€ (Euro) - un cortometraggio di Andrea Ventura(2017)

Surface(en)

The director offers a rare glimpse of the actor and fashion muse Chloë Sevigny in the late 90s when she as an emerging ingénue. Shot on 16mm black and white, Sevigny plays air guitar and dress-up in a film that beautifully captures the spirit of the time.

Kurz:Ivan(en)

Buquí(es)

Manuel, a young Dominican chef, has the opportunity to fulfill his dream when a businesswoman asks him for a dish that will impress her. But, he has to deal with his inner voice that torments him in order to make it.

Becoming Water(vi)

A girl saves money during the holidays to buy a panda and takes care of her family's prayer shrine when she notices that a Buddha statue has disappeared.

M. (Chapitre 3) Director's Cut(fr)

Silence de Septembre (Chapitre 2) ou Quelques jours d'été d'après Chabouté(fr)

Second chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Bargaining."

Our Best Selves(en)

A young couple go to an isolated cabin to deal their marital problems.

The Eyes(en)

A man attempts to convince his wife she is going mad so he can continue having an affair.

Saturday Night Special(en)

On his 25th birthday, The Kid, an unpublished novelist, finds himself in a dark bar, drinking alone, and experiencing a quarter of a life crisis. He strikes up a conversation with The Bartender, an older veteran of the bar, who is the only person remaining after last call. Venting to The Bartender about his current existential crisis they both end up drinking together, but when The Bartender goes to make sure everything is cleaned up for the night, he returns with a .38 Special Snubnose Revolver, also known as a "Saturday Night Special", and informs The Kid that someone must have left it behind. The two speculate where the gun could have come from, all the while they continue to drink, which makes things quite chaotic once the Kid decides to pick up the gun.

An Ode to Solitude(en)

Exploring the duality between friendship and loneliness, this intimate narrative short tells the story of David, a bright young boy struggling with a broken home life, as he tries to reconnect with his childhood best friends as they search for something to do in their small suburban town.

Liar(en)

When a brutal teenage revenge plot gets pushed too far, 14 year-old Tara is forced to choose between standing helplessly on the sidelines or stepping in to defend the boyfriend that hurt her.

Fair Play(nl)

Marie and Steven appear to be a happy couple, but Steven's secret relationship with another man begins to threaten his idyllic home life.

False Creek Stories(en)

This is False Creek, perhaps an insignificant point on a map. Its happenings won't splash across the front page of your morning newspaper, but the daily affairs of this little neighborhood are the main headlines to the people that live here. Their source for these stories is Bill, a wheelchair bound man with paraplegia who devotes his time and ambition to seek out those local chronicles that his neighbors so desire. But with Bill's responsibility to entertain comes certain jealousy from Igor, who thinks he's better suited for the job. And from Doug, who just craves the respect it brings. Today, dressed with a shirt he found in the free-box, and with hope in his heart, Doug sets out to gain that respect.

The Little Shopping Trolley(fr)

Living on a shoestring in Montreal, a Vietnamese mother must act in bad faith to assert her right to buy 12 discount laundry detergents that she's been refused at a grocery store.

Shedding(pt)

In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.

Faraway, So Close!(de)

A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a key theme here—Americans.

Pardes(he)

Tom is a teenager who lives with his single mom in a small southern Kibbutz, and deals with his (and other’s) sexuality.

Let It Flow(es)

Two estranged brothers are forced to meet at the family's beach house to settle legal matters after their father passes away. In the midst of their disagreements they discover that they have more in common than they thought.

Sweatshop Girl(es)

Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a secret.