BLOCK 14B — SEP 29 @ 12:OOPM | FREE
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MORSE — Finalist
Dir: Ronak Jafari | Iran | Narrative Short | 2022 | 25 min
Three ex-political prisoners, all of them once sentenced to death, gather to summon the ghost of Khosrow, one of their old comrades. It’s said that Khosrow had committed suicide in prison, but now would they find a way to the truth in their reunion?
IN TOO DEEP — Finalist
Dir: Chris Overton | United Kingdom | Narrative Short | 2023 | 16 min
Mourning the death of his young daughter, a grieving father goes to extreme measures, using A.I. technology to relive their fondest memories. A story with an ominous warning to society. Starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Shenton and Olivier Award nominee Stephen Wight.
RUMINATE — Finalist
Dir: Mina Panjkovic | Poland | Narrative Short | 2023 | 20 min
When confronted with the mystery of her beloved cow’s miscarriage, Jagoda’s search for answers in nature reveals choices she had never before considered.
AND NEXT YEAR, WHEN SPRING
Dirs: Saeid Asadi and Mehdi Boroumand | Iran | Narrative Short | 2023 | 18 min
This film tells the story of a girl whose father gets arrested the day before she has an important test at school. Despite all the obstacles she faces, including taking care of her infant brother, she puts herself to the test.
L'ALTRA TERRA
Dir: Daniele Pignatelli | Italy | Narrative Short | 2021 | 13 min
Sofia, the young owner of an important avant-garde farm in Salento, recalls during an interview how it all began with the scent of bread that her peasant grandparents made with their own hands and offered her when she went to visit them as a child. A simple gesture of love that remained in her heart and that changed her life forever.