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International Shorts Programme 2 | Monday 11th| 2.00pm | Kino Cinema


Harmful
Nuisible

Antoine Morau


France | 2003 | 9mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

A fifty-year-old man takes great care in preparing his fruit snacks. An apple a day keeps the doctor away for some, but not all.

 


The Perpetual Twilight
Of Gregor Black

Nigel Atkinson, Huw Davies


Scotland | 2004 | 11mins | 35mm | Black & White

An everyday tale of married life... a husband, a wife, and a pair of shoes.

 


We Have Decided
Not To Die

Daniel Askill


Australia | 2003 | 12mins | 35mm | Colour

A modern day allegorical triptych which tells the story of three characters’ journeys of transcendence through ritual; journeys into a place where death is no longer inevitable.

 

 


Undressing My
Mother

Ken Wardrop


Ireland | 2004 | 6mins | Beta | Colour

Having recently turned sixty Ethel continues to be self-assured and happy with the way she looks. Her big bottom and round tummy are exposed to reveal a confidence that derives from her husband’s love and attention.

 

 



Allotment
Lapje Grond

Ben Van Lieshout


The Netherlands | 2003 | 24mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled

An affectionate portrait of a seemingly insignificant phenomenon: the allotment garden. Gardeners and poets take to the stage in a visual, poetic film, shot in different seasons, on forgotten plots of land.

 

 



The Blockade
O Bloqueio

Cláudio De Oliveira


Brazil | 2002 | 11mins | 35mm | Black & White | Subtitled

Gérion is the lonely occupier of a building disturbed by an immense amount of noise. Tormented and almost crazy, he asks himself: are they constructing or destroying?

 

 

 



When Day Came
Les Mains Froides

John Shank


Belgium | 2003 | 16mins | 35mm | Colour

A winter’s night. A small boy, and death.

 





Neighbourhood Watch
Grannsamverkan

Peter Barlach


Sweden | 2004 | 13mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled

A comedy about infidelity in the suburbs. A labrador’s love of underwear sets us on the road of an odd and hilarious domestic triangle with unexpected twists and turns and a killer ending.


 

 

           

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