Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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Sensibel
Michiel van Bakel | 3' | Netherlands | World premiere
Experimental film with animated photos showing sound and vibrations. On the impossibility of silence, from no-man’s-land to Rotterdam.Screened before -
Separation des soeurs siamoises
Eugène Doyen | 5' | France | None
Dr. Doyen performs surgical operation to separate the Siamese twins Radica and Doodica, taken from the Barnum Circus in London and brought to Paris. -
Serra do Mar
Iris Junges | 15' | Brazil | International premiere
Mysterious game between two men: a suspected arsonist and the man who watches him on monitors. Beautifully shot in the Serra do Mar mountains. -
Seven Stones
Frank Scheffer | 30' | Netherlands | World premiere
A beautiful Frank Scheffer document about Dutch painter Robert Zandvliet’s search for the essence of painting. -
Sex/Less
Kim Kyung-Mook | 22' | South Korea | International premiere
Intriguing experiment that uses different media to visualise the tension between sexual reality and sensual fantasy.Screened before Reincarnate. -
Shadow of a Cloud
Radu Jude | 30' | Romania | Dutch Premiere
Bucharest during a heat wave. A priest is called to a woman’s deathbed to perform last rites, but not everyone is glad to see him. -
Shadows of Silence
Pradeepan Raveendran | 11' | France | None
What is the destiny of a person in exile? This visually exciting film addresses the nightmares and realities of displaced people. Premiered at Cannes. -
Sharing a Beautiful Sunset
Jasper Elings | 2' | Netherlands | None
Sunset pictures posted on the Internet for sharing. -
Shelter
Ismail Basbeth | 16' | Indonesia | European premiere
A subtle film about love. A tired couple lean against each other at the back of the bus. An observation. Screened before Parts of the… -
Shibata and Nagao
Yang Ikjune | 18' | Japan | European premiere
Korean Tiger winner’s workshop project makes fun of workshops. Actors in particular are portrayed as an odd species. -
Shibuya – Tokyo
Nishikawa Tomonari | 10' | Japan | International premiere
Double bill with Tokyo – Ebisu is an ingenious patchwork of thirty different shots showing station exits along Tokyo’s busiest metro line. -
Shoeshine
Amil Shivji | 24' | Tanzania | European premiere
Colourful and light like a comedy yet provides social commentary on Tanzanian society. A shoeshine man against the world.