Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962

Antoine and Colette 1962
Antoine et Colette (original title)
32m | Short, Comedy, Drama | 22 June 1962 (France)

Storyline:

This short film is the first segment of five in the multinational feature L’amour à vingt ans (1962), all five segments on the theme of first adult love. After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen year old Antoine Doinel, having been provided opportunity to get out of that delinquent life, is now an upstanding member of society working for Philips Records, which allows him to indulge in his love of music. At the Youth Concerts, he has noticed the same young woman at several performances, she who he would like to get to know. She is Colette, the two who do begin to date. Colette treats Antoine like a buddy, while Antoine has fallen in love with her. His pursuit of getting Colette to be his exclusive girlfriend is helped on the surface in the fact that Colette’s parents like him and encourage their dating. He uses grand romantic gestures to try and prove his love. Will Colette ultimately fall under Antoine’s romanticism?

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In the Name of the Father 2002

In the Name of the Father 2002

In the Name of the Father 2002

In the Name of the Father 2002
Em Nome do Pai (original title)
17m | Short, Drama | 2002 (Brasil)

Storyline:

In the suburb of Săo Paulo, this banal love story takes place. A common family, father,
mother, two children, the dog… and the hidden…the perverse desires of violence.

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Being Brave 2021

Being Brave 2021

Being Brave 2021

Being Brave 2021
19min | Short, Drama | 1 January 2021 (Canada)

Storyline:

Beckett, a precocious and resilient twelve-year-old, travels the bumpy road of a young boy living in complicated times. Beckett craves the love and acceptance of his divorced parents, but sees it jeopardized by the constant bullying he receives at school because of his father’s sexuality. Incensed by the latest homophobic taunts by his mother’s new boyfriend’s son – Spencer – Beckett reacts, standing up for himself and unleashing a chain of events that in his eyes will resolve the situation he finds himself in and keep him safe.

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Hullet 2021

Hullet 2021

Hullet 2021

Hullet 2021
30m | Short, Comedy | 20 September 2021 (Spain)

Storyline:

Elias is a young man who lives with his father, Frank, in a house out in the middle of nowhere. There, their lives revolve around filling a mysterious hole that keeps reappearing in the floor of their living room. Filling the hole during the day, and spending the evenings unwinding, seems perfectly fine for Frank, but Elias starts to question the meaning behind this life that Frank has decided for them. As Elias’ weariness grows, he confronts his father about wanting to do something else. Frank is a stubborn man, though, and Elias’ rebellion soon sees them butting heads.

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The Ephemeral 2020

The Ephemeral 2020

The Ephemeral 2020

The Ephemeral 2020
Lo efímero (original title)
20min | Short, Drama | 30 March 2020 (Spain)

Storyline:

Two strangers meet in a subway car. They both bring their past with them. Both look at each other from their present. Both will determine their future in that fleeting, and ephemeral, vital journey that briefly brings them together.

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