Cordillera Streams - Cordillera Int'l Film Festival 2021

International Program One - Short Film Block

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7 films in package
Sous la glace
On a lake, a heron is fishing while winter arrives.
Dinner
Quan is a stubborn but mature 11-year-old. One day, coming home from school, he witnesses something that makes him question his family’s dynamics.
What Could Have Happened
In an empty city, the voices of two strangers meet. They end up passing the day together. It could be a beautiful love story if it had happened. What could have happened (when nothing did).
Da Yie
Young Matilda and Prince are taken on a life-changing trip by a stranger. Kids, gangsters and Ghana's vibrant coast as you've never seen them.
Like the Ones I Used to Know
December 24, 1983, 10:50 p.m.; Julie and her cousins ate too much sugar, Santa Claus is late and Denis, alone in his car, is anxious at the idea of setting foot in his ex-in-law's house to pick up his children. Les grandes claques is an early coming-of-age coming-of-age that is as squeaky as it is poetic.
Masel Tov Cocktail
"DIMITRIJ Liebermann (19) is Jewish and punched Tobi in the face. Now he’s supposed to apologize to him. But Dimitrij doesn’t exactly feel sorry. While on his way to meet up with Tobi, he encounters a diverse representation of German society. Again and again, Dimitrij faces one struggle he needs to overcome: his German-Jewish identity. An analysis of the status quo. "
Ala Kachuu - Take and Run
A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of tradition.
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An International blend of comedy, drama and perhaps a few surprises in-between.

Sezim (19) wants to fulfil her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland. There she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks for a way out.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    38 minutes
  • Language
    Kirghiz
  • Country
    Switzerland
  • Premiere
    Nevada Premiere
  • Director
    Maria Brendle
  • Producer
    Nadine Lüchinger, Flavio Gerber
  • Cast
    Alina Turdumamatova, Nurbek Esengazy Uulu, Madina Talipbekova, Jandat Djamanbaeva, Taalaykan Abazova, Aybike Erkinbekova
  • Cinematographer
    Gabriel Sandru
  • Editor
    Luca Zuberbühler
  • Production Design
    Elchibek Shamenov, Cholpon Saitova, Fatima Kacyvova, Nadine Boller
  • Sound Design
    Michael Duss, Triplet Studios, Ivo Schläpfer
  • Music
    Martin Skalsky, Triplet Studios
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