Best of International 5 – 2014
Fifth of five programmes featuring the Best International Short Film in competition.
Screening: Fri 17 Jan, 6.30pm | Running Time: 110 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult
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Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything?)
A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and about a mother who is determined that it’s best to take care of everything herself.
- Running Time: 7 min
- Year: 2012
- Country: Finland
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Éclat Du Jour (Daybreak)
In a wealthy Montreal suburb, Xavier and his friends are composing with pre-teen boredom. They hang out at the park, ride their bikes, mess with each other; it’s yet another suburban summer afternoon. But beneath the smiles lies a growing tension, an certain violence which leads the group to a collective release of unexpected intensity; a ritualistic initiation into adolescence.
- Running Time: 11 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Canada
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More Than Two Hours
It’s 3am, a boy and a girl are wandering in the city.they are looking for a hospital to cure the girl, but it is much harder than they thought.
- Running Time: 15 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Iran
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Feral
A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.
- Running Time: 12 min 46 sec
- Year: 2012
- Country: USA
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Kalashnikov
Guillermo lives with his son Andres, in a farmhouse surrounded by their family memories. One day a mysterious box arrives is your yard, your content’s faced a moral crossroads and the choices they make will determine that the armed conflict that seemed to end up involve affect.
- Running Time: 30 min
- Year: 2012
- Country: Comombia
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Hollow Land
A story about the eternal human search for home, Hollow Land begins, as all such searches must, with the dream of utopia. Solomon and Berta are two seekers who arrive—their treasured bathtub improbably in tow—in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. From the first optimistic moments after their arrival, to the final haunting scene at sea, Hollow Land captures the state of being displaced—whether by circumstance or by choice.
- Running Time: 13 min 57 sec
- Yaer: 2013
- Country: Canada
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Sequence
What if you wake up one day and realise the entire world has dreamed about you?
- Running Time: 20 min
- Year: 2013
- Country: Spain