Dead End
From one place to another. But what if the path runs in a circle and the place of search becomes the place of violence? Where do you go when the dead end runs in both directions? Streets as rooms of confinement and an uneasy public.
May I Go Blind
Քոռանամ ես
Kikos comes from a village lost in time and works his days away as a driver in the city. When he encounters a mysterious girl, speaking to a stray dog, his past begins to reach back to him, staring at him from the entrance of a tunnel.
| Color Grading | Julius Pfeiffer |
| Cast | Kalamian Blue |
| Goharik Pogosyan | |
| Cinematographer | David Goralsky |
| Julius Pfeiffer | |
| Satenig Sajelian | |
| Director | David Goralsky |
| Julius Pfeiffer | |
| Satenig Sajelian | |
| Film School | Hochschule Mainz |
| Music | David Goralsky |
| Producer | David Goralsky |
| Satenig Sajelian | |
| Screenplay | David Goralsky |
| Julius Pfeiffer | |
| Satenig Sajelian | |
| Sound Designer | David Goralsky |
| VFX Artist | Darvish Jasmin |
I Promise You Violence
Te Prometo Violencia
A romanticized childhood, teenage years clouded by violence, and an adulthood shaped by the past. A coming of age short film, diving into the personal memories of the war on drugs through animation and documentary methods.
| Author | Juan Maria Leon |
| Music | Afonso Arrepia Ferreira |
| Sound Designer | Mauricio Ocadiz |
The Accused Showed No Remorse
متهم اظهار پشیمانی نکرد
Amid protests in Iran, Simin secures the release of her teenage son. He returns home withdrawn, and when he suddenly disappears, Simin has to navigate the streets of a city, filled with the outrage of a new generation, to find him.
| Color Grading | Ghodsi Farhad |
| Cast | Farzmand Elahe |
| Peykanou Nastaran | |
| Radin Rouinfar | |
| Cinematographer | Arad Emad |
| Costume | Dordinejad Sanaz |
| Director | Ramin Soltani |
| Sound Designer | Aliakbari Zohreh |
For a Night with Lou
Lou adorée
In a city, filled with hostile onlookers, Rayan meets Lou. For a night with her, he endures a flight through confined streets, lined by oppressive facades. A tale of underlying sexual-attraction and violent-hate enfolds.
| Author | Kévin Corbou |
| Cast | Yanis Doinel |
| Lucie Gallo | |
| Noé Houssard | |
| Cinematographer | Mica Albanese |
| Editing | Annabelle Abdul |
| Film School | La Fémis, Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l’image et du son |
| Sound Designer | Renaud Perret |
79 km
What does a city look like when, just hours away, horrors have become routine? Streets of graffiti and politics, weddings and sports, between alienation and tense presence. A documentation of moments in Jerusalem, from sunrise to sunrise.
| Cinematographer | Yael Frenkel |
| Director | Mika Friehmann |
DIGGING
GRABEN
In the suburbs of a strangely sealed world Martin embarks on a search for familiarity and connection. Passing gravel gardens and the empty aisles of a supermarket, will he manage to connect? And if not, is there any escape at all?
| Assistant Camera | Tobias Berghaus |
| Author | Joshua Martin |
| Cast | Martin Armknecht |
| Cinematographer | Tim Semrau |
| Costume | Lynn Lipka |
| Director | Joshua Martin |
| Producer | Mia Ter Horst |
| Sound Designer | Till Bellinghausen |
| Still | Tim Semrau |