For those of you who miss out on the chance
of viewing shorts during the week; here's an opportunity to catch
one programme of short films, deemed award-worthy by festivals worldwide!
See if you agree...
At The Quinte
Hotel
Bruce Alcock
Canada | 2005 | 4mins | 35mm | Colour
A poet waxes lyrical about beer and flowers in a small-town basement
tavern.
Amal
Ali Benkirane
France | 2004 | 17mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled
Twelve-year-old Amal lives in the Moroccan country side. A serious
and passionate pupil she dreams of becoming a doctor. Until the day
her parents decide she will not be returning to school anymore. Special Jury Mention San Francisco International Film Festival
2005
The Hole
Hofreh
Vahid Nasirian
Iran | 2003 | 6mins | 35mm | Colour
A man, while walking in a desert, encounters hands that crawl from
beneath the earth and offer him strange creatures. Best Animation Odense Film Festival 2004
Away From The Sun
Lejos Del Sol
Pablo Agüero
Argentina | 2005 | 16mins | Beta | Colour
A girl in a raspberry field. Scenes of her daily life let us understand
her relation-ship with the place and guess what her bond is with the
people around her. First Prize Buenos Aires Independant Film Festival 2005
Instructions For A Light
And Sound Machine
Peter Tscherkassky
Austria | 2005 | 17mins | 35mm | Black & White
Walking down the street, our hero realises he is at the mercy of the
filmmaker! An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes 2005
Minotauromaquia: Pablo Into The
Labyrinth
Minotauromaquia: Pablo En El Laberinto
Juan Pablo Etcheverry Ciancio
Spain | 2004 | 10mins | 35mm | Colour | Subtitled
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's work and the myth of the labyrinth and
the Minotaur, a journey to the ins and outs of artistic creation.
Audience Award Bradford Animation Festival 2004
Milk
Peter Mackie Burns
Scotland | 2004 | 10mins | 35mm | Colour
A secretive young woman must bathe her estranged grandmother. Things
are awkward between them until a small stalker makes himself known.
Golden Bear For Best Short Film Berlinale 2005
Ryan
Chris Landreth
Canada | 2004 | 14mins | 35mm | Colour
A gentleman panhandler. One of the pioneers of Canadian animation.
Oscar nominee. Poor beggar. Artist unable to create. Fallen angel.
Arrogant. Shy. Broken. Not destroyed. Academy Award Winner Best Short Animation 2005
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