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SHOrt 1

24. nov. 20.30 - vienna
30. nov. 20.30 - budapest



SILENT STABLE
Nathan Coen



France, 2024
19'00"
Short



Felix, a 9-year-old boy, is about to move. He spends his free time at a stable but has never dared to ride a horse. He admires Victoria, a twelve-year-old equestrian prodigy. However, Felix is troubled by intriguing events: he observes with concern his friend's gradual distance and notices a strange relationship between her and their coach.


Nathan Coen began his career studying architectural and art photography with his uncle. From that moment on, he knew that his career would be linked to some form of artistic expression. After choosing the audiovisual option in high school, Nathan went on to study imaging at ESRA Paris. He then began working as an assistant cameraman on films. Seeing his passion for filmmaking develop, Nathan prepared for the Ateliers du Cinéma de Beaune competition, where he had the opportunity to follow Claude Lelouch for three years, from the preparation to the screening of one of his films. It was during this training that he wrote the screenplay for the short film IN THE STABLES. As well as directing, Nathan has been working for several years in color grading at the HD-Systems digital laboratory, further nurturing his love of images.



PRIMARY EDUCATION
Aria Sánchez, Marina Meira



Cuba, Spain, 2025
14'00"
Short



Daniela’s voice must be fully rested before she’s able to use it again. Given the adults' inability to handle the situation, her classmates see the perfect opportunity to silence her for good.


Aria Sánchez and Marina Meira are a creative duo that transforms their individual visions of the world into collective works. Uniting Cuban and Brazilian nationalities, they work together from developing universes and characters to directing and producing that brings them to the screens... The duo makes their directorial debut with the short film "Primera Enseñanza", a co-production between Cuba, Brazil, and Spain. The stories of the duo reflect the everyday grotesque in different universes and representations. A girl who loses her voice, a girl who promotes a last unforgettable New Year's Eve for her grandmother's fiancée, a woman who collects sounds, a boy who, upon seeing an ATM for the first time, thinks it's a money-making machine. Aria and Marina dedicate themselves to creating atmospheres that make us feel the absurd in seemingly ordinary worlds, an invitation to inhabit the questions we assume we know the answers to



DON'T WAKE THE SLEEPING CHILD
Kevin Aubert



France, Morocco, Senegal, 2025
27'15"
Short



Fifteen-year-old Diamant from Dakar dreams of making films, but her family has other plans for her. To Diamant, however, these are out of the question. She falls into a deep sleep from which no one can wake her.​



THE IDEA OF AN ISLAND
Carmen Pedrero



Spain, 2024
19'00"
Short



Bombs fall down while a mother sings to her daughters. Nature shivers. Houses become empty. 9-year-old Emilia is about to learn that the war around her is not a game anymore.


Carmen Pedrero (Madrid, 1996) is a film director, screenwriter and poet. After graduating from ECAM, her thesis short film “Winds of Springtime” had its premiere in the Future Frames’ program at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and won the Danzante Award for Best Opera Prima at Huesca International Film Festival. During the last two years, Carmen was part of multiple artistic labs such as Novos Cinemas’, INPUT (S8), Málaga Talent, or Cannes’ Focus Script, where she had the opportunity to continue working on her projects. At the same time, Carmen took her first steps on poetry, winning in 2022 the Biennial Young Poetry Award of La Laguna’s Ateneo with her book “No one knows how a cat feels when it licks its paws”. Last summer, she filmed “The idea of an Island”, her last short film, supported by ICAA, Junta de Extremadura and WOS Fabrique. Carmen is currently living in Boston on a full scholarship, where she’s pursuing a master’s program focused on film pedagogy.​



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