Category: Best Student Film – 2024 WSXA BARCELONA

Original Film Title: 有病

Director’s Name: Yang Zheng

Writer’s Name: xingyu yang

Producer: tianyue shen, miaomiao zhang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chochenyo

Runtime: 8 minutes

Film Description:

On the Internet, a mother’s post caused an uproar: Chen Juan is a single mother who is widowed and originally lived alone with her son Kangkang, but Kangkang was suddenly diagnosed with a terminal illness. In desperation, she turned to the Internet to solicit donations. Their plight attracted widespread sympathy and attention, and they received a large number of donations. But one day, the netizen “Li Zhongke” found that the mother and son appeared in the amusement park. So, “with justice in mind” he was exposed to the Internet, setting off a wave of Internet violence against them. But,this does not seem to be the case

Original Film Title: ONLY THE WIND KNOWS

Director’s Name: HUANG ZIYING

Writer’s Name: HUANG ZIYING

Producer: ZHANG ZHUOLIN

Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of

Country of Filming : Korea, Republic of

Language: Chinese, Korean

Runtime: 15 minutes 3 seconds

Film Description:

Original Film Title: BE FACED

Director’s Name: Maya Bernstein

Writer’s Name: Maya Bernstein

Producer: Maya Bernstein

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: China

Runtime: 16 minutes 43 seconds

Film Description:

Set in a semi sci-fi reality, Erris Simon, a late 20 something working for a biking live-stream company, is in need of a boost to her work performance. Influenced by her charismatic colleague, Blithe, Erris decides to under go the ‘mask procedure’ in hopes of obtaining what feels missing in her current existence.

“BE FACED” delves into the transformative power of changing oneself based on the environment. It observes the intricate relationship between identity and surroundings, reflecting on adaptability and resilience. The film raises questions about the intersection of human experience and filtered artificial intelligence, inviting viewers to ponder the impact of these ‘advancements’ on our lives and self-identity.

Original Film Title: Little White Lies

Director’s Name: Jisoo Kim

Writer’s Name: Jisoo Kim

Producer: Jisoo Kim

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming : United States

Language: Korean

Runtime: 3 minutes 7 seconds

Film Description:

A story about a girl studying and living alone in New York,
who misses her family but tells white lies so that her parents do not worry about her.

Original Film Title: Doll

Director’s Name: Paula Alegría Estrada

Writer’s Name: Paula Alegría Estrada

Producer: Paula Alegría Estrada

Country of Origin: Ecuador

Country of Filming : Ecuador

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 13 minutes

Film Description:

“Make Your Doll” Corporation designs Dolls in order to be sold for male pleasure. Ana, one of them, decides to escape the fabric when she hears that Lourdes, the manager, wants to shut her down, because she is a defective product.

Original Film Title: The Grassland Whisper

Director’s Name: Jiaqing Lin

Writer’s Name: Jiaqing Lin

Producer: Ke Zhang

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming : China

Language: Chinese, Kazakh

Runtime: 12 minutes 40 seconds

Film Description:

On the grasslands of Xinjiang, there resides a traditional pastoralist family with a Kazakh young man on the verge of adulthood. Amidst the rebelliousness of adolescence and a long-held divergence in educational ideals from his paternal elders, he holds a tense relationship with the traditional shepherd father. And the incident of the missing horses shatters the tranquility of the father and son’s daily life at home. In the harsh winter, they embark on a journey to find the horses, with the snow-covered hoofprints bearing witness to the young man’s transition to the adulthood.