The festival take place at Christine Cinéma Club, 4 rue Christine 75006 PARIS. Metro Odéon.
Thursday 18th September – Cocktail 19H30 – Screening 20H00
Hymne of Plague directed by Alexander Epikhov, Dimitri Gorbaty and Philipp Ivanov
Runtime : 22’18
Production : Pavel Karykhalin and Dimitri Bocharov.
Country : Germany/Russia
Synopsis: In an old Soviet recording studio, a group of musicians attempt to record a composition based on Pushkin’s play “A Feast in Time of Plague”. A weird and frightening phenomena disturbs the musicians — whether it is the spirits of the past or an echo of a war. Nobody notices what is happening around them until the very end.
The Companions directed by José María Flores
Runtime : 12’
Production : Héctor Ramos García, Luisa Bellido, Alberto Sarmiento et Isabelle Castro
Country : Spain
Synopsis : A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.
Samia directed by Selma Alaoui et Bruno Tracq
Runtime: 19’01
Production: Benoît Roland, Nabil Ben Yadir, Bruno Tracq et Selma Alaoui
Courtry: Belgium
Synopsis: Samia meets Farhan, who is smoking outside his home. She follows him to his apartment, where he organizes Moroccan music concerts. This joyous celebration makes her forget the distant funeral that same day of a father she never knew.
Sequoia directed by Michelle Künzler
Runtime :15’
Production : Michelle Künzler, Rui Dong
Country : Switzerland/USA
Synopsis: Sequoia, a diligent AI maid, works for the captivating yet mysterious Mrs. Terrance. Although not designed to harbor any emotions, Sequoia starts developing sentience when a certain sound triggers a feeling inside her that feels oddly familiar – and human.
Archive DPT directed by Nicolas Fauconnet
Runtime : 10’56
Production : Emmanuel Ménard, Céline Berti
Country : France
Synopsis : During the recent sanitation campaign in the city of ‘#CENSORED#’, a vast hospital complex was uncovered. Documents found on site refer to a paragovernmental organization called DPT 53s.
Candy Cadet directed by Jasmine Stewart
Runtime : 2’38
Production : Institut de technologie Digipen
Country : USA
Synopsis: A clerk with big dreams spends the night shift fighting against the clutches of boredom… and evil?
Toc directed by Adrien Kottelat
Runtime : 7’37
Production : Adrien Kottelat
Country : France
Synopsis: A man suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and struggles to leave his home to catch a taxi waiting for him to go to the airport. To get through it, he will need to be imaginative.
Evil Eyes directed by Mia StarrFrank
Runtime : 3’14
Production : Sophie Jones
Country : USA
Synopsis: An anxious young woman tries to break out of her shell by going to a party but her fears are lurking beneath the surface.
Underwater Merpeople directed by Taeyi Kim
Runtime : 3’35
Production : Taeyi Kim
Country : South Korea
Synopsis: Alex hides her true identity, different from others, and lives in secrecy. But one small mistake exposes everything, leaving her frozen under the weight of the world’s gaze.
Lettre à ma fille directed by Michael Maurissens
Runtime : 4’09
Production : Michael Maurissens
Country : Germany/Benin
Synopsis: Unfolding on the beaches and streets of Benin, a heartfelt letter from a mother to her future daughter expresses the challenges and joys of growing up as a woman.
Miracle directed by Ilia Ivanov
Runtime : 6’36
Production : Ilia Ivanov
Country : Russia
Synopsis: In a securely locked basement, a futuristic robot vacuum cleaner, designed in a cyberpunk style, clumsily chases a feather, creating a whimsical and child-friendly spectacle.
SESSION 2: Shattered Dreams & Unexpected Encounters
Friday 19th September – Screening 20H00
The shade of chlorine directed by Clément Dezelus
Runtime : 22’18
Production : Anaïs Bertrand, Pascaline Saillant, Emilie Dubois, Thomas Chevillon and Lhoussaïne Zamat
Country : France
Synopsis: Bilal lives off odd jobs he gets from the BOY application, but his head is filled with dreams of music. Hired to clean a luxurious villa, he falls under the spell of the mysterious Ulysses, the owners’ son. This encounter will widen his horizons.
Fagnes 1986 directed by Nicolas Monfort
Runtime : 17’44
Production : Taste It Productions
Country : Belgium
Synopsis: Winter 1986. Due to heavy snowfalls Mum and Dad won’t be back to the chalet until morning. Simon and Eva, the children, are on their own. At night, they hear strange noises…
Mariposa directed by Brook Vitovsky
Runtime : 04’56
Production: Technologic Institute of Digipen
Pays: USA
Synopsis : Mariposa’s world begins to unravel around her when she finds a mysterious butterfly.
Out of tune directed by Vahid Mazraeh
Runtime : 15’
Production : Sam Shojaei et Naser Shojaei
Country : Iran
Synopsis: A man earns his livelihood by whistling a variety of songs for passersby on the street each day. However, one of his patrons makes a different request, challenging him in an unexpected way.
Mariana Ant directed by Maite Uzal and Rubén Pascual Tardío
Runtime : 16’41
Production : María Teresa Uzal et José Ángel Delgado
Country : Espagne
Synopsis: The satiric farce of Mariana Ant tells the tale of the tragic fates of two beggars, mother and daughter, once their wishes have been granted by a very elegant and mysterious lady.
Underground Invaders directed by Shera Courtalhac, Ines Molinier, Victor Lesaffre, Maëlle Metaireau, Dana Guyot, Ines Dolivet, Meggie Bernier
Runtime : 8’
Production : Ecole George Méliès
Country : France
Synopsis: Three young adults, obsessed with the horrors of the modern world, find themselves trapped in the depths of a sprawling underground subway.
Mermaid directed by Dasha Charusha
Runtime : 14’
Production : Ekaterina Kononenko
Country: Russie
Synopsis: In the finale of the fairy tale the Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s heroine refused to kill her beloved one and turned into sea foam.
Encarna and Hueso directed by Blanca López Mayorga
Durée: 5’06
Production : Pepa Sastre, Astrid Fedel and Juan F. Ruvira
Country : Spain
Synopsis: Encarna, a kind 74-year-old lady, lives with her lifelong companion, a cat named Hueso. One night, a couple of thieves break into her apartment with the intention of robbing them
Melody’s Muse directed by Natasha Seroshtan
Runtime : 3’45
Production : Technologic Institute of Digipen
Country : USA
Synopsis: Melody, a young faun studying music, auditions to be part of an orchestra. However, it proves to be more challenging than she thought when she tries to impress the orchestra’s severe conductor. Can she overcome failure and find her own path to success?
SESSION 3: Ghosts of the Past & Metamorphoses
Saturday 20th September – Screening 20H00 – Cocktail 22H00
Spring Waltz directed by Stefano Lorenzi and Clélia Catalano
Runtime : 11’33
Production : Masi Films, Neutra Productions et Film Laser
Country : Italy
Synopsis: A man and a woman separated by a wall. However, their love doesn’t accept divisions, barriers, obstacles. They are a couple of street artists: freedom runs in their veins. Borders don’t exist.
Mal-roulante directed by Guillaume Levil
Runtime : 21’57
Production : D_Vox & images by DoP
Country : France
Synopsis: A self-centered scientist, along with her assistant, conducts a wild experiment that accidentally disrupts their space-time continuum. Returning to normal seems impossible, unless she’s willing to shatter every certainty she ever had…
Les 3 sorcières directed by Judith Berlanda-Beauvallet
Runtime : 12’30
Production : Dayan D. Oualid
Country : France
Synopsis: Adele, Marianne and Juliette spend time in a country house to practice their lines from MacBeth. Unhappy of being cast as the three witches, the young women give in their childish and obnoxious personalities.
Catfish directed by Aurélie Galibois, Cristina Ganusciac, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Hee Young Park and Vedushi Sinha
Runtime :6’32
Production : Gobelins l’école de l’image
Country : France
Synopsis: As Elise moves into a new apartment with her parents, her pet cat Roger turns into a goldfish. Distraught, she goes back to her childhood home to turn him back.
The Tooth directed by Sergey Annenkov
Durée : 7’
Production : Lev Alifanov and Varvara Rtischeva
Pays: Russia
Synopsis: Masha’s son loses his first tooth. Masha goes to pawn the ring to get cash and put a thousand rubles under her son’s pillow.
A Drop of a Dew directed by Lu Ren
Runtime : 04’42
Production :
Country : China
Synopsis: A drop of dew fell into the blue forest. She chased her own shadow, which had turned into a fish, from the vibrant water source to the wasteland without grass.
The Boy who cheated death directed by Pipou Phuong Nguyen
Runtime : 5’
Production : Pipou Phuong Nguyen
Country : France
Synopsis: Syd, an 8-year-old boy, tries to hide his mother from Death. They escape as different creatures on earth, with Death chasing after them as their predators.
Son directed by Zhanna Bekmambetova
Runtime : 20’
Production : Zhanna Bekmambetova and Timur Asadov
Country : Kazakhstan/Russia
Synopsis: The story of a boy and his dad who live in a small house on the edge of the steppe. The boy is confined to a wheelchair and can’t even take a spoon with porridge. The dad is close to despair, but everything changes when one day the TV shows the landing of the newest robot on Mars…