MEANING OF LIFE

14. 20. 21. and 22.5. 2014

Childhood, adolescence, maturity, old age and death. We can hardly avoid these phases of life. But what if they start to mingle, intertwine or collide? These situations are of the greatest interest to filmmakers, who shot the shorts we have compiled in the program Meaning of life. Always with different perspective, always with hyperbole and distance. Anyway, we cant pull through life alive, can we?

De Honger (Belgium)

Director: Benoit de Clerck | Producers: Jacqueline de Goeij, Gert Embrechts and Loes Knape
Star: Vincent Collin, Dorien De Clippel, Mathias Van Mieghem

Year: 2013 | Length: 16 min | Live Action |

Wednesday afternoon, 29 May, 1963. Three boys are playing soldiers in the vast dunes of the Flemish coast. When one of them finds his sister making love deep in the dunes, their brother-sister relationship is put severely to the test.

American Autumn (USA)

Director: Albert Moya | Producers: Rob Leitzell and Albert Moya
Star: Cleo Cohen, Kyle Donnery, Madeline Lupi

Year: 2013 | Length: 21 min | Live Action |

Over an intimate dinner, two couples in their forties unexpectedly welcome the visit of a friend that will turn their lives upside down. American Autumn is a surreal melodrama that depicts small everyday catastrophes that threaten the gentle way of life of the bourgeoisie.

Darling, Darling (USA)

Director: Matthew Lessner | Producer: Matthew Lessner
Star: Michael Cera, Steven Barry, Michelle McGinty

Year: 2005 | Length: 13 min | Live Action |

Harold must do his best to make a good first impression on his date's one-of-a-kind father, Mr. Darling.

Grogory Go Boom (USA)

Director: Janicza Bravo | Producers: Janicza Bravo, Deborah J. Chesebro and Brett Gelman
Star: Stephanie Allynne, Sarah Burns, Michael Cera

Year: 2013 | Length: 18 min | Live Action |

A paraplegic man leaves home for the first time only to discover that life on the outside is not like he had imagined it.

Des(pecho)trucción (Venezuela)

Director: María Ruiz | Producer: María Ruiz
Star: Gabriela Mesones

Year: 2013 | Length: 11 min | Animation |

She wants to forget about Gabriel, so she starts mutilating all the items that make her remember him. Everything.

Montauk (Switzerland)

Director: Vinz Feller | Producers: Urs Frey, Petra Hoebel and Ivan Madeo
Star: Janice Acevedo, Janice Acevedo, Verlon Brown

Year: 2013 | Length: 16 min | Live Action |

Elisabeth's husband commits suicide. His last wish was to travel to Montauk where the couple met years ago. So Elisabeth embarks on a last journey from Switzerland to the US together with the ashes of her late husband. A journey synonymous with anger, acceptance and reconciliation.

Total lenght of the screening 95 min.