DRAMA Shorts Festival - June 1/2 event
New Releases
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Drama, Independent, Short Films
See the Full Lineups of Films:
GREY HAIRS, 11min,. Drama, China
Directed by Xi Li
Meng Liu, a victim of school bullying, has finally left campus. But these traumatizing experiences have built a wall in her heart that prevents her from studying and working normally. What’s more, those who bullied her has – by connections – managed to get into college and secure a job in a government organization, which only added to her anxiety and feeling of inequality. Then, taking her mother’s suggestion, Meng decided to go study in the library to find a way out for her future.
HOPEFUL, 5min., Drama, Uzbekistan
Directed by Shohzod Sherzod To'xtaboyev
In this film, a mother who was abandoned by her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, waits for them every year on New Year's Eve. In this year also, she waited for them with hope, but they did not come... The movie shows mother's durability and their sufferings.
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OLEANDER, 20min., Drama, South Africa
Directed by Mmatshepo Rakhalakane
Hard-of-hearing Cleo lives in a beautiful home on a peaceful, secluded plot where her husband, Duncan, has provided her with safety because she has troubles trusting her own mind. But what happens when she accidentally encounters disturbing information about her seemingly perfect husband? With this disillusionment and her growing disorientation, Cleo becomes paranoid that she might be in prison rather than a sanctuary. Feeling unsafe in both her home and her mind, she finds that every step she takes pushes her further into questioning her own reality.
DEAR., 6min., Drama, South Africa
Directed by Reabetswe Tshepo Letsoalo
A young man going through the normalities of life is faced with a hard choice. Will he succumb to adversities that every day throws at him?
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ZOMBIE RESURRECTION, 17min., USA, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Brad Prime
A vigilante zombie hunter pursues an infected human in the woods.
MY TOY, 8min,. Denmark, Drama
Directed by Mazen Haj Kassem
Sarah and Salem are arguing about the toy, but at the end, there is another purpose behind while meeting Their parents.
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THE OTHER LAND (L'ATRA TERRA), 13min., Italy, Drama
Directed by Daniele Pignatelli
Sofia, the young owner of an important avant-garde farm in Salento, recalls during an interview how it all began with the scent of bread that her peasant grandparents made with their own hands and offered her when she went to visit them as a child. A simple gesture of love that remained in her heart and that changed her life forever.
CAN YOU LEAVE US ALONE?, 8min., USA
Directed by Maxwell Hughes Klaiber, Jordan Moran
A man tries to enjoy a lovely date with his partner before being rudely interrupted by his roommate.
THE MESSENGER, 7min., Turkey, Drama
Directed by Serkan Çalışkan
One morning, a man who distributes invitations to the village people for the circumcision and marriage wedding decides to give responsibility to his son. 9 year old Nabi who is a quite and shy boy has to deliver an invitation to a man in a strawberry field. When Nabi looks for the man that he has to give the invitation in a strawberry field, the girl Nabi has a crush on sees Nabi and asks Nabi if he would like to walk with him.
A LADY OF HER OWN, 6min., Portugal, Drama
Directed by Ricardo Martins
Life has tried its best to keep Elisa grounded in a motionless routine. But when she finds herself alone, cleaning a Strip club, her subconscious will prove its value. And when it emerges, no one will remain the same!
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