International Competition 3
04.09.2021 – 19.00 – 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.
Mizaru
Sudarshan Suresh
Pays United States
Genre Fiction
2019 - 17'16" - Couleur
A young couple tries to steal some private time in a very public place, when they're paid a visit by the moral police.
Moths
Junmo Kim
Pays South Korea
Genre Fiction
2020 - 29' - Couleur
One day, before the opening of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, Yeonhwa, a North Korean defector and ticket-selling teahouse worker, delivers coffee to a motel. When undercover detectives enter to crack down on the motel, Yoonhyeok, the receptionist and aspiring police officer, stops them.
Aspirations
Aude Gogny-Goubert
Pays France
Genre Fiction
2019 - 13'34" - Couleur
When a young woman with all-consuming professional aspirations becomes the plaything of the person she admires… a charismatic but vacuous actress, an empty vessel who feeds on the people who surround her…
Maria
Paco Ruiz
Pays Spain
Genre Fiction
2019 - 17' - Couleur
Maria lives for her son Bruno, interned in a mental health center. However, the day Bruno is discharged and comes back home, Maria’s stability falters, bringing out a set of feelings she thought she had buried.
Sticker
Georgi M. Unkovski
Pays Macedonia
Genre Fiction
2020 - 18'45" - Couleur
After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his car registration, Dejan falls in a bureaucratic trap that tests his determination to be a responsible father.