EUROPE
SHORTLIST

If Fishes Were Wishes
Italy / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Gaia De Paoli
Producer: Gaia De Paoli
Cast: Battista Ivaldi, Simona Ferrara
Elio, a very meticulous fish market employee, imagines the lives of others by looking at their laundry hanging out to dry. One day he sees clothes with wonderful designs and colours hanging in front of a window. Who is hiding behind those shutters?

Bertie Wrote Me A Poem
Italy / Drama / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa
Producer: PMR Studio, Vittoria Rizzardi Penalosa
Cast: Giulia Melillo, Alessandro Haber, Priscilla Muscat, David Paryla
2005. Vittoria, a fifteen-year-old, after having sex for the first time, secretly goes to the hospital to take the morning-after pill. In the long and tedious hospital process, Vittoria struggles to keep a difficult secret.

Elisabeth
Switzerland / Drama / 14 minutes
Director: Monica De Almeida
Writer: Ludovic Dreyfuss
Producer: Monica De Almeida, Noellie Fantino
Cast: Jérôme Sau, Ludovic Dreyfuss, Noellie Fantino
Recurring dreams, death, a resonating name the keeps coming up…
Mr Bojac, widower since several months, feels like he’s losing his mind! These images are oppressing to him. He desperately tries to understand their meaning and feels out of strength!

Moles
Switzerland / Comedy / 15 minutes
Director/Writer: Vanja Victor Kabir Tognola
Producer: Filippo Bonacci
Cast: Gerardo Maffei, Catherine Pagani, Roberto Guerra,Vera Bommer, Mattia Linzi
Anna, Francesco, and the eight years old Giorgio can't afford a fancy holiday. Social pressure makes them hide at home and fake a Bahamas vacation through photoshopped posts on social media. The deluge of likes/comments fuel an all-consuming dopamine rush.

Quarantine
Switzerland / Drama / 12 minutes
Director/Writer: Julien Wagner
Producer: Julien Wagner, Damian Derungs, Julio Ramírez, Alec Handschin, Adriana Alvarez
Cast: Benjamin Merz, Sedona Wagner, Ladina von Frisching
An adult male struggles to reconcile with life while sheltering at home with his teenage sister. His constant attempt to hide from a threat that lies beyond the property line, further complicates his relationship with reality.