Film Screening and Networking: fisheye FUTURES

Here is a delightful mix of short films taking us through the ups and downs of understanding oneself and our close relationships to people, and places, both gained and lost.

A TRAVEL CHECKLIST: Documentary. Poetry: 14 min: Shaghayegh Yassemi: Iran, Canada . A Travel Checklist drifts through the final hours of a young woman leaving her hometown. In a creative collage, documented improvisational performances—poetry readings to random café patrons—blend with illustrated explorations.

ALL THE WOMEN YOU HAVE BEEN: Experimental. Local: 7min: Jessica Holbrook, Stephanie Ritzema: UK

Have you been a lover? A girl? An artist? A fighter? A woman is not, and could never be, just one thing. All The Women You Have Been challenges the traditional boxes women are placed into and pushes boundaries of what it means to define a sense of self as a woman.

BIG FISH LITTLE FISH: Drama. Sci-Fi: 10min: Isaac Rusz; UK Ibra awakes in a room full of memories - he has successfully entered the simulated mind of his absent father, Malcolm. While searching for answers Ibra stumbles across the digital manifestation of his father...he seizes his final chance to find closure.

COOP: Comedy. Drama: 12min: Mujtaba Zaki Alhejji: Saudi Arabia

After young Adam accidentally bursts a football, he takes an unexpected risk in the market to gather enough money to buy a new ball and earn his teammates’ approval.

FULL MUGS OF COFFEE : Drama: 5min: Sydney Wider: USA

A wife, Mandy, goes through her day trying to distract herself from the struggle that is her grieving process. Her husband, Joseph, tries to console her.

ME & THEE: Comedy: 6min: Victoria Buse, Emilio Landi: UK

Sophie is convinced her partner, Nick, is having an affair, but when Sophie finally confronts him, she uncovers a truth she never expected…

MIDNIGHT STARE: Genre: 3min: Katherine Luna Gate: UK

Sleep is good for you, but for the house sitter, not after midnight...

PEACHES: Drama: 6min: Rosie Merat-Brandwood: UK

Emily is alone. The world
outside is dangerous. How will
she respond when forced to
confront something new?

SILENCE: Drama: 9min: Juan David Yépez: Ecuador

On Ecuador’s Andean highlands, a quiet boy searches for his missing father.

THE BALLAD OF SQUEAKY CLEAN MO : Comedy: 15min: Daniel Williams: UK

Rivkah, a Jewish cafe owner, tells the story of ‘Squeaky Clean Mo’, a down on his luck dishwasher who has been hiding his Jewish identity for years. When he starts working at her cafe, a romance begins to bubble...

THE PHONE CALL: Drama. Animation: 2min: Peyi Johnson: UK

An ill young woman gets the chance to call her future self

THE QUIET ROOM: Drama: 15min: Kyle Brown

A father is forced to reflect on his past and relive his mistakes.

Photo Credit: Kuziwakwashe Mpisaunga

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