Narrative Films - Venice Film Week
The Venice Film Week is an annual week-long event showcasing independent films with an edge. The event was created by independent filmmakers, for independent filmmakers, with the sole purpose to showcase and screen new and upcoming talent.
Running during, but independent from the Venice Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica), the Venice Film Week focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, the minimalistic and the true artists of our time.
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The Best in the World (France) by Marion Standefer
The Best in the World follows Mouctar, a Guinean migrant navigating a new life in Paris. He enrolls in a non-profit school for migrants in Paris, where he meets Marion, an American social worker who runs an after-school theater workshop, which he eagerly joins. During interviews for the thesis Ma...
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The Egotist (Portugal) by Alice M. Horta
The Egotist is a shortfilm based on This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Poor and tired, Amaro finds himself in the need of moving. Along the way he takes part in conversations that make him reflect on his changing position in society and on the anxieties of a young adult.
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Trilogy of Times (Ukraine) by Anar Azimov
This film is a collection of two shorts and one mid-length, somehow happening to build up a trilogy about the past, present and future.
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Lasciare (United States) by Cara Ronzetti
An epic tale that travels through three different decades, "Lasciare" explores the life of Luna Fadricci and her Italian-American family, as they reconcile with the meaning of home, the cost of identity, and all that’s left behind.
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Easy Wedding (South Korea) by Donghee Kang
Soo-nae becomes pregnant at twenty. Despite pressure to end it, she chooses love over fear, determined to marry her boyfriend, Woo-gyeol, and keep their baby.
Running time: 00:14:12