Wednesdays 2011

Wednesdays 2011

Wednesdays 2011
Woensdagen (original title)
9min | Short, Drama

Storyline:

Every Wednesday, 8-year old Kris accompanies 28-year old Willem to the swimming pool where they have a whole lot of fun together. They swim, go down the slide and eat fries. Just when Kris thought that this was the usual fun-filled Wednesday, Willem confronts him with a frightening request…

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Hollenritt 2008

Hollenritt 2008

Hollenritt 2008
Höllenritt (original title)
30min | Short, Comedy, Drama | 30 May 2008 (Germany)

Storyline:

Jakob has a huge problem. His father is going to pick him up for the week- end for the first time since his parents’ divorce. Jakob hates his father and doesn’t want to have anything to do with him any more. That’s why he wants to join DAA. The ‘Dads Are Arseholes’ club was founded by children whose parents are divorced. But you can’t join unless you have enough points. The only way Jakob can earn points is if he plays horrid pranks on his Dad. Jakob has a busy weekend ahead of him.

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Antes de Palavras 2013

Antes de Palavras 2013

Antes de Palavras 2013
14min | Short, Romance | 25 September 2013 (Brazil)

Storyline:

A fragmented account of the growing attraction between Celio (Maurício Destri) and Dario (Henrique Larré); two classmates who are brought together by a series of serendipitous encounters and their own naive curiosity. As they attempt to internally come to terms with their connection, Celio’s paramour, Sofia (Marcella Arnulf), takes it upon herself to decipher the feelings she knows exists between the two boys.

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Nur neun Jahre Gluck 2012

Nur neun Jahre Gluck 2012

Nur neun Jahre Gluck 2012
Nur neun Jahre Glück (original title)
16min | Short, Biography, Drama | 2012 (Germany)

Storyline:

A young man is recounting events in his childhood that led him to where he is to an unseen person. Next we see him as a child around 10 years old who is a lonely boy at school that is befriended by the school workman. At first, the workman is the only source of emotional warmth and kindness in his life. Things deteriorate quickly and we eventually come to understand both the impact of those childhood events as well as the true nature of the opening scene.

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The Ducks’ Migration 2012

The Ducks' Migration 2012

The Ducks’ Migration 2012

The Ducks’ Migration 2012
15min | Short, Biography, Drama | 13 July 2012 (USA)

Storyline:

Two close family friends, Jeremy and Alphonse, American and French, spend a few weeks together in Brooklyn. Jeremy is confused about his understanding of the friendship, while obsessed with the ducks in the Prospect Park lake and finishing a school paper about their migration. Alphonse likes to ride bicycles and does not want to leave town. The ducks inevitably leave, Alphonse goes back to Paris, and Jeremy stays in his house, but all of them depart to discover something new.

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Genti di Muerti 2014

Genti di Muerti 2014

Genti di Muerti 2014
24min | Short, Fantasy | 30 July 2014 (Spain)

Storyline:

Javier and his father, David, come back to the village before the summer, earlier than expected. His grandma is really sick. Javier is such a special boy that, even the relationship with his own family is sometimes cold and distant…with all of them excepting with Laura, his playground friend since he was a child. The return of Javier to the village coincides with the death of Laura’s grandfather and the arrival of two mysterious visitors that no one in the village would dare to name…the Genti di muerti.

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