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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Anthology of short films. Part 97.


Anthology of short films. Part 97.
 The new issue of Anthology of short films number ninety seven is ready for viewing. This time there are 9 minifilms here, including an old rare film from Honduras.
1. Far Away Places. 2018. HD.
A boy from the streets of L.A., travels to Tahiti to visit his relatives., only to find out his younger cousin is being abused by one of the locals.
Director: Tatiana Shanks.
Cast: Keisha Shadè Akinyemi, Kenta Asars, Manu Bonnefin, Tina Buisson.
USA, 2018.
Language: English, French.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
2. Àpnoia. 2019. HD.
Isolating himself from the world, from his friends, but especially from his father, towards whom he holds a bitterness and a stiffled grudge, Thomas develops an obsession as invasive as it is mysterious for swimming and freediving, relentlessly training in the waters of the local swimming pool…
Director: Simon Laisney.
Cast: Anthony Bertaud, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Vega Cuzytek.
France, 2019.
Language: French.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
3. Allrakäraste syster. 1988.
Barbro becomes lonely after her brother is born and her family is pre-occupied with the newborn. In her lonelyness she finds out that she has a twin-sister who lives underground.
Director: Göran Carmback.
Cast: Elin Elgestad, Ulla Elgestad, Anki Lidén, Helge Skoog.
Sweden, 1988.
Language: Swedish.
4. Nymphet. 2015. HD.
Twelve year old Dolly looks a bit boyish. A friend helps her dress up and put on make up so that she looks more attractive to boys. When she arrives home her parents must go and a friend of the family offers to babysit Dolly.
Director: Laura Hermanides.
Cast: Alix Jana Cale, Bert Haelvoet, Lucas Kenter, Katrin Lohmann.
Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, 2015.
Language: Dutch.
1920x1080 HD
5. A'Mare. 2008. HD.
Two boys, 11 or 12, perhaps brothers, take a rowboat from shore to fish. Andrea, who's tougher, complains a lot, sometimes criticizing Felice, sometimes just complaining about life and his situation. Out of sight of shore, Andrea sees a suitcase; he jumps into the water, swims to it, and starts to push it back to the boat. While he's doing that, Felice sees a man floating, face up. While he tries to grab the man and hold on, he knocks an oar into the sea. The boys are unable to lift the man into the boat, and without two oars, can't head to shore. Will rescue come? Andrea tries to reassure Felice while also figuring out who the man is and what he's doing in the sea.
Director: Martina Amati.
Cast: Andrea Puglisi, Felice Puglisi, Abdul Majid.
UK, 2008.
Language: Italian.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
6. Svoy ostrov / Kam tugezi. 2006.
The outsider boy Gena takes at his own expense the friendship of the school star - Volodya Kubarkov. However, in fact, Volodya himself is only interested in Gena's sister.
Director: Aleksandr Barshak.
Cast: Artur Malyshev, Zakhar Khungureev, Evgeniya Beloborodova, Tatyana Nastashevskaya.
Russia, 2006.
Language: Russian.
7. These Things Take Time. 2018. HD.
An eight-year-old boy experiences his first heartbreak when he falls in love with his male third-grade teacher.
Director: Jerell Rosales.
Cast: Zackary Arthur, Timothy Ryan Cole, Jason Heymann, Ashley Ledbetter.
USA, 2018.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
8. Mi Amigo Ángel. 1964.
A shoe shine boy searches for his drunk father in the brothels of Tegucigalpa in the 1960s. First Honduran film, it is also the first sound film in this country.
Director: Sami Kafati.
Cast: Ada Argentina Abraham, Roger Membreno, Adib Kafati, Fausto Cortez.
Honduras, 1964.
Language: Spanish.
9. Roarsgård. 1949. HD.
The summer of 1949 in Roarsgård, the camp of Roskilde Municipality, near Sejrøbugten.
Denmark, 1949.
1280x720 HD
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