IMμF 2023
International Section
The established after so many years, International Section of Micro μ will screen this year ten short films from Europe, Asia and America, which are all awarded in international film festivals over the last year.
Athens Oct 12 - ΑELLO Cinemax at 21:30
Rhodes Oct 12 - Venue of Architect & Cultural Inheritage at 20:00
IMμF 2023 : The Films
Tall
DURATION | 18’25’’ |
COUNTRY | FRANCE |
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY | Quentin Elles |
CAST | Alexis Bourdon, Hugo Becker, DjibiDiakhate |
TRAILER | - | -
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
Hugo is 17 and a member of a handball new talent program, an institution that trains professional athletes. A brilliant and committed player, he is preparing for a crucial match that will determine his career. But the day before the event, his coach has him sit on the bench for substitutes.
Love you Forever
DURATION | 5’5’’ |
COUNTRY | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
DIRECTOR | IsmarVejzovic |
WRITER | IsmarVejzovic |
CAST | Claudia Eijkenaar, Eddy Willemsen |
TRAILER | - | -
MOVIE |
SYNOPSIS
Love You Forever portrays final moments of a grieving mother who's young child fell victim to a pedophile. Unwilling to accept the release of the perpetrator she confronts the man that shattered her world.
Burning
DURATION | 12’ |
COUNTRY | TAIWAN |
DIRECTOR | Tang Hao |
WRITER | Tang Hao |
CAST | Coco Auston Li, Cutedodo |
TRAILER | - |
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
Ming-Kai and Ah-Jie are searching for their place in a world not made for them. As the boys roam the neighboring corn field looking for somewhere to settle, they decide to occupy an empty rooftop in order to fill it with their curiosities, dreams and memories..
Vargan
DURATION | 12' |
COUNTRY | UKRAINE |
DIRECTOR | OleksandrYatsko, TarasLashchak |
WRITER | AnastasiiaVaida |
CAST | AndriyFedoryk, AnatoliiKosar |
TRAILER | - |
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
Anatolii, the protagonist, has spent his entire life in the village of Grobyshche. He receives an invitation to his dream job, but it doesn't bring him happiness. It takes some time for him to understand what truly matters to him.
Kuleshov Effect
DURATION | 2’35’’ |
COUNTRY | MEXICO |
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY | Marcelo QuiñonesAltamirano |
CAST | Marcelo QuiñonesAltamirano, Lily Maja |
TRAILER | - |
MOVIE | - |
SHORT SYNOPSIS
One day all of your fears knock on your door, you will have to offer them a good coffee in the morning and a good drink at night.
Our males and females
DURATION | 11’ |
COUNTRY | JORDAN |
DIRECTOR | Ahmad Alyaseer |
WRITER | Ahmad Alyaseer, Rana Alyaseer |
CAST | Kamel El Basha, Shafiqa Al Tal |
TRAILER | - |
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their deceased transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death. But when no one agrees to wash her and shame falls onto the family, how far is the father willing to go to make sure his "son" is washed?
Backroom Blues
DURATION | 13'55’’ |
COUNTRY | CYPRUS |
DIRECTOR | Andreas Kyriacou |
WRITER | Andreas Kyriacou |
CAST | Maria Morgianni, ConstantinosArgyriou , Kyriacos Eugene Kyriacou |
TRAILER | - | -
MOVIE | - | -
SYNOPSIS
Three pre-teen friends come up with the ultimate 90's heist; to infiltrate the mythical "backroom" of their neighbourhood video store!
Shells
DURATION | 9'12’’ |
COUNTRY | CZECH REPUBLIC |
DIRECTOR | Marie-MagdalénaKochová |
WRITER | LudvíkOtevřel, Marie-MagdalénaKochová |
TRAILER | - |
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
The elevator of the nursing home turn into the stage as the old dancer explores the limits of his body, memory and the passage of time. Trapped between four walls, he must face the helplessness of his own languish shell. Starring Jan Minařík, the soloist of Pina Bausch theatre and the greatest Czech dancer of the 20th century.
Resting in Peace
DURATION | 9'35’’ |
COUNTRY | GERMANY |
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY | Antoine Antabi |
TRAILER | - | -
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
Midyan decides to run away from his war-torn home. He packs his bag with objects that remind him of his loved ones and embarks on a journey into the unknown. Soon he is starving and resorts to eating the objects he has packed. The effects are monstrous yet they give him the strength to carry on through the scorching desert. Eventually, he arrives half-dead on the other shore of the sea and eats the most precious of his objects: a family portrait. This gives him the strength to finish his journey.
OBESK
DURATION | 13’15’’ |
COUNTRY | NETHERLANDS |
DIRECTOR | Jonas Smulders |
WRITER | Jonas Smulders |
CAST | KoZandvliet, FjodorJozefzoon, Frieda Barnhard, Thomas van Luin |
TRAILER | - | -
MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
After one of the members of a close-knit group of young dockers has been missing for months, the taciturn Mug realizes on yet another rough night in their local pub that the cracks in their friendship are widening into an unbridgeable chasm.