So why the fuss about the Fantastic Short Films? Short films are not merely stepping-stones to feature-length movies, nor are they just films that have a shorter running time. The defining features peculiar to short films here include: outrageous imagination, a piercing eye on society, leading to a brief but intense flush of pleasure. The 69 short films in this section are sure to satisfy your high hopes.
Baskin leads us to a bizarre place where Satan comes to life in a dark back alley in Turkey. In The Carriage or: Dracula & My Mother, witness a comic moment or two between a suspicious mother, her son and the most famous vampire ever. The Banishing invites us to visit this eerie haunted house: a fantasy that sometimes keeps its feet on the ground, with echoes of pain and sorrow becoming progressively louder. Safari shows that the victims of school- violence and those committing it, are all the victims of an ugly society. Human Form offers a girl who feels like an outsider, in a world of plastic surgery in which everyone has the same face.
We realize, once again, that the fantasy will never be something created entirely out of thin air.
Finally, a little tip for you before your encounter with Fantastic Short Films: fasten your seat-belts, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!
