European Film Awards – Short Matters! #3

Discover 3 programs composed of awarded shorts at famous film festivals such as Berlin, Venice or Rotterdam.

Flagey, Brussels Short Film Festival

Les extra-ordinaires mésaventures de la jeune fille de pierre (Gabriel Abrantes)
France, Portugal - Animation - 2019 - 20' - Color
Tired of being a banal architectural ornament, a sculpture runs away from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.

Patision Avenue (Thanasis Neofotistos)
Greece - Fiction - 2018 - 13' - Color
Yanni’s mum is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her young son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens, Patision Avenue.

Black Sheep (Ed Perkins)
United Kingdom - Documentary - 2018 - 26' - Couleur
After the high-profile killing of Damilola Taylor, Cornelius' family move out of London. But when they discover their new town is run by racists, Cornelius takes a drastic step to survive.

Cadoul de Craciun (The Christmas Gift) (Bogdan Mureşanu)
Romania, Spain - Fiction - 2018 - 23'14'' - Color
On the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceausescu's bloody repression in Timisoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceausescu dead.