Showcase of the best EUROPEAN Films today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Feature Film: SNAPSHOTS
Best Short Film: RETURNS
Best Comedy Film: HUG ME
Best crime Film: I WOULD BE WITH YOU
Best Direction: ASTRAL
Best Documentary: THE 4 KINGS, THE SANCTUARY IN HALMAHERA
Best Editing: THE NINEVEH CONSTANT
Best Experimental Film: PANTA RHEI
Best Film Noir: CENSURE
Best Horror Film: OBEDIENCE
Best Micro-Short: MOVEMENT
Best New Media Film: HIGH FALL
Best Performances: THERE’LL BE NO DIVORCE
Best Thriller Film: THE THIRD FACE
Full Lineup of Films:
April 24th – European Shorts #1
SEE YOU TONIGHT !. 4min., France
Directed by Patrice Guillain
So that a couple get along well nowadays, everyone has to put a little of their own … Nevertheless, the sharing of household tasks will always be a subject of controversy. Let’s not waste time with this ! We only have one life !
THEY’LL BE NO DIVORCE, 12min., Ireland
Directd by Noell Clarke
There’ll Be No Divorce is a suspenseful short film that unfolds a dark tale of jealousy, confrontation and unforseen consequences. Angela, a wife grappling with susicions of her husband’s infildelity, confronts his mistress in a cafe, issuing a chilling ultimatum. Unbeknownst to Angela, the mistress, Vanessa, has orchestrated a lethal plan in retaliation. As Angela heads to her car, an unknown assailant follows and attacks her, leaving her brutally injured and struggling for survival inches from her car. The film exposes the twisted webs of revenge and the devastating aftermath of unchecked emotions, offering a harrowing reflection on the lengths people will go to protect what they believe is rightfully theirs.
THE 4 KINGS, THE SANCTUARY IN HALMAHERA, 32min., Spain
Directed by Karlos Simon
There is still a space in our seas where the seabed resists the attacks that the oceans are suffering.
MOVEMENT, 3min., Armenia
Directed by Hossein Moradizadeh
Moving inwards, continuous and eternal.
http://www.moradizadeh.com/
https://www.facebook.com/hossein.moradizadeh.7/
https://www.instagram.com/mora.films/
HUG ME, 19min., Spain
Directed by M. Carmen Sánchez
Dalia lives on her birthday. Everyone hugs her, everyone ignores her…
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I WOULD BE WITH YOU, 15min,. Spain
Directed by Miguel Ángel Mengó
Ana, an aging drag queen, spends her nights performing in the same old cabaret, navigating between lost, sordid and violent loves.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29257997/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_3_edt
April 25th – European Shorts #2
AUGUST 17 AT 5 PM, 9min., France
Directed by Patrice Guillain
On August 16, 1944, the day after the Allied landing in Provence, German troops prepared to leave Rodez. In the debacle, the 30 hostages and maquisards locked up in the prison of the Burloup barracks, will be taken to the firing range of the target of Sainte-Radegonde, to be shot… On August 17 at 5 p.m….
ECHO, 6min,. France
DIrected by Charly Delporte
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PANTA RHEI, 16min., Netherlands
Directed by Paul Bezuijen
In 6 diverse chapters ‘Panta rhei’ shows a surreal image of a Dutch town during lockdown.
https://www.facebook.com/paul.bezuijen.3
https://www.instagram.com/pbezuijen/
RETURNS, 37min., France
Directed by Patrick Urbani
Luca reunites with Cath, the true love of his life, after 30 years of separation.
HIGH FALL, 2min,. Netherlands
Directed by Pau Han Kho
Discover the behind-the-scenes thrill: Crafting the 3-second high-fall stunt in ‘Bon Bini Bangkok Nights’!
https://www.instagram.com/pauhankho/
April 26th – European Shorts #3
LA DER DES DER, 8min,. France
Directed by Patrice Guillain
«If the last surviving soldier of the first World War wanted to get rid of the terrible burden that kept him alive … his name would be Simon Rosenberg.»
THE THIRD FACE, 30min., Austria
Directed by Kevin Thaliyath
During a wave of chilling murders in Vienna, two seemingly different people develop an unlikely fascination for each other.
https://www.instagram.com/2jaym.films/
THE NINEVEH CONSTANT, 19min,. Malta
Directed by Maurice Micallef
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS mankind has been greatly impressed by the majestic regularity of the stars moving in the skies. Many tried in vain to find the great constant of the solar system and finally gave up. But this magic number finally appeared on an old clay tablet from Nineveh.
https://www.facebook.com/CMM-Productions-102460285380409
OBEDIANCE, 12min., Spain
Directed by Maria Carmen Sánchez
A girl is kidnapped by a couple of men, who claim to be vampires.
CENSURE, 39min., UK
Directed by Richard Bazley
When introvert, Aaron, finds himself struggling under the weight of a revelation, he dreams of escaping to the only place he can breathe. But escape has a cost, and he must ask himself if it is a price he is willing to pay.
https://rmbazley.wixsite.com/censure
https://www.facebook.com/Censure-105527732039739
https://www.instagram.com/bazleyfilms/
April 27th – European Feature
SNAPSHOTS, 85min,. Spain
Directed by Miguel Ángel Mengó
Snapshots reflects twelve dialogues without beginning or end, held between twenty-four characters, inhabitants of the outskirts of a city, at some point in their lives, always marked by incommunication and time lost in the era of access to information and immediacy.
https://www.miguelangelmengo.com/instant%C3%A1neas/
https://www.facebook.com/Instant%C3%A1neas-890634344397316/
https://www.instagram.com/mv.audiovisuales/
April 28th – European Feature
ASTRAL, 71min,. Spain
Directed by Miguel Angel Mengó
Isabela is found in the middle of the forest after days missing. One night, Isabela had dreamed of crossing the barriers of space and time, where a girl exactly like her, Daniela, returned her gaze.
https://www.miguelangelmengo.com/instant%C3%A1neas/
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