Short Docs

Las novias del sur / Southern Brides Director Elena López Riera Switzerland, Spain, 2024, 39 min Women of mature years talk about their marriage, their first time, their intimate relationship with sexuality. In the repetition of these ancestral rituals, the director questions her own lack of marriage, of children, and with it, a chain of mother-daughter relationships that is dying out. Silver City Director Dea Saračević Sweden, 2024, 19 min In the Wild West, far from the big cities, a tender encounter with an older generation takes place. They let their personal stories about parenthood, lost love and life’s consequences come to the surface for the first time. Projekt Pappa / Project Dad Director Camilla Jämting Norway, Estonia, 2023, 28 min Camilla’s dad is a pick-up artist who teaches other men how to succeed on Tinder, and who seeks self-development through ice-cold topless walks inspired by Wim Hof. Camilla is an artist and a feminist, and there’s not much she and her father agree on. How can they maintain a strong bond? A Move Director Elahe Esmaili Iran, UK, 2024, 26 min Against the backdrop of the Women, Life, Freedom protest movement in Tehran, filmmaker Elahe Esmaili is helping her parents to pack up the family home. As the boxes stack up, discussions flare between the generations: Elahe does not wear the hijab, embodying the courage of her generation’s struggles. But can changing a society be as simple as moving house?