InShortFF 2018 OPENING GALA
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InShortFF 2018 OPENING GALA - THE STATE OF THINGS // 135’ with interval //
Box office: 19.00 // Part One: 19.30 // Interval: 20.20 // Part Two: 20.40 // Post Show Drinks: 22.00
*Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the screening to collect your tickets - there are no trailers / All films are accompanied by English subtitles. The venue is fully step free. Please inform us if you need any access assistance.
THE STATE OF THINGS is a short film programme in two parts demonstrating the questions and traumas of our shared humanity. Films from around the world consider life, death, and the myths and realities that drive us. How do these vary depending on where on the earth you stand? With new technologies, and such different perspectives around the world, how do we remember life, and how do we perceive it?
PART I
Backstory // dir. Joschka Laukeninks // 08' // fiction // Germany // 2016 //
The fast progression of one man's life, filled with joy, sadness, and tragedy. He experiences it all on the roller-coaster of life as he gets older, and older, and older...
WHITE // dir. David Moya // 15' // fiction // UK // 2017 // first-time filmmaker // international team: Spain, UK, South Africa //
White Man arrives at the Transition Centre Plus after dying of food poisoning in a cruise. He quickly learns that he cannot be white in his next life. This triggers a ridiculous but insightful conversation about what it is to be white and its undeserved privileges.
Digital Trauma (and the Crystal Image) // dir. Maria Molina // 08' // experimental documentary // Netherlands // 2017 // first-time filmmaker // international team: Netherlands, Spain // FFF-RATED* //
If we can access our past at any given moment, to what extent can we get rid of it and look ahead? What consequences do the access to a digital memory have for post-conflict societies?
Blue Hands // dir. Diyala Muir // 03' // animation // UK // 2018 // international team: UK, Germany // FFF-RATED
An abstract journey about grief and the passing of time. A woman tries to escape the ghosts of her past but they catch up to her on a Night Bus to Nowhere.
Boundary // dir. Violeta Mora // 02' // experimental // Honduras // 2017 // international team: Honduras, Venezuela, Dominican Republic // FFF-RATED //
Going out into the street becomes very difficult when you're dominated by anxiety, panic and paranoia. What can we do to make these feelings disappear?
Uman // dir. Elena Riabtceva // 15' // fiction // Russian Federation // 2018 // F-RATED //
A folklore student arrives in a remote village, but the only person who can help him took the vow of silience. Eventually, they discover their life stories are peculiarly complementary.
Count Your Curses // dir. Lorène Yavo // 08' // fantasy animation // Belgium // 2017 // Student Project // international collaboration: France, Belgia, USA // FFF-RATED //
In a town where supernatural beings are part of everyday life, two roommates face a recurring problem: their house spirit was devoured by an unknown creature overnight.
My Own Wings // dir. Katia Repina and Carla Moral // 08' // documentary // Spain // 2016 // international collaboration: Spain, Russian Federation, Ukraine, USA // FF-RATED //
A transmedia project that aims to explore the intersex identity. Intersex people are not born with 'both' sexes but born with a variation from the standard of what is socially accepted from a male or female body.
PART II
Another Sunny Day // dir. Tim Huebschle // 04' // documentary // Namibia // 2016 //
Welcome to Namibia, a country that averages over 80% sunshine during the daylight hours of any given year, but not everyone can enjoy it to the fullest.
il Sub // dir. Colm Whelan // 03' // fiction // Ireland // 2018 // international collaboration: Irland, China, England, Holland, Thailand
A short story about doubt, delusion and perseverance.
AQUARIUS // dir. Timo Zhalnin // 09' // dance video // Russian Federation // 2016 // international collaboration: Russian Federation, Republic of Belarus, Hungary //
A metaphor for who we are, for where we come from. A secret held in the abyss, but in order to grow, the seed must die.
Alone // dir. Antoine Laurens // 15' // fiction // France // 2018 // first-time filmmaker //
Adapted from one of the most captivating and haunting graphic novels by Chaboute. Alone has a misshapen face, he has always lived alone on a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean, his only companion is his imagination, which he stimulates with the words of an old dictionary.
The Ditch // dir. Atxur Animazio Taldea // 7' // mixed media animation // Basque Country // 2017 //
Euxebe’s father was killed during the war. In her youth, Euxebe suffered Francoist repression and, to this day, despite the fact that the dictatorship ended long ago, she has not had the change to recover the memory of her father.
The Summit // dir. Dana Romanoff // 12' // documentary // USA // 2017 // international collaboration: USA, Lithuania, Ecuador // FF-RATED //
A heartfelt trip to shed light on a public health issue affecting amputees world wide. Kathy Pico, an Ecuadorian native, lost her leg to cancer at age 38. Reassessing her life’s value, Kathy turned to alpinism.
Little Jerusalem // dir. Monika Navickaitė // 7' // fiction // Lithuania // 2017 // Student Project // F-RATED //
Vytautas, like any other teenager there, looks like a street gang member, eats kebabs and is afraid of everything he can not understand. But one special night among the teenagers in a little neighbourhood in Vilnius, called Jerusalem appears his weird eight-year-old brother.
NIGHT // dir. Joosje Duk //10' // fiction // USA // 2017 // international collaboration: USA, Holland //Student Project // FFF-RATED //
When Sue's cousin Genelva visits her from Suriname, they want to go out with Sue's two best friends. But after having an unpleasant encounter with the club's bouncer at the door, the course of their night changes completely.
* We’ve included an F-Rating scale (F/FF/FFF), for films directed by women and/or written by women and/or have significant women on screen. 15 out of 33 films in our programme fall under a category of F-Rated shorts. We are also very proud to promote 7 First-Time-Filmmakers and 8 Student Projects. .
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* artwork by PANG
This year’s festival programme gathers 33 short films from 16 different countries to portray ‘The State of Things’, through excellence in short film form and in genres ranging from animation, to experimental film, to documentary. Showcasing the innovation, skill and bold voices of global filmmaking teams, we hope to inspire and engage an equally global audience in the most diverse city in the world, by celebrating films that are independent, inclusive and international.
InShort Film Festival focuses on international collaborations & cultural dialogue. Our dynamic programme of short films carefully selected from all corners of the globe showcases the most original stories and the best filmmaking talent. We believe that a film is the best medium to build bridges between different cultures and to unite people. InShort Film Festival will present work that challenges stereotypical thinking and advocates change. Within our balanced mix of all genres (narrative, documentary, animation, fashion video, mixed media and experimental) everyone will find something for their taste.
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