Short Film Marathon Part 1
Short Film Marathon Part 1
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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
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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.
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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
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Hand Soap
Family with growing adolescent son portrayed in a beautiful animation style. Calm and yet sultry.
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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
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Le deuil de la cigogne joyeuse
A beautifully minimal, well-shot unsentimental short, reconstructing the last hours of a Lebanese paradise lost.
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It’s a Small World
Ultra-short holiday film utilizing faded Polaroids from a found family album. Tribute to sunny California of the 1960s.
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Sutrapeze
And unusual choreography in ordinary surroundings, brought to the screen in a meticulous way.Screened before Todo, en fin, el silencio lo ocupaba.
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Wash
Delicate water colour animation that renders places, situations and moods that disappear again before drying.
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Elefantenhaut
Thick skin, deep longing and impressively physical acting marry to produce award-winning short fiction.
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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.
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White Shoe Station
A beguilingly meditative collaboration between a Swedish film maker, a German writer and an Israeli composer.
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Travelling Fields
Landscape film beautifully shot in northern Russia forces one to change perspective and adapt expectations.
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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.
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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 social environment held together by illusions.
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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 San José, Cost
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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.
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Gaarud
Fascinating view of life in a small Indian town, where the camera takes us to the kitchens, toilets and bedrooms of the inhabitants.
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Saison mutante
Colourful and beautifully designed primeval-soup animation in which a bizarre creature undergoes a metamorphosis in a pre-earthly universe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lost Persons Area
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