‘Between Women Filmmakers Caravan’ Shorts
ARIA // Myrsini Aristidou 14 mins
Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old Aria, who is working at Jimmy’s local kebab place is waiting for a driving lesson with her father. When he finally arrives, it is not to go for a drive; on the contrary, he confides in her the care of a young Chinese immigrant who speaks neither Greek nor English.
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Kiem Holijanda // Sarah Veltmeyer 14 mins
The brothers Andi (13) en Florist (20) live in a poor and desolate village in Kosovo. By selling milk they earn just enough money to support the family. When Andi discovers a card of a Dutch porn star in their bedroom, he needs a telephone to watch it. He is so obsessed with it, he doesn’t notice his brother has chosen this day to say goodbye to him.
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La Pérdida • The Loss // Machu Latorre 16 mins
After the death of his wife, Juan tries to cope with his loss. His sorrow plays out as he grows ever more bewildered upon doing laundry for the first time and discovers a missing sock. Juan just can't comprehend what happened; he put an even number in and an odd number came out.
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Memory of the Land // Samira Badran 12 mins 50 secs
A figure has to go through a checkpoint in Palestine. It has to overcome a series of obstacles that will drastically affect her mobility. The consciousness of the past and the longing for a future coexist simultaneously into her day-to-day life. 'Memory of the Land' is a reflection on the human condition under the yoke of violence.
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Roberta’s Living Room // Judy K Suh 13 mins
In a remote town where gypsies come and go, Roberta receives a call about her husband’s sudden death. She becomes consumed with the uncertainty of her fate.
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Inny // Marta Magnuska 5 mins
While waiting for the arrival of the mysterious newcomer, people keep on guessing who is he. The blurry vision of the stranger takes shape the way his presence feels almost real. The initial excitement of the crowd turns into anxiety.
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Journey of Waves // Linda Paganelli 6 mins
A young man from Gaza in search for freedom embarks on a desperate journey to reach Europe. The film is the result of a shared script between the character and the filmmaker, and an imaginative, decontextualized, and non-chronological effort to substitute the character absence due to the impossibility for the filmmaker to reach Gaza.
