NEW DIRECTORS
SEPTEMBER 5 | 19.00 | WHITE BOX
The New Filmmakers UPV-EHU section is a competition section where ten short films from more than ten countries directed by new directors compete for the prize awarded by the jury. In this section we can find innovative, different and groundbreaking proposals.
Sabat Mater
Hadrien Maton, Quentin Wittevrongel, Arnaud Mege, Coline Thelliez & William Defrance | 13 min | France | 2023
The sorrowful son was standing beside the rope weeping, while his creator was hanging.
The town of dead dreams
Manisa Hope | 14 min | Iran-Canada | 2024
The Town Of Dead Dreams is the story of three friends Sun, Dew, and Kind who go on a journey to find a town that completely differs from the one they live in. On their way, they encounter an unexpected misfortune which changes their destiny. Will they be able to overcome the obstacles that they will face throughout their journey?
Ik ben hier – I am here
Cheyenne Goudswaard | 5 min | Netherlands | 2023
The fear of oblivion can be overwhelming, but it can also be a driving force. Ik Ben Hier / I Am Here explores the need to imprint ourselves onto the world and build a legacy.
A lovers discourse
Pang Wen |14 min | Japan | 2024
Drawing upon Roland Barthes’s work of the same name, A Lover’s Discourse looks into intimate relationships. A couple playing a game in a café tries to talk about love but merely circles the topic, hardly reaching its essence.
Dodo
Yi Luo | 12 min | Germany | 2023
Dodo‘s father is a big blue bird. One day he flies away from the window, and hasn‘t come back. From then on, Dodo stops growing up.
Racist Journal
Elena Ottavi | 4 min | Switzerland | 2024
Andrea mulls over their being racists in a stream of consciousness, visually supported by an ordinary day in their lives. Does a racist live a life like ours?
Every other weekend
James Naughton | 5 min | Ireland | 2024
Desperate to escape from a routine of biweekly visits, a recently divorced father drags his two children camping to the west of Ireland.
Le bruit du silence
Teo Frantz, Violette Talalaeff, Dora Ôzal, Damien Rudeaux & Marjorie Dutriaux | 7 min | France | 2023
Maryline wants to talk about what happened to her but faces a world of indifference.
La gran cita de conej
Pablo Río Gómez | 7 min | Basque Country | 2024
Conej wants to give his girlfriend Claire the best gift in the world on their date, so he builds a rocket to take her to space; a truly unusual plan. That is why Conej will have to work very hard to persuade Claire to accept to go with him to the moon in a great and sidereal trip through the cosmos and beyond.
Bunnyhood
Mansi Maheshwari | 9 min | United Kingdom | 2024
Bunnyhood is a frenzied, 9-minute rollercoaster ride, described by Directors Notes as “pure nightmare fuel,” and akin to “watching the scribbled drawings etched onto an old school desk come to life”