Short Films

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Highway Of A Broken Heart

Short Film/ Greece/ 11 min/2023 Director: Nikos Kyritsis Screenwriter: Nikos Kyritsis Director of Photography: Yorgos Karvelas, GSC Production: Maria Drandaki Music Composer: Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos Art designer: Marli Aliferi Cast: Elena Topalidou, Vassilis Zarifopoulos Synopsis: Somewhere, in the middle of nowhere, on an empty and badly lit part of an endless...

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Typesetter

Short Film/Iran/17 min/2023 Director: Nasim Forough Screenwriter: Shahed Ahmadlou Director of Photography: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi Production: Shahed Ahmadlou Production Designer: Mehrdad Yazdani Synopsis: Technology expansion causes the old typewriter to lose his traditional job. Now unemployed, he has no choice but to change in order to continue living in this...

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Sekai

Short Film/ Japan/38 min/2023 Director: Tsukada MarinaBiên kịch/Screenwriter: Tsukada Marina Đạo diễn hình ảnh/Director of Photography: Haga Takashi Production: Imai Taro Music Composer: Tamai Yoomi Production designer: Tsukada Marina Cast: Wakui Aki, Tamai Yoomi Synopsis: Two stories casually intersect. A young student with a stutter is unhappy at school. She...

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Teo

Short Film/ Viet Nam/ 32 min/2024 Director: Đồng Công Hiếu Screenwriter: Đồng Công Hiếu Director of Photography: Nguyễn Minh Đức Production: Trường Đại học Sân khấu, Điện ảnh Hà Nội Music Composer: Production designer: Nguyễn Quỳnh Anh Cast: Nguyễn Hoàng Tùng Synopsis: Mr. Ba, in his desire for a better...

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Illegal Taxi

Short Film/ South Korea/ 21 min/2023 Director: Jiyoung Seo Screenwriter: SEO Jiyoung Director of Photography: Song Hyekyoung Production: CHOI Daehyun Music Composer: Kwon Seyoung Cast: Cho Yoonji, Chae Soo-Ha Synopsis: In the midst of a custody battle, Hye-seung works as a taxi driver for a company in Seoul. One day,...

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Goodbye First Love

Short Film/ USA/ 12 min/2024 Director: Shuli Huang Screenwriter: Shuli Huang, Simu Chen Director of Photography: Shuli Huang Production: Shuli Huang, Kunao Yan Sound Design: Jingxi Guo Cast: Simu Chen, Shuli Huang Synopsis: Seven years after they broke up, two men reconnect in Europe for an afternoon and reminisce about...

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The Rubber Tappers

Short Film/ Cambodia/ 20 min/2023 Director: Rotha Moeng Screenwriter: Rotha Moeng, Sokro SUONG, Phally Ngoeum Director of Photography: Kongkea VANN Production: Rithy PANH, Rotha Moeng Music Composer: Sophy HIM Production designer: Boluny ROS Cast: Phearun POV Synopsis: In Ratanakiri, a province in northeastern Cambodia, Khlek, an 11-year-old boy, lives on...

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The Nominees

Short Film/ Lithuanian/ 15 min/2023 Director: Birute Kapustinskaite Screenwriter: Birute Kapustinskaite Director of Photography: Vytautas Katkus (LAC) Production: Ruta Petronyte, Dagne Vildziunaite Music Composer: Agne Matuleviciute Art designer: Cast: Aldona Vilutyte, Rasa Samuolyte, Rytis Saladzius, Kiril Glusajev, Martynas Nedzinskas, Lukas Malinauskas, Aiste Zabotkaite, Darius Meskauska, Vaidotas Martinaitis Synopsis: The coach...

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Dearest Spare Tears In The Twilight

Documentary/ Viet Nam/ 33 min 41 sec/ 2023 Director: Nguyễn Đức Đệ (Đức Đệ) Screenwriter: Nguyễn Đức Đệ Director of Photography: Nguyễn Đức Đệ, Nguyễn Hữu Phương Production: Viet Nam Television Production designer: Nguyễn Đức Đệ, Nguyễn Hữu Phương Sound: Nguyễn Hữu Phương Film Editor: Nguyễn Đức Đệ, Nguyễn Hữu...

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The Fisherman

Short Film/ Iran/ 12 min/2023 Director: Janbarari Tonekaboni, Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari Screenwriter: Manan Janbarari Director of Photography: Davood Rahmani Production: Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari Production Designer: Teymour Nurbaksh Cast: Nadia Faraji, Ahmad Kazemi Synopsis: While fishing, an old man comes across a suit that looks like it came ashore from the...

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Origin

Animation/Viet Nam/10 min/2022 Director: NSƯT Phùng Văn Hà Screenwriter: Phạm Huỳnh – Nguyễn Thu Trang Concept Artist: NSND Nguyễn Phương Hoa Production: Vietnam Animation Joint Stock Company Music Composer: Đặng Duy Chiến Synopsis: Tom, from his first unsteady steps to adulthood, has always been surrounded by the boundless love of...

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Aguamiel

Short Film/USA/ 12 min/2022 Director: Sage Bennett Screenwriter: Sage Bennett Director of Photography: Alexandra Bas Production: Alan Suarez, Denise Mendoza, Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser, Alexandra Bas, Felipe Martinez, Alejandro de la Pena Production designer: María Victoria Soler Cast: Mayra Batalla, Miriam Rodriguez Synopsis: Tensions rise as an angsty teenage daughter pines...