Get ready for a great session with 4 short films straight from our official selection! After each screening, we interview the team behind the film and get to know more about their process and vision.
Check out these cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:
Sander Blom | Live-Action | 12’00’’
Cornelia tells the story of Cornelia Johanna van den Berg–van der Vlis, the only woman among 290 men on the Frisian Resistance monument in the North of The Netherlands. Who was she? Why were the Germans so desperate to catch her? And how did their hunt end? We hear glimpses of it while a firing squad is transporting Cornelia toward the place of her execution.
Janna Grosfeld | Live-Action | 19’40’’
After the failed suicide attempt of Willem's wife, their relationship changed forever due to this incautious incident. Willem has to deal with Leny's depression and suicidal feelings while he struggles with the fractured loyalty between them. Willem needs to redefine the value and fulfilment of their relationship to realise he should set Leny free.
Jottum Kok | Documentary | 09’20’’
In this poetic and observational documentary, we follow the Ukrainian Yusuf during an ordinary day in his life in a Dutch asylum centre. Slowly, he transforms into his alter ego Grizolda, who gives him hope and strength outside the walls of the asylum centre.
Katarina Jazbec | Documentary | 20’00’’
Before container ships leave port, lashers secure the containers using heavy metal bars. They are the last port workers to do such dangerous jobs surrounded by self-driven vehicles and remotely operated cranes. Each body tells its own story: from grieving for a colleague who died on the job to just keeping going. Stowaway animals appear as visions of a more natural world.
