2021 Short Short Story Film Festival
All Stars Edition
❤ indicates film originally from Heartstrings Program
💡 indicates film originally from Headtrip Program
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2014 Films
❤ Tusk
Dir. Rory Waudby-Tolley - London, England
A mammoth regrets having been thawed.
❤ La petite casserole d'Anatole (Anatole's Little Saucepan)
Dir. Eric Montchaud - Paris, France
Anatole always carries his little pan.
💡 Don Miguel
Dir. Kote Camacho - Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain
Man prods friend for loan guarantee.
💡 Laznia (Baths)
Dir. Tomek Ducki - Krakow, Poland
Elderly swimmers dive deeper than usual.
2015 Films
❤ Roksana
Dir. Shaina Pakravan - Los Angeles, USA
Nervous woman awaits meeting her suitor.
💡 Benjamin Goes To A Swingers' Party
Dir. Declan Byrne - Brisbane, Australia
If only he can get in.
💡 Msl-e man ast! (That's Mine!)
Dir. Maryam Kashkoolinia - Tehran, Iran
Landmines wait for their unsuspecting prey.
2016 Films
❤ Lakshmi Aayi Hai (Homecoming of 'Goddess of Wealth')
Dir. Swati Agarwal - Mumbai, India
Diwali celebration gets a lucky visitor.
❤ Gleichgewicht (Keeping Balance)
Dir. Bernhard Wenger - Vienna, Austria
Denise uses carnival ride to heal.
💡 Paniek! (Panic!)
Dir. Joost Lieuwma, Daan Velsink - Utrecht, Netherlands
Vacationing woman's overwrought worries about home.
💡 Beti bezperako koplak (Couplets for an Everlasting Eve)
Dir. Ageda Kopla Taldea (collective) - Bilbao, Spain
Stark traditional chant depicts gender violence.
2017 Films
❤ Ces p’tites heures (Sweet Wee Hours)
Dir. Judith Herbeth, Ines Brini, Julien Cortey, Lea-Caroline Larcher - Paris, France
Parisian woman imagines neighbors' nocturnal activities.
💡 Fiaskó (Fiasco)
Dir. Szabolcs Nagy - Budapest, Hungary
Old man haggles with magical traveller.
2018 Films
❤ Dua2litet
Dir. Rafael Montezuma - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Charlie's struggle to define his identity.
❤ A Good Heart
Dir. Evgeniya Jirkova - Moscow, Russia
Primitive family adjusts to new guests.
❤ Pinchpot
Dir. Greg Holfeld - Adelaide, Australia
Clay pot bonds father and son.
💡 Sand Wanderer
Dir. Eric Giessmann - Dormagen, Germany
Ever shifting sands obstruct desert dweller.
💡 Stuck in the Middle
Dir. Denis Fleurion, Etienne Bonafini, Romain Marchetti, Cécile Minaud, Julien Adoum, Léo Nezot - Valenciennes, France
Four criminals, one strange desert hitchhiker.
2019 Films
❤ The Wait
Dir. Jason McColgan - London, England
Finding comfort in bus stop conversation.
❤ Zdravstvujte, rodniye (Hello, My Dears)
Dir. Alexander Vasiliev - Moscow, Russia
Elderly woman awaits unusual guests' visit.
💡 On the Road
Dir. Blomme Molenstra - Ghent, Belgium
Unique approach to fixing traffic problems.
💡 DOGMA
Dir. Dennys Rodríguez - Mexico/Venezuela
Father subjects sons to intense interrogation.