International short films: <ul><li>Where The Shadows Feast - Dir: Aaron M. Cabrera</li><li>Clay Bird - Dir: Kiran Bhakta Joshi</li><li>First Date - Dir: Luis Filipe Borges</li><li>I Had Sex, But… - Dir: Ang Li</li><li>Nonosante Tutto - Dir: Simone Guarany</li><li>True Lies - Dir: Roni Levkowitz</li><li>Try Your Luck - Dir: Guenia Lemos</li><li>Dipolar Bipolar - Dir: Li Quankai&nbsp;</li><li>Rock, Paper, Scissors - Dir: Franz Bohm</li><li>Undying Pain of Existence - Dir: Oscar Jacobson</li><li>The Cap - Dir: Claude Neuray</li><li>And I Watched From My Balcony - Dir: Marc Barbault</li><li>Snow Whisper - Dir. Mengqiao Zhang</li></ul> Followed by host Cynthia Crofoot in conversation with the filmmakers.

After decades of men, women and children vanishing into the darkness of their rooms, a detective and mother must follow her childs voice into the shadows, coming face to face with the
shadows themselves.

Where the Shadows Feast

Clay Bird is a poignant tale of Sichu, a nine-year-old girl and her dotting potter grandfather. The young adolescent Sichus relationship with her grandfather is shaken when her more affluent classmates ridicule her potter grandfather. Sichu reacts to being the butt of the joke amongst her peers by lashing out at her grandfather. 
Her grandfather passes as Sichu continues to struggle with her young adolescent life. The sudden loss of her grandfather shakes up Sichu once again. To her surprise, she realizes that her grandfathers creations brought joy to the whole community. This realization helps Sichu find her way out of her sense of loss and emerge stronger and proud of her family and heritage. She celebrates her grandfathers legacy by reclaiming a clay bird she shattered which had been lovingly put back together by her grandfather.

Clay Bird

An American and a supposed Azorean meet for the first time on the island of Pico...what now, Cupid?
Santiago and Melissa flirt on a dating app. She loves Romana Petri, the author of books set on the island of Pico. He desperately wants to meet her. What if our first date was there? It's my home! The young American accepts the offer. Now, the Lisbonite, who posed as an Azorean, has quite a dilemma to solve...
Uma americana e um suposto açoriano encontram-se pela primeira vez na ilha do Pico...e agora, Cupido?
Santiago e Melissa namoriscam numa rede social. Ela adora Romana Petri, autora de livros passados na ilha do Pico. Ele quer desesperadamente conhecê-la. E se o nosso encontro fosse lá? É a minha terra!. A jovem americana aceita o desafio. Agora, o lisboeta, que se fez passar por açoriano, tem um belo dilema para resolver...

First Date

How would you define intimacy and how would you find it? The filmmaker tried to find it by having his first sexual experiences with strangers. The film shows the interactions between them before and after sex. And after these encounters, the filmmaker had some new thoughts about intimacy and sex.

I Had Sex, But...

Freely inspired by the play "Caso, Mai - The unpredictable virtue of dignity" by Simone Gurany, Despite Everything recounts the drama experienced by those who, due to an illness or an accident, find themselves prisoners of their own body.
Massimiliano and Giuseppe share the same room, one wants to live and the other doesn't, but perhaps there are bigger problems to solve, there's a pencil to pick up on the floor and neither of them can get out of bed.

Nonostante Tutto

In a world of lies, Julie, a young woman, takes her boyfriend, Anthony, to a specialist. This appointment is her last hope to cure him of the strange ailment tormenting him: he has stopped lying.

True lies

As a woman enters the elevator of her residential building, she finds a vintage die lying on a wooden board on top of a pedestal with the phrase TRY YOUR LUCK engraved on it. She soon realizes that it is only by using the die, and not the elevator buttons, that she can move between floors.

Try Your Luck

The title of this film is Bipolar Bipolar which means two extremes. It symbolizes the two extremes of bipolar disorder. The story is about many rocks in my head, a cat and a dog.
The dog often appears during the day and the cat at night. Of these two beings that live in my head, the cat's presence always makes me feel mentally ill and triggers all sorts of bad emotions and all sorts of bad feelings. Therefore, I prefer dogs to cats. So after I try to curtail my evenings and save more time for the dog, the results don't seem to get any better.

dipolar bipolar

BAFTA 2025 Winner (Best British Short Film). Based on a true story - A father and son running a makeshift hospital on the front line of war, face a tough decision when a platoon of soldiers approaches their building. They must find a way to protect both their patients and themselves.

Rock Paper Scissors

A nude model is posing with statuesque stillness for an elite drawing class  until an unfortunate mosquito bite challenges his self-control. Driven to madness by the itch, hes caught between the ruthless demand for perfection and his most unhinged, animalistic impulses.

The Undying Pain of Existence

What to do with your best friend's cap, when on the way to his funeral you discover he was also your wife's lover.

The cap

Victor Raymond, an impassive 60-year-old, finds himself forced into retirement overnight. From his well-ordered life, he suddenly escapes when he meets a group of young "Rap Battle" enthusiasts. A borderline Tourette's syndrome sufferer with a mean streak, he's seduced by rap and hip-hop, and finds love with his widowed concierge. But Rap and love will cross his solitude as quickly as he met them. He'll return to his balcony to watch the...

And I watch from my balcony

'Snow Whisper' tells the story of Eve, a young woman who finds a deep, unexpected connection with Hedy amidst a serene landscape. As Hedy prepares to return to China, Eve grapples with the heartache of their impending separation. Through moments of shared warmth and discovery, the film beautifully captures Eves emotional journey, exploring themes of love, loss, and the poignant beauty of fleeting relationships.

Snow Whisper

Join host Cynthia Crofoot in conversation with filmmakers from our Voices From Afar 2 short film compilation.

Voices From Afar 2 - Filmmaker Q&A

Voices From Afar 2: Short Film Compilation

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