Life’s Detours
The road we travel unfolds apace, but sometimes we get stalled or turned around. The people in these stories are taking a breath to assess where they are, and where they are headed. It’s a refreshing collection of short films with a wide variety of settings united by this moment of crossroads. Travel with us across the world, or simply down to the nearest nudist beach. Come and contemplate with us as we sit on a summer's afternoon to watch the neighbours, to listen to music, or dare to dream of a new and better life.
There are seven short films:
1. FAMILLE NUCLÉAIRE (NUCLEAR FAMILY)
Drama, 19 mins, Belgium
Dir/Writ: Faustine Crespy
Prod: Marina Festré
Jules reluctantly spends his holidays in a naturist campsite. He is torn between his attraction for the beautiful Karim, and the depression of his mother.
2. DANAVAN
Drama, 13 mins, Canada
Dir/Writ: Jean-David Rodrigue, Franie-Éléonore Bernier
Writ: Miléna Babin
Prod: Nicolas Léger
René and Polo watch for the arrival of the new next-door neighbour, moving into the apartment previously occupied by their late friend. Should they save the barbeque?
3. TRINOU (TRAIN)
Drama, 15 mins, Tunisia
Dir/Writ/Prod: Nejib Kthiri
Prod: Ilyes Blagui, Omar Ben-Ali
A young boy escapes his failing body and isolated life by travelling in his dreams created from the magazines his mother provides him.
4. YAFFA 11
Drama, 16 mins, Israel
Dir/Writ: Hassan Kadan
Prod: Nathan Marcus, Jeremiah Joseph
World Premiere
A teenager in Jaffa dreams of a new start abroad away from Arab-Israeli conflict. When his new passport arrives he faces a choice.
5. MORE THAN I REMEMBER
True story, 14 mins, United States
Dir/Prod: Amy Bench
Writ: Mugeni Ornella
Prod: Carolyn Merriman
The true story of a Congolese refugee who sets out on a remarkable solo journey across the globe, determined to reunite with her lost family once more.
6. PERIANAYAKI
Drama, 11 mins, New Zealand
Dir: Bala Murali Shingade
Writ/Prod: Shreya Gejji
A Sri Lankan immigrant to New Zealand struggles to fit in as she goes about her day stacking supermarket shelves. Today, on her wedding anniversary, she must reconcile with the difficult realities of her life.
7. NEW MOON
Animation, 11 mins, United States
Dir: Jeff Le Bars, Jérémie Balais
Writ/Prod: Colman Domingo, Raúl Domingo
An imaginative surrealist journey of a boy and his mother, whose dreams are illuminated by the New Moon and accompanied by the magic of Aretha Franklin on a summer's evening.
Run Time: approx 104-minutes
Rating: M Nudity, offensive & sexual content.
