Docu-mental: Shorts

Runtime: 67 min.
Age: 18+

Спираль
The Spiral

Year: 2022
Country: Argentina
Director: María Silvia Esteve
Genre: short
Language: English
Runtime: 20 min.
Age: 16+
A WhatsApp audio begins, and a downward spiral unfolds. The voice of a woman sinking into a health anxiety attack, quickly entangles a complex labyrinth of fears and subconscious emotions. Does home really feel like home?

Awards & Festivals:

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes – participation (Directors' Fortnight) 
AFI Fest – Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention (Sound Design)
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival – Honorable Mention - Experimental Competition
Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival – participation 
Hong Kong International Film Festival – participation 
Chicago International Film Festival – participation
Valladolid International Film Festival – participation 
Guanajuato International Film Festival – participation

Лёгкое безумие на всю жизнь
Folie douce, folie dure

Year: 2020
Country: France
Director: Marine Laclotte
Genre: short, animation
Language: French
Runtime: 18 min.
Age: 16+
Sweet Madness, Lasting Lunacy

This walk in the daily life of several psychiatric institutions allows us to meet extraordinary people who let us enter their privacy.

Awards & Festivals:

César Awards, France – Best Animated Short Film
Shanghai International Film Festival – Golden Goblet (Best Short Animated Film)
ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival – Special Jury Mention

Разумный разум
Mind My Mind

Year: 2019
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Director: Floor Adams
Genre: short, animation, comedy
Language: English
Runtime: 29 min.
Age: 18+
Chris, an autistic young man who camouflages his obsession with dive bombers, gets by with the help of Hans, the little guy who lives in his head and translates Chris’s social scripts for him. When zoologist Gwen invites Chris to meet her favorite chameleon, Chris and Hans move expeditiously ahead with a flirt script…but then the chameleon dies and Gwen needs Chris to go off script.

Awards & Festivals:

Tribeca Film Festival – Nominee: Best Animated Short
Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival – Audience Award (Best Short Film)
Encounters International Film Festival – Animated Encounters Grand Prix - Special Mention
Fargo Film Festival – Best Animation
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival – SAE Creative Media Institute Award (Best Use of Digital Technology In A Short Film)
Indy Shorts International Film Festival – Grand Prize (Animated Short)
San Jose International Short Film Festival – Best Animation