KINOFILM Festival Presents WOMEN IN FILM SHORTS – SAT 18th MAY 2024, 1.30pm
KINOFILM 19th edition film festival at the Ducie Street Warehouse Mini Cini Women in film short program featuring several award winning films.
TRCHOX TEREVNERI ERGY (THE SONG OF FLYING LEAVES)
Dir/Wri/Pro: Armine Anda, Wri: Roman Balayan, Armenia, 2023, 12:37 min
Armenian Academy Award Winner, Best Animation.
WHAT WE SHARE
Wir/Dir/Prod: Maya Avidov, Wri: Joseph Andrew, UK, 2022, 11:22 min
When Brian returns to home after being released from prison he’s confronted by his daughter Deborah. Their terse exchange reveals what lies beneath their heartache and anger caused by the death of the missing matriarch.
GRIM
Wri/Dir: Grace Alwyn Ashworth, Pro: Håkan Carlsson, UK, 2024, 15:32 min
International award winner. A grieving man’s plans to end his life are thwarted by the presence of a mysterious stranger with seemingly sinister motives.
Blue
Wir/Dir: Weronika Szyma , Pro: Piotr Furmankiewicz, Poland, 2023, 6:52 min
Animation. A film about time, longing and trying to find peace. A musing on how scary the
promise of freedom can be.
ТУК СЪМ (I’M HERE)
Wir/Dir: Vilma Kartalska, Pro: Vilma Stoyanova Kartalska, Bulgeria, 2022, 4 min
Zoya returns from shopping to her grandmother's house. There she comes across one of the
most natural and sure parts of life, which, however, always catches us unprepared.
Vapor
Wri/Dir: Susana Abreu, Pro: Rodrigo Areias, Portugal, 2023, 6 min
She is a mirage from the past that like water in the sun has evaporated. Now it’s time to disappear.
CHICKEN GIRL
Wir/ Dir: Em Humble Pro: Milda Baginskaite, UK, 2023, 9:17 min
Chicken Girl can’t get golden eggs off her brain. With the assistance of her “better half”, Gary,
Chicken Girl is loving her chickens to death. Inspired by Grey Gardens, This Country, and
What We Do in the Shadows, this “college documentary” follows a deranged couple on their
journey to gold.
FIREFLY
Wir/Dir: Anne-Marie Scragg, Wri, Mathew Bayliss Pro: Jim Page UK, 2023, 16 min
A young girl who is deaf, living in a rural fishing village with her widower Dad and Grandad,
sees her life turned upside down when she is left with an increasingly abusive stepmother. A
story of resilience against adversity.
