Short Cuts 2024 Programme 05
Playing as part of this programme:
Solemates
For the shopper in James Rathbone and Mike Feswick's sly and subversive comedy, an old-school shoe store becomes an irresistibly potent zone of erotic possibilities.
Quota
The delightful Dutch animation team of Job, Joris & Marieke returns with a wickedly funny parable that suggests a rather extreme means of getting people to think about their footprint on this world.
Vox Humana
One of Filipino cinema's most remarkable new talents, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan crafts his boldest vision yet: an utterly distinctive blend of science-fiction allegory and existential drama that yields a profound enquiry into human interconnectedness.
The Wolf
Deploying a groundbreaking technique, revered Canadian animator Theodore Ushev returns with a spellbinding reimagining of the ageless conflict between nature and humankind.
Aïda Neither
Returning home to Corsica to see her brother and grieve a recent loss, a woman considers the consequences of her choices, in this uncommonly graceful short by Elisa Gilmour.
Alazar
In Beza Hailu Lemma's deeply affecting and beautifully performed drama, the mysterious disappearance of a family patriarch's body from his grave raises profound questions for a member of a farming community in Ethiopia.