POLITICAL Festival (March 4-12) - Under 5 Minute Film Showcase
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KOFI'S DREAM, 5min., Italy
Directed by Francesca Stangoni
The film talks about the hopeful journey of an African refugee from Chad, who goes to Europe passing through the African desert and the Libyan coasts, in order to reach Europe and realize his dream.
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WEDNESDAY, 5min., Hungary
Directed by Botond Aszalós
When a Jewish woman (30) makes her son (5) pee on the wharf of Danube river in the night of mid-fourties Budapest, we don’t know yet that this is their last moment together.
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DREAM FROM BEYOND, 4min., Albania
Directed by Armand Bora, Bertrand Shijaku
THE CITY NEEDS TO SLEEP BUT THE ACOUSTIC POLLUTION DOES NOT ALLOW IT
MISSION SPLENDID CRADLE, 4min,. Brazil
Directed by Joel Caetano
In the future the government is totalitarian. Our leader is an immortal head in a cyber preserving jar.
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THE AMAZING JOURNEY OF JACOB A. RIIS, 3min., Denmark
Directed by Marcus Mandal
A very short film about the legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis who was one of the 19th century’s most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography.
CLIMATE FACTS, 2min., Germany
Directed by Marcus Grysczok
A short claymation info film about the climate crisis and collaboration between climate researcher Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and media artist Marcus Grysczok
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BICYCLE, 2min., Afghanistan
Directed by Zainab Entezar
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DEGRADATION, 2min., Portugal
Directed by Carlos Trindade
This (experimental) animated film was started in 2015, and after a long hiatus due to numerous circumstances, it was only finished in 2022. It was started in reaction to the difficult period in which Portugal was subjected to an international financial assistance program, with the "Troika" (2011-2014) - the name given to the team composed of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Commission - during which there was a major general degradation of the lives of the Portuguese; a period in which Pedro Passo Coelho was Prime Minister and Aníbal Cavaco e Silva President of the Republic. During the film, images (and texts) are subjected to a constant and continuous degradation.
HOW TO LOSE A FAMILY in 60 SECONDS, 1min., Israel
Directed by Ben Cotti
A short sum what poetic glimpse of the horrors that took place in Israel on 07/10/23 by Hamas terrorists
ROGER CASEMENT - A BIOGRAPHY, 4min,. UK
Directed by Danny Coyne
In 1904 Roger Casement exposed the atrocities committed in King Leopold II’s private fiefdom, the Belgian Congo. The estimation is that this occupation and slave trade led to the deaths of an upward estimation of 10 million people. This is a history that most people are unaware of.
https://www.sketchbookelement.com/hist-casement-case-study
https://www.instagram.com/dannycoyne_sbe/
Up Next in New Releases
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ANIMATION Shorts Festival - March 4/5...
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THE PLACE OF THE RETURN, 8min.,
Directed by Ati Maier
The Place of the Return for the SpaceRider is placed around an ancient castle, in which the SpaceRider encounters the Black Knight.https://vimeo.com/790548714
https://www.instagram.com/spacerider_in_the_sky...
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FASHION Film Festival - March 3/4 event
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JOI, 3min., USA
Directed by Caleb Viti, Alan Yammin
JOI is a showcase of unique collections portrayed by three diverse fashion designers. It combines film and fashion industry together and reveals artistic expressions of each designer. Emphasizing various mediums s... -
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MURKY WATER, 109min,. Argentina
Directed by Guillermo Ruiz, Diego Crespo
Jony is a police officer who’s in jail for armed robbery. He lives in the same jail his dad works as a guard. He needs to survive no matter how, among the same inmates he used to chase. A priest and the technical director of...