489 YEARS
Hayoun Kwon
Animation / France / 2016
“489 Years” is transcribed according to the testimony of a former soldier in South Korea, Kim. It gives us access to the DMZ, and makes us immerse in the heart of the personal memory of a soldier. He tells us his experience in a research mission and the amazing discovery he made in the
field full of mines (mines laid by South Korea with no record of where they were placed). He speaks of a place where people are forbidden, a place where nature has totally reclaimed its hold.
FAT BOY NEVER SLIM
Raksa Dindaen
Sorayos Prapapan
Fiction / Thailand / 2016
For male Thai citizen, military service is mandatory. Every year, male citizen who reach 21 years old have to ‘pick the lottery’. Those who pick the black one will be exempted from military service, while those who pick the red one have to spend 2 years in the army. However, there are more ways to avoid the military service. High school students can enroll the 3 years territorial defense course. The students who enroll the course will drill once per week. Those who complete the course will be exempted from conscription, but to enroll this territorial defense course, schoolboys must pass the physical test first. Those who don’t pass the test will not be allowed to join the course, and at the end, have to try their luck picking the lottery at the military drafting. 2015, under the rule of military junta, two fat schoolboys don’t want to serve in the military when they turn 21. They want to enroll the territorial defense course, but they need to pass the physical test. Will fat boys like them be able to pass the test?
IN DEFENSE OF THE ROCKET
Martin Ginestie
Documentary /United Kingdom/ 2015
The rise and fall of the Middle East peace process in photos, to the rhythms of Beethoven's 7th symphony.
VEIL OF SILENCE
Un grand silence
Julie Gourdain
Fiction / France / 2016
It is 1968 and Marianne is 19. She is placed in a home far from her family and friends where she meets other young girls whose common secret has shaken the foundations of their social standing.
YOU ARE NOT THE STRONGEST
Tú no eres el más fuerte
Emilio Yebra
Animation / Spain / 2016
A hunter is searching for a new trohpy for his collection.
A MAN RETURNED
Mahdi Fleifel
Documentary / United Kingdom, Lebanon, Netherlands, Denmark / 2016
Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended in failure after three years trapped in Greece. He returned with a heroin addiction to life in a camp being torn apart by internal strife and the encroachment of war from Syria. Against all odds he decides to marry his childhood sweetheart; a love story, bittersweet as the camp itself.
TEN METER TOWER
Hopptornet
Axel Danielson
Documentary / Sweden / 2015
A ten meter diving tower. People who have never been up there before have to choose whether to jump or climb down. The situation itself highlights a dilemma: to weigh the instinctive fear of taking the step out against the humiliation of having to climb down. TEN METER TOWER is an entertaining study of the human in a vulnerable position.
Films are demonstrated in their original language with English subtitles.
More info: http://2annas.lv/en/competition/war-struggle-and-hope/