short films

Video 3000

 

Showtime: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 1:00pm

Director(s): Jörg Edelmann, Jörn Großhans, Jochen Hausecker, Marc Schleiss
Country: Germany

Rolf is very happy about his brand-new "Video3000" VCR. But while starting up he recognizes that the remote control is not working properly: Instead of controlling the VCR, the remote control affects the real world. While playing with the available buttons "Play" "Pause" "FastForward" "FastRewind", Rolf discovers another button he disregarded so far... Read more »

Attached To You

 

Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:00pm

Director(s): Cecilia Actis, Mia Hulterstam, and Carin Bräck
Original Title: Fast vid dig
Country: Sweden

A clay animation about the bond between a mother and child. We follow the relationship of a boy and his mother through life, starting at the point of conception and ending when the boy himself becomes a father. Read more »

The Bed by the Window

 

Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 2:00pm

Director(s): Michaël Barocas
Original Title: Le Lit près de la fenêtre
Country: France

In a hospital room, where three old persons live together their last moments, one of them has a privileged place: the bed near the window, the source of all desires. Read more »

Adam Avenger

 

Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00am

Director: Chris Trebilcock
Country: Canada

Adam is one 10 year old boy with a super-active imagination. He lives in a comic book universe where he is ‘Adam Avenger’; he sees the flashlights taped to his wrists as laser weapons and his yellow cape flows behind him as his outstretched arms allow him to fly. Lately, Adam has immersed himself even deeper into his super-hero world in order to cope with his parents’ recent separation. He unfairly blames his father for everything that’s wrong and sees Dad as a villain standing between him and the mother he worships and adores. When Mom tells Adam that he’s better off with his father, Read more »

The Necktie

 

Showtime: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:30pm

Director: Jean-François Lévesque
Original Title: La noeud cravete
Country: Canada

The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his compelling quest for the meaning of life. The film skilfully outlines the way this model employee's personality is effaced by futile work in a dead-end job that makes him forget his youthful pastimes. As his birthdays go by, boredom replaces hope and his old aspirations fade. When revolt emerges for a moment, it is quashed by despair. On his 40th birthday, he rediscovers an old accordion hidden in a closet and regains the joy of life. Read more »

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