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A massage for the heart with a big pinch of pain to go, please! Here’s our rollercoaster of emotions for the perfect Friday evening.
Choupan (The Shepherd)
Right before showtime, the main actor drops out, but luckily Maysam knows the words by heart. However, he is not allowed to play the shepherd.
Language: Persian (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Mehrshad Ranjbar |
| Cinematographer | Davoud Malek |
| Costume | Masiha Aslani |
| Editing | Ehsan Vaseghi |
| Music | Aria Gazor |
| Production Designer | Hamed Aslani |
| Supervising Sound Designer | Ramin Abousedgh |
Lilli + Camille
This Stop-motion film explores the loss of loved ones and how the rebirth of the plant world can help.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Iris Birke |
| Cinematographer | Patrick Gregg |
| Music | Sam Cope |
| Sound Mixer | Michal Krajczok |
| Film School | University of Europe for Applied Sciences Berlin |
Seventeen
Seventeen, pregnant and on her way out of California, Jasmines plans are interrupted by her young mother, who tries to persuade her to have an abortion.
Language: Chinese, English (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Geqi Li |
| Cinematographer | Tannie Tang |
| Editing | Geqi Li |
| Inga Zhang | |
| Screenplay | Geqi Li |
| Sound Mixer | Aidan Reynolds |
| Art Director | Lin Yongkai |
Anastasia
After losing his mother, 10-year-old Antoine is confronted with different types of grief and has to deal with his own feelings and memories.
Language: English, French (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Timur Aslaev |
| Camera | Oswaldo Toledano |
| Cast | Carmen Ferlan |
| Katharina Kent | |
| Felix Patricio | |
| Michel Savard | |
| Cinematographer | Oswaldo Toledano |
| Costume | Lysandre Chartrand |
| Editing | Timur Aslaev |
| Rakan Wafa | |
| Lighting | Isabelle Slattery |
| Producer | Guillaume Chabot |
| Screenplay | Timur Aslaev |
| Sound Designer | Timur Aslaev |
| Andrés Solis | |
| Art Director | Azar Yazbek |
| First Ad | Xavier Hovington-Dupuis |
| Assistant Camera | Qixun (Victor) Wu |
| Composer | Claudie Bertounesque |
Content Notes
Malwa Khushan
When a new girl arrives at the school of sisters Malwa and Kushan in rural India, one of them develops unexpected feelings.
Language: Hindi (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Sourav Yadav |
| Preeti Kanungo | |
| Cast | Priyanshi Bharti |
| Prakrati Chauhan | |
| Cinematographer | Sourav Yadav |
| Editing | Amit Kulkarni |
| Producer | Neeraj Churi |
| Saagar Gupta | |
| Sridhar Rangayan | |
| Screenplay | Preeti Kanungo |
| Sound Designer | Swarnadeep Karan |
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