International SHORTS Film Festival is a free festival. These films were shown in DC Public Library for free as public events. The films were judged by public and the festival jury. Congratulations to all official selections!
DIRECTED BY: Anthony Légal, Michael Marie
Carole, a young apprentice singer, is in low spirits. Her father then uses a plastic cup, water and fire to make her understand where the essential is. Will this metaphor be enough for her to regain confidence?
DIRECTED BY: David Durán
Paula is about to reveal an invention that will change the rules of the world we live in, but minutes before the presentation she will have a streaming interview with her biggest detractor in front of millions of people
DIRECTED BY: Joao Rodrigues
A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics.
Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.
DIRECTED BY: Diana Acién
A virus and two different people under one same roof. The trigger for everything is a sneeze. Anna and Vicent are forced to live with the new reality exceeding the limit of the absurd.
DIRECTED BY: Almudena Vázquez
Juan throws some pizza boxes into a paper & cardboard recycling bin and he doesn't realize that the grease makes them non-recyclable. Patri begins to doubt his commitment to the environment. In which bucket is the oil thrown? And the batteries? And the toner? A tour through the Vallecas neighborhood’s containers that will change their lives forever.
DIRECTED BY: Rodrigo Sopeña, Joana Solnado
Milagros is obliged to install a fire extinguisher in her chapel. But first she will have to ask someone's permission...
Rodrigo Sopeña ("Club Houdini", "Fermat's room") and Joana Solnado ("Morangos com Açúcar", "Paixão") present this unusual short film made during the workshop "Filming in Navarre with Asghar Farhadi" under the supervision of the Iranian filmmaker winner of two Oscar.
Asghar Farhadi said: "I like it because it's a complete movie, and it's something new. It will please those who believe in God and those who do not".