INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2

29.09.24

3pm – 01h08m

Casa de Cultura Jaime Lobo e Silva – Auditorium

THE TORRENTIAL MELODY (Mexico)

6:55

by José Luis Saturno

A town suffering a long drought entrusts its destiny to a wandering musician, who has the power to bring rain with his accordion’s music.

WIND, WHISPER (China)

1:54

by Yipin Zhang

A film inspired by Fengmian Lin’s paintings, combined with the local landscape of Lin’s hometown – a construction of the artist’s memory of childhood.

THIS SIDE, OTHER SIDE (Iran)

8:51

by Lida Fazli

No frontier can prevent friendship and affection between children from flourishing.

JOANA (Spain)

2:50

by Antoni Sendra Barrachina

Joana is turning 6. Her father decided to make an animated documentary to portray her personality and the things she loves the most.

EYES EYES BABY (Sweden)

9:03

by Charlotte Rodenstedt

How will our eyes compare in a world that requires perfection, good grades and attractive CVs? In this film, we meet an organ that’s invaluable, but not at all perfect.

POONG (Switzerland)

1:40

by Laurent Hiroyuki Rohrbasser, Robin Szymczak, Vinh Nguyen

A failed trick shot attempt leads to the adventure of a ping pong ball.

UNDER THE ENDLESS SKY (Ukraine)

4:00

by Alexandra Dzhiganskaya

A personal story about childhood memories from the director’s hometown. A reflection on how memories are preserved and why they possess such a special meaning.

HERBE VERTE (France)

12:00

by Elise Augarten

Red boards the train. Everything is off, unreal. Memories blend together with the landscape. Red wades through and confronts her past.

THE ENCOUNTER (Russian Federation)

5:52

by Aleksandra Krivolutskaia

A young woman returns to her empty childhood home and is confronted with memories in which her late mum was always there for her.

LOOPED (Sweden)

7:20

by Thomas Costa Freté

A love so strong it enables time travel.

SOW (Argentina)

8:27

by Agostina Ravazzola

An activist scientist, accused of committing a terrorist attack that changed the world as we know it, hides in his laboratory and remembers how it all began.