Fifth Annual
The World According to Shorts
September 8-9, 2004 at BAMcinématek, Brooklyn, NY
Two eclectic programs of international shorts, including seven NY Premieres,
and two US premieres, selected from the short film festivals in Clermont-Ferrand and Brest
Program One
Ward 13
Peter Cornwell, Australia, 15 min, animated, N.Y. Premiere. Ward 13's newest patient faces medical attention of an unwanted kind—and no apples will keep these doctors away.
All in All
Torbjørn Skarild, Norway, 4 min, experimental, N.Y Premiere. When all is said and done, conclusions are not so important after all.
The God
Konstantin Bronzit, Russia, 4 min, animated. Even a god might have to reincarnate to get rid of a pesky fly.
We Have Decided Not to Die
Daniel Askill, Australia, 11 min, experimental. Three rituals. Three people. Three modern-day journeys of transcendence.
The Old Man with the Rucksack
Hyun-Kyung Park & Woonki Kim, South Korea, 11 min, N.Y. Premiere. After an old man returns to the village he left when he was young, the villagers are suspicious about the big knapsack he always carries.
JoJo in the Stars
Marc Craste, U.K., 12 min, animated, N.Y.Premiere. In a bleak, brutal world, two lovers make a desperate stand against those who would destroy them.
Touch Me Now
Craig Marshall, Canada, 3 min, animated, N.Y. Premiere. A cold man looks for a warm heart on the Internet.
Program Two
La Perra
Hugo Maza, Chile, 17 min. A couple with an empty life make up a story about the new maid in order to satisfy their sexual obsessions.
Second Class
Gérard Désiré Nguele Amougou, Cameroon,26 min documentary, U.S. Premiere. An initiatory journey in one of the oldest trains in Cameroon, in search of a vanished mother.
Natan
Jonas Bergergârd & Jonas Holmström, Sweden, 13 min, U.S. Premiere. Natan's first day on a new job. The employment office has sent him to Viggo's hamburger joint. Natan is a disaster waiting to happen.
Save the Children
Terje Rangnes, Norway, 6 min, N.Y. Premiere. Eli and Tarald settle close to a service station and sell lottery tickets in aid of blind children in Africa. It is their father's birthday.
Antichrist
Adam Guzinski, Poland, 29 min, N.Y. Premiere. A group of boys play in a barren, seemingly post-apocalyptic landscape. The group's leader believes he is the Antichrist. He goads the others into increasingly daring games until events spiral out of control.
-
-