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European Film Academy Short Film Nominees

This programme includes the five nominations for the European Short Film at the The European Film Awards that took place in December 2024. They are all some of the most acclaimed multiple award winners from the last year. The winner of the award was The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent. The category European Short Film – Prix Vimeo is organised by the European Film Academy in cooperation with a series of film festivals across Europe, among them Uppsala Short Film Festival.

Screened:
TUE 21/10, 21:00 SLOTTS
THU 23/10, 13:00 FYRIS

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2720

After a violent police raid in a poor clandestine neighbourhood in Lisbon, a 7-year-old girl seeks to find her missing older brother. At the same time, a young newly released ex-convict tries to start anew, free from a life of crime. The fate of these two will cross in the worst way.

Portugal 2023 / 24:44 / Director: Basil da Cunha

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CLAMOUR

Johannes and Gabin are young, cousins and in love with each other: their story takes place in the South of France.

France 2023 / 25:00 / Director: Salomé Da Souza

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THE EXPLODING GIRL

For the past three months, Candice has been exploding every day. Sometimes even two or three times a day. Her record is seven times. She currently has 192 explosions.

France 2024 / 19:02 / Director: Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel

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THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT

February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

Croatia 2024 / 13:00 / Director: Nebojsa Slijepcevic

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WANDER TO WONDER

Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

Netherlands, Belgium 2023 / 13:20 / Director: Nina Gantz