Wimbledon International Short Film Festival
International Shorts
04.09.17 | WISFF 2017
With films from Iran, Australia, USA, Italy, Hungary and Belgium, our International Shorts selection span broad subjects from mental illness to leftover jelly, from invading aliens to imprisonment.
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THE SUITOR
Director ALVARO CONGOSTO, Writer SAMUEL LASKEY, Producer MICHAEL CALLAHAN
October 30th, 1938. During Orson Welles’ infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, a lonely man tries to bond with a panicked young woman as they fearfully wait for the end of the world together.
Country USA
London Premier!
PURE MADNESS
Director LANDER HAVERALS, Producer SOFIE DESPEER
In 2007 Jelle Haverals chose to take his own life. He did this after a long and intense battle against all his fears and demons. A few months before his suicide he wrote a play about his own mental suffering and about his life. This short film is based on this script.
Country BELGIUM
UK Festival Premier!
FROM THE DUST
Writer / Director / Producer VINCENZO LAURELLA
A villa in the deserted countryside. A man knocks on the door. The owner welcomes him with a gun, “Either you go away or I shoot.” The other looks at him amused, with a defiant look. Then urges him to shoot… A bitter fable about time, illusions and cruelty, inspired by traditional folk legends.
Country ITALY
XAMARIM
Director BALINT RAFAEL KELEN
This is a short non-dialogue experimental animation about the great Xamarim in two parts.
Country HUNGARY
Nominated for Best Animated Film
UK Festival Premier!
LIGHT SIGHT
Writer / Director SEYED M. TABATBAEI, Producer SIMIN FARROKH AHMADI
M.E., the imprisoned character in a room is attracted to a hanging light and tries to catch it. But the room itself becomes an obstacle on his way.
Country IRAN
Nominated for Best Student & Best Animated Film
London Festival Premier!