iShorts: Short Genre Films
This year’s selection from iShorts, in line with Kinomixer’s spirit, focuses on the genre of science fiction, horror and fantasy, including their imaginative fusions. We focused primarily on European titles and their thematic and formal diversity. For example, we will be transported to dark forests full of mysterious spells and to a dystopian underground, in which a community of those chosen to survive the apocalypse is being formed. The selected short films prove the unmistakable creative potential of young European creators. Come and discover it with us in the dark of cinema!
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THE EMBRACE (Hungary, Brasil)
Director: Gabriel Motta | Producers: Gabriel Motta, Linda Pfeiffer, Ferenc Pusztai, György Pálos | Star: Raul Ionescu, Athina Papadimitriu, Zsolt Trill | Year: 2022 | Length: 18 min | Live action
In the Hungarian wilderness, a father tries to reconnect with his son on a hunt. Unawarely, their intrusion disturbs the balance of the forest, and awakens its female spirit.
ALS ER EIN STAR WAR (Austria)
Director: Daniel Holzberg | Producer: Joseph Zedelmaier |
Star: Sebastian Griegel, Laura Jessat, Ercan Karacayli |
Year: 2023 | Length: 27 min | Live action
A former child star from a popular sci-fi blockbuster tries to redefine himself twenty years later. But paparazzi, hate comments and his controlling mother won’t let him forget a
childhood in the spotlight.
BRUME (Germany)
Director: Maureen Payne-Hahner | Producers: Annemette Andersen, Christoph Hahner, Maureen Payne-Hahner, William Pennell, Anders Wøldike Schmith | Star: Tammi Øst, Jarreth J. Merz, Annemette Andersen | Year: 2022 | Length: 25 min | Live action
What could climate change look like if Mother Nature were to simply give up and fall into a deep, dormant state?
RED CAP F30.2 (Czech Republic)
Directors: Jakub Vrbík, Matěj Sláma | Producer: FAMU | Star: Miroslav Hořínek, Petr Koblovský, Anita Krausová, Dušan sitek, Natalie Golovchenko, Jiří Racek | Year: 2020 | Length: 14 min | Live action
The near future, a burned-out fellowship of has-beens and one man who dreams of an ordinary tedious life… Or maybe an unfulfilled red cap, who dreams of a life in a world filled
with action. Fantasies and the fish melt into one.
In original language with Czech and English subtitles.