FR 2011 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Farid Bentoumi

BURNERS (Brûleurs)

Amine fra Algerie leier seg et videokamera og filmer minner på vei til det europeiske Eldorado.

Amine, a young Algerian, rents a camcorder and shoots souvenirs on his way to the European Eldorado.

Script: Farid Bentoumi | Camera: Lucas Leconte | Sound: Julien Roig | Editing: Jean-Christophe Bouzy | Cast: Samir Harrag, Djanis Bouzyani, Salim Kéchiouche, Driss Ramdi, Azeddine Benamara

Production, contact: Frédéric Jouve, Les Films Velvet, t: +33 67574 0422, e: festivals[at]lesfilmsvelvet.com

JP 2011 | Ani. | 7 min
Director: Isamu Hirabayashi

663114

Jeg er en 66 år gammel sangsikade. Det var et stort jordskjelv. Det var en stor tsunami. Det var også en stor ulykke.

I am a 66-year-old cicada. There was a big earthquake. There was a big tsunami. There was also a big accident.

Sound: Keitaro Iijima | Music: Takashi Watanabe | Animation: Isamu Hirabayashi

Production, contact: Isamu Hirabayashi, t: +81 33417 9706, e: hiraba[at]ceres.dti.ne.jp

BE 2011 | Fic.Exp. | 16 min
Director: Valéry Rosier

SUNDAYS (Dimanches)

Søndager, eller hvordan menneskeheten takler å møte tidens gang. Fritiden vi for all del må fylle. Den samme tiden glir forbi mens vi ler og kjeder oss.

Sundays, or how mankind faces the passing of time. The free time we try to fill at all costs. That same time we watch going by with laughter and boredom.

Script: Valéry Rosier | Camera: Olivier Vanaschen | Sound: Arnaud Calvar, Jean-François Levillain | Music: Jurgen Biller | Editing: Nicolas Rumpl | Cast: Germaine Dervaux, Jonathan Masure, Fernande Delcroix, a.o.

Production: Nicolas Guiot, Ultime Razzia, t: +32 477 305939, e: nicolasguiot[at]hotmail.com
Contact: Valéry Rosier, e: valery.rosier[at]gmail.com

NL 2010 | Ani. | 3 min
Director: Joost Lieuwma

THINGS YOU'D BETTER NOT MIX UP

En rekke ting du ikke bør rote sammen.

A series of things you'd better not mix up.

Script: Joost Lieuwma | Sound: Iwan van Wijk | Music: Alexander Reumers, Jorrit Kleijnen | Animation: Joost Lieuwma

Production: Jiek Weishut / The Drawing Room, t: 31.6 2428 4466, e: jiek[at]drawingroom.nl
Contact: Ursula van den Heuvel, Netherlands Institute for Animation Film, t: +31 13532 4085, e: heuvel[at]niaf.nl

IR,US 2010 | Fic. | 16 min
Director: Saba Riazi

THE WIND IS BLOWING ON MY STREET
(Dar kouche baad miayad)

Vinden blåser, døren lukker seg, og en ung kvinne i Teheran er låst ute fra leiligheten sin.

The wind blows, the door closes and a young woman in Tehran is locked out of her apartment.

Script, editing, sound: Saba Riazi | Camera: Tooraj Aslani | Music: Lhasa de Sela, Namjoo Mohsen | Cast: (anonymous actress), Rahman Houshyar

Production: Saba Riazi, Minara Films, t: +1 3472086971
Contact: Ting Liu, e: tangerine.ting[at]gmail.com

AU,IE 2011 | Fic.Exp. |
8 min
Director: Andrew Kavanaugh

AT THE FORMAL

Moderne og eldgamle ritualer møtes i denne makabre fremstillingen av et skoleball.

Modern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school Prom.

Script, sound, editing: Andrew Kavanagh | Camera: Kai Smythe | Cast: David MacRae, Anthony Littlechild

Production: Ramona Telecican, t: +61 423909634, e: ramona.telecican[at]gmail.com
Contact: Andrew Kavanagh, t: +61 411301235, e: andy.kavna[at]gmail.com

FR 2011 | Fic. | 27 min
Director: Rachel Lang

WHITE TURNIPS MAKE IT HARD TO SLEEP
(Les navets blancs empêchent de dormir)

1. Finn en behagelig forklaring for søvnløsheten: har spist neper. 2. Observér lidenskapen. 3. La de utilstrekkelige idéene ligge igjen.

1. Find a comforting explanation for insomnia: having eaten turnips. 2. Observe the workings of passion. 3. Leave behind inadequate ideas.

Camera: Fiona Braillon | Sound: David Vranken, Philippe Charbonnel | Editing: Adeline Nonat | Cast: Salome Richard, Julien Sigalas

Production: Jeremy Forni, t: +33 66093 9109, e: jeremy.forni[at]no-log.org
Contact: Rachel Lang, t: +32 48519 4538, e: rachel.lang.rl[at]gmail.com

ES 2011 | Fic | 7 min
Director: Kote Camacho

THE GREAT RACE (La Gran Carrera)

Året er 1914, og travbanen Lasarte annonserer et løp med en uhørt prissum for vinnerhesten. Noen av de beste hestene i verden er påmeldt. Fans og gamblere fra hele verden samler seg for å delta i den store begivenheten: Det store halvmillion-premie-løpet.

The year is 1914. The Lasarte racetrack announces a race with a never-before-seen prize for the winning horse. Some of the best horses in the world have registered. Fans and gamblers from all continents gather to participate in the great event: The Half Million Grand Prize Race.

Script: Kote Camacho, based on an original idea by Asier Altuna | Camera, editing, sound: Kote Camacho | Cast: Eriz Alberdi, Iñaki Urrutia, Charly Urbina, a.o.

Production: Marian Fernández Pascal, Txintxua Films, t: +34 943393380, e: marianfpascal[at]yahoo.es
Contact: Txema Muñoz, Kimuak, t: +34 943115511, e: kimuak[at]filmotecavasca.com

MX 2010 | Fic. | 10 min
Director: Jacques Bonnavent

THE GOLD MINE (La Mina de oro)

Betina er i femtiårene og finner kjærligheten på internett. Hun forlater sitt grå liv, og drar for å møte sin virtuelle forlovede på den andre siden av landet.

At fifty something, Betina finds love on the internet. She leaves her monotonous life behind to go meet her virtual fiancé on the other side of the country.

Script: Jacques Bonnavent | Camera: Ramón Orozco Stoltenberg | Sound: Mario Martínez Cobos | Music: Marc Lejeune | Editing: Alexis Rodil | Cast: Alfonso Dosal, Cristina Michaus, Paloma Woolrich

Production: Ana Graciela Ugalde
Contact: Iván Gutiérrez Araico, Mexican Film Institute, t: +52 5554485345 e: difuinte[at]imcine.gob.mx

CH 2011 | Ani. | 7 min
Director: Georges
Schwizgebel

ROMANCE

Et tilfeldig møte og en film på en flytur, forvandles til en virtuell romanse.

A casual meeting on a plane and watching a movie becomes a virtual romance.

Script, camera, editing: Georges Schwizgebel | Sound: Olivier Calvert | Music: Serge Rachmaninov

Production, contact: Georges Schwizgebel, t: +41 22342 7236, e: schwizgebel[at]studio-gds.ch

PT 2010 | Fic. | 19 min
Director: Sandro Aguilar

MERCÚRIO (Mercúrio)

I dette tempoet hører ingen sammen med noen, alt forandres foran øynene våre.

At this pace, no one belongs to no one, everything changes before our eyes.

Script, editing: Sandro Aguilar | Camera: Rui Xavier | Sound: Marco Leão, Tiago Matos | Cast: Isabel Abreu, Eduardo Aguilar, Albano Jeronimo

Production: Luis Urbano, O Som e a Fúria, t: +351 213582518, e: luis.furia[at]netcabo.pt
Contact: Salette Ramalho, Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency, t: +351 252 646 683, e: agencia[at]curtas.pt

AU 2010 | Fic. | 16 min
Director: Ashlee Page

THE KISS

Oppildnet av billig alkohol og tenåringshormoner sykler to jenter til en øde vanntank, lokket av tanken på det forfriskende vannet.

Fuelled by cheap alcohol and teenage hormones, two girls ride to an isolated fire-water tank, lured by the promise of cool water.

Script: Ashlee Page | Camera: Nicholas Matthews | Sound: Tom Heuzenroeder | Music: Quentin Eyers | Editing: Denise Haratzis | Cast: Nicole Gulasekharam, Briony Kent

Production, contact: Sonya Humphrey / Sacred Cow Films, t: +61 416164646, e: sacredcowfilms[at]hotmail.com

KR 2011 | Exp. | 6 min
Director: Hyun-Suk Seo

DERIVATION

En collage satt sammen av sensuelt ladete øyeblikk fra koreanske skrekkfilmer fra 2000-tallet.

A collage of sensually charged moments from Korean horror films of the 2000s.

Editing: Hyun-Suk Seo

Production, contact: Hyun-Suk Seo, t: +82 10 2708 4743, e: lucida[at]yonsei.ac.kr

PL 2010 | Doc. | 24 min
Director: Marta Minorowicz

A PIECE OF SUMMER (Kawalek lata)

Det er sommerferiens siste dager. En mann som jobber i Bieszczady-fjellene, tilbringer tid sammen med barnebarnet sitt. Omgitt av villmark prøver de å forstå hverandre.

It's the last days of the summer holidays. A man, who works in Bieszczady Mountains, spends time with his grandson. Surrounded by the wilderness they try to understand one another.

Script: Marta Minorowicz | Camera: Pawel Chorzepa | Sound: Tomasz Kochan | Editing: Przemyslaw Chruscielewski

Production: Ewa Jastrzebska, Association of Polish Filmmakers, t: +48 22 8455132, e: l.madzik[at]sfp.org.pl
Contact: Katarzyna Wilk, Krakow Film Foundation, t: +48 12294 6945, e: katarzyna[at]kff.com.pl

DE 2011 | Fic. | 7 min
Director: Till Nowak

THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT

Et vitenskaplig eksperiment som ble startet på 70-tallet. Det går ut på å bruke fornøyelsesparker til å øke folks hjernekapasitet. Dr. Laslowicz forklarer prosjektet. Han tror at man kan løse menneskelige problemer ved å sentrifugere folk med tjue tusen hestekrefter.

A scientific experiment that started in the 1970s. It involves an amusement park to enhance peoples' brain capacity. Dr Laslowicz explains the project. He believes that centrifuging people with 20,000 horsepower solves human problems.

Script, editing: Till Nowak | Cast: Leslie Barany

Production, contact: Till Nowak, t: +49 6131 360724, e: tn[at]framebox.com

FR 2011 | Fic. | 15 min
Director: Maryna Vroda

CROSS-COUNTRY (Cross)

Først tvinges en gutt til å løpe. Så løper han for seg selv. Til slutt ser han en annen som løper.

First, a boy is forced to run. Then, he runs on his own. Finally, he watches another one run.

Script: Maryna Vroda | Camera: Ivanov Volodumur | Sound: Maria Nesterenko, Frédéric Théry | Editing: Thomas Marchand

Production, contact: Florence Keller, Les 3 Lignes, t: +33 68123 0626, e: keller.fl[at]gmail.com

PT 2010 | Ani. | 17 min
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro

A JOURNEY TO CAPE VERDE (Viagem a Cabo Verde)

Dette er historien om en seksti dagers fottur i Kapp Verde. Ingen mobiltelefon, ingen klokke, ingen forestilling om hva som kommer til å skje.

This is the story of a sixty-day-long walk in Cape Verde. No mobile phone, no watch, no idea of what is coming.

Script: José Miguel Ribeiro | Sound: Pedro Lima | Editing: Diogo Carvalho, Joao Miguel Real | Cast: Egor Agarkov

Production: Nuno Beato, Sardinha em lata, t: +351 966518274, e: site[at]lampadacesa.com
Contact: Salette Ramalho, Agencia - Portuguese Short Film Agency, t: +351 252 646 683, e: agencia[at]curtas.pt

CU 2010 | Doc. | 22 min
Director: Jessica Rodríguez Sánchez

RAUL'S WORLD (El mundo de Raúl)

Raúl er en mønsterborger - en god sønn, en god nabo, en samvittighetsfull arbeider. Han virker å passe perfekt inn i rollen som Den Nye Mannen, skapt av revolusjonen. Men Raúl har en hemmelighet. Jakten på perfeksjon skaper monstre.

Raúl is an exemplary man: a good son, a good neighbour, a steady worker. He appears to embody the New Man model proposed by the Revolution. But Raúl has a secret. The quest for perfection creates monsters.

Script: Jessica Rodríguez Sánchez, Zoe Miranda | Camera: Yanay Arauz | Sound:
Juan Carlos Herrera, Raymel Casamayor | Editing: Ricardo Del Prado, Susana Ortega, Marcel Beltran

Production: Ivonne Cotorruelo, t: +53 52844419, e: cotorruelo[at]icaic.cu
Contact: Horizoe Garcia Miranda, t: +55 2122322460, e: alephzoe[at]gmail.com

UK 2010 | Fic. | 5 min
Director: Philip Lepherd

THE BIRTHDAY CIRCLE

Et familiemedlem tar opp ømtålige spørsmål om alder og uavhengighet. Trenger slektningene hans noen til å passe på seg? Eller vil han ved å blande seg bare irritere alle, inkludert seg selv?

A family member raises the sensitive issue of age and independence. Do his relatives need someone to look after them? Or will he just frustrate everyone, including himself by getting involved?

Script: Keir Nuttall | Camera: Dominic Egan | Sound: Ludovic Lasserre

Production, contact: Philip Lepherd, t: +44 7880 613570, e: phil[at]lepherd.co.uk

US 2010 | Exp. | 10 min
Director: Ben Russell

TRYPPS #7 (BADLANDS)

Om LSD, messingbjeller, dagens ungdom, Terence Malick og Nærkontakt av tredje grad, interferens, Pine Ridge-reservatet, og det romantisk sublime.

Regarding LSD, brass bells, the youth of today, Terence Malick and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, phase cancellation, the Pine Ridge Reservation, and the Romantic Sublime.

Camera, editing: Ben Russell | Cast: Ruth Gruca

Production, contact: Ben Russell, e: br[at]dimeshow.com

FR 2010 | Ani. | 5 min
Director: Nieto

LAZAROV

En gruppe russiske vitenskapsfolk som nektet å akseptere Sovjets fall, jobber i all hemmelighet med å gjenopprette den sovjetiske storhet. Her framlegges et unikt materiale, aldri før vist, fra det mystiske Lazarov-prosjektet.

Refusing to accept the decline of the USSR, a handful of Russian scientists work secretly to resurrect the Soviet power. Here is some never-seen-before footage of the mysterious Lazarov programme.

Script, camera, editing, cast: Luis Nieto

Production, contact: Nicolas Schmerkin, Autour de Minuit, t: +33 1 4281 2710, e: festivals[at]autourdeminuit.com

NL 2010 | Fic. | 8 min
Director: Jeroen Annokkeé

SUGAR (Suiker)

Klaasje, Berts sparsomt påkledde nabo, kommer innom for å låne en kopp sukker. Koppen glipper, og begge prøver å fange den. Hodene deres smeller sammen og Klaasje faller ned trappa.

Bert's scantily dressed neighbour, Klaasje, comes by to borrow a cup of sugar. When she lets the cup slip from her hands, they both try to catch it. Their heads bang together and Klaasje falls downstairs.

Script: Jeroen Annokkeé, Dennis van de Ven | Camera: Lex Brand | Sound: Anneloes Pabbruwee, Rens Pluym | Music: Sebastiaan Roestenburg | Editing: Marc Bechtold | Cast: Marije Uittenhout, Bert Hana

Production, contact: Sander Verdonk, LEV Pictures, t: +31 20581 8515, e: sander[at]levpictures.com

ES 2010 | Fic. | 16 min
Director: Daniel Azancot

SHALL WE DANCE (Bailas?)

Emma og Carlos er ute av stand til å komme seg ut av sitt dysfunksjonelle forhold, så de møtes for å prøve å reparere det.

Emma and Carlos are unable to get over their dysfunctional relationship so they meet in an attempt to fix it.

Script: Daniel Azancot | Sound: Gabriel Gutiérrez | Music: Tito Carles | Editing: Fernando Guariniello | Cast: Marta Nieto, Gustavo Salmerón

Production: Daniel Azancot, A Nous La Mode, t: +34 91 420 1625, e: dazancot[at]azancot.net
Contact: Elisabeth Ferber, Freak Short Film Agency, t: +34 927 261 075, e: elisabeth[at]agenciafreak.com

LB 2010 | Fic. | 9 min
Director: Marwan Khneisser

SHORT MEMORY

Beirut, 7. august 2006. Barn leker i en bygning i Chiyah-nabolaget uten å bry seg om krigen som herjer rundt dem.

Beirut, 7th August 2006. Children are playing inside a building in the neighborhood of Chiyah without worrying about the war that surrounds them.

Script: Marwan Khneisser, Hala Abou-Zaki | Camera: Marwan Khneisser | Sound, music: Karim Khneisser | Editing: Marwan Khneisser | Cast: Karine Aoun, Wissam Bechara, Sean Aoun, Nidal Hindawi

Production, contact: Marwan Khneisser, t: +33 6 1552 0594, e: marwan.khneisser[at]gmail.com

AT 2011 | Ani.Exp. | 4 min
Director: Clemens Kogler

STUCK IN A GROOVE

Produsert med den unike teknikken «phonovideo», som gjør at man kan lage film på en analog måte, tilsvarende måten DJ-er jobber med platespillere. All animasjon er produsert ved å plassere spesielle plater på platespillere, og så bruke en video-mikser.

Produced with a unique selfdeveloped technique called 'phonovideo' which allows to create films in an analog way, in a process similar to DJs mixing their music with record players. All animation is created by putting special discs on turntables by hand and operating a videomixer.

Camera, animation: Clemens Kogler

Production, contact: Clemens Kogler, t: +43 676 7710654, e: bureau[at]clemenskogler.net

FR 2011 | Ani.Mus. | 6 min
Director: François Avril,
Morrigane Boyer,
Thibaud Clergue,
Paolo Didier,
Ren-Hsien Hsu,
Tristan Ménard,
Lucas Morandi,
William Ohanessian,
Lucas Veber

BRANDT RHAPSODY (Brandt Rhapsodie)

Det romantiske møtets dagligdagse tragedie.

The ordinary tragedy of a romantic encounter.

Script: François Avril | Music: Jeanne Cherhal, Benjamin Biolay

Production: Jean-Jacques Beineix, Cargo Films, t: +33 1 5334 1380, e: cargo[at]cargofilm.com
Contact: Nicolas Schmerkin, Autour de Minuit, t: +33 1 4281 2710, e: festivals[at]autourdeminuit.com

FR 2010 | Fic.Exp. | 16 min
Director: Arnaud des Palliéres

DIANE WELLINGTON

15 år gamle Diane Wellington fra Sør-Dakota forsvant i 1938. Hun er nettopp blitt funnet.

Diane Wellington disappeared in South Dakota in 1938 at the age of 15. She has just been found.

Script: Arnaud des Pallières | Sound: Jean Mallet | Music: Martin Wheeler,
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jean Mallet, Jean-Pierre Laforce | Editing: Arnaud des Pallières

Production, contact: Michel Klein, Les Films Hatari, t: +33 1 4022 0140, e: mk[at]lesfilmshatari.com

ES 2010 | Fic. | 1 min
Director: Roberto Pérez
Toledo

THE SCREAMERS (Los gritones)

Det finnes steder og øyeblikk som oppfordrer deg til å rope så høyt du kan. For en forhåpningsfull ung mann er det tid for å skrike ut en liten stille drøm.

There are places and moments that invite you to scream. It is time for a hopeful youngster to scream out loudly a little silent dream.

Script, editing: Roberto P. Toledo | Cast: Ruth Armas, Fran Rodríguez Castillo

Production: Roberto P. Toledo, Mailuki Films
Contact: Eduardo Moisés Escribano Solera, Mailuki Films, t: +34 650761484, e: escribanosolera[at]mac.com

UK 2010 | Ani.Fic. | 10 min
Director: Karni And Saul,
Saul Freed, Karni Arieli

TURNING

På sin seksårsdag mottar Robert tre vakre gamle damer i sin mors stue. Dette er et minne om en ettermiddag med te og kaker, rosa blondeundertøy, og en historie om en keiser uten hud.

On his sixth birthday Robert receives three beautiful old ladies in his mother's sitting room. This is a memory of an afternoon with tea and cake, lacey pink slips and a tale of an emperor with no skin.

Camera: Ben Moulden | Music: Tribal Chants Ensemble, Micah P. Hinson, Radik Tülüsh | Editing: Kate Owen | Cast: Patrick Gibbs

Production, contact: Alison Sterling, Stink, t: +44 1179099941, e: ignition[at]blueyonder.co.uk

FR 2011 | Fic. | 41 min
Director: Bertrand Mandico

BORO IN THE BOX

Dette er den "fantasmiske" historien om filmskaperen Walerian Borowczyk, fra dagen han ble unnfanget til hans cinematiske død.

From the day he was conceived to his cinematographic death, this is the fantasmatic life-story of filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel | Sound: Laure Saint-Marc | Music: Erwan Eyck | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc, George Cragg | Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Laure Lapeyre, Elise Hôte, Jacques Malnou, Benoît Serre, Thierry Benoiton

Production: Philippe Bober, Coproduction Office
Contact: Anne-Claire Martin, Coproduction Office, t: +49 303277 7879, e: festivals[at]coproductionoffice.eu