SHORTS PROGRAM
Sometimes there’s nothing better — or more cathartic — than films that hit you in the feels.
BIG BOYS DON’T CRY (DIR. ARNAUD DELMARLE, 24 MINS)
A scorching summer in a small village near Marseille. After a three-year absence, Lucas and his group of friends welcome back their best friend Hicham. This eagerly-awaited return quickly arouses conflicting emotions in the gang, but above all, new hopes in Lucas. Big Boys Don't Cry was nominated for a César (France's equivalent to the Oscars) for Best Fiction Short Film.
SHUTTERSPEED (DIR. JASPER DE MAESENEER, 25 MINS)
Fifteen-year-old Cas (an amazing Lou Goossens, Young Hearts, Frameline48) poses for his school’s trainee teacher and amateur photographer Jard. When he becomes painfully aware of the power imbalance between them, he seeks to reverse their dynamic.
TAXI MOTO (DIR. GAËL KAMILINDI, 21 MINS)
A filmmaker sees the shooting of his film cancelled and begins looking for what remains of it, elsewhere, with another actor. What they explore together is no longer just a film, but a reflection on the stories that are silenced and the ones people take back for themselves. Through their conversations, the boundary between cinema and life dissolves, and the film becomes a space of intimate resistance, where thinking, desiring, and speaking become one and the same gesture. Winner of the Teddy Award for Best Short at the Berlinale.
THREE TIMES MINA (DIR. NANS LABORDE-JOURDÀA, 27 MINS)
Mina is in Cannes to perform for three nights during the Festival. She drifts from glittery clubs to hotel rooms, from lovers' arms to those of friends. There's Mina the performer, Mina the lover but also Mina the Italian singer from the '70s, whom she evokes on stage every night.
Playing as part of this year’s Frameline50. Click here to look through Vogue’s program in the fest from Monday, June 22 and Monday, June 25.