Short Film Marathon Part 1
Combined programme
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IFFR 2010
In this combined programme
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Dreams from the Woods
Refined and magic shadow-puppet play full of true love and deep hurt, with, in the leading roles, the Girl, the Bird and Death. -
Elefantenhaut
Thick skin, deep longing and impressively physical acting marry to produce award-winning short fiction. -
Un 45 tours de Cheveu (ceci n’est pas un disque)
Edit of old film material into refreshing music videos for the French group Cheveu. Deer and love, that’s what it comes down to. -
After the Crash
Notes on the economy of gravity. An airplane graveyard turns out to be an essential link in the contemporary feature film industry. -
White Shoe Station
A beguilingly meditative collaboration between a Swedish film maker, a German writer and an Israeli composer. -
The Right to Privacy
A droll yet dead serious animated description of what is and isn’t allowed in the privacy of your own home. -
Desert 79°: 3 Journeys Beyond the Known World
Polar traveller’s report looks over the edge of the known world. Part two of a trilogy about the cultural significance of the European landscape. -
Sound over Water
The sky and the sea meet in a deep blue underwater evocation on 16mm. Floating particles, schools of fish and film emulsion converge. -
Le deuil de la cigogne joyeuse
A beautifully minimal, well-shot unsentimental short, reconstructing the last hours of a Lebanese paradise lost. -
The Citizens
A new chapter in Kevin Jerome Everson’s oeuvre, which focuses on the life of Afro-Americans. This time he looks at the role of the media. -
the Healers
The gay party scene presented in a triptych: the thrills of the night, the location, the date. With a surgeon’s ambition, director Leyendekker dissects a… -
Condolences
Burial rites become the mise-en-scène in which politicians, the media, a monk and an infuriated neighbour vividly portray the aftermath of an accident -
Travelling Fields
Landscape film beautifully shot in northern Russia forces one to change perspective and adapt expectations. -
Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
Marvellous, abstract, hand-processed film in which vision and sound converge in a perfect cadence. Hypnotic violin music by Malcolm Goldstein. -
La porta
Stylised performance by two gentlemen, shot in elegant black-and-white. During a power failure, a gentleman and a porter meet each other acquainted in -
Are You Listening?
Immensely captivating directing debut by famous Indian actress, about a little blind girl and her rich inner world, beautifully visualised in animatio -
My Queer Samsara
Short story about the need to go back home. A critical look at a constructed social identity that hides a gnawing want. -
It’s a Small World
Ultra-short holiday film utilizing faded Polaroids from a found family album. Tribute to sunny California of the 1960s. -
Cuilos
Beautiful little drama by the maker of Agua fría de mar (VPRO Tiger Award nomination, 2010) about a mother and daughter in the slums of… -
Divers in the Rain
The latest understated drama by animation’s best chronicler is a story of love and desire between a diver and a dentist. -
Wash
Delicate water colour animation that renders places, situations and moods that disappear again before drying. -
Te amo y morite
Visually stunning conceptual short by talented Argentinean director. The camera makes two circular motions: in a desolate landscape and around a house -
Hand Soap
Family with growing adolescent son portrayed in a beautiful animation style. Calm and yet sultry. -
L’art délicat de la matraque
The use of the club and truncheon, visualised in a cleverly composed choreography. Director Périot once again examines power and the masses. -
Sutrapeze
And unusual choreography in ordinary surroundings, brought to the screen in a meticulous way.Screened before Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba. -
Gaarud
Fascinating view of life in a small Indian town, where the camera takes us to the kitchens, toilets and bedrooms of the inhabitants. -
Saison mutante
Colourful and beautifully designed primeval-soup animation in which a bizarre creature undergoes a metamorphosis in a pre-earthly universe. -
