Sunflowers were the first ones to know
Chidananda S Naik
India. 2023. 15 min
The sun never rises again after an elderly woman steals the village’s rooster, which throws the community into disarray. To bring the rooster back, a prophecy is invoked, sending the old lady’s family into exile.
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Iván Menéndez
Spain. 2023. 37 min
Les Praeres tells the story of Aladino Montes and his family upon their arrival at the mountain of Peñamayor, Asturias. At the same time, Aladdin himself narrates in first person the tender love story he lives with his friend the deer Bambi.
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Tharindu Ramanayaka
Sri Lanka. 2024. 14 min
This is Not a Pearl is an environmental film that explores the aftermath of a devastating environmental catastrophe in Sri Lanka. On May 20, 2021, the X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire off the coast of Colombo, carrying tons of potentially hazardous chemicals. This tragedy also led to the world’s largest-ever nurdle spill.
Through contemporary dance and experimental filmmaking, the movie portrays the journey of a pearl oyster as it struggles to safeguard its precious pearl from the impacts of the X-Press Pearl disaster.
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