Shorts Attack in Mai 2020

6 films in 85 minutes

The program:

THE VAN
Erenik Beqiri
France/ Albania 2019 – 15 min
Live Action Short
Survive!
The van stops, the doors open, and the son comes out alive. Only a few more fights, then he’ll be able to leave Albania. He still hopes his father will come with him.

ANNA
Dekel Berenson
France 2019 – 15 min
Live Action Short
Party-Comedy
Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY
Vasilis Kekato
Greece / France – 9 min
Live Action Short
Making friendship?
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at a gas station. One wants to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. One willo sell the other the distance that separates them from the sky.

DIE STUNDE DES BÄREN (L‘Heure de l‘ours)
Agnès Patron
France 2019
14 min
Animation
Son and mother
When a boy’s close bond with his mother is imperiled one night by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, matters of nature and nurture collide.

WHO TALKS
Elin Overgaard
Schweden 2019 – 15 min
Live Action Short
Ask the people
In a Swedish city, there are plans to open a new home for young, unaccompanied refugees. The municipal authorities have invited the town’s residents to an open meeting to discuss it.

ALL INCLUSIVE
Teemu Nikki
Finland 2019 – 15 min
Live Action Short
Magic power
Bullied by his co-workers and disrespected by nearly everyone else, a sad sack gets the chance to change his life. But, as soon becomes clear, this opportunity may have unexpected ramifications.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 219 of Shorts Attack!