ENCOUNTERS / AMOUR

In this programme:

MY DEAR BOY

LEAF LIEBER | USA | 2022 | 5 MIN | ENGLISH

A whole relationship is condensed into one short film.

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VEGAS

ANNA WHEELER | CANADA | 2022 | 10 MIN | ENGLISH

A disillusioned artist- turned taxi driver picks up an unassuming stranger and things take a dramatic turn when it is revealed not everything is as it appears. Vegas is a coming of age dramedy, wrapped inside a neon-noir urban mystery.

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IT’S A DATE

NADYA PARFAN | UKRAINE | 2022 | 6 MIN | NO DIALOGUE

Kyiv in 2022. A car races at breakneck speed through the city at dawn. Filmed from a subjective camera angle in a single unedited shot, this film captures the emotions in a state of emergency caused by the war.

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THE END (FIN)

FERNANDO REINALDOS | SPAIN| 2022 | 10 MIN | SPANISH S.-T.EN.

In the last years, Carmen has dedicated herself body and soul to caring for her wife Rosa, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. In each gesture, Carmen maintains the hope that Rosa will look at her as she used to do when they were younger.

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LONELY COUNTRY

JAMES PERRY | CANADA | 2022 | 15 MIN | EMGLISH

In 1950s rural Ontario, Eugene, a closeted gay man, comes across Jack, a handsome young hitchhiker. When Eugene offers Jack a place to spend the night, he is forced to question just how much of his true self he is willing to reveal.

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MON CRS

MARC MARTIN | FRANCE | 2022 | 22 MIN | FRENCH S.-T.EN.

A young, well-behaved CRS (French riot police) officer (Mathis Chevalier, a former MMA champion), is shaken by the awakening of desires he wouldn’t have expected: a non-binary cabaret singer breaks into his well-ordered life. Mon CRS questions the codes and habits of manhood and the capacity to accept oneself.

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