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This year's international shorts include 41 films from 18 countries. They are split into dramatic, documentary and animation.

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Lessons From The NightSteel Homes
(Country: UK; Director: Urszula Pontikos)
This part observational, part impressionistic study of a day in the life of a Muslim community, illustrates their hopeful efforts to discover jade in the harsh conditions of a dried-up riverbed in a remote town on the Silk Road in Western China.

(Country: Australia; Director: Adrian Francis; Writer: Adrian Francis)
As dusk approaches and workers stream out of the city, Maia is about to begin her day. She reflects on life, work and toilet bowls as she goes about her nightly cleaning round through silent, empty spaces.

(Country: UK; Director: Adrian McDowall, Finlay Pretsell; Cast: Bill McFadyen)
What drives a 73-year-old powerlifting champion?

(Country: UK, US; Director: Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt)
Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries, as scientists from NASA's space sciences laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries.

(Country: Switzerland ; Director: Kenneth Anger)
Using found footage, we're introduced to the short life of Bunker Spreckels, Clark Gable’s stepson and surfing legend.

The Real PlaceMagnetic Movie
(Country: Canada; Director: Cam Christiansen; Writer: Blake Brooker)
An animated, poetic film celebrating the life and spirit of playwright and librettist John Murrell.

(Country: UK; Director: Eva Weber)
Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes and of lives we cannot let go.


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