Silhouettes Competition 3 – Places, Known and Unknown
01 I will take your shadow
Director(s)
Ayala SHOSHANA
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Germany
Length: 18' 56''
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Two brothers were forced to leave Vienna. The director, one's granddaughter, is lost in her dreams, which bring the past of them into reality. The untold transforms into a search for what's lost. Waking and dreaming are equally real, where passed down stories become real.
02 Soaked In
Director(s)
Shiyu TANG
Synopsis
At a humid and warm place, I existed. The whitewashed "gender selection" takes place in two different spaces, where satisfaction and despair mingles.
03 Monk SEISHIN
Director(s)
Ryotaro MIYAJIMA
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Japan
Length: 02' 53''
Synopsis
A rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry.
04 The Great Arc
Director(s)
Camille AUTHOUART
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: France
Length: 11' 58''
Synopsis
With nearly 70 monumental works of art scattered throughout the district, La Défense, Paris, is Europe's largest open-air museum. Sitting between the legs of the gigantic Red Spider, I wonder how I didn't notice them before...
05 Via Dolorosa
Director(s)
Rachel GUTGARTS
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: France
Length: 12' 00''
Synopsis
Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality and a permanent state of war, she is searcing for her lost youth while wandering the streets of Jerusalem.
06 Fires
Director(s)
Mohammad BABAKOOHI
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: France
Length: 04' 10''
Synopsis
Karun, a stray dog, fights to survive in a chaotic environment ravaged by drought.
07 That Doesn't Fit
Director(s)
Ackshaj ANAND
Synopsis
A series of various scenarios where people fit in too much, and a smorgasbord of characters in uncomfortable settings where they fit in too much.
08 The House of Loss
Director(s)
Jinkyu JEON
Synopsis
The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces.
09 City Fatigue
Director(s)
Théodora JACOBS
Film info
Year of production: 2022
Country of production: Belgium
Length: 03' 59''
Synopsis
A look from the building watches from the upper window the city below, lulled by its steps and beat. In a continuous motion, they get tired but one doesn’t go to sleep. When does the city stop ?