SHORTS PROGRAM #21 - INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC SHORTS #4
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Two men with the same wound. Divergent paths. And a visit that challenges the meaning of conviction. www.fiftythreeone.com
STAG
STAG is a love letter to the black and white films of the era and to the gift a father gave a daughter, one summer night in the dark.
STRINGS
Convinced his dad is a spy, Luke embarks on a journey that leads him to discover the awkward truth. From BAFTA nominated Director Richard Turley and Producer Ruth Wright, comes a boy’s own tale of secrets, subterfuge and fallen heroes set against a backdrop of 1970s Britain.
TAKEN FOR GRANTED
Powerful psychological drama in documentary-style format that traces the last day in the life of a housewife, unraveling her intriguing personality and the striking circumstances of her death. The film opens a window into the minds of those whose need for love and nurturance drives them to extremes.
THE ACROBAT
Every forty seconds a person commits suicide in the world. The Acrobat is the story of one of them. www.agenciafreak.com
THE ART POLICE
When Harry Scribner writes himself into a prison of his own imagination, only his fictional characters can break him out.
THE LAST WILL (ERLEDIGUNG EINER SACHE)
To fulfill the last will of his mother, the young JAKOB ADLER needs to meet his biological father, an inmate of over 25 years in a forensic psychiatric hospital because he murdered his own brother. As Jakob speaks with DR WEISS, the doctor in charge, he finds out the full scope of the tragedy.
THE LONG WAIT
After over twenty years of silence, a desperate woman seeks revenge against the man who ruined her life.