International Competition 6
03.09.2021 – 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.
The Present
Farah Nabulsi
Pays Palestine
Genre Fiction
2020 - 24'16" - Couleur
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
Mon Royaume
Guillaume Gouix
Pays France
Genre Fiction
2019 - 16'59" - Couleur
None of this will matter to the people who come here after us. To them, these will only be simple walls, they’ll turn it into a walk-in closet or a parental suite. Our memories are worth more than that.They don’t belong in boxes, they are everywhere. Fuck nostalgia.
Anita
Sushma Khadepaun
Pays India
Genre Fiction
2020 - 17'38" - Couleur
Anita, a young Indian living in the US, returns to India for her sister’s wedding. She
counts on her husband’s support to announce some great news. All excited, her family immediately
assumes Anita is having a baby, but their joy is short-lived. Anita found a new job.
El tamaño de las cosas
Carlos Felipe Montoya
Pays Colombia
Genre Fiction
2019 - 16'02" - Couleur
Diego lives with his father in a house without things. One day, he finds a chair in the woods and the desire of possession arises in him. Diego takes the chair home but when he realizes the chair throws a strange shadow over his house, he will uncover the secret that hides in the size of things.
Il Branco
Antonio Corsini
Pays Italy
Genre Fiction
2020 - 13'18" - Couleur
William is a rich and troubled teenager whose pastime is organizing dog fights together with a group of delinquents that he calls friends. When he shows his true origins to the girl he is in love with, everything changes.
The Plunge
Simon Ryninks
Pays United Kingdom
Genre Fiction
2019 - 9'47" - Couleur
After a night of passion Emily tells Jay that she’d like to use a strap-on. Scared of losing a girl he has a connection with, Jay reluctantly agrees.