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FISH - SHORTS
Tickets at $5 / 7 (conc. for students, NSFs, SFS members and Friends of The Substation)
13th September, Monday, 7.15pm – 8.30pm
Venue: The Substation Theatre
Total runtime: 64.5 min
What the fish?!
A selection of in-competition short films that will leave you pondering your surroundings.
Short films in this programme are in-competition for the Audience Award for the top 3 most voted International and Local short films.
1) APPLE & EI
Ahmet Tas / 2007 / 6min / Germany / PG
Synopsis:
Markets exist all over Europe. Every country has an own group of immigrants selling food. Berlin-Turks, Paris-Algerian, Tunisian, London-Pakistan-Indian, Madrid-Moroccans… etc. Integration seems to be a new variation of colonization. They are singing the whole day for 20€.
Director’s Statement:
At the market we discovered that the foreign sellers are singing. We had a few days of shooting and edited the first draft for the musician. We waited for his reaction and answered with the second draft of the edit to compose a 5-6 minutes documentary-rap. In this project, construction was forbidden. Everything happened in front of our eyes, we only followed to find the melody.
Film Festivals: *Cut off at 10 festivals*
- Zürich Film Festival, Switzerland, 2007
- Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2007
- Exground Filmfest, Germany, 2007
- Germany Shorts in Cannes, France, 2008
- Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2008
- Resfest Türkiye Resmix Tr, Turkey, 2008
- Medfilmfestival, Italy, 2008
- Museek Music Video Festival, Russia, 2008
- Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2009
- Asterfest, Macedonia, 2009
2) FORMER LOVERS
Jimmy Tai / 2009 / 6min / Netherlands / RATINGS TBA
Synopsis:
“Formers Lovers” is about a man and a woman, who agreed to meet each other in ten years. Ten years have passed since their relationship ended abruptly and they are now facing each other for the first time after ten years at a bridge.
Director’s Bio:
Jimmy Tai studied audiovisual Media at the School of Arts in Utrecht. He works as an assistant director for Dutch feature films and TV series. As a volunteer he works for the Chinese Radio & TV Amsterdam as the head of the TV Department.
Film Festivals:
- AsiaScope Film Festival Rotterdam, 2009
3) RAT
Lau Kek Huat / 2008 / 17min / Taiwan & Malaysia / PG
Synopsis:
She is an independent modern lady, who decided on an abortion. Just hours before the abortion, she becomes troubled by a rat in the house.
Director’s Statement:
Rich capitalistic societies with modern individualism and feminist awareness. We should always ask ourselves, do all these really help free ourselves from the many burdens of life? A modern female of the 21st century, who is able to decide on an abortion, but can she get away from her own stress and guilt?
Film Festivals:
- Urban Nomad Film Fest, Taipei, 2009
4) INKRAKTAREN (THE INTRUDER)
Daniel Wirtberg / 2007 / 10min / Sweden / PG
Synopsis:
The kleptomaniac Sture leads a lonely and eventless life. His only thrill comes from playing bingo and shoplifting candy from the local supermarket. One day his path crosses with the young shoplifter Carlos. This meeting will take Sture´s tedious day in a totally new direction.
Director’s Statement:
My goal with “The Intruder” was to explore the possibility of telling a story without the use of words, relying solely on the audiovisuals. To me the film is very emotional, even though the story is told with the lack of emotional expression.
Director’s Bio:
Daniel Wirtberg was born in Karlstad, Sweden, 1983. He started filmmaking at the age of twelve. At 18 yrs old, he was accepted for the Czech film school FAMU´s international program. Since his graduation in 2003, he has studied literature and freelanced as writer, director, producer and as tutor in filmmaking.
Film Festivals: *Cut off at 10 festivals*
- Seoul IYFF, South Korea, 2008 (Best Film)
- Social Film Forum St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008
- Signes de nuit ISFF, France, 2008
- Con-Can ISFF, Japan, 2008
- Oldenburg Short Film Days “Zwergwerk”, Germany, 2007
- Off Cinema IFF Poznan, Poland, 2007
- Filmstock, England, 2007
- Los Angeles ISFF, USA, 2007
- Gothenburg IFF, Sweden, 2007
- Chicago Short Film Festival, USA, 2007
