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Short Film Spotlight: Butterfly Kiss

Synopsis: After arguing over an unexpected proposal, Carol is horrified to discover that her girlfriend Ray had turned into a butterfly. Will love prevail?

A short film by Zohar Dvir.

Butterfly Kiss screened at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the Chicago International Film Festival where it won the Gold Hugo Award and qualified for the Academy Awards.

Short Film Spotlight: The Borrower’s Hypnotist

Synopsis: Aria, a young woman struggling with her identity, seeks out the help of a hypnotist to regain control of her life.

Directed by Michelle Tang.

Music by Joshua David Mitchell.

Sound team: Jack Weiss, Oliver Snook, Aria Dines and Daniel Eaton.

Background painter: Meghna Rajan.

Voice cast:
Chacha Tahng as Aria
Erica Malachowski as The Hypnotist & Girl 3
Rebecca Chiara Marano as Bathroom Girl 1 & 2

Short Film Spotlight: The Twins

Synopsis: Twins Lake and Lucas hate each others’ guts. One day after school, their sibling rivalry gets out of hand.

Directed by Michelle Tang.

Music by Roy Berardo.

Sound team: Jack Weiss, Shane Vincent, Keiolani Mahinan, Chengqing Zhu and Daniel Eaton.

Additional animation by Sumin Cho and Jasper Wang.

Voice cast:
Rebecca Chiara Marano as Lake & Lucas
Chacha Tahng as Mrs. J
Torianna Jacque as Blaire
Tiffany Pang as Kayden
Michelle Tang as Olive
Cat Song as Cat

Short Film Spotlight: Chère Fin (Dear End)

Synopsis: An old postman goes through his last tour of deliveries in the archipelago that he worked in his whole life, gliding on water with his old bike. He finds himself confronted with the reality of his coming retirement.

Written and directed by:
Khéma Cousin
Lien Franckel
Laora Le Boursicot
Alissende Masson
Joséphine Mounier
Clément Saden

Music and sound by Jérémy Ben Ammar.

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Short Film Spotlight: Wilson

Synopsis: A space marine named Wilson has built a life for himself after crash landing on an unknown planet. He lives peacefully with his best friend, a native creature.

Wilson becomes terminally ill and is forced to choose between returning to Earth for treatment and never seeing the creature again, or staying and succumbing to his illness.

Directed by:
Célia Safti
Emile Menard
Laura Martinelli
Lise Lett
Mallaury Labourse
Noah Ross
Romane La Rosa
Vincent Gleizes

Music by Inès Hadjla.

Sound by Guilhem Favard, Tristan Le Bozec, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Short Film Spotlight: Ce Qui Bouge Est Vivant (Whatever Moves Is Alive)

Synopsis: While slugs move across the kitchen floor, Noémie sketches a portrait of herself that is shifting and fragmented, on the border between the personal sphere and the hubbub of the world.

A short film by Noémie Marsily.

Whatever Moves Is Alive screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including London International Animation Festival, Annecy, Giraf, Guanajuato International Film Festival and Anima, where it won “Best Belgian Short Film.”

Short Film Spotlight: Cartagene

Synopsis: Paul, 30, relives his childhood memories spent with his grandfather through a flashback.

Directed by:
Léa Berbach
Fabien Bernard
Lou Buisson
Paola Couturier
Marine La Villa
Théo Nouare
Marie Pacreau
Abla Saigh

Music by Ronan Hinschberger.

Sound by José Vicente, Guilhem Favard and Yoann Poncet.

Voice cast:
Michel Elias as André
Hylan Kaczmarek as Paul
Lorenzo Théodore as Commentator 1
Jean-Michel Castan as Commentator 2, Zizouille
José Vicente as Ami 1
François Christol as Ami 2
Fabien Bernard as The Merchant

Follow Cartagene on Instagram.

Short Film Spotlight: Tears of the Mountain

Synopsis: Jaya sets out to hunt the spirit of the mountain, a sacred beast with valuable feathers. As she approaches the heart of the mountain, she’s interrupted by her younger sister, Amala, devout on protecting the spirit.

Directed by:
Luke Ashworth
Yehor Bondarenko
Alp Kurdoglu
Romane Talva
Ange Yajima

Music by Knute Nelson & Manit Kittiwangchai.

Sound design and mix by Mathieu Tiger.

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