OMA, 9min., Latvia, Comedy Drama
Directed by Monika Ivonne
A Latvian grandmother visits her daughter in America, where she encounters surreal scenes of life in Los Angeles.
OMA, 9min., Latvia, Comedy Drama
Directed by Monika Ivonne
A Latvian grandmother visits her daughter in America, where she encounters surreal scenes of life in Los Angeles.
1814 FROST FAIR, 4min., UK, Drama
Directed by Julia Fullerton-Batten
In 1814, thousands flocked onto the thick ice to witness and enjoy an impromptu mix of festival, circus, and street show. Tents were erected and makeshift markets quickly emerged as innkeepers and tradespeople eagerly made the most of this temporary frozen wonder.
YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY, 7min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Hollie Olenik
A middle-aged woman makes a last-ditch effort to sell her eye-sore car to an optimistic teenage rocker. This goes smoothly until they find a time capsule of forgotten items from her youth. Bonding over discovered similar interests, they try to grapple the generational gap, nostalgia, and envy of each other’s lives. During the encounter, the woman begins to second guess her decision to sell the car.
SUPER SPECIAL, 12min., New Zealand, Drama
Directed by Ashley Williams
In the midst of her first period, a quiet resilient young girl must choose between a surprise for her beloved little brother or buying pads for herself.
BARE IT ALL, 7min., Documentary/Experimental
Directed by Iyin Landre
After experiencing a shocking tragedy, Lynette struggled for more than 10 years with an addiction, self-doubt, and debilitating negative thoughts, until she finally learned to love herself again.
LILI, 8min., USA, Drama
Directed by Yfke van Berckelaer
Lili (Lisa Smit – Netflix’s Ares) knows she has to nail this audition. The Man (Derek de Lint – Soldier of Orange/The Unbearable Lightness of Being) she auditions for, knows this too. Thus starts an uncomfortable cat and mouse game in this single-shot #metoo horror, about power, the misuse of power and female empowerment.
CHICKEN, 5min., UK, Drama
Directed by Paula C. Frias
Every day is the same. Or is it?
AILIN ON THE MOON, 5min., Argentina, Animation
Directed by Claudia Ruiz
Work, do the shopping, cooking, cleaning, ironing, taking care of Ailín: that is the routine of Vilma, mother of 40 years, overwhelmed by fatigue and skin intolerance. Ailín (4), just looking to play and demand the attention of a restless girl, one day causes the emotional outbreak of the mother. The routine that led them away must be broken to meet again.
GLAD YOU’RE HERE, 10min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Lisa Kannakko
Engaging themes of love and betrayal, hope, belonging and place, Glad You’re Here documents my nineteen–year journey through building a family life, seeing it suffer the damage of mental illness, grief and separation, and then rebuilding with empathy. A story about an extreme moment of crisis has turned into a documentary that deals not just with the subjective but with the important issue of spousal abuse.
NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER, 22min., China, Thriller/Fantasy
Directed by Xinwen Zhang
Human treatment of livestock is only food to be eaten. No matter what animals feel, they will have emotions, emotions, and desires for the world, from birth to death without any freedom. Nowadays, the appetite of the society is greater than the demand for nutrition. Every time the human race passes the festival, it is the end of the livestock. The earth is still evolving. It is full of possibilities. In the future, it is possible that animals become masters, and humans eat for them. Now we will do this to livestock and future animals, and all animal instincts will survive. Despair and hope alternate, look upside down in the world our situation and destiny.