MAELLE • 2019
DIRECTOR: Jordi Gueyrard
COUNTRY: France
RUNTIME: '20
SYNOPSIS: At dusk, a strange young girl walks alone along an endless road in a wide deserted landscape. A car passes by. The driver offers to take her to destination, and the fragile girl ends up accepting. During the ride the man clumsily tries to pin down the weird, shy and strayed Maelle. Beeing incapable to uncover her mystery, he becomes more and more virulent. Rattled by the girl’s perkiness, the man tries to assert himself.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
SHORT FILMS
OUTCAST • 2019
DIRECTOR: Pol Parés
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '21
SYNOPSIS: In a world devoid of empathy and without any hope for the future in sight, a bounty hunter paid by the State, he pay his bills by eliminating sought criminals. The crimes they've committed are not his business.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
DIRECTOR: Alexsander Baghdasaryan
COUNTRY: Armenia
RUNTIME: '21
SYNOPSIS: Aram works in the enforcement service of the Ministry of Justice. Aram is an efficient and ambitious conformist, for whom human fates are just a background- a field for the realization of one’s career aspirations. On the orders of service he comes in contact with the lives of various people, who for this or that reason find themselves in dramatic situations.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
CHRISTMAS SUCKLING PIG•2019
DIRECTOR: Rodrigo E. Marini Valsechi, David Santamaría González
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '25
SYNOPSIS: The Saint, a gangster from Madrid's underworld, is obsessed with the pursuit of loyalty. His favorite hitman Dante, his trusty cook Benigna, and his unconditional Evaristo, a lackluster torturer, according to his closest environment. Kira, an enigmatic woman with a desire for revenge, unleashes in him the hatreds of a past he believed buried.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
A WILD WORLD • 2019
DIRECTOR: Raúl Mancilla
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '7
SYNOPSIS: The 30's. In an infinite and arid olive grove a child is looking for life hunting for thrushes, taking asparagus, ... His steps intersect with those of a dying man and, from that moment, nothing will be the same for either of them. "The Good Samaritan" delves into the thriller genre with this story shot entirely in Jaén and that mixes the suspense and emotion without losing the opportunity to talk about how those who hold power what they experience at will and for their own benefit.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE GOOD SAMARITAN • 2019
DIRECTOR: Augusto Sinay
COUNTRY: Argentina
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: A veteran boxer loses his hearing after an arranged fight. He struggles to overcome this situation while abandoned by his manager. The desperate effort to find him, the loneliness and the stabbing silence drag him to a hostile fight outside the ring.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE SOUND OF THE BELL
• 2019
DIRECTOR: Sofija Sztepanov
COUNTRY: Hungary
RUNTIME: '27
SYNOPSIS: Leia is an up-and-coming feminist blogger. She receives a mysterious package, with an invitation to a secret soiree. When she arrives to the elegant villa, she finds an all- female event with all-male servants. Each room presents a different world, with exhibits of extreme feminist views. She understands her writing inspired the evening.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
ANTIFEMINIST • 2019
DIRECTOR: Margalida Adrover
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: '9
SYNOPSIS: A young woman discovers she is pregnant and decides to end the pregnancy since she does not want bo become a mother. Her partner does not support her, because he believes that it is an opportunity to build a home. Nevertheless, her parents do support her until the end, when she has momentary doubts about what she has done.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
EVA • 2019
DIRECTOR: Geraldo Vilchez Rivero
COUNTRY: Peru
RUNTIME: '30
SYNOPSIS: A street preacher and controlled sex addict will pass through a sordid city of Lima searching for his missing ex-wife with the help of a little poet.
Meanwhile, his demons reflect in their own society inhabitants to try to make him sin.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE GARDEN OF THE EARTHLY
DELIGHTS • 2018
DIRECTOR: Brendan McCallion
COUNTRY: Ireland
RUNTIME: '24
SYNOPSIS: In the depths of rural Ireland, Tommy has done everything to look after his sick father, succumbing to a life of isolation in the process. However, letting go proves to be more difficult than he had ever imagined.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
BACKWATER • 2018
DIRECTOR: Erenik Beqiri
COUNTRY: Albania
RUNTIME: '15
SYNOPSIS: The Van finally stops, the doors open and the Son comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his Father with him.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Short Film
THE VAN • 2019
