Q&A with Oasis producer Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu, moderated by Brandon Harrisison
Discover the best of this year’s nonfiction short films. Each year, Cinema Eye Honors spotlights the ten short films on its Shorts List, the organization’s annual list of semi-finalists for its Nonfiction Short Film Honor.
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Program 1 includes:
Oasis
Dir. Justine Martin | 14:11min
At the dawn of their teenage years, Raphaël and Rémi are twins who see their fusional attachment crumble while one of them, suffering from an increasingly marked disability, remains a prisoner of childhood. During one last summer surrounded by nature, time seems to want to stand still.
Will You Look At Me
Dir. Shuli Huang | 20:10min
As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
Into the Blue
Dir. Omer Sami | 27:36min
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates gruelling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
Neighbour Abdi
Dir. Douwe Dijksta | 28:39min
How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.
Away
Dir. Ruslan Fedotow | 28:23min
A portrait of two 16-year-old Ukrainian refugees in Budapest. They help out at a school for refugee children and make protest art on the streets—triggering political discussions among the Hungarian passersby.