Category: 2024 ARFF PARIS

Original Film Title: Shoes

Director’s Name: Denise Rose

Writer’s Name: Denise Rose

Producer: Kole Onile-ere

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming : Morocco

Language: Arabic

Runtime: 20 minutes 55 seconds

Film Description:

Just a young boy finding his path… in the best possible shoes.
Shoes is a simple story, with global ambition. A story about Munidi, a young boy from a village somewhere in Africa. Munidi isn’t happy with his image and so he sets about transforming his life. Among other westernised ideals, Munidi looks to his screen idols of the western world for inspiration. But who can help him realise his Big Life Ambitions? Bond? … James Bond, that’s who!
Munidi’s transformation begins as seeks out the finer things and steps into a new life and a new pair of shoes. Meet the fresh and improved Munidi who is 100% ready to fulfil his dreams, when a series of everyday encounters make him realise that the things he idolises, aren’t quite what he thought they would be? This is the story of how one young boy’s real transformation comes with understanding who he is and what is important to him.

Original Film Title: Doll

Director’s Name: Marcel Köppe

Writer’s Name: Marcel Köppe

Producer: Marcel Köppe

Country of Origin: Sweden

Country of Filming : Sweden

Language: Swedish

Runtime: 11 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

Locked in her room, alone in her bed, the girl Ilse is plagued by nightmares. Ilse’s older sister Agnes is poor and has been forced into a life of prostitution. To protect Ilse from the violence and abuse she herself suffers every night, Agnes gives her strong sleeping pills and locks the door to her bedroom when she receives the men, but one night Ilse ‘forgets’ to take her medicine.

Original Film Title: Hola, Farewell

Director’s Name: Malu Solis

Writer’s Name: Malu Solis

Producer: Diego Lomelín, Ernesto Manero, Edgar Herrera

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming : Mexico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 7 minutes 57 seconds

Film Description:

A captain tells his crewman the story of when he was taken away by sirens. The captain recalls the encounter with one particular siren whom he never saw again. However, from that day on he listens to her singing daily from his prison cell.

Original Film Title: KIELIA

Director’s Name: Vic Quinton, Cynthia Garcia

Writer’s Name: Vic Quinton, Wilbur Witt

Producer: Rusty Joiner, Rusty Joiner

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 45 minutes

Film Description:

A love story 10,000 years in the making. A time traveler (Kielia) goes back in time to Austin, Texas to discover the true meaning of a word that was forbidden and removed from all data sources for thousands of years…LOVE.

Original Film Title: Hombre

Director’s Name: Michal Vesely

Writer’s Name: Caleb Bloomer, Michal Vesely

Producer: Camille Aebi, Michal Vesely

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 20 minutes 56 seconds

Film Description:

Skat, a man ensnared by a crippling gambling addiction, embarks on a surreal desert odyssey. His encounter with an enigmatic stranger in a Las Vegas casino leads him to make a life-altering decision, one that isn’t just about saving his own skin but clinging to the hope that newfound forces can fuel his gambling prowess. As Skat navigates his internal struggles, he unwittingly becomes entangled with hidden elements in the earthly realm, setting him on a precarious journey between redemption and an ominous grip. With every twist in the desert road, his destiny teeters on the edge, leaving audiences to unravel the enigmatic layers beneath the surface.

Original Film Title: ROSE

Director’s Name: Honglin Zhou

Writer’s Name: Honglin Zhou

Producer: Arthur Liu, Woody Lin

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: Chinese, English

Runtime: 18 minutes 38 seconds

Film Description:

A girl falls in love with her father’s ex-boyfriend.

Original Film Title: Friend

Director’s Name: Marc Chackal

Writer’s Name: Hugo Muckenstum Muckenstum

Producer: Charlotte Ville

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming : France

Language: French

Runtime: 21 minutes

Film Description:

The day after a reckless night out, Raph declares to his friend Jules that he wants to be sober. Their debate about his decision sets off a disturbing recollection of the blurry night before.

Original Film Title: THE CURSE EFFECT

Director’s Name: Gregg Jaden

Writer’s Name: Jason Satterlund, Gregg Jaden

Producer: Gregg Jaden

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : Indonesia

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

Most replicas of famous oil painting are produced in an urban village in China. The industry is formed by several masters and some proteges of them. Most of them are just parts of the assembly line, however, some of them are finding their ways to true art. But art, is never an easy-to-catch substance.

Original Film Title: 凡高

Director’s Name: Ricky Chow

Writer’s Name: Ricky Chow

Producer: Ricky Chow, Sihao Lu

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 7 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

Most replicas of famous oil painting are produced in an urban village in China. The industry is formed by several masters and some proteges of them. Most of them are just parts of the assembly line, however, some of them are finding their ways to true art. But art, is never an easy-to-catch substance.

Original Film Title: Little Lillith

Director’s Name: Jamison Forkenbrock

Writer’s Name: Jamison Forkenbrock

Producer: Christopher Rucinski

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

A high ranking senior officer is debriefed on a top secret program.