Short fiction film competition – part III
WEDNESDAY, 05.03.2025, 15:45-17:35, (JCK, st. BANKOWA 28/30)
BEYOND THE SEA
Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage for the last time at the cabaret that she created. The following day, a retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she hasn’t seen in a long time, interrupts the festivities. He has some sad news to tell her.
FRA/BEL, 2023, 25:44, dir. Hippolyte Leibovici, prod. Cookies Films
YANA
Yana, a math’s professor, widowed, tries to maintain her family’s life and get used to the fact that her son is arrested for killing a young woman in a car accident.
ARM, 2024, 39:46, dir. Martin Matevosian, prod. Ani Vorskanyan, Martin Matevosian
HAZE OVER
The story of this film takes place in the forests of Mazandaran. The Mazanis are an indigenous people in the north of Iran. Musa, takes Vahid, his cousin, on pretext of wood smuggling to a forest path, where their car accident with a doe opens up their past wounds…
IRN, 2024, 19:59, dir. Seyyed Ali Ghasemi, prod. Nima Eghlima
ALARMS
Pierre is diligently overseeing the completion of the tumultuous construction site under his responsibility. An eco-district is due to arise from this bustling construction site. But for now, Pierre is ensuring that progress doesn’t come at the cost of safety.
FRA, 2023, 16:43, dir. Nicolas Panay, prod. Philippe Wendling, Noëlle Levenez
