Short & Mid-length
Programme IFFR 2023
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
Overview of films
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In Tune
Music brings harmony to our lives, creating a deeper resonance with others, our community and ourselves. -
Like a Spectre, Rise
Whereas history tends to obscure challenging narratives, cinema is a beautiful tool to uncover them. -
Shared Spaces
Four films musing on the fluidity of community in the face of modernisation, displacement and disaster. -
Un adiós para Lilí
Lorena Durán | 12' | Dominican Republic | International premiere
Our protagonist cuts the power on customers in arrears, until a new signal is transmitted. -
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Valeria Hofmann | 21' | Chile | European premiere
Online war game becomes a battle ground for a female gamer, but the violence isn’t virtual. -
All Trace Is Gone, No Clamour for a Kiss
Chris Zhongtian Yuan | 22' | United Kingdom | World premiere
Two exiled beings exchange tales of kin, connection, and loss while awaiting reincarnation in a forest. -
Alpha Kings
Faye Tsakas, Enrique Pedráza-Botero | 15' | USA | World premiere
A look into a novel economy of online domination and the new faces of sex work. -
Angelo
Alex Plumb | 9' | Bolivia | Dutch Premiere
A young Bolivian shoeshiner mythologises his own story to cope with a harsh, everyday reality. -
Arquitectura emocional 1959
León Siminiani | 30' | Spain | International premiere
An exploration of how architecture shapes the relationship between two students from different social backgrounds. -
Arrullo
Amauta García, David Camargo | 10' | Netherlands | World premiere
A faux-folklore lullaby to revive two dead volcanoes discovered in the Waddenzee. -
As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night
Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind | 21' | Denmark | International premiere
Steeped in black and white, Palestinian soprano Nour Darwish confronts conflict, maternal loss, and intergenerational sorrow. -
Ashes By Name Is Man
Ewelina Rosinska | 20' | Germany | World premiere
Pensive impressions of landscape, religion and ancestry give texture to this deeply meditative exploration of a homeland.