INTERNATIONAL PART
VOTING your favourite 3 Short films
1)A fistful of ground Runtime 2:35
Directed by Hermes Mangialardo
The invasion takes the form of a sprawling mechanical monster commanded by a warlord, wreaking havoc in its path. Who can stop it? Maybe victory is close ... just a stone's throw away.
Short film made in collaboration with the Ukrainian composer / producer Koloah.
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2) Leaf Control Runtime 2:35
Directed by Tom Eaton
Two city neighbors engage in a yard-care rivalry.
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3) Rêvezzz Laiteux Runtime 3:30
Directed by Sonic Barometer
A dream in a milk bath turns sour...
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4) Run For You Life Runtime 5:00
Directed by Lars B. Frahm
An old lady tries to enjoy a relaxing moment on a park bench, when a jogger comes by. He is a Roadrunner to her Coyote, and now all hell breaks loose.
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5) Snow-covered Green Field Runtime 3:00
Directed by Kai Leopoldseder
Is it possible to shoot a film without a script and to create a narrative out of disjointed shots in the editing?
SCHNEEBEDECKT DIE GRÜNE FLUR (SNOW-COVERED GREEN FIELD) began with the idea of staging absurd moments and arranging the footage cohesively afterwards. The first cut proved to be a meaningless accumulation of scenes. Emerging from a dynamic process of developing concepts and editing, the film was given a coherent structure. For this, additional shots were filmed, and the footage was restructured again and again. The result is an experimental work about approach and encounter.
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6) Collapse Runtime 2:22
Directed by Philip Cooney
An injured man wandering the remnants of our world reflects on an old polaroid as he succumbs to his wounds.
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7) Subtle Body Runtime 3:37
Directed by Robin Bisio
Subtle Body is suffused with pure beingness distilled on the mountain outcropping of Lizard’s Mouth above Santa Barbara. In concert with sky and clouds, move through time and space with dancer Nikki Pfeiffer. Geologic memory rests here, in the moving grace of a dancer in falling light.
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8 ) Coloring Runtime 3:16
Directed by Francisco Javier Landin
A young girl finds inspiration on a simple car ride.
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9) Animated Paintings Runtime 0:53
Directed by Petra Stefankova
Short 1-minute animation of acrylic paintings created by Petra Stefankova.
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10) Catfish Ed Runtime 3:00
Directed by Karin Shinhae Kang
A fashionista cat has a date with a buff catfish man. When Kat the cat lady realizes her date looks nothing like his online dating profile, she tries to flee from the scene. As the catfish man follows her to explain Kat lashes out at the catfish and in the process, reveals his true form.
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11) Pripyat Horse Runtime 2:00
Directed by Sally Patricia Pearce
‘A sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another…. Even so, man appears on earth for a little while; but of what went before this life or of what follows, we know nothing.’ Bede A moment for mourning, for a friend, for the earth.
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12) Fante di Coppe Runtime 4:56
Directed by Fabio Ravioli
Cards playing games in a Family!
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13) New Life Runtime 2:50
Directed by Mark Russel Bernard
'New Life' is the story and journey of a young person’s progression in life amidst war and diversity. The main character of the story has faced more hurt than love and therefore would rather look away and not deal with the pain - a new life is what's needed to change this perspective.
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14) Kindling Runtime 2:00
Directed by Casey Beusterien
A woman surviving alone in the woods seems to have finally killed a beast that has been stalking her by setting her house on fire with it inside. The next morning, she finds footsteps leading away from the ashes into the woods, and prepares for their next encounter.
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15) War and Pigs Runtime 4:25
Directed by Duttatreya Dey, Dhivahar M, Sachin Bure, Avinash Shankar Dhurve, Aswin AS, Vipooshan Paramanantham
Two men play a game of chess, and all hell breaks loose.
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16) THE HUNTER runtime 5:00
Directed by Donavan Richard
When the rabbit has its own story, the story will no longer be written by the hunter.
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17) The eternal question Runtime 4:40
Directed by Maria Konopatova
Man lives in continuous movement asking questions and getting answers. New knowledge moves him further and further helping to understand the laws of the universe. Will there be a moment when he learns everything? Is that even possible?
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18) Distance Runtime 3:20
Directed by Katarzyna Orłowska
Two people stare at the flashing lights outside the windows and think about overcoming the distance between each other. The stilness of an empty station and repetitive views from the train window only deepen their loneliness.
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19) Mattricide Runtime 2:40
Directed by Gemma Rigg
A humorous stop motion thriller following one woman's fight with urban fly-tipping. If Hitchcock made 'The Birds' with mattresses instead of crows, it would look something like this.
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20) Thaipusam - trance for the son of Shiva Runtime 3:08
Directed by Joo Peter
Full moon end of January - in a huge cave cathedral near Kuala Lumpur the Hindu festival Thaipusam is celebrated, many devotees falling in trance for Lord Murugan for purification and empowerment. The short film gives a sensual and hypnotic insight into the event with its rituals, spirituality and deeply touching community spirit, attended by all family from the youngest to the oldest.
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21) Master of light Runtime 1:40
Directed by Stefan Vogt
Friendship can even happen in absence
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22) Rules of the Dead Runtime 2:31
Directed by Isaac Rodriguez
A recently deceased man quickly learns that death is only a frightening beginning.
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23) Still Still We Flow Runtime 3:42
Directed by Beth Walker
A journey inwards. Liquid forms contort, morph and simmer. Can stillness be found in the flux?
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24) LIPSTICK Runtime 2:11
Directed by Patricia Gunadi
The room has an uneasy yet somewhat calming feeling to it, a highlight of pink and blue. WOMAN (mid 20s), beautiful, charming, tall, and cunning, wipes the splash of blood on her face and down to her neck with a cotton pad, rather calmly.
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25) The Magic of the Molars Runtime 3:50
Directed by John Akre
Two wand-bearing molars save the rest of the teeth from the terrors of decay and destruction.
26) staff pick SHORT FILM 1 (Details on screening day) Runtime 2:00 *OUT OF CONTEST
27) staff pick SHORT FILM 2 (Details on screening day) Runtime 2:00 *OUT OF CONTEST
28) staff pick SHORT FILM 2 (Details on screening day) Runtime 12:00 *OUT OF CONTEST
