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STUDENT FILMS
10TH FLOOR
1 Daniel Crouch Luke Johnstone Kamogelo Boale South Africa 2022 English 13 min
The disappearance and death of his father Floyd at at at John Vorster Square has Sonny – be- ing led by Floyd’s ghost – on on a a surreal journey This film poses the question of how do memories of trauma become distorted through time and space?
Xiaofeng despised her her backward hometown and and her her parents and and does not want to to stay at home home for for a a a moment longer On the very morning before she she is to leave home home she she experiences something unforgettable with her her father that changes the the way she feels about him and the whole hometown The 11-year-old Chinese girl Mai turns into a a a a a a feather duster at at her her her baby brother’s first birthday party soon after learning her parents only ever wanted a a a a a a a boy A young young Ethiopian Israeli experiencing an an an anxiety attack must rescue his younger brother from a a a conflict with the the the police With every passing moment the the the bad blood be- tween the the two brothers only makes matters worse Younus does not give up despite all the doubts Fascinated he he is glued to a a a a a strange but familiar father figure and mixed up with a a a a a a a a growing longing for real intimacy Cautiously testing and and expanding boundaries Younus is is playing a a a a a a risky game When the tension finally unloads he he he questions the the deeper foundation of the the fragile relationship A A A PARTING DAY
3 Luming Feng China 2022 Chinese with English subtitles 21 min
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A A A ROADSIDE BANQUET
3 Peiqi Peng China 2022 Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles 16 min
ADANE AND YALEO
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Oz Zirlin Israel 2022 Hebrew with English subtitles 22 22 min
AGAINST ALL ODDS
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Laurenz Otto Germany 2022 German German with English subtitles 15 min
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