IMμF 2024
The Film Festival Loved from One End to the Other Returns
Τhe established for the last years International Section of Micro μ is coming back and hosts short films that have a Greek premiere.
From hundreds of submissions that we received from filmmakers from all over the world, we selected 8 short films from last year which were all awarded from important international festivals.
Athens Nana Cinemax 179 Vouliagmenis Ave. 21/11 at 19:00
Xanthi, part of the films will be screened at Folkloric Museum FEX - 14/10 at 19:30
Below you may find a first presentation of the 8 selected films.
IMμF 2024 : The Films
3 MWH
| DURATION | 12’16’’ |
| COUNTRY | Czech Republic |
| DIRECTOR | Marie-Magdalena Kochová |
| WRITER | Josef Kokta |
| CAST | Jaroslav Pížl, |
| TRAILER | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
A nuclear power plant worker has set a maximum limit on how much electricity he can use. Now he must decide where to put the energy he has left in his life.
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| DURATION | 7’51’’ |
| COUNTRY | Italy |
| WRITER | Andrea Gatopoulos |
| TRAILER | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad..
RISING ABOVE
| DURATION | 4’12’ |
| COUNTRY | Czech Republic |
| WRITER & DIRECTOR | Natálie Durchánková |
| TRAILER | - |
SYNOPSIS
Animated documentary based on the real-life account provided by a survivor of sexually motivated violent assault and her journey of recovery as she comes to terms with the trauma.
NINE SENTIMETERS
| DURATION | 18’55’’ |
| COUNTRY | Russian Federation |
| DIRECTOR | Kirill Loginov |
| WRITER | Anna Petrova |
| CAST | Alexey Sergeev, Ambartsum Kabanyan, Polina Sinilnikova, Kirill Komarov |
| TRAILER | - |
SYNOPSIS
The clown Mitya is to be fired from the cirucs. The new director doesn’t consider his trick to be impressive enough — Mitya can lift himself into the air, but only nine centimeters high. The director lays down terms that Mitya must learn to lift himself to an acceptable height. But the director doesn’t know that this nine centimeters is no mere trick. Mitya truly can hover above the ground.
BURNING AWAY
| DURATION | 14’50’’ |
| COUNTRY | Canada |
| WRITER & DIRECTOR | Romane Lepage |
| CAST | Jeane Landry-Proulx, Kevin Tremblay, Marc-Antoine Morin, Janie Faucher-Roy, Sandra Dumaresq |
| TRAILER | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
At the end of her studies at UQAM in cinema, Romane Lepage won the award for best graduation short film. Since then, she works as an assistant director and explore the in-between areas of human relationships in her projects of short films.
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
| DURATION | 14’49’’ |
| COUNTRY | Lebanon |
| WRITER & DIRECTOR | Dahlia Nemlich |
| CAST | Siham Haddad, Zaven Baaklini, Khoury Tamara |
| TRAILER | - |
SYNOPSIS
Facing their imminent separation, Elias and Christiane dive into their memories for one final goodbye.
DO IT RIGHT
| DURATION | 15’00’’ |
| COUNTRY | Russian Federation |
| WRITER & DIRECTOR | Yaroslav Lebedev |
| CAST | Oleg Yagodin, Dmitry Kolchin |
| TRAILER | - |
SYNOPSIS
Ivan finds his ex-wife's cat dead - the only souvenir of a failed marriage, a heartbreak he is still going through. Yet he cannot bury it: he does not have enough funds for a crematorium and the winter is raging outside. His best friend Pasha comes to help as he intends to arrange a proper funeral at all costs.
ANOTHER ALICE
| DURATION | 14’59’’ |
| COUNTRY | France |
| DIRECTOR | Matteo La Capria, |
| WRITER | Matteo La Capria, Clara Leclerc Petrášová |
| CAST | Clara Leclerc Petrášová, Paul Contargyris, Lise Lamétrie, Doug Rand, Patrick Chesnais |
| TRAILER | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
Alice leaves a party with her best friend who tries to kiss her. She pushes him away, he becomes violent... Alice then flees into a dreamlike universe, revisiting a wonderland that looks like a nightmare.