Session 1

Program:

DRIJF (Levi Stoops, Belgium, 2023, 15´)
In this black comedy, Jeremy and Aurora are lost at sea, floating on a log in the vast ocean. The couple, adrift, will fight a bloody battle for their survival and that of their relationship. Not understanding each other's desires and limits, the struggle turns into bloody chaos. 

AFERRADO (Esteban Azuela, México, 2024, 18´)
Based on real events that took place in Mexico City in 1994. Joel is a car mechanic who fixes other people's cars, but never his own. Immersed in the denial of death, this is the story of the fragmented memories of a soul in pain, where money and ambition walk over any belief.

VOLCELEST (Éric Briche, France, 2024, 14´)
With the onset of winter, a small female stoat is forced to flee her wild environment to survive. The lack of food will lead her to settle near an isolated farm with her chickens. Her arrival threatens the precarious existence of the man who lives there.

LA PERRA (Carla Melo Gampert, Colombia, 2023, 14´)
A bird-girl living in Bogotá decides to run away from home to free herself from her domineering mother. Although she is sad to leave her loyal dog behind, she has a very powerful and particular motivation: she wants to explore her sexuality. Best Animated Short Film Award at Zinebi (Bilbao) and Bogoshorts (Colombia) in 2023 and at the San Francisco Film Festival in 2024. 

27 (Flóra Anna Buda, France, 2023, 11’)
Alice is now 27 years old. Although she suffocates a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her monotonous daily life. After a psychedelic party on the roof of a factory, she gets drunk and suffers a serious motorcycle accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult? 27 was the short film winner of the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at Cannes 2023.
 
> Not recomended under 18 years old.