Up and Down (Germany)
Other people eat cake for their birthdays. The four Friedemann women go on a hike.
Narrative Shorts
Uncle (France)
After witnessing a murder, Elia finds herself kidnapped in the back of a truck, fleeing on country roads, by Tarek, the impulsive misunderstood driver, Yann, a giant body to a child’s mind, and Marie, a young woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown about to give birth.
Born in Chevreuse, Fabien Luszezyszyn attended acting school, then studied directing at Ecole de la Cite, and has produced numerous short films including Until Death Do You Part.
The Fifth (USA)
1992. Two cousins linger around the woods without motive, stumbling upon what seems like a lost bag. They take interest in retrieving it and set out to find the owner. It doesn’t take very long before they find her, cold and alone.
Taking The Plunge (USA)
Steven, a young man, plans out a perfect wedding proposal. It is interrupted when he drops his engagement ring into the ocean. He follows the ring into unknown waters, and meets an extremely friendly octopus who helps him on his search.
Stray Animals (Brazil)
Olivia and Arthur spend their days away from home. The day Olivia discovers a stray cat in the woods is the first step into a journey of loss of innocence.
Maju de Paiva was born in 1996, in Rio de Janeiro. In 2014, she started the Cinema and Video Program at Universidade Federal Fluminense. Stray Animals is her first film as a director and screenwriter.
Sanyog (India)
Late night at a chawl in central Mumbai, a prostitute finds the courage to leave her sterile and meaningless life. A hostage escapes her kidnappers, a shootout occurs between gangsters, and a paralysed war veteran tries to walk after years of a sedentary life. All of this happens next door to each other in a single uninterrupted shot.
Projection on Sofa (Belgium)
Movie night at home. At the end of the film, the two women start a conversation about the idea of traveling. While smoking and drinking wine, they exchange their ideas, desires, and expectations.
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Pooch (Turkey)
Pooch tells the story of a Ahmet, a Turkish factory worker, and a refugee child being smuggled from Syria.
Osman Yaziki was born in Trabzon, Turkey. He has worked as an assistant director in the advertising industry. So far he has directed five short films. He is a student of the fine arts faculty of design and film.
Pitter Patter Goes My Heart (USA)
The hopelessly romantic Lisa takes desperate measures to win her former lover back. But the fact that he already has a new girl at his side and that Lisa needs to bring her alcoholic father to an anti-varicose-campaign photo shooting without letting him know, is not particularly helping.
The tragedy takes its course.
Pirate Smooch (Germany)
Two pirate ships, one Chinese, one European, drive alongside each other in the wide ocean. A ferocious battle rages between the two crews. Only up on top of the tallest masts is an island that is surprisingly calm.
Tobi Trebeljahr was born 1987 in Darmstadt. As an autodidact skilled in 2D and 3D graphics he has worked as a designer for movies and videogames. He is now an animation student.
