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Linen SHORT

22. sept, 16.00 - vienna
29. sept, 21.00 - budapest



THE LOVE OF THINGS ONE CAN LOSE
Jákob Ladányi Jancsó



Hungary, 2022
19'59"
Short



How can we experience intimacy if we are unable to express love? Adél, a Generation Z teenager, pushes her boundaries in search of her own identity. Her boyfriend, a typical man-child, drives her into more self-destructive behaviour. Can she feel free without knowing what it means?


Jakob Ladányi Jancsó was born in Hamburg in 1989. He got his degree in psychology at the Freie Universitat Berlin, then he studied film directing at the University of Theatrical and Film Arts in Budapest. He finishes his master studies as film director in 2022 at the Filmakademie Wien.



MAMMA
Aslak Danbolt



Norway, 2021
15'00"
Short



It’s Christmas Eve, and Synnøve is searching for her drug-addicted daughter Michelle in an almost desolated city. (Synnøve and Michelle are mother and daughter in real life and play versions of themselves in a story that is very close to their own lives.)


Aslak Danbolt is a Norwegian filmmaker from Bergen, who lives and works out of Oslo, Norway. He studied Documentary Directing at Lillehammer University College and graduated with «Martin-the Ghost» in 2009, which premiered in competition at IDFA that year. In 2010 he was selected for The Berlinale Talent Campus. From 2011 to 2014 he attended The London Film School, where he focused on writing and directing fiction. His grad film from the MA program “Last Base”, was selected for more than 120 festivals (including Tribeca, Chicago & Slamdance) and won numerous awards...



AIRHOSTESS-737
Thanasis Neofotistos



Greece, 2022
16'00"
Short



On a Boeing-737 a 39-y.o. flight attendant, Vanina, tries hard to hide her, obvious, discomfort. Everyone seems genuinely worried about her while she goes on complaining about her new braces. She blames her mother for not taking care of her teeth when she should. However, her colleagues know; this plane carries her mother's dead body to her hometown. When the turbulence become threatening, Vanina faces an urgent need to see her mother in what proves to be a last chance for reconciliation.


Thanasis Neofotistos is a Film Director, Writer & Architect from Greece. Member of European Film Academy (EFA), Berlinale & Sarajevo Talents alumnus and Head Programmer of Student Int’l Competition of Drama Int. Short Film Festival. But most importantly, member of the LGBTQI+ community! His new short film AIRHOSTESS-737 (16'-2022) premiered in 75th Locarno IFF 2022 and then at 47th TIFF Toronto Film Festival!...



ALEX'S MACHINE
Mael Le Mée



France, 2022
25'00"
Short



Alex is the only girl in her "automotive biomechanics" class. For her degree, she has chosen to build an engine made of artificial flesh. One night, Chloé, who shares her boarding school room, discovers that Alex takes a singular pleasure in working on her living machine...



Blue Danube Film Festival