Location
YARAT CENTRE
Bayil District (National Flag Square) Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ1003
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday – Sunday:
12 am > 8 pm
CONTACT
+99412 505 1414
18 Jul 16
YARAT Contemporary Art Space delighted to invite you to the largest short film festival!
The screening will be organized as a part of YARAT FreeStyle Program, an open platform for everyone who looks to engage creatively with a broad and diverse audience.
This festival covers 40 countries, 100 cities, 6 continents and offers 1,400 showings per year throughout the world. During its ten year existence, the festival has gained the attention of movie fans over a huge territory from Finland to Mexico. The festival gives an opportunity for professionals and newcomers all over the world to become a part of an international cinematographic community.
The Summer Season of Future Shorts includes 8 films:
1. OGASAVARA
Georgia / Drama / 2015 / 8 mins | Dir. Vakhtang Kotetishvili
Murad and Masha decide to get married, but before they achieve this goal, life has some unexpected turns in store for them.
2. THE REFLECTION OF POWER
Romania / Experimental / 2015 / 9mins | Dir. Mihai Grecu
In the world’s most secret capital, the crowd watches a spectacle while a disaster threatens to wipe out the city.
3. PARTNER (REPLIQUE)
Belgium / Drama / 2015 / 19mins | Dir. Antoine Giorgini
Today, Tony is supposed to audition for drama school. But Steven, his best friend and reading partner, doesn’t show up.
4. THINGS USED TO BE HIDDEN
UK / Animation / 2015 / 4mins | Dir. Tara Mercedes Wood
During the aftermath of an experiment that caused everyone to lose their perception filters, various characters tell us how they feel about their new lives. Is knowing everything really what we want?
5. HOTEL 22
Germany / Documentary / 2014 / 8mins | Dir. Elizabeth Lo
Each night in Silicon Valley, a public bus transforms into an unofficial shelter for the homeless. Hotel 22 captures a single, dramatic night on the Line 22 route.
6. FLORIDADA, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Dir. PFFR Forever Ltd.
An alien love story, touchingly human and awash with in Technicolour.
7. AVE MARIA
Palestine / UK / Comedy / 2015 / 14mins | Dir. Basil Khalil
5 nuns in the West Bank have their daily routine of silence disrupted when a Jewish family comes knocking at their door for help.
8. OUSTAZ
Chad / Canada / Saudi Arabia / Documentary / 2015 / 22 mins | Dir. Bentley Brown
An American-born filmmaker who grew up in Chad returns to home video to explore the death of his Arabic teacher and their moments of early filmmaking.
Language: original, Russian subtitles
Date: 18 July, 2016
Time: 21.00
Venue: Yashil Café open air terrace
Contact phone: +99412 505 1414
Admission: FREE