BEST OF ANNECY 2024
France, Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023-2024 | 85 min | Different versions subtitled in English and Spanish
Annecy Festival Short Film Program:
● AFTERPARTY
Gobelins Paris | Intro | 46 seconds | Without dialogue
● THE CAR THAT CAME BACK FROM THE SEA
Jadwiga Kowalska | Switzerland | 2023 | 11 minutes | Polish with English and Spanish subtitles
Switzerland (2023). Duration: 11 minutes. Filled with opulence and frivolity, six friends drive toward the Polish Baltic coast in a small, battered car. During the journey, their car and their country fall apart. Yet, life goes on.
● CARROTICA
Daniel Sterlin-Altman | Germany | 2024 | 13 minutes | English with English and Spanish subtitles
A mother and her son navigate between lust and loneliness in the strangest of ways.
● [S]
Mario Radev | United Kingdom | 2024 | 13 minutes | No dialogue
[S] is a loop exploring the lifespan of infinity. The film dives into an immersive loop of organic forms, reflecting on the interwoven nature of life and art.
● BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens | Belgium, France, Netherlands | 2023 | 19 minutes | Dutch with English and Spanish subtitles
Three bald brothers travel to Istanbul for a hair transplant. Trapped together in a hotel far from home, their insecurities start growing faster than their hair.
● BUTTERFLY
Florence Miailhe | France | 2024 | 15 minutes | French, Arabic, and German with English and Spanish subtitles
A man bathes in the sea. As he does, memories surface. From childhood to adulthood, all his memories are tied to water. Some are happy, some glorious, and others traumatic.
● HURIKÁN
Jan Saska | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2024 | 13 minutes | No dialogue
Hurikán tries to save his favorite beer stand from closing while looking for a new keg to impress the bartender he's in love with. In a wild neighborhood of Prague, he faces thieves, police, and his own thirst. Despite getting the keg, he succumbs to temptation.
