CORTI IN CONCORSO – PROGRAMMA 3

All my fucking superheroes di Piotr Kabat, 2023, Poland - 12'
A young director travels to LA to sign a contract with a Hollywood film studio. Seemingly ordinary taxi ride turns into an epic odyssey through film history, pop culture, and personal memories. The film blends the visual styles of comics and movies.  
Between yawns di Alma RAJOT, 2023, France - 3' 55''
A character wakes up halfway... Still under the influence of sleep, his actions and visions will sometimes be shifted...  
Butterfly di Suncana Brkulj, 2024, Croatia, 8' 7''
A community of garden creatures all contribute to the flow of life, using water from a fountain. When a butterfly gets stuck in the fountain, they’re faced with an unfamiliar situation.  
Detours Ahead di Esther Cheung, 2024, Canada - 7' 45''
A road trip traces a transition of grief to acceptance through valleys, junctions, and detours. It is a meditation on solitude, and articulates my shifting relationship with place.  
Families' Albums di Moïa Jobin-paré, 2023, Canada - 8'
Photographic images, scenes of everyday life. Connected together, a new landscape emerges.  
Grandmamauntsistercat di Zuza Banasińska, 2024, The Netherlands, Holland - 23' 26''
The classic Slavic witch figure, Baba Jaga, is reimagined as a 'prehistoric goddess from the times of the matriarchy' using found footage from the Polish Educational Film Studio archive. This transformation incites layered reflections on kinship and identity, guided by a child grappling with binary gender roles. The often sexist and anthropocentric images, created as didactic materials in communist era, are repurposed into an emotive portrait of a multispecies matriarchal family seeking freedom and empowerment.  
PLAYING GOD di Matteo Burani, 2024, Italia - 9'
Una scultura d’argilla prende vita nell’oscurità di un laboratorio circondata da misteriose creature… ENG A clay sculpture comes to life in the darkness of workshop surrounded by strange creatures...  
Self di Searit Kahsay Huluf, 2024, USA - 6' 56''
A wooden doll who desperately wants to fit in makes an ill-fated wish upon a star, sparking a journey of self discovery. Her desire to blend in with her peers leads her down a harmful path, challenging her perspective of both who she is and where she belongs. Directed by Searit Huluf and produced by Eric Rosales, "Self" is the latest from Pixar's acclaimed SparkShorts program  
The Girl Who Lived in the Loo di Subarna Dash, 2024, India - 12' 17''
A 10-year-old girl has an obsession with the loos. Her life from one loo to another is calm, and safe but somewhat lonely. As she grows up, she tries to make sense of this obsession while navigating her way through life.  
Yuck! di Loïc ESPUCHE, 2024, France - 13' 10''
Yuck! Kissing on the mouth is disgusting. But secretly, little Léo really wants to try it...  
Z.O. - Eastern Zone di Loris G. Nese, 2023, Italia - 14'
Bambolina passa le sue giornate con Biscotto e Banana in un circolo di tifosi. La scoperta di una scatola piena di petardi crea l’occasione per mettere in piedi una bravata, dietro cui in realtà si nasconde un ordine partito dai piani alti: la criminalità organizzata a cui sono legate le famiglie dei tre adolescenti. È il momento di una resa dei conti tra Bambolina e Biscotto, separati da un conflitto che ricalca quello tra i loro genitori.


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