LOVE BITE • 2019
DIRECTOR: Charles de Lauzirika
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: Taking refuge in an abandoned cargo truck during the Zombie Apocalypse, a bickering couple (and their dog) find their lives on the line when hostilities between them quickly escalate to dangerous levels.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
SHORT FILMS
ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL?! • 2018
DIRECTOR: Mohammad Bakhshi
COUNTRY: Iran
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: A group of Arabian spoken asylum seekers arrive to an English spoken country border and can't keep going. They conflict with border soldiers everyday till a deaf-mute baby becomes a catalyst for better communication between two groups.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
• Best Director
DIRECTOR: Nikita Ordynskiy
COUNTRY: Russia
RUNTIME: '10
SYNOPSIS: The latest Directive of the Prime Ministry of the totalitarian State bans foreign medicine. A landlord of an apartment house learns that one of the tenants is violating the Directive. The landlord must report the violation, but he desperately needs this medicine himself.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
BEHOLDER• 2019
DIRECTOR: Leixandre Froufe Vigara
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '9
SYNOPSIS: Ana and Alex have been having an emotional relationship for years. Despite being two very different people, Ana is willing to take a step towards consolidating their relationship, but she is scared things might not go as she expects.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
A REASON TO LEAVE YOU • 2018
DIRECTOR: Leo Ayres
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '21
SYNOPSIS: Between the twilight and the dawn of any day, Renata faces typical gender issues that materialize in pleasant and unpleasant moments, small dilemmas, feelings and emotions.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
DAWN • 2019
DIRECTOR: Andres Gonzalez Majul
COUNTRY: Venezuela
RUNTIME: '21
SYNOPSIS: Daniela and Andres are a young couple with physical disabilities from Caracas, Venezuela. In their need to express their lustful desire with each other, they discover the bitter challenges involved. They decide to register their quest to get assisted in their sexual relationship beyond the boundaries of their wheelchairs.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
SEX ASSISTANT • 2019
DIRECTOR: Manuel Asencio Lelli
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '12
SYNOPSIS: Irene knocks on the door. Without revealing her true intentions yet, she tells the old man who answers, that they need to talk about something important. Alfonso doesn’t recognize her and does little more than close the door in her face, but she prevents him from doing so.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE INTERMISSION• 2019
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Rodriguez
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '10
SYNOPSIS: Matías brings a girl back home, whom he just met at a party. When they are about to have sex, Matías makes the mistake of calling her by the wrong name. The girl questions Matías to get him to say her real name, but he doesn’t remember. Disappointed, she orders Matías to get her a cab so she can leave and go home and Matías will try to seize that time to improve his image.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
HALF AN HOUR • 2019
DIRECTOR: Paul Fuller
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
RUNTIME: '29
SYNOPSIS: South London boxer, Johnny 'The Pexican' Garton prepares to defend his British Welterweight Title in his biggest fight yet at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He opens up about the harsh realities of boxing and what it means to him and the implications for his family.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
JOHNNY GARTON: FIGHTER
• 2019
DIRECTOR: Jorge Del Álamo
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '13
SYNOPSIS: A couple starts the day having a conversation through text messages. A series of misunderstandings and the inability to speak face to face leads them to think that their partner is not as in love as they thought. After the course of the day this feeling is increasing and with it the anguish of losing the person they love.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
LOOKING FOR CONNECTION • 2019
DIRECTOR: Gerard Oms
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '10
SYNOPSIS: “Hummus” is a short tragicomedy with a final turn that will show that, sometimes, we express what we are afraid to express, without speaking directly, looking for any pretext to talk about, however banal it may be.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
HUMMUS • 2019
