Narrative shorts
A good day will come
Amir Zargara (Canada, 19’)
Arash is a professional wrestler with dreams of representing his country and winning gold medals. The country is in turmoil and its people are suffering. Arash must decide between using his platform to stand up to tyranny, or put his head down and remain silent.
Una faccia da cinema
Alberto Salvucci (Italy, 15’)
Andrea and Gabriele are two forty-year-olds with a passion for acting and videomaking, trying to make a living as content creators. However, their career is far from successful. Despite the challenges, they keep their bizarre dream alive: making a spaghetti zombie movie! But how did they end up locked in a sheepfold, held hostage by the criminal Bastiano?
Taste of India
F. Garofalo, J. Santambrogio (Italy, 10’)
Nighttime. Patrick has just lost his job. On his way home, venting on the phone with his mother, he takes a wrong turn and gets robbed. First by Dave with a knife, then by Carlos with a gun. Between threats, culinary advice, and a persistent mom on the line, who will rob whom?
Le Derapage
Aurélien Laplace (France, 15’)
This morning, Paul Sérédat, a politician campaigning for re-election, hears it on the radio: he’s made a blunder. And apparently, a serious one. He panics and rushes to find out what he said that caused such an uproar.
Chicken broth soup
Deniz Büyükkirli (Turkey, 18’)
The doctor comes across unusual symptoms at the man said to have died of a heart attack when he examined the corpse.He decides to refer the body to forensic medicine. Thereupon, the mans wife confesses; she said poisoned her husband, who constantly beat her. A big surprise awaits the doctor, who has to make a vital decision for the woman.
Spider Zan
Maryam Khodabakhsh (Iran, 13’)
Negar is a young girl who loses something that causes trouble for her right on the day of her proposal ceremony.
Ce qui appartient a Cesar
Violette Gitton (France, 18’)
César ha 12 anni quando sua sorella maggiore Lou è vittima di violenza sessuale. Schermidore, nel suo spogliatoio vige solo una regola: la forza. Vuole dimostrarsi all’altezza, ma forse non è pronto per la battaglia che lo attende.