Cannes Film Market is around the corner. We are delighted to announce our exciting new line-up composed by the award-winners of the
BRIDGE OF PEACE international film festival.
CARLITOS
CHUPACABRA
Animation for children, Mexico, 13 min.
World premiere
Narrated from an innocent perspective, this story tells of the adventure that Carlitos and Lupe go on shortly after they meet. Both teenagers decide to throw themselves on their own and cross a huge wall that is in the middle of the desert, their mission is to rescue some children who are said to be trapped by green monsters. They get help in various ways on their journey. This short film may seem to be aimed at young children only, but it is a representation of a terrible reality from the innocent point of view of migrant children.
Available rights: Worldwide
ROSES ARE BLIND
Thriller - Drama,
short, USA
17 min.
Julie Janson, a 19-year-old pre-med student in search of self, uncovers her family secret that she is born a triplet, and is locked away in a psychiatric ward by her family in an attempt to silence her voice forever. How will she prove her sanity in a broken system and regain her freedom? "Roses are Blind" is based on the true-life story of Wendy J. White.
Available rights: Worldwide
FAR AWAY MAN
Music Video, Australia, 4.15 min
On returning from service a soldier struggles with his experience and his relationships suffer. This music video logs the story, repeated through time, of the proud soldier later to become the shattered veteran. After the failure of his relationships he finally seeks help and finds the determination to work though his feelings and behaviours.
Available rights: Worldwide
Veterans Journey Home: On Black Mountain
Documentary, USA, 50 min.
On Black Mountain takes place at a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in the hills north of San Francisco, CA. 22 women Veterans experience a 4-month mindfulness meditation-based workshop to confront and face the demons from their military service: of sexual harassment, rape, and abuse, gender and race discrimination, career exploitation, and the lies and hypocrisy from their commanders.
Available rights: Worldwide
THE CORNER STORE
Comedy, short, 15.55 min
Ukraine
A small convenience store on the outskirts of the city. Luba has been working here as a clerk for years. For her all days are the same. Life is dull and uninteresting, but today she will get a visit from one special customer - a little girl with a very big dilemma.
Available rights: Worldwide
ABU & MO - TWO ORPHANS
Animation, 16.44 min,
Canada
“Abu & Mo” is an animated silent film set in 1889 Damascus, loosely inspired by real events. It is about orphans, who despite the differences in their religious backgrounds, develop an abiding friendship and inspire a divided community to come together to pray.
NAFKOT - YEARNING
Documentary, 70 min,
Israel
An Israeli anthropologist is traveling to meet a hidden Jewish community in north Ethiopia, together they are telling their special story of survival . Abera, a young artist joins to discover what has been hidden from him.
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