A boy is living with his mother and his brother after the death of his father. His dream is to go to sea like his brother, but his mother and brother encourage him to study the...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Stefano, a six year old child, faces up to his first day at school through “spot fantasies” about his ideal family, “real life” and “ Affectionate mystifications”.
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Johan, 12-year old, is hopelessly in love with Veronica. Each morning before school he waits for her. But Veronica ignores him. With good help from acquaintances, he tries...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Totuccio, a seven-year-old boy whose father was murdered by the Mafia, is told by his grandfather to revenge his death. The old man gives him a gun and tells him to kill his...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Liverpool, 1955. Jack, a seven year-old boy, lives with his grandfather, Tom, and his young widowed mother, Edith. Jack’s mother often takes him to the cinema and he loves every...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Michel Gondry's examination of childhood love is replete with his trademark surreality. One evening at the turn of the century, Stephane discusses with his brother the end of the...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
France, 1996. On her thirteenth birthday, Sarah reads a letter written to her on the day of her birth by the Director François Truffaut, a friend of her now separated parents. In...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
The Rogers family spend their time watching television, each in their own separate room. All except Veronica Rogers, their suicidal teenage daughter, but no-one pays any attention...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
In the yard, nine year old Teis is explaining to his smaller brother Nico what he knows about kissing. The younger boy proposes a new partner for him, the beautiful Giinjha, an...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |