Tiger Awards Short Film Competition
Overview of films
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Atlantiques
Mati Diop | 15' | France | None
The story of a young stowaway from Dakar who gives up his youth for a new life on the other side of the endless water. -
Backstory
Mark Lewis | 39' | Canada | European premiere
Fascinated by the technique of background projection, artist Lewis gives free rein to two men who turned it into their life’s work. -
Bruits de fond
Jean Ruggirello | 19' | France | World premiere
In this very unsettling performance, a man manages to destroy his interior, despite being limited in his movement. -
Centipede Sun
Mihai Grecu | 10' | France | World premiere
Through perfect command of his audiovisual techniques, Grecu literally creates a colossal geographic life form from nothing. -
Condolences
Ying Liang | 19' | China | International premiere
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 -
Desert 79°: 3 Journeys Beyond the Known World
19' | Netherlands | World premiere
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. -
Dissonant
Manon de Boer | 11' | Belgium | World premiere
A recording by the visual artist Manon de Boer of a dance in which both the dancer and the viewer are challenged to fill in… -
Dreams from the Woods
Johannes Nyholm | 9' | Sweden | None
Refined and magic shadow-puppet play full of true love and deep hurt, with, in the leading roles, the Girl, the Bird and Death. -
Empirical Effect
Rosa Barba | 27' | Germany | World premiere
Lyrical portrait of Vesuvius and the inhabitants of the Red Zone. Measurements, maps and aerial shots try to capture what in fact is always uncertain. -
For Cultural Purposes Only
Sarah Wood | 9' | United Kingdom | None
In an age dominated by moving images, what would it feel like to never see an image of the place that you came from? -
Gaarud
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | 11' | India | None
Fascinating view of life in a small Indian town, where the camera takes us to the kitchens, toilets and bedrooms of the inhabitants. -
Heliocentric
Semiconductor | 15' | United Kingdom | World premiere
The sun finally breaks through in the cinema with the blinding Heliocentric by the popular scientific Semiconductor Films. Soundtrack by BJ Nilsen.