Welcome to our La Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018! Our new short film program is back with some of the best short films from around the world! Fiction, Animation, Documentaries, Music Videos, Experimental, strange, very-dark-comedies… With some of the wildest and imaginative short film stories by new filmmaker talents. Our 6th edition will take place by the sea & under the stars the 7th to the 11th August 2018 in Amantea, Italy. We’re delighted to have you embark with us on this strange and beautiful journey!

FICTION

The Hunger

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, The Hunger, Gutten er sultan, Kenneth Karlstad, 2017, Norway short film, short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Kenneth Karlstad | 2017 | 20’59” | NORWAY 

A sixteen-year-old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit.

Saint Hubert

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, Saint Hubert Jules Comes, 2017 Belgium, short film, short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Jules Comes | 2017 | 19’30” | BELGIUM

During a large-scale search in East Belgium’s oldest nature park, the authorities clash with a local forester.

EL GRAN LIBANO

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, El gran libano Mounia AKL, 2017, LEBANON short film, short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Mounia Akl & Neto Villalobos | 2017 | 16′ | LEBANON

When hungover Bassem wakes up by the lake shore among his dead fishes, his sister Youmna, who he hasn’t seen for 12 years, is there, with a coffin.

Blue Christmas

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, Blue Christmas Charlotte Wells, 2017, short film UK, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Charlotte Wells | 2017 | 15’23” | UK

On Christmas Eve, 1968, in a Scottish coastal town, a debt collector goes to work to avoid confronting his wife’s worsening psychosis at home.

Botanica

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, Botanica Noël Loozen, 2017, Netherlands short film, short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Noël Loozen | 2017 | 13’01” | NETHERLANDS

A garden-center employee fears his possible infertility and realizes that sometimes you have to swallow your pride to let love overcome.

CONTRACTOR 014352

Guarimba International Film Festival Selection 2018, CONTRACTOR 014352 SIMON RYNINKS, 2017, short film UK, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Simon Ryninks | 2017 | 13’35” | UK

Real and imaginary worlds collide when a lonely data entry clerk reaches through his computer screen, in search of a genuine connection.

Mamartuile

Marmatuile Alejandro Saevich, Mexico short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Alejandro Saevich | 2017 | 11’40” | MEXICO

The president of Mexico spends his final days in office making plans for his future. Everything looks in order until an international conflict interrupts his pleasant rest.

Magic Alps

Magic Alps, Marco Scotuzzi, Andrea Brusa, Italian short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Marco Scotuzzi & Andrea Brusa | 2018 | 14’45” | ITALY

An Afgani refugee arrives in Italy with his goat and seeks political asylum for both of them.

The Plumber

The plumber Méryl Fortunat-Rossi & Xavier Séron, Belgium short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Méryl Fortunat-Rossi & Xavier Séron | 2016 | 14′ |  BELGIUM

Tom, a Flemish comedian used to doing cartoon character’s voices, replaces offhand a doubler friend. He finds himself in the studio of a pornographic french speaking film.

Da Lost Boyz

Da Lost Boyz Julia Chapot, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Julia Chapot | 2017 | 23’51” | FRANCE

Wolfgang, young punk, is destined to be a miner like his father.
The night of his sixteenth birthday, his big brother Peter is going to propose him a last loophole, the Netherland…

The Fix

The Fix Edward Jack, USA short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Edward Jack | 2017 | 10′ | USA

A surreal queer farce about a young man struggling with an addiction to cock-sucking.

Mathilde 326

Mathilde 326 Jean-Sébastien Bernard, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Jean-Sébastien Bernard |  2017 | 7’34” | FRANCE

David is awakened by the voice of his wife, Mathilde. Tormented, she told him of his doubts. He tries to reassure her and reason. But she does not listen to him anymore.

BOLBOL

BOLBOL Khedija LEMKECHER, Tunisia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Khedija Lemkecher | 2017 | 25′ | TUNISIA

A comic fresco of Tunisian weddings rises before us orchestrated by a liberated and bloated Bolbol who will eventually regain a femininity that she neglected by the monotony of her daily routine.

Maneki Neko

Maneki Neko, Manolis Mavris, 2017, Greece short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Manolis Mavris | 2017 | 18’51” | GREECE

The unexpected encounter of two strangers and their agreement while waiting for a cab to share the cost of the ride, becomes the motive for the anatomy of a relationship.

As long as it takes

As long as at it takes Abeille Tard, 2017, Canada short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018,

Abeille Tard | 2017 | 13’15” | CANADA

Ben is in his fifties, William has seventeen. Together, for just a moment, they will let go and let themselves be carried by the music.

matria

Matria Álvaro Gago, 2017, Spain short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, Marvin Wayne,

Álvaro Gago | 2017 | 20′ | SPAIN

Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in the relationship that unites her to her daughter and granddaughter.

salvation

Salvation Thora Hilmarsdottir, 2017, Iceland short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018,

Thora Hilmarsdottir | 2017 | 24’29” | ICELAND, SWEDEN

Katrín wakes up in the hospital after a serious car accident to find that she has received a life-saving blood transfusion. However, the religious cult she belongs to forbids such things.

harbour

Harbour Stefanie Kolk, 2017, Netherlands short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Stefanie Kolk | 2017 | 12’44” | NETHERLANDS

Two industrial painters are at work in the Rotterdam harbour. The discovery of a dead body in the water forces them to reflect on their situation.

Not yet

Not yet (Hanooz Na) Arian Vazirdaftair, 2016, Iran short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Arian Vazirdaftair | 2016 | 14’50” | IRAN

It’s Hasti’s (a 21 year old girl) Birthday. She studies abroad and her parents in Iran want to congratulate her via Skype.

sodom's cat

Sodom's Cat HUANG Ting-Chun, Taiwan short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

HUANG Ting-Chun | 29’58” | Taiwan

A young boy named SUN attends a group sex orgy held by a dating app. He has sex with another four guys, but it seems not turn him up.

wren boys

Wren Boys Harry Lighton, 2017, UK short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Harry Lighton | 2017 | 11′ | UK

On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison.

Mum, I'm back

Mum I'm back Dimitris Katsimiris, 2017, Greece short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Dimitris Katsimiris | 2017 | 4’40” | GREECE

A woman returns, after 40 years, to the village where she was born. The cause is the death of her mother. She keeps an old photograph in her hands: a mother with her two sons.

The beep test

The beep test (La course navette) Maxime Aubert, 2017, Canada short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Maxime Aubert | 2017 | 16’25” | CANADA

Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school. This is why he is a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two students in search of entertainment.

may day

May day Olivier Magis & Fedrik De Beul, 2017, Belgium short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Olivier Magis & Fedrik De Beul | 2017 | 22′ | BELGIUM

In Thierry’s living room, several people have gathered. None of them know each other but they are all there to try and fulfil the same dream. They want to find a job… and quickly.

Wibble Wobble

Wibble Wobble Daphne Do, 2017, Australia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Daphne Do | 2017 | 6’46” | AUSTRALIA

When a man is tasked with clearing out his deceased grandmother’s house, a large jelly gets in the way of someone buying her old fridge.

ANIMATION

WILDEBEEST

Wildeerbest Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips, 2017, Belgium short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips | 2017 | 19’08” | BELGIUM

Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness.

GRANDPA WALRUS

Grandpa Walrus, Pépé le morse Lucrèce Andreae, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Lucrèce Andreae | 2017 | 14’45” | FRANCE

On the windy and cloudy beach, Granny is praying, Mum is shouting, the sisters don’t care, Lucas is alone. Grandpa was a weird guy, now he’s dead.

link

Link Robert Loebel, 2017, Germany short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Robert Loebel | 2017 | 7’34” | GERMANY

Two characters are linked by their hair. They influence each other by every move they make and wherever they go.

negative space

Negative Space Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata | 2017 | 5’30” | FRANCE

My dad taught me how to pack.

COYOTE

Coyote Lorenz Wunderle, 2018, SWITZERLAND short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Lorenz Wunderle | 2018 | 9’55” | SWITZERLAND

A coyote loses his wife and children from an attack of wolfs. Anguished from human emotions he‘s trying to process the experience.

afterwork

Afterwork Luis Uson & Andrés Aguilar, 2017, Ecuador short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Luis Uson & Andrés Aguilar | 2017 | 6’15” | ECUADOR

We are all condemned to work and repeat again and again the same empty routines. Can we reach that carrot with which they want to keep us forever occupied, chasing eternally something we do not need?

The Junction

The junction Patrick Doyon, 2016, Canada short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Patrick Doyon | 2016 | 4’42” | CANADA

The classically trained Chilly Gonzales and rock provocateur Peaches brought out the best in each other when they first met at a basement jam session.

drush

Drush Nils Janssens, 2017, Belgium short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Nils Janssens | 2017 | 3’2″ | BELGIUM

Wandering between three nationalities, Andrusha (Drush) is looking for self-esteem in the hope of finding balance and harmony.

GOING APE

Going Ape Nicolas Lesaffre & Charles Blanchard, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Nicolas Lesaffre & Charles Blanchard | 2017 | 4’30” | FRANCE

How will apes behave if they have access to social media and internet?

MERMAIDS AND RHINOS

MERMAIDS AND RHINOS Viktoria Traub, 2017, Hungary short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Viktoria Traub | 2017 | 15’33” | HUNGARY

Eight-year-old Tilda’s memories of her family as surrealistic visions come into life.

A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP

A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP Rachel Gutgarts, 2017, Israel short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Rachel Gutgarts | 2017 | 6’5″ | ISRAEL

The combination between reality and fantasy is portrayed in a love letter addressed to an imaginary “perfect” man.

Run Rostam Run

Run Rostam Run Hossein Molayemi, 2017, Iran short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Hossein Molayemi | 2017 | 11’37” | IRAN

Rostam-the old Persian national hero- should travel to the future and come to contemporary Tehran.

eden

Eden Julie Caty, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Julie Caty | 2017 | 5′ 02″ | FRANCE

E and A are bored to death in the Garden of Eden. One night, they run off in God’s cabriolet.

Airport

Airport Michaela Müller, 2017, Croatia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Michaela Müller | 2017 | 10’35” | CROATIA

The film explores the borders between the right to freedom of movement and the restrictions national security requirements put on society.

Volcano Island

Volcano Island Anna Katalin Lovrity, 2017, Hungary short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Anna Katalin Lovrity | 2017 | 9’09” | HUNGARY

Somewhere, on an oceanic island, the forces of nature are still at work as in primeval times. A young, naive female tiger lives there in harmony with herself and nature.

Dandelion

Dandelion Elisa Talentino, 2017, Italy short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Elisa Talentino | 2017 | 2’52” | ITALY

Dandelion. An antique dance, a courting ritual. A dandelion flower to blow desires.

Black Dog

Black Dog Joshua Tuthill, 2017, USA short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Joshua Tuthill | 2017 | 15′ | USA

Two brothers must deal with the sudden loss of their parents. As one falls into the darkness of a troubled marriage, the other must find an escape from the evil that is devouring his family.

Foreign Body

Foreign Body Marta Magnuska, 2016, Poland short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Marta Magnuska | 2016 | 7′ | POLAND

A foreign body lives its own life. You’re not able to get rid of it, it’s always with you, you need it.

The Blissful Accidental Death

The Blissful Accidental Death Sergiu Negulici, 2016, Romania short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Sergiu Negulici | 2016 | 15’1″ | ROMANIA

Entering an antique shop, a man finds a drawing which is hiding a secret love letter on the back, written 70 years ago.

Barbeque

Barbeque Jenny Jokela, 2017, UK short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Jenny Jokela | 2017 | 5’44” | UK

Barbeque is the visceral journey about coping with post traumatic stress disorder, visualizing and exploring feelings of shame and disembodiment.

DOCUMENTARY

THE DAY OF THE WALL

THE DAY OF THE WALL Daniele Greco, 2017, Italy short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Daniele Greco | 2017 | 13′ | ITALY

In a small village in the heart of Sicily, the feast of the Saint represents the opportunity to offer the fruits of the earth and revive a rite of ancient origins which combines religious myths with tribal customs.

SHERRY

SHERRY Eliane Lima, 2017, USA short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Eliane Lima | 2017 | 23’38” | USA

Every day, Robert transforms himself into a living doll, Sherry.

REWIND FORWARD

REWIND FORWARD Justin Stoneham, 2017, Switzerland short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Justin Stoneham | 2017 | 23’46” | SWITZERLAND

All his life, Justin managed to escape his own story. But his past catches up with him when he finds a box full of old family VHS tapes.

PHARMAKOS

PHARMAKOS Laura Vandewynckel, 2017, Belgium short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Laura Vandewynckel | 2017 | 13’12” | BELGIUM

A silent couple disembarks on the island of Sifnos to free its inhabitants from their burden. Step by step they are carried along through the reenactment of the ancient Pharmakos ritual.

TRAHERE

TRAHERE Juš Jeraj & Atila Urbančič, 2017, Slovenia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Juš Jeraj & Atila Urbančič | 2017 | 10′ | SLOVENIA

Among idyllic hills and the bluest of skies live men and their tractors. Trahere is a film about just that, the age old bond between man and tractor.

KRIS BRONZE

KRIS BRONZE Larry Machado, 2018, Brazil short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Larry Machado | 2018 | 24′ | BRAZIL

Kelly Cristina prepares her fraternization party.

PALENQUE

PALENQUE Sebastián Pistón Silva, 2017, Colombia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Sebastián Pinzón Silva | 2017 | 25′ | COLOMBIA

An ode to San Basilio de Palenque, the first town in the Americas to have broken free from European domination.

the good education

THE GOOD EDUCATION Gu Yu, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Gu Yu | 2017 | 29’35” | FRANCE

Abandoned by her parents, scapegoat of her classmates and teachers, Peipei has never conformed to the rules of the institution and has trouble finding her place.

SOUKEINA, 4400 DAYS OF NIGHT

SOUKEINA 4400 DAYS OF NIGHT Laura Sipán, 2017, Spain short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Laura Sipán | 2017 | 28′ | SPAIN

After Moroccan military occupation of Western Sahara, hundreds of people were forced to disappear in secret jails.

MEDULLA OBLONGATA

MEDULLA OBLONGATA Roberto Nascimiento, 2017, New Zealand short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films,

Roberto Nascimiento | 2017 | 7’33” | NEW ZEALAND

Maldivian student Abraham Naim is better known as his alter ego: the powerful and sassy drag queen Medulla Oblongata.

MUSIC VIDEOS

Back To Nature

Nightmares On Wax - Back To Nature João Pombeiro, 2017, Portugal short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

João Pombeiro | 2017 | 7’45” | PORTUGAL

An emotional journey into humankind’s relationship with the natural world.

Music by: Nightmares On Wax

Lijf

Lifj Thomas Bos, 2017, Netherlands short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Thomas Bos | 2017 | 3’56” | NETHERLANDS

Music video made partly in West Africa.

Dolly.Zero

Dolly.Zero Ugo Bienvenu, 2017, France short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Ugo Bienvenu | 2017 | 3’57” | FRANCE

Dolly and Silvio are in love for ever.

SMOG

Mynth - Smog Rupert Höller, 2017, Austria short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Rupert Höller | 2017 | 2’54” | AUSTRIA

Drifting between dream and reality in a surreal postmodern landscape.

Music by: MYNTH

SOLICITOUS

SOLICITOUS Zuzanna Plisz, 2017, Poland short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Zuzanna Plisz | 2017 | 4’59” | POLAND

Giant Woman decides to seek for help from local peasants to safe her beloved diseased partner.

Music by: Drekoty

SON

Son Philippe Grenier, 2017, Canada short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Philippe Grenier | 2017 | 4’32” | CANADA

While his mother painfully accepts an awful secret, Noah wants to avenge his sister and commit an irreparable act.

Music by: Beyries

Peak Magnetic

Clark - Peak Magnetic Sander Houtkruijer, 2017, UK short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Sander Houtkruijer | 2017 | 4′ | UK

The video itself can be seen as object: stage, performers, materials, loops, all combine to create a singular form, a moving sculpture.

Music by: Clark

Growing Young

Oly Growing Young Katarzyna Sawicka, 2017, Poland short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, videoclip,

Katarzyna Sawicka | 2017 | 4’29” | POLAND

A music video insipered by Alessandra Sanguinetti’s project “The adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams”.

Music by: OLY

EXPERIMENTAL - INSOMNIA

Artemis & Death

Artemis & Death Julien Bouthillier, 2017, Canada short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, experimental film,

Julien Bouthillier | 2017 | 6’51” | CANADA

A raw vision of ritualized violence, nearing mysticism, carried by the sacrificial figure of the bull, revealer of our humanity.

DON'T CALL ME A DICK

DON'T CALL ME A DICK Olympe De G., 2017, Spain short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, experimental film,

Olympe De G. | 2017 | 10’34” | SPAIN

Dick, Cunt, Asshole… Why are those words insults, when these body parts are so wonderful?

HOISSURU

HOISSURU Armand Rovira, 2017, Spain short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, experimental film,

Armand Rovira | 2017 | 18’03” | SPAIN

Hiroko is a Japanese girl who suffers a sharp pain inside her head caused by a specific sound fre- quency that only she can hear it.

THE JUNGLE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO

THE JUNGLE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO Juanita Onzaga, 2017, Colombia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, experimental film,

Juanita Onzaga | 2017 | 20′ | COLOMBIA

Colombia is a land of ghosts. Two siblings roam these mystical landscapes in search of their dead father’s spirit.

SENSE OF TIME

THE JUNGLE KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN YOU DO Juanita Onzaga, 2017, Colombia short film, La Guarimba International Film Festival, El tornillo de Klaus, best short film festivals, guarimba selection 2018, guarimba selección 2018, Short film Selection 2018, best 2017 short films, experimental film,

Wenhua Shi | 2018 | 5′ | USA

Senses of Time depicts the lyrical and poetic passage of time.

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Get Up Kinshasa!

Sébastien Maitre | 2016 | 21′ | CONGO

No polished shoes, no school! Samuel, 10y.o., is about to discover Kin the Beautiful’s way of muddling up and muddling through…

Dem Dem!

Pape Bouname Lopy, Marc Recchia & Christophe Rolin | 2017 | 26′ | SENEGAL

Matar, a Senegalese fisherman, finds a Belgian passport on a beach in Dakar.

It rains on Ouaga

Fabien Dao | 2017 | 25′ | Burkina Faso

It’s the season of love, the country is being reconstructed after the revolution. Alpha gets ready to join his beloved in France. But his encounter with Leila opens his eyes.

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Simon Cahn | 2018 | 4′

After the death of his beloved cat, a man adopts a curiously talended sea otter.

UGLY

Nikita Diakur & Redbear Easterman | 2017 | 12′

An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief. Inspired by the internet story ‘Ugly the Cat’.

BALANCE

Mark Ram | 2017 | 11′

A mountain climber struggles to save himself after his companion becomes incapacitated.

BON VOYAGE

Fabio Friedli | 2017 | 6′

Dozens of migrants climb onto an overcrowded truck. Their goal: to escape to Europe. When they arrive after an exhausting journey, another brutal reality awaits them: the European treatment of refugees.

HAPPINESS

Steve Cutts | 2017 | 4′

The story of a rodent’s unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.

Unendurable line

Daihei Shibata | 2017 | 2′

An expression of how things change from A to B when a parameter exceeds a certain value, exploring various thresholds hidden in everyday life.