BSF 2022 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

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We are so pleased that we can come together in person for our fourth edition of BSF! 2022's shorts were a joy and an inspiration to watch and programme we hope you get as much from them as we did from selecting them. BSF Team 2022

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Gotothewoods

FRANCE, 25", 2021

DIRECTOR: LUCIE PROST CAST: LÉONIE SOUCHAUD, NICOLAS GODART, BILEL CHEGRANI, LAURENT GIROUD, PASQUALE D'INCA

Maria,(15)spendsherlifeeithertakingcareofherfather’ssleddogs orwatchingvideosofteenagersskateboardinginL A Oneevening she secretly follows Vincent the guy in charge of redoing the wood shingles on the front of her house all the way to the trailer wherehelives Shefindsherselfmixedupinastrangetraffic

Hairbrush

UK, 2", 2021

DIRECTOR: KATE SWEENEY

My wife and I adopted our son during lockdown in 2020 I wanted to explore our journey towards becoming mothers during the isolationoftheCovid 19globalpandemic

'HairBrush' is a meditative reflection upon the bonds created through everyday activity in this instance a haircut It describes the laboured process of making a paintbrush out of a golden curl frommyson'shead Thebrushthenbeingusedtopainteachframe ofthefilm

Daughtersofthe Stars

ITALY, 17", 2021

DIRECTOR: EDOARDO SMERILLI CAST: NICO GUERZONI, REBECCA LIBERATI, IVANO MARESCOTTI, ROBERTO ROMAGNOLI

Twosistersfighteachotheronachillingtheme:theyhavetodecidewhatto do with the corpse of their mother One of them would cremate her the otheronewouldresorttohibernation

She’sThe Protagonist

BELGIUM, 2021, 14”01’

DIRECTOR: SARAH CARLOT JABER CAST: SALOMÉ RICHARD, BWANGA PILIPILI, MAGALI PINGLAUT, JI SU JEONG, MÉLODIE VALEMBERG

She's The Protagonist! Let’s talk about female* characters in this short western! Driving the car it’s driving the Story! So fasten your seatbelts it’sgoingtobeabumpyroad trip!»

Instagram:@sarahcarlotjaber@la protagoniste

SolarEclipse

IRAN, 14"12', 2021

DIRECTORS: ALIREZA GHASEMI AND RAHA AMIRFAZLI CAST: KHORSHID CHERAGHIPOUR, PANIZ ESMAILI, ANITA BAGHERI, PAYMAN NAIMI, FARAZ MODIRI

Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Teheran to take pictures of the one in a century total eclipse announced later in the afternoon Mischievous and rebellious they stealacamerastand lietotheirparentsanddiscussboysaswellas anupcomingparty Theirwanderingsleadthemtoaremotepartof thepark Asthesundisappears,Saaghiseessomethingthatshould havestayedhidden

TotalDisaster

USA, 11"28', 2022

DIRECTORS: KEIL ORION TROISI AND MOLLY GORE

Armed with realistic bird puppets trickster environmental activists pretend to be oil company Total staging a satirical press conference to introduce "RéHabitat" a program to rescue animals from the East African Oil Pipeline by relocating them to more sustainable habitats Using humor and mischief they expose a deadlyecologicaldisasterinazanyefforttohelp#StopEACOP

Sandstorm

PAKISTAN/UK, 20", 2021

DIRECTOR: LYDIA CORNETT CAST: PARIZAE FATIMA, HAMZA MUSHTAQ

Zara,aschoolgirlinKarachi(Pakistan),sharesasensualdancevideo with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her Caught between his manipulative behaviour and the desire to experience love on her own terms, Zara searches for the strength to reject the confinesofapatriarchalsociety

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SonsofToledo (cw)

USA, 2021, 19”58’

DIRECTOR: MONTY COLE CO WROTE AND PRODUCED BY: MATT FOSS

CAST: MARCUS TEMPLE

*FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS

Sons of Toledo is the true story of the city’s Black owned barber shops and their work on the frontlines of their communities especiallythecostofcaringfortheyoungmenwhoseetheirshops asaplaceofrefugefromthegrowingthreatofgunviolenceintheir neighborhoods

Told by with and for members of this community Sons of Toledo blends documentary filmmaking with a narrative thread of the lived experiences of these barbers giving too many of their young customerstheirfinalCuts

Instagram:@sonsoftoledo

TheWindand theTrees

CANADA, 8"30', 2022

DIRECTOR:TODD STEWART

*EUROPEAN PREMIER/FIRST TIME FILMMAKER

Deep in the boreal forest, a mature pine tree and a seedling begin a conversation As the years pass they observe the ever present wind and the many ways it affects them A quiet story about the circle of life

Adapted from the Governor General s Award nominated children s book of the same name

European Premier

Instagram: @toddallanstewart Email: stewart todd@gmail com

Raíces

SWITZERLAND / SPAIN, 17"31', 2021

DIRECTOR: LAURA GAUCH

WITH: LUA BUSTOS, NIL BUSTOS, ELIANA FUENTES

VALENZUELA, JUAN PABLO BUSTOS

We accompany the filmmakers cousin Lua, who faces the uncertaintyofwhosheisandasksquestions about the familys history of feeling Chile because of the Military Coup Howdoesshedealwiththepastandhowdoesitcontinueto shapeheridentity?

@bylauragauch wwwlauragauchcom

Encouraging Malfunctions

SCOTLAND, 1"23', 2012

DIRECTOR: KIM WALKER CAST: KIM WALKER

Presenting a moment of optimism and positivity, held in balance butthenrapidlyfollowedbyfailureasonemustalwayssuccumbto gravityandfalltotheground

http://wwwkimwalkerartcouk instagram:@kimwalkerartist

Esra

SPAIN, 4"30', 2021

DIRECTOR: AMYNA MEHREZ CO DIRECTOR: NEVE ZUCCA CAST: ESRA YARDIMCI

Mosaic

SWITZERLAND, 7"43', 2021

DIRECTOR: ELEONORA BERRA

Three beings pave the floor of a cave with gemstones that they are collecting Whenapartofthecave’sceilingcollapsesbecauseofan accident the three see each other for the first time in daylight and realize that parts of their skin sparkles However one of them doesn’t sparkle This difference will impact the group and lead to a conflictbetweenthethree

Instagram:@mosaic stopmotion

Esra is a short portrait of a Turkish artist Esra Yardımcı based in Barcelona She is practicing the ancient art of Islamic manuscript illuminationcalledTazhib

DENMARK, 14", 2021

DIRECTOR: CASPER RUDOLF EMIL KJELDSEN CAST: SANDRA GULDBERG KAMPP,

In The soil world premier: Cannes Film Festival 2021

Karoline s life is turned upside down when her father, Kjeld, manically starts digging a pit in their backyard The following days turn into a living nightmare as the pit becomes a grave and the land, which has been in the family for generations, pulls Kjeld further and further down into the deep

Closing Time

ITALY, 20", 2021

DIRECTOR: TOMMASO SANTAMBROGIO CAST: VALENTINA BELLÈ, YURI CASAGRANDE CONTI

Returning from a dinner with friends a young couple is suddenly lockedoutofthehouse Whilethedogbarksandthetirednessand frustrationincrease thesituationquicklybringouttheproblemsof theirrelationship

Branka

HUNGARY, 20’, 2021

DIRECTOR: ÁKOS K KOVÁCS CAST: DINA MUŠANOVIĆ, DOROTTYA ANTÓCI, NENAD PEĆINAR, NATÁLIA VICEI

Yugoslavia,1991 FarawayfromthewarzonesBrankagetsajobata maternity ward of a state hospital The young woman is all alone but it turns out loneliness is not the hardest burden Branka has to carry Newbornsaredisappearingfromthehospital

WorldPremiereKrakowFilmFestival2021 Poland

Website:https://wwwlightsonfilmcom/brankahtml

@scroll

UK, 3"37', 2021 DIRECTOR: CÉLINE UFENAST

alice

An experimental short about our love hate relationship with Instagramandourphoto editingmania

Email:celinefenastanimation@gmailcom Instagram:@celineanimation Facebook:CélineUfenast Twitter:@AnimationCeline

My Two Lives, Creative Response to the Holocaust

AUSTRALIA, 15", 2022

DIRECTOR: SARITA GOLD CAST: LOTTE WEISS, THEA WEISS

Lotte Weiss was a Holocaust survivor She never forgot the horrors ofherthreeyearsofinternmentatAuschwitzandBirkenau Yetitis her immense life force that propelled her through the torture and devastationthatenvelopedher Herinherentintegrityandmorality remained steadfast It was her capacity for goodness kindness forgiveness and love which never faltered throughout the misery and beatings she endured to give her the strength and the will for survival ThisisherstoryinterpretedbyartistThea

Syncopation

UK, 4", 2018

DIRECTOR: SALLY WATERMAN

Syncopation from the Twenty project, is based on Home: A Structure on Trial by Polish poet, Rafał Gawin The poem took on autobiographical resonance, symbolic of her partners recovery from heart failure, with the home representing a place of refuge, whilst also becoming claustrophobic The flickering sunlight, reflected upon the floors and doors is indicative of his irregular heartbeat withcorrelationsdrawnbetweenthestructuraldwelling anditssignsofhumanpresenceandabsence

@watermansally wwwsallywatermancom

MyDad'sVideo Diary

UK, 16" 5', 2021

DIRECTORS: DEBORA BOTTINO AND LEWIS SAUNDERS

After a former computer repairer is diagnosed with Alzheimers, homevideotapesprovideawayforhissontoreconnectwithhim

Safe Passage (for Sheila)

USA, 2"35', 2021

DIRECTOR: ERIN FUSSELL

On the surface Safe Passage (for Sheila) is a look at living alone during the pandemic in a 2 1/2 minute story about a spider In a deeper sense it challenges the femme fatale stereotype Based on atruestory

#erinfussell https://erinfussellcom

HaveaNiceday

Forever

NORWAY, 20", 2021 DIRECTOR: TATIANA DELAUNAY CAST:FRANK BEISER, ÞÓRIR FREYR HÖSKULDSSON

wo witty, sweet and confused men become friends because they donthaveanythingbettertodo Theirday oscillates between small talk, existen>al crisis and dubious male ritesofpassage,whilstwanderingthewoods surrounding Oslo, in search of a suitable place to camp in the middleofwinter

Autotune

FRANCE, 24", 2021 DIRECTOR: TANIA GOTESMAN CAST: GRADI BEINZ, LOUISE GRINBERG, THÉO ASKOLOVITCH

IssameetsAlmawhilereplacinghisbestfriend Elie inhisweed delivery Issa immediately falls in love with Alma He thus starts to hide his real identity disguising himself into a drug dealer in order toseeAlmaagain

Now,Daphne

FRANCE, 21"10', 2019

DIRECTOR: JOHANN G LOUIS CAST: STÉPHANIE MICHELINI, MYRIAM BOYER, GAËLLE HAÜSERMANN, FABIEN RICHARD, PIERRE SOURDIVE

A national road not very transient, a hotel on probation, a road restaurant from another time A young woman Daphne drives through these desert landscapes It's nighttime She meets people whoseemtoknowherwithoutbeingabletogiveheraname Who is Daphne? Could it be a ghost who came to walk in the footsteps ofherpast?

Breath

GERMANY, 3"39', 2022 DIRECTOR: LILIAN ROBL

A YouTube video, which is supposed to help the viewer against anxiety by focusing on his*her breathing rhythm, served as the source material, which was graphically altered, filled with words andthiswayinterpretedasafleetingdiagramofbreath

Instagram:@limitmychoices Website:https://lilianroblde

Ciervo(cw)

USA, 10"15', 2020

DIRECTOR: PILAR GARCIA FERNANDEZSESMA

An emotionally haunting and visually beautiful experience, Ciervo tells the story of a young girl who holds violence, submission, and independenceinanuneasybalanceasonemorphsintotheother

Khadiga(cw)

EGYPT/FRANCE,

Khadiga

World

USA,

Twitter:@MeLlamoHipatia

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IWishYou

HappyMoon Festival

CHINA/UNITED STATES, 2"52', 2021

DIRECTOR: XIAOLU WANG

One overseas phone call but one phrase was lost to the receiver of thecall

linktree/x140lu

Safe

USA, 16’, 2021

DIRECTOR: IAN BARLING CAST: WILL PATTON, PHILIP ETTINGER, NOA FISHER, CINDY KATZ, SKIPP SUDDUTH, BRETT DIGGS, LADA DOUKHNAI, KEVIN CRONIN, LEO TROY

On a winter night in Atlantic City the manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind

World Premiere Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2021 Website: https://www lightsonfilm com/safe html instagram: @safetheshort