INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL - Competition Program - SEAF 2022
Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 7:00 PM EST | Run Time, 94 minutes

Lost love in paradise, overcooked meat, letters from prison, amphibians in heat, repetitions of the mundane, goose migration, an enormous water slide, secret police, masseur seduction, and a child becomes a car tire.
Au revoir Jérôme !
Directors - Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr (France)
Time - 8 min
Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colourful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.
Steakhouse
Director - Špela Čadež (Slovenia / Germany / France)
Time - 9:30 min
The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
Zoon
Director -  Jonatan Schwenk (Germany)
Time - 4:30 min
Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins.
Love, Dad
Director -  Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Czech Republic / Slovakia)
Time - 13 min
A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers love letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family´s break-up but also trying to understand.
Menagerie
Director -  Jack Gray (USA)
Time - 4:30 min
Day after day, inhabitants of the Menagerie play out their daily lives like clockwork. Menagerie is a study of the daily motions and mundane tasks of contemporary city life. Featuring hundreds of looping animated characters, the film explores how the repetitive actions of our day-to-day lives quickly spiral into an endless kaleidoscope of abstraction.
Slower Animals
Director -  John C. Kelley (USA)
Time - 7 min
While aimlessly following a winter goose migration across the American south, a professor slips in and out of childhood memories that all surround a forgotten trauma. This short animated film explores the ways we are shaped; both by what we remember and what we forget.
Black Slide
Director -  Uri Lotan (Israel)
Time - 11 min
Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty, and his best friend sneak into the Black Slide, the most terrifying ride in Aqua Fun. There, Eviah will gain insight to prepare him for events about to unfold at home.
Bestia
Director -  Hugo Covarrubias (Chile)
Time - 15 min
Based on true events, "Bestia" explores the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.
Wet
Directors - Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, Elvira Taussac (France)
Time - 6 min
During a thrilling massage, a lady is going to seduce her masseur. Through different rooms of a thermal cure, a seduction game would take place. A maze of sensation, flesh and steam which lead them to meet again.
Sierra
Director -  Sander Joon (Estonia)
Time - 16 min
A father and his son are losing the folk race. In order to win, the boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.