Academy Award winners and nominated short films and documentaries are presented by their directors, who share their experiences with our audience during the festival.

 

Aquel que no era yo

Synopsis:

KANEY (Juan Tojaka) is an African child soldier. He lives with many child soldiers and obeys the orders given by the man who has become like their father, the GENERAL of the Rebel Army (Babou Cham). PAULA (Alejandra Lorente) is a Spanish aid worker who moved to Africa following her boyfriend, JUANJO (Gustavo Salmerón), in order to bring help and to rescue the child soldiers who live there.In a border crossing point, PAULA and KANEY meet each other and this will be the starting point of this dramatic story, full of fear, violence and redemption.

Facing fear

Synopsis:

The lives of a former neo-Nazi and victim of one of his attacks cross again 25 years after the incident, embarking on a journey of forgiveness and even friendship.

Cave digger

Synopsis:

Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, ‘eighth wonder of the world’ art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences. Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego commissions altogether and create a massive, 10-year project, his Magnum Opus

Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? | Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?

Synopsis:

A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with children, and a mother who thinks she is better than one in charge of everything.

Feral

Synopsis:

A feral child is found in the forest by a hunter, and decides to take him back to civilization. Alienated by his new environment, the boy tries to adjust using the same strategies that kept him alive in the woods.

Helium

Synopsis:

The boy Alfred is hospitalized and dying, but through the stories about Helium – a magical fantasy world where people go when the need ‘the deep sleep’ – told by the hospital’s eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life and finds a safe haven away from daily life.

Avant Que De Tout Perdre | Just Before Losing Everything

Synopsis:

A young boy pretends to go to school and hides under a small bridge. A teenager in tears waits at a bus stop. A woman picks them up and drives them to the parking lot of a supermarket. They step out of the car, the woman takes a big trash bag out of the trunk. All three rush inside the store…

The Voorman Problem

Synopsis:

Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is a god.