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INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 1
FAMILY
Fri 8 Nov | 13:15 | Gate | 98 mins
BELONGING
Rory Bentley | UK | 2018 | 10 mins
A young boy and his broken family struggle to adapt to their new surroundings following a tragedy that will bring their cultural identity into question forever. Inspired by true events. Producers: Elizabeth Middleton, Fred Deedes, Rory Bentley
SLEEPWALKING
Melissa Anastasi | Australia | 2018 | 20 mins
A young boy living on an isolated property must help his mother escape his controlling stepfather, testing his loyalties and ideas about the outside world.
Producer: Eva Di Blasio
LAKE OF HAPPINESS
Aliaksei Paluyan | Belarus, Germany, Spain | 2019
29 mins | Subtitled
In a small Belarussian village Jasja, a nine-year-old girl, is sent to an orphanage after her mother’s death. One day she decides to run away.
Producers: Aliaksei Paluyan, Jörn Möllenkamp, Eduardo M Escribano Solera
LEFTY/RIGHTY
Max Walker-Silverman | USA | 2019 | 12 mins
Through losing his father a divorced young cowboy learns how to be one himself. A tale of forgiveness, in few words. Producers: Grant Hyun, Jesse Hope
I’LL BE HERE FOR A WHILE
Dylan & Dakota Pailes-Friedman | USA | 2019
11 mins | Subtitled
After a long day in New York City, Lenny kisses his estranged mother gently on the forehead. ‘Could you stay for a while?’ Producers: Lizz Astor, Leo Swartz, Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman
FUNFAIR
Kaveh Mazaheri | Iran, Canada | 2019 | 15 mins | Subtitled
A man, his ploy, his family’s salvation!
Producers: Kaveh Mazaheri, Soroush Saeidi, Pooyan Sedghi
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INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 2
DELICATE RELATIONSHIPS
Sat 9 Nov | 13:45 | Gate | 93 mins
HAPPY ENDING
EunJu Ara Choi | UK | 2018 | 5 mins | Subtitled
With real testimony from a Korean prostitute, this beautiful painted animation explores what it is like to be the subject of other people’s pleasure.
Producers: Royal College of Art, EunJu Ara Choi
VIRAGO
Kerli Kirch Schneider | Estonia | 2019 | 16 mins | Subtitled
In Virago village, where no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tonu is about to turn forty.
Producer: Diana Mikita
MISS CHAZELLES
Thomas Vernay | France | 2019 | 22 mins | Subtitled
Clara and Marie are rivals. Clara is the first successor, while Marie won the Chazelles-sur-Lyon Prize. The tension rises between Clara’s friends and Marie’s family, but the girls are ambivalent.
Producer: Thomas Vernay
IN BLOOM
Maya Armon | UK | 2018 | 8 mins
A young generation prepares the old one for its tragic death.
Producer: Dorin Sella
AFTER THE SUMMER (EFTER SOMMEREN)
Bjarke Underbjerg | Denmark | 2019 | 10 mins | Subtitled
‘After the Summer’ is the story of a woman’s longing for all the things that could have been.
Producer: Mads-August Grarup Hertz
HUSH
Armağan Ballantyne | New Zealand | 2018 | 15 mins | Subtitled
Ava, a young woman, surprises her brother and friends when she suddenly turns up in her small home town with a secret. Producer: Larisa Tiffin
THE HEDGEHOG’S DILEMMA (LE DILEMME DU PORC-ÉPIC)
Francesca Scalisi | Switzerland | 2019 | 12 mins | Subtitled
Jean (45) has been training his daughter to become a champion diver until, on the day of an important competition, an unexpected event changes their relationship forever. Producer: Mark Olexa
RAIN (DESZCZ)
Piotr Milczarek | Poland | 2019 | 5 mins
A simple animated film about collective consciousness.
Producers: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak
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