Freestyle: Futureshorts film festival coming
YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites everyone to the FUTURESHORTS – largest short film festival!
The screening will be organized as a part of YARAT FreeStyle Program, an open platform for everyone who looks to engage creatively with a broad and diverse audience, on September 20-21.
This festival covers 40 countries, 100 cities, 6 continents and offers 1,400 showings per year throughout the world. During its ten years existence, the festival has gained the attention of movie fans over a huge territory from Finland to Mexico. The festival gives an opportunity for professionals and newcomers all over the world to become a part of an international cinematographic community.
The Spring Season of Future Shorts includes 8 films:
LITTLE CUB - TOO MUCH LOVE
Dir. Lily Rose Thomas
Music Video/ UK/ 2017/ 4mins
Too Much Love is a modern day morality tale, except there is no moral really. Like a Groundhog Day where no lessons are learnt and nothing really changes.
MADRE
Dir. Smon Mesa Soto
Drama/ Colombia/ 2016/ 14mins
16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighbourhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.
THE COMMITTEE
Dir. Jenni Toivoniemi & Gunhild Enger
Comedy/ Finland, Norway/ 2016/ 14min
A Nordic collaboration is taking place. Three delegates from Finland, Norway and Sweden are faced with the true challenges of democratic decision making – can they find a way to agree?
HALF A MAN
Dir. Kristina Kumric
Drama/ Croatia/ 2016/ 20min
Mia and Lorena are reunited with their father after he spent several months as a prisoner of war. The family will finally be back together, but will they be able to find happiness again?
HAIM - RIGHT NOW
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Music Video/ USA/ 2017/ 5min
Renowned for their energetic performances, HAIM are seen recording their new single ‘Right Now’ directed by Academy Award-nominated director Paul Thomas Anderson.
JACKED
Dir. Rene Pannevis
Drama/ UK/ 2015/ 15mins
Waylen and Russell are car thieves, but when they discover something of immense personal value, they find themselves in a moral dilemma.
LIGHT IN DARK PLACES: THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN GREECE
Dir. Lily Cole
Documentary/ UK/ 2017/ 12min
A short film documenting the grassroots response to the refugee
crisis in Samos, Greece: the extraordinary acts of heroism seen in
response to institutional failures.
OOR WALLY
Dir. Martin Lennon
Documentary/ Scotland/ 2017/ 12min
Eleanor is a mother of eight and granny of seven. For 16 years she has also been Wally the Warrior, Scotland’s most unique football mascot.
The screenings will be held at Yay Gallery rooftop. Language: original, Russian subtitles
Age restrictions: 16 +
Please collect your FREE ticket in advance at YAY Gallery. Seats are limited.
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