Competition Programs | International Competition: High Society
MEGOGO

7-11.09

The program will be available September 7-11 online on MEGOGO

One day, your usual social ritual will drag you into an inevitable rebellion attempt. Roles change, re-inventing oneself, a duel with society against the background of an approaching apocalypse. Is it possible to stay human when the world order turns upside down?

Running time 70 min.

  • Red Giant
    Anne Verbeure

    Belgium | 10:14 | 2021

    On top of a hill, the giant listens to the everyday thoughts and conversations of the other people. However, the loneliness and multiplicity of the voices gradually become too much for the giant.

  • Dry Nightmare
    Lordlar Sofrası

    Turkey | 05:49 | 2021

    The adventure of a boy who has used the last water of the world on his way to find water. Dry Nightmare is a work that deals with the terrible problem that water waste will create in the world and in life today, with a different approach. In the movie, our character leaves the water running while brushing his teeth, and this causes him to run out of the last remaining water in the world. This is taken as a metaphor emphasizing how important the effect of water wastage at the individual level is.

  • Dinner's Ready
    Yuan Li Elizabeth Xu

    United States | 03:43 | 2022

    Why should I make dinner if we are both in love? A story of gendered roles and the ethics of care.

     

  • Lesser of Two Evils
    Máté Horesnyi

    Hungary | 09:56 | 2021

    The Eastern-Europian mentality and relations exposed through Attila Hazai’s pen. Raw and life-a-like stories which are turning into absurd scenes.

  • Absence
    Marc Héricher

    France | 10:00 | 2021

    A homeless man collapses violently on the ground, and remains frozen on all fours. The journalists' sudden interest in this man takes us into a grotesque and absurd media vortex.

  • Regular
    Nata Metlukh

    United States | 05:00 | 2022

    The story is set in a graphic design world where fonts are the main characters. They interact with the environment according to their properties: Bold makes everything thicker, Italic tilts things, Monospace equalizes objects by width, etc. Fonts are assigned to build a garden, and the five boxing wizards jump in quickly to inspect their work. A negative space storm flushes everything away, but Regular comes and fixes the garden.

  • Dies Irae
    maru collective

    Australia | 07:37 | 2022

    Two playful angels, seven sinful pigs, and one poor righteous soul.

  • Bird in the Peninsula
    Atsushi Wada

    France, Japan | 16:00 | 2022

    Children dance to music under the supervision of their teacher. A young girl attends the scene and comes to disturb their ritual.