THE LAST KO — France 2023 — Directed by: Timothée Catherine — 70 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Tripode Productions — Producer: Guillaume Dreyfus — Script: Timothée Catherine — Photography: Mathieu Kauffmann — Editing: Lucas Marchina — Sound: Adriano Cerone, Clément Lemariey — Music: Balthazar Naturel
Carl Strugnell, the world chessboxing champion, is just a few months away from his final showdown in the ring. It's a challenge that promises to be decisive for the fight he's waged all his life, to break free from his condition, but also for all those left behind, to whom he dreams of offering the opportunity to become heroes. Because Karl is himself an imperfect character, champion of an imaginary discipline invented in the drawings of Enki Bilal.
THE HUNTER'S SON — Switzerland 2023 — Directed by: Juliette Riccaboni — 54 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Akka Films — Producer: Juliana Fanjul — Script: Juliette Riccaboni — Photography: Gabriel Lobos — Editing: Orsola Valenti, Karine Sudan — Sound: Carlos Ibanez-Diaz — Music: Adrien Heiniger
Samir hardly knows his father. Hoping to become closer with him, he decides to accompany a hunter on a expedition in the mountains. Director Juliette Riccaboni decides to film the complexity of a relationship rife with disagreement. The picturesque Valais scenery provides the backdrop for this difficult reunion, shot through with humour and tenderness.
ANTON'S JOURNEY — France 2023 — Directed by: Mariana Loupan — 73 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English, French — Production company: Schuch Productions — Producer: Anne Schuchman-Kune — Script: Mariana Loupan — Photography: Sarah Blum / Emmanuelle Collinot / Pukyo Ruiz de Somocurcio — Editing: Santi Minasi — Sound: Lilian Matigot / Graciela Barrault
Nothing and nobody could have predicted that Anton Hirschfeld, a young man with special needs, would one day become a recognized painter. Anton’s Journey retraces his journey, filmed by his mother since his birth. A journey made possible by the determination and love of his family and the pivotal encounters that marked his path.
THE LIGHTS OF KYIV — Switzerland 2023 — Directed by: Serhii Tykhoniuk — 16 min — Spoken language: Ukrainian — Subtitles: English, French — Production Company: ECAL — Producer: Paolo Moretti — Script: Serhii Tykhoniuk — Photography: Serhii Tykhoniuk — Editing: Serhii Tykhoniuk — Sound: Serhii Tykhoniuk — Music: Mathys Nouspikel
In negative, we are shown snapshots of a city that Serhii Tykhoniuk is afraid to begin to forget. “I want you to describe it as it created you,” he continues in voice-over, speaking to the heroine of his film. She is one of the 8 million Ukrainians who have sought refuge in Europe since the war triggered by the Russian invasion. During night-time strolls in the streets of Lausanne, or working on the floor on a canvas inspired by abstract expressionism, Lisa evokes her native city, the keen loss of the sense of freedom that she still associates with it, its smells, and even “the espresso tonic of Bar 1818” – as many fragments of imagination that the forced refugees have taken from home along with their suitcases. In front of her compatriot’s watchful camera, the young woman speaks frankly about her torments and the sense of strangeness she feels in her host country. “Kyiv is me!” she exclaims in a kind of hallucinogenic trance, dreaming out loud of its now distant “lights”, which continue to burn brightly in her heart of hearts.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Núria Ubach, Marta Codesido, Dubi Cano, Ulrika Andersson — 20 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) — Producers: Marta Codesido, Núria Ubach
The daily walk of three grandmothers in Cabrianes is disrupted by the sudden death of one of them. But life goes on. In the meantime, party preparations are taking place for the oldest person in the village. A portrait that makes us reflect on the passage of time, our society’s aging population, and feeling closer to death.
LOVE ME TRUE — France 2023 — Directed by: Ines Sedan — 7 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Production Company: LARDUX FILMS — Producer: Benoit Ayraud — Script: Ines Sedan — Photography: Ines Sedan — Editing: Michele Le Guernevel — Sound: Adam Wolny, Olivier Calvert — Music: Olivier Calvert
Laurence is desperately looking for love. On the advice of a friend, she starts using online dating sites to find her soulmate. She becomes addicted to her phone and addicted to a toxic man. Adapted from the report “Love me Tinder” by Alain Lewkowicz, produced for Sonia Kronlund's radio program “Les pieds sur terre” on France Culture.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Aina Palomer — 24 min — Spoken language: Catalan — Subtitles: English, Spanish — Producer: Jane Claudine
L'art de l'antídot tells the story of Agus and his photography practice as a therapeutic art form after suffering an accident that changed his life and his relationship with his body. A short film that transports us through the streets of Barcelona and shows us a new perspective, reminding us of the importance of creation as a way to overcome obstacles.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Asier García — 4 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan — Producer: Asier García
Monstruo explores the possibilities of trans identity, in a context in which Asier (director) questions how to live in today's society and system. They do so through film, with its power of representation and identification, and with the etymological questioning of the words "identity" and "monster".
France, Martinique 2023 — Directed by: Aliha Thalien — 23 min — Spoken language: French — Subtitles: English — Production Company: Le Fresnoy — national studio — Producer: Bruno Morat — Script: Aliha Thalien — Photography: Nino Defontaine, Nicolaos Zafiriou — Editing: Eva Studzinski — Sound: Alexandre Pastel
In Martinique, a curse upon men leads to their disappearance. A group of young friends meet and talk about their relationship to the island.
Алое, фікус, авокадо і 6 драцен — France, Ukraine 2023 — Directed by: Marta Smerechynska — 8 min — Subtitles: English — Production Company: La Fémis — Producer: Julie Tingaud — Script: Marta Smerechynska, Kateryna Babkina — Photography: Asma Benazouz, Sarp Uzunoglu — Editing: Marta Smerechynska — Sound: Karina Rezhevska — Music: Marusya Chuprinenko — Co-Production: Marta Smerechynska, Ukraine
What to take, what to leave? How important are material possessions when you’re trying to save your life? Packages from Ukraine – filled with everything and nothing – wait patiently under a bridge to be found, while a voice stirs memories of frivolous and treasured personal effects, in an apparent heart-breaking farewell letter to Kyiv.
Spain 2023 — Directed by: Lucija Stojević — 80 min — Spoken language: Spanish — Subtitles: English, Spanish, Catalan — Producer: Andrés Bartos Amory — Producer: Lucija Stojević — Producer: Deirdre Towers — Pruduction Company: Noon Films
Viennese Holocaust survivor Peter "Pepi" Perez and his musician friend Alfred embark on a European road trip in search of music. Haunted by a fandango melody from his childhood in the Rivesaltes concentration camp, where he heard Spanish Roma children sing to their families, Pepi travels to Paterna, Spain, to compose his own. Struggling to capture the song, he returns to Rivesaltes for the first time since his youth, confronting the ghosts of his past in a place forever changed.
When we meet — Spain 2023 — Directed by: Group of young people from diverse backgrounds — 26 min — Production: Cinema en curs (amb estudiants d’EMAV, ERAM, UB i ESCAC)
"We met at the beginning of winter. It’s now April. To start this letter, we want to show you the city we have gotten to know and filmed together." This is how the film opens, created collectively by a group of young people aged between 16 and 23, some recently arrived in Barcelona from Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Senegal, Cambodia, Albania; others born in the city or who have lived there since childhood. Based on the portrait and experiences of six people who migrated to the city a long time ago, the group of filmmakers invite us on a journey that is external, poetic and introspective through the city, the trees and the moon. A celebration of cinema and the possibility of sharing life and making the world bigger.
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