Close to the Bone

Alma Mater

Closet directed by Timothy Troy

A gifted young organist struggles to endure the violent world around him.

A young woman, captured on CCTV on a night out, describes her readiness for whatever fate has in store for her.

Art Hahn is just one actor numbed by the New York struggle. One day, an unusual proposition from his friend, John Kim, leads him to a remarkable role that jolts his system like never before.

A fantastic story of Martha, a little girl, who finds true love three years after her mother died.

Eight year old Nicolas dreams of owning a Nikki doll, but when his dream becomes a reality it sends a shift through his home as his parents grapple with their beliefs of how their young son should express himself.

Iris

A misunderstanding leads to sombre consequences as two flatmates recall very different turns of event from the previous night.

Soğuk, Uzak ve Kirli

From the music of UK composer Anne Dudley, Belgian filmmaker Stijn Coninx crafts a story of a hearing-impaired woman on various runs, determinedly straight ahead of herself, crossing deserted forests, meadows and swamps, in different get-ups. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Henry has become very ill and wishes to see Marion one more time. He writes asking her to visit. When she recieves the note, she laughs and tosses it on the floor, but, later, on a whim, decides to take all her drunken friends with her to visit him. When they arrive, Marion finds Henry dead, clutching her portrait in his hand. She sends her friends away and falls to her knees in remorse. Mary Pickford's debut!

Clara, 15, feels a strangeness she can not express and who will lead her to commit an irreparable act.

Willy, twelve years old, loves his quiet basement bedroom and secret playboy magazine. But when Mom's new boyfriend starts spending the night in her bedroom directly upstairs, Willy's wonderful bedroom becomes a place he needs to navigate until he understands his mother as a person...

A butcher whose meat is most tender, surrounded successively by ephemeral and delightful cashiers.

Some people take a short break.

After losing his memory from an accident, Tan tried to find his identity. Eventually, he found something and led him back to his home sweet home. The more he knows them, the more he learns to fear of their secrets of his so-called family.

Waiting for the Thaw

George, stoic and overprotective, travels to Zurich with his daughter Rachel. One is planning physician-assisted suicide; the other has just one day left to intervene.

A reframing of the classic tale of Narcissus, the director draws on snippets of conversation with a trusted friend to muse on gender and identity. Just as shimmers are difficult to grasp as knowable entities, so does the concept of a gendered self feel unknowable except through reflection. Is it Narcissus that Echo truly longs for, or simply the Knowing he possesses when gazing upon himself?