Girls Shorts

Girls Shorts

Fri, Aug 27, PROG – 4

Here is a collection of seven moving, moody and cheerful short films about same-sex loving women… and their hookups, romances, breakups and bonding. One sunshine fact – majority of these films are by female filmmakers.

DEARLY (Tenderment)
Dir: Rose-Anne Déry | 15 min | 2020 | Canada | French

Olivia can sense her relationship slipping away. As she still has a strong desire and a lot of tenderness for Julie, she chooses to keep her feelings quiet during the romantic weekend that Julie organizes for her birthday.

LEO & ALEX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY (Leo y Alex en pleno siglo 21)
Dir: Eva Libertad, Nuria Muñoz | 7 min | 2020 | Spain | Spanish

Alex wakes up in his bed after a night of partying. Next to her is Leo, her roommate, who doesn’t remember how she ended up there. As of this morning, nothing will be the same between the two.

SUCH FAREWELLS
Dir: Takaaki Watanabe | 14 min | 2019 | Japan | Japanese

Luka and her girlfriend Nagi were parting ways when Luka’s brother visits with sad news. For Luka, there was more than one goodbye that day.

SAVE TWILIGHT (Salvo el crepúsculo)
Dir: Mario Hernández López | 20 min | 2019 | Spain | Spanish

Longing for her dead girlfriend, Julia plunges into a spiral of pain, guilt and self-destruction. Until one of those nights full of memories, Julia rebels against the fate that has separated them, and decides to meet her, no matter what.

VIRTUAL GUARD (La Guardia Virtual)
Dir: Daniela Aguinsky | 15 min | 2019 | Argentina | Spanish

Girl meets girl… through a security camera. Can Miriam leave the totem and realize her fantasy? Or will she let the devious Karen stay with Brenda’s love?

GIRLS SHOULDN’T WALK ALONE AT NIGHT (Les filles ne marchent pas seules la nuit)
Dir: Katerine Martineau | 18 min | 2020 | Canada | French

After a late night high school graduation party, Chantal and Delphine find themselves walking home alone in the dark. Lost in the forest, their long night walk is punctuated by carelessness, and an irrepressible desire to exist.

THE WASH (IN LOVE) (Colada)
Dir: Ibon Hernando | 10 min | 2020 | Spain | Spanish

María is in love with her neighbor Susana. She wants to make her fall in love, but she only meets her on the landing, where they tend the laundry.

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