For its 26th edition, La Cinef selected among 2000 films submitted by film schools from all around the world, 14 short fictions and 2 animated short films, among which 10 films are directed by women and 7 films by men.
13 countries from 4 continents are represented including Morocco, for the first time in selection. The Jury chaired by Ildikó Enyedi will give out 3 La Cinef awards, during a ceremony that will be followed by the screening of the awarded films, Thursday, May 25, in the Buñuel theatre.
A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY by Yupeng He
Columbia University – United States – 20′
The appearance of a girl on a bright sunny day gently changes the life of a young man.
KILLING BORIS JOHNSON de Musa Alderson-Clarke
NFTS – United Kingdom – 24′
The inner turmoil of a grieving son collides with the failing political tenure of the Conservatives.
AYYUR de Zineb Wakrim
ÉSAV Marrakech – Marocco – 13′
Hasna and Samad, 14 years old. Art and painting help them to resist and catch the light in the middle of the darkness.
TRENC D’ALBA de Anna Llargués
ESCAC – Spain – 28′
The farmhouse of a rural family is declared unfit for habitation. While part of the family fights to save the space their ancestors built, the younger ones imagine where they could go.
