Narrative Shorts 5 – Residuals
- 97 mins
In this program
Dog Ear
Directed by: Péter Vácz | 20 mins
After witnessing his parents’ violent fight, eleven-year-old Berci struggles with his anger and emotions, finding a way to release them through his interactions with his dog.
Azul
Directed by: Algoritmo Malvado | 30 mins
In 2053 Mexico, an orphaned street clown and his cadaver dog Gato scour the cartel killing fields in search of lost family.
Permanent Scar
Directed by: Ally Betker | 22 mins
An introverted and withdrawn young woman, Kali, meets a precocious little girl at a park. Though she tries to resist, Kali is disarmed by the girl’s charm, and spends the day playing tag, eating ice cream, and sharing stories with her. The duo’s tender but inexplicable friendship begins to make sense as it’s revealed that the little girl is grieving a recent tragedy—and that Kali is the only one who can help her heal.
See you tomorrow.
Directed by: Keiya Ando | 10 mins
A five-year-old boy wakes to find his beloved dog has died in the early morning. As he drifts through the moment in a quiet daze, memories of their time together begin to surface—joyful moments, missed chances, things left unsaid—leading him to feel the quiet ache of regret for the very first time.
Visiting Time
Directed by: Sebastian Szewczykowski | 15 mins
Ula wants to see her deceased son. Together with Dorothy, his girlfriend, she deceives the receptionist to get into the morgue after hours. Their plan falls apart when Julia, a morgue employee, catches Ula standing over the body of her late son. Ula explains that her son can still become a father with a simple procedure. Julia hesitates, but helps, confessing she lost her own son, who was killed in Donetsk. Does the deceased’s body still belong to him, or to those who love him?
Dates & Times
Hi-Pointe Theatre
November 15, 2026
1:00 pm




