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Best Of International Shorts 4 – 2021

The 4th 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® qualifying awards; Best Short Live Action & Best Short Animation.

Screening: Wed 27 Jan, 6.30pm | Runtime: 103 mins | Classification: under 15 to be w/adult

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  • Bench

    A short film about sharing….
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  • My Hero

    As last-minute plans for a babysitter fall apart, eight-year-old Brandon is left alone to oversee his younger brother Mason.
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  • Danni The Champion

    Young Danni isn’t like the other girls in town. She’d rather be watching drag races down at the airport or tearing about behind the wheel of her brother’s car, Lynyrd Skynyrd tunes blasting on the stereo. Bored of her life on the island and stifled by her passive-aggressive parents, she dreams of hitting the road and showing everyone what she can do.
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  • Seiva Bruta (Under the Heavens)

    Marta, a young Venezuelan mother, is immigrating to Brazil when she meets a struggling young couple with a baby girl. Her ability to breastfeed causes their fates to become forever entwined.
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  • Heading South

    8 year old girl Chasuna travels from her home on grassland to visit her father who lives in the big city. However, during her father’s birthday party, Chasuna finds out he has remarried to a Chinese woman. Chasuna has to learn how to accept her as part of the family
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  • The Fabric Of You

    Unable to show his true identity, Michael, a grieving tailor mouse, recounts and reckons with the memories of a past lover.
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  • Masel Tov Cocktail

    Ingredients: 1 Jew, 12 Germans, 50 ml Culture of Remembrance, 30 ml stereotypes, 2 teaspoons of patriotism, 1 teaspoon of Israel, 1 falafel, 5 Stumbling Stones, a dash of antisemitism. Directions: put all ingredients into a film, bring to boil and shake vigorously. Then garnish with Klezmer music.
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  • His Name Was Gerry

    After a young boy’s best friend dies he gets convinced into creating a Viking funeral for him by a neighbour.
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