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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Pantelleria
MASBEDO | 19' | Italy | World premiere
The bombing of Pantelleria during WWII triggers a compelling investigation into truth and fabrication. -
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Kamal Aljafari | 19' | Germany | Dutch Premiere
Disquieting, found-footage collage of heroic images of modern warfare – depictions that obscure the reality. -
Pastry Friday
Josef Dabernig | 12' | Austria | World premiere (festival)
Subtle, funny, cynical, yet deeply human look at guests in a small-town pâtisserie in Moravia. -
Per una selva oscura
Emmanuel Lefrant | 8' | France | Dutch Premiere
The dark forest beloved of poets, cinematically recreated in a timely, materialist and apocalyptic vein. -
Porcupine
Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý | 13' | Belgium | World premiere
A young man broadcasts poses from an urban ruin: a portrait of our times. -
Procuro teu auxílio para enterrar um homem
Anderson Bardot | 21' | Brazil | World premiere
Brazil, 1870. A tangled story of power, lust and freedom unfolds, where nothing is tangible. -
Prosinečki
Adrian Duncan | 21' | Ireland | World premiere
Archival poetic analysis of the aesthetics of football conceived through the image of Robert Prosinečki. -
recortes
Kimberly Forero-Arnias | 10' | Colombia | World premiere
A documentation of indigenous flora and fauna that builds on personal relationships, going beyond just observation. -
Scented Rooms
Shauheen Daneshfar | 30' | Iran | World premiere
Deeply meditative, poetic ode to Iran’s silenced history of poetry, performance, artistic freedom and expression. -
Sekai
Tsukada Marina | 38' | Japan | World premiere
Warm, intimate portrait of two separate lives coming together in a night-time moment of hope. -
Sinisukka 1948
Mervi Kytösalmi-Buhl | 6' | Germany | Dutch Premiere
An experimental dance choreography that goes beyond human bodies and into a micro-universe of relational aesthetics. -
Sisters
Marisa Hoicka | 2' | Canada | World premiere
A found footage road trip with two sisters who run wild before their paths diverge.