❗ Trigger/content warning: sex, nudity, blood
KISFF programmers have selected the best of the best from this year's program, to show the essense of the festival.
Trigger and content warnings: sex, nudity, blood
Bubbles
Director: Meri Dishnica
Country: Italy
Duration: 15
A forty-year-old woman floats in a relationship bubble until she realizes it is too late.
PATHOLOGICAL
Director: Alison Rich
Country: USA
Duration: 16
A woman who’s a pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.
CARP XMASS
Director: Anna Heribanová
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 8
Carp XMass is a short naturalistic dramedy, a truly lovely family film. Once upon a time in a small village in a far-away land, carp are preparing for Christmas eve - peaceful and happy as required by the traditions. But Christmas has failed to meet these values a long time ago. They have become the peak of the year-round consumption and there are some who may lose their lives in the honor of these sacred days.
I'M NOT A ROBOT
Director: Victoria Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 22
After several unsuccessful attempts to complete a Captcha, feminist Lara sets out to answer the disturbing question of whether she's a robot, and therefore bought by her own boyfriend.
MAKE ME A PIZZA
Director: Talia Shea Levin
Country: USA
Duration: 12
A woman tells a pizza delivery guy she can't pay for the pizza she ordered. But can the sex she offers instead of currency possibly equate to the true value of a pizza? Is there anything that can be worthy of pizza, aside from what the market has decided? Together the two decide that their only option is to become the pizza object themselves, to make each other into pizza, in order to become free.