Best International Short Documentary
Film: JUMPING-OFF PLACE
Director: Svetlana Stasenko
Country: Russia
Length: 0:30:00
Language: Russian (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +12
About: People believe in God. But some rulers try to replace God with themselves. For this purpose, press secretaries and PR managers come up with strange, absurd and very expensive projects. A huge icon «The Savior Not Made by Hands”, created “at the personal expense of the President of the Russian Federation” travels to all military units of Russia, and soldiers are forced to pray near it and to kiss it.
Film: The Olympian
Director: Jan Bujnowski
Country: Poland
Length: 0:11:34
Language: Polish (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +6
About: 22-year old Jakub lives in a stable, surrounded by horses which are his only companions. Every single day looks similar, as he performs his repetitive and mundane tasks. What gives meaning to his life is his secret dream.This is a story about a simple stableman who has a big dream and a plan to make it come true.
Film: My Home
Director: Azar Saiyar
Country: Finland
Length: 0:12:00
Language: Finnish (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +6
About: "A bee stung me on my finger. It happened yesterday in the yard of a kindergarten, even though I am not in kindergarten anymore.” Fragmented memories of childhood and adulthood blend together in a song that an unknown narrator is humming. In a sixties TV show children are learning a new game. Someone is waiting in the hallway for permission to re-enter the classroom. Everything is set. Everything is nailed.
Film: ALAMAN
Director: Ilgiz-Sherniyaz Tursunbek uulu
Country: Kyrgyzstan
Length: 0:15:00
Language: Russian (with english subtitles)
Age limit: +6
About: The ancient nomads have a game called Alaman, which is played on horseback.
Hundreds and sometimes thousands of riders compete for the prize. The national game is good, but isn't it time to change our views on the future, change the policy that we have been guided by for 30 years and break this vicious circle in which everyone fights for office and throne, like in a carcass game ?! The world around us is changing and we need to update our values. In this short film, we tried to combine these two ideas.
