Selection of short films

Ranging from narrative to experimental films, a sample of the young production worldwide, chosen from the selection of short films presented during the Directors Fortnight.

Quintal - André Novais Oliveira
with : Maria José Novais Oliveira, Norberto Novais Oliveira
BR - 2015 - colour - 20' - SBT FR
Another day in the life of an elder married couple in the suburbs.

Calme ta joie - Emmanuel Laskar
with : Maxence Tual, Anne Steffens, Jean-Luc Vincent
FR - 2015 - colour - 24' - OV FR - NOT SBT
After his wife Suzanne leaves him, painter Maxime sleeps in his studio while house-hunting and seeking some much-needed inspiration. His first exhibition fast approaching...

Provas, exorcismos - Susana Nobre
with : Oscar Santos, Bruno Pereira, Joana Ferreira
PT - 2015 - colour - 25' - SBT FR
In Alhambra, between the mountains and the river, a train runs through the village. Oscar, forty-eight years, has worked for the last twenty-fifth years in the same factory, and finds himself awaiting for the resolution of the court on the application of the insolvency of the factory where he worked. With the suspended production and the unpaid wages, Oscar and his colleagues continue to appear daily to work hoping that they can keep their jobs.

Rate me (Evaluez-moi) - Fyzal Boulifa
with : Zehra Zorba
GB - 2015 - colour - 16' - SBT FR
A portrait of teenage escort, 'Coco'.

The exquisite corpus* - Peter Tscherkassky
AT - 2015 - BW - 18' - no dialogue
The Exquisite Corpus is based on various erotic films and advertising rushes. I play on the “cadavre exquis” technique used by the Surrealists, drawing disparate body parts constellating magical creatures. Myriad fragments are melted into a single sensuous, humorous, gruesome, and ecstatic dream.

* Please note that this screening contains adult content.

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