BIWFF : International Short Films 1
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Warriors - Maiara Walsh - BR, 2025, Doc, 13’, VO PT/ ST FR-ENA documentary short about five young Kayapó women in the Brazilian Amazon who learned filmmaking to preserve their culture, and in doing so, became the authors of their own story. We Get Better When We Tan Moose Hides - Brittany Woods-Orrison - CA, FI, GL, NW, US, 2026, Doc, 5’, VO langue autochtone Alaska/ST FR-ENKathleen Hildebrand is setting up her backyard to allow a group of Alaskan Dene women to keep brain-tanning alive, an ancestral art form that almost disappearedAguan-Sun Behind the Horizon - Novera Hasan Nikkon - BD, 2026, Doc, 8’46, VO BN-EN/ ST FR-EN Rahela Begum, 23, is a single mother who is defying gender roles by working as a rickshaw driver to support her two children, who were abandoned by her husband. Plastic Generation - Laura Domenge - FR, 2026, Fict, 15’, VO FR/ ST EN - with Laura Domenge, Caroline Anglade, Suzanne De Baecque, Nicole Ferroni, Catherine Jacob, Shirley Souagnon. 1962. In a small French village, Françoise, an overwhelmed and unassuming housewife, invites her neighbours, six women with very different backgrounds, round for the first time to show them a strange new object. To Catch a Siren - Raphaela Wagner - DE, CH, UK, Fict, 20’, VO EN /ST FR - with Melissa Knatchbull, Layla Badat, Jane Withers, Tayah CallenderA young refugee is desperately searching for her mother, whom she believes to be a mermaid. A modern fairy tale about grief and displacement, told from a child’s perspective. The film is both BAFTA & BIFA qualifying for 2027Una Memoria (A Memory ) - Costanza Lettieri (IT) - IT, 2025, Anim/ Stop-motion, 14’49”, VO IT/ ST FR-EN - with the voices : Simona Taormina, Mario Kreill Cirillo, Sergio Saporito, Pietro Di BernardoIn a Sicilian library, Franca discovers an ancient account of a trial held in Alcamo in 1243, that of the merchant Goffredo, who was accused of raping Benvenuta, a young woman of humble origins. Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage - Liz McGregor (US) - US, 2026, Doc, 15’, VO EN/ ST FRSusan Baur, aged 85, and her team of intrepid women are protecting the environment and rediscovering a sense of wonder and joy through water and solidarity. A reminder that adventure and commitment know no age limits.
