Competiție scurtmetraj internațional 3

HAIR TIE, EGG, HOMEWORK BOOKS

China – 2021

15 min

Directed by: Runxiao Luo

Cast: Miao Junyan, Wang Yanglai, Shen Siliang, Wang Lu Ka, Wang Yang , Tao Tao, Mao Fan

As a model student in her elementary school, 11-year-old Lin Yuqi is assigned to give a speech about her family at the Parent's Meeting tonight. But after Lin finds out that she shares the same secret with a mischievous classmate, she starts to have second thoughts.

SANDSTORM

Pakistan - 2021

20 min

Directed by Seemab Gul

Cast: Parizae Fatima (Zara), Hamza Mushtaq (Omar), Ayesha Shoaib Ahmed, Nabila Khan, Aun Ali Saleem, Masuma Halai Khwaja, Qasim Ali

Zara, a schoolgirl in Karachi (Pakistan), shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her. Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confines of a patriarchal society.

ULYSSES MUST GO

France – 2021

13 min

Directed by: Anna Belguermi

Cast: Julie Lesgages

Sara wants to get rid of her dog. Well, it's not hers, it's her lover's. Except that her lover is dead. And the dogs' home won't take it until tomorrow. And that means another whole day alone with the dog.