A city, a moving box, an apartment and a hospital bed constitute the fragile territories you enter in this stylistically diverse programme on metropolitan intimacy.&nbsp;

Voices

Voices Short

Short Stories: Personal Distance

IFFR 2017

Breakups are hard and Jimena has a few things she needs to get off her chest. She also wants her ficus back. A voicemail seems like the best approach.

Antes de irme

Together with a group of lads from no man's land, Mikhail Karikis created a video in which they passionately sing about their lot.

Ain't Got No Fear

After Than saves his neighbour Das from dying alone, he proves to be the latter’s only visitor at the care home.

It's Liang's 18th birthday and she is excited about her date with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, she also has to babysit her brother's baby which is far from ideal.

Babes' Not Alone

Atmospheric animation weaves together both everyday stories and deeper thoughts on house and home in a shadow-rich, almost abstract world. Home is where the heart is.

The House or a Machine for Living In

Convincing debut in which Mauro, in his 20s and living in São Paulo, tries to get a grip on the emptiness of his social-media-dominated life.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Short Stories: Personal Distance

In this combined programme

Antes de irme

Das

The House or a Machine for Living In

Long bueno

Voices Short

Ain't Got No Fear

Antes de irme

Babes' Not Alone