Shorts - Program 3

Hanging On

After building a lifetime of memories and a close-knit community, the residents of a council housing neighborhood are faced with eviction, as real estate investors itch to demolish their homes in favor of luxury projects.

Geamăna

Valeria is forced to leave her village after it had been flooded with toxic water from the mines. Before she says her final farewell, she remembers the life she had there.

Nuisance Bear

The obstacle course migrating polar bears must navigate to avoid tourists and wildlife officers, shown from the bears’ point of view.

Life

Tehran is in lockdown, but the filmmaker’s elderly mother decides to visit anyway. How will she adapt to the presence of a giant pet iguana?