CONTEMPORARY SHORTS #4
FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2024 / 20:00
This screening session features 3 (short) films. All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
@ Velvet Room, Alpacastraat 29, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tickets: Entry is free and includes a drink! Reservations are not required, but advised. Reserve your seats here.
The source of a river, a night stream (Spain) by Javier Calvo de Cabrera
A woman slowly fades into darkness waiting for her son to appear one last time. Resisting their inevitable separation, they will both remain tenuously united through a fragile but persistent daydream.
Running time: 00:27:30
Leben (Poland) by Ania Plonka
A grotesque reflection on life on a Polish housing estate from a perspective of chaotic and slightly depressed student Olga, who moves into a flat inherited from her grandma. Initially, she feels hopeless, her roommate annoys her, and the area she remembered from her childhood seems like a depressive pit. A random visit to Astoria bar and meeting her childhood friends makes her realize the fascinating oddity of the local community and gives her hope for true settling in.
Running time: 00:29:07
Dva (Russia) by Alexandra Karelina
During the inexplicable state of emergency in Moscow, a lonely young man is trying to find his missing dog and to figure out what is truly going on. Eventually, he finds himself in a parallel world where the dead and the living are inseparable, but the word "death" is strictly prohibited
Running time: 00:33:00