LIFE IS SHORT BE CURIOUS
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8TH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NIJMEGEN
6 – 10 APRIL 2016 / GOSHORT.NL
PARTNERS OF GO SHORT 2016
LIFE IS SHORT TAKE NOTICE CONTENT Welcome – 4 Acknowledgements – 6 Practical Information – 7 Timetable – 8 Map & Locations – 13 Delegrate Information – 14 Industry Events – 15 Industry Day – 16 Homegrown Platform – 19 Cinematic Virtual Reality – 20 Let’s Talk about Animals – 21 Go Short Campus – 22
COMPETITION PROGRAM European Competition Jury – 24 Dutch Competition + Breaking Shorts Jury – 26 Youth Competition Jury – 28 Awards – 29 European Competition – 31 Dutch Competition – 54 Youth Competition – 64 Breaking Shorts – 66
FOCUS PROGRAM
THE FUTURE FAMOUS
Adrian Sitaru – 76 Made in Austria – 82 Casting All Animals – 92
Go Ahead – 126 Dutch Short Film Pitch – 128 Homegrown – 130 Supporting Film: Hell – 132 HKU Presents – 134
SHORT FILM SPECIALS Konstantina Kotzamani – 102 Fear is Not an Option – 106 World Matters – 110 De Correspondent Presents + Vice Presents – 112 Off the Walls – 115 International Highlights – 116 Comedy Shorts – 117 Kill Your Darlings – 118 Shorts From the Grave – 119 Oscar Shorts – 120 Short Matters – 121 Five Years Supporting Films – 122 48 Hour Film Project – 124
GO SHORTY! Family Shorts – 136 Go Shorty! School Program – 137
Film Index by Title – 148 Film Index by Country – 150 Colophon – 153
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LIFE IS SHORT BE CURIOUS We all love feature-length- films every once in a while, whether these are arty or even big and expensive. We can’t say it often enough however: short films are full of passion, vibrant with energy and innovation, and they represent emerging talents! They play an important role in the substantive development of fiction, documentary, animation and art film, acting as a catalyst to the film world as a result. Production and distribution opportunities are more varied than ever. Despite the fact that short film is gaining recognition and popularity fast it is not really news that the format is hardly ever featured in regular cinemas, distributor portfolios, or the media. Go Short aims to put a spotlight on short film’s worth in all kinds of ways while supporting its development with the greatest care. For the eighth time Go Short will act both as a meeting spot for filmmakers and as a place where the audience can discover new talents. We are very happy to introduce you to Adrian Sitaru, a familiar face in
the short film scene. This award-winning Romanian director pulls you into people’s everyday interactions with a subtle sense of humor. We are also welcoming Greek film director Konstantina Kotzamani to Go Short this year. Her films will take you on a mysterious journey. Made in Austria shows that the latest generation of filmmakers still have the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that Austrian film tradition is renowned for. That short films can also be cuddly can be seen in Casting All Animals, a program that literally teems with our beloved animals. Our project De Voorfilm Moet Terug celebrates its fifth year. As a tribute we made a selection of the films that we’ve screened over the years and present them again in our open air cinema. After our collaboration with Douwe Dijkstra last year, we have teamed up with Halal and director Emma Westenberg for the production of a new short film. Hell premiered this month in Dutch theatres.
Talent is everywhere! Meet promising Dutch film students at Go Ahead and HKU Presents, or catch local talent at Homegrown. Also back after its debut last year is the Dutch Short Film Pitch; this year former Go Short winner Enna Sendijarevic, among others, will present her latest project. During the Industry Day we explore and discuss topics like how to create impact and what the festival circuit for shorts really looks like. Last but not least, we’ll go beyond cinema. There is a special pop-up planetarium and we will present the latest on cinematic VR. In collaboration with De Correspondent and Vice we show you how the short film format can be used to enhance the quality of journalism. In the trilogy Fear Is Not An Option and the program World Matters we reflect our fears and desires onto the refugee crisis. This is now. This is news. Don’t be afraid and confront reality head-on! Kirsten Ruber, Festival Director
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THANK YOU! The Go Short festival team, Pien Houthoff, Pepijn Kuijper and all the people at LUX, Frank Boeijen, Martine Boot, Martine Eelman, Dennis Pasveer, Adrian Sitaru, Konstantina Kotzamani, Emma Westenberg, Sarah Arnolds, Réka Bucsi, Douwe Dijkstra, Freek Rossen, Mathieu Janssen, Gema Perez, Jotte den Dulk, Lisa Linde Nieveld, Marten Rabats, Ellen Kocken, Nienke van der Fange, Roddia Rumahloine, Wilco Gersen, Hannes Bernoski, Wilma de Boer, Geert Willems, Guus van Kleef, Egbert de Ruiter, Jaap Vreeling, Monique Winkelman, Bert Veldhuis, Josan Meijers, Doreen Boonekamp, Gitta Kruisbrink, Michaela van Wassenaer, Marieke van der Kruijs, Myra Groenink, Romy Jochems, Andrea Posthuma, Dirk van der Straaten, Oscar Bastiaens, Wim Vanacker, Laurent Crouzeix, Nele Luise Fritzsche, Anneke Smelik, Marina Blok, Lisa ter Berg, Anke Koenraadt, Laura van der Sman, Anne van der Veer. VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Festival du Nouveau Cinema, International Short Film Festival Leuven, Netherlands Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Winterthur, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Curtas Festival Internacional de Cinema Vila do Conde, Dokufest, Mecal - Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Short Waves Festival, KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand, International Short Film Festival Rotterdam, Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Short Riga, International Short Film Conference, European Short Pitch. De Balie, Focus Filmtheater, 6
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Filmtheater ‘t Hoogt, Rialto, Chassé Cinema, De Lieve Vrouw, Concordia, Filmschuur, Filmhuis Den Haag, ECI Cultuurfabriek, Slieker Film, Amrâth Hotel Belvoir, B&B De Prince, Barbarossa, Credible and many more! We also want to say thanks to all the directors, producers and film institutes who sent us their films. Thank you to our members of the jury, selectors and pre-selectors, our partners, advisors, and all friends of the festival! Above all, we thank all of our volunteers. Without you there would be no Go Short!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION LUX
FESTIVAL PAVILION
Ever since the first edition, LUX has been our main location. All regular film screenings will take place here. The central box office is also located in LUX, on the other side of the arch from the bar and the screening rooms. Free wireless internet is available.
Our Festival Pavilion, which is the hotspot for professional visitors, is located on the square outside LUX. This is where the Industry Desk can be found as well as the Festival Café.
TICKETS Tickets are available at the LUX box office and online at goshort.nl. Tickets for parties and activities not taking place at LUX are sold at the door and online. Ordering tickets online will be lower in price than buying them at the box office. The LUX box office and the festival pavilion open fifteen minutes before the first film screening. Terms and conditions can be found at goshort.nl.
Ticket Prices Film Industry Discount Badge Student / CJP / MBO Card Film Thu & Fri before 17:00 (regular) Film Thu & Fri before 17:00 (student) Strippenkaart (5-in-1) Passes Day Pass Saturday Day Pass Sunday Weekend Pass (Sat & Sun)
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1 LUX Mariënburg 38–39 Screenings, Box Office 2 FESTIVAL PAVILION Mariënburgplein Industry / Press Desk, Festival Café 3 MERLEYN Hertogstraat 13
4 BREBL Honigcomplex, Waalbandijk 20-22 5 VLAAMS ARSENAAL Arsenaalpoort 18 Library & Campus Workshop Space 6 POP-UP PLANETARIUM Marikenstraat 50
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B&B DE PRINCE Lange Hezelstraat 42–44 CREDIBLE Hertogstraat 1 AMRÂTH HOTEL BELVOIR Graadt van Roggenstraat 101 BARBAROSSA Sint Anthoniusplaats 14
GO SHORT OFFICE Tweede Walstraat 18a 6511 LV Nijmegen PO Box 1449 6501 BK, Nijmegen T: +31 (0)24 663 6789 E: info@goshort.nl
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DELEGATE INFORMATION ACCREDITATION
INDUSTRY & PRESS DESK
VIDEO LIBRARY
Film professionals, film students and press are able to request an accreditation that identifies you as a professional visitor and is strictly personal. There are three types of accreditation: a Festival Badge, a Press Badge or an Industry Discount Badge.
The Go Short Industry & Press Desk is located at the Festival Pavilion. Our staff will be there to welcome you and provide you with all the information you need about your stay at the festival. Feel free to stop by at the desk if you have any further questions throughout the festival.
The Video Library is located at Vlaams Arsenaal, Arsenaalpoort 18 and is open to all festival and press visitors. The library holds all films in this year's festival program, including all competition and out-of-competition titles. Technical data, synopsis, and contact information are available in a digital database.
The Festival and Press Badge provide you with free access to all festival screenings, industry events, parties and the Video Library including the Dutch Platform. The Industry Discount Badge (€ 15) provides you with discounted tickets to all festival screenings and access to selected drinks, parties and other industry events.
Opening Hours Industry & Press Desk Festival Pavilion Wed 4/6 > 14:00 – 22:00 Thu 4/7 > 09:00 – 21:00 Fri 4/8 > 09:00 – 21:00 Sat 4/9 > 09:00 – 21:00 Sun 4/10 > 09:00 – 20:00
All registered professionals will be included in the List of Delegates and will receive a unique tote bag with a design of Réka Bucsi and a festival catalogue.
Industry Desk Contact Details Charlotte Hendriks, Joram Schrama, Thijs van der Laak, industry@goshort.nl +31 (0)24 – 6636789 +31 (0)6 – 49492132 (mobile)
Please note that you will need to pick up your ticket for each screening / event in advance at the box office or Industry Desk.
Press Desk Contact Details Julia Vrenken, pr@goshort.nl +31 (0)24 – 6636789 +31 (0)6 – 23275559 (mobile)
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Dutch Platform Besides the complete Go Short selection, our Video Library includes the Dutch Platform, which holds an extensive collection of recent Dutch shorts from different Dutch academies, institutes, distributors and production companies. For more information see page 129. Opening Hours Video Library Vlaams Arsenaal, Arsenaalpoort 18 Thu 4/7 – Sat 4/9 > 10:00 – 20:00* Sun 4/10 > 10:00 – 15:00 * on request until 22:00
INDUSTRY EVENTS There are several social events, professional activities and parties during the festival. These offer great opportunities to meet new people and acquire new contacts. Some of them require you to sign up in advance at the Industry Desk. Detailed information, locations and times are available at the Industry Desk.
On Friday April 8 we will host our annual Industry Day. In collaboration with EYE, NBF and the Netherlands Film Fund we present a full day’s program, including panel discussions, workshops and oneon-one meetings with the film industry.
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19:00 Happy Hour Campus Introduction & Drinks (Invitation Only)
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WEDNESDAY 4/6 19:30 Opening Night (Invitation Only) 20:15 Opening Film Program (Invitation Only)
THURSDAY 4/7 17:00 Opening The Secret World of Moths 17:00 Industry Drinks (hosted by Breaking Ground) – Pavilion 23:00 Afterparty – Merleyn
FRIDAY 4/8 10:00 – 17:30 Industry Day (Registration Required) – LUX 13:00 – 14:00 One–on–one meetings – Pavilion 16:30 – 17:30 Industry Day Drinks – Pavilion 19:30 Konstantina Konstamani: Screening + Interview – LUX 20:00 Filmquiz – Pavilion 23:00 Afterparty – Merleyn
An accreditation provides access to all industry events during the Industry Day. If you are interested in only attending our Industry Day, please contact our Industry Desk.
Dutch Short Film Pitch – Vlaams Arsenaal DZIGA Masterclass – LUX Go Ahead – LUX VR Workshop – tba Homegrown Platform drinks – Pavilion Go Short Awards – LUX Adrian Sitaru: Screening + Interview – LUX Off the Walls – Honig Complex Afterparty – Brebl
SUNDAY 4/10 12:00 Film Brunch – Pavilion 13:00 Audience Award + Screening Audience Favorites – LUX
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INDUSTRY DAY FRIDAY 4/8 10:00-17:30 LIFE IS SHORT MAKE YOUR SHORT FILM COUNT! The Industry Day is the moment to get up to date on what possibilities there are to get the most out of your short film. What options are there to develop your script as good as possible on an international level and at the same time find interesting partners to co-produce with? What are the advantages to produce your short film for online platforms instead of television? And how do you get your next short film to be selected for all the main European festivals? Or are there other ways to get the most impact with your film? What are the newest developments in the Netherlands concerning funding? These questions will be central at the sixth edition of the Go Short Industry Day, which is organized in collaboration with the NBF (Dutch Association of Film and television professionals), EYE International and the Netherlands Film Fund.
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POSSIBILITIES FOR YOUR SHORT FILM IN THE NETHERLANDS 10:30-11:00 / LUX 7 / DUTCH SPOKEN
Funding a short film isn’t peanuts. Alternative ways of funding your film are becoming more and more common. In the morning the Dutch platform ‘De Ontmoeting’ will present themselves and the five projects they are helping to get realized at the moment. After this Lisa Linde Nieveld from EYE International will talk about how they contribute to Dutch filmmakers to get their short films seen abroad.
PANEL TALK: POSSIBILITIES FOR SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT 11:00-12:00 / LUX 7 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
In the Netherlands there are only a certain amount of possibilities to realize a short film and get funding for it, so looking abroad could help your film get to the next level. What does Europe have to offer for script development and platforms to pitch your film and find suitable co-production partners? And
is this valuable for a short film or does it mainly cost a lot of work? What can you get from this? Amongst others, Wim Vanacker from the European Short Pitch, Nele Luise Fritzsche from Script Pitch and Interforum and Julie Rousson from Euro Connection will shed their light on these questions and more.
CASE STUDY: THE CHICKEN 12:00-12:30 / LUX 7 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
Una Gunjak - The Chicken The Chicken is one of the success stories of how you can go through pitching and end up with a great film. The script was first pitched at European Short Pitch, was co-produced between Croatia and Germany, won The Film Prize for International Cooperation from the Robert Bosch Stiftung and ended up premiering at Cannes. After that it got selected at more than 150 festivals, won the European Film Award for Best European Short Film and got shortlisted for the Oscars.
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ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS 13:00-14:00 / PAVILION
During lunch we will set up one-on-one meetings with guests from the film industry. You can join them at their table for a short and private conversation and ask them all of your questions.
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own content. What challenges and possibilities does this bring to the front? What is the strategy behind these productions, how does the distribution work and the production phase? The panel will include Karen van Dijk (VPRO Dorst), Mea Dols de Jong (Mindshakes), Gwen Pol (Vice) and Jos de Putter (de Correspondent).
PARALLEL SESSIONS 14:00-16:15 / SEMINARS: LUX 7 / WORKSHOPS: ASK INDUSTRY DESK FOR THE LOCATION
Workshop NBF presents: Working freelance without VAR
In the afternoon you can choose to participate in two workshops or seminars.
14:00-15:00 / DUTCH SPOKEN
Panel Talk Producing for Online Platforms 14:00-15:00 / LUX 7 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
The last year there has been a rise in online platforms that are producing their
By April 1 the Dutch government changed the law for freelance workers. This has a big impact on producing film and working on set. The Dutch organization for Film Makers will explain what will change and how this affect the industry. They will also present a set of new legal contracts that will give us a way out of the woods.
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Case Study Patrik Eklund meets Mees Peijnenburg 14:00-15:00 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
During this hour we’ll have a talk with Dutch talent Mees Peijnenburg and Swedish director Patrik Eklund. Eklund has been a succesful director for a number of years now, and returned to short film after his feature Flimmer. Peijnenburg on the other hand is just working towards his first feature, also after having a number of succesful short films. What do they like about the short format and what have they gained from the festival lifes of their films?
Panel Talk Me, Myself and Film Festivals 15:15-16:15 / LUX 7 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
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in a short film and what it means to be screened at a film festival. What should you keep in mind when you send your film to festivals and what do programmers pay attention to when selecting a film? The panel includes Maike Mia Höhne (Berlinale Shorts), Philip Ilson (BFI London Film Festival, London Short Film Festival), Daniel Karolewicz (Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal) and Enrico Vannucci (Venice Film Festival).
Workshop Starting Producers 15:15-16:15 / DUTCH SPOKEN
Starting a production company is both exciting and challenging. What problems do starting producers face? Erik Glijnis graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy with the much awarded film Onno the Oblivious and is now kick 18
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staring his career. He will talk about the challenges he faces. Moderated by Frank Hoeve, producer and owner of Baldr Film.
Workshop Impact Academy
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DRINKS & NETWORK OPPORTUNITY 16:30-17:30 / PAVILION
More information can be found on goshort.nl
15:15-16:15 / ENGLISH SPOKEN
How will your film change the world? Apart from knowing what your film is about exactly, today you also need to think about what kind of impact you want your film to make. One way to do this is impact producing, a proven US/UK method to draft a campaign that will make your film last longer in the world. A workshop by Bernadette Kuiper, impact producer and co-founder of the Impact Academy. More information can be found on www.goshort.nl and www.nbf.nl.
HOMEGROWN PLATFORM DZIGA’s KinoLAB and Go Short present: Masters - Animation MASTERCLASS
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SAT 4/9 / 11:00-12:30 / LUX 5 / DUTCH SPOKEN ONLY In this masterclass three Dutch masters in animation, Erik van Schaaik (Under the Apple Tree), Mascha Halberstad (Pregnant) and Lucette Braune (Through You), will talk about animation. Erik van Drunen will moderate the discussion and Peter Lindhout of The Netherlands Film Fond will speak about funding animated short in the Netherlands. The talks will be illustrated by film fragments that were chosen by the filmmakers. During this masterclass we will discuss current developments in animation film and which aspects are of interest when you’re developing your own film.
SAT 4/9 / 14:00-15:30 / PAVILION / € 30 Including masterclass, drinks and discount on DZIGA Community / Registration required Up until March 25 filmmakers had the opportunity to send DZIGA their synopsis for a short animation film, CV and motivation. From these entries we have select filmmakers for 30-minute one-on-one sessions with the masters in animation. Filmmakers can ask them for tips and guidance.
HOMEGROWN PLATFORM DRINKS SAT 4/9 / 15:30 / PAVILION Have some drinks with filmmakers from the Nijmegen area.
Erik van Schaaik
DZIGA is a non-profit platform and meeting place for filmmakers and video artists in Nijmegen. DZIGA supports and facilitates the production of video and film, and presents a program of screenings, workshops and multimedia projects. They recently launched their DZIGA Community, where you can become a member and get a discount on their workshops, events and consultation. www.dziga.nl
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CINEMATIC VIRTUAL REALITY In the past couple of years it has been hard to miss the big rise of Virtual Reality. But in what way have the possibilities that this technology offers been used to experience films in completely new ways? Is the way we tell stories starting to change? This year at Go Short we want to look a bit closer at the short Cinematic VR productions that are being produced. We will present a number of new films to our audience in a VR Cinema, so you can experience firsthand what the film of the future will look and feel like. The experts behind the Dutch VR Days have curated a program for Go Short of nine films that range from documentaries to stop motion, and from thrillers to comedies. The Dutch VR Days is the first big Virtual Reality festival to take place in Europe, hosting workshops, demo’s and a conference. dutchvrdays.nl NHTV has been producing VR films for the Oculus Rift specially for Go Short for two years now. Their students once again produced a VR experience that crosses the borders of Virtual Reality itself. Waking up in 2070, two scientist succeeded in uploading your mind into a robotic body. But why and what does this mean for humankind in general? All films can be experienced on the newest Samsung Gear VR’s, which is technology that transforms your Samsung phone into a tool that offers a Virtual Reality experience. We will be showing the films throughout the whole festival in the pavilion.
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Spectator's Ship – directed by Momchil Alexiev documentary / The Netherlands / 13’ Clouds Over Sidra – directed by Chris Milk, Gabor Arora documentary / United States / 8’ Viens – directed by Michel Reilhac, Carl Guynette art film / France / 12’ Catatonic – directed by Guy Shelmerdine fiction / United States / 7’ Passport to Adventure with Amanda Lund – directed by Andrew DeYoung fiction / United States / 4’ Project Orpheus – directed by Peter McLaughlin fiction / The Netherlands / 5’ Mad God – directed by Phil Tippet animation / United States / 2’ Jet Lag – directed by Pierre Friquet art film / France, India / 11’ The Marchland – directed by Daniel Ernst animation / The Netherlands / 4’
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LET’S TALK ABOUT ANIMALS RADBOUD REFLECTS: LET’S TALK ABOUT ANIMALS SUN 4/10 – 15:00 – LUX 1
Cats on vacuum cleaners, birds singing, cute pigs, adorable sloths, you name it: there’s probably a video featuring one of them on YouTube or your Facebook Timeline right now. And we love it! Even the biggest opponents can’t ignore the hype. What does this obsession with animal films say about our relationship with animals? Why do we love animal films that much? And for that matter: do we love animals that much, really? At Go Short philosopher and artist Eva Meijer is going to give a lecture on our relationship with animals and animal films. Eva will talk to Lize Korpershoek, one of the people behind “Ik kijk liever kattenplaatjes dan de voice of holland”, and Maarten Reesink, lecturer in Animal Studies at University of Amsterdam.
Eva Meijer is an artist, philosopher, writer and singer-songwriter. She is working on a dissertation about the political voice of the animal. Her book “Dierentalen”, a book on human, animal and language, was released recently. Lize Korpershoek is an illustrator, writer and producer for Cineville. She one of the people behind the popular Facebook page “Ik kijk liever kattenplaatjes dan de voice of holland” and the film program Poezenavond in De Uitkijk. Maarten Reesink works at the Department of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam. He gives lectures in Animal Studies, which deals with the representation and meaning of animals in popular and audiovisual culture.
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NEW ARRIVALS - GO SHORT CAMPUS Since the very first edition of the festival, the Go Short Campus has been a meeting point for filmmakers who are about to make the leap from the academy to the professional world. The New Arrivals - Go Short Campus brings emerging filmmakers and seasoned film professionals together and offers 17 young film professionals from all over Europe an unique and intensive program. The campus focuses on giving hands-on knowledge about everything that becomes urgent as soon as the students have left the academy. How do I finance my (short) film? Where can I find an audience? How can I distribute my film? Questions that are hardly dealt with at the academy will now be foremost. We offer masterclasses, lectures, workshops and panel discussions by the industry's top experts. For this year we will offer masterclasses by our special guests Adrian Sitaru (Romania) and Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece). Ena Sendijarevic (the Netherlands) and Mahdi Fleifel (United Kingkom) will also give masterclasses. 22
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Besides these masterclasses we will offer workshops on different subjects, such as: Workshops on distribution: platforms and do-it-yourself Workshop on positioning and marketing of your film Workshop on pitching your film idea to an audience or market Panel talk with festival programmers Round table sessions with producers During the week the participants will receive assignments and challenges, prompting them to mingle with other festival guests and expand their network. You might very well be part of their learning experience! When our participants leave Nijmegen their portfolios will be filled with business plans, their address books with new contacts, and their suitcases with the tools of the trade.
CAMPUS PARTICIPANTS TUE 4/7, 20:00-22:00
Every student presents a film plan at the beginning of the campus and is then challenged to finance, promote, produce or distribute this film. As an introduction of the participants, we present their previous films. All these films will also be available in our video library. Abigail Prade (NL) Ghost Alessandro Asciutto (IT) Boccacce Annegret Sachse (DE) Water and Bread Claire Issartel (FR) My Life Isn’t a Musical Comedy Darta Putnina (LV) Nightbirds Davey Snoek (BE) Quality Time Dina Duma (MK) The Last Act Ilina Perianova (BG) Eat me! Maarten Alexander van Vliet (NL) The Tide Marrit Greidanus (NL) Of Silt and Sludge (directed by Clara Hartmann Henningsen) Pavel Ruzyak (CZ) The Island Petra Ptáčková (CZ) Feedback (directed by Ondrej Javora, Filip Javora) Sámuel Barna (H) The Trailer of Ádám Nádasdy's Book Sarah Veltmeyer (NL) GOTTA Sterre de Jong (NL) N for Neutral Thessa Meijer (NL) Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot Doesn't Have a Thumb Yvette Alders (NL) Mariella, Down to Earth
LIFE IS SHORT BRING IT ON
COMPETITIONS EUROPEAN / DUTCH / YOUTH / BREAKING SHORTS
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Photo: Sébastien Raboin
Photo: Marco Abram
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DANIEL KAROLEWICZ (CAN)
MORGAN KNIBBE (NL)
KARIN VANDENRYDT (BE)
In the beginning of 2000, after studying in history and anthropology, Dan Karo discovers an avid interest in short films and experimental films. In 2007, he joins the ranks of the Festival du nouveau cinéma as a coordinator and today he is a film programmer. In 2009, he co-curated with filmmaker Marie Losier, a month long program dedicated to Quebec cinema at the FIAF in New York City. His own directorial debut VACARME (2011) ended up as a finalist at the Jutra Awards that same year. Shortly afterwards a documentary on cinema at work, L’ours (2013), earns him a spot at the Locarno film festival. In 2016, he completed his latest short Chérie (Quand Je Penes à Toi).
Director Morgan Knibbe graduated in 2012 from the Netherlands Film Academy with his film A Twist in the Fabric of Space. For this film he won a Wildcard of the Netherlands Film Fund. With his short film Shipwreck he won more than 20 awards. Morgan's debut feature film Those Who Feel the Fire Burning shows in an unconventional, poetic form a serious social and topical issue: the daily life of refugees who are stuck at the edge of Europe. The Dutch Oscar Selection Committee selected the film for submission to the Academy Awards. Recently, the film won two Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. Morgan also received the award of the Directors of the Forum, a program for groundbreaking cinema.
Vandenrydt graduated with a degree in scientific studies. In 1990 however she went back to her first love: the cinema. She started working for the production companies Alexis Films and Itinera Films. In 2000 ANIMA, the Brussels Animation Film Festival, asked Karin to develop the Flemish-spoken branch of the festival. She went to work for Folioscope, organizer of ANIMA. Karin is a member of Anima's selection committee and of the programming team, while also taking care of selecting the festival’s juries. Karin furthermore served in international juries and selection committees at several international festivals. She is a member of the Flemish Film Rating Commission and of the Flemish Film Commission.
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SOPHIE KAUFMAN (UK)
LENINA UNGARI (NL)
Sophie Kaufman has worked for the independent movie magazine, Little White Lies since editor, gentleman, scholar and playful spirit, David Jenkins rescued her from a job livetweeting events in the Big Brother House in 2013. Researching and writing chin-stroking long-reads are her favourite form of film-writing. Beyond the magazine, she enjoys working with feminist film festival, Bechdel Test Fest and contributing in miscellaneous ways to making a more understanding world. Sophie programmed and produced a film event at the ICA London called, 'Can creativity help tame mental illness?" and has just started a podcast about bulimia called 'Spill Your Guts'.
Born in Rome (1985) and now based in the Netherlands, Lenina works as a scriptwriter. After a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Religion and Philosophy she continued her studies in Film. In 2013 Lenina graduated as a scriptwriter from the Netherlands Film Academy with the short Days of Steel, which was screened at 15 festivals and won multiple awards among others at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Asiana International Short Film Festival. As a storyteller she enjoys consulting documentary makers. Having a great interest in the hybrid form between fiction and documentary most of her current work combines elements of both.
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DUTCH COMPETITION / BREAKING SHORTS JURY
SARI VOLANEN (FI)
ENRICO VANNUCCI (IT)
PIOTR ZLOTOROWICZ (PL)
Sari Volanen has worked at Yle (Finnish public television) for over 25 years, the last 15 years of which producing shorts, documentaries, animation and fiction in the co-production department of Yle. She is in charge of a strand called New Cinema. Volanen is also a board member of Tampere Film Festival.
Enrico Vannucci works as short film advisor at Venice Film Festival and he is a member of the organizing committee of ViaEmili@DocFest. From 2010 until 2014 he worked as director at Ozu Film Festival. He has also written essays regarding the short and feature film festival ecosystem. Moreover as a journalist he has been covering major film festivals since 2009.
Zlotorowicz graduated from the Electrical Engineering Faculty at Szczecin University of Technology in 2006. Then he moved to Lodz to study film directing at Polish National Film School, which he graduated in 2013. His student documentary Charcoal Burners (2010) was screened at about 140 international festivals, including DOK Leipzig, and garnered recognition in the form of over 30 prizes and awards. Another of his short film, Normal People (2011), premiered at the 51st Krakow Film Festival, was awarded the Silver Tadpole for cinematography at Plus Camerimage 2011. His latest work Mother Earth (2014) was awarded at 67th Locarno Film Festival. Alumni of Berlinale Talent Campus. Winner of Polish Radio Talents 2012.
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DAVID DEPREZ (NL)
THEKLA REUTEN (NL)
David Deprez is artistic director at Lumière Cinema Maastricht (the Netherlands). The cinema is actively involved in promoting regional short film talent and developing a film production climate in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. In September 2016 Lumière will move to a new venue and become one of the biggest arthouse cinemas in the Netherlands.
At the age of 11, Thekla Reuten attended the theater productions of John Simons and Jeroen Willems. Both men influenced the career of the actress. Under their influence, she began her acting studies at the renowned Amsterdam Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Already during her studies, Thekla Reuten demonstrated a special, authentic way of acting and an intuitive ability to transform. Precision and lightness are what distinguish her acting as she moves between genres, formats, media and international film productions, where she has taken on leading roles recently. She acted in the Italian series ‘l Angelo di Sarajevo (Rain Uno), international film Atlantic., Dutch television series Tessa and short film Home Suite Home of Jeroen Houben. GOSHORT 27
MOVIEZONE GO SHORT YOUTH JURY
ASENA SARIHAN (2000)
BENTHE VAN ESCH (1997)
VIDA ASARE (2000)
DOGUKAN TIMUR (1999)
THIJS MANDERS (1997)
“I love movies and series very much. By watching a movie or series I can get away from reality and live in a world of fantasy. For this reason, I would like to become a Director. I want people to experience pleasure by watching my movies and forget what happens in reality.”
“I spend a lot of free time on music and movies. I have never visited a film festival, but I expect to see many new, beautiful things and meet inspiring people. I will mainly pay attention to the story that's been told and what the story does to you as a viewer.”
“I've never been to Go Short, but I hope it is going to be a lot of fun. As a jury member I will mostly look at the actors in the film and the order of the narrative, but also, of course, whether the story behind the movie has something touching. If I have the chance I’d like to become an actress in the future.”
“I like many different film genres, but I love horror most of all. As a jury member I will focus on originality, the story itself and the message. I am an actor myself and I also make short films, so being a jury member makes it extra fun for me.”
“I am very interested in the power of stories through image and sound. Therefore, in addition to school and sports, I like to spend time watching movies and series. As a jury member, I will mostly focus on whether a movie is able to avoid clichés and if it can give the viewer a new perspective on a topic.”
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AWARDS Go Short hands out no less than eight awards. Seven of these are chosen by our three juries and one by our audience. The audience vote is just as important, since all shorts in competition are eligible for the audience award.
Stichting VEVAM Fonds (VEVAM Fund for social and cultural purposes). The VEVAM Go Short Award, consisting of € 2.500, is intended to stimulate Dutch directors to experiment and expand the genre of short film.
NTR GO SHORT AWARDS
supported by the Dioraphte Foundation Together with the Dioraphte Foundation, Go Short hands out an Encouragement Award for the Best Student Film in the Breaking Shorts Student Competition. This € 5.000 prize serves as an encouragement to a young artist at the start of a promising career in filmmaking. The Dioraphte Foundation promotes national and international projects of quality that make culture available to a broad audience.
Go Short and Dutch public broadcaster NTR proudly present the NTR Go Short Awards for Best European Short Film in four categories: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Art Film. All films in the European competition are eligible to receive an NTR Go Short Award. It’s the eighth time NTR joins us for the award ceremony, as they have been our partner from the very first edition. The winners of each category receive a € 1.250 prize.
VEVAM GO SHORT AWARD All films in the Dutch competition are eligible to receive the VEVAM Go Short Award for Best Dutch Short Film. It’s the fourth year VEVAM, the Dutch copyright society for film and television directors, partners with us for this award. A segment of the income of VEVAM is transferred into
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
GO SHORT AUDIENCE AWARD in collaboration with Omroep Gelderland The winner of the Go Short Audience Award will be selected by using the greatest wisdom of all: the wisdom of the crowd. All shorts in competition are eligible for this € 1.000 prize which is presented in collaboration with Omroep Gelderland.
GO SHORT AWARDS SAT 4/9 – 20:00 – LUX 4 GO SHORT AUDIENCE AWARD SUN 4/10 – 13:00 – LUX 4
GO SHORT YOUTH AWARD The youngest jury of Go Short is now in its fifth year. Five teenagers with a sharp eye for quality in short film, team up in the Youth Jury. These youngsters, all aged between 14 and 18 years, provide a fresh view on a selection of films from the competition programs. They will decide who will receive the Go Short Youth Award worth of € 750. GOSHORT 29
The Dioraphte Foundation supports cultural projects with a national and international reach. Go Short can count on our support in their mission to bring European short films to a wider audience. Not later, but now, because culture is the wealth you share.
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION The amount of shorts that European filmmakers submitted to our European competition was staggering this year: over 2800 films, productions from all over the continent. To narrow this down to only 60 films was quite the task, but we are really happy to present you some of the best short films of the last year. We decided to lower the maximum length from 40 minutes to 30 minutes this year, which may have lowered the average length in the competition but definitely not the quality. We are really happy to welcome back a number of Go Short alumni, even including some award winners. Patrik Eklund has been a part of Go Short since the very first edition. He went home with an award after Go Short’s second edition and is now back in full effect with the hilarious Of Biblical Proportions. Thibault Le Texier
and Pavel Vesnakov won during the 5th and 6th editions respectively, and both will premiere their newest film this year. And although it’s the first time for Noël Loozen and Reber Dosky to be a part of our European Competition, both have already participated in other competitions in previous years. But like every year, the European Competition is also the first encounter between Go Short, the Dutch audience and a lot of directors. This is where we discover the new names on the international scene. While the selected film may be one of the newcomers’ first attempts at making a short film, the simple fact of its inclusion in our competition means that they already blew the selection committee away. We are happy to be presenting talents like Natalie Beder (Millions of Tears), Miguel Lopez Beraza (With All Our Cameras)
and Gabriel Harel (Yùl and the Snake) to our audiences, but there are many more talents to discover at our festival. Familiar or new, what binds these films is the care and love that went into them. There is plenty of variety: from intense fictions to engaging documentaries and from impressive animations to extraordinary art films. Sometimes the lines are blurred and the viewer will be challenged from time to time, but we are sure that many of these films will strike a chord with our audiences, providing much food for thought and discussion. We would like to thank our selection committee for all their help.
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INDEX EUROPEAN COMPETITION EU.1: RECONSTRUCTING LIFE P. 34 Maman(s) / Maimouna Doucouré / fiction / France / 21’ With All Our Cameras / Miguel López Beraza / documentary / Spain / 26’ Here There / Alexander Stewart / animation / Croatia, United States / 4’ Millions of Tears / Natalie Beder / fiction / France / 21’
EU.2: ABOVE & BEYOND P. 35 Object / Paulina Skibinska / documentary / Poland / 15’ Wake the Dead / Morgan Simon / fiction / France / 11’ Spoetnik / Noël Loozen / fiction / The Netherlands / 10’ Jonas and the Sea / Marlies van der Wel / animation / The Netherlands / 12’ Of Biblical Proportions / Patrik Eklund / fiction / Sweden / 29’
EU.3: ENEMY AT THE GATES P. 37 #Ya / Florencia Rovlich, Ygor Gama / art film / Germany, Chile, Argentina / 15’ In The Distance / Florian Grolig / animation / Germany / 7’
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Zeus / Pavel Vesnakov / fiction / Bulgaria, Germany / 30’ Symbolic Threats / Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke / documentary / Germany / 15’
EU.4: IT’S ALL RELATIVE P. 38 Homeful Bliss / Jan Van Dyck / fiction / Belgium / 15’ Sunday Lunch / Céline Devaux / animation / France / 13’ Dancing for You / Erlend E. Mo / documentary / Norway / 29’ Thanks for Dancing / Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken / fiction / Norway / 19’
EU.5: TAKE THE LEAP P. 39 One Million Steps / Eva Stotz / documentary / Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands / 20’ Body Language Zone / Kim Saarinen / art film / Finland / 10’ Tokyo Vacations / Adam Svanell / documentary / Sweden / 10’ Aquabike / Jean-Baptiste Saurel / fiction / France / 23’
EU.6: SLICE OF LIFE P. 41 Jagata / Daniel Jacoby / art film / The Netherlands, Spain, Peru, Japan / 21’ The Right Way / Emilio Yebra / animation / Spain / 4’ Circus Debere Berhan / Lukas Berger / documentary / Portugal, Austria, Germany, Ethiopia / 11’ Not Just Another Commute / Lisa Matuszak / animation / France, Belgium / 8’ Father / Davit Pirtskhalava / fiction / Georgia / 25’
EU.7: INTO THE WILD P. 42 Love / Reka Bucsi / animation / France, Hungary / 14’ Love Me More / Kristoffer Carlin / fiction / Norway / 24’ Beyond the Forest / Francesca Bertin, Leonhard Kaufmann / documentary / Germany / 9’ 9, Chemin des Gauchoirs / Lyonel Charmette / animation / France / 13’
EU.8: STORIES WE TELL P. 44
EU.10: REALITY CHECK 2.0 P. 47
EU.12: FINE ARTS P. 50
A Country of Two / Neritan Zinxhiria / art film / Albania, Romania, Greece / 9’ The House Guard / Ingel Vaikla / documentary / Estonia / 26’ Jus Soli / Somebody Nobody / art film / United Kingdom / 16’ Lampedusa / Philip Cartelli, Mariangela Ciccarello / art film / Italy, France, United States / 13’ Erlking / Georges Schwizgebel / animation / Switzerland / 5’
(Self)exhibitions / Florencia Aliberti / documentary / Spain, Argentina / 14’ Voice-Over / Roy Villevoye / art film / The Netherlands, Papua New Guinea / 21’ Rate Me / Fyzal Boulifa / fiction / United Kingdom / 17’ Endgame / Phil Mulloy / animation / United Kingdom / 7’ The Architect and the Gardener / Thibault Texier / art film / France / 13’
Black / Anouk De Clercq / art film / Belgium / 4’ Yúyú / Marc Johnson / art film / France / 16’ Skyline Memory vanish in thin air / Beatriz Ruibal / art film / Spain / 22’ Of Slaves and Robots (Radivoj Kasanin Speaks) / Miloš Tomic / art film / Serbia / 2’ Quantum. / FLATFORM / art film / Italy, Germany / 8’ THE / Dieter Kovacic, Billy Roisz / art film / Austria / 13’
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EU.11: WHAT’S UP, DOC? P. 49
We Will Stay in Touch about It / Jan Zabeil / fiction / Germany / 8’ A Coat Made Dark / Jack O'Shea / animation / Ireland / 9’ The Beast / Daina O. Pusic / fiction / Croatia, Finland / 20’ Moriom / Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa / documentary / Switzerland / 12’ Gust of wind on the Mount Sainte-Victoire Léo Zarka / art film / France / 7’ Lost Village / George Todria / fiction / Spain / 16’
The Meadow / Jela Hasler / documentary / Switzerland / 8’ Suspended by the Night / Eva Tourrent / documentary / France / 23’ You Have a Problem / Esra Piké / documentary / The Netherlands / 25’ The Sniper of Kobani / Reber Dosky / documentary / The Netherlands / 12’
EU.13: DARK TALES OF ANIMATION P. 52 Yùl and the Snake / Gabriel Harel / animation / France / 13’ The Master / Riho Unt / animation / Estonia / 18’ Chulyen, a Crow's Tale / Cerise Lopez, Agnès Patron / animation / France / 20’ Under the Apple Tree / Erik van Schaaik / animation / The Netherlands, Belgium / 18’
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EU.1 RECONSTRUCTING LIFE
FRI 8 - 20:00 - LUX 4 / SAT 9 - 14:00 - LUX 1
Maman(s)
With All Our Cameras
Here There
Director: Maimouna Doucouré fiction / France / 2015 / 21’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Miguel López Beraza documentary / Spain / 2016 / 26’
Director: Alexander Stewart animation / Croatia, United States / 2015 / 4’
The family of eight-year-old Aida is thrown into chaos when her father returns from Senegal with young Rama, whom he introduces as his second wife. Aida may not exactly understand the details, but she understands that her mother is in deep distress, and that there seems to be but one way to make things better again.
How many cameras are needed to portray someone’s life? Sandor sells antique cameras in the outskirts of Budapest; his routine is about to change due to a peculiar proposal.
Here There is a travelogue that gives graphic form to memory’s malleable, straying lines. The film begins as a traveller’s sketchbook, drawn in Zagreb and on the Croatian coast. As the film progresses, observational fragments of landscape and architecture are refined into geometric forms and minimal marks. Details fade away, morphing into abstract impressions on the edges of memory.
Production: Baptiste Bauduin, Zangro / Script: Maimouna Doucouré / Photography: Yann Maritaud / Editing: Sonia Franco / Music: Léontina Fall / Sound: Clément Maléo / Cast: Tania Arana Filmography: Maman(s) (2015) Contact: Bien ou Bien Productions: Marie Ballon, +33 635352307, distribution.bienoubien@gmail.com
Production: Mario Madueño / Script, Photography: Miguel López Beraza / Editing: Bruno Herrero, Miguel López Beraza / Sound: Sari Haragonics, Marko Sipka / Cast: Sandor Nagy Filmography: With All Our Cameras (2016), Jan Peeters (2015), Walls (2014) Contact: Marvin&Wayne Short Film Distribution: Josep Prim, +34 934863313, fest@marvinwayne.com
Production: Vanja Andrijevic / Script, Editing, Sound, Animation: Alexander Stewart / Sound: Gideon Kiers / Animation: Darko Masnec Filmography: Here, There (2015), Fort Morgan (2014), Peacock (2014), What I Want (2013), Crux Film (2013), Crusts (2011), 100 Foot Ride (2010), 100 Foot Pull (2010), The Battle of the Stand-Stills (2010), Very Similar To (2009), On the Logic of Dubious Historical Accounts 1969-1972 (2008), Errata (2005) Contact: Bonobostudio: Vanja Andrijevic, +38 5915677270, vanja@bonobostudio.hr
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EU.2 ABOVE & BEYOND
THU 7 - 20:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 13:30 - LUX 2
Millions of Tears
Object
Wake the Dead
Director: Natalie Beder fiction / France / 2015 / 21’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Paulina Skibinska documentary / Poland / 2015 / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Morgan Simon fiction / France / 2015 / 11’ / international premiere
A meeting in an empty roadside café-restaurant. A man in his sixties is waiting. A young woman enters, she seems tired, weighed down with her backpack, and her whole life inside it. He offers to take her a part of the way. She accepts.
Object is a creative and abstract image of an underwater search. The action takes place in the dimensions of two worlds – ice desert and underwater. The story is told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver entering the underwater covered by ice, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.
Two brothers decide to revive what still unites them, one last time.
Des Millions des Larmes
Production: Nelson Ghrénassia / Script: Natalie Beder / Photography: David Chambille / Editing: Louise Decelle / Music: Romain Trouillet / Sound: Edouard Morin, Damien Boitel / Cast: Natalie Beder, Myriam Tekaia, André Wilms Filmography: Millions of Tears (2015) Contact: Yukunkun Productions: Nelson Ghrénassia, +33 149965747, nelson@yukunkun.fr
Obiekt
Production: Ewa Jastrzebska / Script: Paulina Skibinska / Photography: Arkadiusz Ostrowski, Piotr Czechowski, Krzysztof Wiszniewski, Grzegorz Zubowicz, Adam Wasiak, Jakub Stolecki / Editing: Katarzyna Boniecka / Sound: Katarzyna Szczerba
Réveiller les Morts
Production: Amaury Ovise / Script: Morgan Simon / Editing: Marie Loustalot / Sound: Mathieu Villien / Cast: Julien Krug, Kevin Azaïs Filmography: Count Your Blessings (2016), Wake the Dead (2015), Try to Die Young (2014), Easy Tiger, 2014, American Football (2012), A Long Sadness (2011), Goose (2011) Contact: Kazak Productions: Jean-Christophe Reymond, +33 148243057, info@kazakproductions.fr
Filmography: Object (2015) Contact: Krakow Film Foundation: Marta Swiatek, +48 122946945, marta.swiatek@kff.com.pl
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THU 7 - 20:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 13:30 - LUX 2
Spoetnik
Jonas and the Sea
Of Biblical Proportions
Director: Noël Loozen fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’
Director: Marlies van der Wel animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’
Director: Patrik Eklund fiction / Sweden / 2015 / 29’ / international premiere
17-year-old Sam crashes his moped in what appears to be no man’s land just over the Dutch border in Wallonia. There he meets Gilles, the owner of an old fashioned food-truck, who is in danger of losing his license. Gilles embraces Sam and puts him to work in the truck. Meanwhile Sam falls deeply in love with Zola, a girl who works in the brothel across the street.
Jonas and the Sea is an animated short film about a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: the quest to find a place we can call home, even if it’s underwater.
Production: Gijs Determeijer, Roel Oude Nijhuis, Gijs Kerbosch / Script: Noël Loozen / Photography: Tim Kerbosch / Editing: Mieneke Kramer / Music: Sjam Sjamsoedin / Sound: Lennert Hunfeld / Cast: Jiri Loozen, Romy Gevers, Michel van Dousselaere Filmography: Spoetnik (2015), The Hornhunter (2014) (Go Short 2015) Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, info@someshorts.com
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Production: Roel Oude Nijhuis / Script: Ruben Picavet, Marlies van der Wel / Music: Tim van Berkenstijn / Sound: Shark HaaiFaaiDeLuxe / Animation: Marlies van der Wel Filmography: Jonas and the Sea (2015), Protest Flatness (2011), BWAP (2006) Contact: Klik! Distribution Service: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
A group of scientists from around the world meets in a conference room in an unknown location in America. They are secretly discussing the origins of a mysterious cranium discovered 300 metres below the ice of Antarctica. Production, Script, Editing: Patrik Eklund / Photography: Simon Olsson / Music: Björn Baummann / Cast: Schiaffino Musarra, Olle Sarri, Anki Larrson, Stephen Rappaport Filmography: Of Biblical Proportions (2015), Flicker (2012), Seeds of the Fall (2009) (Go Short 2010), Instead of Abracadabra (2008) (Go Short 2009), Situation Frank (2007), One Christmas Morning (2002) Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Theo Tsappos, +46 767791133, theo.tsappos@sfi.se
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.3 ENEMY AT THE GATES
THU 7 - 15:00 - LUX 4 / FRI 8 - 22:30 - LUX 3
#Ya
In the Distance
Zeus
Director: Florencia Rovlich, Ygor Gama art film / Germany, Chile, Argentina / 2015 / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Florian Grolig animation / Germany / 2015 / 7’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Pavel Vesnakov fiction / Bulgaria, Germany / 2015 / 30’ / Dutch premiere
First it’s paint bombs, followed hard by riots. Tweets proclaim what is to be done. Resistance is everywhere. Something has to give. Two young activists meet amid turbulent events. They dance. The city belongs to them. Production: Sofa Quiros, Francisca Saez Agurto / Script: Saez Agurto, Florencia Rovlich, Ygor Gama / Photography: Francisca Saez Agurto / Editing: Ygor Gama / Music: Fran Villalba / Sound: Lautaro Aichenbaum / Cast: Mariano Paz, Manuela Hidalgo Filmography: Florencia Rovlich: #Ya (2016), Entretierra (2014); Ygor Gama: #Ya (2015), El Leaving (2012) Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien: Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
It’s calm and peaceful above the clouds. But chaos lurks in the distance and each night, it draws closer. Production, Scritp: Florian Grolig / Sound: Christian Wittmoser, Tobias Boehm / Animation: Julian Vavrovsky Filmography: In the Distance (2015), MS. Found in a Bottle (2010), Weiss (2007) Contact: Florian Grolig, +49 17663200508, fgrolig@gmail.com
The death of his father urges Zeus to contact his older half-brother Vasil, who left the family years ago. Vasil has no intentions to help his younger brother finance the funeral. When he finally agrees to help Zeus to sell his car, the 2 brothers start on a fateful journey. Production: Sebastian Weyland / Script: Pavel Vesnakov / Photography: Orlin Ruevski / Editing: Karen Tonne / Sound: Veselin Zografov / Cast: Doyan Donkov, Yana Titova, Valerie Yordanov, Aleksandar Aleksiev Filmography: Zeus (2015), Pride (2013) (Go Short 2014), The Paraffin Prince (2012), Trains (2011) Contact: Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH: Sebastian Weyland, +49 1633335519, sw@heimathafenfilm.de
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.3 ENEMY AT THE GATES
EU.4 IT’S ALL RELATIVE
THU 7 - 15:00 - LUX 4 / FRI 8 - 22:30 - LUX 3
THU 7 - 14:00 - LUX 1 / FRI 8 - 16:00- LUX 1
Symbolic Threats
Homeful Bliss
Sunday Lunch
Director: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke documentary / Germany / 2015 / 15’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Jan Van Dyck fiction / Belgium / 2015 / 14’ / international premiere
Director: Céline Devaux animation / France / 2015 / 13’
Poetry or threat? An act of surrender or perhaps art? These were the theories that New York puzzled over last summer. Inspired by the heated debate over the two „White American Flags“ that suddenly appeared on the towers of New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the film asks what kind of societal scope art has in the present day. Are we safe in the city? What is next? Production, Script: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke / Sound: Alexander Heinze Filmography: Symbolic Threats (2015), Power! (2010), Zwischenzeit (2008), Thanks Anyway (2006), The Neonorange Cow (2005) Contact: Wermke/Leinkauf: Mischa Leinkauf, +49 1702444408, studio@wermke-leinkauf.com
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Het Geluk
One evening, 38-year-old Frank returns to his quiet residential house where his family has organised a surprise birthday party. Everybody is present: his wife, two children, brother, sister-in-law, his father… even the babysitter. They toast, his favourite meal is served and a birthday cake provided. But, amid the celebration, there are hints that things aren’t really what they seem to be… Production: Peter De Maegd / Script: Jan Van Dyck / Photography: Richard Van Oosterhout, NBC/ SBC / Editing: Jan Hameeuw / Music: Nicolas Rombouts / Sound: Yves De Mey / Cast: Adriana Bakker, Kes Bakker, Joke De Bruyn, Stijn Van Opstal Filmography: Homeful Bliss (2015), Until It Hits You (2013) Contact: Bekke Films: Ben Vandendaele, +32 477632746, ben@radiatorsales.eu
Le Repas Dominical
Sunday. At lunch, James observes his family. They ask him questions and don’t listen to his answers, they give advice but don’t follow it, they stroke him and slap him, but it’s ok, it is the Sunday lunch. Production: Ron Dyens / Editing, Animation: Céline Devaux / Music: Flavien Berger / Sound: Bruno Langiano, Lionel Guenoun, Flavien Berger / Narration: Vincent Macaigne Filmography: Sunday Lunch (2015), Life and Death of Rasputin (2012), How to Make a Hysterically Funny Video on A Very Sad Music (2012), L’Affreux Freud (2011), 1000 Murs (2011), Skeleton (2010). Contact: Autour de Minuit: Pauline Ginot, +33 142811728, festivals@autourdeminuit.com
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.5 TAKE THE LEAP
THU 7 - 20:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 15:00 - LUX 5
Dancing for You Dans for livet
Takk for turen
Thanks for Dancing
One Million Steps
Director: Erlend E. Mo documentary / Norway / 2015 / 29’
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken fiction / Norway / 2016 / 19’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Eva Stotz documentary / Turkey, Germany, The Netherlands / 2015 / 20’
Vilde (12 ) wants to be the first female ‘Halling’ folk dance champion. A traditional dance for men only. Her greatest challenge isn’t the competition – she’s convinced that her strength and passion for dance and life are helping her beloved grandfather to win his fight against cancer.
A lifelong relationship is coming to an end, as we follow two elderly men and former athletes during the last winter they are living together.
Production: Anita Rehoff Larsen / Editing: Stefan Sundlöf / Music: Anne Hytta / Sound: Gry Haughholdt, Andrea Kongsgaard
Production: Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl / Script: Kamilla Krogsveen, Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken / Photography: Oskar Dahlsbakken / Editing: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken / Sound: Nils Are Viken, Inger Elise Holm / Cast: Ingar Helge Gimle, Alma Flygel Owren, Lia Boysen, Jan Malmsjö, Stein Winge
Filmography: Dancing for You (2015), Nemesis (2009), Paradise (2008), My Eyes (2006), Can You Die in Heaven? (2005), Welcome to Denmark (2003), Forbidden Love (1998)
Filmography: Thanks for Dancing (2016), Late Summer (2016), Returning Home (2015), A Stranger (2014), The Devil’s Ballroom (2012), The Time In Between (2009)
Contact: Autlook Film Sales: Youn Ji, youn@autlookfilms.com
Contact: Norwegian Film Institute: Arna Bersaas, +47 92813088, amb@nfi.no
A tap dancer performs, while elsewhere people run from the tear gas of the police. Two worlds apart – if it wasn’t for an unexpected opening in the floor, right in front of the dancer… Production: Eva Stotz, Marije Nie / Script: Eva Stotz / Photography: Carola Rodriguez Sanchez / Editing: Georg Petzold, Gregor Bartsch / Music: Bogaziçi Jazz Choir, Kardes Türküler, Said Anzali, Meinhard Blum, Timothy Beutler / Sound: Turgay Uygur / Cast: Ahmet Turan Demirbag, Utku Yurrtas, Banu Inci, Marije Nie Filmography: One Million Steps (2015), Global Home (2012), 24 h Berlin - A Day in the Life (2009), Devil Hides in Doubt (2008), Igor (2004) Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien: Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.5 TAKE THE LEAP
THU 7 - 20:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 15:00 - LUX 5
Body Language Zone
Tokyo Vacations
Aquabike
Director: Kim Saarinen art film / Finland / 2015 / 10’
Director: Adam Svanell documentary / Sweden / 2015 / 10’ / world premiere
Director: Jean-Baptiste Saurel fiction / France / 2015 / 23’ / international premiere
Body Language Zone consist of four dance film episodes. The humorous body language consultant gives body language guidance in different variations in the office environment. Each episode has a different approach to express body language.
An average Japanese employee takes 7 days of vacation per year. In Tokyo Vacations we meet five ordinary people in colourless offices who tell us about their best vacation memories. Underneath it all lies the question: how much of our lives do we dedicate to work?
After being deeply traumatized by a fish at age 15 when swimming in the Seychelles, Sophie has never been able to go in the water again. Now she is 35 and Anaïs, her best friend has decided to offer her an aqua phobia treatment session with Aquaman, a healer guru with quite radical methods.
Production: Johanna Keinänen / Script: Kim Saarinen, Johanna Keinänen / Photography, Editing, Sound: Kim Saarinen / Music: Dave Forestfield / Cast: Johanna Keinänen, Sami Kojonen / Narration: Sami Kojonen Filmography: Body Language Zone (2015), Body Language Waste & Emission Recycling System (2015), Last Day (2015), A Matter of chance? (2014), Dance Theatre Minimi in France (2014) Contact: Kim Saarinen, +35 8504030278, kim.saarinen@outlook.com
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Production: Victor Köhler, Hannes Isaksson, Einar Bodström / Photography: Adam Svanell / Editing: Adam Svanell, Julian Antell, Anton Noren / Sound: Carl Åborg Filmography: Tokyo Vacations (2016)
Production: Amaury Ovise / Script: Jean-Baptiste Saurel / Photography: Julien Roux / Editing: Nicolas Desmaison / Music: Manuel Peskine / Sound: Quentin Colette / Cast: Florence Janas, Charlie Dupont
Contact: Adam Svanell, +46 709931189, renee@houseofradon.com
Filmography: Aquabike (2015), Tomorrow Far Away (2012), The Dickslap (2012), Satellites (2009) Contact: Kazak Productions: Jean-Christophe Reymond, +33 148243057, info@kazakproductions.fr
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.6 SLICE OF LIFE
THU 7 - 17:00 - LUX 4 / FRI 8 - 18:00 - LUX 1
Jagata
The Right Way
Circus Debere Berhan
Director: Daniel Jacoby art film / The Netherlands, Spain, Peru, Japan / 2015 / 21’ / world premiere
Director: Emilio Yebra animation / Spain / 2015 / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Lukas Berger documentary / Portugal, Austria, Germany, Ethiopia / 2015 / 11’ / Dutch premiere
Somewhere in the middle of Hokkaido, lives a man with an inexplicable bond to a potato. Unwilling to be found yet at the same time yearning to reach out, the enigmatic story of his proximity to a root plant is told through the few unaddressed letters he decides to send out. Production: Daniel Jacoby, Hans van Hezik, Tim Rutten / Script, Photography, Editing: Daniel Jacoby / Music: Liisa Hirsch / Sound: Liisa Hirsch / Cast: Ryo Ono / Narration: Ryochi Ichinose, Mamoru Okuno Filmography: Jagata (2015), Ahold of Get the Things To (2014), Cuculí (2011), Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (2010), Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (2010), Ludwig van Beethoven’s Für Elise in Order of Tone (2009), 271 Times ‘No’ in A Clockwork Orange (2007) Contact: Video Power: Nadine Bemelmans, +31 652231250, vpfestival@gmail.com
In nature there are situations that happen very rarely. In The Right Way many of these situations occur on the same day and in the same place. Man is not visible, but nature shows us human behaviours. Production, Photography, Editing, Music, Sound, Animation: Emilio Yebra Filmography: You Are Not the Strongest (2016), The Right Way (2015) Contact: Emilio Yebra: +34 608938928, emilioyebragarcia@gmail.com
The time, the day and the year are different in Ethiopia than in Europe, but time doesn’t stand still. There is daily training. Circus Debere Berhan shows a circus performance that takes place in the natural environments of Ethiopia. Each shooting location fits in with the surroundings and the acts of the troupe members. Production, Script: Lukas Berger, Mário Gajo de Carvalho / Photography: Lukas Berger / Editing: Lukas Berger, Pedro Florêncio, Mário Gajo de Carvalho / Music: Circus Debere Berhan Band / Sound: Alex Gregson, Pedro Florêncio, Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Abush Baryew Filmography: Circus Debere Berhan (2015) Contact: Filmes do Gajo: Mário Gajo de Carvalho, +351 961646080, filmesdogajo@gmail.com
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.6 SLICE OF LIFE
EU.7 INTO THE WILD
THU 7 - 17:00 - LUX 4 / FRI 8 - 18:00 - LUX 1
Not Just Another Commute
FRI 8 - 21:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 19:00 - LUX 5
Train de Vie
Mama
Father
Love
Director: Lisa Matuszak animation / Belgium, France / 2015 / 8’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Davit Pirtskhalava fiction / Georgia / 2015 / 25’
Director: Reka Bucsi animation / Hungary, France / 2016 / 14’ / Dutch premiere
On a railway platform in the middle of nowhere, Dog, Heron and Horse hear that the train they are waiting for has been delayed. Dog is annoyed, Heron is anxious but Horse has a magazine and some biscuits... Production: Arnaud Demuynck / Script, Editing, Animation: Lisa Matuszak / Sound: Philippe Fontaine Filmography: Not Just Another Commute (2015), Haze, Pebbles and Metaphysics (2014) Contact: Les Films du Nord: Arnaud Demuynck , info@lesfilmsdunord.com
Lado is nineteen when his father comes back home unexpectedly after a very long absence. The young man tries desperately to get some answers from his parent, but in vain. When his father leaves again, Lado goes back to his life of crime, together with his younger brother. He is left to answer the questions their father would not hear. Production: Suliko Tsulukidze / Script: Davit Pirtskhalava / Photography: Shalva Sokurashvili / Editing: Nodar Nozadze / Sound: Paata Godziashvili, Nika Paniashvili / Cast: Mariam Maglaperidze, Zviad Pirtskhalava, Vakho Chachanidze, Mamuka Kiladze, Sandro Kalandadze Filmography: Father (2015) Contact: Millimeter Film: Mariam Kakabadze, info@millimeterfilm.com
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Love is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Production: Gábor Osváth, Méline Samson, Marc Bodin-Joyeux / Script, Editing: Reka Bucsi / Music: David Kamp / Sound: Péter Benjámin Lukács / Animation: Thibaud Petitpas, Nicole Stafford, Cyrille Chauvin, Reka Bucsi Filmography: Love (2016), Symphony No. 42 (2014) (Go Short 2015) Contact: Daazo Shortfilms!: Daniel Deak, danieldeak@daazo.com
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
Love Me More Mammas Man
Hinter dem Wald
Beyond the Forest
9, Chemin des Gauchoirs
Director: Kristoffer Carlin fiction / Norway / 2015 / 24’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Francesca Bertin, Leonhard Kaufmann documentary / Germany / 2015 / 9’ / international premiere
Director: Lyonel Charmette animation / France / 2015 / 13’
A nine-year-old boy becomes a dangerous nemesis to his mother’s new boyfriend. Production: John Einar Hagen, Petter Onstad Løkke / Script: Kristoffer Carlin / Photography: Neils Eilif Bremdal / Editing: Thomas Grotmol / Music: Håkon Nybø / Sound: Gunn Tove Grønsberg / Cast: Vegar Hoel, Marte Germaine Christensen, Axel Lyngstad Pharo Filmography: Love Me More (2015) Contact: Norwegian Film Institute: Arna Bersaas, +47 92813088, amb@nfi.no
Beyond the forest is the city of tomorrow, before the forest are the villages of yesterday. Production, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound: Francesca Bertin, Leonhard Kaufmann / Music: Mark Hornbogen Filmography: Francesca Bertin: Beyond the Forest (2015), The Appearance (2015), Stones Are Falling (2014), I Am Here (2013) (Go Short 2014); Leonhard Kaufmann: Beyond the Forest (2015), The Appearance (2015) Contact: Francesca Bertin: +49 15258445432, francesca.bertin@gmail.com
Cable cars converted into houses, how fascinating... The shepherd makes sure that nobody’s there, ties his goat to the quay and gets into a luxurious “bathroom cabin”. Vacillating between this unexpected comfort and the ground, he starts feeling at ease, until he meets the place’s real occupants. Production: Jean-François Sarazin / Script, Editing: Lyonel Charmette / Music, Sound: Sylvain Livenais / Animation: Alexandra Gaswtowtt, Helene Emain, Manon Marsal, Medhi Tebbakh, Louis-Jerome Augerd, Juliette Coutellier, Laurence Guidou, Sebastien Guidou, Aline Chazelle, Maxence Vernier, Nicola Henric, Nelly Durieux, Mariah Luna, Theo Perronard Filmography: 9, Chemin des Gauchoirs (2015), Exit Exit (2011), Bolides (2007) Contact: Vanilla Seed: Jean-François Sarazin, +33 426632854, contact@vanillaseed.fr
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.8 STORIES WE TELL
THU 7 - 22:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 15:30 - LUX 2
A Country of Two
Director: Neritan Zinxhiria art film / Albania, Romania, Greece / 2016 / 9’ / world premiere Soon after the fall of the regime, my parents walked the distance between Albania and Greece. I never knew if they stayed together because they had to or because they wanted to. This film is a small piece of bitter chocolate for my parents 37th anniversary as a homage to the failure of love. Production: Bianca Oana / Script: Neritan Zinxhiria / Photography: Christina Moumouri / Editing: George Alexiou / Sound: Leandros Ntounis / Cast, Narration: Fatbardha Zinxhiria, Shpetim Zinxhiria Filmography: A Country of Two (2016), The Time of A Young Man About To Kill (2015), Chamomile (2012), The Best Bride (2008) Contact: Monogram Film: Bianca Oana, b@monogramfilm.com
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The House Guard
JUS SOLI
Director: Ingel Vaikla documentary / Estonia / 2015 / 25’
Director: Somebody Nobody art film / United Kingdom / 2015 / 16’ / Dutch premiere
Majavalvur
The House Guard is a double portrait – of the Tallinn Linnahall concert and sports venue and its caretaker Peter, who are both bound by seclusion. It tells the story of the decline of a legendary building through one man’s eyes, and the personal story of a man against the backdrop of a vanishing building. It is a dialogue between the two. Production: Riho Västrik / Photography: Astrida Konstante, Tõnis Tuuga, Ingel Vaikla, Ants Tammik / Editing: Jette-Krõõt Keedus / Music: Ekke Västrik Filmography: The House Guard (2015) Contact: Ingel Vaikla: +32 485942998, ingel.vaikla@gmail.com
An experimental film that charts the changing emotions of Britain’s black population, from a Caribbean on the SS Windrush: full of hope and love for the “motherland” to a disaffected British youth angry, alienated and marginalised in British society. Splicing together archive footage, filmed scenes, sounds and images to build an image of Britain struggling to relinquish its colonial powers. Production, Script: Somebody Nobody / Photography: Annika Summerson / Editing: Hiran Balasuriya / Sound: Sami El-Enany / Cast: Nicholas Pinnock / Narration: Linton Kwesi Johnson Filmography: JUS SOLI (2015) Contact: Somebody Nobody Productions: Simon Jenkins, +44 7947610907 simon.jenkins@somebodynobody.co.uk
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.9 NOCTURNALS
THU 7 - 22:00 - LUX 5 / FRI 8 - 13:30 - LUX 2
Lampedusa
Director: Philip Cartelli, Mariangela Ciccarello art film / Italy, France, United States / 2015 / 13’ / Dutch premiere In late 1831, a volcanic island suddenly erupted from the sea a few kilometres off the southern coast of Sicily. An international dispute ensued, during which a number of European powers laid claim to this newfound “land.” The island receded below sea level six months later, leaving only a rocky ledge under the sea... Production, Photography, Editing: Philip Cartelli, Mariangela Ciccarello / Script: Mariangela Ciccarello / Sound: Philip Cartelli, Ernst Karel / Narration: Mariangela Ciccarello, Joris Lachaise, Carlo Signati, Lucien Castaing-Taylor Filmography: Philip Cartelli: Lampedusa (2015), Promenade (2015), Tour de France (2011), Three Ways to Cross a River (2010); Mariangela Ciccarello: Lampedusa, (2015), My Little Napoli (2015), Autodéfense (2013)
Erlking
We Will Stay in Touch About It
Director: Georges Schwizgebel animation / Switzerland / 2015 / 5’
Director: Jan Zabeil fiction / Germany / 2015 / 8’ / Dutch premiere
A father rides with his son through the forest. The sick child thinks he sees the Erlking who both charms and frightens him.
A man drives through a deserted landscape. Suddenly his car hits a person, seriously hurting or even killing him. The driver searches for the body, but cannot find it - and must accept that there is no one. Instead, he does find blood on the broken windshield.
Erlkönig
Production, Script, Editing: Georges Schwizgebel / Music: Franz Schubert, Liszt / Sound: Louis Schwizgebel Filmography: Erlking (2015), Along The Way (2012), Romance (2011), Retouches (2008), Play (2006), The Man Without a Shadow (2004), The Young Girl and the Clouds (2000), Fugue (1998), Zigzag (1996), The Year of the Deer (1995), The Race to the Bottom (1992), The Subject of the Picture (1989), Nakounine (1986), 78 Tours (1985), The Ravishing of Franc N. Stein (1982), Off-Side (1977), Perspectives (1975), The Flight of Icarus (1974)
Production: Alexander Fehling, Benny Drechsel, Jan Zabeil / Script, Photography: Jan Zabeil / Editing: Florian Miosge / Sound: Lars Ginzel, Anton K. Feist / Cast: Alexander Fehling Filmography: We Will Stay in Touch About It (2015), The River Used To Be A Man (2011), What Would The Drop Know About It (2008), L.H.O (2007) Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien: Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
Contact: Studio GDS: Georges Schwizgebel, +41 223427236, schwizgebel@studio-gds.ch
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.9 NOCTURNALS
THU 7 - 22:00 - LUX 5 / FRI 8 - 13:30 - LUX 2
A Coat Made Dark
The Beast
Moriom
Director: Jack O’Shea animation / Ireland / 2015 / 9’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Daina O. Pusic fiction / Croatia, Finland / 2015 / 20’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa documentary / Switzerland / 2015 / 12’
A man follows the orders of a dog to wear a coat with impossible pockets.
A hundred-year-old woman and her 75-year-old daughter have a tense but familiar relationship. The daughter takes care of her frail, mute, at times cruel mother until one evening a bat flies into the old woman’s room and starts hibernating underneath her bed. The animal’s presence gradually reinvigorates the mother, eternally and fatally changing the relationship between them.
Summer 2014. Rural Bangladesh. “I came from Heaven. I came to destroy all bad things in the world. I’m a police officer. I’m a flower angel. I got a job at a police station. I will punish them. I will put them in jail.” The history of a girl and the tragedy that changed her life.
Production: Damien Byrne, Caroline Campbell / Script, Editing, Sound: Jack O’Shea / Music: Neil O’Connor / Animation: Joe Loftus, Jack O’Shea, Tom Young, Paul Ruttledge Filmography: A Coat Made Dark (2015), Eat the Danger (2012). Contact: Still Films: Damien Byrne, +35 3862245671, damiencbyrne@gmail.com
Zvjerka
Production: Anamaria Kapulica, Liisa Juntunen, Mirta Puhlovski / Script: Daina O. Pusic / Photography: Arthur Mulhern / Editing: Arttu Salmi / Music, Sound: Toni Teivaala / Animation: Kristijan Mršic / Cast: Marija Kohn, Doris Saric-Kukuljica Filmography: Rhonna and Donna (2016), The Beast (2015), Elephants (2012), Press Your Lips Together (2011), Companions (2010), The Cut (2008), At the Table (2007) Contact: Slavica Film: Mirta Puhlovski, +38 5915221131, slavica.film@gmail.com
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Production: Francesca Scalisi, Mark Olexa / Photography: Mark Olexa / Editing: Francesca Scalisi / Music: Olivier Verleye / Sound: Pierre Berset Filmography: Francesca Scalisi: Moriom (2015), Gente dei Bagni (2014); Mark Olexa: Moriom (2015), Strategama (2014), Heart-Quake (2010) Contact: Dok Mobile: Mark Olexa, +41 797184891, mrkolexa@gmail.com
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.10 REALITY CHECK 2.0
THU 7 - 15:00 - LUX 2 / FRI 9 - 17:00 - LUX 3
Gust of Wind on the Mount Sainte-Victoire
Lost Village
(Self)exhibitions
Director: Léo Zarka art film / France / 2015 / 7’ / Dutch premiere
Director: George Todria fiction / Spain / 2015 / 16’ / Dutch Premiere
Director: Florencia Aliberti documentary / Spain, Argentina / 2015 / 14’
In the middle of a scorching summer night, the two first men met at the foot of the mount Sainte-Victoire. The storm awakens, it’s the day where it all began.
A middle-aged man and woman are the only ones living in an abandoned village when lights start appearing in some of the empty houses. Each character reacts to this phenomenon differently. Their lives will never be the same again.
(Self)exhibitions is a found footage documentary film made with home movies that approaches new forms of self-representation and exhibition of our intimacy on the internet. Private experiences that become part of a spontaneous circuit of imitations and replies between web users, where self-representation forms generate, through these individual experiences, uncountable copies of the same.
(Auto)exposiciones
Coup de vent sur la Sainte-Victoire
Production: Joséphine Mourlaque / Photography, Editing, Sound, Animation: Léo Zarka Filmography: Gust of Wind on the Mount Sainte-Victoire (2015), Europe (2013), Rooms With a View (2012) Contact: WAWAIM: Joséphine Mourlaque, +33 153204280, wawaim.m@gmail.com
Production: Gorka Gómez Andreu / Script: Maka Kukulava / Photography: Gorka Gómez Andreu / Music: Irakli Shonia / Sound: Bacho Gvetadze, Iosu González / Cast: Kakha Kobaladze, Lia Abuladze / Filmography: Lost Village (2015), The Doctor (2013), Kibe (2011), La Mie Parte (2008), L’Audizione (2007), Lunedi (2006), The Craving (2003) Contact: Kimuak: Esther Cabero, +34 943115511, kimuak@filmotecavasca.com
Production: Florencia Aliberti, Nanouk Films / Script, Editing: Florencia Aliberti / Sound: Coser y Cantar Studio Filmography: (Self)exhibitions (2015), Filma (2015), Variations on Alice (2011) Contact: Nanouk Films: Florencia Aliberti, +34 617811362, flor.aliberti@gmail.com
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EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.10 REALITY CHECK 2.0
THU 7 - 15:00 - LUX 2 / FRI 9 - 17:00 - LUX 3
Voice-Over
Rate Me
Endgame
Director: Roy Villevoye art film / The Netherlands, Papua New Guinea / 2015 / 21’
Director: Fyzal Boulifa fiction / United Kingdom / 2015 / 17’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Phil Mulloy animation / United Kingdom / 2015 / 7’
In the tropical rainforest the Papuans make a great traditional wooden statue to commemorate their recently deceased family member Omomá. The filmmaker, who knew Omomá as a friend, follows the ritual closely. Meanwhile somewhere else, he gets involved in a business conflict. A painful confrontation of two worlds.
A portrait of teenage escort, ‘Coco’.
Production, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound: Roy Villevoye / Cast: Welem Pupís, Yakobus Serambí, Markus Semen Mbes / Narration: Peter Drost Filmography: The Double (2016), Voice-Over (2015) Contact: LIMA: Theus Zwakhals, +31 638856418, theuszwakhals@li-ma.nl
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Production, Photography: Taina Galis / Script: Fyzal Boulifa / Editing: Taina Galis, Fyzal Boulifa / Music: Felicia / Sound: Anna Bertmark / Cast: Zehra Zorba Filmography: Rate Me (2015), The Curse (2012) (Go Short 2014), BURN MY BODY (2010), Whore. (2009), Afternoon (2008) Contact: La Distrubutrice de films: Serge Abiaad, +1 5145779389, serge@ladistributrice.ca
After a tough week at the office, Richard and George like to play war games over the weekend to relax. The dispassionate atmosphere and minimalistic style with which the growing brutality is handled slowly wipes the smile from your face, before making sure that it doesn’t return. Production, Script, Editing, Music, Sound, Animation: Phil Mulloy Filmography: Endgame (2015), Bird of Paradise (2013), The Christies (2006), The Intolerance Trilogy (2000-2004), The Sexlife of a Chair (1998), The Wind of Changes (1997), The Ten Commandments series (1994-1996), Cowboys series (1991) Contact: Phil Mulloy, philmulloy@hotmail.com
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
EU.11 WHAT’S UP, DOC?
FRI 8 - 19:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 11:00 - LUX 3
The Architect and the Gardener
The Meadow
Suspended by the Night
Director: Thibault Le Texier art film / France / 2016 / 13’ / world premiere
Director: Jela Hasler documentary / Switzerland / 2015 / 8’
Director: Eva Tourrent documentary / France / 2015 / 23’ / Dutch premiere
She didn’t leave me, she asked me to do it. I draw maps, I help them to drop bombs. Hitler bombed Paris, but he hasn’t been excommunicated. We had to choose where to go on holidays. That’s how it started.
In a dry, barren landscape, a herd of cattle is grazing, accompanied by dogs, looked after by cowboys. Step by step the seemingly peaceful place starts to prove fallacious to the viewer – while the cows end their day as it begun.
Script, Editing, Sound: Thibault Le Texier / Photography: The David Rumsey Collection, Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Catarina Smith / Music: Makoto Kawabata / Cast + Narration: Catarina Smith, Todd Sells
Production, Script: Jela Hasler / Photography: Andi Widmer / Editing: Stephan Heiniger / Music: Albin Rohrer / Sound: Thomas Gassmann, Jela Hasler
There is a cable suspended between the machine and the void, between the snow groomer and the slope, between Guillaume and his thoughts. Every winter night, Guillaume crosses the ski runs and the mountain to repack the snow. Alone in his cabin, he is at one with his machine, in balance composed of ceaselessly repeated comings and goings...
Filmography: The Meadow (2015), No Porn (2013) Filmography: School Shooting (2016), The Architect and the Gardener (2016), The Invention of the Desert (2014), American Capitalism, a Self-portrait (2013), The Human Factor (2011) (Go Short 2013) Contact: Thibault Le Texier, +33 981686142, letexier@singularity.fr
Contact: Jela Hasler, +41 797576491, jela@jelahasler.ch
Suspendu à la Nuit
Production: Guillaume Morel / Photography: Olivier Dury / Editing: Cécile Matinaud / Music: Matthieu Canaguier / Sound: Mikaël Kandelman Filmography: Suspended by the Night (2014), Chemins de Traverse (2012), Sur la Route avec Lily, Fanny, Sylviane et Michel (2011), Tant Qu’ils Restent (2010), Entre les Pierres (2007), Nous Autres (2007) Contact: Survivance: Guillaume Morel, +33 674863895, guillaume@survivance.net
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EU.11 WHAT’S UP, DOC?
EU.12 FINE ARTS
FRI 8 - 19:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 11:00 - LUX 3
THU 7 - 17:00 - LUX 2 / SAT 9 - 11:30 - LUX 2
You Have a Problem
The Sniper of Kobani
Black
Director: Esra Piké documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 25’
Director: Reber Dosky documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’
Director: Anouk De Clercq art film / Belgium / 2015 / 4’
We follow Thea and Albert-Jan, two members of the outreach care team of Groningen city, during the intensive struggles they have to go through with their clients. The outreach care team tries to help to bring people that have slipped through the social security net back into the system of regular care facilities before their situation gets even worse.
The Sniper of Kobani is a portrait of Haron, a Kurdish fighter who came to the Syrian town of Kobani to end the IS occupation. Haron works as a sniper, amidst the enormous ruins of the city. In his hide-out, he reflects on his hopes and nightmares.
Simultaneously boundless and intimate, collective and personal, an ode to and an example of a cinematic experience that is becoming increasingly rare, the darkness of a movie theatre in the course of the projection of a 35mm film print.
Production: Jos de Putter / Photography: Nina Badoux, Reber Dosky / Editing: Stefan Hickert / Music: Wouter van Bemmel / Sound: Taco Drijfhout
Production: Marie Logie / Script: Anouk De Clercq / Photography: Anouk De Clercq / Editing: Anouk De Clercq / Animation: Anouk De Clercq / Filmography: Black (2015), Thing (2013), Swan Song (2013), Oops Wrong Planet (2009)
Filmography: You Have a Problem (2015), Self-Employed (2012)
Filmography: The Sniper of Kobani (2015), One Happy Day (2015), Horsepower (2015), 4Ever (2014), The Call (2013) (Go Short 2014), My Good Fortune In Auschwitz (2012)
Contact: IJswater Films: Cemile Akiturkmen, cemile@ijswater.nl
Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, info@someshorts.com
U Hebt een Probleem
Production: Marc Bary / Photography: Stephan Polman / Editing: Xander Nijsten / Sound: Taco Drijfhout / Cast: Albert-Jan Martinus, Thea Bulthuis
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Contact: Auguste Orts: Marie Logie, +32 28808560, marie@augusteorts.be
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
Yúyú
Skyline Memory vanish in thin air Skyline Memory desvanecidos en el aire
Of Slaves and Robots (Radivoj Kasanin Speaks) O Robovima i Robotima
Director: Marc Johnson art film / France / 2015 / 16’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Beatriz Ruibal art film / Spain / 2015 / 22’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Miloš Tomic art film / Serbia / 2015 / 2’ / international premiere
The beekeeper Shé Zuo Bin performs a traditional rite of spring on one of the rocks. He allows queen bees to be placed on his body who then summon worker bees. By the end, Shé Zuo Bin’s body is entirely covered by bees. In a kind of trance, he stands utterly still. The buzzing of bees dominates all. He trusts the bees completely, and for a moment they lose all that is dangerous, terrifying. They are a protective shield.
This is a visual document that addresses the concepts of the city, modernity, urban planning and memory from a poetic perspective. Skyscrapers are portrayed as immense receptacles of memories, symbols of the power of cities: figuratively stepping inside these buildings, imagining the different forms of human existence, speculating on the virtues and miseries concealed in the privacy of each home.
Stop motion animation that combines drawings, embroidery, found objects and paper collage. Inspired by an audio story from legendary professor Radivoj Kašanin from the Institute of Mathematics in Belgrade, found in the audio archive of Radio Belgrade, about how not to be a slave or a robot.
Production: Anne-Marie Melster, Marc Johnson / Script: Marc Johnson / Photography: Guillaume Brault / Editing: David Charpentier / Sound: Philippe Vandendriessche, Matthieu Choux, Raphael Hénard, Aymeric de Tapol
Production, Photography: Beatriz Ruibal / Script: Beatriz Ruibal, Javier Azpeitia, Antonia Castaño, Andrés Fisher, Ana Merino / Editing: Beatriz Ruibal, Jorge Calvo Chelsea 22 / Sound: Beatriz Ruibal, Telson / Narration: Luis Auserón, Susana Martins, Beatriz Ruibal
Filmography: Yúyú (2015), BUS¥NESS (2013), Disruption (2007)
Filmography: Undersea Poem (2015), Skyline Memory vanish in thin air (2015), Nothing more beautiful than your image (2013), The spaces we were (2013)
Contact: Freak Independent Film Agency: Chloe Marbehan, +34 927248248, internacional@agenciafreak.com
Contact: Freak Independent Film Agency: Chloe Marbehan, +34 927248248, internacional@agenciafreak.com
Production: Milos Ivanovic / Script, Photography, Animation: Miloš Tomic / Editing: Stanko Milovanovic / Music: Vladimir Chab / Sound: Dako Puac, Micun Jaukovic / Narration: Raša Popov Filmography: Of Slaves and Robots (Radivoj Kasanin Speaks) (2015), Sarena Laza (2011), Blato (2009), Bush (2006), Suknickár (2005), Clay Pigeon (2005) Contact: Miloš Tomic: +38 1113220655, bilboblah@hotmail.com
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EU.12 FINE ARTS
EU.13 DARK TALES OF ANIMATION
THU 7 - 17:00 - LUX 2 / SAT 9 - 11:30 - LUX 2
FRI 8 - 17:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 17:00 - LUX 5
Quantum.
THE
Yùl and the Snake
Director: FLATFORM art film / Italy, Germany / 2015 / 8’
Director: Dieter Kovacic, Billy Roisz art film / Austria / 2015 / 13’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Gabriel Harel animation / France / 2015 / 13’ / Dutch premiere
A town observed from the hill facing it is treated as an architectural model illuminated by the lights of a home interior. The sounds cancel the distance of the shot, amplifying the details of places and actions lit up by beams of light, making places and actions appear as miniatures.
Unlike fear, dread has no object. One only dreads emptiness. “THE” stands in massive red letters, accompanied by a crow’s cry, in front of a clouded sky. “THE” what? The Thing, The Ring, The Descent, or simply The Wedding Planner?
Yùl, 13-years-old, goes with his big brother Dino to conclude a deal with Mike, a thug escorted by his Argentinian mastiff. When things go wrong, a mysterious snake appears.
Production: Rosa Meins / Script, Editing, Sound: FLATFORM / Photography: Delia Simonelli, Raffaele Ingegno / Music: Massimo Boario, Giacomo Puccini / Cast: Mario Pasquariello, Roberta Martena, Mario Martena, Maria Luisa Inga, Raffaele Cuna Filmography: Quantum., (2015), Trento Symphonia (2014), Movements of an Impossible Time, (2011), A Place to Come (2011), 57.600 Seconds of Invisible Night and Light (2009), Sunday 6th April, 11:42 a.m. (2008), 9.2 (2008), People Roll Down from Other Places (2007), About Zero (2007) Contact: FLATFORM, +39 3356086080, flatform@flatform.it 52
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Yùl et le Serpent
Production, Script, Photographym Editing, Music, Sound: Billy Roisz, Dieter Kovacic
Production: Amaury Ovise / Script: Nicolas Pleskof, Gabriel Harel / Editing: Nicolas Desmaison / Music: Freddy Leclerc / Sound: Mathieu Descamps / Cast: David Ribeiro, Théo Bertrand, Didier Michon
Filmography: Dieter Kovacic: THE (2016); Billy Roisz: THE (2015), Darkroom (2014), zounk! (2012), Blinq (2002), Smokfraqs (2001)
Filmography: Yùl and the Snake (2015)
Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Contact: Kazak Productions: Kenza Barrah, info@kazakproductions.fr
EUROPEAN COMPETITION
The Master Isand
Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau
Chulyen, a Crow’s Tale
Under the Apple Tree
Director: Riho Unt animation / Estonia / 2015 / 18’
Director: Cerise Lopez, Agnès Patron animation / France / 2015 / 20’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Erik van Schaaik animation / Belgium, The Netherlands / 2015 / 18’
The dog Popi and the monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home, who one day simply didn’t return anymore... From this particular day on their mutual life starts. Popi, despite being actually smarter and stronger surrenders to Huhuu’s whims.
Chulyen is strong, Chulyen is handsome. Chulyen is weak, Chulyen is ugly. Chulyen is the crow spirit, and three shamans are chasing after him.
A deceased farmer is buried by his hated brother, the vicar. Worms inhabit the corpse, discovering they’ve full control over it. The dead farmer awakens...
Production: Kerdi Kuusik - Oengo, Andrus Raudsalu / Script: Riho Unt / Photography: Ragnar Neljandi / Editing: Ragnar Neljandi, Riho Unt / Music: Arvo Pärt, Lepo Sumera / Sound: Horret Kuus / Animation: Märt Kivi, Andres Tenusaar
Production: Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago / Photography: Jonas Schloesing / Editing: Nazim Meslem, Cerise Lopez, Agnès Patron / Music: Pierre Oberkampf / Sound: Mathias Chaumet, Mathieu Vigouroux / Animation: Antoine Lopez, Sandra Rivaud, Laurence Szymaszek, Lucas Malbrun, Morgane le Péchon, Cerise Lopez, Agnès Patron
Production: Erik van Schaaik, Ben Tesseur, Peter Mansfelt / Script, Editing: Erik van Schaaik / Photography: Peter Mansfelt / Music: Miguel Boelens / Sound: Erik van Schaaik, Jeroen Nadorp, Rinus Aarts / Narration: Claire King, Tim Gunther / Animation: Erik van Schaaik, Steven de Beul, Maarten de Rooy, Rosanne Janssens, Sergio Lara Jimenez /
Filmography: The Master (2015), Miriam’s Kite (2013), Happy Birthday (2012), Lili (2008), North Dragon (2007), Miriam and the Flood (2006), Miriam’s Nestbox, Brothers Bearhearts (2005)
Filmography: Cerise Lopez: Chulyen, a Crow’s Tale (2015), Magnetic Love (2011); Agnès Patron: Chulyen, a Crow’s Tale (2015), Widow Caillou (2011), The Hungman Waltz (2008)
Filmography: Under the Apple Tree (2015), Pecker (2010), The Phantom of the Cinema (2008), Vent (2004)
Contact: Nukufilm Studios: Maret Reismann, +372 56988258, nukufilm@nukufilm.ee
Contact: Ikki Films: Edwina Liard, +33 662786665, contact@ikkifilms.com
Contact: Klik! Distribution Service: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
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DUTCH COMPETITION 350 Dutch entries were registered at the festival this year and seen by our programmers. 7 films went straight to our European Competition and 5 made it to the Breaking Shorts Student Competition. Nevertheless a wide range of 21 films was picked for the Dutch Competition. This is a platform that offers a selection of the boldest Dutch shorts and talents to keep an eye on.
strong comedies, with its young directors knowing just how to give their own twist to the genre. The same goes for Home Suite Home, which was pitched during Go Short last year while the film was still in production. For our supporting film project this year we collaborated with Emma Westenberg. The result of this, Hell, and her debut short A Painful Affair can be seen in this selection.
Giving national talent an international platform is something we find truly important at Go Short. Once again this competition is the place to discover the most interesting names on the scene right now. LAZARUS and Shortcut are
But of course we also have some directors that featured in our Dutch Competition before, returning once again with a strong film. Aaron Rookus is back for the third time, now presenting the world premiere of Old Sore. Pim Zwier is back for the
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second time with another photo-essay, this time shifting the theme of his imagery from animals to the war machine. Stephane Kaas first entered our competition in 2010 with his graduation film Forever 19. That same year Floor van der Meulen was part of our Student Campus. Now she is back in competition with her documentary 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo, which she made with Thomas Vroege. The movie has already gotten quite some attention in the festival scene. Welcome back!
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NL.3: OUT OF YOUR MIND P. 59
Shortcut / Max Lunter / fiction / The Netherlands / 12’ Lazarus / Gonzalo Fernandez / fiction / The Netherlands / 26’ Parade / Digna van der Put / animation / The Netherlands / 4’ Home Suite Home / Jeroen Houben / fiction / The Netherlands / 13’ Detector / Floris Kingma / fiction / The Netherlands / 11’ Hell / Emma Westenberg / fiction / The Netherlands / 5’
Mischa / Remy Kooi / fiction / The Netherlands / 12’ Typewriterhead / Eric Giessmann / animation / The Netherlands, Germany / 4’ Oriental Odyssey / Stephane Kaas / documentary / The Netherlands / 30’ 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo / Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen / documentary / The Netherlands, Syria / 12’ Son du Serpent / Tami Ravid / art film / The Netherlands, Benin / 11’
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They Call Us the Enemy / Pim Zwier / art film / The Netherlands / 7’ My Silicone Love / Sophie Dros / documentary / The Netherlands / 27’ (Otto) / Job, Joris & Marieke / animation / The Netherlands / 10’ Old Sore / Aaron Rookus / fiction / The Netherlands / 15’ Skinhearts / Sally Fenaux Barleycorn / fiction / The Netherlands / 5’ A Painful Affair / Emma Westenberg / fiction / The Netherlands / 10’
A Man Returned / Mahdi Fleifel / documentary / Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom / 30’ Lukas by the Sea / Jordi Wijnalda / fiction / The Netherlands / 26’ A Day Off / Wouter Stoter / fiction / The Netherlands / 10’ Panic! / Daan Velsink, Joost Lieuwma / animation / The Netherlands / 5’
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DUTCH COMPETITION
NL.1 NEW FRIENDSHIPS
THU 7 - 19:30 - LUX 4 / SAT 9 - 15:30 - LUX 2
Shortcut
LAZARUS
Parade
Director: Max Lunter fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’
Director: Gonzalo Fernandez fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 26’
Director: Digna van der Put animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 4’ / Dutch premiere
Somewhere between meadows, forests and close bushes, far away from the civilized word, a car drives on a road. The car is empty. The headlights are on and there’s music playing from the car radio. When three persons find a car, they first pretend to bring it back. However they have something else in mind. A clash between three individuals and a mysterious car which will change their lives forever.
LAZARUS is an absurdist road movie about a mother who has nothing to live for anymore. During her last journey, she is suddenly accompanied by a strange man, who is the opposite of her. Even when she thinks she got rid of him, she is pressured to go on an adventure with him. The night is still young.
Drie Mensen Vinden een Auto
Production: Hidde de Vries, Domenica Tundo / Script: Wessel de Vries / Photography: Aziz Al-Dilaimi / Editing: Emiel Nuninga / Music: René Thie / Sound: Gijs den Hartogh / Cast: Nuria Zantman, Ali Zijlstra, Bart Harder Filmography: Shortcut (2015), Voetzoeker (2015), Nero (2014), Korte Golf (2012) Contact: Kapitein Media: Hidde de Vries, +31 636305627, info@driemensenvindeneenauto.nl
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Production: Julia Rombout / Script: Marielot van der Slikke / Photography: Niels van der Kraan / Editing: Augustine Huijsser / Music: Einar Sv Tryggvason, Harald Austbø / Sound: Job Michel, Rosanne Blokker / Cast: Joep van der Geest, Suzan Boogaerdt / Filmography: Lazarus (2015), The Price of Oil (2015) Contact: Julia Rombout, +31 610060281, juliarombout@gmail.com
Six fanfare flute players explore the landscape of the uniform. A journey that does not go unscathed. Production: Ton Crone / Script, Animation: Digna van der Put / Music: Alex Debicki / Sound: Bob Kommer Sound Studio’s Filmography: Parade (2015), Squirrel & Elephant (2009) Contact: Klik! Distribution Service: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
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Home Suit Home
Detector
Hell
Director: Jeroen Houben fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 13’
Director: Floris Kingma fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 11’
Director: Emma Westenberg fiction / The Netherlands / 2016 / 5’ / world Premiere
Ludwig is a middle-aged hotel inspector who has been traveling the world for years, spending each night in a different hotel. The mini bar, the clean sheets, the room service; it’s what he calls home. But through the years Ludwig has become tired of his luxury life. When he meets a young woman in Paris, it might just be the wake-up call he needed.
During his regular search for abandoned valuables in the dunes, a man finds a somewhat disturbing package that puts his moral values to the test.
Production: Jeroen Houben, Philip Harthoorn, Julius Ponten / Photography: Gregg Telussa / Editing: Wouter van Luijn / Cast: Slimane Dazi, Thekla Reuten, Gene Bervoets Filmography: Home Suite Home (2015), Plaster (2015) (Go Short 2016), Sorry (2012), Page 23 (2011) (Go Short 2012), Mix Tape (2011) Contact: Jeroen Houben, +31 631642712, houbenjh@gmail.com
Production: Frank de Kok / Script: Floris Kingma / Photography: Marc de Meijer / Editing: Martin Heijgelaar / Music: Hielke Praagman / Sound: Erik Thomassen / Cast: Titus Boonstra, Saskia Schäfer Filmography: Detector (2014) Contact: CZAR: Jeroen Nijhuis, +31 617228727, jeroen@czar.nl
De Hel
A fight at a karaoke bar that went out of control ends for the young Valerie in a one-way ticket to hell. Together with fellow sufferer Johan she looks for answers. Who sent her here? Production: Gijs Kerbosch, Roel Oude Nijhuis, Gijs Determeijer / Script: Sarah Arnolds / Photography: Boas van Milligen Bielke / Editing: Emma Westenberg, Mieneke Kramer / Music: Haron Aumaj / Sound: Vincent Sinceretti / Cast: Abbey Hoes, Michiel Romeyn, Raven Aartsen, San Proper, Laura Rijnties Filmography: Hell (2016), A Painful Affair (2015) (Go Short 2016), Emma’s Universe (2015), Regal Degal Delicious (2015), Het Stilleven Van Estelle (2014), De Minister en het Contract van de Eeeuw (2014) Contact: Go Short: Teun van Laake, project@goshort.nl
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NL.2 DON’T PANIC
FRI 8 - 22:00 - LUX 2 / SAT 9 - 16:00 - LUX 1
A Man Returned
Lukas by the Sea
A Day Off
Director: Mahdi Fleifel documentary / Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom / 2015 / 30’
Director: Jordi Wijnalda fiction / The Netherlands / 2016 / 26’ / world premiere
Director: Wouter Stoter fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’
During a seemingly endless night in a desolate hotel by the sea, a 25-year-old guy called Lukas tries to find a solution for his loneliness with whomever he encounters: a webcam girl, a James Dean impersonator, an older business woman... But some things cannot be found by looking for them.
‘Hipster’ Erik finds a new goal when he sees the au pair of the neighbours sunbathing in the garden: to prove that he is not a forty-year-old family man living in a suburb with the task to mow the lawn.
To escape the poor conditions in Palestinian refugee camp Ain El-Helweh, Reda wandered Greece for three years. He is now an addict and back at the camp that is suffering the effects of the war in Syria. His parents have arranged a bride in the hope of getting his life back on track. A reason to party. Production: Patrick Campbell / Photography: Mahdi Fleifel / Editing: Michael Aaglund / Sound: Dario Swade Filmography: Men In The Sun (2016), A Man Returned (2015), Xenos (2013), Visit Palestine (2012), A World Not Ours (2012), Four Weeks (2009), Arafat & I (2008), The Writer (2007), Harrisons Monday’s Arms (2006), Hamoudi & Emil (2004), Shadi In The Beautiful Well (2003) Contact: Patrick Campbell, +44 7852840462, Nakba FilmWorks, patrick@nakbafilmworks.com
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Lukas aan Zee
Production: Rosan Breman, Alex Pitstra / Script: Jordi Wijnalda / Photography: John Wakayama Carey / Editing: Freek Zonderland / Music: Robin Buijs / Sound: Menno Knevel, Renger Koning / Cast: Tamar van den Dop, Mattias Vandevijver, Kay Greidanus, Julia Akkermans, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen Filmography: Lukas by the Sea (2015), We All Don’t Want to Be Afraid (2015), Now What? (2015), Southwest (2013) Contact: Blunt Cinema: Jordi Wijnalda, +31 617731557, jordi@bluntcinema.com
Een Vrije Dag
Production: Maarten van der Ven / Script: Wouter Stoter / Photography: Mark van Aller / Editing: Axel Skovdall Roelofs / Sound: Michiel de Boer / Cast: Anemone Valcke, Marc Madeleyn Filmography: A Day Off (2015), At the Other Side (2013) Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, info@someshorts.com
DUTCH COMPETITION
NL.3 OUT OF YOUR MIND
THU 7 - 14:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 14:30 - LUX 3
Panic!
Mischa
Typewriterhead
Director: Daan Velsink, Joost Lieuwma animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 5’
Director: Remy Kooi fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’
Director: Eric Giessmann animation / The Netherlands, Germany / 2015 / 4’
In the car on her day off Marja has a sudden rush of panic: did she turn off the gas? And did she leave the water running? And lock the window? In her mind her imaginary mistakes grow to absurd proportions.
Mischa is one of the first Soviet cosmonaut’s. Today is the day Mischa is being launched into space, today is the day he can make his father proud. These are his final moments and these memories are his.
A man with a typewriter-head tries to get rid of his out-of-control thoughts.
Production: il Luster Films / Script: Daan Velsink, Joost Lieuwma / Editing: Daan Velsink / Music: Jorrit Kleinen, Alexander Reumers / Sound: Jeroen Nadorp / Animation: Joost Lieuwma, Daan Velsink, Lukas Krepel
Production: Sander Pleijsier, Guido Franken / Script, Editing: Remy Kooi / Photography: Mark Handels / Music: Erik Moonen, Sander Pleijsier / Sound: Sander Pleijsier / Cast: Felipe Hamers, Bastiaan Fischer, Theo Brandwijk, Martin Kooi, Kenny Curfs
Paniek!
Filmography: Joost Lieuwma: Panic! (2015), Leaving Home (2013), How Dave and Emma Got Pregnant (2011) (Go Short 2013), Things You’d Better Not Mix Up (2010) (Go Short 2011), Once upon a time in my wife (2005); Daan Velsink: Panic! (2015)
Filmography: Mischa (2015)
Production, Script, Photographym Editing, Animation: Eric Giessmann / Music: Robert Wolf / Sound: Simon Kamphans Filmography: Typewriterhead (2015), Negentropy & Progression (2014), The Hutch (2009), The Approval of Others (2009), Wrong Bet (2008), DreamSynphony (2008), Veteran (2007) Contact: Eric Giessmann, +49 15787411203, mail@ericgiessmann.com
Contact: Seizur3: Remy Kooi, +31 615566000, info@remykooi.nl
Contact: il Luster: Thierry Paalman, +31 616060915, distribution@illuster.nl
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NL.3 OUT OF YOUR MIND
THU 7 - 14:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 14:30 - LUX 3
Oriental Odyssey
9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo
Son du Serpent
Director: Stephane Kaas documentary / The Netherlands / 2016 / 30’ / world premiere
Director: Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen documentary / The Netherlands, Syria / 2015 / 12’
Director: Tami Ravid art film / The Netherlands, Benin / 2015 / 11’
One morning in August 2012, renowned Syrian photographer Issa Touma saw young men lugging sandbags into his street. It turned out to be the start of the Syrian uprising in the city of Aleppo. Touma grabbed his camera and spent nine days holed up in his apartment, recording what was happening outside.
In this dance film, an African man feverishly looks for his wife who has vanished without a trace. His ramble, partly taking place in a supernatural reality, unfolds like a road movie. All the time, the man’s longing for his darling is undiminished. Torn between the modern and the traditional African life, he wonders if he may have lost his dearest to an invisible world.
18-year-old Mattho Mandersloot wants to become a Taekwondo Champion. Only one problem: he’s not that talented. “But with hard work you can achieve anything you want” he says firmly. What’s more important: hard work or talent? Production: Stephane Kaas / Editing: Tamara Vuurmans Filmography: Oriental Odyssey (2016), To Do List (2013), Audiotour (2012), Sister Crazy (2010), Forever 19 (2009) (Go Short 2010) Contact: Stephane Kaas, +31 645769198, stephanekaas@gmail.com
Production: Jos de Putter / Photography, Narration: Issa Touma / Editing: Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen / Sound: Tom Jansen Filmography: Thomas Vroege: 9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo (2015), So Help Me God (2015), The Son & The Stranger (2012); Floor van der Meulen: 9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo (2015), Storming Paradise (2014), You & Me (2012) Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, info@someshorts.com
Production: Floor Onrust / Script: Feri de Geus, Tami Ravid / Photography: Diderik Evers / Editing: Patrick Schonewille / Music: Compagnie Walo / Sound: Taco Drijfhout / Cast: Rachelle Agbossou, Guilliaume Niedjo Filmography: Son du Serpent (2015), His Snake (2015), Median Empire MC (2014), The Boy Who Thought He Was Good as He Was (2013), Boy (2012), Vals Plat (2006-), Samual (2005), Baby Blues (2004), Leny (2004) Contact: Chris Stenger, +31 207071713, info@familyaffairfilms.nl
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DUTCH COMPETITION
NL.4 FAMILY HISTORY
THU 7 - 18:00 - LUX 1 / FRI 9 - 13:00 - LUX 5
They Call Us the Enemy
My Sillicone Love
(Otto)
Director: Pim Zwier art film / The Netherlands / 2015 / 7’
Director: Sophie Dros documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 27’
Director: Job, Joris & Marieke animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’
Shining boots and buttons, epaulettes and stripes on shoulders and sleeves, medals pinned to the chest, a confident look in the eyes and belief in their own supremacy. The theatrical pomp and circumstance, ceremonial traditions, spotless uniforms and accompanying attributes, which the military uses to present itself, contrast sharply with the devastation and chaos it causes.
Everard has twelve lifelike dolls. He talks with them, dresses them, has sex with them and loves them as if they are real people. Is he happy with this way of living or does he actually long for a real woman? My Silicone Love shows his everyday life in contrast with the fantasy world in which his dolls come alive.
A woman who can’t have children steals the imaginary friend of a little girl and keeps this a secret from her husband. While the woman enjoys life with her imaginary child the gap between her and her husband grows bigger. When the little girl comes to claim back her imaginary friend, it’s the power of imagination that brings everyone together.
Production, Script, Editing: Pim Zwier / Music: Nicolas Chientaroli / Sound: Pim Zwier, Nicolas Chientaroli Filmography: They Call Us the Enemy (2015), All What Is Somehow Useful (2013) (Go Short 2016), Breathless (2012), Breathtaking (2012), Celestial Body (2010), Oerdak (2010), Sutrapeze (2010), Jolanda 23 (2008), Sarah Ann (2008), Bidcatcher (2007) a.o. Contact: Eye Film Institute: Edith van der Heijde, +31 207582362, experimental@eyefilm.nl
Production: Eleanora de Rijke / Photography: Boas van Milligen Bielke / Editing: Erik ten Brinke / Music: Thomas Goralski / Sound: Gijs den Hartogh Filmography: My Sillicone Love (2015), Rubber Romance (2014) Contact: Mathieu Janssen, +31 648836471, mathieu.janssen@gmail.com
Production, Script, Music: Job, Joris & Marieke / Sound: Job, Joris & Marieke, Jeroen Nadorp / Animation: Rik Schutte, Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins Filmography: (Otto) (2015), Bon Voyage! (2014), A Single Life (2014) (Go Short 2015), MUTE (2013) (Go Short 2014), It’s not funny , it’s art! (2008) (Go Short 2009), Moi (2006), Visiting Walter (2006), Unbelievable (2005), How Snjezhi Tsjelovek found his ancestors (2003), a.o. Contact: Klik! Distribution Service: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl GOSHORT
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NL.4 FAMILY HISTORY
THU 7 - 18:00 - LUX 1 / FRI 9 - 13:00 - LUX 5
Old Sore
Skinhearts
A Painful Affair
Director: Aaron Rookus fiction / The Netherlands / 2016 / 15’ / world premiere
Director: Sally Fenaux Barleycorn fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 5’
Director: Emma Westenberg fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’
What if we became an impersonal and faceless society set up to avoid all physical contact as a rule of proper behaviour to the point of making it illegal? Zoe lives in such society but adheres to the Skinhearts, who hide and traffic to get back to touching human skin. And like many rebels, they are radical in their endeavour.
Despite being physically abused by his girlfriend, Jan does not give up hope in their relationship. He makes up excuses and blames anything but her, though reality remains a painful affair.
Oud Zeer
The 60-year-old housewife Johanna uses her birthday to better her restrained relationship with her daughter Isabel. While tensions are building Johanna is being confronted with her shortcomings as a mother and human being. When a too “dry” cake causes things to escalate Johanna shows what she really thinks for the first time in her life. Production, Script: Aaron Rookus / Photography: Ádám Fillenz / Editing: Michiel Boesveldt / Music: Bach and a balladeer / Sound: Evelien van der Molen / Cast: Erik van der Horst, Ad van Kempen, Kirsten Mulder, Leny Breederveld / Narration: Tom Jansen Filmography: Old Sore (2016), A Good Life (2015), P (2014) (Go Short 2015), Balance (2013), Wednesdays (2012) (Go Short 2012) Contact: Aaron Rookus, +31 628204318, hallo@aaronrookus.com 62
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Production, Script: Sally Fenaux Barleycorn / Photography: Jakub Giza / Editing: Daniel Fernández / Music: Jonathan Price / Sound: Ronald van der Spek / Cast: Selma Copijn, Max Croes, Zoë van Weert / Narration: Zoë van Weert
Je Vriendin Koopt een Vis op de Markt
Production: Marleen Slot / Script: Sarah Arnolds / Photography: Sara Hakkenberg, Elza Kroonenberg, Boas van Milligen Bielke / Editing: Mieneke Kramer / Music: Haron Aumaj / Sound: Tom Jansen / Cast: Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Tibor Lukács
Filmography: Skinhearts (2015)
Filmography: Hell (2016) (Go Short 2016), A Painful Affair (2015) , Emma’s Universe (2015), Regal Degal Delicious (2015), Het Stilleven Van Estelle (2014), De Minister en het Contract van de Eeeuw (2014)
Contact: Sally Fenaux Barleycorn, +31 629816565, film@nowheresally.com
Contact: Viking Film, Marlies Krabbenbos, +31 644079381, festival@vikingfilm.nl
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YOUTH COMPETITION To give a voice to the short film loving youth out there Go Short hosts a Youth Jury. This jury, consisting of teens between 15 and 18 years old, decides who walks away with the MovieZone Go Short award. MovieZone is the platform for young film lovers initiated by EYE, the Dutch Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. They enable different festivals throughout the country to host Youth Juries.
The films the judges have to watch come from no less than 21 different countries, while styles vary from Finnish dance films to a documentary filmed from a living room in Aleppo. Some of the themes being explored include scientists discussing if they might have found the last remnants of Jesus, and a Dutch youngster dreaming of becoming a Taekwondo Champion and doing everything to reach this goal.
At Go Short, the jury members watch six short film blocks and carefully select a winner. To make sure they are up to the task the jury members participate in several workshops and meet with film professionals. Eventually they announce the winner of the award during the award ceremony and explain why the winning film deserves the prestigious award.
The 28 films that the jury members are going to see will give them a wide taste of what Go Short has to offer and how diverse short films can be. What better way to get to the core of these films than to discuss them at great length! The judges will be professional short film critics by the end of the festival.
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This wide variety of films will present a challenge to the jury’s assignment of coming to a joint decision. Who will receive the Go Short Youth Award? We look forward to hear how this young jury experiences and judges the shorts in this selection.
INDEX YOUTH COMPETITION 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo / Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen / documentary / The Netherlands, Syria / 13’ Aquabike / Jean-Baptiste Saurel / fiction / France / 23’ Body Language Zone / Kim Saarinen / art film / Finland / 10’ Circus Debere Berhan / Lukas Berger / documentary / Portugal, Austria, Germany, Ethiopia / 11’ Father / Davit Pirtskhalava / fiction / Georgia / 25’ Jagata / Daniel Jacoby / art film / The Netherlands, Spain, Peru, Japan / 21’ Jonas and the Sea / Marlies van der Wel / animation / The Netherlands / 12’ Keeping Balance / Bernhard Wenger / documentary / Austria / 5’ Macapá / Marcos Ponts / documentary / Italy, Brazil / 7’
Mind the Gap / Katy Wang / animation / United Kingdom / 2’ Mischa / Remy Kooi / fiction / The Netherlands / 12’ Not Just Another Commute / Lisa Matuszak / animation / France, Belgium / 9’ Object / Paulina Skibinska / documentary / Poland / 15’ Of Biblical Proportions / Patrik Eklund / fiction / Sweden / 29’ One Million Steps / Eva Stotz / documentary / Germany, Turkey, The Netherlands / 21’ Oriental Odyssey / Stephane Kaas / documentary / The Netherlands / 30’ Pistoleros / Aline Laszlo, Silvia Wolkan, Karin Becker / documentary / Germany / 29’ Son du Serpent / Tami Ravid / art film / The Netherlands, Benin / 11’
Son of the Wolf / Lola Quivoron / fiction / France / 23’ Spoetnik / Noël Loozen / fiction / The Netherlands / 10’ Suspended by the Night / Eva Tourrent / documentary / France / 24’ The Meadow / Jela Hasler / documentary / Switzerland / 9’ The Right Way / Emilio Yebra / animation / Spain / 4’ The Sniper of Kobani / Reber Dosky / documentary / The Netherlands / 12’ Tokyo Vacations / Adam Svanell / documentary / Sweden / 10’ Typewriterhead / Eric Giessmann / animation / The Netherlands, Germany / 4’ Wake the Dead / Morgan Simon / fiction / France / 11’ You Have a Problem / Esra Piké / documentary / The Netherlands / 25’
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BREAKING SHORTS STUDENT COMPETITION There is an ocean of possibilities to explore for every young student out there. For some, this realization is empowering; for others it can be crushingly confusing. Film students are no exception to this and that's why we treat our Breaking Shorts selection with the utmost thought and care. Our purpose is not just picking the best student films out there, but actually showcasing works that can in turn stimulate and inspire young talents.
Over 800 student films were submitted for our Breaking Shorts Student Competition, so the selection process was incredibly difficult. The bar was set so high that “good” was unfortunately simply not good enough. Only the most excellent groundbreaking shorts made the cut. On the bright side however, this means that each and every one of the Breaking Shorts’ spectators is in for a special treat.
It is said that student films offer a window into the future. If even a hint of this is true, we’ll have some bright years ahead. From Katy Wang's abstract yet recognizable animation in Mind the Gap to the realistic sorrow of Basile Vuillemin's Fingertips, the student films of this year hold great promise for years to come in European filmmaking.
The Breaking Shorts Student Competition is selected in co-operation with Breaking Ground, a young and dynamic platform for European film student. www.breakingground.eu
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INDEX BREAKING SHORTS BS.1: GROWING UP P. 68
BS.3: PARENTING P. 70
BS.5: ORDINARY LIFE P. 73
Snails / Grzegorz Szczepaniak / documentary / Poland / 30’ Depart at 22 / Wiep Teeuwisse / animation / The Netherlands / 3’ Reconstructing Reality / Alice Wong / art film / The Netherlands / 11’ Our Legacy / Jonathan Vinel / fiction / France / 24’
Fingertips / Basile Vuillemin / fiction / Belgium / 16’ To Light / Nora Särak / documentary / Estonia, Latvia / 26’ Everything Will Be Okay / Patrick Vollrath / fiction / Austria, Germany / 30’
Keeping Balance / Bernhard Wenger / documentary / Austria / 5’ Mind the Gap / Katy Wang / animation / United Kingdom / 1’ Pistoleros / Aline Laszlo, Silvia Wolkan, Karin Becker / documentary / Germany / 29’ Macapá / Marcos Ponts / documentary / Italy, Brazil / 7’ Son of the Wolf / Lola Quivoron / fiction / France / 23’
BS.2: HAPPILY EVER AFTER…? P. 69 House Arrest / Matthias Sahli / fiction / Switzerland / 13’ Stories About Guy and His Wife / Jiří Krupička, Matouš Valchář / animation / Czech Republic / 6’ Carry On / Rafael Haider / fiction / Austria / 23’ A Tale of Love, Madness and Death / Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez / documentary / Germany / 22’
BS.4: ESCAPING REALITY P. 71 Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot Doesn't Have a Thumb / Thessa Meijer / fiction / The Netherlands / 19’ Disorder / Johanna Rousseau / animation / France / 4’ Courber l'Echine / Kadija Ben-fradj / fiction / Switzerland / 16’ Edmond / Nina Gantz / animation / United Kingdom / 9’ Tarikat / Jasmijn Schrofer / documentary / The Netherlands / 16’
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BS.1 GROWING UP
THU 7 - 18:30 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 14:00 - LUX 4
Snails
Depart at 22
Reconstructing Reality
Director: Grzegorz Szczepaniak documentary / Poland / 2015 / 30’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Wiep Teeuwisse animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 3’
Director: Alice Wong art film / The Netherlands / 2015 / 11’ / world premiere
The French are outraged! Every other snail on their table comes from Poland. The snail industry is growing and Polish breeders are exporting their snails not only to France or Italy, they are also conquering China and Japan. The “snail coin” popularity convinces two friends, Andrzej and Konrad, to start their own farm that will bring them millions. Their guide into the snail world secrets is Mr Grzegorz Skalmowski, a long-time expert also known as the “Snail King”.
Depart at 22 is a poetic animated short about growing old and the fear of losing the beauty of youth.
Slimaki
Production: Zuzanna Król / Script: Grzegorz Szczepaniak / Photography: Marek Kozakiewicz, Daniel Wawrzyniak / Editing: Wojciech Janas / Music: Mikolaj Majkusiak / Sound: Paulina Bochenska / School: Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, Warsaw Filmography: Snails (2015) Contact: Wajda Studio: Anna Winkler, awinkler@wajdastudio.pl 68
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Production, Script, Editing, Animation: Wiep Teeuwisse / Music, Sound: Gerjan Piksen / Animation: Wiep Teeuwisse / School: HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
I thought the truth about my father’s violent death would reveal itself if I investigated enough data on the event. But accessing more information actually made the truth become even more obscure. I discovered how our minds constantly reconstruct reality and turn it into multiple stories. A ‘real story’ is an oxymoron.
Filmography: Depart at 22 (2015), Facing the News (2013) (Go Short 2014), Cobwebs (2012) (Go Short 2013)
Production, Narration: Alice Wong / Sound: Yuval Reuven / Design Academy Eindhoven
Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, info@someshorts.com
Filmography: Reconstructing Reality (2015) Contact: Missalicewong Design: Alice Wong, +31 685495544, missalicewong@gmail.com
BREAKING SHORTS
BS.2 HAPPILY EVER AFTER...?
FRI 8 - 18:00 - LUX 4 / SAT 9 - 12:00 - LUX 1
Our Legacy
Notre Héritage
Hausarrest
House Arrest
Stories About Guy and His Wife
Director: Jonathan Vinel
Director: Matthias Sahli
Director: Jiří Krupička, Matouš Valchár
fiction / France / 2015 / 24’ / Dutch premiere
fiction / Switzerland / 2015 / 13’ / Dutch premiere
animation / Czech Republic / 2015 / 6’ / international premiere
Lucas is the son of the famous pornographer Pierre Woodman. This is his story.
House Arrest tells the story of Max, who was sentenced to six months of house arrest. An electronic ankle bracelet called Percy helps him through his new daily life. One day Max is shocked to discover how far Percy is willing to go to assist him in his needs.
Production: Lou Chicoteau / Script: Caroline Poggi / Photography: Mathieu Gaudet / Editing: Jonathan Vinel / Sound: Jean-Charles Bastion, Romain Poirier, Tristan Pontécaille / Cast: Sarah-Megan Allouch, Lucas Doméjean / School: La fémis, Paris Filmography: Our Legacy (2015), As Long As Shotguns Remain (2014) (Go Short 2015), Prince Power Memories (2012), Play (2010), We (2010), Plastic Boy (2009) Contact: La fémis: Géraldine Amgar, +33 153412116, g.amgar@femis.fr
Production: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Filippo Bonacci / Script: Matthias Sahli / Photography: Pascal Reinmann / Editing: Matthias Sahli / Sound: Gina Keller / Cast: Peter Hottinger, Walter Menzi, Nicole Steiner, Urs-Peters Wolters / School: ZHdK - Zurich University of the Arts Filmography: House Arrest (2015), Kaktéus (2014), Make A Wish (2013) Contact: Matthias Sahli, +41 793944288, matthias.sahli@zhdk.ch
Stories about Guy and his Wife is a student miniseries made as the semester work at Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The series includes five episodes based on poor, situational, family humour. Production, Script, Photography, Editing, Animation: Matouš Valchár, Jiří Krupička / Music: Tomáš Vašut / Sound: Vojtech Vondrácek / School: Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art and Design, Pilsen Filmography: Jirí Krupicka: Stories About Guy and His Wife (2015); Matouš Valchár: Stories About Guy and His Wife (2015) Contact: Jiří Krupička, +420 733313711, krupicka.jirka@seznam.cz
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BS.2 HAPPILY EVER AFTER...?
BS.3 PARENTING
FRI 8 - 18:00 - LUX 4 / SAT 9 - 12:00 - LUX 1
THU 7 - 21:30 - LUX 4 / FRI 8 - 16:00 - LUX 4
Carry On
A Tale of Love, Madness and Death
Fingertips
Director: Rafael Haider fiction / Austria / 2015 / 23’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez documentary / Germany, Chile / 2015 / 22’
Director: Basile Vuillemin fiction / Belgium / 2015 / 16’ / Dutch premiere
An old married couple lives on an isolated farm. For his daily work the farmer has an old donkey to help him. When the pragmatic farmer learns that the death of his long-time companion is near, he notices that he loves the animal more than he can admit. A parable about death and parting, a fairy tale for grown-ups.
My oldest uncle is a schizophrenic and also a chronic smoker. My grandmother’s lungs started to fail due to the cigarette smoke and she had to go to live with one of her daughters. Since then, my grandfather has had to take care of my uncle all by himself, being a silent witness of the imminent death of his beloved wife.
Alain refuses to accept the pessimistic diagnosis of his son, who has been in a vegetative state since his drowning. One night, he tells his wife and daughter that he intends to bring the child home to take care of him. But their reaction isn’t the one he expected...
Production: Lola Basara-Hengl / Script: Rafael Haider / Photography: Lukas Schoeffel / Editing, Sound: Birgit Bergmann / Music: Henning Backhaus / Cast: Michi Pilz, Torsten Büsing, Manfred Tschank, OSKAR, Karl Fischer, Ingrid Burkhard, Haymon Maria Buttinger / School: Filmacademy Vienna
Production: Paul Kothé, Iván Nakouzi / Script: Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez / Photography: Álvaro Anguita / Editing: Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez / Music: Esteban Jara, Karim Habib El Fakih / Cast: Margot Ramírez, Carlos Bustos Jr., Carlos Bustos / School: UNIACC, Santiago
Filmography: Carry On (2015), Romeo & Julia (2010), Herr Stibitz is ready for Take-off (2010), Unmut (2009)
Filmography: A Tale of Love, Madness and Death (2015), The Final Scene (2013)
Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien, Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
Contact: Paul Kothé, +49 1736350772, verdolaga@posteo.org
Esel
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Un Cuento de Amor, Locura y Muerte
Du Bout des Doigts
Production: Véronique Duys / Script: Boris Tilquin, Jérôme Van Grunderbeek, Basile Vuillemin / Photography: Margot Locatelli / Editing: Lucas Mitschi / Music: Hugo Lippens / Sound: Axel Steichen, Kyle Masterson / Cast: Pauline Brisy, Anne Coesens, Fabrice Rodriguez / School: Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Louvain-La-Neuve Filmography: Fingertips (2015) Contact: Basile Vuillemin, +32 477359477, basile.vuillemin@gmail.com
BREAKING SHORTS
BS.4 ESCAPING REALITY
THU 7 - 16:30 - LUX 3 / SAT 9 - 15:00 - LUX 3
To Light
VALGUSEKS/VALGUSENI/VALGUSENA
Alles Wird Gut
Everything Will Be Okay
Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot Doesn’t Have a Thumb
Director: Nora Särak documentary / Estonia, Latvia / 2015 / 26’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Patrick Vollrath fiction / Austria, Germany / 2015 / 30’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Thessa Meijer fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 19’
A poetic documentary about a mother and her son of Estonian origin, living in the Russian town of Pechora, what used to be the Estonian city of Pesteri, a border town between Estonia and Russia. The mother and the son are very tight: the mother is at the very end of her life, and the son is searching for light in the darkness.
A divorced father picks up his eight year old daughter Lea. It seems pretty much like every other weekend, but after a while Lea can‘t help feeling that something isn’t right. So begins a fateful journey.
Production: Thom Palmen, Nora Särak / Photography, Editing: Nora Särak / Music: John Bence / Sound: Katrin Kvade / School: Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School, Tallin Filmography: To Light (2015), Paradise (2014) Contact: Botnia Film: Thom Palmen, +371 25603210, thompalmen104@gmail.com
Production, Script, Editing: Patrick Vollrath / Photography: Sebastian Thaler / Sound: Nora Czamler / Cast: Daniel Keberle, Marion Rottenhofer, Julia Pointner, Simon Schwarz / School: Filmacademy Vienna Filmography: Everything Will Be Okay (2015), The Jacket (2014) (Go Short 2016), Behind the Door (2014), Ketchup Kid (2013), Krawatte (2013), The Journey (2011), This film is a cut-together (2011), C’est la Wien (2010), Sleeping Perv Is World Famous for 5 Minutes (2010), Elektrotod (2007), The Erlking (2003) Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien, Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
While a Western city full of dilapidated industry awakens, Erkhii Mergen pulls along his dead horse. His story, based on an old Mongolian legend, is told by an old street sweeper. Production: Maarten van der Ven / Script: Cesco van der Zwaag, Thessa Meijer / Photography: Myrthe Mosterman / Editing: Nina Graafland, Wouter van Luijn / Music: Zeger de Vos / Sound: Bouk Bouwmeester, Sam Huisman / Cast: Hilt de Vos, Roland van Campenhout, Jappe Claes, Jan Bijvoet, Johan Heldenbergh, Gursed Dalsuren / Animation: Jeroen de Koster / School: HKU University of the Arts Utrecht Filmography: Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot Doesn’t Have a Thumb (2015), Op Wie de Regen Valt (2013) Contact: Venfilm: Maarten van der Ven, +64 1878497, venfilm@gmail.com
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BS.4 ESCAPING REALITY
THU 7 - 16:30 - LUX 3 / SAT 9 - 15:00 - LUX 3
Disorder
Courber l’Echine
Edmond
Director: Johanna Rousseau animation / France / 2015 / 4’ / world premiere
Director: Kadija Ben-Fradj fiction / Switzerland / 2015 / 16’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Nina Gantz animation / United Kingdom / 2015 / 9’
A character is living a very sad and standard life. His subconscious can’t stand it anymore and tries to wake him up from this nightmare.
Chaima, a 25-year-old woman of Maghreb origin, lives with her parents in a popular neighbourhood on the outskirts of Geneva. It’s her day off, she pretends to go to work in her uniform and retrieves her bag under the stairwell. She joins her friend and accomplice Leila. Together, they go off to party.
An oddball character with cannibalistic urges slips through floors into the past and the deepest parts of his psyche, in pursuit of self-understanding.
Désordre
Production, Script, Photography, Editing, Narration, Animation: Johanna Rousseau / Music: Arthur Petit / Sound: Emmanuel Rousseau, Jimy De Haese / School: ÉSAL - École Supérieure d’Art de Lorraine, Epinal Filmography: Disorder (2016), Wake Up John (2013) Contact: Johanna Rousseau, + 32 485281859, johanna.rousseau@hotmail.fr
Production: Jean Perret / Script: Kadija Ben-Fradj / Photography: Arnaud Alain / Editing: Alice De Mata / Music: Grems, Son of Kick, Julien Campuziano / Sound: Imad Fahs / Cast: Sarah Jelassi, Fatima Sfia, Aboubaker Ben-Fradj, Sarah Larerad, Mathieu Granjon / School: HEAD – School of Art and Design, Genève Filmography: Courber l’Echine (2016) Contact: Kadija Ben-fradj, +41 787623346, bf.khadija@gmail.com
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Production: Emilie Jouffroy / Script: Nina Gantz / Photography: Ian Forbes / Editing: Nina Rac / Music: Terence Dun / Sound: Rob Turner / Animation: A. M. C. Fok, Adam M. Watts, Nina Gantz, Terri Matthews / School: National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield Filmography: Edmond (2015), Fondly Remembered (2010) (Go Short 2011) Contact: Emilie Jouffroy, +447 826487765, jouffroy.emilie@gmail.com
BREAKING SHORTS
BS.5 ORDINARY LIFE
THU 7 - 18:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 15:00 - LUX 5
Tarikat
Keeping Balance
MIND THE GAP
Director: Jasmijn Schrofer documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 16’
Director: Bernhard Wenger documentary / Austria / 2015 / 5’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Katy Wang animation / United Kingdom / 2015 / 1’
Tarikat is a visual poem of a journey towards enlightenment. Called by a mystic dream, Derya finds herself among souls steeped in the Islamic Sufi tradition. They join in hypnotic movements and stirring rhythms, dissolving into an ocean of silence.
Denise, a 20-year-old girl, visits nearly every day the Viennese ‘Prater’ amusement park to take some rides with the electronic ‘Tagada’ carousel, because it helps her to get over her difficult past.
An animation portraying the sights, sounds, and movement of the London Underground subway, inspired by its iconic seat patterns.
Production: Rianne Ebeling / Photography: Marjoke Haagsma / Editing: Emiel Nuninga / Music: Kaveh Vares / Sound: Jelle van Osenbruggen, Matthijs Klijn, Job Michel / School: Netherlands Film Academy, Amsterdam Filmography: Tarikat (2015), Practical Affairs (2015) (Go Short 2015), Unfold (2014) Contact: Some Shorts: Wouter Jansen, +31 622076717, wouter@goshort.nl
Gleichgewicht
Production, Script, Editing: Bernhard Wenger / Photography: Rupert Höller / Music: DJ Webby & Killerbee / Sound: Özgür Anil / School: Filmacademy Vienna Filmography: Everything Is Quiet (2015), Exit Right (2015), Keeping Balance (2015), With Best Regards (2013), Sugar (2013), The Right Moment (2012), Diversity (2012)
Production, Editing, Sound, Animation: Katy Wang / School: Kingston University, Surrey Filmography: Mind the Gap (2015) Contact: Katy Wang, +44 7917867111, katyjwang@gmail.com
Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien: Markus Kaatsch, +49 17662965299, markus@augohr.de
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BS.5 ORDINARY LIFE
THU 7 - 18:00 - LUX 5 / SAT 9 - 15:00 - LUX 5
Pistoleros
MACAPÁ
Son of the Wolf
Director: Karin Becker, Aline László, Silvia Wolkan documentary / Germany / 2014 / 29’ / Dutch premiere
Director: Marcos Ponts documentary / Italy, Brazil / 2015 / 7’ / international premiere
Director: Lola Quivoron fiction / France / 2015 / 23’
In the former coulisse of Once Upon a Time in the West, a fistful of cowboys await tourists and speak about the golden past. Only the youngest among them doesn’t want to be a gunslinger any longer; he dreams of a better life in Romania.
- Was it in São Luís? - No, in Macapá.
Production: Christoph Baumann / Script: Silvia Wolkan / Photography: Aline László / Editing: Miriam Märk / Music: Sebastian Fillenberg / Sound: Florian Schneeweiss / School: HFF - University of Television and Film Munich Filmography: Pistoleros (2014), Boxt! (2007) Contact: CHR Filmproduction: Christoph Baumann, +49 1738338954, chrfilm@t-online.de
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Production: Raffaele Petrini / Script: Marcos Ponts / Photography: Daniel Donato / Editing, Sound: Lucas Sá / Cast: França Sampaio, Marcos Ponts / School: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís
Fils du Loup
In a former army fort, young Johnny learns to train and command Iron, his first attack dog. Production: Géraldine Amgar / Script: Pauline Ouvrard, Lola Quivoron / Photography: Maxence Lemonnier, Lucie Ternisien / Editing: Félix Rehm / Sound: Antoine Bertucci, Saoussen Tatah, Lucas Doméjean / Cast: Miglen Mirtchev, Loïc Habert, Stéphane Lannéval, Emile Berling / School: La fémis, Paris
Filmography: MACAPÁ (2015) Contact: Petrinini Filmes: Raffaele Petrini, +55 98981098920, petrinifilmes@hotmail.com
Filmography: Son of the Wolf (2015), Stand (2014), Grande Ourse (2013) Contact: La fémis: Géraldine Amgar, +33 153412116, festivals@femis.fr
LIFE IS SHORT WATCH CLOSELY
FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU / MADE IN AUSTRIA / CASTING ALL ANIMALS
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FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU We are proud to welcome Adrian Sitaru, director of several award-winning short films, as our Filmmaker in Focus. Adrian Sitaru made his way onto the short film scene back when the Romanian New Wave was still in full swing. He has remained more than active since then, delivering no less than three new short films the last 2 years. His focus on everyday situations, full of dialogue and deadpan humor presented in a realistic way, make his films relatable. We are proud to present not only his award-winning films Waves, The Cage and Art, but also his recent English production Counterpart and the humorous House Party. The Cage won the Daad Short Film Award at the Berlinale 2010; Waves won the Golden Pardino at Locarno 2007.
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“You need a lot of experience to have a philosophy of life and an understanding of human behavior. This is what gives your films a personality” Adrian was 27 when he started filmmaking and 33 when he started working on his first feature. His career started off slowly because he was rejected three times by the main academy in Romania. Then in 1998 Sitaru went to Media University, a private film school, together with Radu Jude who was also repeatedly rejected by the academy. Starting late can be seen as an advantage. “You need a lot of experience to have a philosophy of life and an under-
standing of human behavior. This is what gives your films a personality”. School itself wasn’t that important to him; more important were his class mates and his colleagues. After film school Adrian made Waves with the support of the Romanian film fund. It won the Pardino d'Oro award for Best Short Film at Locarno in 2007, which, according to the director, was good for his self-esteem and turned out to kickoff his career properly.
At Go Short we will show a retrospective of Adrian’s short films. For Adrian himself it's still very hard to watch his own films without being subjective. "I am very critical and I will always see things that I am unhappy about." The positive attention of film festivals and the awards he received always surprise him. But, he says, on the other hand he needs a lot of feedback when he is working on his films. He will listen to anybody during scripting, filming and editing, preferably to people who don’t usually watch short films. Not that it will make him change anything, but to him it’s part of a daily listening and learning process. "Through feedback I probably learn more about my own fears than about my own films." According to Sitaru, he might have a phobia of endings, which can be seen in his films. For him it is a personal taste: he likes to leave a lot to the imagination. “You can leave a lot to spectators and their own experience of life, so you should never be too precise.” Next to Adrian’s short films Go Short will also host a program of short films that has inspired the director. According to Adrian, he was initially inspired by famous filmmakers like Tarkovksy and Bergman. So
his selection of short films will be more contemporary, consisting of films he came across while traveling the festival circuit. These are from filmmakers whose vision and style he admires. There are two things that might impress him about a film. First of all, very good acting: acting that’s welldirected and realistic in the sense that it carries real emotion. The other thing that can impress him is a kind of poetry. Not the metaphorical kind, but more like music. Before Sitaru started making films he wanted to be a musician and somehow this is still a part of him. He says that what’s happening in the story of a film doesn’t really concern him; it’s about the feelings that remain. In songs he doesn’t care a lot about the lyrics; it is the music and the feelings they evoke that are important to him. “In my films you will notice that there is a lot of dialogue, but what the characters are talking about isn’t that important, it’s really about how they are talking.”
The Cage
Art
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FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU
ADRIAN SITARU’S SHORTS
SAT 9 - 21:30 - LUX 2 / SUN 10 - 12:45 - LUX 2
Waves
The Cage
House Party
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / Romania, France / 2007 / 16’
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / Romania / 2010 / 17’
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / Romania / 2012 / 18’
A beautiful Western woman asks a Gypsy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea.
Mihaes’ little boy brings home a sick dove. This rises new conflicts between father and son, but also a possible “reconciliation” that Mihaes does not want to lose.
Production: Virginia Constantinescu / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Paul Sorin Damian, Adrian Silisteanu / Music: Cornel Ilie / Sound: Andrei Constantinescu / Cast: Sergiu Costache, Adrian Titieni, Karen Wallet, Clara Voda, Roberto Bors, Vlad Voda
Production: Adrian Sitaru, Mete Gümürhan / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Andrei Gorgan / Sound: Mirel Cristea, Florin Tabacaru / Cast: Adrian Titieni, Clara Voda, Vlad Voda
Neli (55) goes to Bucharest for a few days, while Dan, her 17 year old son is left home alone. On her return, her neighbor friends rush into welcoming her and delurking into the smallest detail, spicy aspects of the party that Dan organized in her absence. Soon after, Neli ‘s meeting with Dan creates a different perspective on what she thinks she knows about her friends from the block.
Valuri
Contact: Romanian Film Center: Alina Salcudeanu, asalcudeanu@yahoo.com
Colivia
Contact: 4 Proof Film: Irena Isbasescu, +47 43171226, office@4prooffilm.ro
Chefu’
Production: Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan / Script: Claudia Silisteanu / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Andrei Gorgan / Sound: Mirel Cristea, Florin Tabacaru / Cast: Elena Ivanca, Emilian Marnea, Natasa Raab, Clara Voda Contact: 4 Proof Film: Irena Isbasescu, +47 43171226, office@4prooffilm.ro
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FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU
ADRIAN SITARU’S CHOICE
Counterpart only plays during the screening on Sunday April 10th
SAT 9 - 17:30 - LUX 2
Counterpart
Art
True Colours
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / United Kingdom / 2013 / 20’
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / Romania / 2014 / 18’
Director: Barney Elliot fiction / United Kingdom / 2007 / 11’
Counterpart follows Alex, a young estate agent who lives in a flat with his girlfriend, Lily, a former stripper. They spend most of their time sunbathing or having sex. But someone is watching them from a home across the street. The voyeur is a disabled man who helps the young couple make a life changing discovery.
After a casting session, two film directors agree that they have found the perfect 13 years old girl to star in their new movie. Now, they have to convince the reluctant mother to let her daughter play the role of a sexually abused child. What follows is a witty argumentation on proper parenting and on the abuses and sacrifices made in the name of great works of art.
A loving father with a propensity for violence tries to put aside his old habits in order to buy an ice cream for his son.
Production: Mara Adina / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Jose Ruiz / Editing: Ilinca Calugareanu / Sound: John Newell / Cast: Sarah Barker, Tom Holloway, Mark Arnold, Collette Kelly Contact: Vernon Films: Mara Adina, office@vernonfilms.co.uk
Arta
Production: Anamaria Antoci / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Andrei Gorgan / Sound: Florin Tabacaru / Cast: Iulia Crisan, Ioana Abur, Andrei Rus, Emanuel Parvu / Animation: Codrin Iftodi Contact: 4 Proof Film: Irena Isbasescu, +47 43171226, office@4prooffilm.ro
Production: Eleanor Cook / Script: Barney Elliot / Photography: Bjørn Ståle Bratberg / Editing: Klaus Heinecke / Music: Mat Davidson / Sound: Emma Pegram, Lauren Ana Walker / Cast: Neil Maskell, Aaron Huelin, Louise Fullerton, Scott Lane, Keith How, Paul D. Stephenson Filmography: Oliver’s Deal (2015), Último Recurso (2011), True Colours (2007). Contact: Network Ireland Television: Derry O’Brien, +35 316797309, info@network-irl-tv.com
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FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU
ADRIAN SITARU’S CHOICE
SAT 9 - 17:30 - LUX 2
Everyday Everyday 每一天每一天
The History of Aviation A Repülés Története
The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5 El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5
Director: Tan Chui Mui fiction / Malaysia / 2009 / 18’
Director: Bálint Kenyeres fiction / France, Hungary / 2009 / 15’
Director: Chema García Ibarra fiction / Spain / 2008 / 6’
Sook Chen quits her job and decides to go to Peru much to Ma’s dismay as he struggles to understand what Sook Chen wants.
Normandy, 1905. The picnic is finished. A group of middle-class people in their Sunday best, get ready to go home. There is one last photo to be taken, but somebody is missing.
Almost everybody is going to die very soon. Fortunately for some, the impending attack of the robots has been forecasted.
Production: Liew Seng Tat / Script, Editing: Tan Chui Mui / Photography: Lee James / Music: Chor Guan Ng / Sound: Michael Leow, Nick Lee / Cast: Loh Bok Lai, Chua Tien See Filmography: Yulu (2011), Year Without a Summer (2010), Everyday Everyday (2009), 15Malaysia (2009), All My Failed Attempts (2009), Love Conquers All (2006), Company of Mushrooms (2006), South of South (2005), A Tree in Tanjun Maling (2004), Hometown (2003). Contact: Da Huang Pictures: YiQi, dahuangpictures00@gmail.com
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Production: Tamás Hutlassa, Emmanuel Agneray, Bálint Kenyeres / Script: Bálint Kenyeres, Tamás Beregi / Photography: Mátyás Erdély / Editing: Péter Politzer / Sound: Florent Klockenbring Filmography: The History of Aviation (2009), Before Dawn (2005), Tévéjáték (2001), Closing Time (1999), Kolónia (1999). Contact: Magyar Filmunió: Marta Bényei, marta.benyei@filmunio.hu
Production, Script, Editing: Chema García Ibarra / Photography: Alberto Gutiérrez Díaz / Sound: Alejandro Martínez / Cast: Leonor Díaz, Pedro Diez, Carmina Esteve, José Manuel Ibarra Filmography: Uranes (2014), Misterio (2013) (Go Short 2014), Protopartículas (2011), The attack of the robots from Nebula-5 (2008) Contact: Chema García Ibarra, +34 605544045, chemagarciaibarra@gmail.com
FOCUS ON ADRIAN SITARU
Incident by a Bank Händelse Vid Bank
Director: Ruben Östlund fiction / Sweden / 2009 / 12’ An attempted bank robbery. Follows the thought process of two confused witnesses, the director and the producer. Production: Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson / Script, Editing: Ruben Östlund / Photography: Marius Dybwad Brandrud / Sound: Niklas Sarp, Jan Alvermark, Anders Degerberg / Cast: Bahador Foladi, Ramtin Parvaneh, Leif Edlund Johansson, Rasmus Lindgren, Lars Melin, Henrik Vikman, Per Olof Albrektsson Filmography: Turist (2014), Play (2011), Incident by a Bank (2009) (Go Short 2010), Involuntary (2008), Nattbad (2006), Autobiogaphical Scene Number 6882 (2005), The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Family Again (2002), Let the Others Deal with Love (2001). Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Theo Tsappos, +46 767791133, theo.tsappos@filminstitutet.se
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MADE IN AUSTRIA Although many people are familiar with Austria’s film industry through filmmakers like Michael Haneke, Ulrich Seidl and Michael Glawogger, their short film scene has been of international importance for a long time as well. That’s why we thought it was time to direct our attention to the country’s blossoming short film industry at Go Short. By curating three programs with 20 films in total we intend to show our audiences the strength of Austrian short films. We have decided to focus on more recent titles instead of old ones, as some truly mind-blowing works have been created by the current generation. The innovative identity of Austrian short film cinema has always been a vital element in the films we selected for our competition in previous years: never a straightforward approach to a story, but using aesthetics that are borrowed from multiple genres. 82
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Apnoe
OFF PISTE
SIXPACK SHORTS
In Off Piste we selected some of the films that caught our attention and made the rounds on the festival circuit these past few years. We go from an underwater coming-of-age story in Apnoe to the crazy internet hit MeTube. Oscar nominee Patrick Vollrath is also featured in the program with his strong film The Jacket.
A large part of the Austrian international success is due the efforts of sixpack films, the distributor of Austrian avant-garde cinema. That’s why we gave them carte blanche to curate a program with directors who have been on the rise in recent years. Go Short alumni’s Friedrich Fruhauf and Billy Roisz are featured, but we are also more than happy to finally have the opportunity to screen Workers Leaving the Factory (Again) by Katharina Gruzei. All ten selected films can be seen in our program Sixpack Shorts.
CROSSROADS In Crossroads we focus on the hybrid nature of Austrian filmmaking. The program will include films which blur the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction: are we really watching a documentary or does it contain fictionalized elements? The personal family story The Pimp and His Trophies is one that really stood out and it will be beautiful to watch on the big screen.
We want to thank Gerald Weber from sixpack films and Daniel Ebner and Marija Milovanovic from VIS Vienna Independent Shorts for their programming advice.
The Jacket
The Pimp and His Trophies
Workers Leaving the Factory (Again)
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AUSTRIAN SHORTS
OFF PISTE
THU 7 - 20:00 - LUX 1 / SUN 10 - 19:00 - LUX 1
Apnoe
Elephant Skin
The Streets of the Invisibles
Director: Harald Hund fiction / Austria / 2011 / 10’
Director: Severin Fiala, Ulrike Putzer fiction / Austria / 2009 / 35’
Director: Remo Rauscher art film / Austria / 2013 / 10’
On the surface, Apnoe describes a day in the life of a family. Yet the protagonists have considerable difficulty in coping with their everyday life. Because they are living under water and are confronted with no gravity, the family ensemble becomes unstable and the hierarchical structure begins to dissolve.
The about 50-year-old Elfie has an elephant skin. She admits few emotions and spends her days caring for her mother and working at a conveyor belt in a factory. Until one day she decides to go out at night to a disco, where professional Elvis impersonator Ricardo tries to seduce her.
Mike Stone and Steve Keller are back on today’s streets to catch a homicidal maniac who should have been incarcerated thirty years ago. A found footage movie exclusively using Google Street View, Earth & Maps and audio material from the original ‘70s series The Streets of San Francisco.
Production, Script, Editing: Ulrike Putzer, Severin Fiala / Photography: Harald Traindl / Sound: Jakob Pretterhofer / Cast: Michael Thomas, Waltraulte Bartel, Elfriede Schatz, Oliver Rosskopf, Natalija Baranova
Production: Remo Rauscher
Production, Script, Editing: Harald Hund / Photography: Viktor Scheider / Sound: Peter Kutin, Andreas Berger Filmography: Empire of Evil (2016), In the Woods (2013), Apnoe (2011), Mouse Palace (2010), Dropping Furniture (2008), All People Is Plastic (2005), Tomatenköpfe (2002). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, office@sixpackfilm.com
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Elefantenhaut
Filmography: Severin Fiala: Ich seh, ich seh (2014), The End of Walnut Grove (2013), Kern (2012), Elephant Skin (2009). Ulrike Putzer: Hands Up to Heaven (2013) (Go Short 2014), Elephant Skin (2009). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, office@sixpackfilm.com
Filmography: Streets of the Invisible (2011), A Table is a Table (2010). Contact: Remo Rauscher, +43 69912650497, remo.rauscher@gmail.com
AUSTRIAN SHORTS
CROSSROADS
THU 7 - 16:00 - LUX 1 / SUN 10 - 13:00 - LUX 1
The Jacket Die Jacke
MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’
Stick Climbing
Director: Patrick Vollrath fiction / Austria / 2014 / 9’
Director: Daniel Moshel fiction / Austria / 2013 / 4’
Director: Daniel Zimmermann art film / Austria / 2010 / 14’
A boy meets a girl. It could be love. But there is his jacket, too. And the jacket will change everything...
MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promotors on the internet, has attracted international attention. No less than George Bizet´s Habanera from Carmen has been reinterpreted for MeTube and enhanced with electronic sounds.
A contemplative walk leads to a bizarre climbing tour. A camera roams from an everyday village to the top of a mountain, accompanied by the breathing sounds of an invisible climber. Then the camera looks back to see the large distance that was passed in a few minutes of film.
Production: August Schram / Script: Daniel Moshel / Photography: Martin Bauer / Editing: Christine Veith / Music: George Bizet, Philip Preuss / Sound: Bernhard Drax / Cast: August Schram
Production, Script: Daniel Zimmermann / Photography: Raoul Schmitz, Harald Höllwöger, Andreas Hasenöhrl, Anderes Kreimeier, Bernhard Braunstein / Editing: Bernhard Braunstein / Sound: Bernhard Braunstein, Daniel Fritz
Production, Script: Patrick Vollrath / Photography: Anselm Hartmann / Editing: Sebastian Schreiner, Patrick Vollrath / Sound: Konrad Glas / Cast: Laurence Rupp, Hanna Binder, Daniel Sträßer Filmography: Everything Will Be Okay (2015) (Go Short 2016), The Jacket (2014), Behind the Door (2014), Ketchup Kid (2013), Krawatte (2013), The Journey (2011), This film is a cut-together (2011), C’est la Wien (2010), Sleeping Perv Is World Famous for 5 Minutes (2010), Elektrotod (2007), The Erlking (2003) Contact: Patrick Vollrath, + 41 17070930, patrickvollrath@gmail.com
Filmography: House of Love (2014), MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’ (2013), Login 2 Life (2011). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, office@sixpackfilm.com
Filmography: Stick Climbing (2010), Lauberhorn Skirace in Summer (2006/7), Bobsled Run in Summer (2000). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, office@sixpackfilm.com
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AUSTRIAN SHORTS
CROSSROADS
THU 7 - 16:00 - LUX 1 / SUN 10 - 13:00 - LUX 1
The Pimp and His Trophies
Supercargo
Of Stains, Scrap and Tires
Director: Antoinette Zwirchmayr documentary / Austria / 2014 / 21’
Director: Christoph Schwartz documentary / Austria, China / 2010 / 14’
Director: Sebastian Brameshuber documentary / Austria / 2014 / 19’
Antoinette Zwirchmayr revisits her complex childhood memories of being the granddaughter of Salzburg’s most famous pimp.
Christoph Schwarz took the opportunity to travel on a container freighter from Europe to China. As a ship steward on the “MS Confidence” - operating on a “semi-automatic routine” - he was the only person on board for the longest parts of the voyage. To overcome isolation and boredom he began to document his trip on video.
A remote industrial site in a valley in Upper Styria has new users. Cliff, a young man and native of Nigeria, has been managing a company exporting used cars. It is a Nigerian microcosm in the middle of the Styrian nowhere which seems to have fallen out of time and space.
Der Zuhälter un seine Trophäen
Production: Carmen Weingartshofer, Antoinette Zwirchmayr / Photography: Rosa John / Music: A thousand fuegos Filmography: Josef – My Fathers Criminal Record, 35mm (2015); Venus Delta (2015); House and Universe (2015); The Pimp and His Trophies (2014); Waterbath (2014); Oceano Mare (2013); Diffusbläulich, super8 (2013); Untitled (2012); Floaters in the eye (2011); Dry Shampoo (2011); Raumstudien I-IV (2009 -2015) Contact: Antoinette Zwirchmayr, +43 6764703524, contact@antoinettezwirchmayr.com
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Production: Christoph Schwartz Filmography: Beingwhale (2014) / Krochacarraldo(2013) / Der Sender schläft (2013) / Rhodopia (2012) / Gift Economy Worker Kyoto (2011) / Supercargo (2010) (Go Short 2011) / European Advertising Agency (2007) / Notape Inserted (2004) Contact: Christoph Schwartz, +43 6803175362, argeschwarz@gmx.at
Production: Le Fresnoy / Photography: Klemens Hufnagl / Editing: Sebastian Brameshuber / Sound: Matthias Kassmannhuber / Cast: Clifford Mgochukwu, James Robertson, Magnus Chitioke Filmography: In, Over & Out (2015), And there we are, in the Middle (2014) Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
AUSTRIAN SHORTS
SIXPACK SHORTS
THU 7 - 21:30 - LUX 2
He and She from Here and There
Twelve Tales Told
CONFERENCE Notes on Film 05
Director: Lisa Weber documentary / Austria / 2011 / 6’
Director: Johann Lurf art film / Austria / 2014 / 4’
Director: Norbert Pfaffenbichler art film / Austria / 2011 / 8’
Tourists pose in front of famous Viennese sights - alone, in pairs or groups. Over silent pictures the filmmaker tells what she learned about her protagonists in their short time together.
Like so often in the cinema, at the start is a Hollywood studio’s animated logo. Only in this case, it is twelve-fold, a visual stampede of entertainment giants. In the strictly timed montage, fairy-tale castle, globe, and roaring lion clash as interchangeable surfaces and lead all logo logic ad absurdum. Pleasurable subversion with bombastic visual appeal.
In this grotesque found-footage-film close-ups of 65 actors playing Adolf Hitler in movies created between 1940 and today are combined in shot/ countershot-manner. The soundtrack is produced by the Austrian composer Bernhard Lang.
Production: Johann Lurf Filmography: Capital Cuba (2015), Twelve Tales Told (2014), EMBARGO (2014), Picture Perfect Pyramid (2013), Reconoissance (2012), A to A (2011), Endeavour (2010), The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 12 Explosionen (2008), VERTIGO RUSH (2007), pan (2005), (without Title) (2003)
Filmography: Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09) (2014), A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06B/ Monologue 02) (2013), A Messenger from the Shadow (Notes on Film 06 A/ Monologue 01) (2013), INTERMEZZO (Notes on Film 04) (2012), CONFERENCE notes on film 05 (2011), Notes on Film 02 (2005), Notes of Film 01 Else (2002), 36 (2001), santora (1998), traxdata (1998), Wirehead (1997).
Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Die und der von da und dort
Production: Lisa Weber / Script: Lisa Weber / Photography: Steven Swirko Filmography: Steadiness (2014), Some Twin Pop (2012), He and She from Here and There (2011), Sunray Hits Frozen-Food Department and Makes Everything Go Soft (2010). Contact: Lisa Weber, +43 69912750275, weberlisa@gmx.at
Production: Norbert Pfaffenbichler / Music, Sound: Bernhard Lang
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AUSTRIAN SHORTS
SIXPACK SHORTS
THU 7 - 21:30 - LUX 2
Exterior Extended
Dropping Furniture
visibility of interim~
Director: Siegfried A. Fruhauf art film / Austria / 2013 / 9’
Director: Paul Horn, Harald Hund art film / Austria / 2008 / 5’
Director: Manuel Knapp art film / Austria / 2007 / 13’
Interior and exterior space blur in a frenzied staccato layering of digital imagery, creating the film’s distinctive sphere of subjective experience. The spectator penetrates the medium’s imaginary interior – drawn in by the undertow of glimmering pictures. A subtle game of perception assembled from 36 individual frames.
Dropping Furniture displays the destruction of a habitat. The film is meant to symbolize the loss of existence.
Light-colored lines overlap, form grids, condense and then resemble planes: Manuel Knapp used architecture software to create geometric patterns and shapes, white on a jet-black background, so that light seems to shine from within them. Gradually these shapes shift position in relation to one another, constantly forming different and increasingly complex spaces.
Sound: Jürgen Gruber Filmography: SPOT (an Attwenger Trilogy) (2015), Exterior Extended (2013), Schwere Augen (2011), Palmes d’Ors (2009), Night Sweat (2008) (Go Short 2009), Mirror Mechanics (2005), Phantom Ride (2004), Structural Filmwaste. Dissolution 1 (2003), Blow-Up (2001), Höhenrausch (1999), La sortie (1999), Wk=mMv2/2 (1997/2013). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
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Photography: Oliver Schneider, Ludwig Löckinger / Editing: Harald Hund / Sound: Andreas Hamza Filmography: Harald Hund: Empire of Evil (2016), In the Woods (2013), Apnoe (2011), Mouse Palace (2010), Dropping Furniture (2008), All People Is Plastic (2005), Tomatenköpfe (2002). Paul Horn: TRAFO (2014), Mouse Palace (2010), Dropping Furniture (2008), Tomatenköpfe (2002). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Sound, Animation: Manuel Knapp Filmography: 1=~a (2013), VOIDOV~ (2012), stroboscopic noise~ (2009), information of decay~ (2009), Distorted Areas~0.1 (2008), visibility of interim~ (2007), Interferences~ v0.1 (2005), accelerated lines~ (2005). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
AUSTRIAN SHORTS
Carte Noire
Elements
Workers leaving the factory (again)
Director: Michaela Grill art film / Austria / 2014 / 2’
Director: Dariusz Kowalski documentary / Austria / 2006 / 8’
Director: Katharina Gruzei art film / Austria / 2012 / 11’
The film is based on a subjective, straight-ahead shot, with a view of the asphalt strip of road including the middle stripe. First it disappears behind a knoll, then surfaces again and leads to the next hill. One seems to make out a sparse steppe landscape on the sides, a gently rising mountain on the horizon.
Elements relates directly to space, to impregnable landscapes and uncertain horizons. The motifs, taken from the website “Alaska Weather Camera Program”, are small airfields in Alaska and the weather conditions there. Time lapse and collage make the functional data disappear. In the same way the concrete objects like cars and planes disappear.
Based on the Lumière’s Workers Leaving the Factory we see a group of workers walk down the dark, flickering hallway of a factory. By these scenes the weirdness of the space and the menacing quality of a mass of people who could form a resistance movement becomes increasingly evident.
Music: Stefan Németh, Martin Siewert
Filmography: Workers Leaving the Factory (Again) (2013)
Die Arbeiterinnen verlassen die Fabrik
Photography: Renate Bauer
Production: Michaela Grill / Music: Andrea Berger Filmography: Into the Great White Open (2015), Carte Noire (2014), FORÊT D’EXPÉRIMENTATION (2012), cityscapes (2007), Hello Again (2006), monroc (2005), my kingdom for a lullaby #2 (2004), KILVO (2004), trans (2003), my kingdom for a lullaby #4 (2002), kingkong (2000), untitled (1999) Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Filmography: Richtung Nowa Huta (2012), Interrogation Room (2009), Optical Vacuum (2008), Elements (2006), Interstate (2006), Luukkaankangas - Updated, Revisited (2005), Ortem (2004), Motu (2001).
Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
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AUSTRIAN SHORTS
SIXPACK SHORTS
THU 7 - 21:30 - LUX 2
Achill
brRRMMMWHEee II
Director: Gudrun Krebitz art film / Austria / 2012 / 9’
Director: Billy Roisz art film / Austria / 2010 / 5’
A woman steps out of her world to meet a man. The encounter turns out to be disenchanting; in the end, the woman retreats again. She animates films. The film that she is animating at the moment is about this encounter, and how clarity and blurriness are mutually exclusionary states of awareness.
brRRMMMWHEee II is fast and furious electronic pop at its best. Here fragments of sounds and images are captured with analogue methods only. They are joined by micro-sounds generated by individual machines, which are linked to the recurrent images and function in a way similar to musical riffs.
Production: Hochschüle für Film Un Fersnehen / Photography: Moana Vonstadl / Sound: Marian Mentrup / Narration: Nicolette Krebitz, Lola C. Bohle, Sean Uyehara
Music: dieb13
Filmography: EXOMOON (2015), Shut Up Moon (2014), Achill (2012). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
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Filmography: zounk! (2012), Chiles en Nogada (2011), brRRMMMWHEee II (2010), Close You Eyes (2009), TILT (2008), NOT STILL (2007), my kingdom for a lullaby #2 (2005), sources (2004), my kingdom for a lullaby #4 (2002), Rock ‘n Roll Will Never Die! (2002), Smokfaqs (2001), Martha (1998). Contact: sixpackfilm: Gerald Weber, +43 152609900, gerald@sixpackfilm.com
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CASTING ALL ANIMALS Animals think they are pretty smart. Yet, to quote a 1979 Talking Heads hit song of the same name, “they’re never there when you need them, they never come when you call them.” Animals can be a bit of a hassle sometimes, it is true. Yet, we can’t stop loving those silly beasts. Whether they are big or small, hairy or bald, familiar or exotic – there is something astonishing in the way they move, behave, love and hate. We love watching animals, perhaps because they remind us of ourselves. And in some cases they remind us of someone very specifically, but going into that would just be rude.
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For the thematic focus of this edition we selected our favorite short films with animals in a leading role. Animations, documentaries, anything: as long as our favorite creatures are in the spotlight it could qualify for inclusion in our program. In three programs we tried to focus on the different approaches to this theme in films.
ANIMAL KINGDOM For Animal Kingdom we selected the most endearing, heartfelt and often surprisingly funny animal shorts. Some of our favorites are in this program, like the already classic Please Say Something by David O'Reilly, or the beautiful I Was Crying Out at Life. Or For It.
BEASTY BOYS
FAST AND FURRY
What if humans behaved like animals? Even better (worse?), what if animals behaved like humans? In Beasty Boys we explore the similarities and differences between humans and animals. One of the featured short films, Edmond Was a Donkey, is about a man who dreams of being a donkey. In Creatures Comforts another man deals with hippos and turtles complaining about their living spaces.
Fast and Furry, lastly, is simply out of this world – the human world, we mean. From visual poetry simply consisting of cats in Cyriak's Meowpurrdy to a stupid monkey in Stupid Monkey, this program will definitely satisfy all of your basic human urges.
ANIMALS
BEASTY BOYS
FRI 8 - 20:00 - LUX 1 / SAT 9 - 19:00 - LUX 3
Creature Comforts
The Last Bus
Elephant
Director: Nick Park animation / United Kingdom / 1989 / 5’
Director: Martin Snopek, Ivana Laucíková fiction / Slovakia / 2011 / 15’
Director: Pablo Larcuen fiction / Spain / 2013 / 9’
A humorous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
It’s the start of the hunting season. The animals of the forest board a small bus and flee to safety. When hunters stop the bus in the middle of the night, its passengers reveal their true natures in fear for their lives.
Manuel is stuck in a monotonous job, has only one friend that he cannot stand, and his family despises him. Everything will change when the doctor diagnoses him with a rare disease - Manuel is going to turn into an elephant.
Production: Ivana Laucíková / Script: Martin Snopek , Patrik Pass/ Photography: Boleslav Boska, Juraj Chlpik / Editing: Frantisek Krähenbiel / Music: Jakub Ursíny / Sound: Robert Barcák, Bohumil Martinák / Cast: Ivan Martinka, Michal Rovnák, Vit Bednárik, Vlado Zboron
Production: Andrea Puig / Script: Pablo Larcuen / Photography: Daniel Férnandez-Abelló / Editing: Antonio Gómez-Pan / Sound: David Álvarez / Cast: Marc Montserrat, Alexandre Novell, Xavier Ortiz, Ann Perelló, Cristina Rodriguez, Constantino Romero
Filmography: The Last Bus (2011) Steps, Leaps, Years... and the Last One Turns off the Light (1995)
Filmography: Hooked Up (2013), Elephant (2013) (Go Short 2014), Mi amigo invisible (2010)
Contact: New Europe Film Sales: Jan Naszewski, jan@neweuropefilmsales.com
Contact: Escalando Films: Gisela Casas, +34665767811, gisela.casas@escandalofilms.com
Production: Sara Mullock / Script: Nick Park / Photography: Andy MacCormack, Fred Reed, Dave Alex Riddett, David Sproxton / Editing: William Ennals / Sound: Aad Wirtz / Narration: Julie Sedgewick Filmography: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008), The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Chicken Run (2000), A Close Shave (1995), The Wrong Trousers (1993), Creature Comforts (1989), A Grand Day Out (1989) Contact: Aardman Animations Limited: Gabrielle Ruffle, gabrielle.ruffle@aardman.com
Posledný Autobus
Elefante
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ANIMALS
BEASTY BOYS
FRI 8 - 20:00 - LUX 1 / SAT 9 - 19:00 - LUX 3
Edmond Was a Donkey
BÄR
Tord and Tord
Director: Franck Dion animation / Canada, France / 2012 / 14’
Director: Pascal Flörks animation / Germany / 2014 / 8’ / Dutch Premiere
Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr animation / Sweden / 2010 / 11’
Edmond is very aware that he is different. When his co-workers tease him by crowning him with a pair of donkey ears, he suddenly discovers his true nature. And though he comes to enjoy his new identity, an ever-widening chasm opens up between himself and others.
My grandpa’s past was always very present. It would break through in something he’d say or do, but he’d never talk about it. Only now, by revisiting his life and personality as I knew him, do I feel the weight of his inheritance.
One day Tord accidentally walks in to the apartment next to his own. Another person named Tord lives there, he has just moved in. Tord and Tord start to spend time with each other.
Edmond Était un Âne
Production, Photography, Editing: Franck Dion / Production: Julie Roy, Richard van den Boom, Francine Langdeau / Script: Franck Dion, Kathleen Fee / Music: Pierre Caillet / Sound: Pierre Yves Drapeau, Serge Boivin / Animation: Gilles Cuvelier, Samuel Guénolé, Gabriel Jacquel, Claire Trollé / Narration: Bérangère Bonvoisin, Benoît Brione, Gaëte Gallier, Patrick Bouchitey Filmography: Edmond Was a Donkey (2012) (Go Short 2013), Mister Cok (2009), L’inventaire fantôme (2004) Contact: Papy3D Productions: Richard van den Boom, festivals@papy3d.com 94
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Production: Julia Smola, Pascal Flörks / Script, Animation: Pascal Flörks / Music, Sound: Christian Heck
Tord och Tord
Production, Script, Editing, Sound, Animation: Niki Lindroth von Bahr Filmography: Bath House (2014) (Go Short 2015), Tord and Tord (2010)
Filmography: BÄR (2014) Contact: Aug&Ohr Medien, Louise Peter, +49 17662965299, louise@augohr.de
Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Theo Tsappos, +46 86651133, theo.tsappos@filminstitutet.se
ANIMALS ANIMAL KINGDOM
WED 6 - 21:00 - LUX 2 / SUN 10 - 17:00 - LUX 1
Horse
Bear
Please Say Something
Director: Shen Jie animation / China / 2014 / 4’
Director: Nash Edgerton fiction / Australia / 2011 / 11’
Director: David O’Reilly animation / United Kingdom / 2008 / 10’
Five chapters about a horse are cut up.
Jack has the perfect birthday surprise planned for Emelie. Sometimes, though, plans go horrifically wrong.
A troubled relationship between a Cat & Mouse set in the distant future.
Music: Takanari Sakuma / Animation: Shen Jie Filmography: Hou (2015), Horse (2014) Contact: Shen Jie, zuowotuishang@gmail.com
Production: John Polson, Lauren Edwards / Script: David Michôd, Nash Edgerton / Photography: Adam Arkapaw / Editing: Nash Edgerton / Music: Ione Sky, Jack Graddis, Ben Lee / Sound: Linda Campbell, Peter Grace, William Ward / Cast: Nash Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Warwick Thornton Filmography: The Captain (2013), Bear (2011), The Square (2008), Spider (2007), The IF Thing (2005), Lucky (2005), Fuel (2003), The Pitch (2001), Bloodlock (1998), Deadline (1997), Loaded (1996) Contact: Blue-Tongue Films: bluetongue96@gmail.com
Production, Script: David O’Reilly / Music: Bram Meindersma / Sound: Bram Meindersma, David Kamp Filmography: Children’s Song (2015), NDA (2015), Wrong Number (2015), The Horse Raised by Spheres (2014), Adventure Time: A Glitch Is a Glitch (2013), Unlucky Little Man (2013), The External World (2010) (Go Short 2011), Wofl 2106 (2008), Octocat Adventures (2008), Please Say Something (2008) (Go Short 2009), RGB XYZ (2008), Serial Entoptics (2007) Contact: David O’Reilly Animation: David O’Reilly, +44 15773355276, mail@davidoreilly.com
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ANIMALS ANIMAL KINGDOM
WED 6 - 21:00 - LUX 2 / SUN 10 - 17:00 - LUX 1
I Was Crying Out at Life. Or For It. Je Crais Contre La Vie. Our Pour Elle.
Treffit
The Date
Jolanda 23
Director: Vergine Keaton animation / France / 2009 / 9’
Director: Jenni Toivoniemi fiction / Finland / 2012 / 7’
Director: Pim Zwier documentary / The Netherlands / 2008 / 9’
In the forest, the herd of deer turns against the hound dogs that have been chasing them so far. From this unusual chase, new landscapes arise from the ground. This collage drama was made after an idea from a 19th century engraving.
A film about a date between three people. And two cats.
In a meadow a man walks with his lawnmower. The first preparations are made to take a photograph of a cow. Jolanda 23 is a short observing documentary about cow photography. The visual report of all the actions that lead to achieving an ideal of beauty.
Production: Pascaline Saillant / Script, Editing: Vergine Keaton / Music: Vale Poher / Animation: Anna Khmelevskaya Filmography: Marzevan (2015), I Was Crying Out at Life. Or For It (2009) Contact: Bonobostudio: Vanja Andrijevic, +385 14834445, vanja@bonobostudio.hr
Production: Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski / Script: Jenni Toivoniemi / Photography: Jarmo Kiuru / Editing: Tuuli Alanärä / Sound: Tuomos Klaavo / Cast: Oskari Joutsen, Païvi Mäkinen, Anna Paavilainen Filmography: Hääyö (2013), The Date (2012) Contact: Tuffi Films Ltd.: Elli Toiviniemi, +358 401721778, elli@tuffifilms.com
Production, Script, Editing: Pim Zwier / Photography: Aage Hollander / Sound: Paul Gies, Marc Schmidt Filmography: They Call Us the Enemy (2015) (Go Short 2016), All What Is Somehow Useful (2013) (Go Short 2014), Breathless (2012), Breathtaking (2012), Celestial Body (2010), Oerdak (2010), Sutrapeze (2010), Jolanda 23 (2008), Sarah Ann (2008), Bidcatcher (2007) a.o. Contact: Eye Film Institute: Edith Van der Heijde, +31 207582362, edithvanderheijde@eyefilm.nl
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ANIMALS
Useless Dog
Lord
Moxie
Director: Ken Wardrop documentary / Ireland / 2004 / 5’
Director: Adrian Sitaru fiction / Romania / 2011 / 25’
Director: Stephen Irwin animation / United Kingdom / 2011 / 5’
A witty documentary about an inept but lovable farm dog.
A pyromaniac bear misses his mother.
Production, Editing: Andrew Freedman / Photography: Ken Wardrop / Music: Denis Clohessy / Sound: Peter Blayney
Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old and ugly Pekinese that Toni cannot succeed of getting rid of, feelings of affection awake in him that surprise even Toni.
Filmography: Mom and Me (2015), Return to Roscoff (2010), His & Hers (2009), The Herd (2008) (Go Short 2009), Contagious (2007), Tongue Tied (2007), Bongo Bond (2006) Ouch! (2004), Useless Dog (2004), Undressing My Mom (2004)
Production: Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan, Ada Solomon / Script: Adrian Sitaru / Photography: Adrian Silisteanu / Editing: Andrei Gorgan / Sound: Mirel Cristea, Florin Tabacaru / Cast: Sergiu Costache, Andreea Samson, Adrian Titieni
Contact: Venom: Brian Raftery, +353 14975980, brian@venom.ie
Filmography: Art (2014), Excursion (2014), Counterpart (2014), Domestic (2012), House Party (2012) (Go Short 2013), Best Intentions (2011), The Cage (2010) Lord (2009) (Go Short 2011), Hooked (2008), Waves (2007)
Sound: Zhe Wu / Narration: Ragga Gudrun / Animation: Stephen Irwin Filmography: The Obvious Child (2014) (Go Short (2014), Horse Glue (2010), The Black Dog’s Progress (2008) (Go Short 2010), Bows and Arrows (2006), Dialog (2005) Contact: Small Time Inc.: Stephen Irwin, sjirwin21@gmail.com
Contact: Hi Film Productions: Ioana Draghici, ioana@hifilm.ro
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ANIMALS
FAST AND FURRY
THU 7 - 22:00 - LUX 1
Symphony no. 42
Pouters
Carlitopolis
Director: Reka Bucsi animation / Hungary / 2014 / 10’ The film presents a subjective world through 47 scenes. Small events, interlaced by associations, express the irrational coherence of our surroundings. The surreal situations are based on the interactions of humans and nature. Contact: Eve Korzec, eve@scottishdocinstitute.com
Director: Paul Fegan documentary / United Kingdom / 2012 / 17’ It is estimated that around 1,000 Scottish people engage in “doo fleein,” a highly competitive hobby that involves stealing each other’s pigeons. Rab and Danny have been battling it out for 25 years. Contact: Eve Korzec, eve@scottishdocinstitute.com
Director: Luis Nieto fiction / France / 2006 / 3’ Carlito, a small laboratory mouse, suffers all kinds of experiments... Contact: Ginot Pauline, +33 142811728, festivals@autourdeminuit.com
Meowpurrdy
Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)
Exercise
Director: Cyriak art film / United States / 2015 / 3’ Run The Jewels + cats = MEOW THE JEWELS. Visual wizard Cyriak made a clip for their song Meowpurddy, involving lots and lots of cats. Weird cats to be precise. Contact: Will Scott, will@massappeal.com
Director: Fab 5 Freddy fiction / United States / 1993 / 4’ Snoop Dogg escapes from the wrath of his girlfriend’s father by transforming into a dog, after which he and his group Tha Dog Pound have to flee from dog catchers. Contact: XXXX
Director: Andrew Brand documentary / United Kingdom / 2013 / 1’ Two excitable fox cubs find a new way to keep fit. Contact: Andrew Brand, +44 7765861388, mail@andrewbrand.co.uk
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ANIMALS
Swarming Kuhina
Mobile Mobil
5 Mètres 80
Director: Joni Männistö animation / Finland / 2011 / 7’ A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it. Contact: Joni Männistö, joni.mannisto@gmail.com
Director: Verena Fels animation / Germany / 2010 / 6’ At the edge of society, a cow tips the balance of destiny, with more than trivial results. Contact: Eva Steegmayer, +49 7141969103, festivals@filmakademie.de
Director: Nicolas Deveaux animation / France / 2013 / 5’ A herd of giraffes embarks on a sequence of high-flying acrobatic dives! Contact: Nicolas Deveaux, postmaster@nicolas-devaux.com
Stupid Monkey
Pandas Pandy
Director: Marlyn Spaaij animation / The Netherlands / 2012 / 3’ A hungry ring-tailed lemur is after delicious fruits. Unfortunately for him he’s not the only forest critter with an appetite. Contact: Marlyn Spaaij, +31 612200773, m.spaaij@gmail.com
Director: Matus Vizar animation / Czech Republic, Slovakia / 2012 / 12’ They are the product of millions of generations before them and yet they’re left all alone in the forest to fend for themselves. One day a human finds them and they quickly become a pawn in man’s games. Contact: Peter Badac, +42 0776451425, peter@bfilm.sk
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THE SECRET WORLD OF MOTHS different animation techniques Hannes and Pekka make experimental documentaries that are like choreographies of insects (in this case moths) bursting from the screen. In 2014 they were artists-in-residence at the Besiendershuis, a historic building situated on the quay of the Waal River, where they worked on The Secret World of Moths. All of their films have been screened in previous editions of Go Short.
The Secret World of Moths is a magical journey into the world of moths. Using 3D x-ray tomography, the Finnish filmmakers Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen will try to shed light on the moths’ hidden macrocosm and explore their way of life in an unprecedented way. Geographically the film spans from the Arctic Circle to the Equator. Observing these two extreme environments help us understand and learn about the diversity and complexity of their macroscopic world, while it also allows us to reflect on our own fragile existence on planet Earth.
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The film will be screened in a unique way: the entire ceiling of a pop-up planetarium will be filled with shots. Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of moths and watch how moths live, fly and die. Just think about it for a second: what do you really know about moths? After seeing this short you will know a lot more about these creatures, that’s for sure! Plus you will go home with an exclusive viewing experience. Feel free to pop by! Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen have been making films as Pohjankonna since 2008. With the use of a number of
The film is screened daily during the festival. For more information please visit our information desk. Tickets: € 2,50 Directed by: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen Photography: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen Music, Sound Design: Joonatan Portaankorva Software for X-ray CT Data visualization: Janne Pulkkinen Scientific Consultant: Ph.D. Kristjan Niitepõld Graphic Design: Otto Donner Narration: Jonathan Hutchings Production: Nordic Fulldome Production: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
In collaboration with the Besienderhuis.
B ESIE NDERS HUI S
LIFE IS SHORT RISE ABOVE SHORT FILM SPECIALS KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI / FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION / WORLD MATTERS / DE CORRESPONDENT PRESENTS + VICE PRESENTS / OFF THE WALLS / INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS / COMEDY SHORTS / KILL YOUR DARLINGS / SHORTS FROM THE GRAVE / OSCAR SHORTS / SHORT MATTERS / FIVE YEARS SUPPORTING FILMS / 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT GOSHORT 101
KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI We invited Konstantina Kotzamani for a retrospective on the relatively young, yet already strong career she has had so far. It was hard to miss Washingtonia last year: it was all over the festival scene and even got nominated for a European film award. Our student selection committee already recognized her talents years ago when they selected her Arundel for the festival. There is always a mysterious tone in her work, even in something as simple as partying kids going around the streets in Sarajevo. Her film Washingtonia revealed a new way of directing. Konstantina started filming Washingtonia without a script and more or less started improvising from the get-go. She stated that she found this process particularly stimulating and befitting of her personality. “The locations and the faces of my characters somehow suggested the way to me and I followed it. Everything was happening so quickly, so 102 GOSHORT
I had to use my instincts really fast; I had to create and link the different storylines while filming at the same time.” Washingtonia - the whole film - was made in less than 40 days. The strong visuals carry the narration. According to Konstanina, she explored a new way of cinema that eventually felt more comfortable to her. In a sense she trusted life by giving control to coincidence. Thematically, her movies cover a wide range. She feels that there are no specific topics or stories that she likes to pursue: it could be anything. What excites her is the process of transforming a story to fit her cinematic world, transfiguring characters, places and time in the process. In her last films she drew from faces, dark weird locations, poems, dreams and accidental sentimental links between all of them. Yet there is still one story that she is drawn to: the Greek work Metamorphosis, a Greek collection of ancient myths,
written by Ovid. Often when a character suffers or is in a dead-end in Greek mythology, Gods transform them into something else in order to be saved. She perceives filmmaking and making up stories as a constant process of metamorphosis. “There is something metaphysical in it. Maybe that's why my stories have a touch of a metaphysical world.”
SHORT FILM SPECIALS
KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI’S SHORTS
FRI 8 - 19:30 - LUX 2
Washingtonia
Arundel
Morning Prayers
Director: Konstantina Kotzamani fiction / Greece / 2014 / 24’
Director: Konstantina Kotzamani fiction / Greece / 2012 / 18’
Director: Konstantina Kotzamani, Katarina Stankovich fiction / Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2014 / 17’
Washingtonia starts when the giraffes heart can no longer be heard. Washingtonia is an alternative name for Athens, a place where people, and animals, fall into summertime sadness because of the heat. Washingtonia is the only palm tree of which the heart is not devoured by the red beetle, because its heart is small and dry; and no one likes small and dry hearts.
In an isolated island, a young woman receives letters from someone far away. She lives under the same roof with an older woman. A young postman arrives. A stray dog follows him from the very start. The three characters seem to lead separate lives, with no obvious bond between them.
A boy and a girl meet while doing drugs in a club’s toilet. While they continue their evening flirting with the idea of sex, an unforeseen event will forever change their lives. A tough coming-of-age story in a cinematic Sarajevo, different from what we’re used to.
Production: Artemis Pattakou / Script: Konstantina Kotzamani / Photography: Yannis Kanakis, Giorgos Karvelas / Editing: Leo Papafotiou / Sound: Persefoni Milou
Production: Angelos Tsaousis / Script: Konstantina Kotzamani / Photography: Jimmy Gimferrer / Editing: Dimitris Tolios / Sound: Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Vangelis Zelkas / Cast: Hristos Passalis, Nikos Flessas, Katia Goulioni, Aris Servetalis, Michele Valley
Production: Dragana Jovanovic / Script: Konstantina Kotzamani, Maša Senicic, Katarina Stankovic / Photography: Giorgos Karvelas / Editing: Smaro Papaevangelou / Music: Marvin / Sound: Dafne Farazi
Contact: Konstantina Kotzamani, +30 6976430983, kkotzamani@yahoo.com
Contact: Konstantina Kotzamani, +30 6976430983, kkotzamani@yahoo.com
Contact: Konstantina Kotzamani, +30 6976430983, kkotzamani@yahoo.com
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SHORT FILM SPECIALS
KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI’S SHORTS
KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI’S CHOICE
FRI 8 - 19:30 - LUX 2
FRI 8 - 17:30 - LUX 2
Yellow Fieber
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882
New Life
Director: Konstantina Kotzamani fiction / Greece / 2015 / 15’
Director: Ruben Östlund fiction / Sweden / 2005 / 9’
Director: Kiro Russo fiction / Argentina, Bolivia / 2015 / 15’
Suddenly Athens was covered by a strange yellow dust. At first everyone thought it was sulphur, but a few hours later Yellow Fieber erupted. No one expected what was about to happen, no one could tell that the city would turn into a forest of palms. Yellow Fieber is a story of the loss of a city.
A 30-year old man is celebrating Midsummer’s Eve together with friends in Smögen, on the west coast of Sweden. He makes his friends come and watch as he is going to jump into the sea from a very high bridge.
Mysteries, anxieties and dreams of a new life.
Production: Erik Hemmendorff / Script: Ruben Östlund, Erik Hemmendorff / Photography, Editing: Ruben Östlund / Sound: Jan Alvermark, Owe Svensson / Cast: Anette Andersson, Ingela Borgström, Martin Byström, Elin Gradin, Mats Lekander, Gunnar Nyström, Martin Zetterlund
Filmography: La Bestia (2015), Nueva Vida (2015), Juku (2012), Enterprisse (2010)
Nueva Vida
Scen nr: 6882 ur mitt liv
Production: Artemis Pattakou / Photography: Giorgos Karvelas, Giannis Kanakis / Editing: Leonidas Papafotiou / Music: Novi Sad / Sound: Daphne Farazi / Cast: Eutychia Stefanidou, Mamadu Dialo Filmography: Yellow Fieber (2015), Washingtonia (2014), Morning Prayers (2013), Arundel (2012), Zodiac (2011), Pigs (2011) Contact: Konstantina Kotzamani, +30 6976430983, kkotzamani@yahoo.com
Filmography: Turist (2014), Play (2011), Incident by a Bank (2009) (Go Short 2010), Involuntary (2008), Nattbad (2006), Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005), The Guitar Mongoloid (2004), Family Again (2002), Let the Others Deal with Love (2001) Contact: Swedish Film Institute: Theo Tsappos, +46 767791133, theo.tsappos@filminstitutet.se
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Production, Script: Kiro Russo / Photography: Pablo Paniagua / Editing: Eulogio Cuevas / Sound: Gilmar Gonzales, Micky Quiroga
Contact: Universidad del Cine: Mariángela Martinez Restrepo, ucine@ucine.edu.ar
SHORT FILM SPECIALS
Could See a Puma
The Girl Chewing Gum
Butter Lamp
Director: Eduardo Williams fiction / Argentina / 2011 / 18’
Director: John Smith art film / United Kingdom / 1976 / 12’
Director: Hu Wei fiction / France / 2013 / 16’
The accident leads a group of young boys from the high roofs of their neighborhood, passing through its destruction, to the deepest of the earth.
Who has not – particularly as a child – dreamed now and then of playing God, of sitting for a while in the Great Director’s chair in the sky? The maker of this film plays with this desire using a role-reversal trick. It gives the impression that the seemingly random London street scenes have been deliberately created.
A young photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to take their picture. Against diverse and more or less exotic backgrounds, families appear to the photographer. Through these shots, the photographer will weave unique links with each of the various villagers.
Pude ver un puma
Production: Alexan Sarikamichian / Script, Music: Eduardo Williams / Photography: Manuel Bascoy / Sound: Milton Rodriguez / Cast: Fernando Contigiani Garcia, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Jerónimo Quevedo, Juan Manuel Soler, Felipe Villanueva Filmography: I Forgot! (2014), Que je tombe tout le temps? (2013) (Go Short 2014), The Sound of the Stars Dazes Me (2012), Could See a Puma (2011), Tan atenentos (2011) Contact: Eduardo Williams, +33 695442925, teddywill@gmail.com
Production, Script, Editing, Narration: John Smith Filmography: Dad’s Stick (2012) (Go Short 2014), Hotel Diaries (2001, 2004, 2005, 2007), Worst Case Scenario (2003), Lost Sound (2001), Regression (2000), The Kiss (2000), The Waste Land (1999), Blight (1996), Home Suite (1994), The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
La Lampe au Beurre de Yak
Production: Julien Féret / Script: Hu Wei / Editing: Hu Wei / Sound: Wu Shi, Liu Cheng / Cast: Genden Punstok / Animation: Etienne Salançon / Filmography: Butter Lamp (2013) (Go Short 2014), Le Proprietor (2012), Sans Toi (2009) Contact: Hu Wei, +33 638425000, googoowood@hotmail.com
Contact: John Smith Films: John Smith, info@johnsmithfilms.com
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FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION We live in difficult times. Because we are so well connected the world has become smaller and smaller and all of the news is at our doorstep. But how do we deal with everything going on? The fear of a terrorist attack has never been as big, while there’s also a massive refugee crisis we have to deal with; and as a result of all this the political situation is changing rapidly. At the same time we are also doubting institutions like the mainstream press, so we have to rely more and more on ourselves to decide how we deal with all these matters. Through a number of programs we wish to reflect on what’s going on in the world right through the medium of cinema. VIS Vienna Independent Shorts invited Go Short and Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal to each curate a film program with the overarching title Fear Is Not An Option. Each festival embraced the theme and approached it in their own way.
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KEEP YOUR HEAD UP Go Short wants to tap into the feeling of fear that exists in our society nowadays. We are on edge because of the possible threat of terrorist attacks and because we are told by media and the government that we should stay alert; because of this we feel like we can’t trust anybody anymore. Even though there is a lot going on, we still think you should Keep Your Head Up, keep hope alive and stay positive.
STOP WORRYING AND … Fanatism, fundamentalism, radicalism, terrorism. There's a lot of -isms around today – and a lot of fear. But according to Mr. Roosevelt the only thing we have to be afraid of is fear itself. So maybe it's time to stop worrying and... well, not love the bomb, that's too defeatist, but rather laugh at the bomb. Mr. Eco said that laughter will destroy fear. In Stop Worrying and … VIS Vienna Independent Shorts presents you seven simple ways to overcome our
fears: keep calm, take care, don't worry and trust your heart. And be sure: If anything is going to take the world down, it's humourlessness.
UTOPIA, HOW TO GET THERE (OR NOT) →Utopio, kiel akin tie (aune). In Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal’s →Utopia, how to get there (or not) the rise and fall of utopias, new worlds alongside failed and/or desolate remains. There is nothing to fear, you’ll be a witness to these microcosms, at times a lesson to learn from, at others a long lost ideal of a world no more… but the everlasting hopeful will carry on. Through narrative and experimental structures, a Canadian perspective on utopia (or not). Fragments of symbolism on this topic include: the Expo 67 revisited, the desolation of an outdoor cinema playing field, an Esperanto message of hope, a failed attempt at a sovereign nation, a world where women take over, an intimate look at a typical family in their daily routine. Ridetu!
SHORT FILM SPECIALS
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
Beyond the Forest
Daughter of the Man
Hinter dem Wald
La Fille de l´homme
Director: Francesca Bertin, Leonhard Kaufmann / documentary / Germany / 2015 / 9’ The forest divides the city of tomorrow and the villages of yesterday.
Director: Manuel Schapira fiction / France / 2010 / 10’ The evening of a man accused to have kidnapped his baby.
#Ya
Sunset from a Rooftop
Director: Florencia Rovlich, Ygor Gama art film / Germany, Chile, Argentina / 2015 / 15’ First it’s paint bombs, followed hard by riots. Tweets proclaim what is to be done. Resistance is everywhere.
Director: Marinus Groothof fiction / The Netherlands / 2009 / 10 While Belgrade is being hit by NATO bombings, Ivana is preparing herself for a night out while telling her boyfriend the news of her pregnancy.
FRI 7 - 16:00 - LUX 5
Symbolic Threats Director: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke / documentary / Germany / 2015 / 15’ Based on the two white flags that appeared on the Brooklyn Bridge the film reflects on the role of art today.
Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck) Director: A. G. Rojas fiction / United States / 2015 / 4’ Video clip depicting the long struggle between a white cop and a black man.
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SHORT FILM SPECIALS
STOP WORRYING AND...
FRI 8 - 16:30 - LUX 3
How to Overcome Fear in Seven Simple Ways
Precautions Against Fanatics
Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker Director: Werner Herzog fiction / Germany / 1969 / 11’ An old man interrupts several interviews with horse track workers and demands that they be thrown out, claiming that he is the true authority.
Say Hooray to the Pope! Sag ja zum Papst! Director: Till Penzek animation / Germany / 2007 / 3’ In this educational film we learn that Catholicism is not only the greatest thing on earth, but also really quite cute.
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Radio Protection Room Vienna Donaustadt Strahlenschutzraum Wien Donaustadt
Director: Kurt Razelli documentary / Austria / 2015 / 6’ / Dutch premiere Video clip with an excerpt from Austrian television about a man who made a radio protection room in his house.
Bomb Director: Peter Millard animation / United Kingdom / 2014 / 1’ I want some breakfast and get on with my day.
Ten Meter Tower Hopptornet
The Heart of the World
Director: Axel Danielson, Maximilien van Aertyck fiction / Sweden / 2016 / 16’ / Dutch premiere On a 10-meter high diving tower, fear of taking the jump is pitted against the personal loss that would arise if you didn’t dare.
Director: Guy Maddin fiction / Canada / 2000 / 6’ Anna discovers that the world is dying of heart failure and only has one more day remaining.
Mercy All the Way Säälistäjät Director: Hannaleena Hauru fiction / Finland / 2014 / 29’ A secret club of women give sex out of pity to outcast young men in order to prevent future school shootings.
SHORT FILM SPECIALS
UTOPIA, HOW TO GET THERE (OR NOT)
Ceci est un message officiel
By the Time We Got to Expo
Director: Matthew Rankin art film / Canada / 2015 / 4’ / Dutch premiere Matthew Rankin launches a failed campaign of absolute inter-human solidarity entirely in Esperanto, the artificial language of world peace.
Director: Eva Kolcze documentary / Canada / 2015 / 4’ / Dutch premiere A re-reading of the expo’s symbol of the globe, reflecting on the era’s pride in technological progress, and emphasizing the force 0f its celebration.
Hydro-Levesque
Springtime in Greenland
Director: Matthew Rankin fiction / Canada / 2008 / 16’ Only the electrifying courage and love of Québec nationalism can save the citizens of Winnipeg from committing mass suicide.
Director: John Paizs fiction / Canada / 1981 / 24’ The 1981 short that crystallized Paizs’s deeply ironic style, Springtime in Greenland stars the director himself as a dark presence in sunny suburbia.
The Broken Altar Director: Mike Rollo documentary / Canada / 2013 / 20’ / Dutch premiere The Broken Altar is a portrait of open-air theaters documented under the strange light of day, emptied of the hum of human voices, radioed-in soundtracks and tires on gravel.
SAT 9 - 19:30 - LUX 2
Fly, Fly Sadness Vole, vole tristesse Director: Myriam Charles fiction / Canada / 2015 / 5’ / Dutch premiere A nuclear explosion transforms the voice of all the inhabitants of an island. A journalist goes there to find a hermit with mysterious powers.
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WORLD MATTERS
WED 6 - 22:00 - LUX 3 / FRI 8 - 13:00 - LUX 1
Movies That Matter and Go Short selected the best short films about the state of affairs in the world. In collaboration with Dutch film festival Movies That Matter we curated the program World Matters, in which we’ll show documentaries and fiction films that approach current issues all in their own unique way. Topics range from the outbreak of Ebola to getting confronted with the death penalty.
Burners Brûleurs
Body Team 12
Director: Farid Bentoumi fiction / France / 2011 / 15’ Algerian Amine spends the day recording his life in Oran. When he and his friends embark in a small boat to cross the Mediterranean for a chance at a better life, Amine captures the images of their journey.
Director: David Darg documentary / United States, Liberia / 2015 / 13’ Body Team 12 workers have one of the most dangerous and gruesome jobs in the world: collecting the dead from the streets of the Ebola zone. Told through the eyes of a female body, this film explores the philosophy of the Ebola workers of West Africa.
Samsung Galaxy
Last Days of Freedom
Over
Director: Romain Champalaune documentary / France / 2015 / 6’ / Dutch premiere Samsung can be seen everywhere in South Korea: from every layer of the society to every aspect of daily life. A fictional Samsung worker shows this influence by telling the story of her life.
Director: Nomi Talisman, Dee Hibbert-Jones documentary / United States / 2015 / 32’ When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision – should he call the police?
Director: Jörn Threlfall fiction / United Kingdom / 2015 / 13’ / Dutch premiere What h a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is unexpected.
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DE CORRESPONDENT PRESENTS & VICE PRESENTS The internet has changed the way we get information nowadays. Everything is available all the time now in a flood of sound bites and short statements, all driven by what’s trending at the moment. But the internet is not only the place for fast and light entertainment. In recent years more and more people hunger for more in-depth journalism, for the stories behind the news. The internet turns out to be the right place to satisfy that hunger. When producers have money to make films for online distribution, it becomes possible to react to events when they are happening instead of having to wait for funding applications. Here at Go Short we thought it would be a good time to look a bit closer at this trend. That’s why we are going to give a platform to Vice and De Correspondent to present the short documentaries that they are producing for their websites.
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DE CORRESPONDENT PRESENTS
VICE PRESENTS
De Correspondent tries to provide a context to current affairs through their website. Their journalists put the news in a broader perspective or a different light; they are trying to provide a full frame of reference for those issues. With these documentaries they intend to combine journalism with cinematic qualities, resulting for instance in festival favorite Shipwreck (2014) by Morgan Knibbe. Two of the documentaries by De Correspondent can also be seen in our competitions: 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo by Thomas Vroege and Floor van der Meulen and The Sniper of Kobani by Reber Dosky.
Since its foundation in 1994, Vice has turned into the world's largest media brand that focuses on young people. It includes an international network of digital platforms, a television and film production company, a magazine, a record label, an in-house creative agency and a publisher. Their online productions tend to be a bit more informative, but often give their audience an inside look into subcultures and places we’re not likely to visit ourselves. Vice will present three productions from the last year, ranging from people hunting for their own food to a film on a monkey testing facility.
SHORT FILM SPECIALS
DE CORRESPONDENT PRESENTS
FRI 8 - 20:30 - LUX 3
Broader Perspectives
Grey
Message from Hassan
Calling Ukraine
Director: Rosanne Kropman documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 6’ A look at how the geese around Schiphol airport, that form a potential danger for the air traffic during holiday season, are purged ‘through a goal oriented and efficient method’.
Director: Jiska Rickels documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 13’ Jiska Rickels was curious about the plight of the refugees housed in a church in her hometown. There she met Hassan from Syria. She decided to film him, and the result is a portrait of a man, a family, and the circumstances they are caught up in.
Director: Jean Counet documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’ A grandmother in Latvia phones with her sister and child who live in the war zone of Eastern-Ukraine, months without often having water and electricity. We see the traces of the war on the face of the grandmother who, like the viewer is powerless.
Biking for Yemen
Inside Foxconn
O Parto
Director: Bushra Al Fusail, Nina Aqlan documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’ Bushra Al Fusail, a young photographer, invited eighty women to come for a bike ride through the streets of the Sanaa. She filmed the event, and posted it on Facebook. The event, scandalous in Yemen, quickly became a political issue.
Director: Tu Qiao documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 15’ Tian Yu was seventeen when, in early 2010, she left rural China and headed to Shenzhen to work for Foxconn, which produces among other things iPhones and iPads in astounding quantities. In 2010 Tian Yu jumped off the roof of a Foxconn building.
Director: Elizabeth Rocha Salgado documentary / The Netherlands / 2013 / 13’ Between 80 and 90% of all women in Brazil have a Caesarean to give birth, one of the highest percentages in the world. According to the World Health Organization 15% is already too much.
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VICE PRESENTS
FRI 8 - 18:30 - LUX 3
Against the Grain
The New Hunters De Nieuwe Jagers
Director: Duco Coops documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 23’ A portrait of the new generation of hunters, people who resist the meat industry.
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Inside the Monkey Lab Het Apentestcentrum van Rijswijk van Binnenuit Director: Alex Nott documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 19’ A look at the Biomedical Primate Research Center, where new medicines are being tested on monkeys.
Mocrorappers Director: Duco Coops documentary / The Netherlands / 2016 / 39’ Like NWA once was the voice of the black American youth, are young rappers like Ismo and 3Robi this for a big group of young Dutch Moroccans. Noisey visits some of the most important people in Mocro-rap to find out where their music comes from and if being a Moroccan in the Netherlands plays a part in this.
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OFF THE WALLS
SAT 9 - 22:00 - HONIG COMPLEX
Are you ready to leave solid ground? After last year’s success, Deep End Film and Go Short once again join hands for an unusual screening. Last year we took you on a tour through the dark corners of the Honig Complex, one of the oldest industrial buildings of Nijmegen, and the surrounding area that includes the brand new bridge over the river Waal. This edition we will take you to the neighbouring harbour area where the walls will be transformed into screens for short films. You may think that the title refers to this practice, but it also refers to the off the wall awesome shorts we screen. Are you ready to leave solid ground?
OFF THE WALLS SAT 9 / 22:00 / HONIG COMPLEX / € 5
Tickets only available online through goshort.nl. Ask our Industry Desk for a printed route.
Photo: Vincent Moll
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INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
SAT 9 - 21:00 - LUX 3 / SUN 10 - 17:00 - LUX 5
Our favorite films on the international circuit condensed into one program.
Over
Meanwhile
Tuesday Salı
Edmond
Director: Jörn Threlfall fiction / United Kingdom / 2015 / 13’ What has happened in this quiet neighbourhood? A murder, a hit-and-run, an accident? The reality is unexpected. Contact: Jörn Threlfall, +44 7958437886, jorn@outsider.tv
Director: Stephen McNally animation / Ireland, United Kingdom / 2015 / 4’ Four characters traverse a city, each lost in their own separate worlds. Contact: Theo Tsappos, +46 86651133, theo.tsappos@sfi.se
Director: Ziya Demirel fiction / Turkey, France / 2015 / 12’ An ordinary school day for a teenage girl in Istanbul and her encounters with three different men. Contact: Olivier Berlemont, +33 610641526, festivals@originefilms.fr
Director: Nina Gantz animation / United Kingdom / 2015 / 9’ An oddball character with cannibalistic urges slips into the deepest parts of his psyche, in pursuit of self-understanding. Contact: Emilie Jouffroy, +44 7826487765, jouffroy.emilie@gmail.com
Kung Fury Director: David Sandberg fiction / Sweden / 2015 / 30’ Kung Fury time travels from the 1980s to World War II to kill Adolf Hitler. An error in the time machine sends him further back to the Viking Age. Contact: Theo Tsappos, +46 86651133, theo.tsappos@sfi.se
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COMEDY SHORTS
FRI 8 - 22:00 - LUX 1 / SAT 9 - 21:00 - LUX 5
Laughter is the best medicine, so bring your sick friend with you to these hilarious shorts.
Otherwise Engaged
Pineapple Calamari
Director: Alicia Macdonald fiction / United Kingdom / 2015 / 4’ How do I love thee? Let me count the likes... Contact: FranC Planas, distribucion@promofest.org
Director: Kasia Nalewajka animation / United Kingdom / 2014 / 9’ Pineapple Calamari dreams of being a horse racing champion. Contact: Kasia Nalewajka, kasia.nalewajka@gmail.com
The Wall
Aquabike
Love Is Blind
Director: Jean-Baptiste Saurel fiction / France / 2015 / 23’ / international premiere Deeply traumatized by a fish at age 15, 35-year-old Sophie gets an aqua phobia treatment by Aquaman. Contact: Jean-Christophe Reymond, +33 148243057, info@kazakproductions.fr
Director: Dan Hodgson fiction / United Kingdom / 2015 / 6’ A fresh take on the classic love triangle. Contact: Elizabeth Brown, info@birdflightfilms.com
Le Mur
Director: Samuel Lampaert fiction / Belgium / 2015 / 8’ / Dutch premiere In high-rise buildings people live withdrawn into themselves, until Chung decides to hang a picture on the wall. Contact: Samuel Lampaert, samlampaert@gmail.com
Monsters Turn Into Lovers Jeunesse des loups garous
Director: Yann Delattre fiction / France / 2015 / 22’ / Dutch premiere Julie’s doggedly trudging through life. Sébastien is determined to meet her. Contact: Juliette Sol, juliette.sol@strombolifilms.com
Panic! Paniek! Director: Daan Velsink, Joost Lieuwma animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 5’ In the car on her day off Marja has a sudden rush of panic. Contact: Thierry Paalman, +31 616060915, distribution@illuster.nl
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KILL YOUR DARLINGS
SUN 10 - 14:45 - LUX2
Our selection committee fought so hard to include these shorts... which is why we programmed them.
Totem
The Reflection of Power
It All Has Its Time Todo tiene su hora
Director: Marte Vold fiction / Norway / 2015 / 20’ / Dutch premiere In five scenes from the life of a hipster couple in the suburbs of Oslo, Totem shows the vulnerabilities and relentless discomforts of togetherness. Contact: Kathrine Haaheim, kathrine.haaheim@nfi.no
Director: Mihai Grecu art film / France / 2015 / 9’ / Dutch premiere In the most secret capital of the world a crowd attends a show while a disaster threatens the whole city... Contact: Nicolas Anthomé, +33 140213702, diffusion@bathysphere.fr
Director: Marine Discazeaux, Oscar Santamaría fiction / Spain / 2015 / 4’ / Dutch premiere We’ll always have Juan Luis. Contact: Jonay García, +34 616834890, distribucion@digital104.com
My Home Chez moi
Land Tides Marea de Tierra
Director: Phuong Mai Nguyen animation / France / 2015 / 11’ Hugo’s mother is back home. The following day, when Hugo wakes up, he finds black feathers all over his house. Contact: Richard Van Den Boom, +33 603914179, festivals@papy3d.com
Director: Manuela Martelli, Amirah Tajdin fiction / France / 2015 / 15’ / Dutch premiere Laura, a heartbroken teenager is on holiday in the southern Chilean archipelago. She wanders the island and shares stories with a group of women. Contact: Manuela Martelli, +56 962066088, manuela@cinestacion.cl
YOU GO ROUND AND ROUND IN THE NIGHT AND YOU ARE EATEN UP BY FIRE
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Tu tournes en rond dans la nuit et tu es dévoré par le feu Director: Jonathan Millet fiction / France / 2015 / 19’ He looks for a place to sleep and a meaning to his life. Contact: Thomas Guentch, +63 3531636, contact@5jprod.com
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SHORTS FROM THE GRAVE
FRI 8 - 22:30 - LUX 4
These scary movies will surely keep you awake at night.
The Simpsons Couch Gag
The Chickening
Monster
Director: Lee Handcastle animation / United Kingdom / 2015 / 1’ The Simpsons have an unexpected encounter with the killers from 2011 horror film You’re Next.
Director: Davy Force, Nick DenBoer Art / United States / 2016 / 5’ A trailer for a fictional film in which Stanley Kubrick’s classic film The Shining has been transformed into a new, poultryinfused comedy adventure.
Director: Jennifer Kent fiction / Australia / 2005 / 10’ A mother battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Invaders
One Last Dive
POLAROID
Director: Jason Kupfer fiction / United States / 2015 / 6’ A pair of home invaders consider their potential character choices just prior to their planned invasion.
Director: Jason Eisener fiction / Canada / 2013 / 1’ 3:07 AM: instructed by his chief, a diver on the police squad scours the lake one last time.
Director: Lars Klevberg fiction / United States, Sweden, Norway / 2015 / 15’ / Dutch premiere Sarah and Linda find an old Polaroid camera that is possessed by a dark past.
Baskin
Jack Attack
Ligths Out
Director: Ogulcan Eren Akay, Can Evrenol fiction / Turkey / 2014 / 11’ Police summoned to an apartment building make a horrifying discovery.
Director: Antonio Padovan, Bryan Norton fiction / United States / 2013 / 9’ / Dutch premiere Jack’s favorite babysitter Elizabeth introduces him to the art of pumpkin carving on Halloween night. Nothing will ever be the same.
Director: David Sandberg fiction / United States / 2013 / 2’ When a woman turns out the lights, a figure appears, but when she turns them back on, it is gone.
[YOU’RE NEXT]
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OSCAR SHORTS
SAT 9 - 18:00 - LUX 1 / SAT 9 - 19:45 - LUX 1
Acedemy Award Short Film Nominees
World of Tomorrow
OSCAR SHORTS ANIMATION
OSCAR SHORTS LIVE-ACTION
SAT 9 / 18:00 / LUX 1
SAT 9 / 19:45 / LUX1
Sanjay's Super Team / Sanjay Patel /
Ave Maria / Basil Khalil /
animation / United States / 7’
fiction / France, Germany, Palestinian
World of Tomorrow / Don Hertzfeldt / animation /
Territory / 15’
United States / 17’
Shok / Jamie Donoughue /
Bear Story / Gabriel Osorio /
fiction / Albania, United Kingdom / 21’
animation / Chile / 10’
Everything Will Be Okay / Patrick Vollrath /
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos /
fiction / Austria, Germany / 30’
Konstantin Bronzit /
Stutterer / Benjamin Cleary /
animation / Russia / 15’
fiction / United Kingdom / 13’
The Short Story Of A Fox And Mouse / Chaix,
Day One / Henry Hughes /
Jean, Jourdan, Pillier, Roger /
fiction / United States / 25’
animation / France / 6’ Prologue / Richard Williams / animation / United States / 6’ If I Was God
If I Was God / Cordell Barker / animation / Canada / 8’ The Loneliest Stoplight / Bill Plympton / animation / United States / 6’ Catch It / Jordan Soler, Julien Robyn, Pierre-Baptiste Marty, Nadège Forner, Marion Demaret, Paul Bar / animation / France / 5’
Day One
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SHORT MATTERS
SUN 10 - 17:00 - LUX 2 / SUN 10 - 19:00 - LUX 2
The nominees for the European Film Awards 2015 for best short film. Short Matters is the European Film Academy's short film tour. It brings the films nominated for the Short Film Awards to a number of film festivals and institutions across Europe and beyond. The short films nominated for the European Film Awards 2015 offer a manifold panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking. The 3000 members of the European Film Academy selected Jure Pavlovic's ´ Picnic as the overall winner. The short film initiative is organised by the European Film Academy in cooperation with a series of film festivals throughout the continent. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. In order to be considered for the short film initiative, short films have to be selected for the competition section of any of these partner festivals.
SHORT MATTERS 1 SUN 10 / 17:00 / LUX 2 Dissonance / Till Nowak / animation / Germany / 17’ The Runner / José Luis Montesinos / fiction / Spain / 13’ Our Body / Dane Komljen / art film / Serbia, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 15’ This Place We Call Our Home / Thora Lorentzen, Sybilla Marie Tuxen / documentary / Denmark / 30’ Listen / Rungano Nyoni, Hamy Ramezan / fiction / Finland, Denmark / 13’
SHORT MATTERS 2
Dissonance
SUN 10 / 19:00 / LUX 2 The Translator / Emre Kayis, / fiction / Turkey, United Kingdom / 23’ Field Study / Eva Weber / fiction / United Kingdom / 21’ E.T.E.R.N.I.T. / Giovanni Aloi / fiction / Italy / 14’ Smile, and the World Will Smile Back / Ehab Tarabieh, Yoav Gross, Shada al-Haddad, Diaa al-Haddad, Ahmed al-Haddad, Abdelkarim al-Haddad / documentary / Israel, Palestinian Territory / 21’ Picnic / Jure Pavlovic´ / fiction / Croatia / 13’ Smile, and the World Will Smile Back
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FIVE YEARS SUPPORTING FILMS “De voorfilm moet terug” five years. It’s already been five years since Go Short started the project “De Voorfilm Moet Terug”. With this program we want to bring short films back to the big screen on a regular basis by programming them before main features. Every month we select and distribute a short film to around 10 Dutch cinemas; we have reached almost 500.000 visitors by doing this. More than enough reason to celebrate! And what’s a better way to do this than by watching films while enjoying the weather. In Go Short’s outdoor cinema, love of film is in the (open) air. We have selected the best supporting films of the past five years and present these to you in two programs.
Choir Tour
Mr. Foley
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In five years we have had more than enough highlights. Last year we started commissioning our own supporting films. We invited Douwe Dijkstra and Emma Westenberg to make a film specifically for this project. Douwe’s Supporting Film as well as Emma’s Hell can be seen on the big screen. But there is more. We have had documentaries, animations and crossovers. To sum up, we have the best supporting films for everyone!
THU 7 – 22:00 – PAVILION / SAT 9 – 22:00 – PAVILION
THURSDAY
SATURDAY
22:00 – PAVILION
22:00 – PAVILION
Reborn / Andrew Margetson / documentary /
Supporting Film / Douwe Dijkstra / documentary /
United Kingdom / 5’ | Choir Tour / Edmunds
The Netherlands / 6’ | Something for Nothing /
Jansons / animation / Latvia / 5’ | Cold Mailman -
Andrew Brand / fiction / United Kingdom / 5’
My Recurring Dream / André Chocron / fiction /
Things You'd Better Not Mix Up / Joost Lieuwma /
Norway / 4’ | Flatten / Kay van Vree, Hugo de Kok /
animation / The Netherlands / 2’ | Fresh
art film / The Netherlands / 1’ | Yolande / Monsieur
Guacamole / PES / animation / United States/
Moo / art film / France / 1’ | The Date / Johannes
2’ | We Cut Corners - Pirate's Life / Katarzyna
Andersson / fiction / Sweden / 1’ | A Brief History
Kijek, Przemysław Adamski / animation / Poland
Of John Baldessari / Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost /
/ 2’ | Sleep / Frank Braun, Claudius Gentinetta /
documentary / United States / 6’ | A Different
animation / Switzerland / 4’ | Klein / Sanne Vogel /
Perspective / Chris O'Hara / animation / Ireland /
fiction / The Netherlands / 6’ |
2’ | Mr. Foley / D.A.D.D.Y. / fiction / Ireland / 5’ |
Carpark / Ant Blades / animation / United Kingdom /
Bonobo - Cirrus / Cyriak / animation / United
2’ | Countryphile / Ruth Sewell / fiction / United
Kingdom / 3’ | Wildebeest / Ant Blades / animation /
Kingdom / 3’ | Procrastination / Johnny Kelly /
United Kingdom / 2’ | The Herd / Ken Wardrop /
animation / United Kingdom / 5’ | Bird High Up /
documentary / Ireland / 4’ | Hell / Emma Westen-
Mårten Nilsson / art film / Sweden / 3’ |
berg / fiction / The Netherlands / 5’ | The Future
Wind / Robert Löbel / animation / Germany / 4’ |
/ Alex Goddard / animation / United Kingdom / 2’
Synesthesia / Terri Timley / art film / United States /
| Bradley Manning Had Secrets / Adam Butcher
4’ | The Gallery / Robert Proch / animation / Poland
/ animation / United Kingdom / 6’ | Anouk - The
/ 5’ | Division / Johan Rijpma / animation / The
Good Life / Dana Nechushtan / fiction /
Netherlands / 1’ | Cool Unicorn Bruv / Ninian Doff /
The Netherlands / 5’ | Felix / Anselm Belser /
fiction / United Kingdom / 2’ | Short Film About
fiction / Germany / 1’
Life / Laila Pakalnina / documentary / Latvia / 1’ |
Bonobo - Cirrus
Short Film About Life
Fruit Fruit / Peter Millard / animation / United Kingdom / 2’ Fruit Fruit
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48 HOUR FILM PROJECT Making a film, from writing the script to editing the footage, in only 48 hours may seem like something right out of Mission: Impossible. Yet it is exactly this mission that filmmakers who enter the 48 Hour Film Project set for themselves. From April 1st tot April 3rd, directors, actors and editors all over Nijmegen embark on this exciting challenge. Will the extreme time pressure drive them to excellence? Find out during the premiere at Go Short. The winner of 48 Hour Film Project Nijmegen will advance to the global finals.
SCREENING TIMES 48 HOUR A: FRI 8 / 17:30 / LUX 7 48 HOUR B: FRI 8 / 19:45 / LUX 7 48 HOUR C: FRI 8 / 22:00 / LUX 7
AWARD CEREMONY SAT 9 / 21:00 / BREBL
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LIFE IS SHORT RISE ABOVE THE FUTURE FAMOUS Talent is passion. Talent is hard work. Talent is a gift. Talent is a myth. Talent is all that counts. Talent is irrelevant. Talent is everything. Talent is nothing. At Go Short, we love talent, but we can’t tell you what it is. We will show you. We will show you the work of young and eager filmmakers. Because it really can be anything that catches our eye; we make sure to be on top of everything. With our Go Ahead program, we keep a close eye on students at all Dutch art and film academies to spot talent even before they start working on their graduation film. For Homegrown we are constantly
reminded not to overlook great films being made in our own backyard. Since the very first year of Go Short we have a showcase program presented by HKU University of the Arts. We combed through the harvest of student production to put together a compilation of the most striking shorts. Next to screening films, we also want to stimulate talented filmmakers in the production stage. Dutch filmmakers get the opportunity to pitch their upcoming productions at the festival. For our supporting film circuit, we have commissioned Emma Westenberg to make a short film.
Through our campus program, among our volunteers and many more, we have met so many young people at Go Short who eventually went on to pursue their dream of making films. It fills us with delight every time one of them returns to Go Short, only this time as a filmmaker with a film in the program. This year it is Jordy Tempelman who attended our campus program a couple of years ago and is making his return in our program HKU Presents. And Jasmijn Schrofer who entered Go Ahead last year is also back.
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GO AHEAD Meet the future Dutch filmmakers. Go Ahead features the works of Dutch film students in the first, second and third year of Dutch academies. We’ve scouted films at Dutch film schools and selected the best five shorts. Many short films are produced here as assignments and then soon forgotten, as new projects take up the students’ time and screening opportunities are scarce. It would be a shame for some of these films if they never go beyond the classrooms projector, since they have a lot of international potential.
Brocante
Go Short offers these students the opportunity to screen their films at an international festival. This is an opportunity that they usually don’t get until they have made their graduation film. The creative process of the students will be discussed in short interviews after the films are screened, these will also offer an interesting peek into what goes on behind closed doors of Dutch academies. Five films offer a first glimpse of tomorrow’s talented filmmakers. The films are made by students of the HKU University of the Arts, the Netherlands Film Academy (NFA) and the School of Fine Art and Design St. Joost. Different genres like documentary, art and fiction are all represented. Though their talents may take different forms, they have all been selected because of a distinct approach or well developed style. All we can say to them is to go full steam ahead.
May 9th
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GO AHEAD
SAT 9 - 13:00 - LUX 3
Brocante
Sky
Director: Hero Hemmingsley fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 19’ When two friends meet a hitchhiker on their way to Spain, they decide to give her a ride to Paris: a detour that will change the course of three lives. Contact: Charlotte Dijksman, +31 624225827, dijksman@gmail.com
Director: Loes Janssen documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 15’ Sky is nine years old and has a big hearing impairment. He tries to participate in his class full of good hearing children, but he often feels misunderstood. Contact: Loes Janssen, +31 640999477, info@loesjanssen.com
Today Vandaag
May 9th 9 Мая
Director: Marit Weerheijm fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’ When Kees and his two children stop at a gas station for a break, they all shortly separate. In this period of time, each of them witnesses something special. Contact: Eva van Dorland, +31 653576126, ehvandorland@live.nl
Director: Mariia Ponomarova documentary / The Netherlands, Ukraine / 2015 / 8’ / Dutch premiere My birthday always starts at the cemetery. Contact: Mariia Ponomarova, +31 644402401, pponomarevaa@gmail.com
Two Rooms and a dialogue between a pepper and an all knowing cactus. Director: Simon van Iersel art film / The Netherlands / 2015 / 9’ / world premiere An existential talk between a red pepper and an all-knowing cactus. Contact: Simon van Iersel, +31 615864638, deheervaniersel@hotmail.com, rhona.muehlebach@gmx.ch
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DUTCH SHORT FILM PITCH + DUTCH PLATFORM Pushing Dutch Talent DUTCH PLATFORM With Go Short we aim to be the platform for Dutch talents. We show the best films from the recent year in our competition, but we want to do more. That’s why the Dutch Platform has become a regular feature of our video library. Here you can see all Dutch film submissions that Go Short received for this edition, a total of 350 films. For a better overview we divided these films in different categories, so you can easily find what you are looking for. In this way Go Short functions as a gateway to all recent Dutch shorts for our visiting film professionals.
DUTCH SHORT FILM PITCH SAT 10 - 11:00 - VLAAMS ARSENAAL For the second year we are organizing the Dutch Short Film Pitch, a pitching session where a selection of promising Dutch short film projects that are still in their production phase are being pitched for visiting professionals. Get the chance to find out about the newest films before they are finished. We are quite happy that three of last year’s films made it to our program. This year new projects from Jordi Wijnalda (part of the Dutch Competition with Lukas by the Sea), Jan-Dirk Bouw (known from festival favorite I Love Hooligans), Ena Sendijarevic (winner of the Dutch Competition in 2014 with Travellers into the Night) and Aaron van Valen (famous for his music videos) will be pitched.
Photo: Simone Both
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PRESENTED PROJECTS: IMPORT – directed by Ena Sendijarevic, 17 minute fiction film A young Bosnian refugee family ends up in a small village in the Netherlands after getting a residence permit in 1994. Superkoeling – directed by Aaron van Valen, 10 minute fiction film 2 men in a forest are running for their lives. Their choices will have disastrous consequences. IMPORT
Gilles – directed by Jordi Wijnalda, 6 minute fiction film A short film about the randomness of hatred, how it can destroy, and how it can unite. Breaking Walls – directed by Jan-Dirk Bouw, animated documentary A journalist criticizing censorship and pleading for freedom of expression in China, but at the same time he’s hiding the fact that he’s gay. Breaking Walls
Gilles
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HOMEGROWN PROGRAM 1
WED 6 - 22:00 - LUX 1
Cinematic pastry with a local flavor. Enjoy the daring tastes of film talent from the region.
Fail Faal
Ticking Away
The Tide Het Getij
Director: Kees Meulendijks fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 13’ / world premiere A thirty-something traffic warden fails in about every aspect of his life. Ignorant of this fact, he lives in a dream world in his lonely apartment. Contact: Gerd Kuijpers, +31 629424511, gerdkuijpers@hotmail.com
Director: Michael Sewnarain animation / The Netherlands, Belgium / 2015 / 9’ The story of a solitary watchmaker who seeks consolation and meaning in his daily routine. Then, one evening, he is offered a very special watch to repair... Contact: Nancy Fornoville, +31 648964076, info@cinete.nl
Director: Maarten van Vliet fiction / The Netherlands, Belgium / 2015 / 19’ / world premiere An 8-year-old boy struggles with the instable relationship of his parents. Contact: Maarten van Vliet, +31 651976705, maarten_vanvliet@msn.com
Until the Quiet Comes
Pregnant Zwanger
Director: Yaron Cohen documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 25’ During the war between Abkhazia and Georgia in the nineties, 87-year-old Toro fled to Georgia with his cousin and his cousin’s wife. Despite Toro’s end-less positivity, the harsh reality starts kicking in. Contact: Wouter Jansen, info@someshorts.com
Director: Mascha Halberstad animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 6’ When Tyn urinates on the pregnancy test of one of his fellow students in the bathroom of the student house where he lives, he turns out to be pregnant. Contact: Marlies Krabbenbos, +31 206254788, festival@vikingfilm.nl
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HOMEGROWN PROGRAM 2
SUN 10 - 13:00 - LUX 5
Sad Spirit Droefgeest
The Final Nights De laatste nachten
The B-Side of Estel De B-kant van Estel
Director: Angelo Raaijmakers fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’ A spaceman tries to deal with a painful moment of his childhood with his depressed father, by trying to look at the depression as a living being. Contact: Angelo Raaijmakers, +31 650565468, info@angeloraaijmakers.nl
Director: Reneé van der Ven documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 18’ Joop knows that his life is going to end soon. Loes, a volunteer, is going to watch over his deathbed at night to offer his close family some rest. Contact: Reneé van der Ven, +31 630268784, reneevdven@hotmail.com
Director: Dick van Aalst art film / The Netherlands / 2015 / 8’ / world premiere Composer Nico Huijbregts talks about the Estel building in Nijmegen and makes us hear a different side (the B-side) of it in the form of a piano piece. Contact: Dick van Aalst, +31 615095912, info@dickvanaalst.com
Heavenly Gate Hemelpoort
Passage
Under the Apple Tree
Director: Chris de Krijger, Mischa Dols fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 11’ After his death, Bill get’s to choose one memory to relive before going to heaven. Bill wants to have sex with his first girlfriend again, but finds out that the experience is not quite the same as he remembered it. Contact: Twan Peeters, hello@twanpeeters.net
Director: Victor D. Ponten fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’ A young man moving up in the criminal world sees a seemingly simple task from a crime lord turn into a grim test of loyalty. Contact: Victor Ponten, +31 624750551 / +31 203300324, victor@habbekrats.nl
Director: Erik van Schaaik animation / The Netherlands, Belgium / 2015 / 18’ A deceased farmer is buried by his hated brother, the vicar. Worms inhabit the corpse, discovering they’ve full control over it. The dead farmer awakens... Contact: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
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SUPPORTING FILM: HELL
THU 7 - 19:30 - LUX 4 / THU - 22:00 - PAVILION / SAT 9 - 15:30 - LUX 2
Bringing short films to the big screen: that’s our mission, one that doesn’t stop after five festival days. Year-round we find and create opportunities for new films to be screened. A successful initiative was to bring the tradition of supporting films back to Dutch arthouse cinemas. Every month we select and distribute a short film to 11 Dutch cinemas, reaching an audience of over 150.000 visitors. Last year we went a step further and invited Douwe Dijkstra to make a film specifically for the supporting film project. We loved the result, Supporting Film, and we were not the only ones as it went on to be a festival circuit favorite, picking up several awards. Commissioning a supporting film was a great experience. It was also very exciting for us because it was actually somewhat of a carte blanche: only the film’s running time and purpose were defined in the assignment. As we were very happy with the result we are eager to do this again! This year we wanted to invite a filmmaker with a style that differs from Douwe Dijkstra’s. That's why we chose Emma Westenberg. She caught our eye when she made a very bold short for Kort! She showed courage, which we love. Emma is part of a new generation of Dutch filmmakers who we want to support and present, both to a large film-going audience and to the short film scene in Europe through our active international festival distribution. Emma presented us with a challenging script that she wrote with Sarah Arnolds and she managed to enlist top Dutch actors Abbey Hoes and Michiel Romeyn.
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EMMA WESTENBERG ABOUT HELL: “When Go Short asked me to make a supporting film I just finished re-reading a very nice short story by Sarah Arnold. I found it very adaptable for a short film, so this came together perfectly. It's a story that really makes you think. You’re not likely to see yourself as a bad person. But what if you suddenly find yourself in hell? Then you try to think of all the reasons that might have gotten you there. I thought this was a great idea for a short film. Sarah also wrote the script and together we started looking for locations. When we decided that hell should be a waiting room, we adapted the script accordingly. The entire cast and crew were indispensable. Especially Halal, my dear producers, Sarah with her endless imagination and beautiful images, Abbey (so good and funny as our starring actress!), and cameraman Boas: they all have contributed immensely to the film.
photo: Sanja Marusic
Supporting films put you on your toes, they really set the mood. You immediately leave the daily reality of action and reaction behind, and enter the rules of the screen. The arc of a short film builds at a high pace and shouldn’t let go of you for a single moment. There is no time to pause and reflect: they should be short and concise. Life is Short! This matches the life of the main character…”.
photo: Victor Arnolds
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HKU PRESENTS
FRI 8 - 13:00 - LUX 5 / SUN 10 - 12:45 - LUX 3
A compilation of the most striking shorts of HKU students. Creativity won’t wait for a diploma! Students of the HKU University of the Arts make good use of the school’s facilities to experiment with new film techniques and various forms of animation. Every year we comb through the harvest of student production to put together a compilation of striking shorts. The students will be present to tell us more about their films and future plans.
HKU PRESENTS 1
Best Friends
FRI 8 / 13:00 / LUX 5 Observator / Wouter Hermans / fiction / 19’ Depart at 22 / Wiep Teeuwisse / animation / 4’ De Tom & Yuri Extravaganza / Tom Eysink Smeets / fiction / 6’ Slice of Life / Nour Abdullaa / animation / 5’ Best Friends / Ruwan Heggelman / fiction / 26’ Just a biopic / Renske Cuijpers / animation / 3’ Flow / Menno Wisselink / animation / 3’
HKU PRESENTS 2 SUN 10 / 12:45 / LUX 3 Magasin / Jordy Tempelman / fiction / 23’ Saturday Symphony / Iris Frankhuizen / animation / 3’ Bello 4-ever / Pascalle van Dijk / documentary / 17’ Big Fat Balloon Cat / Nathalie Josephine / animation / 3’ Peer / Jeffrey Tomberg / fiction / 18’ Big Fat Balloon Cat
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LIFE IS SHORT RISE ABOVE GO SHORTY! Go Shorty! is the educational branch of Go Short and we offer several activities for the youngest visitors. Children from the age of 4 are welcome at our film programs, school programs and Playground where they can get hands-on with different aspects of filmmaking. With Go Shorty! we mean to inspire creativity, talent and passion for film in everyone!
GO SHORT PLAYGROUND
GO SHORT IN SCHOOL
Before and during the festival we will host a Playground where children can experience filmmaking for themselves. For instance they can be the feature character in a stop-motion animation, experience different film techniques and make their own film projector. Through learning by doing they experience film and it’s possibilities in a playful way.
Just like every year, we offer educational school programs for primary schools. New this year are the school programs for secondary and higher education. All the programs offer more than just a short film program: we facilitate Q&A’s with cast and crew and offer learning materials for teachers to use in the classroom. We offer different possibilities for the use of short films in your curriculum. If you are interested in bringing Go Short to your school, you can always contact us so we can look for a program that fits your needs. GOSHORT 135
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FAMILY SHORTS 6+
SUN 10 - 15:00 - LUX 5
Beautiful, funny, exciting and entertaining short films to enjoy together. Ages 6 and up.
The Law of the Jungle
Head Full of Dreams
Hard to Be a Sparrow
La Loi du Plus Fort
Hoofd vol dromen
Trudno Vorobyu
Director: Pascale Hecquet animation / France, Belgium / 2015 / 6’ / Dutch premiere Two big monkeys and a small monkey all want the same banana. Contact: Mikhal Bak, +33 979349902 mikhal.bak@gmail.com
Director: Marinka de Jongh documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 19’ A young girl and her two mentally disabled housemates form a band. Contact: Jelte Zonneveld, jelte@eenvandejongens.nl
Director: Darya Vyatkina animation / Russia / 2014 / 7’ / Dutch premiere The film is about a crafty sparrow, who met a friend. Contact: Anna Ostalskaya, +74 999784778, sharstudia@gmail.com
Plaster Gips
Counting Sheep
Air-Mail Messages dans l’air
Director: Frits Standaert animation / France, Belgium / 2015 / 7’ / Dutch premiere When a little boy tries to count sheep in bed, suddenly real sheep appear. Contact: Fabrice Marquat, +33 14692662, f.marquat@agencecm.com
Director: Isabelle Favez animation / Switzerland / 2015 / 6’ / Dutch premiere A girl falls in love with a boxer she can never hope to meet, but the letter-birds will change her destiny forever. Contact: Nicolas Burlet, +41 223002054, festival@nadasdyfilm.ch
Director: Jeroen Houben fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’ When a shy twelve-year-old breaks his arm, his summer holiday seems doomed. Then he comes to realize he can’t stay a wallflower forever. Contact: Jeroen Houben, +31 631642712, houbenjh@gmail.com 136 GOSHORT
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Pik Pik Pik Director: Dmitriy Vysotskiy animation / Russia / 2014 / 3’ A bird tries and fails to catch ants. But one day a wood-cutter comes to cut their own tree. Contact: Nataliya Babich, +7 9035599977, n.babich@souzmult.ru
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SCHOOL PROGRAM 6-10
Counting Sheep Compte les Moutons
Director: Frits Standaert animation / France, Belgium / 2015 / 7’ / Dutch premiere When a little boy tries to count sheep in bed, suddenly real sheep appear. Contact: Fabrice Marquat, +33 14692662, f.marquat@agencecm.com
Illustration: Compostage Director: Elise Auffray art film / France / 2015 / 2’ Making your own compost: like growing soil, it is growing life. Contact: Elise Auffray, elise.auffray@gmail.com
Head Full of Dreams
Foul
Director: Marinka de Jongh documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 19’ A young girl and her two mentally disabled housemates form a band. Contact: Jelte Zonneveld, jelte@eenvandejongens.nl
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo fiction / Norway, Mexico / 2014 / 5’ Follows a ten-year-old girl through all the resistance she experiences on a normal winter day in Norway. Contact: Kathrine Haaheim, kathrine.haaheim@nfi.no
Hoofd vol dromen
Looks
KI
Fears
Director: Susann Hoffman animation / Germany / 2014 / 3’ A grey lynx doesn’t quite fit into a world of colourful animals. On his search for belonging he finds himself resorting to drastic measures... Contact: Kimberly Healy, +44 2076135400, k.healy@shorts.tv
Director: Meikeminne Clinkspoor fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 22’ During a dream, 7 year old Yuki is reunited with her sister Iwa (11), who has recently passed away. Together, they share an exciting adventure. Contact: IJswater Films, +31 204421760, cemile@ijswater.nl
Director: Nata Metlukh animation / Canada / 2015 / 2’ Fears are visible as constant companions of their owners. The creatures can make people’s lives more difficult, but they can also be very useful. Contact: Nata Metlukh, +1 4156995437, nata.metlukh@gmail.com
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SCHOOL PROGRAM 10-12
Plaster Gips
Director: Jeroen Houben fiction / The Netherlands / 2015 / 10’ When a shy twelve-year-old breaks his arm, his summer holiday seems doomed. Then he comes to realize he can’t stay a wallflower forever. Contact: Jeroen Houben, +31 631642712, houbenjh@gmail.com
Ten Tien
Director: Nathalie Crum documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 16’ Jolijn (10) is afraid people will forget her deceased father now that mommy is going to marry her new boyfriend. Contact: Winnie Rijnders, +31 356713375, winnie.rijnders@kro-ncrv.nl
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A Year Without my Parents Een jaar zonder mijn ouders
Director: Els van Driel documentary / The Netherlands / 2015 / 23’ A Year Without my Parents is about the right to be reunited with your family. Contact: Moira Veenhof, +31 651917517, moira.veenhof@ikon.nl
Ear Fear Director: Erin Kim animation / United States / 2015 / 3’ A man living a secret life faces a crisis when he finally finds his true soulmate. Contact: Erin Kim, hyerinkim@alum.calarts.edu
Jonas and the Sea Zeezucht
Director: Marlies van der Wel animation / The Netherlands / 2015 / 12’ A man casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream: the quest to find a home, even if it’s underwater. Contact: Ursula van den Heuvel, +31 620689423, ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
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FILM INDEX TITLE 每 每一天每一天 – 80
# #Ya – 37, 107 (Auto)exposiciones – 47 (Otto) – 61 (Self)exhibitions – 47 5 Mètres 80 – 99 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo – 60 9 Мая – 127 9, Chemin des Gauchoirs – 43
Black – 50 Body Language Zone – 40 Body Team 12 – 110 Bomb – 108 Bonobo – Cirrus – 122 Bradley Manning Had Secrets – 122 Brocante – 127 brRRMMMWHEee II – 90 Brûleurs – 110 Burners – 110 Butter Lamp -105 By The Time We Got To Expo –109
C A Calling Ukraine – 113 A Brief History Of John Baldessari – 122 Carlitopolis – 98 A Coat Made Dark – 46 Carpark – 122 A Country of Two – 44 Carry On – 70 A Day Off – 58 Carte Noire – 89 A Different Perspective – 122 CATCH IT – 120 A Man Returned – 58 Ceci est un message officiel – 109 A Painful Affair – 62 Çevirmen – 121 A Repülés Története – 80 Chefu’ – 78 A Tale of Love, Madness and Death – 70 Chez moi – 118 A Year Without my Parents – 138 Choir Tour -122 Achill – 90 Chulyen, a Crow’s Tale – 53 Air-Mail – 136 Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau – 53 Alles Wird Gut – 71, 120 Circus Debere Berhan – 41 Anouk – The Good Life – 122 Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck) Apnoe – 84 – 107 Aquabike – 40, 117 Cold Mailman – My Recurring Dream Art – 79 – 122 Arta – 79 Colivia – 78 Arundel – 103 Compte les Moutons – 136, 137 Autobiographical scene number CONFERENCE notes on film 05 – 87 6882 – 104 Cool Unicorn Bruv – 122 Ave Maria – 120 Could See a Puma – 105 Counterpart -79 B Counting Sheep – 136, 137 BÄR – 94 Countryphile – 122 Baskin – 119 Coup de vent sur la Sainte-Victoire – 47 Bear – 95 Courber l’Echine – 72 Bear Story – 120 Creature Comforts – 93 Bello 4-ever – 134 D Bello 4-ever – 134 Dancing for You – 39 Bericht van Hassan – 113 Dans for livet – 39 Best Friends – 134 Daughter of the Man – 107 Beste Vrienden – 134 Day One – 120 Beyond the Forest – 43, 107 De B-kant van Estel – 131 Big Fat Balloon Cat – 134 De Hel – 57, 122 Biking for Yemen – 133 De laatste nachten – 131 Bird High Up – 122 148 GOSHORT
De Nieuwe Jagers – 114 DE TOM & YURI EXTRAVAGANZA – 134 Depart at 22 – 68, 134 Der Zuhälter und seine Trophäen – 86 Des Millions de Larmes – 35 Désordre – 72 Detector – 57 Die Arbeiterinnen verlassen die Fabrik – 89 Die Jacke – 85 Die und der von da und dort – 87 Disorder – 72 Dissonance – 121 Division – 122 Drie Mensen Vinden een Auto – 56 Droefgeest – 131 Dropping Furniture – 88 Du Bout des Doigts – 70
E E.T.E.R.N.I.T. – 121 Ear Fear – 138 Edmond – 72, 116 Edmond Était un Âne – 94 Edmond Was a Donkey – 94 Een jaar zonder mijn ouders – 138 Een Vrije Dag – 85 El ataque de los robots de Nebulosa-5 – 80 El corredor – 121 Elefante – 93 Elefantenhaut – 84 Elements – 89 Elephant – 93 Elephant Skin – 84 Endgame – 48 Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot Doesn’t Have a Thumb – 71 Erlking – 45 Erlkönig – 45 Esel – 70 Everyday Everyday – 80 Everything Will Be Okay 71, 120 Exercise – 98 Exterior Extended – 88 F Faal – 130 Fail – 130 Father – 42 Fears – 137 Felix – 122
Field Study – 121 Fietsen voor Jemen – 113 Fils du Loup – 74 Fingertips – 70 Flatten – 122 Flow – 134 Fly, Fly Sadness – 109 Foul – 137 Fresh Guacamole – 122 Fruit Fruit – 122
G Gips – 136, 138 Gleichgewicht – 73 Grauw – 113 Grey – 113 Gust of wind on the Mount Sainte-Victoire – 47 H Händelse Vid Bank – 81 Hard to Be a Sparrow – 136 Hausarrest – 69 He and She from Here and There – 86 Head full of dreams – 136, 137 Heavenly gate – 131 Hell – 57, 122 Hemelpoort – 131 Here There – 34 Het Apentestcentrum in Rijswijk van Binnenuit – 114 Het Geluk – 58 Het Getij – 130 Hinter dem Wald – 43, 107 Historia de un oso – 120 Home Suite Home – 57 Homeful Bliss – 38 Hoofd vol dromen – 136, 137 Hopptornet – 108 Horse – 95 House Arrest – 69 House Party – 78 Hydro-Lévesque – 109 I I Was Crying Out at Life. Or For It. – 96 If I Was God – 120 Illustration: Compostage – 137 Im tekhayekh, ha’Olam yekhayekh elekha – 121 In The Distance – 37 Incident by a Bank – 81
Inside Foxconn – 133 Inside the Monkey Lab – 114 Invaders – 119 Isand – 53 Isfilma Par Dzivi – 122 It All Has Its Time – 118
J Jack Attack – 119 Jagata – 41 Je Crais Contre La Vie. Our Pour Elle. – 96 Je vriendin koopt een vis op de markt – 62 Jeunesse des loups garous – 117 Jolanda 23 – 96 Jonas and the Sea – 36, 138 JUS SOLI – 44 Just a biopic – 134 K Keeping Balance – 73 KI – 137 Klein – 122 Kuhina – 99 Kung Fury – 116 L La Fille de l’homme – 107 La Lampe au Beurre de Yak – 105 La Loi du Plus Fort – 136 Lampedusa – 45 Land Tides – 118 Last Days of Freedom – 110 LAZARUS – 56 Le mur – 117 Le Repas Dominical – 38 Lights Out – 119 Listen – 121 Looks – 137 Lord – 97 Lost Village – 47 Love – 42 Love Is Blind – 117 Love Me More – 43 Lukas aan Zee – 58 Lukas by the Sea – 58 M MACAPÁ – 74 MAGASIN – 134 Majavalvur – 44 Mama – 42 Maman(s) – 34
Mammas Man – 43 Marea de Tierra – 118 Massnahmen gegen Fanatiker – 108 May 9th – 127 Meanwhile – 116 Meowpurrdy – 98 Mercy All the Way – 108 Message from Hassan – 113 Messages dans l’air – 136 MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’ – 94 Mi ne Mozhem zhit bez Kosmosa – 120 Millions of Tears – 35 MIND THE GAP – 73 Mine! – Mischa – 59 Mobil – 99 Mobile – 99 Mocrorappers – 144 Monster – 119 Monsters turn into lovers – 117 Moriom – 46 Morning Prayers – 103 Moxie – 97 Mr. Foley – 122 My Home – 118 My Silicone Love – 61
N Nase telo – 121 New Life – 104 Not Just Another Commute – 42 Notre Héritage – 69 Nueva Vida – 104 O O Parto – 133 O Parto (De Geboorte) – 113 O Robovima i Robotima – 51 Obiekt – 35 Object – 35 Observator – 134 Of Biblical Proportions – 36 Of Slaves and Robots (Radivoj Kasanin Speaks) – 51 Of Stains, Scrap and Tires – 86 Old Sore – 62 One Last Dive – 119 One Million Steps – 39 Oriental Odyssey – 60 Otherwise Engaged – 117 Oud Zeer – 62
Our Body – 121 Our Legacy – 69 Over – 110, 116
P Pandas – 99 Pandy – 99 Panic! – 59, 117 Paniek! – 59, 117 Parade – 56 Passage – 131 Peer – 134 Picnic – 121 Pik Pik Pik – 136 Piknik – 121 Pineapple Calamari – 117 Pistoleros – 74 Plaster – 136, 138 Please Say Something – 95 POLAROID – 119 Posledny Autobus – 93 Pouters – 98 Precautions against Fanatics – 108 Pregnant – 130 Procrastination – 122 Prologue – 120 Pude ver un puma – 105 Q Quantum. – 52 R Radio Protection Room Vienna Donaustadt – 108 Rate Me – 48 Reborn – 122 Reconstructing Reality – 68 Réveiller les Morts – 35 S Säälistäjät – 108 Sad Spirit – 131 Sag ja zum Papst! – 108 Salı – 116 Samsung Galaxy – 110 Sanjay’s Super Team – 120 Saturday Symphony – 134 Say Hooray to the Pope! – 108 Scen nr: 6882 ur mitt liv – 104 Schlaf – 122 Shok – 120 Short Film About Life – 122
Shortcut – 56 Skinhearts – 62 Sky – 127 Skyline Memory desvanecidos en el aire – 51 Skyline Memory vanish in thin air – 51 Sleep – 122 Slice of Life – 134 Ślimaki – 68 Smile, and the World Will Smile Back – 121 Snails – 68 Something for Nothing – 122 Son du Serpent – 60 Son of the Wolf – 74 Spoetnik – 36 Springtime in Greenland – 109 Stick Climbing – 85 Stories About Guy and His Wife – 69 Strahlenschutzraum Wien Donaustadt – 108 Stupid Monkey – 99 Stutterer – 120 Sunday Lunch – 38 Sunset from a Rooftop – 107 Supercargo – 86 Supporting Film – 122 Suspended by the Night – 49 Suspendu à la Nuit – 49 Swarming – 99 Symbolic Threats – 38, 107 Symphony no. 42 – 98 Synesthesia – 122
T Takk for turen – 39 Tarikat – 73 Ten – 138 Ten Meter Tower – 108 Thanks for Dancing – 39 THE – 52 The Architect and the Gardener – 49 The attack of the robots from Nebula-5 – 80 The Beast – 46 The Broken Altar – 109 The B-side of Estel – 131 The Cage -78 The Chickening – 119 The Date – 122 The Date – 96 The Final Nights – 131
The Future – 122 The Gallery – 122 The Girl Chewing Gum – 105 The Heart of the World – 108 The Herd – 122 The History of Aviation – 80 The House Guard – 44 The Jacket – 94 The Last Bus – 93 The Last Leaf – The Law of the Jungle – 136 The Loneliest stoplight – 120 The Master – 53 The Meadow – 49 The New Hunters – 114 The pimp and his trophies – 86 The reflection of power – 118 The Right Way – 41 The Runner – 121 The Secret World of Moths – 100 The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse – 120 The Simpsons couch gag [YOU’RE NEXT] – 119 The Sniper of Kobani – 50 The Streets of the Invisibles – 84 The Tide – 130 The Translator – 121 The wall – 117 They Call Us the Enemy – 61 Things You’d Better Not Mix Up – 122 This Place We Call Our Home – 121 Ticking Away – 130 Tien – 138 To Light – 71 Today – 127 Todo tiene su hora – 118 Tokyo Vacations – 40 Tord and Tord – 94 Tord och Tord – 94 Totem – 118 Train de vie – 42 Treffit – 96 Trudno Vorobyu – 136 True Colours -79 Tu tournes en rond dans la nuit et tu es dévoré par le feu – 118 Tuesday – 116 Twelve Tales Told – 87 Two Rooms and a dialogue between a red pepper and an all knowing cactus. – 127
Typewriterhead – 59
U U Hebt een Probleem – 50 Un Cuento de Amor, Locura y Muerte – 70 Under the Apple Tree – 53, 131 Until the Quiet Comes – 130 Useless Dog – 97 V VALGUSEKS/VALGUSENI/VALGUSENA – 71 Valuri – 78 Vandaag – 127 visibility of interim~ – 88 Voice-Over – 48 Vole, vole tristesse – 109 Voor Film – 122 W Wake the Dead – 35 Washingtonia – 103 Waves – 78 We Can’t Live without Cosmos – 120 We Cut Corners – Pirate’s Life – 122 We Will Stay in Touch about It – 45 Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) – 98 Wildebeest – 122 Wind – 122 With All Our Cameras – 34 Workers leaving the factory (again) – 89 World of Tomorrow – 120 Y Yellow Fieber – 104 Yolande – 122 YOU GO ROUND AND ROUND IN THE NIGHT AND YOU ARE EATEN UP BY FIRE – 118 You Have a Problem – 50 Yùl and the Snake – 52 Yùl et le Serpent – 52 Yúyú – 51 Z Zeezucht – 36, 138 ZEUS – 37 Zvjerka – 46 Zwanger – 130
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FILM INDEX COUNTRY Albania A Country of Two – 44 Shok – 120 Argentina #Ya – 37, 107 (Self)exhibitions – 47 Could See a Puma – 105 New Life – 104 Australia Bear – 95 Monster – 119 Austria Achill – 90 Apnoe – 84 brRRMMMWHEee II – 90 Carry On – 70 Carte Noire – 89 Circus Debere Berhan – 41 CONFERENCE notes on film 05 – 87 Dropping Furniture – 88 Elements – 89 Elephant Skin – 84 Everything Will Be Okay – 71, 120 Exterior Extended – 88 He and She from Here and There – 87 Keeping Balance – 73 MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’ – 85 Of Stains, Scrap and Tires – 86 Radio Protection Room Vienna Donaustadt – 108 Stick Climbing – 85 Supercargo – 86 THE – 52 The Jacket – 85 The pimp and his trophies – 86 The Streets of the Invisibles – 84 Twelve Tales Told – 87 visibility of interim~ – 88 Workers leaving the factory (again) – 89 Belgium Black – 50 Counting Sheep – 136, 138 Fingertips – 70 Homeful Bliss – 58 MAGASIN – 134 Not Just Another Commute – 42 150 GOSHORT
The Law of the Jungle – 136 The Tide – 130 The wall – 117 Ticking Away – 130 Under the Apple Tree – 53, 131
Benin Son du Serpent – 60 Bolivia New Life – 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina Morning Prayers – 103 Our Body – 121 Brazil MACAPÁ – 74 Bulgaria ZEUS – 37 Canada By The Time We Got To Expo – 109 Ceci est un message officiel – 109 Edmond Was a Donkey – 94 Fears – 138 Fly, Fly Sadness – 109 Hydro-Lévesque – 109 If I Was God – 120 One Last Dive – 119 Springtime in Greenland – 109 The Broken Altar – 109 The Heart of the World – 108 Chile #Ya – 37, 107 A Tale of Love, Madness and Death – 70 Bear Story – 120 China Horse – 95 Supercargo – 86 Croatia Here There – 34 Picnic – 121 The Beast – 46
Czech Republic Pandas – 99 Stories About Guy and His Wife – 69 Denmark A Man Returned – 58 Listen – 121 This Place We Call Our Home – 121 Estonia The House Guard – 44 The Master – 53 To Light – 71 Ethopia Circus Debere Berhan – 41 Finland Body Language Zone – 40 Listen – 121 Mercy All the Way – 108 Swarming – 99 The Beast – 46 The Date – 96 The Secret World of Moths – 100 France 5 Mètres 80 – 99 9, Chemin des Gauchoirs – 43 Aquabike – 40, 117 Ave Maria – 120 Burners – 110 Butter Lamp – 105 Carlitopolis – 98 CATCH IT – 120 Chulyen, a Crow’s Tale – 53 Counting Sheep – 136, 138 Daughter of the Man – 107 Disorder – 72 Edmond Was a Donkey – 94 Gust of wind on the Mount Sainte-Victoire – 47 I Was Crying Out at Life. Or For It. – 96 Illustration: Compostage – 138 Lampedusa – 45 Land Tides – 118 Love – 42 Maman(s) – 34 Millions of Tears – 35 Monsters turn into lovers – 117 My Home – 118
Not Just Another Commute – 42 Our Legacy – 69 Samsung Galaxy – 110 Son of the Wolf – 74 Sunday Lunch – 38 Suspended by the Night – 49 The Architect and the Gardener – 49 The History of Aviation – 80 The Law of the Jungle – 136 The reflection of power – 118 THE SHORT STORY OF A FOX AND A MOUSE – 120 Tuesday – 116 Wake the Dead – 35 Waves – 78 Yolande – 122 YOU GO ROUND AND ROUND IN THE NIGHT AND YOU ARE EATEN UP BY FIRE – 118 Yùl and the Snake – 52 Yúyú – 51
Georgia Father – 42 Germany #Ya – 37, 107 A Tale of Love, Madness and Death – 70 Ave Maria – 120 BÄR – 94 Beyond the Forest – 43, 107 Circus Debere Berhan – 41 Dissonance – 121 Everything Will Be Okay – 71, 120 Felix – 122 In The Distance – 37 Looks – 138 Mobile – 99 One Million Steps – 39 Our Body – 121 Pistoleros – 74 Precautions against Fanatics – 108 Quantum. – 52 Say Hooray to the Pope! – 108 Symbolic Threats – 38, 107 Typewriterhead – 59 We Will Stay in Touch about It – 45 Wind – 122 ZEUS – 37
Greece A Country of Two – 44 Arundel – 103 Washingtonia – 103 Yellow Fieber – 104 Hungary Love – 42 Symphony no. 42 – 98 Ireland A Coat Made Dark – 46 A Different Perspective – 122 Meanwhile – 116 Mr. Foley – 122 The Herd – 122 Useless Dog – 97 Israel Smile, and the World Will Smile Back – 121 Italy E.T.E.R.N.I.T. – 121 Lampedusa – 45 MACAPÁ – 74 Quantum. – 52 Japan Jagata – 41 Latvia Choir Tour – 122 Short Film About Life – 122 To Light – 71 Liberia Body Team 12 – 110 Malaysia Everyday Everyday – 80 Mexico Foul – 138 Norway Cold Mailman - My Recurring Dream – 122 Dancing for You – 39 Foul – 138 Love Me More – 43 POLAROID – 119 Thanks for Dancing – 39 Totem – 118
Palestinean Territory Ave Maria – 120 Smile, and the World Will Smile Back – 121 Papua New Guinea Voice-Over – 48 Peru Jagata – 41 Poland Object – 35 Snails – 68 The Gallery – 122 We Cut Corners – Pirate’s Life – 122 Portugal Circus Debere Berhan – 41 Romania A Country of Two – 44 Art – 79 House Party – 78 Lord – 97 The Cage – 78 Waves – 78 Russia Hard to Be a Sparrow – 136 Pik Pik Pik – 136 We Can’t Live without Cosmos – 120 Serbia Of Slaves and Robots (Radivoj Kasanin Speaks) – 51 Our Body – 121 Slovakia Pandas – 99 The Last Bus – 93 Spain (Self)exhibitions – 47 Elephant – 93 It All Has Its Time – 118 Jagata – 41 Lost Village – 47 Skyline Memory vanish in thin air – 51 The attack of the robots from Nebula-5 – 80
The Right Way – 41 The Runner – 121 With All Our Cameras – 34
Flatten – 122 Flow – 134 Grey – 113 Head full of dreams – 136, 138 Sweden Heavenly gate – 131 Autobiographical scene number 6882 Hell – 57, 122 – 104 Home Suite Home – 57 Bird High Up – 122 Inside Foxconn – 113 Incident by a Bank – 81 Inside the Monkey Lab – 114 Kung Fury – 116 Jagata – 41 Of Biblical Proportions – 36 Jolanda 23 – 96 POLAROID – 119 Jonas and the Sea – 36, 139 Ten Meter Tower – 108 Just a biopic – 134 The Date – 122 KI – 138 Tokyo Vacations – 40 Klein – 122 Tord and Tord – 94 LAZARUS – 56 Lukas by the Sea – 58 Switzerland MAGASIN – 134 Air-Mail – 136 May 9th – 127 Courber l’Echine – 72 Message from Hassan – 113 Erlking – 45 Mischa – 59 House Arrest – 69 Mocrorappers – 114 Moriom – 46 My Silicone Love – 61 Sleep – 122 O Parto – 113 The Meadow – 49 Observator – 134 Old Sore – 62 Syria One Million Steps – 39 9 Days – From My Window in Oriental Odyssey – 60 Aleppo – 60 Panic! – 59, 117 Parade – 56 The Netherlands Passage – 131 (Otto) – 61 Peer – 134 9 Days - From My Window in Aleppo Plaster – 136, 139 – 60 Pregnant – 130 A Day Off – 58 Reconstructing Reality – 68 A Man Returned – 58 Sad Spirit – 131 A Painful Affair – 62 Saturday Symphony – 134 A Year Without my Parents – 139 Shortcut – 56 Anouk - The Good Life – 122 Skinhearts – 62 Bello 4-ever – 134 Sky – 127 Best Friends – 134 Slice of Life – 134 Big Fat Balloon Cat – 134 Son du Serpent – 60 Biking for Yemen – 113 Spoetnik – 36 Brocante – 127 Stupid Monkey – 99 Calling Ukraine – 113 Sunset from a Rooftop – 107 DE TOM & YURI EXTRAVAGANZA – 134 Supporting Film – 122 Depart at 22 – 68, 134 Tarikat – 73 Detector – 57 Ten – 139 Division – 122 The B-side of Estel – 131 Erkhii Mergen, or Why the Marmot The Final Nights – 131 Doesn’t Have a Thumb – 71 The New Hunters – 114 Fail – 130 The Sniper of Kobani – 50
The Tide – 130 They Call Us the Enemy – 61 Things You’d Better Not Mix Up – 122 Ticking Away – 130 Today – 127 Two Rooms and a dialogue between a red pepper and an all knowing cactus. – 127 Typewriterhead – 59 Under the Apple Tree – 53, 131 Until the Quiet Comes – 130 Voice-Over – 48 You Have a Problem – 50
Turkey Baskin – 119 One Million Steps – 39 The Translator – 121 Tuesday – 116 Ukraine May 9th – 127 United Kingdom A Man Returned – 58 Bomb – 108 Bonobo - Cirrus – 122 Bradley Manning Had Secrets – 122 Carpark – 122 Cool Unicorn Bruv – 122 Counterpart – 79 Countryphile – 122 Creature Comforts – 93 Edmond – 72, 116 Endgame – 48 Exercise – 98 Field Study – 121 Fruit Fruit – 122 JUS SOLI – 44 Love Is Blind – 117 Meanwhile – 116 MIND THE GAP – 73 Moxie – 97 Otherwise Engaged – 117 Over – 110, 116 Pineapple Calamari – 117 Please Say Something – 95 Pouters – 98 Procrastination – 122 Rate Me – 48 Reborn – 122 Shok – 120
Something for Nothing – 122 Stutterer – 120 The Future – 122 The Girl Chewing Gum – 105 The Simpsons couch gag [YOU’RE NEXT] – 119 The Translator – 121 True Colours – 79 Wildebeest – 122
United States A Brief History Of John Baldessari – 122 Body Team 12 – 110 Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck) – 107 Day One – 120 Ear Fear – 139 Fresh Guacamole – 122 Here There – 34 Invaders – 119 Jack Attack – 119 Lampedusa – 45 Last Days of Freedom – 110 Lights Out – 119 Meowpurrdy – 98 POLAROID – 119 Prologue – 120 Sanjay’s Super Team – 120 Synesthesia – 122 The Chickening – 119 The Loneliest stoplight – 120 Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) – 98 World of Tomorrow – 120
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