12th IN THE PALACE ISFF, 2014

BELINDA BEAUTIFUL IS A STORY ABOUT A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO RISKS HER ONLY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE YOUNGER FREDERIC IN HER LONGING FOR LOVE AND EXPLORATION OF HER OWN BOUNDARIES.

IN A CARE HOME SURROUNDED BY MAGICAL FOREST DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THE RESIDENTS LEAD QUIET, UNRUFFLED LIVES. ONLY SUNDAYS SEEM TO BRING ANY VARIETY. FOR SUNDAY IS VISITING DAY.

A WORLD-FAMOUS BOYS CHOIR GOES ON A TOUR. IN THE HANDS OF THEIR SEVERE CONDUCTOR THEY ARE AN OBEDIENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. BUT LEFT ALONE WITHOUT SUPERVISION, THEY ARE JUST PLAYFUL CHILDREN. 

A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS ASSISTANT SUGGEST TO TIBETAN NOMADS TO TAKE THEIR PICTURE. AGAINST DIVERSE AND MORE OR LESS EXOTIC BACKGROUNDS, FAMILIES APPEAR TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER. THROUGH THESE SHOTS, THE PHOTOGRAPHER WILL WEAVE UNIQUE LINKS WITH EACH OF THE VARIOUS VILLAGERS.

A YOUNG COUPLE HAS LOST THE SPARK AND SUNK INTO ROUTINE. NOW THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS RUN BY A MECHANICAL VOICE COMING THROUGH THE STEREO. IT SHOULD REKINDLE THEIR SEX LIFE, BUT SOMETHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG.