About this Event
HIDDEN GROUNDS
Monday 4 May, Cavendish Hotel, 18:00
Shorts Synopsis
Voyeur
Iran | 2024 | 5’5” | Drama
Dir. Maryam Hashempour
While waiting for a friend, a girl receives a
photograph of herself from an unknown
number, taken moments before she entered
a café. The image keeps returning,
turning an ordinary wait into an unsettling
encounter with an unseen observer.
Mukunan, Apprentice Shaman
Brazil | 2025 | 24’59” | Documentary
Dir. Rodrigo Sena
Mukunã is preparing to become the shaman
of the Potiguara Katu Brasil village.
Powerful plants, older than humans, act
as his teachers in caring for the environment.
The film denounces deforestation
in the territory, which poses a direct threat
to the lives of the indigenous people.
Cell Buddies
Netherlands | 2025 | 05’11” |
Comedy, Animation
Dir. Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts
Sam, a grumpy raccoon is stuck sharing
a cell with Bob, a sweet but dim manatee.
Sam hatches an escape plan. In their chaotic
jailbreak Sam’s hardened edges soften
as Bob’s loyalty shines.
Brawn in Black
Iran | 2025 | 11’33” | Drama
Dir. Mahyar Mirpayab
As a couple prepares to emigrate, the
discovery of a series of mysterious
sketches fuels the husband’s growing
suspicion, leading him toward a truth that
may never have existed.
The 2400
Canada | 2025 | 05’00” | Drama
Dir. David Scott Titus
Fascist and authoritarian violence may
not be directed at you, but eventually
it will its way to your doorstep. When it
does, will you be able to do what’s right?
Les champs de la colonisation
France | 2025 | 22’53” | Experimental
Dir. Nicolas Pirus
In the early 19th century, Jacques
François Roger built a castle in Senegal
and developed the fields of an experimental
farm around it. The madness of
a dream of conquest and domination
intertwined with a conception of agriculture
as a strategy of occupation. But
the plants and the inhabitants of Waalo
resisted.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Cavendish Hotel, 38 Grand Parade, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
GBP 6.13 to GBP 9.38
