International Festival Signs of the Night - Paris
Festival internatinal Signes de nuit - Paris
 

22e Festival international Signes de Nuit - Paris / 4-13 Octobre 2024
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Saturday October 5th,2024 - 10 pm
Collége néerlandais
Cité universitaire
75014 Paris



 

 

Nightfaces

Nachtgesichter

Martin Winter, Stefan Langthaler
Austria / 2024 / 0:23:00


Mahan is a taxi driver in Vienna, but his job frustrates him. He longs for his family and a normal life. One rainy night, a homeless woman gets into his taxi. She urgently wants to see her son, whose birthday it is. Mahan tries to get rid of her and accidentally breaks her present. To make up for the damage, he takes the strange woman on one last trip through the dark city. NIGHTFACES takes place at night, when people open the door to themselves and let us look into the depths of the soul that remain hidden during the day. A psychological drama that, in all its heaviness, is intended to give a spark of hope.



 

 

A Day In February

 

Klaas Diersmann
United Kingdom / 2023 / 0:06:30


In another country, separated from her family, one phone call is all Galyna has to ensure their safety.


 

 

21 Weeks Later

21 Hafteh Baad

Nasrin Mohammadpour
Iran / 2022 / 0:13:00


A determined young woman decides to have an abortion, asserting her right as a woman to control her own reproductive decisions and the timing of her pregnancies. She remains steadfast in her decision despite her husband’s disagreement and the threats he makes. Twenty-one weeks into her pregnancy, she gets an illegal abortion. Haunted by a profound sense of guilt, she embarks on a poignant journey to find a suitable resting place for her fetus. However, this journey takes an unexpected and heartbreaking turn when her handbag, containing the precious remains, is stolen.

FRENCH PREMIERE


 

 

Why did You Leave the Horse Alone?

Pourquoi as-tu laissé le cheval à sa solitude ?

Faouzi Bensaïdi
France / 2023 / 0:08:35


In the desert, a lone rider approaches at full gallop. His old, tired horse is not convincing. Let's do the scene again. Still not convincing. What are we going to do with this horse?


 

 

The Wheat will not be Golden

 

Guoxin Wang
China / 2023 / 0:10:38


An old farmer has been abandoned by society, and left with a patch of land. This very patch is what gives meaning to his life and it is about to disappear. He is stubborn and powerless but he will not surrender and will fight until the end against modern times.

PARIS PREMIERE
   

Coal

Charbon

Saman Lotfian
Iran / 2023 / 0:19:40


Eesa and Mokhtar, miners, get into a fight. Eesa pushes Mokhtar, and makes him fall. Mokhtar's oxygen tank starts leaking, without anyone noticing. Eesa discovers methane gas and saves some people, but Mokhtar dies due to an empty tank. Eesa, torn, faces a choice: lie and become a hero or confess everything and carry the weight of killing Mokhtar.

PARIS PREMIERE