Another Love
Amelìa
F. Orefice, R. “Belusci” Croce (Italy, 15’)
Carmenia is a ten-year-old girl who is taken away from her mother to be entrusted to AMELìa, an artificial intelligence living in an ancient palace in the Calabrian hinterland. The adoption soon proves to be more difficult than expected: the adoptive mother’s attempts to win her over seem to fail. Carmenia only wants to go back home, to her real mom. And although impossible, Amelìa will have no choice but to comply.
To Err is human
Tristan Bouillon-Perron (France, 10’)
Two computers exchange data all day long, until one of them has a quirky idea: it sends a joke! Is it a short circuit, a software bug?
This anomaly gradually transforms their wired connection into a spiritual connection, creating a spark of humanity between the two
robots, sweet and heady, which could potentially destroy their programming.
Love and chewing gum
Arianna Di Stefano (Italy, 13’)
How can I do it? I’m 13 and the dietitian told me I need to go on a diet… So how can I kiss the most beautiful girl in school? Especially after I threw up on her on the school trip bus?
Cry me a river
Suman Sen (Taiwan, 17’)
XIXI is hired to cry at funerals. But during one of her performances, she unexpectedly loses the ability to shed tears. An event that will reshape her relationship with grief and identity.
Maundy Thursday
Daniil Chernogortsev (Russia, 18’)
One morning, high school student Stepa is late for class at his Orthodox school, but he still stops by the library to search for a note from his beloved Lily in their secret hiding spot. They haven’t seen each other in days, and she’s stopped answering him…