La Cinef - Program 2 © THE PASS / IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA © csc / LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S'EMPILENT / 100% FLÅET KÆRLIGHED © Åsmund Sollihøgda
For its 25th edition, La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated shorts directed by 6 male directors and 10 women directors, from among the 1,528 submitted by film schools all over the world. Four of them are from schools taking part for the first time and these 16 shorts reflect the diversity of filmmaking education in the world.
THE PASS by Pepi GINSBERG
USA - 15'
On holiday, Ben declines an offer from a handsome man, Sam, to go to a private beach, The Pass. While there, Ben swims and meets Christopher who grows aggressive as he struggles to mask his desires for Ben, leaving him afraid to get out of the water.
IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA (A CONSPIRACY MAN) by Valerio FERRARA
Italy - 19'
In a lower-class neighborhood in Rome, there is a barber who believes in conspiracy theories. He is the laughing stock of his family but also at work. Nobody takes him seriously until he gets arrested by the police.
LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S'EMPILENT (HUMANS ARE DUMBER WHEN CRAMMED UP TOGETHER) by Laurène FERNANDEZ
France - 4'
Locked up in their own apartments, some neighbors tell the camera about the little troubles of life in community. Little by little, when everything piles up, it's enough to drive one mad.
100% FLÅET KÆRLIGHED (THAT'S AMORE) by Malthe SAXER
Denmark - 49'
An absurd modern anti-romantic love story about falling in and out of love, driven by a discussion of the statement made by relationship professionals that "love consists of 20% feelings and 80% willpower".
