Offscreen
SHORTSCREEN 2024
13 March 2024 - 19h00
ARDENT OTHER
Alice Brygo, Frankijk, 16’
A stunned crowd faces a fire. The threat has no name, a diffuse anguish spreads. Fear needs to be conjured; fire must be turned into a sign.
THE LOVERS
Carolina Sandvik, Zweden, 12’
A man and a woman are having a romantic dinner at a restaurant. Suddenly the man’s face starts to change. Soon the couple is forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations in this relationship horror and unromantic comedy.
FROM.BEYOND
Fredrik S. Hana, Noorwegen, 14’
A kaleidoscopic vision portraying mankind’s first meeting with alien life, told through faux archival footage combined with practical FX, miniatures, and old-school in-camera trickery.
LE CRÉPUSCULE
Laura Vandewynckel, België, 14’
On a vibrant square, the crowd absorbs the sun to the fullest. A flux of newspapers gently spreads seeds of unrest amongst the bathers. Unrest turns to fear when a sudden eclipse cloaks the square in total darkness. The people become desperate for light.
DRIJF
Levi Stops, België, 15’
Jeremy and Aurora are lost at sea, floating on a log in the vast openness of the ocean. As they fail to understand each other’s desires and boundaries, the fight for survival and for their relationship becomes a bloody mess.