About this Event
DRIFTING THROUGH SILENCE
Moving between documentary reflection and visual experimentation, the films invite viewers to look more closely. Together they form a series of encounters where images become traces of experience, history, and the many ways we attempt to understand the world.
Tuesday 5 May, Cavendish Hotel, 18:00
Shorts Synopisis:
The apple picker’s son
USA | 2025 | 16’30” | Drama
Dir. Yang Zimik
A 10-year-old Kashmiri boy, still discovering
his supernatural powers of telekinesis
learns his migrant worker father is
leaving to work in the apple harvest in
war-torn Kashmir. Fearing for his father’s
life, he must now use his powers to keep
his family together.
TV-Night
Norway | 2024 | 04’16” |
Thriller, Horror
Dir. Henrik Ledaal Brandeggen
Alone in his living room with his cat, a
man aimlessly flips through TV channels
until a mysterious figure appears on the
screen. What begins as boredom turns
into panic, and the situation spirals out of
control.
Bottleneck - Gargalo
Brazil, Portugal | 2025 | 19’00” | Drama,
Experimental
Dir. Anna Zêpa, Carlos Segundo
Janaina is tired, and that can be scary.
My Shadow
USA | 2024 | 06’41” | Experimental
Dir. Astra Silver Burke
An introspective meeting with puppet
Pierrot motivates a sleeping girl.
VOLCELEST
France | 2023 | 14’33” | Animation
Dir. Éric Briche
Winter is here. To survive, Fuseline, the
little ermine, forced by the lack of food,
flees her wild environment and settles
near an isolated farm and its chickens.
Her arrival threatens the precarious existence
of the man who lives there.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Cavendish Hotel, 38 Grand Parade, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
GBP 6.13 to GBP 9.38
