Soo Film Festival 2024

Block 2-Foreign Shorts

Shorts, 103 min, Not rated

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The Daltons
The Daltons
The Stain
The Stain
Shooting Watermelons
Shooting Watermelons
Rites
Rites
For Roy
For Roy
Echo
Echo
Apocalypse Book Club
Apocalypse Book Club

About This Program

A selection of short films from around the world.

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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.

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The Daltons

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.

The Stain

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.

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Shooting Watermelons

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.

Rites

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.

For Roy

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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Echo

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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Apocalypse Book Club

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.

Screening

Thursday, Sep 12, 6:30pm

Bayliss Library

Free admission

Free - No Ticket Needed

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