INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
- I-AComedy & Drama
- I-BCinephile
- I-CWorld Stories
- I-DLove & Arts
- I-ESpice of Life
- I-FSense of Diversity
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SELFIES
A fireworks display of grinning people who lose themselves in the abysses of human existence. A selfie race around the world.
Claudius Gentinetta
Animation | Switzerland | 2018 | 0:03:40
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71st Locarno Festival, Switzerland
Annecy 2019, Short films Competition
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA - PRIX DU CINEMA SUISSE
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THE FEAR OF DYING IN TRANSIT
In a replica of a segment of the new Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland, the underground landscape becomes a site for filmic and sensory experimentation in which we are immersed for a hypnotic and ironic journey.
Ian Purnell
Documentary, Experimental | Germany, Switzerland | 2018 | 0:28:50
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Documentamadrid 2019, Madrid, Spain
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2018, USA
Go Short 2019 - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands
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SWIPE
A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her.
Niels Bourgonje
Fiction, Thriller | Netherlands | 2019 | 0:05:48
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FARTA
Theresa has documented all of her daughter Marta’s childhood on social media without considering the full consequences.
Silvia Cannarozzi
Fiction, Drama | Germany | 2018 | 0:10:00
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David di donatello, 2019, Italy, official selection
Independent Days International Filmfestival, 2018, Germany, Official Selection
ASFF As Film Festival, Italy, Best short Under 35
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TAKE MY HAND
A woman is heartbroken and grieving after suffering the loss of her only child when her closest friends come to her aid. Original Song “Believe” Co-Written by Cherie Currie (The Runaways) and Jake Hays (Maudlin Strangers). Song performed by Cherie Currie.
Alan J. Levi
Fiction, Drama | USA | 2018 | 0:17:45
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SWATTED
Online players describe their struggles with "swatting", a life-threatening cyber-harassment phenomenon that looms over them whenever they play. The events take shape through youtube videos and wireframe images from a video game.
Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
Documentary, Video Art | France | 2018 | 0:21:14
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Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland(2018)
International Competition
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (2019)
Labo Competition Won: Special Jury Award
Tampere Film Festival, Finland (2019)
International Competition