Shorts Program: NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN 97 minutes HIFF 2018 Short Film Programs VIEW HIFF ARCHIVE VIEW 2021 FILM GUIDE These tales of rebellion – big and small – prove that sometimes, rules are meant to be broken. THE DRIVER IS RED 15 minutes | 2017 | Documentary Short English | USA In 1960s Buenos Aires, an Israeli secret agent hunts down a notorious Nazi war criminal on the run. Directed by Randall Christopher Produced by Jared Callahan Randall Christopher Spencer Rabin Written by Randall Christopher Featuring Mark Pinter I AM BISHA: THE REBEL PUPPETEERS OF SUDAN “انا بشة : عرائس ثورة السودان” 15 minutes | 2018 | Documentary Short Arabic | Kenya/USA New York Premiere The story of one puppeteer’s quest to pull the strings of Sudan’s ruthless dictator. Directed by Roopa Gogineni Produced by Roopa Gogineni Written by Roopa Gogineni MAGIC ALPS 14 minutes | 2018 | Narrative Short English/Italian/Arabic | Italy New York Premiere An Italian immigration officer finds himself in a difficult position when an Afghan refugee seeks asylum for both himself and his goat. Directed by Andrea Brusa Marco Scotuzzi Produced by Andrea Italia Written by Andrea Brusa Giuseppe Isoni Marco Scotuzzi Featuring Giovanni Storti Hassan El Aouni RAYMONDE OR THE VERTICAL ESCAPE “Raymonde ou l’évasion verticale” 17 minutes | 2018 | Narrative Short French | France New York Premiere Raymonde, who has dutifully lived a life of solitude and chastity, can’t seem shake her sinful urges. More importantly, she may no longer want to… Directed by Sarah Van Den Boom Produced by Richard Van Den Boom Sarah Van Den Boom Jean-François Bigot Camille Raulo Written by Sarah Van Den Boom Featuring Yolande Moreau Jade Van Den Boom Yan Volsy Valentine Van Den Boom SKIP DAY 17 minutes | 2018 | Documentary Short English | USA/UK An intimate glimpse into a timeless teenage tradition. Directed by Ivete Lucas Patrick Bresnan Produced by Ivete Lucas Patrick Bresnan Maida Lynn Written by Ivete Lucas Patrick Bresnan WOULD YOU LOOK AT HER “Vidi ja ti nea” 19 minutes | 2017 | Narrative Short Macedonian | Macedonia New York Premiere A stubborn tomboy finds the unlikely solution to her problems in an all-male religious ritual. Directed by Goran Stolevski Produced by Tomi Salkovski Dimitar Minov Kristijan Burovski Written by Goran Stolevski Featuring Sara Klimoska Igor Angelov Milica Stojanova Goran Ilik Izabela Novotni