Corto Tokyo 2010 Catalogue

PROGRAM GUIDE
Watch Globally, Think Locally
CORTO
OKYO
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CON-CAN Movie Festival Presents
ONLINE: Nov.16-Dec.17. 2010

OFFLINE: Dec.18-20. 2010
www.con-can.com

Greetings
CON-CAN
Masahiro Yoshino
Chairman, CON-CAN Movie Festival
2005 CONCAN2010 7
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CONCAN CON-CAN
Starting in 2005, CON-CAN = Watch the soul or true

spirit of the directors) Movie Festival has marked its 5th
anniversary this year with the 7th edition, CORTO TOKYO
2010 . Looking back at our 1 st film festival, we were
genuinely blessed to have Mr. Jukka-Pekka Laakso,
Director of Tampere Film Festival (Finland), stand in as an
advisor. Without his words of wisdom and strong passion
for short lms, CON-CAN would not have lasted this long.
Since the beginning, we have been running CON-CAN
based on the premise of The world is one big family . We
have been showcasing unique, high-quality short films
from around the world and have grown to become one of
the most accredited web-based lm festivals. From 2011,
CON-CAN will undergo some drastic transformations but
we will continue to uphold our key principle of delivering
the true, uncensored messages of worldwide directors
to the global audience. We cannot express in words how
important all of your support to CON-CAN has been and
sincerely send our deepest appreciation. Finally, thank
you CON-CAN and the best of luck to the new CONCAN!!
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From Tampere to Tokyo
CON-CAN
Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Festival Director, Tampere Film Festival

Advisor, CON-CAN Movie Festival
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Tampere short lm festival has existed for 40 years and the world has changed a lot during that time. However it is
surprising how the basic ideas of Tampere have remained the same. What Tampere festival tries to remind, at least
once a year, that there are a lot of great lms in the world that people do not see, mainly because they do not fulll
the needs of commercial media.
Of course computers and internet have changed the environment a lot, and one can truly say that there are lots of
possibilities to see good short lms today. But as everyone knows, internet includes everything, the good the bad
and the ugly. And now the role of a lm festival is more to nd the things that are worth the time spent.
Of course with short lm festivals, the selection of lms is as important as the quality of individual lms. A festival
makes with the lms a statement, it shows what it thinks about the media that envelopes us today, and furthermore
it comments our world in general.
From the beginning I have followed with interest what CON-CAN is doing, how it is actually doing the same things
that Tampere has tried to do for decades, but truly in a new environment. I feel that we have same ideas about lm
festivals, the same goals and in many ways, looking our selection, simply and where it all comes together, same
taste on lms.
Ideally and ideologically Tampere lm festival was established to change the media environment, raise short lms to
a status in the world of cinema that they truly deserve. In a way we have failed, short lms are still in the marginal,
but we are still ghting to fulll the original idea and with other festivals like CON-CAN we hope to make an impact.

Watch Globally, Think Locally.
CON-CAN
Hiroyuki Tanimoto
CON-CAN Movie Festival Curator
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CORTO TOKYO
2010
In 2010, the Online based International Short Film Festival, CON-CAN Movie Festival, has reached its 5th year.
From reviewing and selecting hundreds of lms sent from all over the world, we have once again noticed the true
meaning and importance of organizing a lm festival.
Under the dire economic conditions of Japan, people are starting to neglect the signicant cultural attributes within
the society. Hence, we would like to emphasize what contributions we can make as a lm festival in this time of crisis.
In these 5 years, we have encountered the powerful messages of directors worldwide through short film. The
year of 2010 was especially a year of accomplishment since we incorporated the elements of production into our
operation, which was accepted by many prestigious lm festivals around the world. As a result, CON-CAN Movie
Festival has created a global festival network which will allow us to aggressively ponder the future of this lm festival.
For instance, this year s competition program, CORTO TOKYO 2010 , is one of our new ventures resulted from
this year s experiences. We feel as if this has been a year of new beginnings on so many levels.
Looking at the innite amount of lms in a global spectrum, our festival is still a speck of sand in a vast desert. Our
overall curation is also still immature in comparison to other major lm festivals. However, by offering a place of
communication between the audience and director through hybrid screening events, we hope that our audiences
will receive a small tip and interpret it into their own benet for tomorrow.
We will continue to provide the world with a platform that allows us to rethink the media we know as lm. From reinterpreting lms from all over the world, people will be able to rediscover their own culture and provide themselves
with the opportunity to create their own new standard of cultural expression. This in itself is what our sponsors,
supporters and staff have been working hard day and night to achieve.

International Jury
Japan
Kohei Ando
Film Director, Prof. at Waseda University
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Born in 1944 in Tokyo. After graduating from Waseda University, he has

a fateful encounter with Shuji Terayama and enrolls in the Tenjo-sajiki
Theater Company. Oh my mother (1970) was awarded the Grand
Prix prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He also
is one of the first pioneers to incorporate Hi-vision techniques in film
making and lms representing this style include ON THE FAR SIDE OF
TWILIGHT (1994): Hawaii International Film Festival - Silver Maile Award,
Whispers of Vermeer (1998): International Electronic Film festival in
Montreux - Grand Prize Astrolabium and many more. On another note,
his retrospective exhibitions have been held twice in Paris, once in 2001
and again in 2005. He currently is a Professor at Waseda University and
at the same time, an executive member of the Directors Guild of Japan.
South Korea
Kkobbi Flowerain Kim
Actress
1985
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Ghost Theater 09
Born in 1985. Started her acting career at age 10 from theater and
studies Theatrical Performance at the Sangmyung University. Worked
with French theater "image aigue" in 1997 and her debut film is
"Jealousy Is My Middle Name (2002). Her rst feature lm as lead role is
"The Ghost Theater (2006), a cult musical lm. Moreover, she has won
the New Actress Grand Bell award and New Actress Blue Dragon Film
award for the lm "Breathless (2009). A promising young actress in the
South Korean Film Industry.
Slovakia
Daniel Vadocky
Film Critic, Lecturer, Program advisor at Art Film Fest

1980
Born in 1980 and graduated in philosophy from the University of Trnava

in 2003. In 2006, he graduated at the Department of Film Science and
Multimedia. Nowadays he gives lectures on philosophy, aesthetics and
contemporary Asian lm at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.
At the same time he works on his PhD thesis: Contemporary Auteur
s feature lms in Southeastern Asian cinematography . He is a member
of the program team in the section of short film competition at the
International Art Film Fest in Slovakia. He works on his rst publication
about a famous Slovak director Fero Fenic and has published several
lm analysis & articles on lm history/theory.
Spain
Montserrat Guiu Valls
Board of Directors at the Huesca International Film Festival
1965
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Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1965. She graduated from the University

of Barcelona as an Art History major in 1989. She then went on to
study film conservation and restoration at George Eastman House,
and Rochester Institute of Technology (USA) between 1992 & 1993.
Furthermore, she has a degree in Film Restoration from the Spanish
National Film Archive, 1997. She is the associate member of the Spanish
Association of Film Historians since 1996. Between 1998 and 2002 she
directed the Native American Film and Video Festival in Barcelona. Since
2004, she s been a member of the Board of Directors at the Huesca
International Film Festival, and a member of the Huesca Film Festival
Foundation. She has been invited as a juror in several short lm festivals:
Teheran (2005), Madrid (2006), Alcal de Henares (2007), Regensburg
(2007), Tampere (2009), Amman (2009).
Peru
Rosa Sophia Rodriguez Ruiz
Film Editor
1968
EICTV
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Jonah
The Refuge
Cinemaperu
Born in 1968 in Lima, Peru. Studies Broadcasting at the University of

Lima and in 1994, she graduates from the International School of Film
and TV (EICTV) at San Antonio de los Baos, Cuba. She currently works
as a lm editor and has worked on over 15 documentaries. She is also
the director of Jonah , a short lm selected at the prestigious festival in
Clermont-Ferrand. On another note, she is the co-founder and editorial
board member of the film magazine The Refuge and is the creator/
moderator of Cinemaperu, an online group of Latin American lmmakers.

International Competition Program
Competition 1 : Play Expression
Competition 5 : View in Gender
Focus on the visual rendering that can t be expressed with words alone
Focus on female s view thriving in today s male-dominant film industry
Long Live The New Flesh / Nicolas Provost / Belgium

In My Prison / Alessandro Grande / Italy
Incident by a Bank / Ruben stlund / Sweden
Picture's Concise Anatomy / Olivier Smolders / Belgium
The Examination at Clay Striptease School / Egor Ivanov / Russia
Escape / Kristjan Holm / Estonia
A Song Like A Fish / Taijin Takeuchi / Japan
Dust Kid / Jung Yumi / South Korea
Centipede Sun / Mihai Grecu / France
Let There Be Sound / Christian Lachenschmidt, Christian Scheck, Stefan
J. Whr / Germany
Besieged / Marcello Quintella e Boynard / Brazil

September Rats / Kyukon-Saibai / Japan
Rojin / Chiman Rahimi / UK
Passages / Marie-Jose Saint-Pierre / Canada
A Perm / Lee Ran-hee / South Korea
The Order of Things / Csar Esteban Alenda & Jos Esteban Alenda /
Spain
Mandarin Peel / Anna McGrath / Australia
Happy Birthday / Freshteh Parnian (Mollajan) / Iran
Unplay / Joanna Rytel / Sweden
Test / Natalia Mateo & Marta Aledo / Spain
Competition 2 : Twilight Division
Competition 6 : Love Exposure
Focus on the global conflicts that are occurring even as we speak
Shedding light on the various forms of love around the world
A Kosovo Fairytale / Anna-Soa Nylund, Mark Middlewick, Samantha Nell / Finland

Lost / Alberto Dorado / Spain
Wagah / Supriyo Sen / India
The Flute / Said Najmi / Jordan
A Blind Subject at the Gate / Daan Spruijt / Netherlands
Sweet Dreams / Kirsten Lepore / USA
23 years Old and Occupation : Revolutionist / Kentaro Imamura / Japan
Bread and Oil / Taha Karimi / Iran
Lili's Paradise / Melina Len / Peru
The Independent Book Shop / Tomomi Shibata / USA
Be Loved / Jan Soldat / Germany

My Other Half / Beatriz Sanchs / Spain
I Love Luci / Colin Kennedy / UK
Tabu / Vincent Coen, Jean-Julien Collette / Belgium
Seeds of the Fall / Patrik Eklund / Sweden
Backwards / Aaron Hughes / USA
Water / Hwang Ouchul, Ho WenShing / Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
Dolores / Manuela Moreno / Spain
Hotel 66 / Anthony Chen / UK
Mr. Wire's Nostalgia / Jonathan Ostos Yaber / Mexico
Competition 3 : Order for Disorder
Competition 7 : Left Behind
Selection of films based on our current economic and social struggle
Interpreting Death , a destiny all of us will eventually face
The Authority / Xavi Sala / Spain

On Hold / Gabriela Calvache Velasco / Ecuador
Thread / Kenji Tani / Japan
The Remittances / Juan Carrascal / Spain
Away / Jorge Fried Budnik / Argentina
Fard / David Alapont & Luis Briceo / France
The Delicate Art of the Bludgeon / Jean-Gabriel Priot / France
DIESIS 1 / Franke Frigo / Italy
Deafness / Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy / Ukraine
Hunger / Carolina Hellsgrd / Germany
Believe / Paul Wright / UK *(Out of Competition)

Shikasha / Isamu Hirabayashi / Japan
Air / Javier Loarte / Spain
Linger / Sim Bee Li / Singapore
The Grand Falls / Herv Demers / Canada
Live A Bit Longer... / David Lambert / Belgium
Domino Effect / Gabriel Gauchet / Germany, Cuba
Perception / Susana Perrottet / Peru
Perpetuum Mobile / Sebastian Kenney / Switzerland
The Story of My Life / Pierre Ferrire / France
Competition 4 : Nexus
Competition 8 : Ibero-American Focus
Selected themes of family values and friendship
Focus on films from Ibero-American countries
Arsy-Versy / Miro Nemo / Slovakia

I Am Always on Top / Bettina Schoeller / Germany
Las Pelotas / Chris Niemeyer / Switzerland
Socarrat / David Moreno / Spain
Leap in Time / Andreas Reisenbauer / Austria
Black Horse / Tomi Malkki / Finland
One Day Full of Pain / Sattar Chamani Gol / Iran
Wild Africa Chronicle / Issam Mathlouti / France
Photos of God / Paul Wright / UK
Inatable Granma / Telmo Esnal / Spain
Clicks / Manuel Sirgo / Spain

The Dancer and the Tram / Rogrio Nunes / Brazil
Taba / Marcos Pimentel / Brazil
Chapa (Buddy) / Tatiana Toffoli / Brazil
Notes on the Other / Sergio Oksman / Spain
The Same Old Story (The S.O.S.) / Jos Luis Montesinos / Spain
Duck Crossing / Koldo Almandoz / Spain
The Dam (La Presa) / Jorge Rivero / Spain
The Years of Silence / Marcel Leal / Spain
The Commute / Elas Leon Siminiani / Spain
5
COMPETITION 1: Play Expression
Long Live the New Fresh

Long Live the New Fresh
2009 / Belgium / 14min. / Color
Director, Sound Design: Nicolas Provost
'10
This is an experimental digital lm based on parts of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" and other lms to which various forms of digital processing are
added, along with a reorganized soundtrack. The result is a new interpretation of a reassembled horror lm. Furthermore, the audience can get new,
refreshing ideas through this formal deconstruction.
Nicolas Provost1969 10 '99 "Papillon d'amour"
'04
"Plot Point"'07
"Suspension"'08 "Papillon d'amour""Suspension" Nicolas Provost was born
in Belgium in 1969. He studied at the Ghent Royal School for the Arts, and spent 10 years in Norway as an exchange student. He made his rst lm in 1999. Works include "Papillon
d'amour" (2004), "Plot Point" (2007) and "Suspension" (2008). "Papillon d'amour" and "Suspension" won special commendations in the short lm category at the Sundance Film Festival.
In My Prison
2010 / Italy / 7min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Alessandro Grande / Director of Photography: Francesco Di Pierro / Production Design: Gianluca Amodio /
Music: Emanule Bossi / Editing: Fravio Bernardo / Cast: Claudio Caminito, Francesco Palozzi, Francesco Primavera
2010
A prisoner is locked in his cell. In his mind, the complaints of other inmates, noises and the anxiety become suffocating. At lunchtime in the cafeteria,
he manages to grab a knife with the help of an accomplice inmate. Then in a long corridor, side by side with the warder, he passes up his chance for
a getaway, seeking serenity and freedom elsewhere. This lm was considered highly at the Rome Fiction Fest 2010, among others.
Alessandro Grande1983 "Little Fabio Replies"
"I'll Be Right Back" "Me, Unprotected" Alessandro Grande was
born in Catazanro in 1983. He studied art at the University of Rome. Several of his short lms focus on social issues. "Fabietto Rispondi" (Little Fabio Replies), winner of the Unishort Festival,
"Toro Subito" (I'll Be Right Back) won awards for Best Film and Best Actor at the Festival Lattarico. "Io. Indifesi" (Me. Unprotected) was an ofcial selection at the Reggio Calabria Film Fest.
Incident by A Bank
2009 / Sweden / 10min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Editig: Ruben stlund / Director of Photography: Marius Dybvad Brandrud / Production Design: Pia Aleborg
/ Cast: Lars Melin, Henrik Vikman, Bahador Foladi
'10
'06
This short lm, which begins with a conversation between two male tourists, is an ambitious work lmed in a single scene cut. A failed bank robbery attempt
occurs behind them. The humor of the lm continues to build as the camera continues recording the details of the various actions of the people who appear.
The lm is based on a real case that occurred in Sweden in 2006. It was awarded the Golden Bear in the short lm category at the Berlinale 2010.
Ruben stlund1974 '04 "The Guitar Mongoloid"
Fipresci '08 2 "Involuntary" Ruben stlund was born
on a small island in southwest Sweden in 1974. He made his debut with the feature lm, "The Guitar Mongoloid" in 2004. It took the Fipresci award at the Moscow International Film
Festival. His second lm, "Involuntary" (2008) was featured in the "Un Certain Regard" category at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Picture's Concise Anatomy
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Director, Screenplay, Editing: Olivier Smolders / Director of Photography: Louis-Philippe Capelle / Music: Alain Wergifosse
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'10
A lm based on an exquisite anatomical gurine built around the 18th century in Florence, Italy. It displays symmetrical images, even kaleidoscope-like
illustrations, with the use of a mirror which are grotesque and beautiful at the same time. It won the Labo Grand Prix at the 2010 Clermont-Ferrand
International Short Film Festival, and took prizes at the Tabor Film Festival in Croatia and the Fano International Film Festival.
Olivier Smolders1956 '84 "Neuvaine"
'89 "Seuls" '98 "Mort vignoble" DOK Olivier Smolders was born in
Leopoldville in 1956. He studied lm direction at INSAS in Belgium. While teaching at the same school, he established his own lm company. Among his short lms are "Neuvaine" (1984), "Seuls," which
took an award at the 1989 Torino International Film Festival, and "Mort vignoble," which won the Silver Dove award at the 1998 International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film.
2010 / Russia / 3min. / Color
The Examination at Clay Striptease School
Director, Screenplay: Egor Ivanov
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There is a blob of clay in the beginning but as the film progresses, it molds into a sexy stripper pole dancing to the beat of the music. Then it
transforms into a muscular male dancer who gives the three judges a seducing look. An entertaining and unique clay animation, it takes 2 months to
work, that produces humor through the smooth transformation of clay gures.
Egor Ivanov
'09 Born in Vladivostok,
Russia. Studies Russian Philosophy at the Far Eastern National University, Russia and then serves in the military at Chechen after graduation. Finishing his duties in the military, he
works at a Toyota-based factory but decides to pursue a career in animation in 2009. Currently works as a stop-motion animator.
Escape
2009 / Estonia / 5min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Kristjan Holm / Music: Kasper Jancis
2010
A student is forced to nish his breakfast at school and he gradually starts to daydream in order to escape reality... His adventures include being a
prison inmate and meeting a mole. The water-color painting style used makes this a fantastic animation rich in imagination. The lm was screened at
lm festivals in Estonia, the Anifest 2010 in Czech Republic and the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival.
Kristjan Holm1976 '04
'08 "Little Maya" Born in 1976 in Tallinn, Estonia.
Graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1999 in interior design. Holm exhibited his work at the 2004 Venice Biennale, but found his limitations in his eld, and resolved to
become an animator. He returns to the Estonian Academy of Arts to learn animation production and directed his rst lm, "Little Maya," in 2008.
A Song Like A Fish
2010 / Japan / 5min. / Color

Director, Screenplay: Taijin Takeuchi / Music: Kiyonori Higuchi / Cast: Taijin Takeuchi
19
2010
A sh slowly swims into the room and the boy swallows it, causing him to enter a dream... A stop-motion animation lmed at an abandoned house using wires to move
the paper gurines. It took a total of 19 months to create and with the exception of the last scene, the director managed production all by himself. Has received much
acclaim at lm festivals in Japan (Kichijoji Animation Festival and Fukui Film Festival) and received the Grand Prix at the Digital Creator s Competition 2010 in Japan.
Taijin Takeuchi1984
'05
'09 Born in 1984 in Aichi Prefecture. Studied
at the Kyushu Institute of Design (now Kyushu University), and then did his doctoral studies at Musashino Art University. Starts creating stop-motion animation after encountering and
being inspired by the work of Jan vankmajer. Other lms include "Lively Cans" (2005), "The Continuation of Black and White" (2005) and "Stop Motion with Wolf and Pig" (2009).
Dust Kid
2009 / South Korea / 10min. / B&W
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Jung Yumi /Production: Cinema Platform
2010
Waking up one cold winter morning, a woman encounters a Dust Kid in her room. She starts cleaning her room and throws away the Dust Kids she nds
but they keep on returning... An animation which sheds light on the beauty and simplicity found in black & white drawings, while depicting the abnormality
in an everyday setting. This animated fairytale in black and white was shown during the Directors' Fortnight at the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival.
Jung Yumi1981 KAFA'04 "Paranoid Kid"
'05 "Play with Me" '06 "My Small Doll House" '10 "Math Test" Jung Yumi was born in 1981 in South Korea.
After completing her studies in art at Kookmin University, she studied animation directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (2004-2006). Her rst work was the short animated lm,
"Paranoid Kid" (2004). "Play with Me" (2005) and "My Doll House" (2006) followed. "Math Test" (2010) is her most recent lm.
Centipedo Sun
Centipedo Sun
2010 / France / 10min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Mihai Grecu / Director of Photography: Enrique Ramirez / Music: Herman Kolgen / Editing: Momoko Seto /
Production: Mathematic Studio
Filmed in the desolate and arid regions of the Chilean Plains. Symbols of isolation, doubled by the sublime landscape and the complex spiritual
background, makes the environment the focus of the lm. The results are mesmerizing visual depictions of transforming landscapes and the nal
image of whales lying on the barren land allow our imagination to y free.
Mihai Grecu1981'06
"OSMIUM"'07 "UNLITh" "coagulate" EXis
Mihai Grecu was born in Romania in 1981. Since studying art
and design in Romania and France, he has been pursuing his artistic research at the Fresnoy Studio of Contemporary Arts. Topics of environmental issues appear in his lms often, including
"Osmium" (2006) and "UNLITh" (2007). His lm "coagulate" was shown at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. He won the EX-Is award at the EXis Festival in South Korea.
Let There Be Sound
2009 / Germany / 5min. / Color
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Director, Screenplay: Christian Lachenschmidt, Christian Scheck, Stefan J. Whr / Music: Stefan J. Whr
An enormous being booms music through the speakers on its back while drifting through outer space. Its back is inhabited by eccentric creatures with
long nostrils that try to heal it when the music suddenly stops... Supposedly, Earth has been created by this intergalactic music which is an interesting
new perspective on how our world came to be. This unique lm has been screened at multiple lm festivals, including the Czech Fresh Film Festival.
JChristian Lachenschmidt, Christian Scheck, Stefan J. Whr '83 '85
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"Slut-Happy Sad"
'07
"uprom.tv"'08 Lachenschmidt was born in 1983, Scheck in 1985, and Wuhr in 1981, all in Germany. All 3 of them studied media design at
Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremburg. They started working together in 2007 and their works include "Slut-Happn Sad" (2007) and "uprom.tv" (2008).
COMPETITION 2: Twilight Division
A Kosovo Fairytale
2009 / Finland / 15min. / Color
Director: Anna-Sofia Nylund, Samantha Nell, Mark Middlewick / Screenplay: Mark Middlewick, Samantha Nell / Director of
Photography: Samantha Nell / Music: Ludovig Alln / Editing: Mark Middlewick
A combination of live-action and stop-motion animation portray the story of a family forced to separation due to the Kosovo conict. The horrible
experiences encountered by the family are narrated through the eldest son and illustrated by animation. The lm has been awarded at many festivals,
including the Tampere Film Festival.
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Anna-Soa Nylund, Samantha Nell, Mark Middlewick ARCDA
"My Jobourg State of

Mind" '09 Anna received her education at ARCDA in Finland and worked on multiple short lm projects during her time there. Mark and Samantha
both studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and have worked together before for the production of My Jobourg State of Mind (2009).
Lost
2009 / Spain / 3min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Production Design: Alberto Dorado / Director of Photography: David-Siro Lpez / Music: David Snchez /
Editing: Jaime Bartolom / Cast: Mohamed Niang, Hovik Keuchkerian
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In the vast plains of Africa, a UN soldier asks a young boy his name and then suddenly things happen... This lm powerfully portrays the problems of
child soldiers through the use of unique lming techniques. The single cut scene beginning from the bust shot leading to the full shot and then ending
at a long shot is brilliant since the audience is gradually introduced to the situation. The lm has been awarded at several Film Festivals based in Spain.
Alberto Dorado1968
'04 "El Oro de las Californias" '05 "Objectivo Iraq" '07 "Sostenido" Born in Madrid, Spain on 1968. He
begins working for a camera operator at a TV Network Station and gradually shifts towards Short Film. Directed El Oro de las Californias (2004), Objectivo Iraq (2005) and Sostenido
(2007).

Wagah
2009 / India, Germany / 13min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Supriyo Sen / Director of Photography: Ranu Ghosh / Editing: Szilvia Ruszev / Production: Detaillm
'47 DVD 3
A documentary depicting the annual festivities that take place in Wagah, a town located on the borderline of India and Pakistan. Separated into 2
nations in 1947, this lm focuses on the true meaning of a political entity through the innocent eyes of 3 children selling DVDs at the festival. This is
the nal edition of a 3 part collection Supriyo worked on.
Supriyo Sen1947 '03 "Way back Home"'06
"Hope Dies Last in War" He was born under a family that was severely affected by
the 1947 India/Pakistan split. First started his career as a journalist and then moved on to directing lm. His other lms include Way back Home (2003) and Hope Dies Last in War (2006). Wagah
was awarded at the Berlinale Film Festival and selected to participate in the Talent Campus.
The Flute
2010 / Jordan / 13min. / Color
Director: Said Najmi / Screenplay: Aladdin Qaraqish / Director of Photography: Samer Nimri / Production Design: Amjad Rasheed / Music:
Nour Abu Haltam, Ihab Abu Hammad / Editing: Chakameh Marandi / Cast: Husain Mograbi, Muhammad Al-Ashyan, Deena Al-Khatib
A story about a young boy from Jordan, near the Israel border, who loves to play a ute and a young girl who is from an Arabic town located in Israel. Their encounter
portrays the harsh reality of the current situations in the Middle East, as well as the true meaning of segregation. The beautiful and simple sounds of the ute and the
suspense when the boy enters the land mine eld grasps the audience s attention. The lm was screened at the Lebanon International Student Film Festival.
Said Najmi1980 "The Other Side of My Neighborhood"
EICTV Born in Jordan on 1980. Majored in Multimedia
Technologies at the University of Hudderseld in UK and creates The Other Side of My Neighborhood , which received much acclaim even being his 1st lm. He currently is working on a
documentary in collaboration with Cuba s EICTV.
A Blind Subject at the Gate
2010 / Netherlands / 7min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Editing, Visual Effects: Daan Spruijt / Director of Photography: Vincent Geijsel / Music: Kohn, Erik Griekspoor
PTSD
3D CGI Impulsprijs 2009
A tragic drama about a man who suffers from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder due to his experience at the frontlines of war. Reality and ction is
mixed up within his mind and everything surrounding him is like a video game. Impressive mixtures of live-action and 3D-CGI are used in the making
of this lm.
Daan Spruijt1980 18
"Schimmelpenninck"'02
"Der Raum Einnehmend"'04
"Morning Lemon"'06 Born in Netherlands on 1980. Started
creating animation at a age of 18 and studies at an Art College in 's-Hertogenbosch. Then received a residency for the Rijksakacademie in Amsterdam and Fresnoy in France. Some
of the lms he directed include Schimmelpenninck (2002), Der Raum Einnehmend (2004) and Morning Lemon (2006).
Sweet Dreams
2008 / U.S.A. / 10min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Kirsten Lepore / Music: Chelsea Lepore, Kirsten Lepore, Megan Lepore
A man is living a repetitive life of working at a construction site and decides one day to build a ship to travel the world. Soon after shipping off, he
is attacked by a storm and lands on an island. There, he encounters a new world and meets a new friend but... This sweet animation took over 9
months to create and everything used in production is food.
Kirsten Lepore'07 MTV
'07 "Story from North America" '10 "Bottle" Graduated an Arts
College in Maryland and has worked on projects for MTV and Heinz Corp and others. Her independent lms include Story from North America (2007) and Bottle (2010). Both lms
have received much acclaim for its interesting sense of humor.

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23 years Old and Occupation Revolutionist
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography: Kentaro Imamura
Do student activists exist in the modern Japanese world and is they do, what kind of student movements are they promoting? These questions are
captured in this documentary focusing on the life of a single student activist of Kyoto University. The true spirit of a revolutionist is illustrated through
the lming of a student demonstration from the inside.
Kentaro Imamura1989 23
Born in 1989 and currently a student at Kansai University. Is a member
of the Film Fan club and his aggressive lming style made it possible to capture student movements from an internal perspective.
Bread and Oil
2010 / Iran / 21min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Taha Karimi / Director of Photography: Sarkew Mesgari / Editing: Mohammad Reza, Vatan Dousi / Music:
Hamed Pour Saei
A small town in the northern part of Iran has been a center of oil mining but due to the former tyranny of Hussein s administration, the inhabitants are forced
to live a life of deprivation. This documentary focuses on a single grandmother and her 6 grandchildren in order to illustrate the true situations of the people
here. The story told by the grandmother explains the seriousness of their social dilemma. Has been screened at the Off-Cinema Film Festival in Poland.
Taha Karimi1976 "Border of My Life" "Zaryyaan" "The White Mountains"
"Roots of Violence in Iraq" "The Gashes upon Iraq" "The White Mountains" Born in Iran on 1976. Studies
Film and Theater at Tehran University. His lms include Border of My Life , Zaryyaan , The White Mountains , Roots of Violence in Iraq and The Gashes upon Iraq . The White
Mountains received awards at multiple lm festivals, such as the Tehran Short Film Festival.
Lili's Paradise
2009 / Peru / 17min. / Color, B&W
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Melina Len / Director of Photography: Inti Briones /Production Design: Guillermo Isa / Cast: Natalia
Roca, Tommy Prraga, Magaly Bolivar
1980
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In the late 1980 s of Peru, Lili receives an unconventional education from her atheist, revolutionist brother and normal classes at school are boring to her.
Her only enjoyment was to have paper puppet shows but suddenly, her brother leaves to participate in a revolution... A lm created when Melina was a
student of Columbia University. An interesting use of color/b&w has allowed this lm to be screened at the 47th New York Film Festival.
Melina Len'00 "A 45 for the Month's Expenses"
"Somewhere in America"'04 "Girl with A Walkman"'06 Born in Peru and currently
resides in New York. Since her 1st lm A 45 for the Month s Expenses , which has been selected to compete in Tampere Film Festival, she has continued creating lms such as
Somewhere in America (2004) and Girl with a Walkman (2006). Her lms have been screened at many lm festivals and have won awards as well.
The Independent Book Shop
2009 / U.S.A. / 5min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography: Tomomi Shibata
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A documentary focusing on the disappearance of neighborhood or corner store= bookshops due to competition from large-scale retail chain
stores and e-commerce companies. Interviews the owner of Morningside Bookshop of New York City and asks why they had to go out of business.
Portrays the importance of small businesses that bring people in the community together while depicting the rapidly changing atmosphere of NYC.
Tomomi Shibata1975 '06
Born in 1975 and works for a TV Network
Station in Japan creating documentaries. Currently resides in New York and her lm Old scenery from Izu ( ) has received the Special Award at the Shizuoka Digital
Contents Grand Prix 2006.
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Director, Screenplay: Xavi Sala / Director of Photography: Pere Pueyo / Editing: Jaime Sagi-Vela / Production Design: Sonia Castro
/ Cast: Abdelatif Hwidar, Beln Lpez
2010
A family driving from Morocco to Spain is suddenly stopped by a police ofcer for a baggage inspection but everything seems to be ne so the police
ofcer takes off. The happy atmosphere is disrupted due to the policeman s intrusion and the family gets involved in another happening... This lm
introduces the theme of how authority can change a person.Has awarded at Cinemlaga 2010,spain.
Xavi Sala1971 TV '02 "60 aos"
"Los Padres"'04 "Hiyab"'06
'07 Born in Valencia, Spain on 1971. Focuses on Communication

Studies in College and after graduation, starts writing scripts for TV while creating independent lms such as Los Padres (2004), Hiyab (2006), La parabolic (2007) and many more.
On Hold
2010 / Ecuador / 14min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Gabriela Calvache / Director of Photography: Armando Salazar / Production Design: Pilar Velasco, Luca
Moscoso / Editing: Amaia Merino Unzeueta / Production: El Otoro Lado Films / Cast: Mara Sol Barragn
A girl travels to the city everyday and after passing a school full of children her age, arrives at a large mansion. She works here as a maid... This lm
focuses on the difference in living standards among the rich and poor. The camera work is brilliant and the expression on the girl s face in the ending
has strong tension.
Gabriela Calvache1977 21 "My One Time Joy"
"Hay cosas que no se dicen"'05 '10 "Labranza oculta" Born in Equador on 1977
and begins her career in lm at age 21 as a producer of My One Time Joy . She has directed Hay cosas que no se dicen (2005) and a documentary, Labranza oculta (2010).
Thread
Director: Kenji Tani / Screenplay: Midori Sato / Director of Photography: Tetsuhiro Kato / Music: Teruki Izumi / Editing: Kenji Ogawa
/ Production: Ichiroku / Cast: Ryosuke Watabe
A man responds to comments on online bulletin boards, making him feel superior and eventually encounters a woman through such activities. Their
relationship develops into cyber love but... This lm illustrates people s lifestyles revolving around the internet and their over-reliance on technology.
Kenji Tani1976 '08
2 Born in Kyoto on 1976. Studies design in
College and moves on to creating independent lms. His rst lm, Continue (2008) was selected in the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition and Thread has been
selected in the Yamagata International Movie Festival, as well as receiving an award in screenplay from the Japan Visual Arts Center.
The Remittance
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Juan Carrascal / Produciton Design: Arturo Artal / Cast: Angela Maritza
Resino de Hernandez, Jorge Rivera
An illegal immigrant from El Salvador residing in Los Angeles is a dishwasher during the day and collects cans for money at night. She then sends
the money she makes to her family back home. This lm describes the current situation of many Central and South American countries that are
dependent on the United States for economic support.
Juan Carrascal1976 '07 "Abuela noticin"
2 "La Noche pintaba bien" '08 "La Bolita: El cortometraje" Born in Spain on 1976. After
graduating from Universidad de Salamanca, he continues his studies at the Madrid Film School. Films he directed include Abuela noticion (2007), La Noche pintaba bien , and La
Bolita: El Cortometraje (2008).
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COMPETITION 3: O rder for Disorder
The Authority

Away
2009 / Argentina / 11min. / Color
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Director, Screenplay: Jorge Fried Budnik / Director of Photography: Sebastian Fernandez / Music: Rocco / Editing: Raul Grande /
Cast: Mara A. Vilar, Francisco Oriol
A couple lives in Buenos Aires and their relationship is falling apart, where they don t even talk to each other anymore. One day, something hits the
woman in the forehead and she goes unconscious... Long scene cuts and the electronic sounds from the laptop portrayed throughout the film
combine to create a peculiar online generation atmosphere. Has been screened at many lm festivals, such as Tampere Film Festival.
Jorge Fried Budnik1984 '04
'04 "Vorale" "Unpacked"'05
"La Fiesta del 35"'06
"Shabat Shalom"'06 Born in Santiago, Chile
on 1984. Starts off studying architecture but then moves to New York in order study lm. After his time in New York, he enrolls in the Buenos Aires Film School in Argentina. His other
lms include Vorale (2004), Unpacked (2005), La Fiesta del 35 (2006) and Shabat Shalom (2006).
Fard
2009 / France / 13min. / Color, B&W
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Director, Screenplay: David Alapont, Luis Briceo / Director of Photography: Martin de Chabaneix / Music: Martin Gretschmann /
Editing: Florence Jacquet / Production: Metronomic / Voice Cast: Michel Aymard, Jean-Franois Gallotte, Julie Durand
A man lives a normal and safe life but is satised. After a successful presentation at his company, he heads home in a good mood but nds an abnormal ashlight
in a package he was holding for a friend. The light from the ashlight transforms the area it ashes into colorful 3-D images. He must run from the pursuers who
are after the ashlight... The lm is an amazing combination of animation and live-action. Has been screened at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival.
David Alapont, Luis Briceo 1976
CM 1971 '97 "Adieu gnral"
'09
David was born in France on 1976 and works as an animator/illustrator after graduating from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs. He also creates
music videos and commercials.Luis was born in Chile on 1971 and moves to France to study lm. His other lms include Adieu gnral (2009).
The Delicate Art of the Bludgeon
2009 / France / 4min. / B&W
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Director: Jean-Gabriel Priot / Music: Exprience
This is not a love song

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1789
An experimental lm showing an archive of past public demonstrations from all over the world, with the background music of This is not a love song .
It portrays the excessive brutal force used by law enforcement personnel against the demonstrators. The quotation at the ending is a clause from the
Declaration of the Rights of Man by the National Assembly of France, 1789.
= Jean-Gabriel Priot1974
'05 "Dies Irae" '07 20 Born
in France on 1974. His lming style focuses on introducing archive scenes in a documentary format and his other lms include Dies Irae (2005) and 200,000 phantoms which has
received an award from a previous CON-CAN Movie Festival.
DIESIS 1
DIESIS 1
2008 / Italy / 10min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Franke Frigo / Director of Photography: Nichola Xella / Music, Editing: Mr. Jane / Production: Frigokillers /
Cast: Marco Marzaioli, Franke Frigo, Fabrizio Agosti
Two men driving through the rain stop to investigate an abandoned house and seem to stumble upon a dead body... The lm uses a stylish technique
of cinematography by including ash frames, creating suspenseful imagery. The method of combining short dialogue with ambiguous images really
stimulates the audience.
Franke Frigo1982 '07 "Elie" "Diesis"
'09 "Solo" Born in Italy on 1982. Creates his 1st short lm Elie in
2007 and the next year, starts working on his Diesis series which received much acclaim at Locarno Film Festival. He is currently working on his feature lm Solo .
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Deafness
2009 / Ukraine / 11min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Production Design: Miroslav Slaboshpytskiy / Director of Photography: Dmytro Saniykov / Editing: Cofee
Post / Production: Arthouse Trafc / Cast: Dmytro Sokol, Oleksand Fomichov, Sergiy Gavryluk
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A deaf boy is stopped and questioned by a police ofcer inside a car. There is no sound in this lm to allow the audience experience a deaf person s
perspective rst hand. The lm is taken in a single 10 min. scene cut with a handheld camera.
Miroslav Slaboshpytskiy1974
'06 "The Incident" '09 2 "Diagnoz" 3 Born in
Ukraine on 1974. Studies lm at the Kiev University of Performing Arts and starts working at a studio as a director/scriptwriter after graduation. His other lms include The Incident (2006)
and Diagnoz (2009) which was screened at the Berlinale.
Hunger
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Carolina Hellsgrd / Director of Photography: Manuel Kinzer / Music: Steffen W. Scholz, Eugen
Dietrich, Thomas Friese / Production: Filmgestalten / Cast: Dennis Seiler, Robin Lngert, Rafael Hilpert
Two brothers witness their neighbors being taken away by immigration services and decide to pay the uninhabited house a visit. They encounter and
discover a new world by investigating their neighbor s house but are caught by their father... This lm depicts the adventurous characteristics of two
brothers who are in the suppressed control of their intolerant parents. Has been invited to many lms festivals worldwide.
Carolina Hellsgrd1977
'04 "Thicker than Water" '06 "Thirst" '08 "Karaoke" Born in Stockholm,
Sweden on 1977. Enrolls in the University of Stockholm and then moves onto the Berlin University of the Arts. Her lms include Thicker than Water (2004), Thirst (2006) and Karaoke
(2008) have been screened many festivals.
2009 / Slovakia / 23min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Miro Nemo / Director of Photography: Jaro Val'ko / Editing: Marek Krl'ovsk / Cast: Lbomr Remo, Jolana
Remova
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A documentary of a man who s hobby is to research bats and his life with his mother. He visits an abandoned mine regularly and captures bats to
study them. The lifestyle he pursues is quite eccentric and the adventures he encounters while searching for bats is truly entertaining. Nominated in
over 28 lm festivals, including the Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden.
Miro Nemo1983 IT
3 "Ecce homo" "Cold Joint" "Arsy-Versy" Born in Slovakia in 1983. He moves to Bratislava
and attends University of performing arts while working as a graphic designer at a IT company. The 3 lms he created during his time at school, Ecce homo , Cold Joint and
Arsey-Versy have received much acclaim worldwide.
I Am Always on Top
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Bettina Schoeller / Production: depoetica / Cast: Tilly Beine, Reinhild
Schoeller, Bettina Schoeller
3 85
'10
A documentary about an elderly woman of 85 leaves her home in Germany to pay the Canary Islands a visit. What is interesting about this lm is that
the elderly woman is the director s grandmother and the other cast member is the director s mother. The lm revolves around the adventures of their
trip and also on the life stories the grandmother tells. A heart-warming lm which was screened at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival.
Bettina Schoeller1969
"depoetica" Born in Germany in 1969.
Studies journalism and literature at the Hamburg University, along with cultural anthropology. Then she continues her studies in lm at the Hamburg School of Arts, eventually receiving
a scholarship to the Bucharest Film Academy. After graduating, she started her own production company depoetica while working as a director for other TV productions.
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COMPETITION 4: Nexus
Arsy-Versy

Las Pelotas
2009 / Switzerland / 15min. / Color
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Director: Chris Niemeyer / Screenplay: Laura Albornoz, Pablo Aguilar, Chris Niemeyer / Director of Photography: Philipp Koller / Production
Design: Laura Duarte / Editing: Gion-Reto Killias / Production: Plan B Film / Cast: Jorge Romn, Jorge Pedraza, Mnica Lairana, Lorena Vega
'09
A drama between soccer scouts who are on the constant look out for new, young talented players and the fathers who want their sons to join those
elite soccer clubs. Taking place in Argentina, 2 men come up with a plan on how to father sons with superior soccer talent. This lm, having received
awards at many lm festivals including the 2009 Locarno Film Festival, cynically illustrates the slightly corrupt world of soccer.
Chris Niemeyer1973 CM
B '99 "Timing" '05 "THE/LE/DER BALL" TV Born in Switzerland
in 1973. First studies lm at a University in Buenos Aires and later on, at an Art University in Zurich. After graduation, creates his own lm studio Plan B Films while working as a TV
commercial director. He has created multiple TV series, as well as lms such as Timing (1999) and THE/LE/DER BALL (2005).
Socarrat
Director, Screenplay: David Moreno / Director of Photography: Juan Herndez / Produciton Design: Curru Garabal / Editing: Ral
de Torres / Production: Almaina Producciones / Cast: Juanma Lara, Antonio Naharro, Luisa Ezquerra
3
CM
A film full of black humor, focusing on the dark secrets behind a family that seems perfectly happy... An interesting portrayal of family ties and
relationships where everyone somehow benets from one another. A powerful and well-constructed short although being the rst lm the director has
created. Has been screened at such lm festivals as the Montreal World Film Festival.
David Moreno1977
"Remolinos" TV CM Born in Spain in 1977. Studies visual
communication at the Complutense University of Madrid and writes his rst script for Remolinos while attending a Canal+ scriptwriter training project. He currently works as a TV
commercial director who also writes scripts for TV series.
Leap in Time
2009 / Austria / 7min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Music: Andreas Reisenbauer / Director of Photography: Michael Riegler / Editing: Alexandra Wedenig /
Production: Reisenbaur Film / Cast: Arthur Denberg, Barbara Kaudelka, Valentin Schreyer
A lm centered on the conversation between a young woman who is about to be married and man, sitting on a park bench.. It seems that the man is
the young woman s father but he can t seem to comprehend that... This lm is also dedicated to Chris Marker, which reminds us his famous lm La
Jete (1962). Has been receiving much praise at many lm festivals.
Andreas Reisenbauer1965
'02 '09
1 Born in Austria in 1965.
Studies in many elds, such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, lm/theatre, music and journalism at the University of Vienna. He currently is a professor teaching media theory and
started scriptwriting in 2002, moving on to directing in 2009. This is his rst lm as a director.
Black Horse
2010 / Finland / 6min. / Color, B&W
Director, Screenplay: Tomi Malkki / Production: The Dead Will rise-studio
A father tries to raise his son, a young boy who is even shocked watching a bird get shot, into a strong and masculine man but... Simple drawings are
used in the creating the animation but the ow of the story is very experimental and reect the delicate father-son relationship. Has been screened at
many lm festivals in Finland, as well as the Rooftop Film Festival held in New York.
Tomi Malkki'99
"Ruslia ja Ruttila"'00 "Bait"'07
"Bloody Hands"'09 Born in Finland, he is a big fan of heavy metal rock and
horror lms. He has studied animation at 2 schools and began creating clay animation in 1999. His lms include Ruslia ja Ruttila (2000), Bait (2007) and Bloody Hands (2009).
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One Day Full of Pain
Director: Sattar Chamani Gol / Director of Photography: Jabbar Salehi / Editing: Vida Salehi / Production: Setak Film
A documentary about an old man who claims to have learned the art of bone therapy while working as a shepherd. People from miles around visit him
to receive his bone-setting treatment. Through the lm, the man s past experience are uncovered and how he achieved such skills during the tough
life he led as a Kurd. Has been screened at the Vienna Independent Short Film Festival, as well as other lm festivals.
Sattar Chamani Gol1979 10
"The World Shines"'09
"Border"'09
"Looking Again"'10 Born in Iran in 1979. Has created about 10
short lms, as well as some ction lms which have won him several awards. His other lms include The World Shines (2009), Border (2009), Looking Again and etc.
Wild Africa Chronicle
Director, Screenplay: Issam Mathlouti / Director of Photography: Christophe Larue / Music: Denis Volte, Wise Washington / Production
Design: Samuel Capdeville / Editing: Laurence Manheimer / Production: Mysteo / Cast: Julien Courtbey, Chems Dahmani, Charlie Bartocci
Think globally
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A group of 6 youngsters living in a town somewhere outskirt, full of vigor, sneak out of their house at midnight and meet up at a bus stop to enjoy
some banter. An old man approaches and he starts telling a dynamic story of the world as he waits for the bus which won't be coming. The lm
mentions Ibn Khaldun, a 14th century scientist who lived in Northern Africa adds the theme of Think globally .
Issam Mathlouti 23
2 He is raised in France as an immigrant
from Tunisia. Is drafted by the military at the age of 23 while attending college and spends 2 years in West Africa. After serving in the military, he moves to Africa and creates this lm as
his rst.
Photos of God
2009 / U.K. / 29min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Paul Wright / Director of Photography: Davide Cinzi / Production Design: Carly Mason / Editing: Michael
Aaglund / Production: National Film and Television School / Cast: Farren Morgan, Cathy Walker, Jemma Stephens
Aaron lives a life of solitude since he has to spend most of his time caring for his disabled mother and it seems that they had some problems in
the past... The director, like in I Believe , shoots his lm in short scenes which captures the essence of isolation very well. The use of a hand held
camera is also an important element in this lm as well. Has been screened at lm festivals in Berlin and Locarno.
Paul Wright1981 "Hikikomori"
'09 Born in Scotland in 1981. Studies at the
Royal Scottish of Music and Drama and his rst lm Hikkikomori was nominated at the Shorts division of the British Academy Awards. I Believe has partaken in many lm festivals
and Photos of God was included in the Shorts division of the Berlinale.
Inflatable Grandma
P3Z
Director, Screenplay: Telmo Esnal / Director of Photography: Gaizka Bourgeaud / Music: Javi P3Z / Production: Biaffra / Editing:
Asier Pujol / Cast: Egoitz Lasa, Nagore Aranburu, Kontxu Odriozola
A family goes to the beach during their vacation and the father is unable to build the tent due to his rambunctious kids. Hence, he takes out an
inatable Grandmother who takes care of the kids... This lm is a comedy revolving around the bizarre idea of having a portable Grandmother and
the style is reminiscent of the works of Jacques Tati. Has been screened at multiple lm festivals including the New York Short Film Festival.
Telmo Esnal1966 '05
"Aupa Etxebeste !" = Born in the Basque region of Spain in 1966.
Gained experience by working as an assistant director to many well-known directors and creates his rst lm Aupa Etxebeste (2005) with Asier Altuna. It received the Euskaltel
Youth Jury Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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COMPETITION 5: View in Gender
Besieged
2009 / Brazil / 13min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Marcello Quintella e Boynard / Director of Photography, Editing: Paulo Camacho / Music: Mark Byker,
Marcello Magdaleno / Production Design: Abelardo de Carvalho / Cast: Milhem Cortaz, Virginia Martins, Babu Santana
4 Cinecufa
A married couple is awakened in the night by an intruder and the husband mistakenly kills the trespasser. Instead of calling the police, the couple
decides to bury the man in their backyard but the man who was thought to be dead suddenly revives... A lm expressing the secrets behind a night of
suspenseful events with the use of short scene cuts. Screened at the 4th Cinecufa held in Rio de Janeiro.
Marcello Quintella e Boynard1966
Born in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil in 1966. Studied scriptwriting while working as a journalist and created his rst lm, Besieged . Currently is working on his rst feature lm. This lm was screened at
several lm Festivals in Brazil and is gradually achieving international prestige.
September Rats
paranelSAKI
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Kyukon-Saibai / Music: Hakase to Koorogi, paranel, Kui Yamamoto / Cast:
Ayano Yoshida, SAKI, Matsumoto Nohara, Risa Inoue
2010
A sunny day in September, a group of schoolgirls are on a journey to the beach and overcome challenges that they encounter on the way. When they
nally reach their destination, they encounter... A very artistic lm that ows like a poem from the use of various image scene cuts. Received the Grand
Prix prize at the 2010 Yonago Eiso Fes !, Japan.
Kyukon-Saibai1985'06 DVD VJ
Nanomax Films 1 Born in 1985 in Japan. Started creating lms
in 2006, which include music videos and live music DVDs, and also works as a video jockey at events. This lm is actually his rst lm and has received the Grand Prix award at the 1st
Nanomax Short Film Festival.
Rojin
Rojin
2010 / U.K. / 10min. / Color
Director: Chiman Rahimi / Screenplay: Toby Norways, Chiman Rahimi / Director of Photography: Will Hamphris / Music: Bland
Mahdi / Editing: Sam Bould, Cara Brower / Production: Poisson Rouge Pictures / Cast: Shivani Ghai, Vincenzo Nicoli, Steven Cree
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A Kurdish woman escapes to London to avoid oppression in Iran and 10 years later is peacefully working at a hotel as a room clerk. However, her
haunting past memories are revived by a single man she happens to see at the hotel. Rojin is based briey on the actual experiences of the director
and sheds light on the brutality Kurdish woman have to face in Iran. Screened at the 1st Kurdish Film Festival, Ireland.
Chiman Rahimi'94
Born in East Kurdistan (currently Iran) and
has been living in the UK since 1994. Studied lm at the Communication College inside the University of the Arts, London and currently works as a TV/newspaper reporter while writing
scripts for radio drama.
Passages
2008 / Canada / 24min. / B&W
= = MJSTP
Director, Screenplay: Marie=Jose Saint=Pierre / Production: MJSTP Films
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An autobiographical animation about the director s experiences of giving birth when she was 28. The use of lineal drawing and keyword imagery with
the addition of narration makes this lm a unique and intimate piece. Awarded at the 31st Fetival International Films de Femmes de Creteil, France.
= = Marie=Jose Saint=Pierre1978
"Mclaren's Negatives"'06
"The Sapporo Project"'10 Born in 1978 in
Quebec, Canada. Studied at the Concordia University - Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and focuses on creating lms right in-between the genre of Documentary and Fiction. Her
lms include Mclaren s Negatives (2006) and The Sapporo Project (2010).
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A Perm
2010 / South Korea / 19min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Ran-hee Lee / Director of Photography: Um Tae-shick / Production Design: Choi Keun-woo / Cast:
Yoon Bo-ra, Yoon Soon-ja, Kim Jung-ah
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A young woman from Vietnam moves to South Korea after her wedding and is taken to the beauty salon by her mother-in-law. She starts crying since
she is forced to cut her hair and is scolded by her mother-in-law... A lm about the societal pressures foreign brides need to endure in South Korea
and the almost tyrannical acts by the mother-in-law. Received the Jury award at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival.
Ran-hee Lee1971 '05 "Nineteen, Twenty"'06 "Sweet
Dreams"
'05
'08 '10 Born in 1971 in Seoul. Studies English

literature at the Myongji University and creates lms while working as an actress. Her lms as a director include Nineteen, Twenty (2005) and Sweet Dreams (2006), and her lms as
an actress include Welcome to Dongmakgol!! (2005) and Daytime Drinking (2008). A PERM was screened at the 2010 Berlinale.
The Order of Things
Director: Csar Esteban Alenda, Jos Esteban Alenda / Director of Photography: Tom Connole / Music: Sergio De La Puente / Production Design: Adela
Almellones, Amelia Rocafort / Editing: Csar Esteban Alenda / Production: Flux Film, Solita Films / Cast: Manuela Vells, Mariano Venancio, Javier Gutirrez
A woman nds comfort in the bathtub whenever she gets in a quarrel with her husband. One day her husband is mad that he can t nd his belt but
she totally ignores him. Their son nds his belt soaking in the bathtub but... A lm illustrating the reality that woman who are victims of domestic
violence rarely have an escape. Screened at many lm festivals worldwide.
Csar Esteban Alenda, Jos Esteban Alenda
'04 "Manolo marca registrada"'06
"Manolo Global"'07
"Silba
perdia"'08 4 Jos previously was an actor and his brother, Csar studied architecture before entering the lm industry. Created
Solita Films Inc. in 2004 and have produced Manola marca registrada (2006), Manola Global (2007), and Silba perdia (2008).
Mandarin Peel
2009 / Australia / 5min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Anna McGrath / Director of Photography: Stefan Duscio / Editing: Marcus Herrick / Production: The
Meantime Collective / Cast: Jamira Hunter, Minnie Liszukiewicz
On a summer day, two girls run about the wilderness carving symbols into whatever they nd and share an orange as a snack. After eating the
orange, they return back to elds in the sunset. A lm based simply on the meaningless acts of the two girls, illustrated as if it was a brief excerpt of
someone s memory. Screened at the Locarno Film Festival.
Anna McGrath1974 '07 "The Waltz""Small Change"
'08 "Swings and Roundabouts" "Small Change" Born in Australia in 1974. Studies art
and literature at the University of Melbourne and Victorian Art University. Her lms include The Waltz (2007), Small Change (2007) and Swings and Roundabouts (2008). Small
Change has received the Student Visionary award at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York.
Happy Birthday
Director: Freshteh Parnian (Mollajan) / Screen Play: Golnaz Sakar Farshi / Director of Photography: Sina Kermani Zadeh / Music:
Pouya Pur Amin / Cast: Mahsa Alafar, Sina Karami
After class, a young woman secretly leaves to visit her boyfriend to celebrate his birthday and during their date, her boyfriend asks her to take off her
chdor so that he could have a glimpse of her hair but... Happy Birthday depicts the lives of youngsters living under a strict Islamic society and their
brief rebellious act. The lm is shot totally with a handheld camera so the shaky visuals seem to represent the girl s emotional state.
Freshteh Parnian Born in Iran and Happy Birthday is her debut lm as a director.
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Unplay
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Joanna Rytel
2010
A woman travelling around Europe meets two men who are friends and has sexual relations with both of them. Then she asks for both of their
feedback... A daring and experimental documentary even in today s fairly open world of free sexual expression. It also reverses the roles of the male
and female since the woman is the one that is aggressive, which questions the current gender roles. Has been screened at the 2010 Berlinale.
Joanna Rytel1974 Konstfack "Then I'll Take
Your Cat"'02 "A Film Inward"'03 "To Think Things You Don't Want to"'05 Born in 1974 in Poland. Studies photography and lm at
the University of Gothenburg and at Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden. Her lms include Then I ll Take Your Cat (2002), A Film Inward (2003) and To Think Things You Don t Want
To (2005).
Test
Director: Natalia Mateo, Marta Aledo / Screenplay: Natalia Mateo / Director of Photography: Juan Herndez / Music: Frob /
Editing: Calros Agull / Production: Avalon Producitons / Cast: Sandra Ferrs, Nadia de Santiago, Pilar Castro
Four different women are at the turning point of their lives when waiting for the results of a pregnancy test. While for some, it s something they have
been yearning for a while and for others it s a complete surprise. Whichever the case, they all know that the results will have a great impact on their
lives. A lm created through a woman s perspective for women but a must watch for men as well. Screened at Portobello Film Festival in U.K..
Natalia Mateo, Marta Aledo 1975 '78
TV Natalia
was born in 1975 and Marta in 1978, both in Spain. Natalia studied at an Acting School and Marta studied at the Complutense University of Madrid. They both currently work as
actresses in TV series and lms. Test is their debut lm as directors.
Be Loved
COMPETITION 6: Love Exposure
HFF
Director, Screenplay: Jan Soldat / Director of Photography: Johannes Waltermann / Music: Hctor Marroquin / Editing: Julia Rau /
Production: HFF Conrad Wolf
'10
A documentary about the oft-thought but taboo topic of love and sexual relationship between humans and animals - literally men and dogs. Two men cohabit
with a dog, and their love for the dog brings into focus the relationship between human beings in present-day society. The director asks us to think about
what lies behind the shocking theme that foregrounds the lm. Much talked about at the 2010 Berlinale, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear award.
Jan Soldat1984 '06 '08
"Runter"'07 "Wahrscheinlich, vielleicht auch nicht"'08
"Mutter"'09 Born in Chemnitz, Germany in 1984. He began making short lms
in Chemnitz in 2006, and in 2008 started lm studies at Konrad Wolf Film and Television University. His lms include "Runter" (2007), "Wahrscheinlich, vielleicht auch nicht" (2008), and
"Mutter" (2009).
My Other Half
Director, Screenplay: Beatriz Sanchs / Director of Photography: lvaro Gutirrez / Music: Akrobats / Production Design: Alejandra
Loiseau / Editing: Nacho Ruiz Capillas / Production: Avalon Productions / Cast: Fernando Tielve, Nadia de Santiago, Fanny Gautier
'10
Adrin and Andrea have been linked from the very moment they were born. A weird optical deformity makes them see the world in an incomplete but complementary way:
Adrin's sight is limited to the lower half of the image, and Andrea's is only the upper half. They are treated by the same ophthalmologist and have been fantasizing from their
early days about nding their other half. But when their optical disorder is nally cured... A fresh and attractive movie full of colorful features. Screened at the 2010 Berlinale.
Beatriz Sanchs 1976 '08 "La Clase"
Born in 1976 in the Valencia region of Spain.
Studied audiovisual communication in College. Her short lm "La Clase" (2008) was nominated for Best Short Documentary at 2009 Goya Awards, Spain. "My other half" won a
projects contest award in the 2009 Heineken Greenspace.
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I Love Luci
2010 / U.K. / 12min. / Color
Director: Colin Kennedy / Director of Photography: Benjamin Kracun / Production Design: James Lapsley / Editing: Jake Roberts /
Production: Sigma Films / Cast: Camilla Rutherford, Colin Harris, Jimmy Chisholm
Marjory thinks she has ushed her false teeth down the toilet (in fact, her dog Luci has eaten them). In any case, her teeth are gone, she can't talk
properly and she's afraid to even smile. Meanwhile, Luci disappears. Her friend Tommy comes to the rescue to help her smile once again and nd her
dog. Screened at the London Short Film Festival and several others, and took an award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Colin Kennedy
"Hallam Foe"'07 2 "The Last Word" 2 1 Born in UK. After graduating from Art
School, he began working as a director at a lm production company. Following that, he worked as a freelance director at Sigma Films. He was the 2nd unit director for the feature lms
"Hallam Foe" (2007) and "The Last Word." "I love Luci" is his rst short lm.
Tabu
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Director: Vincent Coen, Jean-Julian Collette / Screenplay: Vincent Coen, Jean Collette, Jean-Julian Collette / Director of Photography: Guillaume Vandenberghe
/ Music: Cedric Murrath / Production Design: Bruno Tracq / Production: Contact Cookie Films / Cast: Tony Denman, Warre Borgman, Angela Muto
!?
1
An American couple, Frank and Cathy, take their lovesick son, Julian on a trip to Belgium to discover his roots. They stop at the restaurant "Tabu"
where Julian meets the love of his life. The goal of their trip is achieved in a most unexpected way... Screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival and others.
= Vincent Coen, Jean-Julian Collette 1975 1978
'08 1
Vincent Coen (born in 1978) and Jean-Julian Collette (born in 1977) studied cinema in Brussels. They met at the 2008 Berlinale Talent Campus. This is their rst
collaborative lm. Collette's father, Jean Collette, established playwright and screenwriter, joined them as a co-writer.
Seeds of the Fall
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Patrik Eklund / Director of Photography: David Grehn / Music: Jesper Hrberg, Anders Lennatsson /
Production Design: Anna Paulson / Production: Direktrn & Fabrikrn / Cast: Anki Larsson, Jacob Nordenson
'09
A middle-aged couple, Rolf and Eva, live in a passionless relationship. Besides getting on each other's nerves, Eva begins to feel sexually frustrated.
One night, she tries to seduce Rolf. He ignores her, but then something happens that will change their relationship (and their house) forever. A tragic
comedy that highlights middle-aged couples in a dead-end marriage. Awarded at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Patrik Eklund1978 '02 '07 "Situation Frank" '08
"Instead of Abracadabra" Born in Arvidsjaur, Sweden in
1978. Made his directorial debut with the short lm, "One Christmas Morning." His next short lm, "Situation Frank" (2007) was selected for Critic's Week at Cannes 2007. "Instead of
Abracadabra" (2008) won the award for Best Swedish Short Film at 2008 Gteborg International Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy award in 2009.
Backwards
2009 / U.S.A. / 4min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Production Design: Aaron Hughes / Music: Jenni Dykeman / Production: Metronomic / Voice Cast: Matt
Adams, Cristina Duran
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An eccentric animation played backwards, including the dialogue, starting from the end credits. It focuses on the development of a happy couple s
relationship and the odd events that are uncovered as the lm progresses. A lm that draws in the audience, provoking their desire to re-watch the
lm. Screened at the Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival.
Aaron Hughes'02 "Pentunia"'02
"Fred's Box"'03 CM
Born in Texas, U.S. Studied Visual Art in College
and currently works as an animator/illustrator while teaching at NYU. His past projects include multiple TV commercials, Pentunia (2002) and Fred s Box (2003).
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Water
2010 / Japan, South Korea, Taiwan / 15min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Ouchul Hwang, Wen-Shing Ho / Production: Kohei Ando Laboratory
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The truth of a love triangle between a woman and two men is uncovered as their secret matter of life and death past experience during childhood is
introduced on the woman s wedding day. A dynamic yet subtle drama, which ows like a poem, with the addition of calligraphic inserts brings this lm
to life. Awarded at many lm festivals worldwide, such as the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Ouchul Hwang, Wen-Shing Ho
1963 Ho
was born in Taiwan and currently a researcher at the Kohei Ando Research Center, Waseda University after studying at the Chinese Culture University, Taipei and Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
Hwang was born in South Korea in 1963 and studied at the University of Seoul and NYU. He is an artist, sculptor and poet also enrolled in the Kohei Ando Research Center, Waseda University.
Dolores
Director, Screenplay: Manuela Moreno / Director of Photography: David Surez / Production: Mailuki Films / Cast: Beln Boluda,
Manuela Burl, Rafael Ordorika
caramba
A woman encounters an anxious man while waiting for the bus and asks him if he is alright but is ignored... A skit-like short lm based at a bus stop
illustrating the brief encounter between a man and woman. Also interesting is the use of the Spanish interjectional word caramba which appears
often in their conversation. Screened at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival.
Manuela Moreno1978 " Que fuerte tia !" "Camas" "I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life with You""I Want to Spend
the Rest of My Life with You" Born in 1978 in Spain. His other lms
include Que fuerte tia ! , Camas and I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life with You . In the case of I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life with You has received the Special Jury
award at the Fano International Film Festival.
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Hotel 66
2009 / U.K. / 15min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Anthony Chen / Director of Photography: John Lee / Editing: Hoping Chen / Cast: Lee Kang-Yi, James Wen
An illegal immigrant from China works at a small hotel and she encounters a handsome young man who is a resident at that hotel. She starts to
gradually fall for his charm but nds out that he is a male prostitute... The scene where they are hanging their laundry together is quite heartrending.
Hotel 66 is a lm focusing on the life of illegal Asian immigrants in the U.S. Screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Anthony Chen1984 '04
"G-23" 40 2 "Grandma"'07 '08 "Haze" Born in Singapore in
1984. After studying at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, he currently works as a radio DJ, lm critic and director. His lms include G-23 (2004) which was screened at over 40 lm festivals,
Grandma (2007) which was highly acclaimed at Cannes and Haze (2008) which was screened at Berlinale.
Mr. Wire's Nostalgia
2009 / Mexico / 13min. / Color
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Jonathan Ostos Yaber / Music: Yamil Rezc / Production: ComeSesos / Voice Cast: Moiss Palacios
A travelling wireworker who makes a living by performing shadowgraphs falls in love with a woman and decides to settle down with her but he starts
to desire more... The elaborate and delicate stop-motion animation of this lm is reminiscent of that of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
directed by Henry Selick. Awarded the Special Jury award at the Huesca International Short Film Festival.
Jonathan Ostos Yaber1985 UWE '05 "Zombies?"
"Why"'06
"Entre Engranes"'07
"From A to C..."'10 1 1 Born in 1985 in Mexico. Studies
animation at a University in Vancouver, Canada and at the UWE in UK. His past lms include Zombies? (2005), Why (2006), Entre Engranes (2007) and his newest lm is A to C
(2010).
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2009 / U.K. / 20min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Paul Wright / Director of Photography: Benjamin Kracun / Production Design: Nathalie Atridge / Music:
Gunnar Oskarsson / Editing: Maya Mafoli / Production: Young Films / Cast: Michael Smiley, Kate Dickie, Paul Thomas Hickey
'09
"Believe" is the story about a man who was recently widowed. Unable to accept his wife s death and the reality of life without her, his behavior becomes
increasingly distressed. As he listens to a tape recording she made before her death, her voice transforms into a siren song that draws him towards her with its
increasing volume. This lm captures a desperate journey of undying love. "Believe" won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno.
Paul Wright1981 "Hikikomori"
'09 Born in Scotland in 1981. Studies at the
Royal Scottish of Music and Drama and his rst lm Hikkikomori was nominated at the Shorts division of the British Academy Awards. I Believe has partaken in many lm festivals
and Photos of God was included in the Shorts division of the Berlinale.
Shikasha
Shikasha
ROBOT
Director, Editing: Isamu Hirabayashi / Screenplay: Yuko Yoshigami / Director of Photography: Miki Ogawa / Production Design:
Noriko Kato / Music: Takashi Watanabe / Production: ROBOT / Cast: Ono Machiko, Keisuke Horibe, Kanato Tanihata
'10
Imprisoned and bound by a rope, a mother and child lay in darkness. Investigators search the wasteland and begin to dig a hole in the ground... Where are the mother
& child and what are the men looking for? The alternating scenes create tension and suspense in an ambitious work that appeals to the audience s imagination. Both
a thriller and a closed-door drama, the lm suggests several different interpretations. This lm was shown at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes 2010.
Isamu Hirabayashi1972 CM '03 TEXTISM
'08 BABIN'09 aramaki Born in Shizuoka,
Japan in 1972. After graduating from Musashino Art University, he started directing TV commercials and making lms. "TEXTISM" (2003) won the Grand Prix at the Image Forum
Festival. "BABIN" was shown at the Locarno International Film Festival and "aramaki" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Air
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Director: Javier Loarte / Screenplay: Javier Loarte, Jorge Martin / Director of Photography: Ivan Martin Ruedas / Production
Design: Maite Perez-Nievas / Editing: Alberto Froufe / Cast: Alba Guerrero, Javier Villalba, Ana Garca, Manolo Solo
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Two ordinary families on one typical morning in March. In one, two brothers quarrel during breakfast and in the other, a teenage girl leaves the house
without eating breakfast while 9-year-old girl gets a ride to school from her father. That afternoon, a train is blown up by terrorists and many people
are killed or injured. From this incident, a 9-year-old girl faces death for the rst time. The lm depicts the state of the world in the aftermath of 9/11.
Javier Loarte'08"Martina and the Moon"
7 Born in Spain and studied psychology at the Universidad Autonoma
de Madrid. Graduating from the Madrid Film School with a degree in lm direction, he makes his lm festival debut with "Martina and the moon," which was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival and
won several awards. After participating in the VII Edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to undergo graduate studies in lm at Columbia University in New York.
Linger
2009 / Singapore / 15min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Beeli Sim/ Director of Photography: Amelia Su / Production Design: Geogette Soh / Music: Edwin Sykes /
Editing: Jack Shuo, Sim Beeli / Cast: Adeline Yee, Michael Lee, Vel Ng, Mok Tye Par
A phone call from a stranger, abandoned household items and an old newspaper cutting that reveals an unfullled wish: a woman tries to cope with life after
her mother s death but realizes that the past constantly echoes inside her and that grieving knows no end. Based on real life events, "Linger" reects the
theme of loss, grief and self-salvation. It illustrates the process of grieving that a daughter and her father have to go through in the event of a sudden loss.
Beeli Sim'02 "Sin Hup Yick"
'04 "Twenty Four Seven" Studied lmmaking at Ngee Ann Polytechnic
in Singapore and later received her Master s degree in creative media from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 2002 she made her rst short Documentary, Sin Hup Yick
and her rst short drama, "Twenty Four Seven" in 2004, which won the Best Technical Award at the 2005 Canon Digital Video Festival.
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COMPETITION 7: Left Behind
Believe

The Grand Falls
2009 / Canada / 15min. / Color
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Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Herv Demers / Production Design: Isabelle Caron / Production: Herv
Demers Images / Cast: Janice Beliveau-Sicotte, Renaud Fortin
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The year is 1759; two young lovers would meet near Montmorency Falls. They were to marry at the end of the summer and took great pleasure in discussing their
upcoming wedding and future lives together. However, an alert is given that the British are about to attack. The man joins the other men to help defend the French
colony and is killed in the battle. Overcome with grief, she ends her own life by throwing herself over Montmorency Falls. The lm was inspired by this legend.
Herv Demers1982 = '07 "On Earth as It is in
Heaven" 2 Born in 1982 in
Quebec. Studied media arts at Cegep de Levis-Lauzon. His 2007 lm, "On Earth as it is in Heaven" was screened at this lm festival, the Rockport Film Festival and others. His second
work, "Grand Falls" received the Jury Prize for Best Short Film at the Jaipur International Film Festival in India.
Live A Bit Longer...
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Director, Screenplay: David Lambert / Director of Photography: Hichame Alaoui / Production Design: Sbastien Autphenne / Music: Daniel Bajoit,
Jean-Bastien Tinant / Editing: Yannick Leroy / Production: Frakas Productions / Cast: Jean-Michel Barthazar, Jean-Bastien Tinant, Carmela Locatore
Nico and Pierre make a wonderful gay couple. Nico gets up early every morning to help his father run the family bakery. One morning, he collapses
and is taken away in an ambulance. Nico's father has Pierre come and help out at the bakery but... The lm describes the shock a sudden passing
can cause among close members of the deceased and is a touching portrait of their struggle.
David Lambert1974
"The Boat Race" Born in 1974 in
Belgium and studied linguistics and literature at the University of Lige. He currently works in theatre as a playwright and in cinema as a scriptwriter. He co-wrote the script for "The
Boat Race" (2009). Live a bit longer," his short lm directorial debut, has been screened at the Locarno International Film Festival and at many other lm festivals.
Domino Effect
2010 / Germany, Cuba /28min. / Color
Director: Gabriel Gauchet / Screenplay: Francisco Garca Gonzles, Gabriel Gauchet / Director of Photography: Chrsitiane Buchmann
/ Music: Marc Hupfeld / Editing: Manuel Iglesias, Leopoldo Nakata / Cast: Luis Alberto Garca, Enqirue Molina, Alina Rodrguez
One night in Havana, a couple of men play a game of dominoes while women pass the time gossiping. Out of the blue, a man nds the granddaughter of
Mercedes and Ramn in a park nearby It looks like she's been raped. The situation escalates following the police interrogation and the scene at the hospital.
Chauvinist tendencies are incited to the point that a culprit must be found at any cost. Awarded at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Gabriel Gauchet1978 '99 '03 '04
'05 "When Football is Painting" "Die Kneipe" Born in 1978
in Lorient in the northwest of France. Majored in African studies in Germany and Senegal from 1999-2003. In 2004, he began to study lmmaking at the Academy of Media Arts in
Cologne. In 2005, he made the short Documentary, "When Football is Painting" in Senegal, and co-directed the horror short, Die Kneipe the following year.
Perception
2010 / Peru / 20min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Susana Perrottet
'09 12 '10 2
This animated lm presents 61 stories about superstition, religious and scientic beliefs. It s illustrated through ink drawings that were animated in a minimalistic format.
Between December 2009 and February 2010, Susana Perrottet interviewed 11 randomly chosen people she met in Lima and used their words directly in the soundtrack
of the lm. The ambient sound and melody of the voices added to the drawings portray a landscape where the division line between fantasy and reality is blurred.
Susana Perrottet1975 '07
'07 "Omnipresent" '08 "Welcome" "De no se donde" Born in Lima, Peru
in 1975. While working as a graphic designer, Perrottet studied art in Zurich. In 2007, she received her degree in Art from Zurich University of Fine Arts. While working in art production,
she made her rst animated lm "Omnipresent" in 2007. "Welcome" and "De no se donde" followed in 2008.
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Perpetuum Mobile
2009 / Switzerland / 5min. / Color
Director, Screenplay: Sebastian Kenney / Director of Photography: Snke Hansen / Production Design: Fraziska Kummer / Editing:
Mirjam Krakenberger / Production: Fama Film / Cast: Kenneth Huber, Yohanna Schwertfeger
A male stranger stands at a street crossing and, through the window of the bookshop opposite him, catches sight of a woman absorbed in a book. At that very same moment, a truck speeds out of
control and rams into the bookshop, killing the woman. Soaked in perspiration, the man wakes up in his bed at home. Awakened from his dream, he rushes out of the house. When he arrives at the
bookshop, the woman waves to him from the other side of the street in a mysterious reversal of roles. "Perpetuum Mobile" is an unending story that blurs the distinction between dream and reality.
Sebastian Kenney1980 '07
"Schweizermacher" '09 "Extreme Sport Urbanclimbing
90 Grad>>" Born in
1980 in Zurich. While studying at an arts school, he worked in Zurich as a cameraman at a local TV station. After that, he worked freelance. In addition to his promotional spots, his
lms include the short animation, "Schwiezermacher" (2007) and the documentary, Extreme Sport Urbanclimbing90 Grad>> which he wrote and directed.
The Story of My Life
FIVE2ONE
Director, Screenplay: Pierre Ferrire / Director of Photography: David Quesemand / Music: Gilles Blanchard / Editing: Carlo Rizzo /
Production: FIVE2ONE Productions / Cast: Catherina Murino, Vincent Desagnat
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A woman is walking on a bridge across the Seine River when she is hailed by a man she doesn't recognize. Even though he keeps telling her about important
moments in her life, his face remains totally unknown to her... It is up to the viewer to decide exactly who the chilling stranger is. Is this a coincidence or is the
man attempting to play God? This lm has won awards at lm festivals in France and other global lm festivals, such as the Palm Springs Short Film Festival.
Pierre Ferrire1964 '91
"Le Prican" '94 "Parano" '95 2 "Force Spcial" '09 Ferrire was born
in Nice, France in 1964. He works mainly as a director of TV programs. He made his rst short lm, "Le Prican" in 1991. In 1994, he wrote the screenplay for the horror omnibus lm
"Parano," and in 1995 made his 2nd lm, Force Spcial . This lm is his 3rd creation.
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Director: Manuel Sirgo / Screenplay: Sico & Cristina Garcia Marcos / Production: 12 Pinginos Dibujos Animados / Voice Cast:
Ana Angeles Garcia, Abraham Aguilar, Richard del Olmo
Sr.
Sr. 2D 3D
A plastic doll is the hotshot police ofcer in town but once he is appointed a new partner, a latest model doll, everything starts to change. His new
partner, with upgraded abilities, starts to take away his thunder and he gradually loses self-condence... An eccentric animation where the 3D
characters mingle in a 2D environment. Screened at the Ourense Film Festival, Spain.
Manuel Sirgo1965 '82
'01 "Pollo" "O.S.O.S"'04 "Kuri"'08 "Pollo" Born in 1965 in Spain. Has been working as
an animator since 1982 on projects for Hanna Barbara and Disney. His lms include Pollo (2001), which won the Goya Award, O.S.O.S (2004) and Kuri (2008).
The Dancer and the Tram
2009 / Brasil / 10min. / Color
Director: Rogrio Nunes / Screenplay: Antnio Andrade / Music: Mica Farina / Production: Karmatique Imagens
ANIMAFEST 2010
An animation about a tram-train that joyfully runs about the city, encountering many happenings and people during the day. But one day, the tramtrain is replaced with a brand new bus and the driver thinks that maybe it s his time to retire as well... A colorful and nostalgic lm which has been
screened as the 2010 ANIMAFEST held in Zagreb, Croatia.
Rogrio Nunes
"Feuillet d'Album"'02 "Dona Moemi"'04
"Embolada"'07-08
"The Passenger"'08 Born in Brazil and works as an
independent animator/illustrator. His illustrations have been introduced in the Brazilian edition of Playboy and his past animations include Feuillet d Album (2002), Dona Moermi
(2004), Embolada (2007~2008) and The Passenger (2008).
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COMPETITION 8: Ibero-American Focus
Clicks
TABA
TABA
Jr.
Jr.
Director: Marcos Pimentel, Ivan Morales Jr. / Screenplay: Marcos Pimentel / Director of Photography: Matheus Rocha / Editing:
Ivan Morales Jr. / Production Design: Heleno Polisseni / Production: Tempero Filmes
A documentary about the people who live in extreme poverty, working whenever they are lucky enough to nd a job. Pure imagery of the city streets
and people, without any dialogue, allows the audience to truly interpret the harsh conditions they live in. The scenes capturing the facial expressions
and the ending are especially powerful.
Marcos Pimentel1977 EICTV = "Cemetary of
Memory"'03 "Island"'04 "The Greatest Show on Earth"'05 "The Body's Architecture"'08 Born in 1977 in Brazil. Studies at EICTV
in Cuba and then at the Baden-Wrttemberg Film Academy, Germany. Focuses on lming documentary and his works include Cemetery of Memory (2003), Island (2004), The
Greatest Show on Earth (2005) and The Body s Architecture (2008).
Chapa (Buddy)
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Tatiana Toffoli / Director of Photography: Rodrigo Menck / Produciton: Erstica Filmes
A documentary about the life of a Chapa , men who are picked up by truck drivers on the highway and paid to guide them through the intricate
city roads of Brazil. The director himself went aboard these trucks to experience their work rsthand. Screened at the It's All True - International
Documentary Film Festival held in San Paulo, Brazil.
Tatiana Toffoli PUCRS TV '00
"Memories of Baden Powell" '04 "People from So Paulo - Butch, Fernando, Dragon, Filly" Born in Brazil and studies journalism at PUCRS in
Rio Grande. After working many years as a TV director, She creates her rst documentary Memories of Baden Powell in 2000, followed by People from So Paulo - Butch, Fernando,
Dragon, Filly (2004).
Notes on the Other
Director, Edtiting: Sergio Oksman / Screenplay: Carlos Muguiro, Sergio Oksman / Director of Photography: Daniel Sosa / Music:
Manuel Campos
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A documentary searching the origins of Ernest Hemingway s ideas and focusing on what Hemingway saw in a man lying on the ground after being
trampled by a bull in the famous Pamplona bull run held in Spain. A lm that not only focuses on Hemingway, but also the creative powers of human
imagination. Screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Film Festival.
Sergio Oksman1970
"Gaudi in the Favela"'02 "The Beautician"'04
"Good-bye, America"'07 Borin in 1970 in Brazil. First studies journalism
and then lm at New York. Currently works as an instructor at the Madrid Film Institute and his past lms include Gaudi in the Favela (2002), The Beautician (2004) and Good-bye,
America (2007).
The Same Old Story (The S.O.S.)
Director, Screenplay, Editing: Jos Luis Montesinos / Director of Photography: Marc Zumbach / Music: Marc Martn / Production
Design: Jordi Ydalga / Production: Bastian Films / Cast: Miguel ngel Jenner, Chuss Leiva, Graham Roberts
'10
A man is talking loudly on his cell phone in the bus and seems to be yelling at his wife at home. The rest of the passengers are annoyed by this
disturbance but their expressions change once the man starts to beg his wife to not leave him. The lm ends in an interesting twist as well. Received
much acclaim at various lm festivals such as the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Jos Luis Montesinos1978 TV
'02 "Fisco"'02
"Final"'03
"Fest"'08 Born in 1978 in Spain. Attended
Ramon Llull University and the Catalonia Film Center. After graduation, worked as a freelance TV director/scriptwriter and created his rst short lm Fisco (2002). His other lms
include Final (2003) and Fest (2008).
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Duck Crossing
MK
Director, Screenplay: Koldo Almandoz / Production: MK Filmak / Cast: Anade Ahate, Jess Cuenca, Nagore Aranburu
A unique documentary focusing on the role of the duck as an actor and its wonderful performance with famous actors, such as Brigitte Bardot, Jean
Seberg, Marilyn Monroe and Clint Eastwood. It also introduces the genealogy of a famous duck through the many movie scenes it appeared in. A truly
fun-lled and entertaining history lesson on lm.
Koldo Almandoz1973 = Balde
"Habana 3"'98 "A dar ba kar"'00
"Midori"'06
"Karea"'08 Born in 1973 in Spain. Works as a Radio DJ, TV
scriptwriter, editor for Balde magazine, and a lm director. His most popular lms include Habana 3 (1998), A dar ba kar (2000), Midori (2006) and Karea (2008).
The Dam (La Presa)
T38
Director, Screenplay: Jorge Rivero / Director of Photography: Jorge Luis Ruiz / Music: Pepe L'Ayern, Nacho Martn / Editing:
Nacho Martn / Production: Aprieta Fuerta, Jorge Rivelo, User T38 / Naration: Joaquin Vaquero Turcos
1946
A documentary about Europe s largest dam, Salime dam, located in the mountains of Principality of Asturias, Spain. It introduces the areas around the
dam with the narration of a former dam worker in the background, portraying the human desire to control nature and the overwhelming power which
can t be tamed. Awarded at the Vercelli Art Movie Festival, Italy.
Jorge Rivero1975 '00 '09 Video Actualidad'99
"De puertas hacia afuera"'98 "Pensamentu. Guardando la memoria"'03
"Nenyure"'05 Born in 1975 in Spain. After graduating from
the University of Oviedo, he worked with the magazine Video Actualidad from 2000 to 2009 and has been the chairman for the Mieres Short Film Festival since 1999. His lms include
De puerta hacia afuera (1998), Pensamentu Guardando la memoria (2003) and Nenyure (2005).
The Years of Silence
Director, Screenplay: Marcel Leal / Director of Photography: igo Zubicaray / Muic: Alejandoro Civilotti / Production Design: Mani
Martnez / Editing: Aitor Guinea / Production: Patolms / Cast: Mara Ruiz, Pol Fernndez, Jordi Banacolocha
A time soon after the Spanish Civil War, a group of civilian soldiers ghting against General Francisco Franco s army will soon be facing the wrath
of the enemy. A lm that introduces the dire past of Spain and the lives of the people involved. The dominant scenes is reminiscent of Roberto
Rossellini s Roma, citt aperta (1945) and Germania anno zero (1948). Received the Grand Prize at the Mira m Short Film Festival, Spain.
Marcel Leal1976 '02
"Camarera del amor"'02 "Las haras inciertas"'05
"Vida mia"'07 Born in 1976 in Spain. Studied at the Catalonia Film Center and
is famous as a utist, currently teaching at a Music School in Barcelona, Spain. His lms include Camarera del amor (2002), Las haras inciertas (2005) and Vida mia (2007).
The Commute
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editing: Elas Leon Siminiani / Narration: Charity Bustamante
A humorous experimental lm which is the 4th chapter of an ongoing series based on the theme of city life and this particular lm focuses on the
commute of people living in New York City at different times of the day. Awarded the Best Short Film award at the Film Festival held in Malaga, Spain.
Elas Leon Siminiani1971 '02 "Dos mas"
"Archipielago" '07 "Ludoterapia" 2007 Born in 1971 in Spain. Studies
lm in Spain and at Columbia University, New York. His lms include Dos mas (2002), Archipelago (2003) and Ludoterapia which received the Grand Prize at the 2007 Europe
Cinema Awards.
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The Refusal of Limitations
CON-CAN
Chris Fujiwara
Film Critic
Because short lms form a category by themselves, commercially speaking, and because this category is of little
commercial importance, the short-lm maker is not bound by the rules of genre within which makers of featurelength lms operate. A short lm may perhaps call itself a documentary, a ction, an experimental work, or
whatever, but the application of such labels is a purely arbitrary and unnecessary attempt to limit in advance the
area in which the lm will move.
Even if the short filmmaker accepts such a limitation, the conventions that usually regulate the genres of longform cinema do not apply to short lms. The inanities of the three-act structure, the plot point, the character
arc, and other idiotic superstitions that get drilled into the heads of lm students have no place in the world of
short lms. Such so-called rules were formulated out of the traditions and requirements of mainstream commercial
feature-length cinema and represent the abstract form of that cinema at its most deadening.
Any true lmmaker is obliged to uncover the logic that any sequence of images and sounds generates. The work of
the lmmaker is to extend this logic, confront it with a different logic, or destroy it... Compromising this work out of
obedience to mythical rules of storytelling produces only imitations of imitations.
In feature-length lmmaking, the need to recognize and work creatively with the formal and material parameters that
belong to each individual project may become obscured by commercial pressures, but in a short lm, there is no
excuse for not facing up to this requirement. If the short lm has the great luxury of being able to determine its own
form and its own rules, this luxury is also a great responsibility.
Watching a short lm, it is immediately obvious whether the lmmaker is working honestly with the form and materials
of the project, or merely responding to external pressures and repeating conventional ways of thinking about image
and sound. There is no way to hide the lmmaker s immediate response to the basic challenge of cinema.
It might be said, then, that a good short lm is harder to make than a good feature lm. I don t know if this is true
or not. I think that, currently, the world of short lms probably offers a wider range of themes and formal approaches
than the world of feature lms, but this is because of practical reasons and circumstances, not because of a general
law of aesthetics.
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What lies beneath the skin of short lm
CON-CAN
Katsuhiko Sugihara
Film critic, lecturer
50
1920 2
007
DW
6 CON-CAN
Short lm is the origin of our lm history. The rst lms were created by the Lumire brothers, such as the Workers
Leaving the Lumire Factory (1895) or Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895), and they were less than 50 seconds
long but made a huge impact worldwide. Hence, 2 reel lms (10 to 20 min. in duration) became the mainstream for
lm production up until the 1920 s.
Throughout its history, short lms have developed various forms of narrative technique and they are still used today
in feature lms. One of the most popular techniques is Last-Minute-Rescue which ends the lm with a climactic
turn of events.
This technique was perfected by D. W. Grifth, the father of American cinema, and is common among action lms
such as the 007 series where James Bond always defeats the enemy at the last scene even when all the cards
are stacked against him. To build up the suspense in order to have a climactic ending in the limited amount of time
of a short lm is a challenge and requires a rened but dynamic ending.
A distinctive characteristic of short lm, in comparison to feature lms, is that it embeds themes directly into the footage
itself in order to derive a powerful impression. As a result, a single scene cut will possess multiple messages with some
being hidden, similar to the structure of a poem. It s an exceptional approach which breaks the ground rules of lm
making but takes full advantage of imagery through the synchronization (or asynchronization) of audio-visual elements.
A great example of this is Fleeting Images which was awarded the 6th CON-CAN Movie Festival Grand Prix.
In addition, the theme in short lm often gets converged and condensed to stand out the message clearly. This
example can also be seen in many of the past awarded lms such as "Ata" (5th CON-CAN Grand Prix), or "Chain
Gestures" (5th CON-CAN Jury Award), which both lms were made to visualize compelling messages.
But the literacy of short lm is subjective and leave to every audience. We are free to embrace a lm in any way we
desire since that is what essentially powers the creation of unique and inventive lms.
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Between Art and Entertainment
CON-CAN
Daniel Vadocky
Film Critic, Lecturer, Program advisor at Art Film Fest
Jury, CON-CAN Movie Festival
We are in the midst of rapid changes all around the world. Information ows at aspeed of light and our planet
dwindles due to the fast internet, television and radio development. Little by little, cultural boundaries fade out with
lm being in the lead of this global unication. Short lm enjoys the advantage of taking less time to be produced
than afeature lm and thus it can promptly respond to every change and spread the very next day to the entire
world via internet.
In general, what is said about feature lms can be applied even on alarger scale to short lms - they only deal with
restricted number of recurrent themes, motifs, and formal means of expression and lmmakers always try to present
their own perception in a new and original way. They try to develop the features of their characters, to interpret a
well-knit story and at the same time to convey some message or a mixture of moods like frustration, disaffection,
repulsion, fear, grief, and not always plain joy or happiness to the audience - all of these in a condensed form. It is
far from easy to be able to express oneself in a concise, clear but original and compelling way. What is fascinating
about short lms is the heterogeneity of the invariables. Every year, thousands of short stories and anecdotes in
form of ction and animated lms or documentaries are produce and, frankly, they feel like arefreshing break from
afeature-length mainstream. If they manage to detach themselves from the growing commercial pressure, they are
the future of entertainment. Also, they are asound reection of our society, our environment, feelings and emotions
of areal world. They abound in information from the history and present of our planet as much as of the lm itself.
It is essential to watch short lms and talk about them within our own intentions/limits so we can pronounce them
asingular genre of art. And that is what they really are.
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From Kyoto : Challenge to

educational short lm distribution
CON-CAN
Yukihiro Hirose
Representative, Kyoto International Indie Film Festival,
Representative, Kyoto Media Art Lab
Haiku
CON-CAN
Without talking in depth about the signicance of short lms, it is needless to say that short lms often portray
the thoughts, purpose, and message of the lmmakers. This is what makes short lms so beautiful. The useless
explanations and crowd-pleasing uff are removed and what's left is an incisive story that often touches the heart.
The shorter the film, the completeness of the concept behind it becomes more and more important. How to
illustrate the concept clearly with minimal waste or distraction. This is the life of short lms. In other words, short
lms are like the Haiku of lms.
The Kyoto International Indie Film Festival is held under the auspices of the CON-CAN Movie Festival. From the
numerous genres of short lms, we particularly choose to screen the lms including a strong message, as opposed
to artistic or entertaining manner. Unlike the ltered information fed to us by the corporations and the mass media,
these lms are the true voices of life in our world.
What do these voices speak of ? Emotion, anger, poverty, distress, dreams Many different worlds are revealed.
The picture quality may not be perfect due to low funds, but that s alright. More importantly, we need to ask: What
is this person trying to say? This is how we learn. This is how we know.
I am now on a mission to build digital distribution of outstanding short lms that I have come across at lm festivals
over the years. I am hoping to complete a new form of educational material that will further the understanding,
ability to think, and imagination of people around the world. A lm industry that functions only through commercial
lm distribution does not have any signicant to me anymore.
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AUDIENCE Award
Australia)
Past Awarded Films
1 2005
Ohayo
The 1st Festival
CON-CAN Grand Prix Ohayo (Shinya Okada / Japan)

TAMASHII Award
Demon (Irina Evteeva / Russia)
Djamel's Eyes (David Casals-Roma /
Spain)
AUDIENCE Award
The Spirit Child (Elinor Geller / U.K.)

The Clearing (Pedro Touceda / Spain)
4 1/4 (Aundre Johnson / U.S.A.)
5 2008
Walk with her
The 5th Festival
CON-CAN Grand Prix ATA (agla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti
Out of Time (Blake Ritson, Dylan Ritson / U.K.)
/ France)
TAMASHII Award
2 2005
3 2006
The 3rd Festival
CON-CAN Grand Prix The Gospel of the Creole Pig
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
(Herv Demers / Canada)
AUDIENCE Award
Chain Gestures (Carla Mota / Portugal)

ATA (agla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti
/ France)
El Vestido (Evelyne Pegot-Ogier / Peru)

Walk with her (Yoshiki Uematsu / Japan)
Ersatz (Alexander Adler / Israel)
The 2nd Festival
CON-CAN Grand Prix Perkele (Arto Tuohimaa / Finland)

TAMASHII Award
Sister (Daniel Mulloy / U.K.)
The Chamber (Yu Seock-hyun / Korea)
AUDIENCE Award
Sister (Daniel Mulloy / U.K.)
A Shift in Perception (Dan Monceaux /
6 2009
Maesmak

Just Doing It
(Michelange Quay / France)
TAMASHII Award
Love Me or Leave Me Alone

(Duane Hopkins / U.K.)
AUDIENCE Award
Broad Day (Rajeev Ahuja / India)

Crash (Umut Aral / Turkey)
4 2007
4 1/4
The 6th Festival
CON-CAN Grand Prix Fleeting Images (Edmund Yeo / Malaysia)

SPECIAL JURY Award Nice day for a picnic (Monica Gallab /
Belgium)
BEST PICTURE Award Jun and Ema (Takashi Nishihara / Japan)

Wa quan (Living with Shame) (Huaqing Jin
/ China)
AUDIENCE Award
Gemeinschaft (Ozlem Akin / Czech)

Hello Windows (Katsunori Saito / Canada)
Planet Earth (Vladimir Zhivitskiy / Ukraine)
Duel around A Lollipop (Vicente Navarro /
Spain)
La Paradoja de Arrow (The Arrow's

Paradox) (Jorge Caballero / Colombia,
The 4th Festival
Spain)
CON-CAN Grand Prix The Pond (Huang Ying / China)

TAMASHII Award
Nasija (Guillermo Rios / Spain)
A Shift in Perception (Dan Monceaux /
Maesmak (What is your name?) (Georges
Australia)
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Salameh / Italy, Greece)
The Wedding (Maciek Salamon / Poland)

Just Doing It (Yukihiro Shoda / Japan)
Past Jury Members

1 2005
NY
The 1st Festival

Babak Payami (Film Director / Iran, Canada)
Dennis Lim (Film Editor and Film Critic/ U.S.A.)
Zhao Fei (Cinematographer, Professor at Beijing Film Academy /
China)
Jean-Michel Frodon (Journalist, Film Critic and Cinema Historian /
France)
Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Director of Tampere Film Festival / Finland)
Peter Millynn (Production Executive for Australian Film Television &
Radio School / Australia)
Shoichiro Sasaki (Director of Audio and Visual Images / Japan)
2 2005
NY
The 2nd Festival

Babak Payami (Film Director / Iran, Canada)
Dennis Lim (Film Editor and Film Critic / U.S.A.)
Hou Hsiao Hsien (Film Director / Taiwan)
France)
Peter Millynn (Production Executive at Australian Film Television &
Radio School / Australia)
Teruyo Nogami (Production Manager of Kurosawa Production Co.
/ Japan)
3 2006
=
=
NY
The 3rd Festival

France)
Masahiro Kobayashi (Film Director / Japan)

Dennis Lim (Film Editor and Film Critic/ U.S.A.)
Amir Naderi (Film Director / Iran, U.S.A.)
4 2007
The 4th Festival

Chi Hong (Lecturer at the Beijing Film Academy, Cinematographer,
Director / China)
Vincent Malausa (Film Critic / France)

Tapan Sinha (Film Director / India)
Chris Fujiwara (Film Critic / U.S.A.)
5 2008
The 5th Festival

Kitaro Kanematsu (President of the Japanese Society of
Cinematographers / Japan)
Michael Renov (Professor of Critical Studies and Associate Dean
of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts /
U.S.A.)
Zhang Hui-jun (President of the Beijing Film Academy / China)
6 2009
The 6th Festival

Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Director of Tampere Film Festival /
Finland)
Ngo Phuong Lan (Chairperson of the Council of Theory and
Criticism at the Vietnam Cinema Association / Vietnam)
Naomi Kawase (Film Director / Japan)
Matthieu Darras (Programmer of the Cannes Critics' Week /
France)
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PROGRAM GUIDE

Watch Globally, Think Locally

ONLINE: Nov.16-Dec.17. 2010

Starting in 2005, CON-CAN = Watch the soul or true

Festival Director, Tampere Film Festival

Film Director, Prof. at Waseda University

Born in 1944 in Tokyo. After graduating from Waseda University, he has

Film Critic, Lecturer, Program advisor at Art Film Fest

Born in 1980 and graduated in philosophy from the University of Trnava

Board of Directors at the Huesca International Film Festival

Born in Barcelona, Spain in 1965. She graduated from the University

Born in 1968 in Lima, Peru. Studies Broadcasting at the University of

Competition 1 : Play Expression

Competition 5 : View in Gender

Focus on female s view thriving in today s male-dominant film industry

Long Live The New Flesh / Nicolas Provost / Belgium

Besieged / Marcello Quintella e Boynard / Brazil

Competition 2 : Twilight Division

Competition 6 : Love Exposure

Focus on the global conflicts that are occurring even as we speak

Shedding light on the various forms of love around the world

A Kosovo Fairytale / Anna-Soa Nylund, Mark Middlewick, Samantha Nell / Finland

Be Loved / Jan Soldat / Germany

Competition 3 : Order for Disorder

Competition 7 : Left Behind

Selection of films based on our current economic and social struggle

Interpreting Death , a destiny all of us will eventually face

The Authority / Xavi Sala / Spain

Believe / Paul Wright / UK *(Out of Competition)

Competition 8 : Ibero-American Focus

Selected themes of family values and friendship

Focus on films from Ibero-American countries

Arsy-Versy / Miro Nemo / Slovakia

Clicks / Manuel Sirgo / Spain

COMPETITION 1: Play Expression

Long Live the New Fresh

2009 / Belgium / 14min. / Color

Director, Sound Design: Nicolas Provost

2010 / Italy / 7min. / Color

2009 / Sweden / 10min. / Color

Picture's Concise Anatomy

2010 / Belgium / 21min. / Color

2010 / Russia / 3min. / Color

The Examination at Clay Striptease School

Director, Screenplay: Egor Ivanov

2009 / Estonia / 5min. / Color

Director, Screenplay, Editing: Kristjan Holm / Music: Kasper Jancis

A Song Like A Fish

2010 / Japan / 5min. / Color

2009 / South Korea / 10min. / B&W

Director, Screenplay, Editing: Jung Yumi /Production: Cinema Platform

2010 / France / 10min. / Color

Let There Be Sound

2009 / Germany / 5min. / Color

COMPETITION 2: Twilight Division

2009 / Finland / 15min. / Color

Anna-Soa Nylund, Samantha Nell, Mark Middlewick ARCDA

"My Jobourg State of

2009 / Spain / 3min. / Color

2009 / India, Germany / 13min. / Color

2010 / Jordan / 13min. / Color

A Blind Subject at the Gate

2010 / Netherlands / 7min. / Color

3D CGI Impulsprijs 2009