Beautiful Beasts – 2018

Posted on Posted in Competition 2018, Shorts

Wednesday, April 11, 3:00 PM

Animal Cinema
Director: Emilio Vavarella
Experimental
13 minutes
USA

A film composed of fragments of videos of animals operating cameras.

Maned & Macho
Director: Shiva Sadegh Asadi
Animation
11 minutes
Iran

A young girl’s repressed emotions and instincts are embodied in some animals that come out of her dreams.

6 Toes
Director: Quincy Perkins
Documentary
6 minutes
USA

Hemingway cats, accidental suicides, and happy childhood memories.

Mickey’s Pets
Director: Ashley S. Brandon
Documentary
13 minutes
USA

With a trusty peacock in tow a young taxidermist must overcome her insecurities to win first place at the U.S. National Taxidermy Championships.

Gadho
Director: Digant Gautam
Narrative
15 minutes
India

The desert is his world; the donkey, his companion. A companion, he constantly cribs about, complains to… When the same donkey goes missing, the dynamics of this relationship truly emerge!

Urban Cowboys
Director: Paweł Ziemilski
Documentary
30 minutes
Poland/Ireland

In a district where there is a lot of problems and not a lot of prospects, young people face drugs, prison and the path of crime but some of them manage to escape into an unusual hobby.