Total run time: 83 minutes
Sparky Ketchup
Dir. Lori Malépart-Traversy (Montreal, Canada)
A documentary about a girl who in Spring 1997 entered a coloring contest launched for the release of a new variety of ketchup.
2 min, 2d
Munya in mij (Munya in me) *Audience Award Winner*
Dir. Mascha Halberstad (Arnhem, The Netherlands)
Munya, a bullied ten-year-old girl, tries to avoid her tormentors until she realizes that she shouldn’t hide but show herself.
20 min, stop-motion
I Was a Teenage Girl, Apparently
Dir. Lyn Elliot and Nina Frenkel (Kansas City/Brooklyn, USA)
After discovering the diary she kept as a teenager, Lydia goes back in time to try to talk some sense into her younger self.
6 min, 2d
Beach Flags
Dir. Sarah Saidan (Tehran, Iran)
Vida is a young Iranian lifeguard who is determined to be the one on her team to participate in an international competition in Australia. However, when Sareh, who is as fast and talented as her, joins the team, Vida faces an unexpected situation.
14 min, 2d
Carapace *Visual Vanguard Award Winner*
Dir. Flora Molinie (Lilas, France)
Lili is in love, but can't make love. She has no idea why. Leo is full of empathy, but Lili is frustrated, desperate, and above all scared that their relationship can't last like this. So begins her quest to take charge of her body and her destiny.
16 min, digital
Within
Dir. Natália Azevedo Andrade (Vila do Conde - Porto, Portugal)
A dancer loses her rhythm. An expedition through the interior of fear, guilt and shame.
3 min, computer 2d
Khanoom Gol Mikhaki (Lady with Flower Hair)
Dir. Sarah Tabibzadeh (Tehran, Iran)
The Lady with Flower-Hair is a woman of forty, on whose hair has grown a set of carnations. She was different even from childhood. She now lives alone, pre-occupied with the flowers on her hair.
11 min, digital paper
Guida
Dir. Rosana Urbes (São Paulo, Brazil)
Guida, a sweet lady who’s been a Courthouse archivist for 30 years, changes her routine after seeing an ad about life drawing classes. A reflection upon the artistic inspiration recovery process, art as a transformation agent, and the concept of beauty.
12 min, 2d