Revistă online editată de Uniunea Cineaștilor din România
Arthouse Shorts proves that the short is not a minor genre, dedicated to filmmakers preparing to make their debut in feature film. The films in this sections were made by reputed directors in art cinema, who decided to return, through a recent film, to the short format.
aggressiveness. Using the pretext of a team building organised by a corporation, the protagonist risks to become the victim of his own colleagues. The Hedonists, directed by Jia Zhang-ke, is a comedy following the attempts of three men to find an workplace after the mine they were working for is closed. Inspired by the story of the woman who built Winchester mansion, popular for its dysfunctional architecture, with doors that lead nowhere and stairs ending in the ceiling, the short Sarah Winchester, Ghost Opera, directed by Bertnard Bonello, evokes the memory of the above-mentioned controversial character and the story behind the unusual construction.
Academy Awards at a series of European festivals and institutions. The 13 films approach various cinema genres, in different registers, talking about current themes. 9 Days - From my window in Aleppo (directed by Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen and Issa Touma), winner of Best Short Award at this year's edition, captures the first nine days of the Aleppo conflict through the eyes of the famous Syrian photographer Issa Touma. The war theme is also approached by the animation directed by Florian Grolig, In the distance, following a character who isolated himself in his apartment in order to keep away from the chaos of an armed conflict. In a completely different tone, Samuel Lampert humorously approaches in The Wall the issue of living quarters, using as pretext the moment when the leading character decides to hammer a nail in order to hang up a photo. The Honk-Kong's impersonal sky-scrapers, which hide crowded living quarters where various anonymous people are living, become the director's playing ground.
