Bright Future: Tiger Awards Competition Short Films
Overview of films
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#37
Joost Rekveld | 29' | Netherlands | World premiere
In his ongoing quest for the ultimate visual music for the eye, Joost Rekveld has provided an undeniable masterpiece with his new work #37 after… -
Bernadette
Duncan Campbell | 38' | United Kingdom | None
A masterful ‘experimental’ documentary and disarmingly alluring representation of Bernadette Devlin, one of the key figures in Northern Ireland’s repu -
Block B
Chris Chong Chan Fui | 20' | Canada | European premiere
A sketch of a community within the community in an outer suburb of Kuala Lumpur. In an apartment block filled with Indian workers, we witness… -
Brises
Enrique Ramirez | 13' | Chile | International premiere
Ramirez grew up under the dictatorship in Chile, in his mother’s arms. She told him that, paradoxically, it was the happiest period of her life. -
The City of Production
Laurent Gutierrez, Valérie Portefaix | 52' | Hong Kong | World premiere
Impressive, acute and beautifully shot essay that takes a positive look at post-communist China. -
Coagulate
Mihai Grecu | 6' | France | International premiere
In this mysterious choreography of fluids, man and fish serve as sculptures, the last landmarks to behave according to the laws of nature as we… -
Despair
Galina Myznikova, Sergey Provorov | 30' | Russia | World premiere
The individual seems to go under desperately in a lost battle with almighty nature. Only assimilation still seems to offer salvation. A dark choreogra -
Entre chiens et loups
Jean-Gabriel Périot | 29' | France | None
Haunting fiction about a young man who can’t find a job. -
A Film Far Beyond a God
Waël Noureddine | 40' | France | International premiere
Sensual, experimental documentary that brings the pre-Islamic Mecca closer and confronts the maker (and viewer) with personal fears and delusions. -
Ghosts and Gravel Roads
Mike Rollo | 16' | Canada | None
With gorgeous cinematography, Ghosts and Gravel Roads plays out like a horror movie without any ghosts, monsters, or even people, really. -
Man and Gravity
Jakrawal Nilthamrong | 10' | Thailand | World premiere
A man with a colourful tricycle tries to raise an impossible freight in inaccessible surroundings. Gravity, but also karma. -
Más se perdió
Stephen Connolly | 14' | United Kingdom | World premiere
Melancholy portrait of today’s Cuba and the (lost?) promises of youth, work and revolution.