The latest trends in international filmmaking: our competition programmes present recent short films from around the world. The best works will be honoured with prizes at the Award Ceremony on Sunday.
History Is Written at Night
Alejandro Alonso / France/Cuba 2024 / 20' / colour / English/Spanish / Doc
A huge blackout has plunged Cuba into darkness. In the streets, the inhabitants try to escape the gloom while the bonfires seem to announce the end of an era. Taking refuge inside our house, my mother tells me about a vision that has been tormenting her for years.
Pacific Vein
Ulu Braun / Germany 2024 / 11'58" / colour / English / Exp/Ani
The endless tracking shot through a picturesque US panorama allows the American Dream to slide into ghostly autosuggestion while Assange and Bezos ponder life.
Gender Reveal
Mo Matton / Canada 2024 / 12'32" / colour / English/French / Fic
Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, winds up at their boss’s gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realizes that they are dealing with more than they were prepared for, and their ability to survive the event comes into question.
Adieu Tortue
Selin Öksüzoğlu / France/Turkey 2024 / 24'33" / colour / Turkish / Fic
Inci's mother is dead. That day, while maundering in the deserted plateaus of the Black Sea, the young Inci meets Zeynep (30). Back in the region after a long absence, Zeynep carries a bulky black bag. Even if they are total strangers, Inci and Zeynep join their solitude for a while, wandering over the foggy and sunny mountains, from one father to the other, from dawn to darkness.