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Best Of International 1 – 2020

The 1st of five programmes featuring the Best of International short films in competition.

Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers in competition for two Academy® accredited awards; Best Short Live Action & Best Short Animation.

Screening: Sat 11 Jan, 2pm | Runtime: 115 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • Memorable

    Recently, Louis, a painter is experiencing strange events, his world seems to be mutating.
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    • Director: Bruno Collet
    • Writer: Bruno Collet
    • Producer: Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois
    • Runtime: 12min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: France

  • Re-Entry

    When a man (you) dies in a traffic accident and gets into a conversation with God, he gets an answer to the biggest question of life.
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    • Director: Ben Brand
    • Writer: Andy Weir
    • Producer: Studio Ruba
    • Runtime: 9min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: The Netherlands

  • White Echo

    As Carla gets her friends to join in a game of Ouija Board, we explore group dynamics: Power of persuasion, belief and frenzy.
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    • Director: Chloe Sevigny
    • Writer: Chloe Sevigny
    • Producer: Lizzie Nastro
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: United States

  • The Jackpot

    Thanks to his best friend, the chicken, Albert finds himself involved in a fateful game of chance that leads him to his true love. But was it really all just a coincidence?
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    • Director: Alice von Gwinner
    • Writer: Alice von Gwinner
    • Producer: Alice von Gwinner, Hana Geissendoerfer
    • Runtime: 23min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Germany

  • Tattoo

    A young Iranian woman is trying to renew her drivers license, but when officials notice scars and a tattoo on her wrist they become suspicious.
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    • Director: Farhad Delaram
    • Writer: Farhad Delaram, Dena Rassam
    • Producer: Dena Rassam
    • Runtime: 15min
    • Year: 2018
    • Country: Iran

  • Home Sweet Home

    Ten-year-old Olaf auditions for Rent A Life, a company that offers the wealthy a chance to hire family members and friends. He has a plan and, no matter what the cost, he absolutely has to be cast in a role in someone’s life.
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    • Director: Agata Puszcz
    • Writer: Michalina Fabijanska
    • Producer:
    • Runtime: 21min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Poland

  • The Marvelous Misadventures Of The Stone Lady

    Tired of being a banal architectural ornament, a sculpture runs away from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.
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    • Director: Gabriel Abrantes
    • Writer: Gabriel Abrantes
    • Producer: Justin Taurand, Gabriel Abrantes
    • Runtime: 20min
    • Year: 2019
    • Country: Portugal
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