Films

• "2 Ragazze" D: Marco Speroni, CI: Riccardo Russo, ED: Federico Schiavi, IT 2016, 52'

  Lota and Tigist are two girls living in two very different countries, Bangladesh and Ethiopia. 
They were both born in rural areas, they both faced poverty or abuses. The only option was to run away. Next destinations were the mega-cities of Dhaka and Addis Ababa. They embark on incredibly harsh journeys through which they meet their destinies.
 They both fight for a life that, maybe tomorrow, will be better. 

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Marco Speroni
• "Jestem" D, CI: Grzegorz Paprzycki, ED: Grzegorz Paprzycki, Dorota Roś, PL 2017, 23’

  A couple goes on a journey across the French Alps. Apart from beautiful landscapes, they share views on topics related to faith and the creation of the world. This extraordinary documentary short shows us an intimate picture of an exceptional couple who love each other very much, but who also have very interesting comments on current socio-political and religious-metaphysical topics (the issue of Islam, the historical events connected with the Third Reich). Grzegorz Paprzycki, responsible for directing, editing, sound, and cinematography, has created an unusual mixture of a documentary and a road movie. 

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Grzegorz Paprzycki
• "Thea" D: Halvor Nitteberg, CI: Øystein Mamen, ED: Anette Stålem Flittig, Elisabeth Aspelin, NO 2016, 13’31”

  Thea is 12 years old. She likes to play football and to be with her friends. But why does she want to grow up to be an air ambulance pilot? Thea has a serious and dramatic type of epilepsy, but in this film she shares her thoughts about the things that she enjoys in her life. We follow Thea and her parents through a long hospital stay one winter, followed by her homecoming. At the hospital there is a school. During woodwork class she makes a gift for someone very special to her.

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Halvor Nitteberg
• "Ur Artean" D: Iñigo Jiménez, Jesus Maria Palacios, CI: Jesus Maria Palacios, David Aguilar, ED: Ibai Elorza, Zazpi T’Erdi, Jesus Maria Palacios, ES 2016, 27’

  A portrait of the last inhabitants of the Santa Clara island in San Sebastian. In September 2014, the Santa Clara lighthouse celebrated its 150th anniversary, yet for the last 45 of these years it has been uninhabited. Who were the last people to live there? For twenty years, the lighthouse-keeper José Manuel Andoin and his mother, María Torralbo, dwelled in isolation and harsh conditions on this island just 500 meters off the city of San Sebastian. “Ur Artean” is the story of the enigmatic relationship between a strong-willed mother and her mild-mannered son, who had been an Olympic champion

  

  

  

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  Authors:

  • Iñigo Jiménez
  • Jesus Maria Palacios