he wants to quit in order to break his routine, he realizes that he is the only one who can save the brewery by participating in a beer uncapping contest.