Dramatic Shorts: The Modern Era and Alienation

Herbert III, Directed by Rebecca Abbott

This film is about an African American couple who in the course of worrying at 3 a.m. about the whereabouts of their teenage son revive their memories of courtship, marriage and child-rearing, family life and the collective experience of being black in white America.

Room, Directed by Aleksandar Kostic

Room is symbol, a parallel to the human world. Many years ago, an elderly man lived in the Room. The loss of his wife, his deep sadness and loneliness that he has been surrounded resulted the room to become a life and his friend. Over time room’s spirit is fading without communication from those living in its walls SERBIA

 

Unrecoverable Error Director Bob Fugger

Joel is a graphic designer who is uncertain about his job, his girlfriend and his life - then God sends him an email.

Disconcerting Symphony, Directed by Belen Santos, A visual and musical symphony in which three women of different generations live out the strangest moments of their lives. SPAIN

Next to the Road, Directed by Kræsten Kusk

This short is a family tragedy set deep in the country. Troels, 15, lives at home with his parents. He had a hard, brutal upbringing. His only hope is getting away, the sooner the better. He looks up his older brother Erling, who was cut off from the family and is living hand to mouth. Now Erling pushes Troels in an unexpected, deadly direction. DENMARK

Apartment 427, Directed by Marise Samitier, An alcoholic father is confronted with the custody of his grown-up handicapped son.

Feodora, Directed by Beatrice Sasha Kobow