En mann ved skrivebord, filmstriper overalt.

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Åtte fantastiske kortfilmer.

THE AUTEUR (UK)

Scandinavian Premiere
Directed by: Bethany White
9 minutes.

A male film writer begins to write his perfect, objectified female character to terrorise. However, he’s not prepared for her to fight back …

SACRIFICE (Mexico)

Scandinavian Premiere
Directed by: Aldo Apango Ortiz
12 minutes.

Tormented by the disappearance of his son in the lake where he has fished all his life, Miguel will sacrifice whatever it takes, even his faith, to have him back in his arms.

THE RINGMASTER (USA)

Scandinavian Premiere
Directed by: Maya Albanese
15 minutes.

Alma feels she has finally found an escape from her dysfunctional family when she discovers a secret castle full of circus performers, but as she becomes the new muse to its enigmatic ringmaster, her fantasy devolves into a nightmare that feels uncannily familiar.

METAL BELT (USA)

Norwegian Premiere
Directed by: Blackhorse Lowe
14 minutes.

A Peyote Western set in 1860’s New Mexico territory, Metal Belt recounts a story about the American Indian slave trade in the southwest and one Navajo woman’s fight for freedom and her spiritual journey home.

CAMILLE À CORPS PERDU (France)

Scandinavian Premiere
Directed by: Alice Dontenwille
19 minutes.

Paris, July 1892. After her breakup with Auguste Rodin, sculptor Camille Claudel lives isolated in her workshop. One night, as her grief becomes spite then hatred, Camille’s sculptures come alive and drag her into a hellish dance – to unleash her from Rodin’s poisoned stranglehold, or to bring her to the brink of madness?

Barn sitter på seng og leser, fullt påkledd.

SNAKES AND STAIRS (Mexico)

Norwegian Premiere
Directed by: Delia Luna Couturier
14 minutes.

After the death of his grandfather and playmate, Bruno, an 8-year-old boy, embarks on a journey in a magical world trying to finish the pending story he was building with his grandfather and become King.

TRADING SHADOWS (Italy)

Scandinavian Premiere
Directed by: Andrea Dalfino
13 minutes.

An unusual exorcism ritual reveals a secret paranormal business.

Mann kommer opp fra gulvet, annen mann peker på ham med rifle.

DEMON BOX (Canada)

Norwegian Premiere
Directed by: Sean Wainsteim
14 minutes.

After festival rejections, a director revises his intensely personal short film about trauma, suicide, and the Holocaust, and transforms it into a painful, blunt and funny dissection of the film and his life. Ten years in the making.