SHORT FILMS
(2023)
THE TEARS OF THINGS
24.9.2023 | 19:00 | CULTURAL CENTER
13’ | Belgium
Cinematographer: Victor Maes | Director: Kate Voet
Ana attempts to untangle the painful memories of the night when her marriage began to crumble. Unable to speak, she starts writing. Her diary becomes a letter to her husband about their growing alienation, set in a deafening silence.
AIRHOSTESS-737
24.9.2023 | 21:15 | CULTURAL CENTER
16’ | Greece
Cinematographer: Giannis Fotou | Director: Thanasis Neofotistos
On a Boeing-737 a 39-y.o. flight attendant, Vanina, tries hard to hide her obvious discomfort. Everyone seems genuinely worried about her while she goes on complaining about her new braces. She blames her mother for not taking care of her teeth when she should. However, her colleagues know; this plane carries her mother’s dead body to her hometown. When the turbulence becomes threatening, Vanina faces an urgent need to see her mother in what proves to be a last chance for reconciliation.
A SHORT TRIP
25.9.2023 | 19:00 | CULTURAL CENTER
17’ | France
Cinematographer: Guillaume Le Grontec | Director: Erenik Beqiri
Mira and Klodi go to Marseille for a mission. Time is of the essence as they face a crucial appointment and a room full of waiting men. They must face the need to let go of one another as they grapple with the gravity of their decision.
TIME'S UP
25.9.2023 | 21:15 | CULTURAL CENTER
12’ | France
Cinematographer: Noe Bach | Director: Camille Lugan
Julie is a cycle courier. She was meant to be spending the night with her boyfriend, Tom. But she has to work instead. She’s done too few minutes to get her bonus so she has to make up the time. Julie is up against the clock, racing across Paris from one delivery to the next…
LET THE DEWY FLOWERS BLOOM
26.9.2023 | 19:00 | CULTURAL CENTER
17’ | Montenegro
Cinematographer: Staša Bukumirović | Director: Ivan Bakrač
Nikola goes to Montenegrin south to say goodbye to his best friend. On the way, he meets Maja. Together they continue towards an unknown destination, the road leads them through bare rocks, the Sea is getting closer, and farewells become new beginnings.
SWAMP DEER
26.9.2023 | 21:15 | CULTURAL CENTER
15’ | Argentina
Cinematographer: Joaquin Neira | Director: Gisela Corsello
A woman waits by the fire. The storm announces itself in the bush. Elias looks for traces in the mud, he senses that something is about to happen. Earth and water mingle in the landscape. A young man comes out of the swamp and unleashes a new ritual.
SEAGULLS CUT TROUGHT THE SKY
27.9.2023 | 19:00 | CULTURAL CENTER
18’ | Portugal, France
Cinematographer: Marta Simões | Directors:
Mariana Bártolo and Guillermo García López
Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.
AT LITTLE WHEELIE THREE DAYS AGO
27.9.2023 | 21:15 | CULTURAL CENTER
20’ | USA
Cinematographer: Andrew Crighton | Director: Andrew Stephen Lee
When a soul-shaking viral video shudders through town, a jobless father struggles to keep hold of his existence.
MAVERA
28.9.2023 | 19:00 | CULTURAL CENTER
21’ | North Macedonia
Cinematographer: Stefan Gjorgievski | Director: Batuhan Ibrahim
After the death of her father, Biljana is tying to sell the house and help sister Vicky leave the small town for a better future. But first, she has to pass through the dysfunctional bureaucracy labyrinth, proving that her father is really dead. And the clock is ticking.
FIRE AT THE LAKE
28.9.2023 | 21:15 | CULTURAL CENTER
15’ | France
Cinematographer: Aurelien Py | Director: Pierre Menahem
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.
