SMILES & SUNSHINE
Sunday, June 5, 9.30 AM
Liberty Cinema
Total Duration: 72 min
Here is a package of five mood-lifter short films to bring a smile on your face, and spread sunshine in your heart – what could be a better way to start your Sunday!
CHRISTIAN (Cristiano)
Dir: Adán Pichardo / 11 min / 2021 / Narrative Short / Spain / Spanish
Cristiano is a young devotee who wants to be trained in the seminary to become a Catholic priest, but the interviewer responsible for vocations is Avelino – the unconventional priest of his hometown.
GRANDMA, MEET MARY!
Dir: Kaire Russ / 19 min / 2021 / Narrative Short / Estonia / Estonian
The perfectionist Virve has done everything so that her mother’s 80 birthday party would be traditionally perfect. But with no warning her niece brings a surprise guest – her same sex partner.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT (Simples Assim)
Dir: Luciana Bitencourt / 19 min / 2021 / Narrative Short / Brazil / Portuguese
Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy’s father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
IN HEAVEN (En el cielo)
Dir: Manuel Gomar / 13 min / 2022 / Narrative Short / Spain / Spanish
Julia is not happy the way her life is passing. Finally she makes an important decision to change it.
TANK FAIRY
Dir: Erich Rettstadt / 10 min / 2021 / Narrative Short / Taiwan / Mandarin Chinese
A magical Tank Fairy delivers her tanks unlike any other – with sass, stilettos and a healthy helping of glitter. Her arrival upends the life of Jojo, a lonely ten-year-old who dreams of dancing and drag.
Tank Fairy gives a campy makeover to a traditionally ‘male’ dominated profession, features Marian, one of Taiwan’s most recognizable drag artists and transgender performers in the title role.
