Official Selections

20/20: Film in Focus

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  Interstate 8

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  Director: Anne Thieme
  Country: Germany

  Synopsis: In a southern United States town, two young women meet by chance in the back of a police car, and, without saying a word, experience the injustices hovering around them.

  15 minutes
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  Cuban Heel Shoes

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  Director: Julio Mas Alcaraz
  Country: Spain

  Synopsis: Two teenage boys in Madrid live in a neighborhood that is hostile to their dreams. Surrounded by an aggressive, homophobic environment, they must hide the beginning of a love relationship and their passion for flamenco dance.

  15 minutes
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  The Hood

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  Director: Patricia Vidal Delgado
  Country: United States

  Synopsis: Under the pretext of preparing for a role, an actor walks the streets of L.A. seeking information and inspiration. He encounters a series of events, which the film stages like a documentary, sometimes revealing small details observed by the camera that the protagonist does not see.

  10 minutes
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  Audition (Puddles)

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  Director/Writer: Ben Mann and Brett Epstein
  Country: United States

  Synopsis: An actor is suddenly asked to improvise a story in order to show his "serious, real, vulnerable side" in this darkly comic homage to La La Land (and the notion of fools who dream).

  5 minutes
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  Sentiments Distingués

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  Director: Keren Moriano
  Country: France

  Synopsis: Surrounded by music and dance, a playful couple appears to be deeply in love until one of their friends sows seeds of doubt in their minds.

  11 minutes
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  Them

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  Director: Robin Lochmann
  Country: Germany

  Synopsis: In a forgotten village where everyone is cut from the same cloth, a new, self-proclaimed leader arrives — changing the local way of life and reflecting a cautionary tale about outsiders, misguided ideologies, and destructive leadership.

  15 minutes
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  Maradona's Legs

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  Director: Firas Khoury
  Country: Palestine

  Synopsis: During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs,” the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.

  20 minutes
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  Frog Legs

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  Director: Dan Shefelman
  Country: United States

  Synopsis: It's life or leglessness for Poly the Frog. The Chef will do whatever it takes to catch her to make tonight's special dish.

  2 minutes
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  The Cocaine Famine

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  Director: Sam McMullen
  Country: Ireland

  Synopsis: The lives of three men intertwine in an Irish black comedy about cocaine and the futility of nationalism.

  13 minutes
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  Nameless

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  Directors: Arturo Artal Lozano and Juan Carrascal Ynigo
  Country: Spain

  Synopsis: A quiet city enjoys a festival. Everything is perfect — except when "M" sets a goal in search of prey. That prey is "Z."

  9 minutes
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  Bottleneck

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  Director: Måns Berthas
  Country: Sweden

  Synopsis: Three women are gathered for an act of vengeance. They spin a bottle to determine who should perform the deed. Their plan goes wrong, and an unexpected threat appears.

  8 minutes
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  Cover Up (Handarbeit)

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  Director: Marie-Amélie Steul
  Country: Germany

  Synopsis: The life of a short-tempered conservative Arabic censor is turned upside down when a compromising photo is discovered that could ruin his reputation.

  14 minutes
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  Maestro

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  Director: ILLOGIC (Florian Babikian, Victor Caire, ThéophileDufresne, Gabriel Grapperon and Lucas Navarro)
  Country: France

  Synopsis: Deep in a forest, a gathering of wild animals embark upon a nocturnal opera conducted by a squirrel.

  2 minutes