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Designed to support the next big names and offering spectators a new wave of talent, the three short film programmes (fiction, documentary and animation) presented at FIFF are the perfect opportunity to discover new cinematic movements straight out of Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
To the programme 1 and programme 2
Lunch Break
Chão de Fábrica
It is 1979 in São Bernardo. On the eve of a strike at a local steel plant, four workers take a break in the restroom. Between bickering and displays of sisterhood, it is clear that each woman is hiding a secret.
2019 Assistant Director: Invisible Life (awarded in Cannes)
2016 Assistant Director: The Silence of the Sky
- 24 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Portuguese
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Subtitles:
English, French, German
- Cast & Crew
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Boulevard Filmes
407 Jou
407 Days
Paul Junior Casimir, aka Lintho, is a Haitian puppeteer. He becomes the object of jealousy from those around him and he is arrested without any reason. The artist will spend a long time in prison.
2021 Twa Fèy (short)
2018 Danser jusqu'à saigner le ciel (short)
2018 Écorchées vivantes (short)
- 7 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Creole
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Subtitles:
French, English, German
- Cast & Crew
Production
Bureau des Droits Humains en Haïti
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Lokah. Productions
Astel
Astel and her father spend every day tending to their herd of cows in the bush. A meeting in the middle of the desert will turn their close bond upside down. An African coming-of-age story.
2019 Writer: Our Lady of the Nile (FIFF 2021)
2018 Writer: Sibel
- 24 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Fulfulde
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Subtitles:
English, French, German
- Cast & Crew
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Sudu Connexion
Frozen Out
The film, delivered as a letter from the protagonist to his younger sister, is a meditation on self-expression and on exile as a form of resistance when home does not allow you to be who you are.
2014 The Night (awarded in Geneva)
- 5 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Chinese Regional Dialects
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Subtitles:
English, French, German
- Cast & Crew
Production
Tyler Hill
, Hillfire Films, Cary McQueen
Performance 54
Three schoolgirls plan to perform a play at school. At the end of the play, one girl notices that it bears a similarity to her private life, which she then tries to change.
2020 A Usual Happening (short)
2018 Leprosy (short)
- 13 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Farsi
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Subtitles:
English, French, German
- Cast & Crew
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IRAN FILM PORT
Murder Tongue
It is 1992 in Karachi. A father and his family set off to visit his son in hospital. Along the way, they have to pass through a police checkpoint. It is an experience that makes clear the hatred harboured by the authorities towards their community.
2020 Dry Leaves (short, nominated at Miami)
2018 Nanu Aur Main (short)
2017 Arz e Pakistan (short)
- 17 min.
- Colour
- Language:
Urdu
, Sindhi
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Subtitles:
English, French, German
- Cast & Crew
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Wide Angle Films