Smiles & Sunshine

Smiles & Sunshine

Sun, Sept 5, PROG – 1

Here is a package of seven 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 day!

THREE TRIPLE A’S
Dir: Lexy Anderson
8 min | 2021 | UK | English

Nervous-wreck Milly anxiously awaits a Skype-Sex call with her long-distant girlfriend, only to be embarrassed that her attempt to ‘spice things up’ has gone horribly wrong.

A LITTLE CONTRACT (Le petit contrat)
Dir: Hristo Todorov
20 min | 2020 | France | French

Jeanne is feeling low, because like her friends, she has not been able to attract boys. One evening, when she’s looking for a match on dating apps, an unexpected visitor emerges. She gets hold of the opportunity to find the boy of her dreams, but on one condition… A modern-day Cinderella tale with a twist!

DOUBTS(Dudillas)
Dir: Pedro Rudolphi
6 min | 2019 | Spain | Spanish

Mari Carmen visits Rosa, her sex-worker friend, after a weird encounter with a common friend. Mari Carmen needs Rosa’s advice… but that’s not all she needs.

1 – 1 (The Uneven)
Dir: Naures Sager
7 min | 2020 | Sweden | Arabic

Ayman’s sex date with Jonas gets crashed by his friends Amirah and Samir, which takes a positive turn.

EXTRA FLAVOUR (L’empoté)
Dir: Carlos Abascal Peiró
9 min | 2020 | France | No Dialogues

Joachim is a very average man in his sixties. But he hides an obsession… or even two… to be precise. He can’t help but stare at the men who go to the gym across the street from his house while he devours pickles. When an “easy opening” new jar won’t open, his world turns upside down!

ANNA
Dir: Sylvain Certain
5 min | 2020 | France | French

Obliged by her mother, Elsa must go to her grandmother to make her a touchy revelation, which will upset her.

SWINGIN’
Dir: Shang-Sing Guo
23 min | 2020 | Taiwan | Chinese

When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, his stepfather Howard, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bullying, before he can provide his son a feeling of security.

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