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still from "Flatastic", dir. Alice Saey

Play-off I

Short films
Competition screenings
For adults
03.26
6.30 p.m

Curator:

Competition films screening; film with the number of votes by the audience enters the International Competition.

No Room / Nema mjesta, Jelena Oroz, Croatia 2024, 6’22’’

In this film, cars have legs. Maybe that is why they feel free to use the pavement as they please. There is no room, but could we perhaps be a little more considerate?

Hot and Cold / Ciepło Zimno, Jakub Siedlecki, Poland 2023, 8’10’’

In the middle of a frosty winter, a meteorite falls on a snow-white landscape. Kazik and Helena try to deal with a burning problem.

On Hold, Delia Hess, Switzerland 2024, 7’11’’

A young woman is stuck in the hold queue of a telephone hotline. A surreal episodic short film about the absurdities of urban life and the frustration of a paralysing standstill.

Keep Frozen! / ​​Ne rompez pas la chaîne du froid!, Jeanne Tiessé, France 2023, 7’59’’

Troubadour-sur-Yvette mall, it's 8 a.m. and employees are finishing preparing the store for the opening. Just as the first customers are starting to shop, a man steps into the main aisle and removes all his clothes.

Stale Smoke / Tabac Froid, Arthur Jamain, France 2023, 9’30’’

Can we say that we were sexually assaulted by our brother to our own mother? The obvious answer should be yes. However, few come out of the silence. The question we ask ourselves is “Why aren’t we talking about it ?”

Flatastic, Alice Saey, France 2024, 17’30’’

Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth; it is the dawning of a new Flat era.

The Little Ancestor / La Petite Ancêtre, Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, Canada 2024, 11’12’’

An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty years. Through the ages, it allows us to perceive the passage of time.

Ask Albert / Albert szerint, Szandra Pataki, Hungary 2024, 12’09’’

Albert's life is orderly, he is efficient and punctual in his work. But his only problem is that his colleagues haven’t noticed his captivating personality yet. Despite his helpful deeds, he is often left alone in the office and doesn’t understand what’s going wrong.