RPFF Short Films - A Life in Love

You do not get to choose the ones to love, they choose you. These films examine our responsibility to recognise this love and the imperative to pass it on.

PROGRAMME:

I WON'T REMAIN ALONE
Yaser Talebi, IR, 15 min.

Seyed Jalal, a blind, old man and his wife Bibi Soraya live in poverty conditions. Their two sons moved to the city. They got news about their son's death. The father has to make a decision whether to donate his son’s healthy parts to help other patients. After five years Jalal's mind and soul is ready to leave this world. His last wish is to find the person with Hassan’s heart. He wishes to rest his head on the person’s chest and die peacefully.

AT NIGHT I WALK
Sirah Foighel Brutmann, FR, 30 min.

Everything starts from the encounter between Helena and Françoise. Between them, about forty years and a wheelchair. In a cinematographic walk, they ask themselves how does falling lead them to live differently? The act of getting up becomes a cry of desire for life.

IS IT A KNIFE BECAUSE...
Helena Malak, BE, 26 min.

An uncompromising look at the ways in which parenthood and the process of filmmaking crush into each other. Through a collection of family videos, the film challenges the agency kids and grown-ups have on their image. While different forms of violence render visible and audible within the household — the police is outside the window.