SHORT BLOCK: Foreign Films
presented by Fort Worth Sister Cities International
Travel the world with us in these international shorts films.
The Sound of London | UK | Drama | Daniel Marc Janes | 11 min | World Premiere
What sound does London make? Sound recordist Jason Emerick (Christopher Tester) has 48 hours to find one sound that encapsulates the city. The Sound of London is both a gripping psychological thriller, a loving tribute to London and a celebration of the role of sound in film.
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The Perfect Day | Spain | Comedy | Ignacio Redondo | 12 min | Texas Premiere
It's the most important day in David's life. He has a $10.000.000 deal with a Japanese Holding and it's all or nothing today. Everything seems to turn out perfectly well, until…
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The House in 8/A | Israel | Documentary | Doron Levene | 11 min | World Premiere
The house in 8/A appears to be a regular house. It has regular rooms, windows and doors. But one door remained locked in the Levene family for years.
Lawrence, the father of the family, is the films' main character. Lawrence is a charming, colorful man with somewhat lyrical language. He's also good with his hands, which comes to show since he constantly finds things to fix in the house. For more than 30 years Lawrence has been, almost obsessively, working on the house. As we see him working, we come to know the other Levene family members as they talk about the wound that time, nor Lawrence, cannot fix. An intimate look at a house, a family and the memories that constantly shape our lives.
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Gorilla | France | Comedy | Tibo Pinsard | 14 min | North Texas Premiere
Hollywood, 1952. Henry Corso performs a costumed gorilla on horror movies and adventure movies. For Jungle Jenna, he must terrorize the leading actress lost in a fake jungle. But scaring the woman he desires is going to be particularly tricky for the gorilla man.
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Rabbit Blood | Turkey | Animation | Yagmur Altan | 5 min | Texas Premiere
Just an ordinary day at an old mysterious Turkish country house where its residents have an extraordinary way of brewing tea.
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Bloom of Youth | China | Romance | Hanching Howard Zheng | 17 min | Texas Premiere
A young man returns home after graduating from college to propose to his sweetheart and open a school to better their small Chinese village. However, a mother’s dreams and senseless violence create obstacles that love must overcome.
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Wifey Redux | Ireland | Comedy | Robert McKeon | 23 min | Texas Premiere
A man becomes maniacally obsessed with driving off his teenage daughter's new boyfriend in this dark comedy about coping and denial, based on a short story by acclaimed Irish author Kevin Barry.
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