{"id":10390,"date":"2022-04-12T12:19:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T12:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/en\/?p=10390"},"modified":"2022-04-16T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T08:30:40","slug":"march-2022-moscow-shorts-official-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moscowshorts.com\/en\/march-2022-moscow-shorts-official-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2022 \u2013 Moscow Shorts Official Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NARRATIVE SELECTION   |  MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Stateless <\/strong>(2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Bastien Solignac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 28:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Etienne,18, tries to find his place within his family. The father, a former skinhead, can\u2019t bear any longer his son\u2019s behavior. He finds him indolent, lazy, dreamy, a night bird. Yet the young man is looking for his father\u2019s admiration, while opposing him at the same time. This paradox, this identity crisis will bring Etienne to a point of no return one morning when his father asks him to come and help him dismantle a small camp of refugees just outside the village….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour Lens <\/strong>(2022)<\/strong>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marc Jarny Jure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A teenage black girl must learn to overcome the insecurities that plague her self-image so that she can come to love herself and the others around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-Headed Calves (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Benjamin Kramme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 29:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Two-Headed Calves is Johannes’ and Marie\u2019s wedding video. For Johannes the marriage is supposed to mark the start of a new life, and in the end it does, just differently than expected.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE OBSESSION (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anastasia Gorodentseva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A young woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown shares her story of passionate but unhappy love, lasting more than twelve years, with the first stranger she meets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything Will Be Fine (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Joachim Dejonghe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A single mum, trying to make ends meet, is faced with a dilemma due to very peculiar job cuts at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Servus Karl (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Thomas Bischof<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 24:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: SERVUS KARL is an evil fictional reflection of a milieu in the face of its downfall. The observation of a world at a standstill, and of its characters that want to break out of it.  The film follows Karl, a retiree and ex-thug, on his way through the bars and brothels of Vienna. Through documentary scenes the viewers experience the standstill that rules his world. Besides, they observe the characters\u2019 lack of prospects and how they are struggling through the night under the burden of misery well aware that there is no escape. In the midst of this standstill, Karl gets to realise the evanescence of things and his own mortality. As he takes drunken Leo to his favourite bar, the situation gets out of control. Leo gives the prostitute Julie a bloody nose and destroys her hopes of escape from her misery. Later, Karl\u2019s night ends in a way that is surprising for every person involved. He commits a murder to avoid vanishing into oblivion.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premium Baby (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Jeanne Sign\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: In a near future, a couple enters a shop to buy a baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sliced Bread (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Gulliver Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Sliced Bread is a Comedy short film in which we imagine what a world would look like if Sliced Bread had never been invented – and what would happen in 21st Century society if suddenly it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tundra (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Jos\u00e9 Luis Aparicio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 30:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Walfrido Larduet, a lonely electrical inspector, dreams of the Red Woman, whose image persists and becomes an obsession. Something tells him she is near. Over the course of a day, Walfrido will follow her trail as he travels through the suburbs of an infested city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Clean up (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Mohammad Moravej<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A fallen from grace old man trying to change things for good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nightly Whispers (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Omid Abdollahi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 17:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A man is worried about his teenage daughter’s relationship with a guy he doesn’t know. The daughter refuses to introduce her boyfriend. However, Once the boy unexpectedly goes to the father to reveal a secret about the girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallu (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Kasra Tirsahar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 30:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A village man comes across a piece of meat by chance , after cooking and eating it realises the uncanny taste that is unknown to him . The search to find the same taste leads to a catastrophic turn of events…  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keyboard (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: yufeng wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A nodoby depressed company staff named Xiaoli, venting his pressure by being a troll online. Accidently he got tons of views and supoort by bullying a gorgeous female streamer. From then on, he takes pleasure in spreading rumors about this lady. However, he has no idea the unknown danger is coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snorrie (Mustachio) (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Victoria Warmerdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:35<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Absurd tragicomedy about thirty-something Freek, who is reuniting with his imaginary friend from the past, who is looking for closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twin Flame (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Saddiq Abubakar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A disillusioned young woman scavenges the misty landscapes of northwestern America in search of her twin flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flame (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Roman Igorevich Chervinin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The only thing that gives him strength has faded away…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last day of love (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u0421\u0432\u0435\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0411\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430, \u0418\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0440\u0435\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Not Specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 15:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: To stay or leave this world is a choice that Lena must make before the end of the day. At this moment, she meets the cheerful Kirill, who offers her to spend the perfect day together. This meeting can change not only Lena’s decision, but also Kirill’s whole life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u0421\u0443\u04b3\u0440\u043e\u0431 \u049a\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432 \u0424\u0435\u0440\u0443\u0437\u0430 \u0422\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0443\u043d\u0445\u045e\u0436\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Uzbekistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 18:25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The protagonist of the film is a female artist, the events revolve around her. He is in the process of participating in an exhibition in Italy. But her husband did not allow her to go Italy due to her pregnancy. The woman secretly makes a plan to leave. Unfortunately, the women give birth ahead of time. When an artist embraces her baby, she realizes that all the works of art she has created so far are worthless and her baby is precious all of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parisian. (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Olga Boiko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 16:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Tolya, who recently moved to St. Petersburg, reluctantly attends the wedding of an old friend. Tolya hopes for a quick exit since he feels awkward around people he has lost touch with. Plus, Tolya is afraid his way home will soon be blocked once drawbridges open \u2014 it is the city\u2019s biggest tourist attraction and merely an inconvenience for pragmatic Tolya.  But a chance meeting with a bride\u2019s friend, light-hearted Parisian Nicole forces Tolya to stay, as her opposite perspectives on life revive something Tolya has long forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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STUDENT SELECTION   |   MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Vlada Goes to London (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Arti Savchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Israel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:54<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Vlada is a pizza delivery girl who lives in Haifa and dreams of becoming a famous DJ. Within a five-hour shift, we get a glimpse into her world full of pressure where she’s willing to do whatever it takes to find the money for a flight to perform at a festival in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Dawn at Minato City (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Sergey Vlasov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:49<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A usual morning for a usual married couple in a big city.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child\u2019s Anthropology (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anna Lysko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nastya, a research assistant, comes home from a conference and decides to finish her long-abandoned PhD. Her husband Kirill doesn\u2019t want her to be away in Yakutiya doing field research for a month. They have an argument, and Nastya ends up shutting herself inside a bathroom, triggering her to relive her childhood trauma. Kirill lets her out and comforts her, while she realizes that she\u2019s in an abusive relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sammer (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Stelios Christoforou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Greece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 25:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A Drama that invades the life of two couples and examines all their secrets, their relationships, the toxic environment that exists and everyone can see it but no one talks about it.  Summer ends, and with that, every illusion of reality slowly fades away. What happens if you want to hold on to this illusion no matter what?  The characters of the film will have to face themselves for the first time. Full of secrets and lies they will get lost in a fight for the realisation of what is real and what is fake. A film about love, the exploration of sexuality, and friendship.   (For Festivals: Please note that there is a DCP of that film available and also a ProRes video file.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not the 80s (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Marleen Valien<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 17:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Two people, one restaurant, some preconceptions and a bit of fish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cranberry Juice (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ani Novakovic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 30:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Suffering from unexplained vaginal pain, a frustrated acting student goes to a string of doctors, convinced that she is going to find a specialist who will figure out what\u2019s wrong with her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a wonderful prayer (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Kannosuke Enomoto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Not Specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:56<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Who are you praying to and how are you praying to them? Just because you are alive, you are probably unconsciously praying for “life”. This work was created by considering the relationship between prayer and hand-clasping movements from various directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camel Bells (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Yushi Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 19:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Entrusted by his old friend, Lao Zhang starts on a journey to the pastoral area where he hadn’t been for a long time. On the bus, the people that he met and what happened in his life take turns in his dreams. Then, he decides to walk into Gobi again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think Outside The (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Zhuoer Chen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The phrase “think outside the box\u201d refers to a type of thinking that is different than the conventional mindset. A man asks a box regarding what is inside the box. The box responds to him that the answer is not IN the box. Meanwhile, a writer initiates the same quest towards his typewriter. Can the two men find the answers to their self-explanatory questions? This five-minute short, Think Outside The, explores the theme of writer’s block through the philosophical lens of Schr\u00f6dinger’s Cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A SCHOOL TEACHER (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Anastasia Chagochkina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 11:50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Sonya is a literature teacher and a proper daughter. In their dilapidated house, everything froze: a sick father, dusty books, an argument about generations and an old cigarette case. But she found a way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INCORRECT (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Inessa Khachatryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Nina is an atypical Dagestani woman with tattoos and piercings. The court gave her children to her ex-husband for the fact that Nina leads an “immoral lifestyle and is very much an amateur.” Masha is an Armenian and a blogger. She posts photos in underwear on Instagram, which her priest father doesn’t even know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

blood (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: saeid khajenoori<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:47<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The story of an old man who, after thirty years of living together, is doubted by his wife and has no evidence to prove his innocence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE RETURN (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Maria Repina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Night, a late train and two people \u2013 a man and a boy. The elder shouldn\u2019t sleep, but his eyes close imperceptibly…. Waking up, he discovers the disappearance of his traveling companion. There\u2019s only an empty train and night around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Success (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Nika Khargiyanova<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Provincial Theatre. A young, obsessed with his job actor Kolya Pogorelov gets his first big role. Kind and decent Kolya doesn’t understand the negative nature of his character. Premiere excitement is growing. At the same time, he meets his future mother-in-law. Fascinated by his role, Kolya appears as a notorious scoundrel. Seems like everything’s lost: the bride, reputation, future happiness. But Life offers its own scenario …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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DOCUMENTARY SELECTION   |   MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Outsiders (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Almantas Petkunas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Lithuania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 16:38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Outsiders is about young men looking for a place to belong. Kestutis is in a gang dealing drugs. Arni is struggling at home living with an alcoholic father. They both spend their days outside on a basketball court to escape their realities. This is where they meet Wyte – the father of streetball in Lithuania. They are inspired by the remarkable tricks he does with a basketball. Through streetball, Wyte creates a community where these young men can express themselves and grow together to overcome their obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where our home: Vadim Keosyan (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Nikolaevich Tarasov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Story of microsurgeon Vadim Keosyan known for his unique operations of returning a lost body parts. After more than 20 years of doing the impossible, he finds a new struggle \u2013 GPS swimming in cold Enisey river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MusArt (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Kevin Hanzlik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 12:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Musician and painter, Randall Vemer, has once again expanded his talent pool; this time into filmmaking.  In a nearly 12-minute biographical documentary, Vemer reveals what happened when his ability to play his beloved viola was taken away.  The film is filled with striking portraits of the people and instruments by which he’s been surrounded for much of his life. And always the educator, the hauntingly lovely music is scored and timed, not only to enhance the viewer’s enjoyment of Vemer’s classical style images but also to point out which instrument is highlighted within the rich and ethereal paintings.  Randall Vemer’s musical bio-doc is a moving tribute to the creativity, discipline, and heart of this incredibly talented man.  If you need a pick-me-up, a gentle nudge in “the feels”, or just a good old-fashioned American success story, you MUST watch this film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cauldron (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Alexey Romanov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 07:59<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ANIMATION SELECTION   |   MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Monsieur Sachet (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Mathieu Girard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Monsieur Sachet is a wicked escalation of tragicomic anecdotes happening in a colorful, crazy and completely absurd atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GONZO (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Masha Stepunina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 05:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A super-soldier whose name is Yosi gets a task to get a secret weapon of the enemy. He successfully copes with the task, but it turns out that the secret weapon is not what it seems to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temp\u00eate je t’aime (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Flore Montmory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A couple leads a passionate love-life; their stormy relationship is sustained by violent rants and slow reconciliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ventanas (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Mireia Matilla, Emanuel Espinoza, Mar Cebri\u00e1n, Al Serrano, Lidia Rodr\u00edguez, Oriol P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Spain<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A shy, serious boy comes up against his explosive polar opposite when he moves house. Will the boys be able to find a way to live side by side?     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EXPERIMENTAL SELECTION   |   MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Fictitious Part (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: mike sens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 26:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A psychic spy \/\/ A soul trafficking in the world of theatre \/\/ He himself will be bewitched       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Delusion (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Fang Guan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 14:57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Novalis’s unfinished novel Heinrich Vonnegut Von Ofterdingen expresses the longing for a meaning in life, which arises from the experience of mysterious meaning and is capable of overcoming death. The longing is seen as blue because it is associated with remoteness, just like loyalty. The color of blue is mysterious, romantic, and it is presented by the illusionary and lost Neptune, as depicted in Plato’s ideal state that symbolizes the unattainable ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who We Were (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ryan Spahn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 06:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Sam and Sadie fell in love. And then out. Like we all did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the Particles of Void to the Frequencies of Waves (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Tobolchenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 21:26<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The shadow side of the pyramid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Night Garden (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Tom Pearson, Daria Karpova, Anastasia Nesterova, Renata Zhigulina, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 28:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: The Night Garden is an experimental, movement-based short film, shot entirely on smart phones.  Through a cartography of associations, imagery, and poetry, its surrealist episodes offer a harvest of ideas, images, and meditations for the dream feast.   The series of seven vignettes rendered from dreams and the unconscious conjures an array of characters and scenarios including: Chekhov in an existential crisis with Picasso\u2019s Lover of Absinthe;  a film noir that follows the dreams and waking trances of a man, a woman, and a herd of tiny cattle; a kaleidoscopic vision of a woman\u2019s interactions with an imaginary friend and a ghost; a caterpillar woman\u2019s transformation and foray into a garden of fountains and marble statues; three mythological creatures who unleash the contents of a jewel box; and a family confronting their heritage and communing with each other throughout the city and forest.  Co-created by Daria Karpova, Anastasia Nesterova, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tom Pearson, and Renata Zhigulina, the episodes interweave characters, objects, and imagery that thread together a short film which follows a nightly dream sequence.  The work is built through a practice of dream-sharing and associations. Filmed on location in St. Petersburg, Russia, The Night Garden is shot exclusively on smart phones (primarily iPhone 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A E T H E R (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Pinja Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Finland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 09:53<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: Inspired by the four classical elements: earth, water, air and fire. How do the elements affect the movement, the feeling, the way of going forward?  Exploring these elements combining various circus disciplines and dance.  “I am who I am – I choose my way – I create my own path. It is about the journey, not the destination.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things never told (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Juntai He<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: It’s about different ages of generation talking about the things they regretted in their lifes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashen Glow (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Eta Dahlia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A bilingual haibun that explores the obscure attributes of an ever-fleeting protagonist. The videopoem blends minimalist poetry with inquisitive prose and juxtaposes them with the different visual tempo. Can you tell who the protagonist is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AAMRAS (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Mayank Pushpam Singh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: India<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 20:58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A household conflicted between values and desires ,realises through a chain of comedic incidents that much less is under their control then what they would like to believe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MUSIC VIDEO SELECTION  |   MARCH 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Niletto – Someone like you (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Vladimir Besedin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 03:55<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: There are films about the formation of a hero in the Superhero Cinematic Universe called origin stories. This music video became the milestone in the development of the NILETTO hero and his universe. The story revolves around the internal contradictions of the hero who sacrificed everything for love. He is tormented by memories but however he must follow his destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temp\u00eate je t’aime (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Flore Montmory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis: A couple leads a passionate love-life; their stormy relationship is sustained by violent rants and slow reconciliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moment of youth (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: ARTUR AGADZHANYAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 01:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0411\u0430\u043b\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u043c\u0451\u0440\u0442\u0432\u044b\u0445  (Ballad the dead ) (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: \u042e\u0441\u0443\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0410\u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0441\u0438\u044f \u042f\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0431\u0430\u0435\u0432\u043d\u0430<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Russian Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration: 04:40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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sculpture (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: Ramin Hosseinpour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country: Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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