Silhouettes Competition 1 – Hearsay
01 The Girl & The Pot
Director(s)
Valentina HOMEM
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Brazil
Production: SEMPRE VIVA
Length: 12' 18''
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In a dystopian world, the Girl breaks her ceramic pot, which holds a secret within. The breaking of the pot opens portals to a parallel universe and the girl enters a time of transformation in which the creation of a new world is finally possible.
02 The Change Of The Wheel
Director(s)
Begona AROSTEGUI
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Production: Ferdydurke Films, El Gesto Cinematográfico
Length: 09' 00''
Synopsis
The puncture of a wheel surprises the protagonist traveling as a passenger in a car. Stopped at the edge of the road while watching the driver change the tire, she wonders if that path is heading in the right direction.
03 Cold Soup
Director(s)
Marta MONTEIRO
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: France, Portugal
Production: Animais AVPL, La Clairière Ouest
Length: 09' 50''
Category: First film
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A woman looks back on her years of marriage and recounts her daily life of physical and psychological violence. Locked away in her house, she drowns in her guilt until the day she decides that it has to stop...
04 Thank You, I'm Sorry
Director(s)
Julia JESIONEK
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Germany
Production: Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Length: 02' 31''
Synopsis
The film is based on three poems that are related to the before, during and after of a romantic relationship.
05 Mont Noir
Director(s)
Erika HAGLUND
Jean-Baptiste PELTIER
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: France, Portugal
Production: La Clairière Ouest, Les Astronautes, Animais AVPL
Length: 14' 55''
Synopsis
In Mont Noir, Marguerite has been experiencing three severe losses: her mother, her dog, then her nanny. She grows up alone, animals and nature as main fellows. She has been setting herself to become a writer.
06 Shifting
Director(s)
Amanda Woolrich ZÁRATE
Film info
Year of production: 2023
Country of production: Mexico
Production: Fonca
Length: 07' 15''
Synopsis
A conversation between grandmother and granddaughter through their notebooks where the landscape is the role player. Dialoguing about death, creation, migration and finally the loss of memories and memory. From Poland, to France, and finally in Mexico, our they share and reminisce...
07 To be a Seed
Director(s)
Julia GRANILLO TOSTADO
Film info
Year of production: 2024
Country of production: Belgium, Finland, Mexico, Portugal
Production: RE:Anima EMJMD (LUCA School of Arts, Aalto University, Lusofona University)
Length: 05' 47''
Category: Student film, Masters
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In a small town women are vanishing into dust. A poetic retelling of a 17th century tale of witchcraft in our 21st century; a story about women, witches, gender violence, about women’s strength and resistance.