Daniele Pignatelli
6 min | 2020 | Italy | US Premiere
During the lockdown, the Cinema sends a video-letter to humankind: the theatres are closed, sets are locked and the Cinema can no longer create new dreams.
Official Selection: Unified Filmmakers Festival (Germany)
Lamberto Guerra
20 min | 2020 | Spain | US Premiere
One night. Three women. Three generations. A grandmother, a mother and a daughter are about to lose Lila, the pet that has joined them for the past 20 years. This will expose their unresolved conflicts: their fears, their mistakes, their secrets... And how much they need each other. Tonight, they not only face a bitter farewell, but a decision to continue walking alone or to reunite.
Official Selections: San Sebastian FF (Spain), Festival Int’l de Cine (Spain).
Dariush Alizadeh
20 min | 2019 | Iran | US Premiere
A gold bangle can solve a problem or can make one.
Javier Marco Rico
10 min | 2018 | Spain | US Premiere
Far out at sea, a cell phone floating inside an air-tight bag starts to ring. When a fisherman responds, he opens himself to the painful reality of immigration.
Awards: Best Short – Festival International De Curtas Do Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), Le Grand Prix International – Brussels Short FF (Belgium)
Official Selections: Asiana Int’l Short FF, Kaohsiung FF (Taiwan), Festival Du Cinema Int’l En Abitibi-temiscamingue, Leeds Int’l FF.
Sungbin Byun
25 min | 2020 | Korea | US Premiere
A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend for the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi, with everything in readiness, takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.
Awards: Best Short - Seoul Int’l Pride FF (Seoul Korea), International Audience Award - Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short FF (Clermont-Ferrand France).
Official Selections: Bogota Short FF (Bogota Colombia), Toronto Reel Asian Int’l FF (Toronto
Canada), Jogja-NETPAC Asian FF (Jogja Indonesia), Festival Yous Courts Aix-en-Provence (France), ifva Awards (Hong Kong), In the Palace Int’l Short FF (Sofia Bulgaria).
Julian De Luca, Juan Cruz
14 min | 2020 | Argentina | US Premiere
Co-presented with the Boston Latino International Film Festival
A boy and his old neighbor, have problems of coexistence giving rise to a small silent war in everyday life until she finally moves and he inherits a new neighbor.
Official Selections: Kingston FF (UK), Int’l Youth FF – Light of the World (Russia).