International Short Cinema - Program 1

Short Films – Program 1

Good News
South Korea/Italy | Dir.: Giovanni Fumu
Seoul, early afternoon. Hidden in the privacy of a shabby love motel, Minhui and Junho, a teenager couple, have to face a decision that could change their lives forever.

17 min. | Korean | English subtitles | Fiction

Pedro
Portugal | Dir.: André Santos, Marco Leão
Pedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.

20 min. | Portuguese | English subtitles | Fiction

Import
The Netherlands | Dir.: Ena Sendijarević
A young Bosnian refugee family ends up in a small village in the Netherlands. Absurd situations arise as they try to make this new world their home.

17 min. | Dutch and Bosnian | English subtitles | Fiction

Sandy Beach
Greece | Dir. Thanos Papastergiou
Late summer. Southern Crete. A woman takes her father for their usual Sunday swim. A break in their routine plunges them both into uncharted waters.
12 min. | Greek | English subtitles | Fiction

On the Origin of Fear
Indonesia | Dir.: Bayu Prihantoro Filemon
Overdubbing the roles of both torturer and victim in one of Indonesia’s most contentious movies, Darto becomes the one-man embodiment of an era’s worst cruelties and sufferings.

13 min. | Indonesian | English subtitles | Fiction

A Night in Tokoriki
Romania | Dir.: Roxana Stroe
In an improvised night club called "Tokoriki" the whole village celebrates Geanina’s 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her a gift that nobody will ever forget.

18 min. | Romanian | English subtitles | Fiction