The best of films from ARGENTINA from around the world today.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: I AM CANADIAN
Best Micro-Short Film: THE FROZEN BLOSSOMS
Best Direction: THE RETURN TICKET
Best Story: THE UPROOTED
Best Animation: SKINLESS SYMPHONIES
Best Comedy: BELLYBUTTON LOVE
Best Horror: BUO
Best Family: BOOM! GRANDPA, BOOM!
Best Hand Drawn Animation: YOUR LITTLE KAIJU
Best Performances: SEE ME
Best Visual Deisgn: CRYPTCAB
Best Sound & Music: JUST ANOTHER SWEET NIGHT
Skinless Symphonies, 4min.,
Directed by Rose Rousseau
After running away from home, Marie discovers an alternate world teeming with dangerous monsters and a relentless ghost determined to keep her there as she attempts to find her way back to her world.
https://www.instagram.com/fadded._.roses
Just Another Sweet Night, 4min.
Directed by Daisy Jin
https://www.instagram.com/daisyjinnn
Boom! Grandpa, Boom!, 5min.
Directed by June Chia-En Lee
A little girl crashes a ghost village after her gambling-addict grandpa’s soul is kidnapped, only to discover the only way to save him is to send him off—in a firework
CryptCab, 5min.
Directed by Saman Mehrabi, Nicolas Herrera, Prabhbir Singh
Gary, a very ordinary guy, begins his first day as a driver for CryptCab. He doesn’t know what he is in for.
The Frozen Blossoms, 1min.
Directed by Saman Torabi
A young Persian immigrant girl arrives in Canada, carrying the weight of distance and longing. Through solitude, shifting landscapes, and quiet encounters with a new culture, she slowly redefines her sense of home—transforming displacement into belonging, and finding peace within herself.
https://www.instagram.com/saman__torabi
Your Little Kaiju, 6min.
Directed by Mari Beatriz Nicole Ramizo
YOUR LITTLE KAIJU is an animated short film about a little green lizard named Ollie, who wishes to become a Kaiju like the giant lizard monsters he sees at the cinema.
https://www.instagram.com/olivejar.productions
The Return Ticket, 10min., Drama
Directed by Justin Abraham Varghese
After years of chasing permanent residency in Canada, a young immigrant watches his dream slip away and must decide whether going back home means defeat or a new beginning.
https://www.instagram.com/justin_abraham_varghese
BUO, 5min., Horror
Directed by Adrien Daranciang
A Filipina woman who had a child despite multiple attacks from a fetus-eating demon is confronted by her now 17 year old daughter who is seeking an abortion.
https://www.instagram.com/adciang
SEE ME, 10min,. Romance
Directed by Fabeeha Lodhi
See Me follows Farhan, a late-20s construction superintendent in Montreal and the son of Pakistani immigrants from Lahore, as he navigates the quiet isolation of being caught between cultures. Conditioned to assimilate, Farhan code-switches, alters his behavior, and downplays his identity in Western spaces, hoping to earn a sense of belonging.
The Uprooted, 5min., Comedy
Directed by Antoine Mathieu
Two teens dig up a tree and embark on a journey to bring it back to their grandmother.
https://www.instagram.com/les_arraches_udem
I Am Canadian, 7min., Drama
Directed by Foad Asadi
Parsa, a young Iranian who just moved to Canada, struggles with cultural displacement, leading him to an identity crisis
https://www.instagram.com/foadasadii
Bellybutton Love, 3min., Comedy
Directed by Tony Huang
As two people struggle with expressing their true feelings for each other, their bellybuttons help them to reveal the truth.
