Category: BCN Student Film

English Film Title: A Trip with Mom

Original Film Title: 帶媽媽出去玩

Directors Name: Sophie SHUI

Writers Name: Sophie SHUI

Producer: TING CHI-FANG, Chen Chiou Fu 

Country of Origin: Taiwan

Country of Filming: Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Runtime: 25 min

Film Description: 

In order to take care of his old mother (played by Liou, Yiin-Shang), who has lost her intelligence and is disabled, Xia Changming (played by Yi-Wen CHEN) remains unemployed at home. A family of four, who have been relying on the wife Xiaoling (played by CHIN, TZU-YEN), who is an insurance salesperson, for many years. Under the multiple pressures of the complaints from her wife, economic loading, long-term care, and physical and mental bundling, Changming is always depressed and feels hopeless and helpless. Finally, when the police brought the mother back, and his wife took his son away, after receiving a call, Changming mark the late summer with a red pen. He decided to take his mother to travel…

Original Film Title: Cariño

Directors Name: Em Johnson

Writers Name: Em Johnson

Producer: Aleix Quintana

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English, Spanish

Runtime: 11 min

Film Description: 

Sometime past the hour of midnight… Tiff, a young waitress, works the graveyard shift at Vito’s Diner alongside the boss/owner, Vito, when, just like clockwork, a school friend of hers, Frankie, a fresh male escort, drops in for some food, but brings along his vulgar client for the night, Mac. While Tiff tries to find the ending to a short story she’s writing, she’s also longing to save Frankie from his life of escorting. However, as the night comes to a close, emotions run high, causing Tiff to lose her battle and give up.

English Film Title: Sparks

Original Film Title: ניצוצות

Directors Name: Netta Shalev

Writers Name: Netta Shalev

Producer: Neta Cohen, Yuval Ariel, Netta Shalev

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Israel 

Language: Hebrew

Runtime: 25 min 8 sec

Film Description:

Set in 1994, homophobic Amit returns home; a year after the death of his twin brother, Yoni, who died of AIDS. Amit is surprised to find that his family and Yoni’s former partner are going to a drag show in Yoni’s memory.