Dulcinea en duelo
Valle Hidalgo
Spain. 2022. 15 min
The pain for the death of my parents and the frustration of not having felt heard in my beloved family of origin -of a patriarchal nature-, leads me to identify with Dulcinea del Toboso, a character who, belonging to the most important novel in the world, he is not given a chance to express a single thought.
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Anna Melnikova
Russia. 2022. 15 min
A young girl wanders around the apartments, running away from insects and her problems. After moving to a communal apartment, the main character found herself bringing a huge Cockroach with her in suitcase.
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Nisha Pahuja
Canada. 2022. 125 min
On the night of a family wedding in a village in India, Ranjit’s 13-year-old daughter is dragged into the woods and gang raped by three men. Ranjit takes on the fight of his life when he demands the accused be brought to justice. With tremendous access to all facets of the story, To Kill a Tiger charts the emotional journey of an ordinary man thrown into extraordinary circumstances—a father whose love for his daughter forces a social reckoning that will reverberate for years to come.
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Zhang Qin
China. 2022. 25 min
A female journalist who is obsessed with “the truth” finally learns to accept her weakness after experiencing a career downfall and a fight with her mom.
ZHANG QIN
Zhang Qin, writer and director, was born in 1998 and is now a graduate student in Film (screenwriting/directing) at Columbia University in the City of New York. The Sunlit Place is her debut short film as writer and director.
DIRECTOR,S NOTE
The mother-daughter relationship is too close to bear any secrets. When daughter comes back to live with her mother after so many years away from home, they test and hurt each other when they attempt to probe into each other’s unspeakable secrets. I intended to record this period of life in this house to present their conflicts and intimacy, dwelling on women’s duty and nature of life.
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Graveyard of Horses
Xiaoxuan Jiang
China, USA. 2022. 17 min
A frigid winter on the Mongolian steppe, an untimely snowstorm aggravated the lives of a pregnant herder and her 8-year-old daughter: the missing flock of sheep, the unborn child, the absent husband, traces of wolves…… everything led the mother and daughter to places they’ve never been.
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Derya Uygurlar
Turkey. 2023. 15 min
Tomorrow is an important day, Ayser will pay a visit to her husband in prison. But before then, she has to finish suing clothes to pay the lawyer, settle a dispute with her sister Emine and convince her daughter Deniz that children are not allowed in prison.
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Natalia Gugueva
Russia. 2023. 88 min
Camera operator Nastya goes to inaccessible weather station with meteorologist Andrei in order to investigate the disappearance of a couple of meteorologists. Subsequently she understands that Andrei was involved in the disappearance of this couple. But Andrei also suddenly discovers Nastya’s connection with the missing people.
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Ana María Ferri
Spain. 2023. 15 min
1885: A brutal murder in the vineyards of Bodegas Vega puts an end to the history of love between two young people. 1915: Thirty years later, the mysterious aristocrat Ferran appears in the village on Carnival night. There he meets Don Carlo, a powerful landowner whom he invites to taste his new batch of Grand Cru, vintage 1885.
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Nasrina Khan
India. 2023. 15 min
Thousand Rupees Biriani is about the pain of a mother which she is going through after the rape of her kid. The film revolves around a Muslim farmer family based in an Indian Village. The family includes Yasmin-the mother, her husband Habib and their 3 children Matin, Amina and Sakina.
The film begins with Yasmin, who is making arrangements for cooking Biriani after waking up in the morning. The cooking costs her a thousand rupees.
After finishing the cooking, Yasmin sends the first serving of the biriani to their neighbour, Abbas.
The narrative of the film slowly unwraps the reason for Yasmin’s strange behavioural pattern post-rape of Sakina, the youngest kid of the family.
ZAINAB ENTEZAR
I am Zainab Entezar, a graduate of journalism، I’m master in public managment . My main activities have been in the field of writing and cinema, which has resulted in a story book and writing several screenplays and directing in cinema.
I wrote and directed short film , “The Mosque for rent”, “The House”, “Lack” and “Bicycle” and also acted in this film.
I write two novels(A man ware gentle like dad.), (Yusra.)
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