Shorts Competition block III

Prosopagnosia

Shorts Competition, block III

“Prosopagnosia” is a story of identity that uses expressive animation to investigate intimacy, communication and memory.

Prosopagnosia is face-blindness and as a means of understanding this neurodiverse behaviour, the contents of a memory box are being explored. Sketchbooks, photographs and diaries are intricately unraveled to tell a unique and personal story.

Displaced

Shorts Competition, block III

A story of a post-war Kosovo ping pong club, the “Lidhja e Prizrenit” (League of Prizren). These youngsters and their coaches practice in difficult conditions even though some of them represent Kosovo in international competitions and have won medals in various European championships. Despite their success, the 'Ping Pong Federation' is still ignored by the local and central authorities.

”Displaced” is a tribute to all the athletes who, with enthusiasm and a quiet perseverance, manage to overcome the problem of lack of space, and represent their country by contributing more to the state than the state contributes to them. Their situation allows the filmmakers to express concerns such as migration, alienation and a general sense of hopelessness that pervade the lives of Kosovar society. The film takes the form of docu-fiction with actual events recreated by real characters combined with footage from the present. It was the only short documentary in Cannes 2001 official selection. 
 

Greetings from Myanmar

Shorts Competition, block III

Umbrella drinks and genocide. Unsuspecting tourists enjoy a peaceful holiday in Myanmar's five-star hotel resorts, lazily walking between swimming pools and sun umbrellas, while ten kilometers away, members of the Rohingya ethnic group are being tortured and killed as a result of the largest genocide in Asia since the Vietnam War.

YUNGAY 7020

Shorts Competition, block III

In 1970 an avalanche erased the colonial town of Yungay (Perú). A bunch of survivors rebuilt it just a kilometer away. Huascarán, the once sacred and now feared mountain, speaks for itself. Those who remember know they should pay attention.

father.son

Shorts Competition, block III

After leaving prison, Mariusz and his son attempt to adapt to reality, interweaving the habits inherited from jail with the struggle of everyday life. Contrary to popular opinion, their relationship is filled with self-reflection and love.

The protagonists' sensitivity contrasts with the heartless reality that leaves a scar on former prisoners, thus excluding them from being valuable members of the society.