LOVE SHORTS
10., 15., 17. and 18.10. 2018
We might not secretly pore over the advice column Love, Sex & Petting anymore but we are still stumbling through the terrain of relationships and sex. With varying levels of success. In our selection of shorts, exploring intimacy, sex and even love, female and male protagonists each struggle in their unique way - behind the bedroom’s doors, on hook-up apps or in the near future. Rated R!
Love (Hungary/France)
Director: Réka Bucsi | Producers: Marc Bodin-Joyeux, Gábor Osváth |
Year: 2016 | Length: 15 min | Animation |
LOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system.
Seven Awkward Sex Scenes. Part One (Latvia)
Director: Liene Linde | Producer: Liene Linde |
Star: Inga Tropa, Liene Linde, Jurijs Djakonovs, Toms Liepājnieks, Klāvs Mellis |
Year: 2016 | Length: 25 min | Live Action |
A young director, who sits in front of a commission defending a film based on her own experiences with sex and relationships, is continually confronted with questions about why she’s making the movie. The answer doesn’t come easy… Linde took on a difficult task for her short film. Not only does she capture contemporary young women with humor and the unvarnished truth, but she also defends her right to creative freedom. She herself took on the role of the director struggling against the challenges posed by a film shoot, thereby presenting an original form that helps us understand how difficult it can be to create without compromise.
The Right Choice (UK)
Director: Tomisin Adepeju | Producer: Vijay Varman |
Star: Krystine Atti, Michelle Greenidge, Obi Iwumene |
Year: 2018 | Length: 10 min | Live Action |
With the help of The Advisor, a husband and wife must answer three seemingly harmless questions to create their perfect designer baby.
Cheer Up Baby (USA)
Director: Adinah Dancyger | Producer: Emily McEvoy |
Star: Jason Giampietro, Fred Leeds, India Menuez |
Year: 2017 | Length: 13 min | Live Action |
A young woman who has been sexually assaulted by a stranger on the subway is rendered with psychological menace and sensory dislocation in this elliptical tale.
At Night I’m Lying (France)
Director: Aurélia Morali | Producer: Chloé Mahieu |
Star: Sigrid Bouaziz, Frank Williams |
Year: 2017 | Length: 22 min | Live Action |
One night, Pauline, a young, idle woman, encounters Frank on a dating site. She impulsively decides to make him come to her place. But when she meets this strange young man in the flesh, Pauline is very disappointed. Not knowing how to get rid of him, she decides to have some fun by inventing a character for herself. Little by little, the lies will lead Pauline and Frank to a peculiar truth.
Babs (UK)
Directors: Logan George & Celine Held | Producer: Nick Hayes |
Star: Bhasker Patel, Logan George, Karis Pentecost |
Year: 2018 | Length: 12 min | Live Action |
An estranged son discovers an alarming purchase made by his late father.
Total length of the screening 96 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
