The Short Films Competition

SAME OLD by Lloyd LEE CHOI

USA – 15'

A food delivery driver in New York City spends the night trying to find his stolen e-bike.

France, Ghana – 15'

Set in a small Ghanaian town at the edge of a large landfill site that spills into the ocean, the sons of a fisherman, Sowah and Okai, struggle to cope with loss of their eldest brother who drowned during a fishing expedition. Haunted by his demise, Okai believes their brother is still out there…

GAKJIL (PERSONA) by Sujin MOON

South Korea – 6'

The process of being encroached by the persona.

LUZ NOCTURNA (LUMIÈRE DE NUIT) by Kim TORRES

Costa Rica – 14'

Ale, a seventeen-year-old woman, lives in rural Costa Rica with her two younger siblings. Through landscapes fueled by silence, resentment and brief moments of joy, Ale will try to protect them from the seething truth, their mother has left them and is not coming back.

LE FEU AU LAC (FIRE AT THE LAKE) by Pierre MENAHEM

France – 15'

A high mountain hamlet, early summer. Felix comes down from the pastures where he’s guarding his cows and finds his old mother lying unconscious on her bed. Shaken, he runs off. He drives a few miles in the valley to the house of a young man who just contacted him on a dating app.

HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) by Jianying CHEN

China – 15'

When an asteroid hits the Earth leading to underwater volcanic eruptions, the inhabitants of a small riverside town start to flee inland. Before she leaves, Nian decides to say goodbye to her childhood friend. Her memories of the town start to become clearer and clearer in her mind on this journey.

LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER'S LULLABIES) by Abinash Bikram SHAH

Nepal – 14'

A mother sings lullabies to her 12-years-old daughter in order to calm her down. But, when the lullabies end, and the daughter comes to her senses, the reality turns out to be much grimmer, and life-altering.

UOGOS (CHERRIES) by Vytautas KATKUS

Lithuania – 15'

A recently retired father invites his son to help him with the cherry picking in the garden. The father is in no hurry to finish the cherry job though, as he tries to catch up with his son. The cherries remain in the background.