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International Competition - Short films Programme 3

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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.

  • Nina Kopko
    Filmobiography
  • fiction
  • Brésil
  • 2021
  • International Premiere
2019 Assistant Director: Invisible Life (awarded in Cannes)
2016 Assistant Director: The Silence of the Sky
 
  • 24 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Cast & Crew
Screenplay
Tainá Muhringer
Nina Kopko
Cinematography
Anna Júlia Santos
Editing
Lis Paim
Music
Vitor Colares
Sound
Ju Baratieri
Cast
Alice Marcone
Helena Albergaria
Carol Duarte
Joana Castro
Production
Letícia Friedrich
Boulevard Filmes
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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.

  • Eléonore Coyette
    Filmobiography
  • documentary
  • Haïti, Belgique
  • 2020
  • Swiss Premiere
2021 Twa Fèy (short)
2018 Danser jusqu'à saigner le ciel (short)
2018 Écorchées vivantes (short)
  • 7 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Creole
  • Subtitles: French, English, German
  • Cast & Crew
Cinematography
Eléonore Coyette
Sound
Patrick Amazan
Production
Pauline Lecarpentier
Lokah. Productions
Bureau des Droits Humains en Haïti
Print Contact
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.

  • Ramata-Toulaye Sy
    Filmobiography
  • fiction
  • France, Sénégal
  • 2021
  • Swiss Premiere
2019 Writer: Our Lady of the Nile (FIFF 2021)
2018 Writer: Sibel 
  • 24 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Fulfulde
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Cast & Crew
Cinematography
Amin Berrada
Editing
Nathan Jacquard
Music
Amine Bouhafa
Sound
Ousmane Coly
Cast
Cherif Amadou Diallo
Alassane Hamet Ly
Hawa Mamadou Dia
Khady Diallo
Production
Margaux Juvénal
Maud Leclair-Névé
La Chauve-Souris
Kazak Productions
Astou Production
Print Contact
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.

  • Hao Zhou
    Filmobiography
  • Docu-fiction
  • Chine, États-Unis
  • 2021
  • Swiss Premiere
2017 Writer:
2014 The Night (awarded in Geneva)
  • 5 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Chinese Regional Dialects
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Cast & Crew
Cinematography
Tyler Hill
Zhanwen Yang
Editing
Tyler Hill
Hao Zhou
Music
Jonathan Shaw
Patrick Lieberkind
Sound
Hao Zhou
Tyler Hill
Cast
Hao Zhou
Aoxue Zhou
Liangfen Cheng
Production
Tyler Hill , Hillfire Films, Cary McQueen
Hao Zhou
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Hao Zhou

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.

  • Alimohammad Eghbaldar
    Filmobiography
  • fiction
  • Iran
  • 2021
  • World Premiere
2020 A Usual Happening (short)
2018 Leprosy (short)
  • 13 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Farsi
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Cast & Crew
Screenplay
Alimohammad Eghbaldar
Cinematography
Alimohammad Eghbaldar
Editing
Alimohammad Eghbaldar
Cast
Mobina Honarmanad
Pari Rashidi
Bahar Rava
Production
Tahereh Peyvasteh
IRAN FILM PORT
Print Contact
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.

  • Ali Sohail Jaura
    Filmobiography
  • fiction
  • Pakistan
  • 2022
  • European Premiere
2020 Dry Leaves (short, nominated at Miami)
2018 Nanu Aur Main (short)
2017 Arz e Pakistan (short)
  • 17 min.
  • Colour
  • Language: Urdu , Sindhi
  • Subtitles: English, French, German
  • Cast & Crew
Screenplay
Ammar Zafar
Cinematography
Mo Azmi
Editing
Yusuf Ramzan
Music
Farhan Zameer
Sound
Kashif Ejaz
Cast
Munawwar Saeed
Amtul Baweja
Muhammad Zamaan
Ibad Alam
Production
Zafeer Khan , Anas Lania
Wide Angle Films
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Wide Angle Films


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