Amateur Introductions 26[2018]

Some Stories Are Better Left Untold.(de)

Penance(en)

On Halloween night, a pathetic man is haunted by his guilt and regret.

Sorrow(en)

Alone in a wasteland, a masked Traveler journeys through the ice, snow and air with a flower in hand.

On The Run(en)

Running away from his actions, a desperate man confronts who he has become.

Neverwhere(en)

A meek office worker finds himself flung into a fantasy world as a naked muscleman. An early version of the Den character, known from the comic magazine Heavy Metal and the movie by the same name.

The Online Lesson(en)

During the quarantine, some dedicated students have decided to adapt an Eugen Ionesco play into a short film. They all filmed themselves at home. This version isn't looking for coherence. The only 3 characters of the play are portrayed by many actors which have all provided a different view over their essence and mannerism.

Ekvilibrium(nn)

The Long Shift(fi)

A small town ice hockey team fights through their first season in an upper division. The players' dreams might have changed from childhood but their love for the sport does not fade.

Jungleland(en)

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.

Rocky(en)

An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.

Limited Games - Störtebekers Geheimnis(de)

Exerium(tr)

Voidland(en)

This is an amateur student mood piece comprised of footage I've filmed with my Camcorder at uni over the course of the first half of 2023. The prompt given for this was 'belonging' and so I've gravitated it around the premise of navigating a place that you feel as though you don't belong in, to the point where you become detached and alienated from your own identity. - Toby.

Muse(en)

Trapped in her own malaise, a depressed girl tries to go for a walk in Brunswick thinking she's in a French new-wave film. Yet after a series of unrequited bump-ins, muse is confronted by a harsh reality that is simply slacker…

Sanã(en)

Sanã is a 7 minute short film made by Lourenço Baptista and Miguel Teixeira.

Endless(pt)

An adventurous boy and without fear of falling between rocks, ventures outside a campsite in Porto Moniz, Portugal where he finds a tunnel associated with a local legend that says it has no end and whoever enters gets completely lost.

Dernière St-Valentin(fr)

Pudelmützen Rambos(de)

Charly is a complete loser who forms a gang to rescue his sister from a vampire.

Anakatosouras(el)

Thomas Karatoulpanis (Dinos Iliopoulos) is a naive employee at a car show in the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. Because of his modest personality he is constantly criticised by his mother-in-law, his uncle and his boss. The only one who supports him is his wife. But the appearance of a doppelganger who buys extravagant gifts in his name causes a ruckus. Thomas is an amateur singer and participates in the Thessaloniki Song Festival winning the first prize. This is when everyone realises that there are two people who look alike.

Ataun of the Dead(eu)

When the first non-nationalist president arrives at the Basque Government, the Third Carlist War erupts. Two Carlist scientists will try to revive Zumalakarregi, but in their attempt to do so, the Idiazabal Cheese winner of the contest is contaminated. As a result, all the inhabitants of Ataun will become zombies after eating the cheese.