Get ready to watch three exceptional short films straight from our official selection! Each film will be followed by an exclusive interview with the talented teams behind them.
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Check out the cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:
Arjan Brentjes | Animation | 20’00’’
A young woman lives on the streets in a city that, in style and development, is reminiscent of the 1920s. The city has an inescapable surveillance system, as invasive as our world of Big Tech. The main character learns that the only place to escape from this can be in the world of her dreams.
Donnya Zidan | Live-Action | 15’00’’
It’s the year 1976. Iskander, a young, promising astronomical talent, left his homeland of Egypt to join a team of leading astronomers in Amsterdam for a major scientific study of black holes. Tonight, he will share their findings at a long-awaited symposium. Scarred by childhood trauma, Iskander tries to keep his psychotic episodes at bay. With the pressure of anticipation hitting its peak, his troubles have reached a boiling point.
Kevin Tromp | Live-Action | 13’47’’
Fourteen-year-old Wolfie does not feel at home in the hunting environment of his parents. He receives a rifle as a birthday gift and is taken into the forest against his will, where he sees an animal being killed for the first time. From that moment on, Wolfie begins to see his parents as monsters. His desire to escape arises, but is he better off somewhere else?