ABERTOIR WORLD SHORTS
25th February - 13th March
Childhood Memories
*MELIES WINNER*
Director:Vincenzo Aiello
Switzerland, 2021, 12 minutes
While moving in, a young woman finds a strange toy that will bring her back childhood memories.
25th February - 13th March
Incarnation
DIrector: Noboru Suzuki
Japan, 2021, 13 minutes
A mysterious old woman who claims to be a 400-year-old vampire, and a con man who tries to swindle her out of money. What will happen at the end? A dialogic play that takes place at a coffee shop outside the town.
25th February - 13th March
Brothers Again
Director: Vanja Tognola
Switzerland, 2019, 11 minutes
Franco, an elderly man, lives his life in serenity with his wife Margherita. The arrival of his brother Vittorio breaks the calm...
25th February - 13th March
Verdict 30.001: The Cookies
Director: Henna Välkky & Samuel Häkkinen
Finland 2020, 9 minutes
The average adult makes around 35 000 remotely conscious decisions each day. Each decision carries certain consequences - both good and bad. Even if it's just about a box of cookies.
25th February - 13th March
Hopes
Director: Raúl Monge
Spain 2019, 10 minutes
Hopes tells the story of a pair of homeless people; a little girl and her hooded companion who wander the streets looking for food and begging. Only when they return to the "home" do we discover that their relationship is based on a very particular dependence.
25th February - 13th March
Ida
Director: Cassiano Prado
Brazil, 2018, 9 minutes
Rosa is a sceptical mother who denies there is more to her daughter's
rejection than a pure tantrum.
25th February - 13th March
Reprisal
Director: Mike Malajalian
Lebanon, 2017, 10 minutes
A young woman becomes anxious at the news of the return of her husband who disappeared 30 years ago during the civil war.
25th February - 13th March
Skickelsen
Director: Jonas Gramming
Sweden 2017, 15 minutes
A strange old man moves in to the abandoned apartment next to Sara's. We soon realize that his intentions are devious. Someone is in trouble. Something bad is going to happen. But things may not be exactly as they seem.
25th February - 13th March
The Blizzard
Director: Alvaro Rodriguez Areny
Andorra, 2018, 12 minutes
The Second World War. Marie wakes up hurt and disoriented in the middle of a snowstorm. In front, a mysterious forest separates her from her daughter.
25th February - 13th March
Centrifugado
Director: Mireia Noguera
Spain, 2017, 11 minutes
A young man helps an old lady to carry the laundry to her house. Once inside, the woman isn't willing to let him go.
