The chase for success, the daughter's relationship with her father, the surroundings of the women's toilets in the nightclub, or the hopelessness of hanging around and the impossibility of expressing oneself as one would wish. These are the themes of the Best of YFF 15+ films, which reflect contemporary approaches in cinema that appeal to (not only) young audiences.
THEA & TUVA
Director: Kristian B. Walters
Country: Norway
Duration: 23
Sisters Thea (14) and Tuva (12) spend their days in town to get away from their alcoholic mother and her partying friends. One day they spot a five year old girl alone in a shopping centre and take her with them.
FAIRPLAY
Director: Zoel Aeschbacher
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 17
A teenager in search of recognition, a worker ready to do anything to hit the jackpot, a senior executive at the end of his career who wants to prove to himself that he is still alive. Three characters who are losing their way on the competition highway.
LOVE, DAD
Director: Diana Van Cam Nguyen
Country: Czechia, Slovakia
Duration: 13
A short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters, her dad wrote to 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 her father for the family´s break-up but also trying to understand him.
CATCAVE HYSTERIA
Director: Angelika Abramovitch
Country: Sweden
Duration: 20
A friendship is at stake when love comes in the way. A hurtful conversation is overheard. The bond between two sisters breaks when a bloody secret is revealed. The girls’ bathroom is a place full of conflict that forces the truth to the surface. But it is at the same time forgiving and accepting.
YEAH, I'M GOOD, THANKS
Director: Hannah Lau-Walker
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 2
Whilst messaging online a woman contemplates being honest about how she’s been doing.