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Short Film Competition 1

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Iran

2022, Color, Persian; Turkish captioned, English subtitled, 15 dk

2023 Vancouver Short Film Festival; Best BC Short Film 2023 Festival International de Films de Fribourg; Best International Short Film 2022 Festival tous courts;  International Short Film Competition Audacity Prize

Director: Alireza Kazemipour

Screenplay: Alireza Kazemipour, Solmaz Mortezavand

Cinematography: Daiush Nastooh

Editing: Amir Adibparvar

Music: Mehrdad Jafari raad

Producer: Solmaz Mortezavand

Cast: Marjan Alizadeh, Mehran Mirmiri, Hadi Eftekharzadeh

Synopsis

A bald girl and a young boy with long hair whose car has been confiscated due to lack of proper hijab are trying to solve their problem with the Tehran Morality Police without having to pay a fine. Police surveillance cameras have mistaken the boy for a woman because of his long hair, and the young girl, despite her shaved head, has to pay the fine simply because she’s a woman and that the hijab law only applies to females. The two of them are hence resisting the police. Being humiliated by a police officer, they decide to punish the officer in their own way.

Alireza Kazemipour

Award-winning Iranian-Canadian screenwriter, director, and producer Alireza Kazemipour was born in 1973 in Tehran. He has gained his master's degree in film directing from the faculty of art at the University of Tehran in 2010 and directed his first short film "Slowness". He made his second film "The Blue Bed" in 2020 and it has been selected and screened for more than 60 Film festivals around the world and has been received 15 awards and 14 nominations, including the Best Director Award from the Vancouver Short Film Festival.

On the Edge

Australia

2022, Color, German; Turkish captioned, English subtitled, 20 dk

2022 Drama International Short Film Festival; Grand Prix Student Award 2022 Festival Of Nations; Best Actors 2022 Kurzfilmzuckerl; Audience Award Best Film

Director: Matteo Sanders

Screenplay: Matteo Sanders, Tobias Resch

Producer: Shoshana R Aschauer, Marija Burtscher

Production: Lemonade Films

Cast: Tobias Resch, Noah Resch

Synopsis

Felix, just 17 years old, is climbing a mountain when he realises that his 7 years older brother Paul's chronic disease, multiple sclerosis, has already severely limited his mobility. As they make their way to the top of the mountain together, childhood memories come flooding back and a deep fear of an uncertain future grows in them as they ascend.

Matteo Sanders

Born in Innsbruck in 1989. By winning 1st place in a short film competition in 2006, he met Barbara Albert who encouraged him to make films. Since then, he's been making his own short films, music videos and commercials. Since 2017 he has been studying directing and screenwriting at the Filmakademie Wien under professor Michael Haneke. In 2019 he studied a semester in Oslo, Norway at Westerdals School of Arts, Communication and Technology and was an artist in residence in Paliano, Italy in 2021.

Bo and Trash

Spain

2022, Color, No dialogue; Turkish captioned, 12 dk

2023 Orbe Terracqueo International Festival; Best Short Film 2022 EFIR74 Festival of Environmental Films and Advertising; Best Animation

Director: Tatiana Skorlupkina

Screenplay: Tatiana Skorlupkina

Music: Tatiana Skorlupkina

Production: LLC Trendvind

Synopsis

Our planet is choking in garbage. As the garbage pile grows, it transformes into a live embodied force that is invading and upsetting the delicate balance of life on Earth. Fortunately, Bo the dog who lives in a hut deep in the forest, is determined to fight the Trash. A brave chemist, Bo invents a magical solution in his laboratory which can overcome this dreadful monster. Risking his own life to save his friends and the nature in which they all live together, Bo will not be alone on this crucial mission.

Tatiana Skorlupkina

Tatiana Skorlupkina is a musician, artist,  composer, director, animator, screenwriter, and the creator of a new ‘art of the screen’. Born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Graduated from Glazunov Music Conservatory in Petrozavodsk and the Faculty of Arts and Graphics of Saint-Petersburg Herzen University. Held many personal art exhibits of her works both in Russia and in many other countries. Participant and winner of numerous international film festivals.

Birthday

Japan

2023, Color, Japanese; Turkish captioned, English subtitled, 16 dk

2023 Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival; Honorable Mention

Director: Nobuyuki Morikawa

Screenplay: Nobuyuki Morikawa

Cinematography: Nobuyuki Morikawa

Ses: Tetsuya Kawaji

Producer: Nobuyuki Morikawa

Cast: Shiori Tsuchiya

Synopsis

One morning Yasuko wakes up feeling very tired and weak. She calls the company she works for and asks them to give her the day off, and the manager gives Yasuko five days off to have a good rest. Intending to enjoy this holiday, the young woman is also dumped by her boyfriend. She starts drinking too much and becomes more and more desperate. Felling vague anxiety, she is mentally cornered. Yasuko's vacation passes without a sound.

Nobuyuki Morikawa

Born in 1986 in Hyogo, Japan. Began in earnest to work on film production in 2018. In 2022, he made his directorial debut with his first film "gate". Afterwards, he made the films "Living." -which he explored a new silent film format for our time-, "Lightning rod" and "birthday". Stating that he will seek the answer to the question of what the art of cinema is by continuing to make films, the young director is currently working on his latest film “barren".

As Possible As Everything

Turkey

2022, Color, Color, Turkish; Turkish captioned, English subtitled, 17 dk

2022 Los Angeles Independent Short Awards; Best First Time Director 2022 New Delhi Women Directors Film Carnival; Best Short Film Award 2022 Paris Art and Movie Awards; Best Short Film

Director: Selen Özcan

Screenplay: Selen Örcan

Cinematography: Edze Ali

Editing: Sezer Uçar

Music: Muaz Ceyhan

Producer: Elif Reis

Cast: Selin Hasar, Zeynep Kızıltan, Mehmet Esen

Synopsis

Saadet, who arranged a job interview by means of her father's former boss pulling some strings, is put under a great responsibility. Her father Galip wants to change the family's story of failure through his hardworking daughter, Saadet, who is likely to climb the social ladder. While Saadet is waiting at the bus stop to go to the meeting, she accepts the offer of Çiğdem, who has just moved to the neighborhood, to give her a ride. During their conversation, they realize that although they belong to different classes and cultures, their problems are quite familiar to each other. The intimacy of the two women is interrupted when, accompanying the breakdown of the vehicle, they realize that they are going to the same company for an interview for the same position.

Selen Özcan

Born in 1994 in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Performing Arts – Dramatic Writing in 2018. In 2016, she took part in the Kumbaracı50 Theater Community's project named "Pera's Time" with her play "The Last Song". She was in the script team of the short film "The Embroidered Dress" shot in 2017. The film won several national/international awards. In 2020, her first feature project named "Unfruitful Times", which she screenwrote, was entitled to receive the Ministry of Culture “First Feature Support Fund” and North Macedonian Film Agency “Co-Production Support”.

For Child Never Born

Iran

2023, Color, No dialogue; Turkish captioned, 15 dk

Director: Afsaneh Aghanezhad

Screenplay: Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Vali Bagheri

Producer: Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Vali Bagheri

Cast: Aylin Bagheri, Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Razieh Karimi

Synopsis

A little girl is seeing the loss of her father and her pregnant mother's effort that faces the society problems. The girl is happy for her mother's pregnancy but it seems to be a mirage because she has to make big decisions and abandon her doll, the only companion who gives meaning to her life.

Afsaneh Aghanezhad

Born in 1985 in Tabriz. Afsaneh Aghanezhad is a university lecturer and holds a master's degree in psychology. The director, who has a speciality diploma in film acting at the film school, works as a psychologist consultant and drama therapist besides being a filmmaker. She is a permanent member of the acting and directing committees of the Union of Cinematographers of East Azerbaijan Province.

Conditional Desire

Tunisia

2023, Color, No dialogue; Turkish captioned, 15 dk

Director: Houcem Slouli

Screenplay: Houcem Slouli

Cinematography: Farouk Laaridh

Editing: Chedy Fendri

Music: Oussema Gaidi

Producer: Houcem Slouli, Sarra Ben Hassen

Cast: Cmène Ghazouani, Slim Dhib, Aicha Azzouz, Ghassen Trabelsi

Synopsis

In a society of expectations, Ahmed and Salma, two young homosexuals, marry for convenience, seeking freedom and pursuing their passions. With secret lovers representing their true identities, they navigate emotional challenges, questioning sacrifices made to preserve their secret. "Conditional Desire" explores identity, love, and staying true in a restrictive world.

Houcem Slouli

Born in 1994 in Tunis, Tunisia. Studied cinema at ISAMM and ESAC. He has participated in several national and international festivals with his graduation project short film titled "Iitidel". Since 2016, he has been working as an assistant director and casting director. He has gained diverse experience working in the advertising industry, as well as Tunisian and foreign films and productions. In addition to his work in the film industry, Houcem Slouli has also gained experience in organizing film festivals.