Super Shorts New York

29/09/2024

29/09/2024

What a success!! Thank you to all who came to the screenings of the 2024 ! Here are a few photos from the red carpet!

28/09/2024

The Fuse (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin, tonight at 7pm.

Cassius, a worn-down Latinx gladiator of modern life fights to make a living as a nighttime garbage man in the concrete arena of the Bronx. One night he’s inevitably laid off and faces his fear of becoming a homeless pariah. On his own terms, he sets up his final farewell but a fuse unexpectedly defaults him and makes him wonder through the night in quest of his truth.

Running time: 00:18:55

28/09/2024

Bridge / Keeper (United States) by Sinclair Rankin, tonight at 7pm.

As a bridge keeper makes his rounds, a mysterious sequence of events pushes him into an unexpected reality regarding the bridge in his care.

Running time: 00:07:50

28/09/2024

Nøkkelbarn (Norway) by Sindre Mangen Haram, tonight at 7pm.

When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.

Running time: 00:21:16

28/09/2024

The Heart of Texas (United States) by Gregory JM Kasunich, tonight at 7pm.

Janie May, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in Waco, TX. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero Harlan Thompson in hopes of winning the opening act spot on his upcoming tour. In a chaotic dash to the studio, she collides her car into Jesús, an undocumented worker who refuses medical care or police assistance out of fear of being discovered and deported. The two engage in a struggle, each in pursuit of their own American dreams. In the end, they do the only thing they know how to do: fend for themselves.

Running time: 00:14:45

28/09/2024

Noham (Belgium) by Victorine Durmort, Marie Fotso, tonight at 7pm.

The day of the family Christmas party, 7yr old Noham is dropped off by his father at a hotel where he is reunited with his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since she moved out of the family home. During this particular afternoon, Noham tries to unravel the mystery that lies behind his mother’s isolation.

Running time: 00:14:49

28/09/2024

Pappas Poppy (Norway) by Johanne Wilbrink, will be starting of our final night of selections. Tonight at 7pm

Dolls, c***s and daddy issues – a personal portrait of being a woman.

Running time: 00:07:00

27/09/2024

The Feast (Georgia) by Mariam Bitsadze, tonight at 7PM, don't forget to get your tickets.

"The Feast" portrays the life of a Georgian housewife who spends a day preparing a sumptuous supper for her husband's friends. Despite her efforts, she feels like an outsider and struggles to integrate into the group. As the day progresses, she confronts the societal expectations placed upon her as a woman and begins to question her own sense of identity. Through her journey, the protagonist experiences a range of emotions and obstacles that ultimately lead her to a realisation about her own destiny.

Running time: 00:24:00

27/09/2024

Nature Attack (France) by Erik Semashkin, tonight at 7PM, don't forget to get your tickets.

A bird decides to hunt crickets, but his crossing will be more complicated than expected.

Running time: 00:03:15

27/09/2024

Hotel Centaur (Greece) by Lino Kafidas, Dimitris Kafidas, tonight at 7PM, don't forget to get your tickets.

The absolute absurdity and meaninglessness of life are explored in this dark piece set in a Greek mountain hotel, with a cast of unlikely characters. At the centre of its enquiry into the absurd is a disenchanted hotelier whose last concern is the management of his establishment. Rather, he engages with his guests and staff as though they exist as proof of his torment, each day repeating a series of eccentric and pointless actions. His staff put up with his behaviour. Each guest that arrives at the Hotel Centaur bears a particular existential burden. From the suicidal boy who reads Kafka and watches his distracted parents dance, to the artist tormented by his blank canvas, to the story’s most unexpected guest, a Japanese man who for the past ten years – inexplicably – has written a polite weekly letter enquiring after the mythical centaurs of the area, and wishes to be shown these creatures. Each character searches, each search is shown to be absurd, with the story culminating in a brutal tragedy that is fallout of a bad joke, and the confirmation that life provides us with no easy answers.

Running time: 00:24:10