Sunday at 18:00
October 12th
Ísafjarðarbíó
|
102 minutes
This event is sponsored by Hótel Ísafjörður
PIFF 2025 award winner
- Best support acting - Rasmus Hammerich in Shorts category
Denmark
|
Short
|
11 minutes
Ciao Bella
Director: Mathilde Norholt
On the morning of her 15'th birthday, Bella tries to hide the evidence of her nightly adventures and new found womanhood for her protective father.
Palestine
|
Short
|
14 minutes
Blood Like Water
Director: Dima Hamdan
Based on true stories. When Shadi embarks on a secret adventure, he accidentally drags his proud Palestinian family into a trap where they only have two choices; either collaborate with the Israeli occupation, or be shamed and humiliated by their community.
Hungary
|
Animation
|
8 minutes
SHORTS FROM THE BOX / modern times
Director: Géza M. Tóth
Let's think outside of the box! The last blue-headed matchstick left in an old matchbox pops out and goes on its journey. After three short adventures it always ends up in the same place, it returns to the same box, but never in the same way. The trilogy is a tribute to Chaplin's classic with its style of object-animated burlesque.
France
|
Animation
|
5 minutes
The Boy who Cheated Death
Director: Pipou Phuong Nguyen
Syd, a 8-year-old boy, tries to hide his mother from Death. They escape as different creatures on earth, with Death chasing after them as their predators. Finally, Death becomes the ultimate predator: Time.
Czech Republic
|
Animation
|
6 minutes
Why Don't You Touch Me?
Director: Eliška Oz
Inventively crafted and emotionally compelling, the short film Why Don’t You Touch Me? by Eliška Oz explores the dilemma of a young woman trying to reconcile her identity as both a creator and a mother. As the protagonist struggles to find a balance between maternal instincts and her passion for creation, her world slowly crumbles, much like a clay sculpture gradually falling apart in her hands. Using the technique of polorelief clay animation, the filmmaker addresses this complex theme with lightness and irony, yet without losing the film’s emotional impact.
United States
|
Short
|
28 minutes
THE LAST RANGER
Director: Cindy Lee
Nominated for the 2025 Academy Award and with over 20 best film awards, The Last Ranger tells the story of a young South African girl who is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger when they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
China
|
Animation
|
2 minutes
Choo,choo,choo,choose
Director: Xiaohan Sun
There was a little girl who was shopping with her mom. Unfortunately, they met a neighbor, and her mother kept chatting with the neighbor for a long long time. No matter how hard the little girl pulled or shouted, her mother would not respond. At that time, she thought, if I died at the present, would they stop?
Iran
|
Short
|
14 minutes
Shalal
Director: AmirAli Sisipour
Mehran, who doesn't have a shadow, knows an old way to save people from death and hopes that his and his mother's shadow will return with this method
PIFF 2025 award winner
- Best short in Shorts category
Croatia
|
Short
|
13 minutes
The man who could not remain silent
Director: Nebojša Slijepčević
February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.
Ísafjarðarbíó
Norðurvegur 1, 400 Ísafjörður