Autour de Minuit
Autour de Minuit is a film production company based in Paris created in 2001 by Nicolas Schmerkin. The company aims at supporting aesthetically innovative projects, and develops original graphic worlds with a solid content. Hybridization - at the heart of the artistic approach of most of the works born in the company - gives the opportunity to explore new ideas and sensations in plastic art and intent to provide with visuals never to be seen before.
Since 2004, Autour de Minuit also deals with world distribution of animations and digital works. So far Autour de Minuit produced 25 shorts. This year, Nicolas Schmerkin was nominated to an Academy Award as the producer for the animated short Logorama.
Part 1 are films produced by the company, while as part 2 consists of films they distribute throughout the world.
Prints: Autour de Minuit, Elsa Chevallier, elsa[at]autourdeminuit.com
Nicolas Schmerkin
Del 1
Fredag/Friday 11:00
Søndag/Sunday 18:00 (R)
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CARLITOPOLIS REDUX Den vesle laboratoriemusen Carlito utsettes for all slags behandling. Carlito, a small laboratory mouse, undergoes all sorts of experiences. |
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DIX Marc er redd for sprekkene mellom fortaussteinene. Med hjelp av Mr. X begynner han på en behandling for å bli kvitt fobien... Marc needs the paving stones on which he walks in order to get around, for he is afraid of stepping on the lines. With the help of Mr X, he begins a treatment to overcome his phobia... |
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OBRAS I en enkelt tagning tar Obras oss med på en reise der vi får utforske Barcelonas uunngåelige ødeleggelse og rekonstruksjon. In one single shot, Obras is a poetic and graphic journey exploring Barcelona's irreversible destruction and reconstruction. |
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EMPIRE Pax Americana vokter over vår ro, forsikrer vår komfort og garanterer vår fremgang. Et idyllisk postkort fra det nye riket. The Pax Americana is watching over our tranquillity, insures our comfort, and guarantees our prosperity. An idyllic postcard of the new Empire. |
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FLESH Imperiet avslører alt, men ser ingenting. Dets fiender idealiserer alt, men tolererer ingenting. For noen den jordlige orgasmen til virtuelle horer. For andre den uendelige orgasmen til 70 himmelske jomfruer. Hva om alt egentlig dreier seg om kjødet? The Empire unveils everything but sees nothing. Its enemies idealize everything but tolerate nothing. For some the earthly orgasm of virtual whores. For others the eternal orgasm of 70 heavenly virgins. What if it all came down to flesh? |
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MORANA Etter å ha løpt gjennom tåken i et øde landskap, tilbringer den ensomme jegeren en regntung natt i ly øverst på en klippe. Han drømmer... After running through the mist in a desolated landscape, a solitary hunter spends a rainy night in a shelter settled on a rock top. He has a dream... |
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4 Fire bokstaver, 400.000 muligheter, én enkelt kode. Four letters, 400,000 possibilities, one single code. |
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LOGORAMA Spektakulære biljakter, en intens gisselsituasjon, ville dyr som herjer gjennom byen, og enda mer, i Logorama! Oscarnominert i år. Spectacular car chases, an intense hostage crisis, wild animals rampaging through the city, and even more in Logorama! Academy Awards nominated this year. |
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KING CRAB ATTACK Det fredelige strandferiestedet Trouville-sur-mer. Kystkvakten Basile observerer merkelig aktivitet. Hva om alt dette var en advarsel om at en katastrofal tragedie er i vente? Trouville-sur-mer, a quiet seaside resort. Basile the coast guard witnesses some strange events. What if all this was a warning sign of a catastrophic tragedy to come? |
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TYGER En gigantisk tiger dukker på mystisk vis opp i en storby. Den kommer til å avsløre virkeligheten som skjuler seg under en ellers alminnelig natt. A giant tiger appears mysteriously in a big city. It will reveal the hidden reality of an otherwise ordinary night. |
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TALE OF HOW Fortellingen om piraya-fuglene, eller dodoene som disse utdødde fuglene er bedre kjent som. The story of the Piranha birds or Dodos as these extinct birds are better known as. |
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LEVIATHAN En gjeng lykkelige idioter som haster av sted, tar oss med gjennom denne animerte oppvisningen, inspirert av Thomas Hobbes bok Leviatan, skrevet i 1651. Jerky but smiling characters from this short film will take the audience through this animated pageant inspired by a book by Thomas Hobbes called The Leviathan, written in 1651. |
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MEISHEID Matray beviser at datamaskiner også kan generere poesi. Og bitet slås på... Matray proves that computers can also generate poetry. And the bit goes on... |
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME Hjemme best, eller helvete... There is no place like home, there is no place like hell... |
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MUZORAMA En reise inn i illustratøren Muzos verden. A journey into the world of the illustrator Muzo. |
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ELECTRONIC PERFORMERS Kan en følelse representeres fysisk? En følelses sti, som en varm vibrasjon som sprer seg gjennom kroppen din. Can an emotion be represented physically? The path of an emotion, like a hot vibration which spreads through your body. |
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THINGS FALL APART Du sa de ville forsvinne, og aldri komme tilbake. Akkurat som et spill, og det er ikke på ekte... You told me they would go away, and that they would not come back. Just like playing, and it's not for real... |
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S.I.T.E På leting etter internasjonale terrorist-celler. Search for International Terrorist Entities. |
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SPLITTING THE ATOM Musikkvideo med Massive Attack. Music video with Massive Attack. |
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FAST FILM Et kyss, et lykkelig par. Men så blir damen kidnappet, og mannen følger etter på en jakt gjennom filmhistorien for å prøve å redde henne. A kiss, a happy couple. But then the woman is kidnapped, and the man sets off on a chase through the film history to save her. |
