International Competition 1

Juliette Laboria:

Pests
(Nuisibles )

France, 2021. 7 minutes.

In the heat of summer, children and wasps gather around the same meal, but sharing is not on the daily menu.

Malte Stein:

Thing
(Ding)

Germany, 2021. 5 minutes.

Haunted by a little thing, a man gets driven to the edge.

Yarin Philipp:

Good Old Vinyl

Russia, 2022. 14 minutes.

The office worker story.

Florence Yuk Ki Lee:

Elephant in Castle

Hong Kong, 2021. 5 minutes.

Hong Kong, where the director grew up, 2019 and 2020. Stepping into a new decade, the world is coming to an unprecedented and critical moment in history.

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Mahboobeh Kalaee:

The fourth Wall
(Divare Chaharom)

Iran, 2021. 10 minutes.

Home and family, relationships, desires, wishes and everything is summarized in a kitchen. The stuttering boy is alone there, playing with his imagination.

Peter Millard:

Please let me in

united Kingdom, 2022. 3 minutes.

Please let me in. I want more. Let me in.

Bruno Quast:

Cufufu

Estonia, 2021. 6 minutes.

Bernie Krause’s niche theory is that an animal’s voice evolved in a way to occupy its own little, unique acoustic slot within a whole soundscape, a puzzle piece in the whole puzzle, to be distinguishable in the mess. A fisher wonders what sounds fit the best in niches created by surrounding sounds.

Leoluna Robert-Tourneur:

Hold Me Tight

Belgium, France, 2021. 6 minutes.

In the heart of a dark forest, two silhouettes meet, attract and repel each other in an explosive bridal parade. “Hold Me Tight” is a bittersweet romance.

Pablo Ballarín:

In my chest of fire there is still place to temple your dagger: a love story

Spain, 2021. 24 minutes.

This is the story of a fighter and a trainer, and the strange relationship that they have.