Saturday, February 5, 2022

10th Chennai Film Festival 2022 : International Short Fiction - Non Competition

10th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2022

21-27 Feb, multiple venues, Chennai 


International Short fiction : Non competition 


1) Yesterday I was the Moon 

Dir : Yihan Lin; 20 min; China



Dreaming about her dead son frequently before her grandson is about to work abroad, grandma and her grandson embark on a journey to find a psychic.


2) Poster

Dir : Ripan Kumar Das; 9.44 min; Bangladesh



Story of a struggling middle-class private tutor, who faces an identity crisis that reveals the social reality to his son.


3) Storgetnya

Dir : Hovig Hagopian; 20 min; France



March 2020, Yerevan, capital of Armenia. 230 meters underground, in the Avan salt mine, men and women walk to breathe easier. Physical activities and medical consultations set the rhythm of the timeless world of this underground clinic, where lives intersect and stories are told.


4) Summertime, Summertime

Dir : Kevin Chen; 16.16 min; China



In the summer of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Qin Huai, who will soon be 10 years old, accidentally learns that his good friend He Zhijie's father is seriously sick. He Zhijie’s family is poor and couldn’t afford the treatment fee. In order to help his friend, Qin Huai asks his parents for the money of selling their apartment as his birthday present. 


5) Baptism

Dir : Yu Zhang; 20 min; China



In an isolated island, the retired policeman Guodong finally finds Bingyuan, the murderer of his daughter. What he doesn't expect is that Bingyuan is now the priest of a church and the father of an orphan girl, Hong. Facing the priest's redemption, the police falls into struggle.


6) The Third Solar Term

Dir : Zhanfei Song; 20 min; China



During a short spring break after The Third Solar Term, Qizhe returns home to visit his mother. After meeting a man from the internet, he began to lose control of his double life. One that was living true to himself and the other, pretending to be the perfect son.


7) A Firecracker Story

Dir : Zhizi Hao; 20 min; China



An 8-year-old boy searching for fireworks on a Chinese New Year’s Eve, after the firework ban is introduced in this southern Chinese town.


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