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Sunday 19th | 4.00pm | Cork Opera House
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United We Stand
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Hans Petter Moland | Norway | 9 mins
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Eight old-timers come upon a young girl stuck
in a swamp. A short film inspired by the Labour
Party.
Grand Prix Clermont-Ferrand International
Short Film Festival
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Shackles
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Stephane Levallois France | 2 mins
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A strange and unusual striptease; a blooming,
a metamorphosis.
Prix Canal + Brest Short Film Festival
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Cracker Bag
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Glendyn Ivin Australia | 14 mins
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An intimate journey of a young girl, which highlights
those moments in life that change us forever.
Palme D'Or Cannes Film Festival
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The Most Beautiful Man In The World
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Alicia Duffy England | 5 mins
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On a hot, lazy day a small girl searches for
something to do. Aimlessly she wanders into the
path of a stranger.
Best Short Film Hamburg Short Film Festival
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HARVIE KRUMPET
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Adam Elliott Australia | 23 mins
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Harvie Krumpet is the biography of an ordinary
man seemingly cursed with extraordinary bad luck.
Prix Du Public Annecy International Animation
Festival
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The Projectionist
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Michael Bates Australia |14 mins
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A projectionist makes his final departure from
an old, empty cinema where he has worked for many
years. His journey home is filled with ghostly
projections, seemingly from his past life.
Grand Prix Tampere International Short Film
Festival
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Fast Film
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Virgil Widrich Austria |14 mins
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A Dramatic Rescue Story full of wild car chase
scenes, implemented using printouts of found footage
frames, which are then folded and animated.
Best Animation Short Worldwide Short Film
Festival
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This Charming Man
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Martin Strange-Hansen Denmark | 31 mins
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Lars Hansen's social security number gets mixed
up with that of an immigrant named El Hassan,
as a result he's being sent to a course in Danish.He
falls in love with the teacher of the course,
but she is only interested in El Hassan.
Academy Award for Best Short Film
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