Tuesday, December 3, 2024​
7PM
BFI Stephen Street, 21 Stephen Street, London
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This screening session features 10 short films (see below). All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
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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
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
Burn-in_60s (United States) by Charles Dillon Ward
Burn-in is an experimental short about a request to be forgotten, the messy deletion of bodies from photo albums, the faint remains of digital ghosts from the late 2000s, the impossibility of invisibility, and the permanence of the internet.
Running time: 00:01:00
Live (Poland) by Mara Tamkovich
A peaceful demonstration in Minsk in memory of Raman Bandarenka, a young man who was beaten to death, is brutally put down by the police. The world learns about it through the live coverage provided by two female journalists from an independent Belarusian TV station, who are the only ones reporting live on the unfolding events. For safety reasons, they report from the windows of a nearby apartment. When the police start shooting at the protesters and the women are spotted by a police drone, they have little time to decide whether to continue their mission despite the risk.
Running time: 00:13:14
Rabbit Hole - A Life Wasted (Belgium) by Bram Van Rompaey, Reinout Swinnen
A rabbit wants to escape from an evil bunny factory.
Running time: 00:00:35
The Dog (Mexico) by Rodolfo Vilchis-Conde
Dolores is a woman in her thirties who lives with Tristán, her husband who behaves like a dog. One day, while Dolores prepares to have a meeting with another man, Tristán is left alone in the house, following his animalistic routine, taking it to grotesque extremes. They both question their affection for each other, reflecting on their loneliness and dependence on the company of someone with whom they no longer feel a connection.
Running time: 00:21:05
Spora (United Kingdom) by Lucy Hardcastle, Maisie Cousins
Spora is a visceral exploration of hidden feminine alchemy, brought to life as a series of hypnotic moving images.
Running time: 00:02:44
Safari (Italy) by Leonardo Balestrieri
Inspired by real instances of violence against LGBT+ people, Safari follows Elia, a member of a "hunting" group, who serves as an example of the dissonance felt when one is forced to suppress themselves. Emerging from this annihilation will be lacerating, but ineludible.
Running time: 00:15:00
Third Wheel (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin
Samurai comedy about a three-way relationship with a ghost set in Edo Japan.
Running time: 00:04:00
Nøkkelbarn (Norway) by Sindre Mangen Haram
When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.
Running time: 00:21:16