SAT 30 AUG
The Muse ART GALLERY
269 Portobello Road, W11 1LR




World Cinema 1


6 pm

Bottles
Yassine El Idrissi, Drama, Friendship. 18 mins U Morocco
Said, a 13-year-old boy lives in the old Medina of Rabat. In the summer he has a side job, collecting empty beer bottles and selling them to a shop. With the money he wants to buy food for a dog he is hiding. One time his closest friend tells him that it is ‘haram’ to do that.

THE HARVEST
Tamara Štofková. Drama, LGBTQ+, Historical. Slovakia. 23 mins 12A
Žofa's seemingly perfect life shatters in an instant—one secret changes everything. Rumors spread, loyalties break, and feelings she never expected begin to surface. The line between truth and lies blurs in a story of desire, betrayal, and the search for one's true self.

Poperratic: Zero Hero
Music Video Jammes Luckett. Music video / animation 4 mins 12. USA
“Zero Hero” is a new indie music video animated by the solo artist behind alternative rock project Poperratic. Through a metaphorical superhero origin story, the ultimate superpower is revealed: self-love.

LIGHT JOURNEY
JEREMY NEWMAN
EXPERIMENTAL
3 mins. U USA
IN THIS VIDEO, A SPACE TRAVELER VISITS EARTH. THE STORY IS TOLD THROUGH LIGHT AND SHADOW.

NIGHTFACES
MARTIN WINTER & STEFAN LANGTHALER. Drama. 23:00 mins
Austria. 15
In the rain-soaked streets of Vienna, a disillusioned taxi driver and a determined homeless woman embark on an unexpected nocturnal journey to break free from the past and win back their families.

GOODBYE MY DOVE
FELIX BACH. DRAMA / FICTION. 25 mins. 12 Belgium
NORTHERN VIETNAM EARLY 1970S, YEARNING FOR THEIR MOTHER, LOC AND
TIEN FLEE THE EVACUATED AREA TO RETURN TO HANOI, IN SEARCH OF A
FAMILY REUNION

LAGOM SVENSK (SWEDISH JUST RIGHT)
JAMIL WALLI Drama. 18 mins G- 12A Sweden
After experiencing xenophobia, a Syrian guy re-enacts a verbal attack on a Swede and gets caught in a fight over what it means to be Swedish.

GLITTER KISS
Augustė Gerikaitė, 19 mins 12A. Lithuania
After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and Klaudijus’ life hangs in the balance,
Rolandas is forced to rethink his beliefs.

Faith, in each other
Stacey Stone 6 min film. Documentary. 12
A film about the recent California fires that destroyed so many homes. The piece is set to original music and conveys the struggles we are facing in the US albeit continuing to have faith all will be ok.

Art
Stacey Stone. 12 mins Documentary Short. U USA.
A true story about Art, a Laotian American lost in the bleak life of shelterless living.

Juliette’s Miracle on St. Nick
Antwand Pearman. Drama, Magical Realism, Dance, aging, end of life. 12 USA. 20 mins
A kind elderly woman is granted one last night of youth by a magical cat, returning to a 1970s Harlem jazz club before a mysterious crow ends her journey.

Citroen
Bastiaan Rook dark comedy (mockumentary) 19 mins 12A The Netherlands
A community at the coast of the Netherlands have everything they would wish for. Jonah tries to escape his role as cult leader, no matter what.

Rekindle
Ata Mojabi Fiction, Drama. 11 mins Belarus. 12
A phone call invites a lonely woman in her forties to meet her ex-lover, who ruthlessly abandoned her years ago. She seems unprepared to confront her lingering emotions.

IMPROVISA
Maria Alves Tobias. 20 mins 15 Drama Brazil.
When a young couple signs up for an improvisation workshop, hoping for a fun new experience, they unexpectedly find their relationship put to the test. The workshop unleashes hidden insecurities and leads to unforeseen, emotionally-charged outcomes that threatens to redefine relationships.

O palhaço que há em nós (The clown within us)
Eduardo Robalo. Drama - short film 18 mins. U Portugal.
“O palhaço que há em nós”, a Black Castle production,
director Eduardo Robalo invites the audience to enter the parallel reality hidden in a clown’s smile.
“He says he will be a clown until his last day, but father, you will be a clown, forever.
An actor in soul, a clown at heart.”

SUPERDUPERMEGAGIGASINGLE
15. 28 mins
Vebjørn (29) has never had a girlfriend. He works as a mascot and ski instructor at a skiing resort. One day he crashes into the ski tourist, Polina, ruining her holiday. While he tries to make up for the accident, unexpected chemistry between the two arises. But Vebjørn’s anxiety around girls soon catches up with him, as he struggles to get over the idea that no one can like him in a romantic way.

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