International Shorts #1
Wednesday, 16 OCT 2024
21:00
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This screening session features 7 short films (see below). All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
LAB111 (cinema 2), Arie Biemondstraat 111, 1054 PD Amsterdam
FREE TICKETS + DRINK: Reserve your tickets here​.
Thanks to our sponsors, we can also offer you a free drink at the cinema's bar afterwards!
Wood Dove (United States) by David Jonathan Orr
Animated video, made entirely from still images of dove feathers for a song by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
Running time: 00:04:48
Fuck-A-Fan (Netherlands) by Muriel d’Ansembourg
Click counts, fan “likes” and subscription rates – welcome to the new world of porn. Chloe Cam, the hottest viral adult star in the UK, posts a Fuck-a-Fan contest to bump those numbers.
Meanwhile, Thomas, an awkward young man from Amsterdam whose heart was recently broken enters on a whim, and wins. When the lights go on and the camera starts rolling, Thomas and Chloe find themselves as they never expected: vulnerable, and accountable to each other. What is intimacy in an age where you swipe from date to date, sexting is the new flirting, and social media is the global playground? “Fuck-A-Fan” explores what it means to be real in these very unreal times.
Running time: 00:24:09
M.A.D. (Costa Rica) by Andres Bronnimann
Visualize the catastrophic impact of nuclear war, revealing the absurdity of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction.
Running time: 00:03:16
Frogs (Turkey) by Vehbi BozdaÄŸ
One morning, a girl, who lives with her mother in a small-town, notices that the rubble is being removed from the field outside her window. This realization prompts her to reassess her life and the environment she lives in, as she spends most of her time in her room.
Running time: 00:13:26
Tennis, Oranges (United States) by Sean Pecknold
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
Running time: 00:10:53
Five (United States) by Scott Petill
The film, "5", is a visually poetic and symbolic story of unification and a journey into purity, told through metaphoric and symbolic narrative.
Running time: 00:02:08
Leaving Chouchou (France) by Lucie Demange
It's the holidays at my mother’s place. The atmosphere is tense: she doesn't accept that I'm not the feminine daughter she always dreamed of having. In addition, she is in the middle of her breakup with my stepfather. The holidays are going to be hectic...
Running time: 00:31:00