'Looking Ahead' Shorts Programme
A curated programme of shorts around women’s rights: struggle and hope, change and solidarity.
THERE IS NO FRIEND'S HOUSE
Abbas Taheri | 2023 | 19 mins | Fiction
Sarah and Mehri, two friends, set themselves a perilous challenge in high school. But not only are they very young women, they're also Iranians from families with completely opposing views.
BEACH FLAGS
Sarah Saidan | 2014 | 13 mins | Animation
Vida is a young Iranian lifeguard. Popular on her team, she is determined to fight in order to be the one to participate in an international competition in Australia. However, when Sareh who is as fast and talented as her, joins the team, Vida will have to face an unexpected situation.
SHADOWS
Rand Beiruty | 2024 | 12 mins | Animation
The true story of Ahlam, a teenage mother who fled Iraq, driven by a desire for freedom. The narrator recounts her memories in a metaphorical journey through the heart of an airport, where dreams and ghosts of the past mingle.
A POINT
Aurélie Marpeaux | 2021 | 20 mins | Fiction
Anna, eighteen years old, has always lived in a housing estate in Bourg-en-Bresse. But when a great professional opportunity obliges her to leave for Paris, she does not seem ready to leave behind her, her neighborhood, her friends and her memories. All his identity, in short. What will she be willing to give up?
PINK, BLACK, AND BLUE (LES ROSES ET LES BLEUS)
Claudia Lopez Lucia | 2021 | 22 mins | Documentary
Through their locker room chats, training sessions, and the balance they find between coquettish touches and muddied knees, three teenage rugby girls question their own prejudices and those of their social circles toward female and male attributes in our society.
A FREE RUN (UN CORPS BRÛLANT)
Lauriane Lagarde | 2021 | 14 mins | Fiction
Lina and Inès do not know each other. However, from roof to roof, from low wall to fence, the two teenagers observe each other from a distance, enjoy each other, try to get closer. But, because they do not wish to be seen, they are constantly interrupted.
Presented in association with the French Embassy in Ireland, Institut français and UCC Library.
