Original title: Deux Dollars
| After a week of leave, Sylvie is back at the Quebec company where she has been an exemplary employee for more than 15 years. She is then requested to attend a bizarre meeting. |
Country
France
Category
European Comedy Film
Runtime 00:11:00
Directed by
Emmanuel Tenenbaum
| Fareed is a sensitive and discreet poet, whose passion is calligraphy. He is a young man of Berber origin who has a sewing workshop in his apartment in Montreal. In recent times, the news media is dominated by stories about violence and barbaric acts done in the name of Islam. At first, Fareed doesn’t react at the accusing finger pointed at all Muslims. But his friends at the Kahwa Café have a different opinion. Finally, Fareed is forced to react when a client finds herself embarrassed by a message he has left in one of the dresses. |
Country
Canada
Category
Arab Special Selection
Runtime 00:11:07
Directed by
Rudy Barichello
| Cedric is happy to finally get a match in the new augmented reality dating app Real Connection. Unfortunately his wittiness and writing skills are not enough to get his match interested. That’s not to account for a particular features his buddy Elan calls his attention on: Auto-Chat. Within minutes of the app algorithm taking over, he has a date set-up with a beautiful young lady: Andra. |
Country
USA
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:11:22
Directed by
Thierry Denis
| A short film about the sweet intimacy and destructive power of social media – told from the point of view of a smartphone. |
Country
Netherlands
Category
European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:12:10
Directed by
Martijn Winkler
| This format-bending profile of Robert Wilmote reveals the story of a Liberian refugee forced to flee the most drastic and terrible circumstances imaginable. Having narrowly escaped the ravages of war in Africa, Robert’s struggles to continue in the U.S. when he succumbs to the gangster lifestyle. |
Country
USA
Category
Non-European Documentary
Runtime 00:08:30
Directed by
Yuri Alves
Aziza feels lost as she does not seem to find a person to confide in, when struggling with a personal issue. Her protective brother suspects that she is hiding something. But is her brother really as unforgiving as he’s pretending to be? |
Country
Netherlands
Category
European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:14:00
Directed by
Jochem de Vries
| A victorian woman begins her day in distress. She is keeping a person inside her basement and begins to lecture her about the nature of her captivity. The captive sharply inhales, taking her to a different world in which she is physically free from her chains but is haunted by the inescapability of her situation. |
Country
USA
Category
Non-European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:05:48
Directed by
Brett Leigh
Original title: Elefanten
| Magnus celebrates his birthday and as usual he entertains his guests with crazy stories. He plans to give his girlfriend a key to his apartment. However as his stories get crazier and the lies in the get to much his girlfriend leaves angry and hurt. |
Country
Denmark
Category
European Dramatic Short
Runtime 00:13:00
Directed by
Kerren Lumer-Klabbers
| A girl remembers the tragic story of the woman that was her nanny. |
Country
Argentina
Category
Student Film
Runtime 00:09:29
Directed by
Victoria Romero
| [O] is a film that imitates nature in its manner of operation. The animation depicts cycles in a world entirely based on sound frequency and vibration. |
Country
United Kingdom
Category
European Animated Film
Runtime 00:06:35
Directed by
Mario Radev, Chiara Sgatti
