Love is never easy, even at the best of times. Relationships can just as easily make someone, as it can break them. How we deal with those emotions can define a person’s future, as well as removing them from their ties to the past.
Binge Loving
Director: Thomas Deknop | Belgium | 2021 | 22 Minutes | UK Premiere
A Brussels detective is ordered by a client to follow her husband because she suspects he has a mistress in the capital. When she forces herself into the investigation, the detective is taken out of his comfort zone. Binge Loving is a neo-noir about fragile souls seeking (self) love.
Cast: David Mutamba, Sofie Decleir, Priscilla Adade, Jobst Schnibbe
Writer: Bea Catteeuw, Nina Nijs Thomas Deknop, Davey Snoek | Producer: | Director of Photography: Jonathan Wannyn | Editor: Jérôme Bartholomeüs
Girl Meets Boy
Director: Ferdinand Arthuber | Germany | 2020 | 31 Minutes | UK Premiere
After forsaking men due to an abusive partner, a girl meets a boy who changes her perception on what “dating” can be, especially when it’s built on one major rule: don’t ask questions. An intimate, raw look at two individuals who seek redemption in each other.
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Cast: Franziska Weisz, Carlo Ljubek
Writer: Ferdinand Arthuber | Producer: Max Traub, Leon Hellmann | Director of Photography: Lorenz Weißfuß | Editor: Ana de Mier y Ortuño | Music: Boris Bojadzhiev
It’s So Charming
Director: Svend Colding | Denmark | 2021 | 28 Minutes
Best Short of the Festival Nominee
Silvia is at her parents-in-law’s wedding anniversary and it’s the first time that she’s meeting her boyfriend Christian’s side of the family. Silvia quickly realises that Christian has a dysfunctional relationship with his father Thorsten. Reconciling these two men will be easier said than done.
Cast: Fanny Bernth, Henrik Birch, Niklas Herskind, Tine Gothelff, Caroline Vedel
Writer: Pernille Hyllegaard | Producer: Miki Schack | Director of Photography: Lukas Daugbjerg | Editor: Jacob Løgstrup Fangel | Music: Ida Skjerk, Nina Liv Bendstrup
The Dissonant Echo of Desire
Director: Miao Yu | France | 2020 | 26 Minutes | UK Premiere
Apolline always refuses Arthur’s advances. During a wedding party, in the hope of explaining her indifference to his incessant requests, she tells him about all of her previous sexual encounters. The Dissonant Echo of Desire reveals a lonely portrait of modern society’s desires and lack thereof.
Cast: Margot Ladroue, Ulysse Mengue, François Raison
Writer: Miao Yu | Producer: Louise Silverio | Director of Photography: Margot Besson | Editor: Cécile Lapergue | Music: Arthur Boval
