SHORT MATTERS! (other five)
4.12. and 11.12. 2013
At the beginning of January, Berlin will be hosting the annual European Film Awards. One of the fifteen short films that were awarded by festivals in Berlin, Rotterdam, Venice, Locarno and other cities will be chosen as the best one. For the first time in the Czech Republic, all fifteen selected shorts will be screened during three screenings taking place just before the announcement of the winner. Come and see them all before the one is known!
MISTERIO (Spain)
Berlin Short Film Nominee:
Director: Chema García Ibarra | Producers: Chema García Ibarra, Leonor Díaz
Star: Angelita López, Asun Quinto, Josefa Sempere, Antonio Blas Molina
Year: 2013 | Length: 12 min | Live Action
Star: Angelita López, Asun Quinto, Josefa Sempere, Antonio Blas Molina
Year: 2013 | Length: 12 min | Live Action
They say that if you put your ear to the back of his neck, you can hear the Virgin talk.
SONNTAG 3 (Germany)
Tampere Short Film Nominee:
Director: Jochen Kuhn | Producer: Jochen Kuhn
Year: 2012 | Length: 14 min | Animation
The third part in a series about Sunday outings. In SONNTAG 3, the protagonist has a blind date in the Grand Café.
CUT (Germany)
Vila do Conde Short Film Nominee:
Directors: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | Producers: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller
Year: 2013 | Length: 12 min | Experimental
Year: 2013 | Length: 12 min | Experimental
The body as a wound that never heals.
SKOK (Bulgaria)
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Nominee:
Directors: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva | Producers: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
Star: Stephan Denoliubov, Ani Valchanova
Year: 2012 | Length: 30 min | Live Action
Year: 2012 | Length: 30 min | Live Action
The old bachelor Gosho receives an offer from his rich cousin Joro to take care of Joro’s luxurious penthouse while the latter is abroad. For the poor relative, still living with his mother and grand- father, this is the perfect opportunity to have some peace and quiet in luxury and richness. But as early as his second day in the apartment, the water metre reader arrives, performing her monthly inspection. Her visit turns out to be much more than just a simple water metre reading, but the most deceitful, most passionate, the funniest and the saddest love in the world.
DOOD VAN EEN SCHADUW (Belgium/France)
Valladolid Short Film Nominee:
Director: Tom Van Avermaet | Producer: Ellen De Vaele
Star: Matthias Schoenaerts, Peter Van den Eeden, Laura Verlinden, Benjamin Ramon
Year: 2012 | Length: 20 min | Live Action
Year: 2012 | Length: 20 min | Live Action
Soldier Nathan Rijckx died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10,000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him, as his purpose is to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But when he discovers that she’s already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him towards a bit- ter decision, a decision not without consequences ...
Total lenght of the screening 88 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.