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Finalised the selection for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition
The 13 short films will compete for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, to be assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section.
Orizzonti Short Films
The line-up has been finalised for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition of the 81st Venice International Film Festival (28 August - 7 September 2024) of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera. The selection presents the world premiere screenings of 13 short films, competing for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, assigned by the Jury of the Orizzonti section.
Below is the complete line-up of the 13 Orizzonti Short Films whose production involves 16 different countries around the world:
NEREDEYSE KESİNLİKLE YANLIŞ (ALMOST CERTAINLY FALSE)
by CANSU BAYDAR
with Rahaf Armanazi, İsa Karataş, Ferhat Akgün, Büşra Albayrak, Ubey Gül / Turkey/ 20’
SHADOWS
by RAND BEIRUTY
Animation / France, Jordan / 11’
IL BURATTINO E LA BALENA
by ROBERTO CATANI
Animation / France, Italy / 8’
DUYAO MAO (THE POISON CAT)
by TIAN GUAN
with Liguo Yuan, Yanxi Li / China/ 17’
NIME BAZ, NIME BASTEH (AJAR)
by ATEFEH JALALI
with Ebrahim Azizi, Masoomeh Iranshahi / Iran / 12’
THREE KEENINGS
by OLIVER MCGOLDRICK
with Seamus O’Hara, Sean Kearns, Carol Moore, Caitriona Hinds, Niall Cusack / UK, Ireland, USA / 10’
MINHA MÃE É UMA VACA (MY MOTHER IS A COW)
by MOARA PASSONI
with Luísa Bastos, Helena Albergaria, Amorosa No, Ana Carolina Guztazaky, Claudio Rodrigues da Silva / Brazil / 15’
RENÉ VA ALLA GUERRA
by MARIACHIARA PERNISA, LUCA FERRI, MORGAN MENEGAZZO
Documentary / Italy, Slovenia / 18’
JAMES
by ANDRES RODRÍGUEZ
with James Maldonado, Jose Poz, Erick Maldonado / Guatemala, Mexico / 20’
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by RÚNAR RÚNARSSON
with Ingvar E. Sigurðsson / Iceland, Sweden / 20’
WHO LOVES THE SUN
by ARSHIA SHAKIBA
Documentary / Canada / 19’
MOON LAKE
by JEANNIE SUI WONDERS
with Grace Hunt Sui, Chase Sui Wonders, Riley Downey, Valeria Embarcadero Perez, Daphne Williams, Sophie Watson / USA / 12’
MARION
by JOE WEILAND, FINN CONSTANTINE
with Caroline Noguès-Larbère, Radouan Leflahi, Laurent Fernandez, Manuel Severi, Chloé Bugard / France, UK / 13’
