1917. Private Pepin vowed to write the beautiful Mademoiselle Pigeon a letter daily. He will soon have to use his imagination to keep his promise. “Mademoiselle Pigeon” is a tragicomic animated short film reminding us that what the heart wants is not always what it needs.
Nominee
On Edge
Luka and his grandmother are reluctantly forced to spend an afternoon together. Coming from different generations and being strangers to each other, they get into numerous fights. However, despite the quarrels and differences, an amazing act of nature brings them together as a family.
Death Offers Life last moments of Vincent Van Gogh
The story is the fictional account of the last five minutes of the acclaimed painter Vincent Van Gogh who was a failure in his lifetime. Death who has come to take him makes an offer which Van Gogh rejects and accepts the hands of death gracefully.
Bare Trees In The Mist
A young mother (Kaali) and her young son hear that a villager who returned home from abroad has brought them gifts. At first Kaali rejects this possibility outright. But a combination of poverty, desperation and hope eventually makes her walk miles to greet him. At the onset of winter with no contact from her husband – himself somewhere in Arabia – Kaali finds herself on the brink.
Journey to Kailash
Here are a very old Korean mother and her son. They have lived together for over 45 years without a husband and father. 44 years after he died, they embarked on their first journey in 2014, when they headed for an old Buddhist monastery on the Himalayas. Then they had a pilgrimage for Mustang, the Buddhist kingdom and Myanmar. Finally, in 2017, when the mother got 83 years old, they embarked on their last journey for the sacred mountain, Kailash.
The Last Stitch
Born to a family of tailors, Tommy Sung grew up in the trade. When his father died, he and his wife Connie took over the family business. In 1996, facing the imminent handover of Hong Kong to China, the couple decided to emigrate to Canada. There, they successfully rebuilt their business making traditional Chinese cheongsam. Twenty years on, they’re ready to retire. But what of the skills that have been handed down in their family for three generations?