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- EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
Experimental short films rigorously re-evaluate cinematic conventions and explore non-narrative forms and alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, particularly early ones, relate to arts in other disciplines: painting, dance, literature, and poetry, or arise from research and development of new technical resources.
Scout is delighted to share the official selection for this category.
After Closing by Carley Byers
(United States)
A waitress is stuck with a house full of eccentric customers after the diner’s scheduled closing time. As she tries to get them to leave, she’s whisked into disco chaos.
Age Category: 19-24
Bao's adventures by Etienne Gregoire
(Belgium)
Produced By Vincent Gilot
Produced By Vincent Gilot
March 15, 2020, start of confinement in Belgium. Bao arrived that day, in my little student studio. Two and a half months of silence, watching each other live, getting to know each other. Discover our quarantine, and the story of this little being full of mystery ...
Age Category: 19 to 24
Blue 52 by Catarina Nascimento
(Portugal)
Produced By Catarina Nascimento, and Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
Produced By Catarina Nascimento, and Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
NOMINEE
A girl lives in constant loneliness and melancholy, until one day she hears news about the world's most lonely whale, with whom she creates a strong connection. This leads her to change her perspective on life and try to live it more positively.
Age Category: 18 and Under
Fairy Tales That Are Not Told Anymore by Faruk Coş
(Italy)
Produced By Faruk Coş
Produced By Faruk Coş
A woman running in a white dress with her hands, arms and legs in black paint in the forest, staining everything she touches in nature, then reaches the edge of a cliff. She does not want to pollute the sea, the last clean place in nature.
Age Category: 19 to 24
Fuga by Rosa Velasquez
(Peru)
Produced By Daniela Mendoza
Produced By Daniela Mendoza
NOMINEE
"Fuga" combines the traditional Peruvian dance of "Marinera" with new contemporary dance.
Age Category: 19 to 24
Middle of Nowhere by Molly E Smith
(United States)
NOMINEE
An experimental film about a girl walking from her university to her home in rural Florida.
Age Category: 18 and Under
Mirror: Theseus' Paradox by Kiha Ahn
(United States)
NOMINEE
Can every single part of something be replaced yet still remains the same? Do those replaced parts keep their identity? Our physicalities, intellects, and emotions come and go — but in some magical way, we stay as ourselves.
Age Category: 18 and Under
Moon Girl Moon! by Anthony Ewert
(Germany)
Produced By Lola von Pfetten
Produced By Lola von Pfetten
NOMINEE
A young girl is searching for paradise in an endless universe. Her journey ends as the Moon reveals a fragment of the truth. Her belief in the paradise merges with the promise of time and tells the story on the edge of reality. The analogy between pain and hope is visualized by using archived film material and typographic art.
Age Category: 19 to 24
Quell by Zach-Sabel De Kercadó
(Puerto Rico)
Produced By Zach-Sabel De Kercadó
Produced By Zach-Sabel De Kercadó
NOMINEE
Quell is an experimental surreal film of a person experiencing an episode of dissociation or deporsonalization disorder.
Age Category: 18 and Under
Seventeen by Amira Kopeyeva
(Kazakhstan)
NOMINEE
An independent short film about sweet youth, teenager's thoughts and feelings.
Age Category: 18 and Under
Shaken by Emily Pace
(United States)
NOMINEE
The beginning of a time in life when passion drives a person to insanity. Explores the raw emotion of everything felt when a person is alone in their thoughts.
Age Category: 19-24
Syco by Sara Santos
(Portugal)
Produced By Sara Santos
Produced By Sara Santos
Vasco is a boy who shows signs of sociopathy. This is an increasingly frequent behavior in a society where relationships are driven by social networks which favor the emergence of this type of behavior, and the ways through which a true sociopath works.
Age Category: 18 and under
The Rain Comes by Eamon Kelly
(United States)
Produced By Sara Han, and Justin Goldsmith
Produced By Sara Han, and Justin Goldsmith
NOMINEE
Residents of the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission in Philadelphia were asked what the city should sound like. What follows is an illustration of their stories and experiences.
Age Category: 19-24
Transfigure by Samantha Slaughter
(United States)
Transfigure is about the journey to overcome grief and the hope to eventually find beauty, not only despite, but within our struggles.
Age Category: 19-24
Vacant by Samuel Correa, and Andrea Guzman
(United States)
A young woman walks to her car in a vacant parking lot.
Age Category: 18 and under