World Shorts: Programme 1

Wed 06 July / Pálás 3 / 14:30 / 16+

The first selection of shorts in our world series presents eight films. This programme hosts a mix of live-action, documentaries and animated Irish Premieres, featuring work from an array of countries, including India, Ukraine and the United States.

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The Diaper Cake
Пелюшковий торт

Lena and Vitya, two kids in their early 20s, now have a child of their own. As the new parents try to wake their baby for feeding, they deal with the irreversible changes in their lives and with each other.

Director: Anastasia Babenko
Producers: Mariia Ponomarova & Mira Asadova-Oyetoro
Country: Ukraine

Ice Merchants

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

Director: João Gonzalez
Producers: Bruno Caetano & Michaël Proença
Countries: France, Portugal & United Kingdom

Holy Cowboys

In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy and his group of friends set off on a quest to become saviours of the holy cow, only to be caught in the web of growing Hindu nationalist extremism.

Director: Varun Chopra
Producer: Anna Hashmi
Country: India

Time to Vote
Votamos

What begins as an ordinary meeting of neighbours in an apartment building turns into an unexpected debate about the limits of coexistence.

Director: Santiago Requejo
López-Mateos
Producers: Santiago Requejo López-Mateos, Jose Antonio Escudero Pérez & Jose Carlos Sanz Rodríguez
Country: Spain

Swim

A chance encounter at a swimming pool offers the promise of a beautiful relationship between Sid & Luke. Could it all be shattered when Sid decides to just be himself?

Director: Michael Gamarano Singleton
Producer: Chris Kyriacou
Country: United Kingdom

TYPE

Franny is a young woman growing up with chronic allergies that isolate her from the world. In her search for friends and a soulmate, she finds a parasite that can solve all her problems – for 24 glorious hours.

Director: Lesley-anne Rose
Producers: Dana Bruce & Maria Caruana Galizia
Country: United Kingdom

The F-Word

When a young girl asks her father what the ‘f-word’ means, he falls into a feedback loop of explaining its many definitions.

Directors: Alex Cannon & Paul Cannon
Producer: Andrew Li
Country: United States

ASPIRATIONAL SLUT

A heartbroken woman, on advice from a pizza delivery guy, decides to become a slut. In the process, she finds that wild random sex leads to something unexpected.