All Films

Heartstrings

2009 • 3 min • United Kingdom

Falling in love only lasts as long as a piece of string.

Nighttime with Mojca

2009 • 35 min • Slovenia

With the advent of television, many people reckoned that the days of radio were numbered. What is a voice without a face, a laugh without perceptible gesticulations, music without visible animation and so, what little magic was left to retain listeners? It is this very space that Vlado Skafar has chosen to portray in his film made with the aid of basic materials. The pictures: shots of landscapes, cities, all very ordinary, of Slovenia. The sound: the kind of night broadcast where listeners are invited to intervene by way of a game: they phone in, ask for advice, complain, chat or try to flirt with the female presenter who remains invisible to the bitter end.

Aztlan

2009 • 25 min • Chile

Two people in search of their true selves forge a friendship, bonded by their loneliness and the longing to belong somewhere, inside or outside of Chilean society.

An Unfinished Romance

2009 • 10 min • Australia

A romantic story about two strangers meeting in a cafe and how fun it can be when you think things about each other without knowing.

Gypsy and Death

2009 • 1 min • Moldova

New Year's Eve is a holiday filled with fun, joy and happiness. Even the Grim Reaper decided to take a day off and celebrate in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Linhas e Espirais

2009 • 2 min • Brazil

Experimental animation short film, in which lines and spirals symbolizes the searchs and struggles in life.

Olmert – Concealed Documentary

2009 • 52 min • Israel

A unique cinéma vérite achievement, revealing the behind-the-scenes of the government and the private life of Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Debut

2009 • 57 min • Chile

A musician wanders through Valparaiso (Chile) streets in the searching of his lost debut tape.

The Misguided Monk

2009 • 3 min • United Kingdom

When an old hermit monk has his day interrupted by an uninvited guest, he is unwillingly taken on a journey to discover the true meaning of companionship.

Tickled Pink

2009 • 10 min • United Kingdom

Christmas, Easter and even his birthday! John is repeatedly tickled by two older girls. The problem is John can't control himself and wets his pants laughing every time he is tickled. Finally, with the help of his friend Sofia he ensures that the older girls will never tickle him again and executes the perfect revenge as well.

Bzzz

2009 • 4 min • Sweden

The law is protecting society. If you violate the rules and don't watch out - BZZZ!

Catching

2009 • 12 min • Finland

Kaarina, an unemployed Finnish sawmill worker, travels to work in Argentina after getting fed up with homeland's temporary jobs and short-term relationships. A fictional short film is a personal speech about the global state of the forest industry.

Checkoo

2009 • 12 min • Sweden

An underperforming office worker does everything he can to fit in.

Notturno

2009 • 8 min • Italy

I have always looked for evidence of a lived time in a shaky shot or in unusable queues, or in the temporal dilation of a fragment. With Notturno this research continues within the image, penetrating it, running the pleasant risk of getting lost within it.

Feliz Navidad

2009 • 11 min • Argentina, United States of America

It is Christmas Eve and a man invites a little boy to dinner at a restaurant. But why?

Insomnolent

2009 • 5 min

A short film that follows the in depth nature of an individual coping with depression.

Syskonsommar

2009 • 18 min • Sweden

Summer is the highlight of the year for Lina, Nisse and Frasse. Sun, games and swimming. But they have to watch out for the Wolf Man. Syskonsommar is a pastisch at The Children of Bullerbyn Village/The Children of Noisy Village .

The Big Finale

2009 • 8 min • Denmark

What should the clown do when he's not funny anymore?

António Lobo Antunes - Escrever, Escrever, Viver

2009 • 47 min • Portugal, Sweden

"I write to have a mountain of books when I die." Psychiatrist António Lobo Antunes is one of the most internationally recognized Portuguese writers. His novels, usually settled in Lisbon, are published in prestigious publishers in several countries (Christian Bourgois, Random House, Luchterhand). In Nordlund's film, the characters and scenes from his books constantly interrupt the writer's speech. Lisbon invades his home. The voices of the characters impose themselves to the writer's house. António Lobo Antunes compares his writing to a watercourse that leaves to freely find its way.

Cowpunx from Hell

2009 • 20 min • Italy, United Kingdom

Back from hell after more than 60 years, Wasted Pido, an in-famous country guitarist of 40', became a one man band. The film follows him and his fellow one man bands - Sheriff Perkins, Bruno Guordo, Beat Tease Tavern, Number 71, on the road between London, Naples and Venice, dealing with crazy live performances, bad payed jobs, unconventional instruments, tons of cigars coffee, beer, whiskey, a crashed car and the never-ending highway.

Svea and I

2009 • 15 min • Sweden

Sunday roast. Citizens. Bills. A Priest. A restaurant visit. Swedes. Visa. Coffee break…. But do you really believe that these olives are Italian? Svea and I is an experimental documentary wondering about Sweden today and what privileges, norms and jargon that the citizenship causes.

Small Talk

2009 • 2 min • Sweden

A comedy about surveillance.

Nicht nur der Himmel ist blau

2009 • 7 min • Germany

Four young and highly ideological Berliners turn into a gonzo Eco Guerrilla. Their goal: to get the people to fly less, and somehow find a way to save the planet. Without any money or help from outside, the quartet depend only on their ingenious inventiveness.

AurA

2009 • 11 min • Canada

An experimental documentary which explores an old friend's 8 year struggle with mental and physical health. Collapsing into a seizure on a soccer field almost a decade ago, a young man recounts how his life was changed forever.