DAY#4
SUNDAY, 2 JUNE 2024 / 8PM
This screening session features 7 short films. All films are in English OR have English subtitles.​
@ Palace Central (Cinema 7), Central Park Mall (Level 3), 28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW
Tickets: order here
Kingdom Animalia (United Kingdom) by Nenad Katic
Official Music Video for pianist-composer Belle Chen's piece, Kingdom Animalia.
The surrealist concept driving the "Kingdom Animalia" music video blurs the boundaries between plants and animals to show how all life is intertwined through shared biological and evolutionary processes. It puts our human existence into perspective as a fleeting moment against the backdrop of Earth's billions of years of evolution.
Running time: 00:02:57
Supurbia (Norway) by Alexander Gudmestad
While his neighbors, friends and family all prepare for an emission-free Constitution Day celebration, Gunnar struggles to cope with life in the materialistic suburbs of Norway. Supurbia is a satirical slice of Norway’s new-wealth middle class and their unspoken rules for achieving the perfect life.
Running time: 00:15:00
Love is the monster (Costa Rica) by Neto Villalobos Brenes
In a dystopian society a grandmother wants to spend more time with her granddaughter, but a series of events turns what seems to be a perfect afternoon into something else.
Running time: 00:15:41
The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro
The Lovers of Avignon" is the first ever translation of pictorial cubism into motion real image. Is an allegory of cubism as a conceptual symbol that acts as a filter and wall of emotions.
Running time: 00:02:33
The Fuse (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin
Cassius, a worn-down Latinx gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx. One night he’s inevitably laid off and faces his fear of becoming a homeless pariah. On his own terms, he sets up his final farewell but a fuse unexpectedly defaults him and makes him wonder through the night in quest of his truth.
00:18:55
Our Males and Females (Jordan) by Ahmad Alyaseer
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death. But when no one agrees to wash her and shame falls onto the family, how far is the father willing to go to make sure his "son" is washed?
Running time: 00:11:00
The Whole World Blind (or: The Ballad of The Cuck and The Eunuch) (United Kingdom) by Finbar Somers, Seán Mackey
After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him. The Whole World Blind (or: The Ballad of The Cuck and The Eunuch) is a short neo-noir-cum-absurdist-comedy that explores male toxicity, betrayal and companionship.
Running time: 00:21:59