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International Shorts 5: Documentaries

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5 films in package
International Shorts 5: Documentaries
Even against the most awesome and epic of backdrops the personal always shines through
What a Family Can Do (Was eine Familie leisten kann)
'I'm Sybille. I've been going to psychotherapy for six years now.'
The Eternal Springtime (Mùa xuân vĩnh cửu)
In a landscape on the brink of extinction, a son follows his a mother into a cave in order to be revitalized
Ali and his Miracle Sheep
9-year-old Ali takes his favourite sheep Kirmeta for sacrifice, a perilous journey that reveals a previously unseen aspect of Iraq
Some Kind of Intimacy
A filmmaker tries to communicate with the sheep living where his parents are buried
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A filmmaker’s wordless communion with the sheep who graze the plot where his parents are buried becomes a plaintively comic scene when he receives an unexpected call.


  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    UK, France
  • Premiere
    Irish Premiere
  • Director
    Toby Bull
  • Producer
    Toby Bull, Isidore Bethel
  • Cinematographer
    Toby Bull
  • Editor
    Isidore Bethel
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