Cork Film Fest
Timetable :: Programme :: 8 Great Shorts
8 Great Shorts
Sunday 16th | 4.00pm | Cork Opera House
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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