Short Film Marathon 2011 – Part Two
Combined programme
|
IFFR 2011
Peaks from the Spectrum Shorts programme of the last ten days brought together one more time in a 14-hour film marathon in two parts. Non-stop.
In this combined programme
-
All That Sheltering Emptiness
Beautiful, hand-developed 16mm film. A story of desire and intimacy that takes us beyond what we are accustomed to. -
Bread for Bird
Scenes from a full life, recorded in a small, deserted village during the autumn. A moving document. -
Insert
A struggle between true memory and cinematic memory in Castro Marim, a place where Portugal transformed sin to salt. -
Aliki
An immense salt lake on Cyprus bears witness to the meeting of two individuals: a lonely person and a solitary animal. -
Jan Villa
Utilising a patchwork of images, the maker studies the personal consequences of a disaster for the inhabitants of post-colonial metropolis Mumbai. -
All Flowers in Time
Chloë Sevigny stars in a fantastical world where a Dutch TV signal possesses young viewers, making them believe they can transform into other people o -
Groeien
The maker studies his unpredictable surroundings. A short, but sharp stop-motion animation with all sorts of plants. -
A History of Mutual Respect
A micro-budget film, buzzing with interstellar ambition, flamboyance and guts announces that the Abrantes/Schmidt partnership has fully arrived. -
1989 (When I Was Five Years Old)
When the director was five, he and his father were in a car accident. His childhood drawings are used in this harrowing animated documentary. -
I lupi
‘I lupi’, The Wolves, are a group of 40- to 70-year old thieves from the north of Italy. The only time they steal is when… -
Etrangère
Beautiful black-and-white portrait concerning the life of a top level female bodybuilder who has little to do other than train. Screened before Chassi -
Tame Time
Docu-fictitious dog walks and past-present-future city reflections in a gently profound Rotterdam debut. -
Ámár
Colourful, associative Basque animation reveals exotic India through musings and memories. Screened before Zephyr. -
The Story of Elfranko Wessels
An unusual tale, told in a far from usual manner, featuring an intriguing use of dubbing, song, back projection, and sculptural rearrangements of furn -
… Just That Sort of a Day
Personal search for deeper meaning in the course of a day. An exciting merge of animation and fictional elements, with a great sense of cinematic… -
The Mechanism of Spring
Animals become excited when spring is in the air. Sweet, seemingly simple Japanese animation that puts a smile on your face. -
Maska
This beautiful new animation from the Brothers Quay is a dark, terrifying fairytale after the eponymous story by Stanislaw Lem. -
Windows 4:3
A contemplative personal observation of Kolkata, where the filmmaker’s discovery of exciting streets, buildings and windows culminates in a poetic cin -
The Orange
Suddenly a humble citrus fruit is granted absolute power over the universe. From a story by Benjamin Rosenbaum. -
Imperceptihole
Science non-fiction fairy tale made as an experimental correspondence between two lyrical 16mm filmmakers: Robert Todd and Lori Felker. -
Babel
A boy, a girl, a major city. In this super-aesthetic fairytale, fast-paced Shanghai appears to be a fickle goddess of fortune. -
Six Easy Pieces
Animation about film as the seventh art, and the ultimate synthesis of art and technology. Based on a book by physicist Richard Feynman. -
DOLLS VS. DICTATORS
Puppets use their powers to rid the world of the last remaining dictators. A LOUD statement. -
Versions
Versions is a playful visual essay, a documentary-type film about protected authorship and piracy in various fields of creative production. -
Crises of Capitalism
A provocative jewel of radical thought from Professor David Harvey, playfully and astutely animated via the supercharged visual synthesis of Andrew Pa -
Dissolution
Moving portrait of a grandson remembering his grandmother. Fabulous camerawork is used to depict the end of a generation. -
Shibuya – Tokyo
Double bill with Tokyo – Ebisu is an ingenious patchwork of thirty different shots showing station exits along Tokyo’s busiest metro line. -
Mina
In the linen cupboard, at the market, on a bench – where can Mina leave her grief for lost love? Bittersweet and yet hopeful. Screened… -
The External World
Wicked! A young boy learns to play the piano in a universe of absurdity. David OReilly’s latest animation is not to be missed. -
A Time Shared Unlimited
This happy film is set in the near future and extols life’s little joys, consumed alone or together. -
Threesome
Pornsites are the most clicked websites. Is porn the answer to our need for physical contact or just one of its aspects? An exploration of…