Get ready to watch two exceptional short films straight from our official selection! Each film will be followed by an exclusive interview with the talented teams behind them.
Check out the cool short films and teams you can watch/meet this session:
Natalia Boorsma | Live-Action | 14'39''
On a sunny spring day, three women, all going by the name Svetlana, are waiting at a small train station somewhere in southern Serbia. While one longs to leave Serbia, another is visiting the country as a tourist, and the last Svetlana will likely never leave Serbia, nor the train station.
Lieuwe Siebe de Jong | Documentary | 17'51''
Marjanne van Vliet works for a Dutch humanitarian aid organization in Syria—a country devastated by war, economically crippled by sanctions, half of its population has fled, and largely hidden from the world’s view as it is closed off to journalists. Then, in February 2023, an earthquake struck the border area between Syria and Turkey. Filmmaker Lieuwe Siebe de Jong closely follows Marjanne in the affected city of Aleppo. Amid the aftershocks of the earthquake, she and her team face the challenge of providing aid to the residents of Aleppo. This cinematic documentary offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the dilemmas of aid work in an almost hopeless context.
