Language:
English
// Subtitles:
German,
Closed Captions English
SAM, a renowned performance artist and proud flower person, prepares for their final act – a transformative declaration of their identity. Spending the day before the performance with their mother, who struggles to accept Sam’s chosen path, tensions rise until a heart-to-heart brings understanding.
[Logline: Sam spends one last day with their mother before turning into a flower.]
2024 PÖFF Shorts, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
2025 ITFS, Stuttgart, Germany
2025 BAFTA Student Awards Longlist
2025 Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin, Germany
2025 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
2025 Fest Anča, Žilina, Slovakia
2025 Minikino Film Week Bali, Indonesia
2025 Pixelatl, Mexico
2025 Animage, Brazil
2025 BLON Festival, Lithuania
2025 SCHLiNGEL Film Festival, Germany
2025 Queer Lisboa, Portugal
2025 Hamburg Queer Film Festival, Germany
2025 Hollywood Park Film Fest, USA
2025 Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, Canada
2025 London International Film Festival, UK
2025 Florence Queer Festival, Italy
2025 Jakarta Film Week, Indonesia
2025 Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany - Audience Award
2025 GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation Calgary, Canada
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(c)Ariel Victor Arthanto
Ariel Victor Arthanto
Ariel Victor Arthanto is an Indonesian animator, illustrator, and writer currently based in Berlin. He holds a Bachelor of Art in Animation from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and a Master of Fine Arts in Animation from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. His short films have won several awards and been showcased at festivals worldwide. His latest film produced as [...]
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