CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT ME • 2020
DIRECTOR: Andrea Castoldi
COUNTRY: Italy
RUNTIME: '5
SYNOPSIS: Giulia learned to live with eyes closed, reading the words from the back. The unsaid, the part kept behind.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
SHORT FILMS
MANASANAMAHA • 2020
DIRECTOR: Deepak Reddy
COUNTRY: India
RUNTIME: '17
SYNOPSIS: A young man muses on the nature of love, recounting three relationships from his past. The girls in his life resemble three different seasons, namely Chaitra (Spring), Varsha (Monsoon) & Seeta (Winter).
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Direction
DIRECTOR: Romuald Boulanger
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '25
SYNOPSIS: in a Los Angeles radio station. The host of an emblematic night talk show (William Baldwin) gives advice to live callers. One call will destroy his career, his family, his life.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
TALK • 2019
DIRECTOR: Tommaso Burbuglini
COUNTRY: Italy
RUNTIME: '14
SYNOPSIS: It is the luckiest day of Pietro, a boy who tries to survive by avoiding duties and responsibilities. Driven by external forces to an unusual take on courage, he find in his hands an opportunity for work that could change its destiny. Pietro could take this opportunity if it were not that Fortune requires preparation.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
IMPIETRO • 2020
DIRECTOR: Washington Calegari
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '12
SYNOPSIS: Alvaro has been quarantined for 97 days without leaving home, and uses delivery apps to order everything he needs. When the delivery man arrives at the building with another meal, an unexpected situation imposes a difficult decision on Alvaro. From the flow of consciousness of the character when dealing with his dilemmas and original beatbox compositions, the film explores the difficulties of social isolation and Alvaro's attempts to creatively occupy time.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
BEAT 97 • 2020
DIRECTOR: Giuseppe Piva
COUNTRY: Italy
RUNTIME: '19
SYNOPSIS: Clara has promised her father to look after their hotel in the woods. There is no one but her and the stressful waiting for any customer to arrive. To kill the time, the girl can rely only on her passion for thriller novels. When she hears from the news about a bank robbery and when Hans – a mysterious man with a bag and a lot of cash money – arrives at the hotel, she convinces herself he might be the robber.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE RECEPTIONIST • 2019
DIRECTOR: Diana Coelho
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '20
SYNOPSIS: When she gets the news that her daughter is spending a few days with her, Bianca decides to resume the unfinished construction in the concrete slab of her small house. The plans, however, don't go through as planned.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
UNDER CONSTRUCTION • 2019
DIRECTOR: Liz Fania Werner, Carlos Montaner
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: '13
SYNOPSIS: Into the Uncanny Valley is a psychological horror/thriller with a touch of dark comedy that explores the cost of choosing to live without empathy - a trait traditionally associated with the feminine - in order to succeed in a man’s world.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Actress:
Kimberly Alexander
INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY
• 2020
DIRECTOR: Ricardo Vargas Lozano
COUNTRY: Mexico
RUNTIME: '26
SYNOPSIS: In a crime-ridden Mexico, two police officers risking their own lives trying to save a young kidnapped woman, unaware that they are entering to one of the most dangerous neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE DIVIDED LIGHT • 2020
DIRECTOR: Laura Bellomo, Liza Dennis
COUNTRY: Australia
RUNTIME: '20
SYNOPSIS: Four friends are due to meet up for their ten year reunion dinner, when an insidious comment in their group chat threatens to undo the entire friendship, one personal belief system at a time. An exploration into the toxicity of narcissism, and how we internalise, personalise and perpetuate the lies that come from those closest to us. Each woman striving for their own unachievable version of perfection, what are the effects on their relationships with their family, friends and themselves? Will they overcome obsession, anxiety and competition for perceived success? Who will choose self worth over social expectations? What happens when the invisible thread of connection finally snaps?
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
REALITY CHEQUE • 2020
DIRECTOR: Marcus Svanberg
COUNTRY: Sweden
RUNTIME: '11
SYNOPSIS: This is a film about a woman who, on the surface, has everything. But something seems to be missing, perhaps the longing for a child who has died or never been born. Suddenly the emptiness, the feeling of how unhappy she really is, comes crashing down. When she kills a butterfly she gets a sense of relief, a feeling of control. But only for a brief moment.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
KILLING SMALL ANIMALS • 2020
