Flow
Adriaan Lokman (Valk Productions/Dark Prince)
Netherlands, France, 2019, 13'43"
Floating like leaves we witness a turbulent day in a life through the most vital element surrounding us. Brushstrokes of air in all its subtle, gentle, powerful and inner manifestations paint our fragile existence in the most unpredictable stormy ways.
The Six
Xi Chen, Xu An (Congrong Film)
China, 2019, 5'
A man, a woman and a crane, in six repeating scenes.
Lola zhivaya kartoshka / Lola the Living Potato
Leonid Shmelkov (School-studio SHAR/Amopix/Will Production)
Russia, France, 2018, 17'18"
Lola, a six-year-old girl, lives with her mother, four-month-old brother and their dog in a very old country house. Lola lives in a world of her fantasies where she communicates with her deceased grandfather. Everything changes when she finds out that their house is on sale.
Je sors acheter des cigarettes / I'm Going Out for Cigarettes
Osman Cerfon (Miyu Production)
France, 2018, 13'35"
Jonathan, aged twelve, lives with his sister, his mother and also some men. They all have the same faces and nests in closets, drawers, the TV set.
Gorgam-ogale Mibaram / Am I a Wolf?
Amir Houshang Moein (KANOON – Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults)
Iran, 2019, 8'10"
Children perform the familiar story of the wolf and yearlings in school as a puppet show. The nanny goat grieving its yearlings and the angry wolf in its solitude, face each other. As usual, the wolf triumphs, but, does he?
Pulsión / Drive
Pedro Casavecchia (Nicolas Casavecchia Productions/Atlas V/Autour de Minuit)
Argentina, France, 2019, 6'55"
The dark feelings that a boy has accumulated during his childhood suddenly and violently break out after his mother's death. An exploration of abuse and dysfunction within the family setup.
Animal Behaviour
Alison Snowden, David Fine (NFB)
Canada, 2018, 14'
Five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist. The group includes Lorraine, a leech who suffers from separation anxiety; Cheryl, a praying mantis who can’t seem to keep a man; Todd, a pig with an eating disorder; Jeffrey, a bird with guilt issues; and Linda, an obsessive-compulsive cat.