• Out of the Past

The past seeps into the present in this diverse program of shorts, in which memories and past events make a pronounced return. From a short about a flustered archaeologist to another featuring a heartbroken mother, these are some of the most poignant films in the lineup.

Short Films

Dorlis

Teenager Nora has to follow her mother and 6-year-old sister to live at Henri’s, her grandfather, paralyzed since a recent stroke. Quickly, the atmosphere of the house and Henri’s presence make Nora’s childhood memories resurface, embodied in the fear of an aggressive, evil mind…

Successful Thawing of Mr. Moro

Mr. Moro finds out that his ex-partner Adrian, who has been cryopreserved for the past 43 years, will be thawed and brought back to life. When the staff from ScandiCryonics arrives, Milo realizes he might not be ready for Adrian to return.

Mirage

A perfect life does not come free. A woman receives a mysterious letter, and her past seeps into her present as her choices come back to haunt her.

Yi yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays)

A mother, trapped in the comfort of memory and mourning, confronts her grief when she is invited to the wedding of her late son’s childhood sweetheart.

Erratum

Florence, a professor and researcher, uncovers with astonishment an anachronistic engraving—in modern French—on a Gallo-Roman fresco she just dug up. When she realizes this engraving is really from Antiquity, her rationality is put to the test.

Egúngún (Masquerade)

Seeking healing, a woman must return to Lagos, the city of her birth.

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