US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

International Shorts

Friday

Apr 22, 2022

@

12:00 am

Wicked Queer 38

With in person.
Director
Year
Run Time
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Country
Language
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Featuring international films by a selection of new talents, this year's lineup includes a reinterpretation of Cocteau's The Human Voice, a psychological drama from Cyprus, and a brilliant Australian coming of age comedy.
Giuseppe Di Caprio
Programmer
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Before the Eruption

CONTENT WARNING:
Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming.
10
 min
Roberto Perez Toldedo
Spanish
Spain

I am Leo

CONTENT WARNING:
Wide meadows, romping in the woods and building cabins. Leo (12) spends the autumn holidays with big sister Noémie and cousin Emil on Grandma Marlies' farm. However when Leo is surprised by what Grandma Marlies calls big news, Leo faces an identity crisis.
18
 min
Tajo Hurrle
German
Germany

Laura's voice

CONTENT WARNING:
"La voce di Laura" is a tribute to the legendary text "The human voice" by Jean Cocteau. (the last, relase in Venice is directed By Pedro Almodovar and performed by Tilda Swinton) But unlike the other versions (Anna Magnani/Rossellini, Sophia Loren, Simone Signoret, Liv Ulman) in this short the woman, in her last phone call to the person she loves, is not the obvious lover of a married man. In a twist in the middle of the story, we discover that from the top of the phone there is not a man but another woman. And become too an intelligent opportunity to address very topical issues such as rainbow families, same-sex marriages, adoption, stepchild adoption, surrogacy, gestation for others. And this way the short becomes a proof of a famous italian actress by Rosaria De Cicco (wich shooted many films with the famous gay director Ferzan Ozpetek's "Le fate ignoranti" "La finestra di fronte" ...) This intense short ending with an intense 11' sequence shot An exciting short tribute to a text written over a hundred years ago, however, captures the deepest intentions... Cocteau was in fact homosexual and probably this type of staging (about problem between same sex person) is closer in spirit to those brought to the screen by many other famous versions
23
 min
Giuseppe Bucci
Italian
Italy

Av (The Hunt)

CONTENT WARNING:
The sudden discovery of his son's secret turns Ibrahim's traditional world upside down. Fraught with emotional conflict, he takes his son Ismail on a fateful trip. Cyprus’ first fiction tackling homophobia and patriarchy, told from an intersectional, queer, and feminist perspective.
22
 min
Sholeh Zahraei, Kamil Saldun
Turkish
Cyprus

BOOM AND BLOOM

CONTENT WARNING:
"Open up. Talk to each other. Listen carefully." Easier said than done. In the Austrian Alps, father and son go on a hike and finally try to climb to the top of their emotional world.
24
 min
Stefan Langthaler
German
Austria

Fruity

CONTENT WARNING:
After spending life on the sideline, a straight-laced teen decides, with a lot of pressure from her abrasive best friend, to step out of her comfort zone in the hopes of finding connection with the girl she likes.
16
 min
Caitlin Royston
English
Australia

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