2022 – EUROIFC

Inspired by the real-life story of Paddy Jadai, Co-Director Curtis Taylor’s grandfather, Jadai: The Broome Brawler takes a fresh look at police brutality and Australian Indigenous incarceration. Like many Aboriginal men both then and now, Jadai is wrongfully arrested and mistreated in prison. This film, however, takes a highly stylized visual approach to depict an Indigenous man rising above brutality and prejudice to earn the respect of his town.
In 1970s Australia, local brawlers fought professional boxers for money in traveling boxing circuses. Paddy Jadai, of the Mangala people, was a real-life brawler living in Broome with his wife, Angelina, and their children.
After years on the boxing circuit making money for others, he promises Angelina that he won’t fight anymore. But while keeping a low profile and focusing on feeding their family, the hot-headed brawler is taken in by corrupt cops one night and forced to fight Andre The Mad Russian in a long-odds fight that isn’t in his favor.

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Country
Australia

Category
Non-European Dramatic Short

Runtime 00:12:17

Directed by
Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett

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Liang Jing returns to the village where her parents live. Her mother orders her to consult an old fortuneteller to find marriage. During the meeting, Liang’s reality starts to intertwine with her past and her life starts to change.

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Country
China

Category
Non-European Dramatic Feature

Runtime 00:18:37

Directed by
Zeyu Wang

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Change is something that comes whether you search for it or not. When a nymph loses her ability to fly, the change that was forced upon her requires a complete transformation: she must let go of her yearning for the past and become something new, a being unconstrained by the limitations of her past.

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Country
Romania

Category
European Music Video

Runtime 00:04:03

Directed by
Alina Popescu

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Behind the Scenes

From erosion to overgrazing to enduring poverty, the people of Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—face a variety of difficult challenges. Yet grassroots communities in the country also exhibit tremendous resourcefulness and creativity. In particular, a wealth of artists have mastered a talent for resurrection, developing the skill to creatively turn negatives into positives: Designers who turn discarded trash into beautiful jewelry, clothes, rugs. Filmmakers who turn tragedy into artistic expressions of resilience and compassion. Musicians who write songs to save the environment. In this short, Cultures of Resistance Films profiles a variety of these inventive creators, introducing viewers to a fascinating cast of local residents who are using art as a means of communicating a communal desire for positive change.

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Country
United States

Category
Non-European Documentary

Runtime 00:24:34

Directed by
Iara Lee

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In the new short film of Ran Slavin ‘6480 Days’ a dystopian reality is examined from the perspective of a future time that crashes into the present moment as a reflection of a space infected with a deadly virus. For the protagonist of the film, an 18 year old Hong Konger who’s voice is only heard, the ordinary world is a distant utopian dream that comes from a series of imagined flashbacks.

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Country
Israel

Category
Experimental Film

Runtime 00:05:30

Directed by
Ran Slavin

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Original title: Kontrol

Crippled by depression, a seemingly apathetic teenager struggles to find his way in an indifferent world. He’s got to find answers before he inflicts pain on himself or the people around him.

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Country
Philippines

Category
Dramatic Short

Runtime 00:16:48

Directed by
Crio Kuzuma