Best Of International 1 – 2017

The 1st of five programmes featuring the Best of International short films in competition.

Be uplifted, inspired and moved by the next generation of the world’s most talented filmmakers in competition for two Academy accredited awards; Best Short Drama & Best Short Animation.

Screening: Sat 7 Jan, 4.30pm | Duration: 108 min | Classification: under 15 yrs to be w/adult

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OS Love

A young woman dives into the absurd realm of screensavers and desktop backgrounds until merging with the uncanny operating system named “OS Love”.
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- Director: Luc Gut
- Writer: Luc Gut
- Producer: Marcel Derek Ramsay
- Runtime: 6 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Switzerland
Battalion to my Beat

Dreaming of a life beyond the confines of the Western Sahara refugee camp, 13-year-old tomboy Mariam runs away to join the military, naively envisioning herself a Jeanne D’Arc who will liberate her country.
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- Director: Eimi Imanishi
- Writer: Eimi Imanishi
- Producer: Eimi Imanishi, Julia Thompson, Ghalia Omar Ahmed
- Runtime: 14 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Algeria, United States
Mars IV

2053: Four astronauts, assisted by a robot, are stationed on Mars in an underground base for a two-year mission. As they make an unexpected discovery, they fall victim to violent hallucinations.
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- Director: Guillaume Rieu
- Writer: Anaïs Albanese
- Producer: Jérémy Rochigneux
- Runtime: 15 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: France
Nocturne in Black

In a war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighbourhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by Jihadists.
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- Director: Jimmy Keyrouz
- Writer: Jimmy Keyrouz
- Producer: Felecia Hunter, Ellie Foumbi, Marc Fadel
- Runtime: 23 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: United States
Une Tete Disparait (The Head Vanishes)

Jacqueline has lost her mind a bit, but whatever, for her trip to the seaside, she has decided to take the train by herself, like a big girl!
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- Director: Franck Dion
- Writer: Franck Dion
- Producer: Richard Van Den Boom, Julie Roy
- Runtime: 9 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Canada, France
Cul-de-sac

Parents living at the end of a quiet Cul-De-Sac discover a listening device inside their son’s teddy bear.
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- Director: Damon Russell
- Writer: Shawn Christensen, Damon Russell
- Producer: Brenden Hubbard, Matt Raffa, Shawn Christensen, Thomas Shanahan
- Runtime: 15 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: United States
Va Banque (Risky Game)

When 17-year old Melanie fails a test in physical science, she tries to blackmail her teacher. But he’s not the nerd he seemed to be. Who’s the victim, who’s the offender?
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- Director: Stefan Plepp, Christine Kabisch
- Writer: Stefan Plepp
- Producer: Stefan Plepp
- Runtime: 11 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Germany
Timecode

Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
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- Director: Juanjo Giménez
- Writer: Juanjo Giménez, Pere Altimira
- Producer: Juanjo Giménez, Daniel Villanueva, Arturo Méndiz
- Runtime: 15 min
- Year: 2016
- Country: Spain