FICOCC Winners: Short films

A woman tells a beautiful and delightful fairy tale to her baby girl, using the story to explain how she and the baby's father met and fell in love.

An old woman is dying in a nursing home. She is surrounded by different people - everybody has his own relationship with death.

The life of a scavenger changes when he finds a book in the trash

Living Idle is a symbolic short film that reflects actions have consequences. This is the story of an artist - a creative sculptor of idols, that puts life and colour into clusters of mud and clay. Ironically, he fails to add colour to his own creation- his world, his family, his child. The narrative revolves around how a creation of the sculptor- an idol of Ma Durga punishes him (by rendering him indisposed and idle), when he crosses all limits of abuse and shows him a life of yearning. The film concludes with a deep dawn of realisation - of how a single action- takes away from him his ability to be a prolific sculptor- that of clay and stone and that of his child's future. The film is embedded with contrasting symbolism, as aptly reflected in its title, most strongly that of the strength of a woman, of a mother, which is - representative in Ma Durga's rendition of 'Good over Evil'.

A married woman who cannot have a baby is conceived a child after she is raped by her husband.

A young mare visits Cyprus to take part in races. Frustrated from failure, she abandons the racetrack after confronting her strict father. The mare will meet new friends who will try to help her find her lost courage.

A grave incident in the park forces Martin to look at himself in the mirror. While his façade slowly crumbles away, he tries to regain his dignity, even if he has to resort to pretence. Yet, it is not he who pulls the strings.

Claire and Bruno are not very happy together. They are going on a vacation, secretly hoping to mend fences with each other. Just in time : the world is coming to an end.

Pierre and his best friend François are meeting in a restaurant. Quickly François feels that Pierre's attitude is not as usual. What Pierre is about to tell him is going to put him in a very uncomfortable situation. But in the end nothing is really as it seems.

In a barbaric XXXVIth Century, violent creatures live outside the remaining fortified cities where humankind prevails. In order to keep society protected, hunters are sent to travel deep into the wild to take down these dark beings... o die trying.