LATE NIGHT SHORTS: FLESH & VESSEL
Wed 8 July | 22:15 | Pálás Screen 2 | 105′
From fairy tales and folklore to religion, migration, work, and ambition, these international shorts explore identity, desire and transformation.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.
Daylight
A young girl discovers the true meaning of found family after being transformed into a vampire.
Director/Writer: Andrea Walter
Producer: May May Luong
Rouge
In this adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, nothing is as expected: “Hoodie” boldly asserts her desires without fear or shame, the Wolf is far from a predator, and Grandmother is losing her mind.
Director/Writer: Zoé Arene
Producers: Benoît Roland, Clément Bancel
Taga
Vivi, a third-culture Filipina-American, travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her roots, but falls in with a group of Western eco-volunteers. When they scorn the customs of a remote mountain village, an ancient evil comes knocking.
Director/Writer: Jill Sachs
Producers: Joyce Liu-Countryman, Louise Barretto, Kristine De Leon
Indian in a Box
An Indian immigrant finds himself trapped inside a metal box, with the walls closing in – threatening to crush him to death… unless he completes his assigned work on time. Sounds like your typical day in the office.
Director: Nishanth R.
Producers: Nathan Xia, Jacob Staudenmaier
Writers: Nishanth R., Nathan Xia
Pandora
Gifted butcher Dora lives and works in her father’s farm-to-table abattoir, raising, slaughtering and butchering human clones.
Director/Writer: Isabelle Kirk
Producer: Gregory Randolph
O Véu (The Veil)
A religious cult, with fake possession rituals, spirals into darkness when the pastor’s daughter is truly taken by an entity.
Director: Gabriel Motta
Producers: Gabriel Motta, Felipe Apolonio, Jonts Ferreira
Writers: Gabriel Motta, Jonts Ferreira
Tapeworm Alexis & the Opera Diva
Tapeworm Alexis helps Maria Callas rise to the “Prima Assoluta”, a success story that ends in the biggest opera scandal of all time. Their lives become a rollercoaster ride – until the bitter end.
Director/Writer: Thaïs Odermatt
Producers: Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler