WHOLE WIDE WORLD Competition set II

WHOLE WIDE WORLD Competition set II (94′), 16+

5.12.2024, 20:30
Kino Forum, ul. Legionowa 5
admission free

Directed to artists from all over the world – with the exception of those participating in national and EASTWARD WINDOW contests – the competition is strive to present other regions of the world through short films made by independent artists, students and amateurs.

AS GAIVOTAS CORTAM O CÉU
SEAGULLS CUT THROUGH THE SKY
directors: Mariana Bártolo, Guillermo García López
directors of photography: Marta Simões, Ricardo Freitas
Portugal, France 2023, 18’

Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.

MAJONEZË
director: Giulia Grandinetti
director of photography: Ilya Sapeha
Italy 2024, 20’

A remote Albanian village, a secret love and inner conflicts. When Elyria’s father finds out about the girl’s relationship with Goran, a Serbian boy, the young girl begins to feel that her internal repression, silenced for far too long, is turning into a will to rebel.

LANAWARU
director: Angello Faccini Rueda
director of photography: Angello Faccini Rueda
Colombia, Mexico, USA2024, 16’

When a local community member disappears, a boy faces an early memory, seeking comfort in the Indigenous traditions, healing rituals, and guidance from his grandfather.

NATUREZA HUMANA
HUMAN NATURE
director: Mónica Lima
director of photography: Faraz Fesharaki
music: Gonçalo Sousa
Portugal, Germany 2023, 25’

In an apartment in a city under curfew, a day expands from early Spring to late Summer. A couple’s longing to start a family is shaken by a pervasive feeling of uncertainty.

LE SEXE DE MA MÈRE
PEEPING MOM
director: Francis Canitrot
music: Julien Decoret
France 2023, 14’50”

Éli is fifty years old and his sole occupation in life is taking care of and putting up with his wheelchair-bound mother. Meddling in her son’s sex life, she wants him to hook up with their neighbor, Nathalie. Nostalgic for her wild youth, she’s obsessed with sex, which makes her son’s life hell. One night, the old lady dies. However, the conflictual relationship between Éli and his mother is not resolved…