International Competition 10: Keeping Hope Alive

International Competition presents the short films selected into the competition.

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 90 min Age Limit: 12+

  • kalenteri-ikoni Fri 7.3.

  • kelloikoni 13:00

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  • 12,50

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  • kalenteri-ikoni Sat 8.3.

  • kelloikoni 15:00

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  • Virundhu

    The Feast
    Director: Rishi Chandna
    Country: India
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 25 min

    A fisherwoman takes on a powerful local politician by hosting a feast for him using an unforgettable secret dish that could save her dying lake.

  • L'enfant à la peau blanche

    The Boy with White Skin
    Director: Simon Panay
    Country: France, Senegal
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 15 min

    Entrusted by his father to a group of gold-miners, an albino child embodies all of their hopes.

  • Rrugës

    On the Way
    Director: Samir Karahoda
    Country: Kosovo
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 15 min

    Father and son are on their way to the airport to pick up a gift sent from abroad by the boy's godfather. Amid bureaucratic hurdles, with little or no hope for real political and social changes in the country, they find comfort and strength in their shared optimism for the future.

  • In the Beginning

    Director: Jamiyansuren Janchivdorj
    Country: Mongolia
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 15 min

    Water sustains; its absence extinguishes vitality. In the remote Gobi Desert, a mother and a son make their living herding camels. Their wells have dried up, leaving them without fresh drinking water. The two fight for their lives by digging a dried-up well, but there's only enough water for the livestock. Desperate for water, the mother resorts to selling her body. They continue digging, and finally, water emerges.

  • O

    Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson
    Country: Iceland, Sweden
    Year: 2024
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 20 min

    O is a humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself.