Small causes, big effects. The butterfly (or dragonfly) doesn’t just flutter metaphorically across the screen here. It accompanies a journey through space, an exploration of one’s relationship with one’s mother, and an encounter that suddenly sparks desire and transformation. Five short films in which the flutter of a wing is all it takes to set things in motion.
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International Competition
Questioning the concept and meaning of home, the protagonist drifts through memories shaped by nostalgia. Fragments of belonging, family, and the past come to the surface and dissolve. At its core lies a longing to understand where they come from and to find the strength to accept what cannot be changed.
2' E/e
Manaia, a young woman caught between expectations and self-acceptance, finds herself confronting her repressed sexuality when a chance reunion with her first love stirs old feelings.
10' OV/E
Doubt creeps in as Cosmo, a space traveller, addresses his gender identity. In need of clarity and change, he wants to risk crossing the Butterfly Nebula. His spaceship has a personality of her own. Cosmo will need to negotiate change with a certain loss of control.
12' E/d
The Day’s Mother, the Night’s End combines scenes from daily life, dreams, and memories to explore cinema, desire, and the influence of women across generations. Using a camera gifted by the filmmaker's mother, it captures the beauty of everyday moments while paying tribute to the women who have shaped the filmmaker's perspective.
6' OV/E/e
Confronted with a global catastrophe that brings the end of the world near, Sully has chosen solitude. But this summer, the arrival of Jeanne with her wife Romane changes everything. A burning desire arises in Sully.
30' F/e
