Category: BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – 2024 ARFF PARIS

Original Film Title: City Of Oz

Director’s Name: Sadik Ahmed

Writer’s Name: Sadik Ahmed

Producer: Sadik Ahmed, Khijir Hayat Khan

Country of Origin: Bangladesh

Country of Filming : Bangladesh

Language: Bengali

Runtime: 52 minutes 41 seconds

Film Description:

In the intriguing super short drama “Edge of Mind,” André grapples with an internal struggle while surrounded by friends in a bar. As the night progresses, he confronts a surreal world embodied by a mysterious monolith, caught in a struggle between clinging to reality and succumbing to the darkness within. The narrative unfolds as André navigates the complexities of his mind with the support of those around him.

Original Film Title: Edge of Mind

Director’s Name: Keanu Maier

Writer’s Name: Keanu Maier

Producer: Keanu Maier

Country of Origin: Switzerland

Country of Filming : Switzerland

Language: Swiss German

Runtime: 3 minutes 44 seconds

Film Description:

In the intriguing super short drama “Edge of Mind,” André grapples with an internal struggle while surrounded by friends in a bar. As the night progresses, he confronts a surreal world embodied by a mysterious monolith, caught in a struggle between clinging to reality and succumbing to the darkness within. The narrative unfolds as André navigates the complexities of his mind with the support of those around him.

Original Film Title: An

Director’s Name: Rui Wang

Writer’s Name: Rui Wang

Producer: Yu-Ming Huang

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 22 seconds

Film Description:

Can a character transcend the boundaries of their scripted existence and express something authentic? Is it even possible for a character to exist beyond the confines of the written narrative? What defines a character’s identity when stripped away from their preordained role in a script? Is he lost? Or is he free?

Original Film Title: The Smith

Director’s Name: Desislava Chuturkova

Writer’s Name: Based on The Brothers Grimm

Producer: Desislava Dimitrova Chuturkova

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes

Film Description:

“The Smith” is a non-verbal short film based on the Brothers Grimm. The narrative peeks into a world invisible to the human eye. A skilled smith is tempted to sell his soul by the forces of evil in exchange for endless wealth. The bargain states that the devil will come to him in three years, hoping that by then the smith will have become completely drunk and will no longer have any strength to fight him. But alas!

Original Film Title: WordLotto

Director’s Name: Johnny Baca

Writer’s Name: Thomas Lopilato

Producer: Thomas Lopilato

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes

Film Description:

Original Film Title: Nyra’s Dreams

Director’s Name: Shalaka Kulkarni

Writer’s Name: Shalaka Kulkarni

Producer: Surinder Martignetti

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 11 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

This short dance film is about the abandoned Nyra, who walks between different worlds and connects with women who teach her about strength, frailty, and hope within her fragmented mind to fight back home to Dyavaprthivi.

Nyra is a fictional character devised off myths and mythological stories and ideas about Goddess Saraswati existing in Indian culture, prominently in Hindu religion. The experimental dance film explores fantastical storytelling through Mudra vocabulary in Indian Classical dance form of Bharatnatyam.