BIWFF : Courts métrages internationaux – Séance 2

Making It Fit - Mariana Leal (PT), UK, 2025, 4’30, Doc/Exp, VO EN/ ST FRA short documentary film about how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals to better support and reflect the way people live in community. BIOMariana is a Portuguese animator based in London. She studied animation at the University of the Arts London and has an MA in Film Studies from King’s College London. She has been working in short form documentary and animation, as well as in compositing for film and television. I'm on the Way to You - Yung Shiuan Yang (TW) - TW, 2026, Anim, Doc, Exp, 10’27, VO mandarin/chinois, ST FR-ENBetween one home and another, we leave home to build a home; we leave one home to return to another. Through fragments of everyday life, the film seeks to convey the quiet yet profound emotions that belong to home—ordinary, intimate, and deeply resonant. BIOEN Yung Shiuan Yang is an animation artist based in Taiwan, specializing in stop-motion and mixed-media storytelling. Her independent work draws from memory, everyday life, and local histories. Beyond - Bettina López Mendoza (VE) - VE/CA, 2025, Fict, 15’, VO ES, ST FRAfter being separated from her mother while crossing the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama, Zuli, a young Venezuelan migrant is forced to abandon her childhood to survive in this dangerous place. She must turn to her imagination to, learn how to be a kid again. BIOEN Bettina is a Venezuelan screenwriter and filmmaker. Having spent her childhood moving across borders, first to Mexico then to the U. S., Bettina has always been fascinated by reality as a subjective construct. A Las Escondidas - Wendy Montellano Camacho (BO) 2026, BE/BO, Fict , 15’35 , VO ES/ Quechua, ST EN – FRSet in Bolivia in 1980, under the dictatorship of General García Meza, A Las Escondidas follows Nina, a young girl whose birthday unfolds against a world she cannot fully understand. Between childhood imagination and the growing threat of political repression, Nina experiences a moment that will change the way she sees the world. BIOWendy Montellano is a Belgian-Bolivian filmmaker and screenwriter based in Belgium. She graduated from RITCS School of Arts in Brussels, where she made her graduation film French Fries, which screened at, among others, the International Short Film Festival Leuven and Film Fest Gent. Her latest short film, A Las Escondidas, was developed through the Torino Short Film Market (TSFM)Catalogue of Noses - Josie Andrews (US) - 2025, US, Fict, 12’33, VO EN , ST FRCatalogue of Noses is a short musical comedy. It tells the story of Emily, a Jewish teen actor on the day of her scheduled nose surgery, who faces off with her mother, a plastic surgeon, and the weight of her cultural identity. La Cordée de l'Après (The Summit of Resilience) - Coline Béal (FR) - 2025, FR, Doc, 35’, VO FR – ST ENEN Eight women in remission from cancer discover the mountains and form a unique rope team to attempt to climb Mont Blanc. This film tells their stories: the story of their illness and the story of their climb. The story of resilience and hope. BIOColine worked in film and television first as an actress and then as a director. Now based in Brittany, she works as an onboard reporter (OBR) on racing boats and directs documentaries, combining her two passions: the outdoors and storytelling.