Award Winning Shorts Program 5
These four films, including the winner of SSFF & ASIA 2021 International Competition, will tell you how to handle the loneliness and isolation people feel.
Kevin Haefelin / 0:17:00 / Switzerland / Comedy / 2020
A Japanese trumpet player on a cultural pilgrimage to discover New York City jazz experiences a hell of a night after being lost in Brooklyn.
Gustavo Milan / 0:17:04 / Brazil / Drama / 2020
Marta, a young Venezuelan mother, is immigrating to Brazil when she meets a struggling young couple with a baby girl. Her ability to breastfeed causes their fates to become forever entwined.
Genevieve Clay-Smith/ 0:20:34 / Japan / Fiction / 2018
An Australian Shakespeare fan with Down Syndrome, sets off on a solo adventure to discover Tokyo in order to get away from his over-bearing older brother. Along the way he uses his knowledge of the Bard, his sketchbook and his wits to win the hearts of the people he meets.
Noa Aharoni Maor / 0:16:17 / Israel / Drama / 2020
Roni (12) is ashamed of her Tourette Syndrome. After acting violently towards a classmate
who picks on her, she’s suspended from school. She stays home alone and her suffering from
the tics, leads her to take an extreme and dangerous act.