International Online Short Film Festival «Diogenes»

Screening Films at the Blue Hall

Congratulations!

Starting tomorrow, we will begin screening films at the Blue Hall of the Georgian Film Academy.

Start time: 18:00.

Address: 2 Dzmebi Kakabadzeebi Street.


Day 3 – September 24

Focus: New Interpretations, Youth, and Post-Apocalyptic Visions

I. Fiction Films (70 min)

Dreaming Red – Israel (12 min) – A metaphor of childhood and parenthood in a dark era

Scarlet Sails – Russia (15 min) – A modern interpretation of a classic novel

Cats – Serbia (13 min) – A boy and an abandoned kitten

The Road – Ukraine (10 min) – Revisiting the past at a decisive moment in life

Before the Bar Mitzvah – Israel (10 min) – The emotional journey of a 12-year-old boy

Believe in Darkness – Ukraine (10 min) – A post-apocalyptic tale about a fragment of light

II. Animation/Experimental (50 min)

The Hour Coat – USA (11 min) – The boundary between life and death

Hoty – Ukraine (9 min) – A small creature leaves its cave for the first time

Uncle Bardo – Canada (13 min) – A mind lost between life and death

LEONID SHVARTSMAN – The Story of the Boy and the Old Town – Belarus (17 min) – The power of dreams and the path of an animator

Duration: 120 min

Day 4 – September 25

Focus: Radical Themes, Social Critique, and Musical Visuals

I. Fiction / Drama (65 min)

In the Noise of the Downpour – experimental poetry film – Ukraine – 12’

Let Me Put It This Way – Turkey (14 min) – A matriarchal society and reversed roles

The Server is Busy. Please Try Again Later – Ukraine (8 min) – A victim of love

Left-hander – Russia (14 min) – The tragic transformation of little Adi Schicklgruber (Hitler)

The Book Picnic – Ukraine (14 min) – The ironic story of a book club

RISK OF AVALANCHE – Iran (15 min) – The psychological drama of a young man unjustly sentenced to death

II. Experimental / Musical (55 min)

Auguries of Innocence – Israel (12 min) – A vagabond and the poetry of William Blake

EXHALE – Germany (11 min) – The absurdity of postmodern dates

Heimat – Germany (12 min) – A love story created from 50 films

Kakheti – Georgia (10 min) – “Hymn of Kakheti,” one day in Kakheti

Maaimä – Estonia (10 min) – The conflict between nature and man

Duration: 120 min