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european short movies - animations

89’

subtitles: Polish and English

European Short Movies Competition A Mango Tree in the Front Yard, Annual report, Asämara, Bála´s – The Best of Blatná, Big Plan, Bipolar. An Interview with Richard, Bitter Melody, Charmers, Cheeese…, Chicken Wings, Chump&Clump, Cocoon Child, Color Contamination, Eyes on the Street, February 29th, Genghis Khan's Dreams, Guyane, I Only Watch, Kingsland, Lil' Louis from Paris, Lubrique, Mumbai Express, My Sixtine, Naiade, New Skin, Of Best Intentions, Only What Is Lost Is Forever Loved, Out of Frame, Pirogues, Prison Break, Racines, Social Circles, Sorry to Bother You, Stockholm Syndrome, Sugar Rush, Suspended Animation, The Butterfly Drop, The Finger Trap, The Last Journey of Maryse Lucas, The Last Station: Tangier, The Man in 301, The Man Who Flew Away, The Onion Man, The Parking Attendand, The Toes, Time off, V.K.U.B., White Noise Section index

Films description

Chump&Clump

Klotz und Klumpen

Germany 2008 / 9'30’

Chump and Clump get to know each other at a bus stop. They've just missed the bus and are now waiting for the next one, which unfortunately is only scheduled to arrive a week later. To shorten their wait, they pass the time making use of alcohol and remarkably looking mushrooms.

Pirogues

Ireland 2008 / 6'51’

The film uses the special technique of animation to show in a sensitive way how the lives of two couples are affected by borders.

Time off

UK 2008 / 4’

Drawn from life and from memories of working in an ice cream cafe in Cornwall, these images form an animated landscape that takes the viewer on a journey through fire and ice cream and micro-dramas between strangers on a sweltering holiday beach.

The Butterfly Drop

La Part du Papillon

Belgium 2008 / 8’

An animation short made by eight women to invite us to think about our way of life. They interviewed several specialists about overconsumption and its consequences…

The Onion Man

UK 2008 / 9'40’

Dark, satirical, tongue in cheek commentary on the ways in which the church prescribes one to deal with grief, bereavement and depression.

Color Contamination

Ireland 2008 / 3’

The story of a business man who is averse to all things colourful. He enters a waiting room filled with colourful plastic chairs and is forced to confront his worst fears.

Naiade

France 2008 / 12’

Ava rules over on a swamp where live fairy creatures. A strange boy secretly observes her flourishing kingdom, trying to figure out a way to save the life of his sick twin brother.

Chicken Wings

Germany 2008 / 5'20’

Once upon a time, when the Wild West was still wild, a Cowgirl and a Werewolf travel the hostile land. But something makes them forget the danger around…

Prison Break

Czech Republic 2008 / 4'20’

Everyone knows the famous prison escapes. Will our hero manage to escape, though?

Cocoon Child

Germany 2009 / 4'40’

Poetic film about the imaginary world of an autistic child and shows a moment when her inner and outer worlds connect.

Annual report

Portugal 2007 / 4’

Compilation of ideas, an archive of data and personal information. This life catching intends to lean over the consequences of the digital culture, in terms of behaviour, vocabulary, time and space.

Bitter Melody

Melodia amarga

Portugal 2008 / 10’

A distant relation between a couple of musicians inside the four walls of their home. The music is the only bond between them, but when finally comes the moment to bring them closer, it might be too late.

Big Plan

Grosse Pläne

Switzerland 2008 / 3'59’

Despite well developed plans there are some obstacles appearing by constructing an apple automat. But a great idea occurs that should solve the case.

The Finger Trap

Scotland 2008 / 4'34’

The elderly but young at heart Wilson Brown becomes stuck in his Chinese finger trap toy whilst preparing an anniversary surprise for his wife.