Kajsa Naess, Norway, 6 min. Two construction workers
have a serious discussion about life.
Average 40 Matches
Burkay Dogan, Turkey, 3 min. A group of matchsticks
work together to satisfy their craving for cigarettes.
Bamiyan
Patrick Pleutin, France, 15 min. In 632 AD, the Chinese
monk Xuanzang discovers the statues representing Buddha in the valley of
Bamiyan, Afghanistan. In 2008, the children of the valley tell us the myths
about the tragic destiny of these statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Please Say Something
David O'Reilly, Ireland/Germany, 10 min. A troubled
relationship between a cat and a mouse set in the distant future. Golden
Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Flatlife
Jonas Geirnaert, Belgium, 11 min. Hanging a painting
on the wall, building a house of cards, doing the laundry, and watching
TV: the most innocent and harmless actions in the daily lives of four ordinary
people. But of all the bad luck, these people had to live next to each other.
Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
She Who Measures
Veljko Popovic, Croatia, 7 min. Are we truly free?
Are our desires truly our own or merely imposed products of the society
we live in? Special mention, Animafest Croatia; Winner, FIPRESCI Award,
Annecy
Home Road Movies
Robert Bradbrook, United Kingdom, 12 min. "No
longer restricted to Zone 3 of the local buses, our dad took us on motoring
holidays of a lifetime." The real-life story of a shy and awkward
father who desperately wanted the family car to make him a better parent.
Jury Award, Aspen Shortsfest; Grand Prize, Ottawa International Animation
Festival; Best Animated Short, Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival;
Best Animated Short, Cleveland Film Festival
The Tale of How
The Blackheart Gang, South Africa, 4 min. The story
of the Piranha birds--or Dodos, as they would be known to you. Special
Distinction Award, Annecy Film Festival; Canal+ Award, Clermont-Ferrand
Short Film Festival
Never Like the First Time!
Jonas Odell, Sweden, 14 min. An animated film based
on documentary interviews, where four people get to tell the story of
their first time. Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival