THE KID • 2019
DIRECTOR: Vinicius Saramago
COUNTRY: Canada
RUNTIME: '18
SYNOPSIS: After losing his business, a sad old man finds himself again when he meets a kid that seems to have the same passion as him.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
SHORT FILMS
SANDIER • 2020
DIRECTOR: Michael Chereau
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: Night has just fallen. It’s time to go to sleep, except for Sandier whose hard work has only just begun. On his bike, a big canvas bag full of sand in the back, he crosses the city to put the children to sleep. In front of a house, ready to enter, he discovers that he has awkwardly left his bag on his bike. He turns around and discovers with amazement that his bike has disappeared.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
DIRECTOR: Ella May Kirby
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
RUNTIME: '12
SYNOPSIS: As two sisters drift apart, an unexpected visitor comes to make sure they both end up on the same path.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
A SIMPLE RECIPE • 2020
DIRECTOR: Martin Sandin
COUNTRY: Sweden
RUNTIME: '17
SYNOPSIS: Stockholm. In a time where social media gives us performance anxiety and confirmation is becoming increasingly important, Clara meets Peter. Clara wants the world. Peter wants nothing but to be loved.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
FOGGY DAYS • 2018
DIRECTOR: Lionel Arazi
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '12
SYNOPSIS: Cassandre, a 6-year-old girl, is hospitalized because she is "different". From her bedroom to the lingerie, through the corridors, she walks between her imagination and reality. With poetry and visual metaphor, this short film addresses the way we look at difference ... How the five fingers of the hand question the relativity of the concept of normality: and if in this world having five fingers is an abnormality? Should we accept the differences or erase them? What weight do the views of others have on our decisions and actions? These are the main issues of the film that Cassandre and her parents must answer.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
CASSANDRE'S SECRET • 2020
DIRECTOR: Francisco del Sel
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '16
SYNOPSIS: Akihiro (18) is a poet. In a subway trip he will see Qyoko (20), a girl that will baffle him with her beauty. After a couple his attempts of being noticed by her, he will have to leave the subway, losing her among the people. This will trigger his passionate search for her in the night of Tokyo, leading to Chiyo (45), a kind woman from a company service agency, with whom he will share his angst, and from whom he will receive powerful hints about what his real search is about.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
KOKORO • 2020
DIRECTOR: Guillermo Fernández Groizard
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '20
SYNOPSIS: Patatoni, enters a SteakHouse and suddenly offers a millionaire contract to Cris, a waitress, to be a new television star, but with one condition: if she accepts, she must abandon everything at that moment and get in the car with Patatoni. Cris, who won the school theater competition, believes that it's the opportunity of her life. But next week she marries her longtime boyfriend.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
CRIS SUPERSTAR • 2020
DIRECTOR: J.D.P. Croÿ
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
RUNTIME: '11
SYNOPSIS: Fran is lost, she has been for years. She feels alone and now social interaction only happens online. She decides to use an application named The Fit in order to find herself a link. She matches with her fit. However a looming presence of something unspoken lurks. A cloudy memory through the lens of an old camera returns to plague her thoughts.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE FIT • 2019
DIRECTOR: Nelson Quan
COUNTRY: China
RUNTIME: '8
SYNOPSIS: A short film of the struggle of a successful young woman called Janice, living in a metropolitan Chinese city. In returning to her parents home for spring festival, she must face her traditional Chinese mother’s pressure of marriage, so she decides to bring home a new boyfriend.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
MY NEW BOYFRIEND • 2020
DIRECTOR: Yannick Karcher
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '16
SYNOPSIS: Freshly retired, a man doesn't know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
CHARON • 2020
DIRECTOR: Ethel Jagolkowski Kfir
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '28
SYNOPSIS: Justo is a 70-year-old widowed father who has to take care of his autistic, 40-year-old daughter Consuelo. Justo and Consuelo live in a rural area of Spain and are the only inhabitants left in the village, abandoned for many years.
The forest and vegetation are the only things that surround them. Despite the harsh living conditions, Justo tries to take care of the house, the animals and his daughter, but his efforts are being weakened by the pains of age and the extreme tantrums of Consuelo, who can not understand what is going on. This situation pushes Justo up to his maximum limit.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Montse Barriga), Best Actor (Celso Bugallo).
CONSOLATION • 2019
