Page 39 - DIFF PROGRAMME 2024

SHORT FILMS
BURUL
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Adilet Karzhoev, Kyrgyzstan, 2023, 14 min, Kirghiz with English subtitles
21 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST 7 24 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9
A rural high school student Burul is interested in wrestling. The wrestling coach will not let her train at the boys’ gym, so she trains at home alone. Burul’s father believes that wrestling is not for girls and forbids her to do it. After several unsuccessful attempts to talk to Burul, a man from a neighbouring village kidnaps her to marry her.
Déjà Nu is an audiovisual poem about the about life, death, body and nature, loneliness and connectedness. This collective and personal experiment fathoms existence associatively, appreciation of transiency, the recognition of the body, the ensoulment of nature, euphoria and loss. It is an associative work of polycultural sentiments.
Edouard receives a cassette from his wife, who has been away in the United States for some time. After years of silence, he and his daughter live with this relic, which bears witness to her journey, her setbacks, but also her love. An unexpected reunion plunges Edouard into deep reflection and grief. He is left pondering, “How can we wait for someone when all we have left of them are images of the past?”This intimate film, inspired by the director’s father who travelled to the United States on a makeshift boat, falls somewhere between documentary and fiction.
After the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini by the morality police in September 2022, a movement emerges in Iran, transforming the lives of Iranians. Inspired by her courage they are known as “Women, Life, Freedom.” Beginning at Mahsa’s graveyard in Kurdistan it swiftly evolves into a nationwide protest. Demonstrations and strikes sweep across Iran, resulting in more than five hundred protestors killed by IRGC forces and their allies. The movement persists, causing the Mullahs to lose power and inch closer to their demise.
DÈJÀ NU
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Rolf Hellat, Côte d’Ivoire, 2023, 14 min, French with English subtitles
19 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9 25 JULY 17:15 GATEWAY 9
DREAMS LIKE PAPER BOATS
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Samuel Suffren, Haiti, 2024, 19 min, Albanian with English subtitles
19 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9 25 JULY 17:15 GATEWAY 9
IRAN IS A WOMAN’S NAME
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Golara Khalilinejad, Portugal, 2023, 30 min, English
21 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST 7 24 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9
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