BEST FICTION / WE'RE ALL MAD HERE

BEST FICTION / WE'RE ALL MAD HERE

Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 1
  • Brute

    Jérémy Comte Canada, Drama, Horror, Experimental, No Dialogue, 00:18:15

    Peter, a young multidisciplinary artist, faces his most ambitious project to date: sculpting an imposing wooden monolith. Excitement quickly gives way to a devouring anxiety that completely takes over his mind. His reality unravels as the walls of his studio close in on him like a vice... BRUTE is an experimental and fantastical short fiction film, both visceral and poetic in tone. The viewer will follow the protagonist as he slips from reality into the subconscious, entering an altered state where everyday fears, anxieties, and stress take the form of unsettling creatures.

  • Hysterical Fit of Laughter

    Dušan Zorić Matija Gluščević Croatia, Serbia, Drama, Experimental, Satire, Serbian, 00:15:34

    Playful older woman likes to go rough with various men. Her son tries to spoil the fun.

  • Dear Mother

    Theodor Solin Sweden, Drama, Swedish, 00:13:00

    Julius returns home to find his mother has replaced him with Albert, a lodger who now occupies his old room—and her affections. As Julius struggles to adapt, hidden tensions resurface, unveiling a dysfunctional family dynamic.

  • Tank

    Sami Abusamra Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Drama, Dark Comedy, Bulgarian, English, 00:16:48

    Based on a Sudanese short story by Ahmad Al Malik Tank centres on an inadequate man with a modest life. One day he acquires a tank and things change. His community treat him differently, more deferentially. And so, by increments, the man starts to behave differently too. His entitlement starts to show. As things begin to improve for him he starts to expect more from his life. A dangerous cycle is begun.

  • Astra La Vista

    Johannes Bachmann Switzerland, Dramedy, Comedy, Drama, German, 00:09:47

    A young man does everything he can to get his grandma’s old Opel Astra through the vehicle inspection — but what begins as a nostalgic cleanup turns into a farewell road trip to the scrapyard, accompanied by an unexpectedly compassionate inspector. shot on iPhone