SHORTS 2: Echoes We Carry

Darlinghurst Eats Its Young
Director: Madeleine Preston, Australia, 16:24 - documentary
Based on real photos from the 1980s, this is a love letter to friendship, memory, and the chosen families that raised us when no one else could.

Boys Like You
Director: Paul Holbrook, United Kingdom, 16:59 - narrative

A depressed housewife seeks out a troubled young man from her past, with disastrous consequences.

Where The Old Man Lives
Director: Sonya O'Donoghue, Ireland, 19:34 - narrative

In rural Ireland, an elderly man hides his savings in a mattress, spills sand to track intruders, and prays for safety. But isolation and paranoia may not be enough to keep danger out.

A WEDDING DAY
Director: Achraf AJRAOUI, France, 22:48 - dramedy

Jamel's summer is turned upside down when this seducer from the French Riviera learns that his ex-girlfriend is getting married.

Once Again I Look at the Sky
Director: Santi Capuz, Spain, 8:00 - narrative

On New Year's Eve, a boy and a girl stand beneath the sky and reflect on everything that brought them to this moment.