International Panorama Two

Psychiatrists and social media, family losses and filial responsibilities, and a meditation on media perception in the second of our International Panoramas.

THE FRUIT OF DESIRE
(Dir: Thierry Pradervand, Wri: Eric Raynaud, Wri / Prod / Star: Janine Piguet, Switzerland, 2017, 14 min 28 sec)
A woman suffering from depression visits her therapist for the usual session. But a melon and a woodcutter who happen to be near by, lead the patient into her thrilling unconscious world, changing her forever.

CRASH
(Wri /Dir: Hong Heng Fai, Prod: Day Day Studio, Macao, 2016, 21 min 47 sec)
When Choi’s senile mother goes missing from home, he puts a plea for help up on a social networking site. He has no idea what he has just set in motion…

SEPARATED UK PREMIERE
(Wri / Dir / Prod: Danny Thykær, Denmark, 2016, 17 min 58 sec)
A little girl is waiting in a park, trying to figure out why she can’t see her parents at the same time.

AS SEEN ON TV EUROPEAN PREMIERE
(Wri / Dir: Mariano Sosa, Prod: Christine Bouquin, Argentina, 2016, 14 min 31 sec)
One incident, many perceptions and a chain reaction as a response.

THE SON UK PREMIERE
(Wri /Dir: Hristo Simeonov, Wri: Deyan Enev, Prod: Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria, 2015, 28 min 54 sec)
An eleven-year-old gypsy boy lives with his parents in an old trailer in the Bulgarian hinterlands. His father teaches him everything a man must do to keep the family alive. All too soon, the boy will have to act on those lessons…

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