International Short Films 2
Friday, 23 August 2024
8PM (20.00)
Venice Film Week will be screening 8 films. All films have English subtitles.
Questa sera saranno proiettati 8 film in lingua originale con sottotitoli in inglese.
@ Casa del Cinema Videoteca Pasinetti, Palazzo Mocenigo - San Stae 1990, 30135 Venice, Italy
Free entry! Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis at Casa del Cinema starting 30 minutes before the screening.​
The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro
The Lovers of Avignon" is the first ever translation of pictorial cubism into motion real image. Is an allegory of cubism as a conceptual symbol that acts as a filter and wall of emotions.
Running time: 00:02:33
The Middle of the Garage (Canada) by Lisa Bolduc
The mysterious arrival of a huge trunk in the garage of Pierre's house turns his life upside down. At 55, with time passing too slowly and dreams gone, loneliness suddenly seems less burdensome. The strange appearance of the object became Pierre's only obsession, and the discovery of its contents, a new goal in life.
Running time: 00:13:01
Furrie (France) by Lucie Grannec
A dolphin in free relationship with fifteen inflatable animals, a fox crazy in love with a cereal mascot, a band of animals adept at firearms… Different portraits, existing, of members of the Furry community, lovers and enthusiasts of anthropomorphic animals.
Running time: 00:08:36
Forsaken (Tunisia) by Aziz Shennawy
Mariem, in her thirties, decides to treat herself to a vacation. She finds the body of a Sub-Saharan African man drowned in front of her balcony. No one bothered to offer him any help. Upon discovering the victim's identity, humanity prevailed over fear and the strangeness of "the other".
Running time: 00:14:00
Noham (Belgium) by Victorine Durmort, Marie Fotso
The day of the family Christmas party, 7yr old Noham is dropped off by his father at a hotel where he is reunited with his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since she moved out of the family home. During this particular afternoon, Noham tries to unravel the mystery that lies behind his mother’s isolation.
Running time: 00:14:49
Fragments (United Kingdom) by Mélodie Roulaud
A portrait of trans non-binary artist Fleur Bloemsma, short film Fragments takes an introspective journey into their understanding and experience of their own body, and the meanders of their mind. Directed by French filmmaker and photographer Mélodie Roulaud, the film interrogates the language used to communicate the body, the self and their representation, through the interconnectedness of physical attributes and bodily experiences with matters of identity.
Running time: 00:03:38
Takeaway (Denmark) by Darshika Karunahara - avant-premiere
Like many times before, delivery person Sheena is delivering food in a Tesla-filled summer cottage neighborhood. When she encounters her childhood friend Calvin and his new life in the upper class, she invites herself in for a rather unusual dinner.
Running time: 00:13:34
The Fuse (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin
Cassius, a worn-down Latinx gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx. One night he’s inevitably laid off and faces his fear of becoming a homeless pariah. On his own terms, he sets up his final farewell but a fuse unexpectedly defaults him and makes him wonder through the night in quest of his truth.
Running time: 00:18:55