International Competition 6

29.04.2023 – 20.30 – Flagey
03.05.2023 – 22.00 – Flagey

Out of 3500 short films submissions, 52 films will compete for the prizes in the International Competition.

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.

Appalachia

Roxana Stroe

Pays France

Genre Fiction

2022 - 27'05" - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO ST EN/FR

Leo, a 17-year-old biker, and Raisa, the daughter of the pastor of a small conservative village in Romania, fall in love at first sight. But communitarianism and religious fanaticism threaten to destroy their relationship.

Amarradas (Roped)

Carmen Córdoba González

Pays Spain

Genre Animation

2022 - 10'00'' - Couleur - Sous-titres: No dialogue

Mother and Daughter are roped for life by an eternal bond that heals and hurts, and that is perpetuated when Daughter becomes a Mother.

Tonser (Bulldozer)

Mads Koudal

Pays Denmark

Genre Fiction

2022 - 13'40'' - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO ST EN/FR

Three friends are hanging out at the marina with the adrenalin still rushing after they have stolen energy drinks from the supermarket. When they notice an autistic man, the “alpha girl” in the group, Agnes, starts to exploit the man’s good-natured way of being.

Triivides kaugusse (Drifting Apart)

Rebeka Rummel

Pays Estonia

Genre Fiction

2022 - 20'29'' - Couleur - Sous-titres: VO ST EN/FR

When Vera goes to the Soviet astronauts’ holiday resort to treat her astronaut husband Alexei, the summer idyll gets shattered by the suspicion about her husband, the suspicion which invades Vera’s soul secretly.