The selection for the international competition student films counts 73 films.
Portrait of a father, whose adult children live their own lives far away from him. Director follows his every daily routine at the swimming pool, at work, at home and – first of all – he explores his emotions. It's a film about complicated relationship.
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Everything was taken over by everyday life. The tasks of a worker, the notes of a diary, the words of a radio announcer. Even a bird that was accidentally set free, was now standing motionless.
A 12-year-old girl refuses to eat fish her parents prepare for her. It evokes a choice she made earlier between rightness and obedience.
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‘Kinki’ is an abstract animated film that combines the genres of horror and psychological thriller. The main character, a murderer, records images in his mind which he then uses to reconstruct his crimes. This film attempts to contemplate the real objects (set here and now), which are completely different from the distorted images stored in the killers mind.
Staring at the Smart phone all the time, people are gradually alienating themselves from the normal life and people nearby. This film, Life Smartphone, with its satirical and humorous style, serves to depict the current social situation and give people a chance to be introspective.
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This aims at creating a serene narrative of the traditional bengali wedding capturing the medieval culture of bengal. The film explores the fading traditional rituals which are constantly reshuffled today to suit the modern times. An honest attempt to describe bangla wedding as an event which is a live exhibition of various bengali art forms. “Saat Paak Mone Thak” is also a
tribute to the maestro
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On his way to work, Ruben is haunted by obsessive-compulsive thoughts; is the front door locked? Is the stove really turned off? As Ruben’s creative mind is invaded by increasingly absurd scenarios, reality and imagination begin to merge…
Weird old men living together in a nursery home, surrounded by loneliness, boredom and strict staff of the house.
One of them has a secret, that is beneficial for the others, but harmful for himself.
Is he willing to sacrifice himself on behalf of the others? Does he have a choice?
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An addicted biker runs out of cigarettes. He joins a race to get more, but has to take help from some peculiar people in the audience to stay in the competition.
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