Short Stories 1: New Beginnings

Combined programme | IFFR 2014

In spite of their burdened past, they ultimately manage to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

In this combined programme

Celery
Spectrum Shorts
There’s a first time for everything, even celery. Unexpected end to a sensual story.
La playa de Mexico
Spectrum Shorts
Two sisters visit the family holiday home for the first time in years. Frustrations about family relations gradually make way for childhood memories.
Petit matin
Spectrum Shorts
Beautiful, sad story told from multiple perspectives. Slowly the elements slot into place. With Mathieu Amalric.
Solecito
Spectrum Shorts
Whilst casting at a school, the director encounters two exceptional youngsters who explain to him why they think their relationship failed.