Shorts Programme: Relative States
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Wandering in search of lucidity, obscuring those inspiring moments of clarity. The characters in these poignant tales have disorientating behaviour. Vibrant & exhausting, affectionate & melancholic, sanguine & scintillating.
Screening: Sunday 22nd September 16:15 | Tuesday 24th September 13:15
November 1st
A mother and daughter travel across the state to witness a long overdue execution. Charlie Manton/ UK/ 24min
Tale of the Anguished Gardener (Ask Tsavagar Aygepani Masin)
Haunted by nightmares of the mythological character Medea, twenty-year-old Maria seeks refuge in her grandfather’s house in the Armenian mountains. At first deeply depressed, Maria tries to find harmony and a sense of purpose from her closeness with nature and people. Ovsanna Gevorgyan/ Armenia/ 16min
The 8th Year of the Emergency
Lil sometimes has a hard time finding the right words, but a visit from her family inspires a moment of ecstatic clarity. Maureen Towey/ USA/ 13min
Hush
Ava, a young woman, surprises her brother and friends when she suddenly turns up in her small hometown, with a secret. Armagan Ballantyne/ New Zealand/ 15min
Dreamland
Tokyo, late 1950s. A man is investigating the strange suicide of Christophe, his friend and colleague from the university. His research drives him to wander at night, in a city full of mysteries, with a suffocating atmosphere. Raphaël Matthieu/ France/ 15min