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Pardi di Domani – Concorso Corti d’Autore · 38

A Son & a Father

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Andrés Ramírez Pulido

A Son & a Father People see Kevin as a troubled boy: he loses his temper when he's made fun of. After…

Like What Would Sorrow Look

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Hao Zhou

Like What Would Sorrow Look An auditor, a propagandist, and a foreign teacher untangle their lives in the confines of…

The Masked Monster

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Syeyoung Park

The Masked Monster Overcome with hunger, a girl trades her brother for a bag of rice. When her hunger is…

Days Before the Death of Nicky

Denis Côté

Days Before the Death of Nicky Behind the wheel of her little car, Nicky seems to be on a mission. Roads pass by but the…

The Exploding Girl

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Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

The Exploding Girl For the past three months, Candice has been exploding every day. Sometimes even two or…

Mouths

Valentin Merz

Mouths Two barrel organ players roam the streets of Juárez, a district of Mexico City. They play…

My Life is Wind (a letter)

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Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

My Life is Wind (a letter)Myriam, a refugee torn from her Middle Eastern home, is resettled in the American…

Practice, Practice, Practice

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Kevin Jerome Everson

Practice, Practice, Practice Practice, Practice, Practice is what Richard Bradley did before he took down the…

Revolving Rounds

Johann Lurf, Christina Jauernik

Revolving Rounds A mid-century cinematic device that uses a rotating barrier-grid to display…

Upshot

Maha Haj

Upshot A reclusive couple’s carefully maintained fantasy is threatened when an uninvited…

400 Cassettes

Thelyia Petraki

400 Cassettes After a lesson about cosmic archaeologists and a water fight in the schoolyard, Elly…

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Xandra Popescu

On the Impossibility of an Homage Who is responsible for a portrait, the painter or the subject? Ion was a rockstar of…

Dull Spots of Greenish Colours

Sasha Svirsky

Dull Spots of Greenish Colours The war for our attention has suddenly become an actual war. Information technologies…

Freak

Claire Barnett

Freak A couple is confronted with a question that tests the boundaries of their relationship:…

Gender Reveal

Mo Matton

Gender Reveal Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, winds up at their boss’ gender reveal party with their…

Hymn of the Plague

Ataka51

Hymn of the Plague In an old Soviet recording studio, musicians attempt to record a composition based on…

Icebergs

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Carlos Pereira

Icebergs One night, in the darkness of an alienating city, Theo is confronted with his own…

On Weary Wings Go By

Anu-Laura Tuttelberg

On Weary Wings Go By A wintry poem of Nordic nature. The sun is low, days shorten. Birds fly south, porcelain…

Ludwig (Power Inferno)

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Anton Bialas

Ludwig (Power Inferno)A short tale of power, utopia, and madness, seen through the figure of King Ludwig II of…

Mother Is a Natural Sinner

Boris Hadžija, Hoda Taheri

Mother Is a Natural Sinner Hoda, an Iranian refugee in Germany, lives with her boyfriend, Hadi. An unexpected…

Punter

Jason Adam Maselle

Punter Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of Johannesburg’s gambling world as a seemingly…

May It Go Beautifully for You, Rico

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Joel Alfonso Vargas

May It Go Beautifully for You, Rico An aimless teen and his underage girlfriend sell illegally brewed cocktails called…

Razeh-del

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Maryam Tafakory

Razeh-del In 1998, two schoolgirls sent a letter to Iran's first-ever women’s newspaper. While they…

Ashen Sun

Camille Monnier

Ashen Sun The pool is empty, the sun is beating down, and the tension is mounting: the ecological…

The Cavalry

Alina Orlov

The Cavalry A semi-documentary that follows horses in a rural setting, the West Bank, and an Israeli…

The Form

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Melika Pazouki

The Form Eli, a 15-year-old teenager, gets ready in the school restroom to go on her first date…

The Nature of Dogs

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Pom Bunsermvicha

The Nature of Dogs A family of four and their dog arrive at a seaside hotel. What seems to be an ordinary…

WAShhh

Mickey Lai

WAShhh Set in a Malaysia National Service camp, a Chinese trainee is ordered by the teacher to…

What Mary Didn't Know

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Konstantina Kotzamani

What Mary Didn't Know A cruise ship, the Neoromantica, crosses the Mediterranean. Among pensioners who yearn…

Better Not Kill the Groove

Jonathan Leggett

Better Not Kill the Groove Between scootering and self-development, a young boy in search of his identity explores…

looking she said I forget

Naomi Pacifique

looking she said I forget Having just moved to Amsterdam, Lou prepares her new apartment to share with her partner,…

Mom Dances

Mégane Brügger

Mom Dances What remains of a mother after years of domestic violence? What remains of her body, her…

Métropole

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Theo Kunz

Métropole An investigation into urban space from the perspective of young people in Lyon. The film…

Progress Mining

Gabriel Böhmer

Progress Mining Feed the monster, have a cup of tea, and if it's your first day – don't pay attention to…

Territory

Felix Scherrer

Territory A summer walk through Zurich ends in a police check. Prison ruins are turned into parks,…

Voiceless

Samuel Patthey

Voiceless Dan spends most of his time in his apartment listening to electronic music. In the…

Sky Rogers: Manager to the Stars

Ciel Sourdeau

Sky Rogers: Manager to the Stars Sky Rogers tries to launch a new boy band as his biggest star slips away. Will the…

Tinderboys

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Sarah Bucher, Carlos Tapia

Tinderboys She scrolls through profiles on a dating app. After meticulously preparing the meeting…