72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Bojina Panayotova
France - Germany
9 min.
Short film
Not so easy to speak to one's father, even on a rugby field.
Not in competition
Lauren Wolkstein
USA
13 min.
Short film
A young marine, just back from a harrowing tour of duty in the Middle East, is forced to play the role of hero at a homecoming party thrown in his honor, where he finds himself attracted to a rebellious young woman who appears to be a kindred soul.
Carolina Astudillo
Spain
24 min.
Short film
Libertad, enriqueta, Maricarmen and albert evoke the years in which their mothers and their aunt were in Barcelona's Les Corts prison, a period tinged with innocence, helplessness and sadness. Their childish stories submerge us in a world of which the protagonists are their memories, oblivion and the passing of time. In this pendular movement between past and present, memory proliferates, consumes itself and disappears.
Mario Fernández Alonso
Spain
20 min.
Short film
''...and therefore most of the atom would be completly void. The same thing occurs in the outer space, where matter is a rare exception amongst enormous oceans of empty space...''
Kristoffer Karlsson Rus
Poland
19 min.
Short film
This short deals with the seventh commandment ("You shall not steal") in the new Decalogue. Young graffiti artists steal paints from a shop and, supervised by Tomasz, a 45-year-old graphic artist, start to paint graffiti on the wall. Tomasz is going to through a difficult period in his professional and personal life working under pressure from his employer who wants him to prepare a project that will satisfy the client. He has to compromise his own beliefs and taste and struggle to meet the deadline.The film was made as part of "Decalogue 89+" series.
Nathalie Sejean
USA
4 min.
Short film
“Double” is a drama about the combination of life and technology. In this existential piece, one woman must decide on whether they should put their fate in the hands of technology and chance or have enough confidence in her own potential.
Vincent Le Port
France
15 min.
Short film
In Year 1000. Brittany bends under famine and the war of dukedoms. An albino prophet named Godevin appears to predict the end of the world. Along with his disciples, he walks to the edge of the world, the Finis Terrae, where they will find salvation.
Ao Shen
China
29 min.
Short film
This is a story between the young guys and a middle-aged man.They have a hostile attitude to each other and solve problems in men's way.At last, both people from different world moved the opposite side and became good friends. Although they couldn't meet later.
Christian Bach
Germany
30 min.
Short film
A troubled family spends their holidays on an island at the Northern Sea. After an unexpected springtide the 8-year-old son believes to have caused his grandfather's death. Not daring to tell anyone about his fears the holiday slowly turns into a nightmare.
Azzam El Mehdi
Morocco
15 min.
Short film
<<A simple immersion in the cool womb of the earth... They float in a little happiness that defies the sun and, along with them, their lifelong companions. Thus, man and animal write their common story. They're soldiers in the same struggle, bringing them into confrontation with nature and with one another.>>
Carlos Muñoz
Mexico
28 min.
Short film
Figgis is an FBI agent obsessed with the idea of finding and exterminating a North-american Indian fugitive in the centre of mexico City. Cooper, a bounty hunting cowboy, helps him in his search and together they will have to find their way in a foreign and disconcerting environment.
Thaïs Odermatt
Switzerland
18 min.
Short film
A remote alpine farm in central Switzerland that can only be accessed by cable car. This is where Anna Arnold lives. She speaks about her late husband and his passion – poaching. Toni Arnold, the neighbour, tells the story from his perspective. The voices unite in a kind of “dialogue” and give insight into the tension and fears, the misfortune and mourning the families of poachers are exposed to. A fresh approach to an old topic.
Catalina Marín
Uruguay
20 min.
Short film
Albertina, a grey woman, is speaking on the phone to Sergio, her boyfriend, and starts moving to meet him a few hours before the end-of-millennium celebrations. On reaching her destination, a rundown spa, things get complicated. As the day passes in festive mode, decadent but colourful, things start to pale, leading Albertina to lend a meaning to the journey that it didn't seem to have itself.
Irena Skoric
Croatia
12 min.
Short film
A "Zastava 101" car was one of the symbols of socialism and Yugoslavia, the country which was destroyed in war. Many years later in the independent Croatia father and son are going on a trip in their old ex-Yugoslav car - Zastava 101. Sometimes it's hard to say goodbye. Goodbye to people and things they loved, and the ex- country in that they lived.
Yuval Shani
Israel
24 min.
Short film
Segal's life of confined existence is about to change when unforeseen opportunity knocks.
Silvana Santamaria
Germany - France
9 min.
Short film
Day by day factory worker Guido Kurz works hard to assure his litte daugther a better future. In times of economic crisis, he feels the incresingly bitter and harsh mood in his comany. One day he accidentally makes an error during work. as he has fear to lose is job, he tries to hide this in front of the shift supervisor. David, a colleague of Guido, is falsely suspected to be responsible for the error and is abour to be fired. Guido could save him by saying the truth. being caught between his moral principles and his sense of responsibility towards his family, he is forced to take a decision: He testifies that David made the error.When guido and David meet some time later again by chance, Guido must face the consequences of his decision.
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Gurvan Hue
France - Germany
9 min.
Short film
William whose wife Anne is in prison finds himself alone with her dog and has to look after him. But because he holds him solely responsible for the situation, he can no longer tolerate this bloody dog. When the animal suddenly disappears in the forest, William's everyday life is disturbed and he decides to go looking for him.
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Matthias Maffo Bittner
Germany - France
9 min.
Short film
When caught on account of a petty theft in a department store, Sara (18 years old) comes across her father Peter (42 years old) for the first time since he left the family five years ago. In his function as store detective, Peter tries to help his daugther under the watchful eye of his boss in hope of reconciliation. But Sara can't accept his help. Too deep are her wounds, and much harder to heal that Peter may think.
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