Shorts, 103 min, Not rated
A selection of short films from around the world.
US Premiere
Director: Marcos Gualda
Narrative Short, Spain, 2024, 12 min, Color
Johnny wants to be a comedian, but his mother is determined that he become a country singer.
Soo Film Festival
Director: Nastaran Barzegar
Narrative Short, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2023, 13 min, Color, Student Project - Tehran University of Art, Tehran, Iran
Four friends decide to go on a treasure hunt to find an ancient inscription. However, their fifth companion is greed.
Director: Álvaro López Alba
Narrative Short, Spain, 2022, 16 min, Color
Adrian and Eva like each other. They have not told anyone and neither dares to make the first move. The day they finally meet alone, something goes wrong, and a lie will spread swiftly like an indelible stain.
Audience Choice Award - Best Foreign Narrative Short
Director: Antonio Donato
Narrative Short, Italy, 2023, 20 min, Color, Student Project - London Film School, London, England
Federico is on holiday with his father and brother in a summer residence in Sardinia. Their father, Aurelio, is a severe and overtly masculine man who makes Federico feel anxious and inadequate. When a wealthy German family invites them to dinner, Federico discovers he is not so different from his father.
Director: Damián Vondrášek
Narrative Short, Czech Republic, 2022, 15 min, Color, Student Project - FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
A boy with a cleft lip has one afternoon to pass the ritual of initiation into a street gang.
Director: Vivian Cheung
Narrative Short, Canada, 2022, 10 min, Color
Inspired by true events, an imaginative Asian-Canadian girl attempts to fold a thousand cranes as she learns to lose her father during his final days in hospice.
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Director: Charly Delporte
Narrative Short, France, 2023, 6 min, Color
Happy couple Gabrielle and Sliman go on a weekend trip with their daughter Justine to celebrate France’s victory. As they head towards Gabrielle’s parents’ house, Sliman accidentally hits someone with their car. Worried, he gets out of the car to check the damage and help the injured person, but there is no one in sight.
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Director: Anthony Goertz
Narrative Short, Canada, 2024, 11 min, Color
Inspired by Charlotte Cranston’s short story of the same name, this romantic comedy follows the unlikely friendship between Raymond, an unemployed accountant, and Evelyn, a socialite recovering from a broken leg. Each week they meet at a diner to discuss, among other things, their predictions for how the world might end. This time, though, they must bare their souls and face each other’s most difficult truths.
Thursday, Sep 12, 6:30pm
Bayliss Library
Free admission
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