Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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Synchronisation
Rimas Sakalauskas | 8' | Lithuania | None
Like in a child’s dream, buildings from the Soviet era start leading their own life in a separate reality. -
Ta-ta tosy tit
Haku Yoshihiro, Hiraoka Sachiko | 6' | Japan | International premiere
Cut and paste and then stick music underneath. It’s sounds simple, but it looks very nifty. Death metal and well chosen images. Crazy.Screened before -
Tai ping chuan
Hai Bo | 28' | China | International premiere
Meditative documentary about village life in China. The director calmly lives alongside the inhabitants, the seasons and the land. -
A Tale of Heaven
Phuttiphong Aroonpheng | 6' | Japan | None
Delicate Thai Super-8 film in which a spirit comes back to visit the family. Something accepted as normal in Thailand. -
Tame Time
Stina Wirfelt | 8' | United Kingdom | International premiere
Docu-fictitious dog walks and past-present-future city reflections in a gently profound Rotterdam debut. -
Tamelijk gelukkig
Peter Scholten | 53' | Netherlands | World premiere
Multi-faceted documentary about Rotterdam author Bob den Uyl. Tragic, comical, absurd and realistic; just like his stories. -
Tamino
Eveline Ketterings | 5' | Netherlands | World premiere
Eveline Ketterings impresses with an exuberant version of Mozart in a modest staging against a magic set.Screened before Nana. -
Tampopo Head and the Name of the Dogs
Toshie Takeuchi | 18' | Netherlands | None
This fairytale-like short film explores the melancholic tendency of people to project their emotions onto dogs. -
Tape Generations
Johan Rijpma | 3' | Netherlands | European premiere
A simple, brilliantly executed idea gives this performance by countless rolls of sellotape the flair of a Busby Berkeley choreography. -
Tarabatara
Julia Zakia | 23' | Brazil | None
Special, atmospheric look at the customs and habits of a group of Brazilian gypsies. -
Tarrafal
Pedro Costa | 16' | Portugal | None
Costa at his best. Reflection on the notorious Tarrafal prison on the Cape Verde Island where the protagonist of Colossal Youth was born. -
Taste Test
Andrew Lampert | 3' | USA | International premiere
A girl with no front teeth and a fairground skeleton sway to a sad ballad. There are doubts about both their charms.