Shortfilm Fiction
THE CHOP
EE.UU., 15 min. 2024.Dir: Fiona Obertinca
Choco Hoax is the latest fashion film by Milan-based filmmaker Alice Fassi. The film offers a satirical critique of greenwashing and the consumerist tendencies of contemporary society. With a blend of irony and surrealism, the film exposes the deceptive nature of marketing campaigns that promote products by highlighting what they lack rather than their true essence.
Choco Hoax is the latest fashion film by Milan-based filmmaker Alice Fassi. The film offers a satirical critique of greenwashing and the consumerist tendencies of contemporary society. With a blend of irony and surrealism, the film exposes the deceptive nature of marketing campaigns that promote products by highlighting what they lack rather than their true essence.
Fiona Obertinca
MILLE HEURES
France, 16,44 min., 2024.Dir: Léo Deschênes, Marion Moneuse
Paris, 1924. In the secrecy of a meeting room, four of the biggest light bulb manufacturers are negotiating a historic agreement: rather than continuing to innovate to make their products more durable, they are going to agree to lower them in order to sell more of them. Their hypocrisy, cynicism and greed disgust Louise, the young typist attending the meeting.
Léo Deschênes, Marion Moneuse
OLD WORLD
Philippines, 8,20 min., 2024.
Dir: Roland Cartagena
While hunting for pitcher plants, a taciturn poacher encounters an unexpected object in the middle of the forest and finds himself listening to someone grieving about their….
Roland Cartagena
THE CONSULTANT
Turkey, 9,55 min., 2024.
Dir: Mehmet Kanadli, Ibrahim Kaplan
In the near future, each family is assigned advisors responsible for them in order to balance the population and resource consumption and maintain order. According to the law, the Consultant is the only person in the family who will make all decisions.
Mehmet Kanadli, Ibrahim Kaplan
PLANETAGATIK
Spain, 10 min., 2024.Dir: Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano
Mario, a scientist conducting spectacular experiments at an advanced food research center alongside his colleague Karla, turns to his boss Juana when the new environmental policies for employees become unbearable.
Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano
59 DEGRÉS
France, 9,52 min., 2024.Dir: Matias de Sa Moreira, Cyril Pinero
A couple and a real estate agent visit a parking space.
In 2050, parking lots are now rented out as apartments, because the temperature is much lower than outside, where it's constantly over 50 degrees.But the man in the couple is thinking of buying for his mother, who is in a nursing home without air conditioning, and the woman is thinking of buying for herself.The real estate agent, on the other hand, is thinking of just one thing: making money.
Matias de Sa Moreira, Cyril Pinero
THE VEILED CITY
United Kingdom, 13 min., 2023.Dir: Natalie Cubides-Brady
A speculative city symphony inspired by London’s Great Smog of 1952. Merging reality with fiction, The Veiled City invites us to understand the smog in the context of the present-day climate crisis.
Natalie Cubides-Brady
DAMJI
Iran, 1,45 min., 2024.
Dir: Nazanin Chitsaz
A child is gathering wasted water drops…
Nazanin Chitsaz
HIKURIMéxico, 17 min., 2023.Dir: Sandra Ovilla
A young Huichol woman cannot find food and peyote for her community; mining companies have polluted the water, poisoning plants and animals. Having no other choice, the inhabitants of her community have decided to leave her land. Her grandmother entrusts her with planting the last remaining peyote seeds, but she will have to decide between planting them or leaving the community.
Sandra Ovilla
EL ESPEJO DEL VALLE
Peru, 11,30 min.., 2024.Dir: Alejandra Gómez Pinilla
In the middle of the Peruvian highlands, on the shores of a lake of crystalline waters, lies a remote village afflicted by strange disappearances and sudden deaths, attributed to the legend of the cursed lake. Unay and his grandfather Toño will try to discover the truth behind the mystery and save the village from extinction.
Alejandra Gómez Pinilla
UN WESTERN
Spain, 4 min., 2024.Dir: Juanqui Soto, Luis Paredes
In Cantabria, a place in Northern Spain known for its green mountains and constant rain, one local is heading to the beach when he faces what is seems a cowboy. They will debate about the situation of the climate change facing the fact that they might be playing in a western movie.
Juanqui Soto, Luis Paredes
THE RESIDENTES OF 49
Ireland, 4,50 min., 2024.Dir: Ceara Carney
What appears to be an overgrown urban garden is actually home to a plethora of flora and fauna. Ceara Carney takes you on a poetic journey through this densely populated residence: a haven in the midst of a biodiversity crisis.
Ceara Carney
