International Competition: Short Films 2

Alina excels in all aspects of life but wants to escape a prescribed future. The chilling portrait of a self-destructive crack smoker who dreams of freedom and a simple life.

When his father dies, Ali returns to his birthplace to persuade his mother to move to the city. The elderly lady accepts on the sole condition that her son finds a home for the deceased's dog.

Press photographer Franco is covering the political campaign of a reputedly violent and demonic man. Unbeknownst to the latter, Franco captures a shot that greatly displeases the security service. A race against the clock starts.…

With this début film – an autobiographical essay – the mixed-raced director seeks to understand how the young woman’s father, a Belgian missionary, came to meet and marry her Rwandan mother in the confusion of postcolonialism.

1970s Argentina. In the midst of the dictatorship, a children’s book kindles unrest in a small community because of its Soviet origins. Convinced of a conspiracy, the military investigates.…