International Shorts 2:
A selection of international shorts, featuring animation and more approaches. Tales of life and destiny
TRADING CARDS - Radheya Jang
An enigmatic man travels back in time to confront his younger self, revisiting childhood memories of trading cards in a dark animated fantasy exploring identity, lost innocence and life with OCD.
ANOTHER EARTH - Ben Russell
A dizzying 16mm portrait of an increasingly chaotic present, tracing the shifting connections between bodies, technology, politics and war in a world where time is felt rather than measured.
OH BE A FINE GIRL KISS ME - Alice dos Reis
Awaiting reincarnation, a disillusioned soul reflects on her past life as a nun mapping the stars at the Vatican Observatory and contemplates a new identity as a coder in 1990s Portugal.
CONVERSATIONS ON A BOAT - Sabina Jacobsson [RU]
A reunion between two women in their 50s aboard a boat in the Oslofjord unravels into a tender, intimate exploration of unresolved desire, lost love and the freedom of queer life beyond midlife.
O - Francisca Alarcão
Francisca has a problem and wants to get rid of it immediately.
I USED TO CALL THAT MAN HOME - Melissa Nocetti [RU]
In a spectral present, a man recalls the dream he had just after his father passed away. A ghost story.
TERMINAL - Alexandre Siqueira
Jorge, a man in his fifties, returns to his mother's house after more than thirty years traveling the world.
International premieres are eligible for Grand Prix International Short Award. Films eligible for the Redbreast UNHIDDEN Short Award are indicated with [RU].
