Competition
Feature | Greek | Short - Programme 5 (109')Short CompetitionMonday, 30 March 2015, Greek Film Archive, Hours: 20:00-22:00
01. Bertie Bean's Rock / Bab Berci köve, 9’ 25’’ Hungary 2014 Directed by Márton Kovács Screenplay: Árpád Hermán, Ervin Lázár Animation: Ervin B. Nagy Technique: 2D Digital animation Music: Balázs Alpár Dialogues: Hungarian Subtitles: English
Bertie Bean hears a voice only to discover that none other than an otherwise inanimate rock is addressing him. Unusual as it may seem, the two soon become friends. The rock shares its frustrations with Bertie Bean, telling him how it longs to find some useful purpose, and asks its newfound friend to help.
02. Catched, 7’ 35’’ China / Colombia, 2014 Directed by Ricardo Arce Screenplay: Ricardo Arce Animation: Ricardo Arce, Meng Gang Technique: Drawn animation Music: Li Bai, Additional music: Gepel, Latché Swing, Jared Balogh Dialogues: Chinese Subtitles: English
It doesn't really matters what Mr. Mao does, he's got only nine lives.
03. Conversations between an iguana and a chameleon / Conversaciones entre una iguana y un camaleón, 5’ 31’’ Colombia 2014 Directed by María Ximena Cortázar Triana Screenplay: María Ximena Cortázar Triana Animation: María Ximena Cortázar Triana Technique: Traditional animation, Cut-out animation Music: Juan David Villacrez Meza, Andrés Mira Olarte Dialogues: None
An Iguana and a Chameleon are at a coffee place. Both characters send bizarre messages to each other, and that's how the peculiar understanding between them is evident.
04. Faded Finery / Oripeaux, 10’ 08’’ France / Belgium 2013 Directed by Sonia Gerbeaud, Mathias de Panafieu Screenplay: Sonia Gerbeaud, Mathias de Panafieu Animation: Sonia Gerbeaud, Mathias de Panafieu Technique: Ink on paper animation Music: Nathanael Bergese Dialogues: None
In a remote village, a little girl befriends a pack of coyotes. But the villagers brutally put an end to this relationship, unaware of the revolution that waits.
05. Guida, 11’ 30’’ Brazil 2014 Directed by Rosana Urbes Screenplay: Rosana Urbes Animation: Rosana Urbes Technique: 2D Animation Music: Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat Dialogues: English Subtitles: English
Guida, a sweet lady who has been working as an archivist at a Courthouse for 30 years, has her routine changed when she sees a newspaper ad about life drawing classes in a cultural center of the city. Through the main character's creative sensibility, the short film offers a reflection about the artistic inspiration recovery process, art as a transformation agent and the concept of beauty.
06. Jasmin / Yasmeen, 6’ 35’’ Syria 2013 Directed by Hussam Wahab Screenplay: Hussam Wahab Animation: Abd el Raheem Alloosh, Yamaan Edelby, Delor Sulaymaan, Hasan Abu Zaid, Samer Dawood Technique: 2D Animation Music: Sameer Kusaibaty Dialogues: None
In a city consumed by fire and damned to destruction, a man seeks to dissociate himself from the clashing masses, but, instead, falls victim to the devastation that has scourged all; only to find out that the jasmine flower alone, with all its charm, can rebuild all that has been destroyed and bring to life what the fire has ravaged.
07. Light River, 5’ 40’’ China 2014 Directed by Liu Sha Screenplay: Liu Sha Animation: Liu Sha Technique: 3D Animation Music: Zhai Xiaofei Dialogues: None
"Light River" talks about a garbage man who lives by the river, one day he picks up a river lamp, and encountered a series of bizarre events in the process of looking for the person who losses this lamp.
08. Metaphor, 4’ 03’’ Syria 2014 Directed by Wael Toubaji Screenplay: Wael Toubaji Animation: Diala Brisly, Abdo Haj Kasem, Wael Toubaji Technique: Music: Karam Ayzouq, Wael Toubaji Dialogues: No Dialogue
Within the contrast between beautiful details and war surrounding, the main character keeps on collecting Jasmine flowers enjoying the beautiful details left in her home.
09. Penguins: The Magic Hat, 9’ 59’’ USA 2015 Directed by Jarrod Moschner Screenplay: Animation: Jarrod Moschner Technique: Dialogues:
After a wizard loses his magic hat in a duel, the hat is discovered by a group of little blue penguins. The inquisitive little penguins accidentally cause the hat to take them on an adventure through time and space.
10. Queen Tush / Königin Po, 11’’ Switzerland 2015 Directed by Maja Gehrig Screenplay: Maja Gehrig, Pamela Dürr Animation: Maja Gehrig, Stefan Holaus Music: Kaspar König Dialogues: Swiss German Subtitles: English
Queen Tush is a bedtime story invented on the spot by a father and daughter. Teeter-Totter-Town is Queendom right up in the sky. The subjects Triangle and Fourangle are suffering from up and downs and would like to get rid of their Queen.
11. Sisyphos, 1’ 30’’ Germany 2014 Directed by Florian Grolig Screenplay: Animation: Florian Grolig Technique: 3D Computer animation Music:
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
12. Terminus, 15’ 37’’ Pakistan 2015 Directed by Talha Muftee Screenplay: Talha Muftee, Risham Waqar Animation: Talha Muftee Technique: 3D Computer animation Music: Talha Muftee Dialogues: None
The limits of space, of what we can achieve are only what we decide for our imagination and ourselves. Terminus follows the story of a lone stranded space explorer trying to find and rescue his fellow explorer, but something much grander or sinister might be at play.
13. Settling, 8’ 16’’ France / UK 2014 Directed by Emma McCann Screenplay: Emma McCann Animation: Emma McCann Technique: Stop-motion animation Music: Rosanna Cecchini Dialogues: None
Bruce the gritter unwittingly makes an enemy as he carries out his job, clearing the roads of snow.
14. Ghosts World, 4’ 50’’ France / Japan 2014 Directed by Jerome Boulbes Screenplay: Jerome Boulbes Animation: Jerome Boulbes Technique: 3D Computer animation Music: O’death Jug (Michel Henritzi, Christophe Langlade) Back |