International Competition 12
03.09.2021 – 21.30 – Galeries
Out of nearly 6800 short films submissions (received in 2020 and in 2021), 98 films from 36 countries will compete for the prizes in the International Competition.
In addition to the films selected in 2021, the 24th edition of the BSFF also welcomes the films selected for the International Competition in 2020 which had to be postponed.
Winners of the Grand Prix in the International Competition and National Competitions are considered for pre-selection for the Oscars® in the Best Fiction/Animation Short Film category provided that the film complies with the Academy’s rules.
Maalbeek
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Pays France
Genre Documentary
2020 - 15' - Color - Sous-titres: VO FR ST NL
A survivor but amnesiac of the attack at the Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory.
Like the Ones I Used to Know
Annie St-Pierre
Pays Canada
Genre Fiction
- 18' - Couleur
December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.; Julie and her cousins have eaten too much sugar, Father Christmas is late and Denis, alone in his car, is anxious to set foot in his ex-family-in-law's house to pick up his children. Les grandes claques reunites father and daughter in an early coming of age that is as grating as it is poetic.
Walls of Concrete
Nicolai G.H. Johansen
Pays Denmark
Genre Fiction
- 29'16'' - Color
After many years of investigating fraud and infidelity, private investigator Jørgen has grown tired of the world. He lives a lonely existence and has no real human connections. One day he meets his new neighbor Nadine, who he finds great chemistry with. They strike up a relationship, but his many years alone makes it hard for him to truly connect, and their relationship is soon challenged by this.
Wild West Compressed
Christian Kaufmann
Pays Germany
Genre Animation
2019 - 3' - Couleur
The Wild West! Cowboys galloping through vast landscapes, yearning looks into the distance, huge egos duelling to the blood - of course it needs the wide screen! But even the western has to keep up with the times.
Asho
Jafar Najafi
Pays Iran
Genre Documentary
2019 - 29'32" - Couleur
In a pastoral setting, Asho not only herds his goats, he also dreams of being a film actor. Wearing a straw hat and carrying a rifle, he poses for his greatest role, that of suitor to his cousin Pari. When the little boy's imagination confronts reality, the lines between fiction and reality become blurred.