Silk Road International Film Festival Programme 2020

Seven Days with Grandma
Director: Zhenyuan He (Rex Ho)
China // Live Action // 17mins
A Taishanese family come back to hometown
from America and Brazil because of
a funeral. When it’s over, the granddaughter
Wan Ping is told to take care of her
grandma, who has been living in Taishan
throughout her life.
Cage Match
Director Bryan Lee
USA // Animation // 9mins
A businessman enters the elevator for
another day at work…
Therese
Director: Fabiana Serpa
Switzerland // Live Action // 29mins
It is 1888 and Therese, a bavarian botanist,
undertakes a four month long expedition
to Brazil. Trouble starts unfolding because
of the cultural clash between her and a
Brazilian local guide as he refuses to take
orders from a woman, without knowing
her real identity, he is in for a surprise.
At Midnight Plays A
Dance-Tune
Director: Roy Seerden
Netherlands // Doc // 30mins
When the Dutch filmmaker Roy Seerden’s
mother dies, there’s no holding him back.
Sex, drugs, roaming through the night:
his life transforms into a bundle of energy,
grief and detachment. At the same
time, he can’t help thinking of Antoine,
the strange neighbour from his youth.
Nigel
Director: Natasza Cetner
UK // Animation // 9mins
A short film telling a story of a bird called
Nigel that fell in love with a concrete statue.
It is about how extreme idealisation and
delusion shows how similar us and animals
really are. The film is based on a true story
of Nigel the Gannet that happened on Mana
Island in New Zealand in the past few years.
Anansi
Director: Elliot Gibson
Australia // Animation // 4mins
Potion master, Anansi, is a man of
many faces. Which face will he show an
innocent boy in search of a potion for his
sick father?
Unspoken
Director: Andrew Ascough
Ireland // Live Action // 15mins
The story follows Kyle as he tries to
quietly earn money to pay for his father’s
lung treatment by participating in underground
fights.
Guy proposes to his
girlfriend on a mountain
Director: Bernhard Wenger
Austira // Live Action // 13mins
Captured with a mobile phone, we see
a group of three friends gathering at a
ski lodge. Daniel is about to propose
to his girlfriend and his friend films the
whole thing to remember the best day
of their lives.
Porfotto
Director: Edson da Conceicao
Netherlands // Live Action // 29mins
Em, Moreno and Kyon have raided a local
money laundering practice in Rotterdam.
They feel like kings and go home with a
good feeling. In one night they find out
that money is not enough to solve their
problems.