2024

World Shorts

A celebration of the best in World Cinema short filmmaking.

Runtime

83 Minutes

Classification

Unclassified 15+

Around the world in 80 minutes, screening the best in World Cinema short filmmaking

Featuring stories from Mexico, Argentina, New Zealand, France and Palestine – these shorts will transport you into the everyday lives of people around the world with courageous, fantastical and observational storytelling.

Film Credits

Year

2024

Type

Short

Program Strand

Shorts & World Cinema

Genre

Short

Screens With

A Daydream with Fini

On a sweltering summer’s day in Izamal, Mexico, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.

Director

Grace Tan

Country

Spain

Runtime

7 minutes

Rating

All Ages

An Odd Turn

A Buenos Aires museum security guard’s personal and professional life is upended after she predicts a sharp rise in the dollar’s value.

Director

Francisco Lezama

Country

Argentina

Runtime

22 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Lea Tupu’anga / Mother Tongue

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job.

Director

Vea Mafile'o

Country

New Zealand

Runtime

17 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Montsouris Park

Two filmmakers record the quotidian and the unusual as they scour Montsouris Park for documentary subjects.

Director

Guil Sela

Country

France

Runtime

14 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Palestine Islands

West Bank resident Maha hatches a crazy plan to make her blind grandfather believe that a return to his homeland is possible.

Director

Nour Ben Salem

Julien Menanteau

Country

Palestine

Runtime

23 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

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