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PROGRAMME ISFFL 2009
COMPETITION FOR EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS: EUROPE IN SHORTS
For young film makers, the different international short film festivals are the first step to the professional audiovisual world. These festivals are the first filters, they are a helping hand for the most talented film makers as they provide promotional and logistic support. The film maker’s profession still has a great appeal: many feel called upon and the number of short films produced annually is extremely high. This year, the ISFFL received almost 2,000 entries. After three months of debating and watching films over and over again, 40 titles were selected from 17 different European countries.

In this category the Jury Award (2,000 euros, donated by SACD) and the Audience Award (purchase and broadcasting by CANVAS) are handed out.
 
EUROPE IN SHORTS - 1
BAK LUKKEDE DORER (In Chambers)
Aleksander Leines Nordaas - Norway - 10 min - 2008
In the dark hotel corridor, pale men, women and children are being collected. There's no escape.
C'EST DIMANCHE! (It's Sunday!)
Samir Guesmi - France - 30 min - 2008
Ibrahim's crush on a girl at his school is tempered when he gets his school results.
LA PARTITA LENTA (The Slow game)
Paolo Sorrentino - Italy - 10 min - 2009
A rugby game as an allegory of the struggle of daily life.
ARENA
João Salaviza - Portugal - 15 min - 2009
A tattoo artist is grounded. Local kids are taunting him. The temperature rises.
GRISEN (The Pig)
Dorthe Warnø Høgh - Denmark - 23 min - 2009
When 78-year-old Asbjørn ends up in the hospital, he gets very attached to a painting with a pig on it.
Length: 1u 28 min. / Screenings: sat 28/11 (20:00) :: thur 3/12 (22:30) :: fri 4/12 (18:00) / Location: Cinema ZED

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 3
FORBACH
Claire Burger - France - 35 min - 2008
Seeing his family again, Samuel is confronted with their personal problems.
CROSSING
Silvana Aguirre Zegarra - United Kingdom - 13 min - 2009
Boy meets girl in a story about perception.
MAUVAISE ERREUR (Bad Mistake)
Xavier Hibon - Belgium - 6 min - 2009
Horror movies do not scare Sophie anymore until…
MANUAL PRÁCTICO DEL AMIGO IMAGINARIO (ABREVIADO) (Imaginary Friend Practical Manual (abbreviated))
Ciro Altabás - Spain - 19 min - 2008
When Fernando meats the beautiful Iratxe, his imiginary friend becomes jealous.
ARBEIT FÜR ALLE (Full employment)
Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel - Germany - 12 min - 2008
A docufiction about the surprising future of employment.
Length: 1u 25 min. / Screenings: mon 30/11 (22:30) :: wed 2/12 (18:30) :: fri 4/12 (14:30) / Location: Soetezaal

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 5
ROSENHILL
Johan Storm & Johan Lundborg - Sweden - 30 min - 2008
The nightmare begins when Rosemarie discovers what the staff of Rosenhill, a residential home for the elderly, is up to.
SUCCESS (Succes)
Diederik Ebbinge - The Netherlands - 8 min - 2008
Leendert's success comes to an end.
HARMSAGA (Dolor)
Valdimar Johannsson - Iceland - 13 min - 2008
A tale by Wilhelm Grimm about the tragic fate of a peasant family.
VINYL
Julien Hallard - France - 18 min - 2009
A day in the life of Paris's craziest record shop.
PLAY
Muriel d'Ansembourg - United Kingdom - 12 min - 2008
Twelve year old Leila feels like one of the boys, but her body is starting to go trough changes.
Length: 1u 21 min. / Screenings: mon 30/11 (18:15) :: wed 2/12 (20:15) :: thur 3/12 (22:15) / Location: Labozaal

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 7
OLI'S WEDDING
Tudor Chistian Jurgiu - Romania - 22 min - 2009
In his kitchen in Bukarest, a proud father prepares for the wedding of his son, thousand miles away.
SCISSU
Tom Bewilogua - Germany - 27 min - 2009
The ill-fated story of an addicted couple and a lonely and corrupt cop.
MICROFISICA (Microphysics)
Joan Carles Martorell - Spain - 17 min - 2008
A young aeronautical engineer from Barcelona travels to Chicago with his girlfriend for a job interview.
THIS IS CHRISTMAS
Alex Norris - UK - 6 min - 2009
A black comedy about a fateful Christmas dinner. You should try the parsnips…
MONSIEUR SÉLAVY (Monsieur Sélavy - The Way it is)
Peter Volkart - Switzerland - 10 min - 2008
A film diary about the vicissitudes of existence and how to encounter them with dignity.
Length: 1u 22 min. / Screenings: sun 29/11 (18:00) :: wed 2/12 (20:00) :: fri 4/12 (16:00) / Location: Cinema ZED

 
EUROPE IN SHORTS - 2
DANS NOS VEINES (In our blood)
Guillaume Senez - France / Belgique - 15 min - 2009
Lionel, 17 years old, beaten by his father, will become a dad.
TOP GIRL
Rebecca Johnson - United Kingdom - 18 min - 2008
A raw and heartfelt slice of teenage life about two girls growing up in a man's world.
ELEFANTENHAUT (Elephant Skin)
Severin Fiala, Ulrike Putzer - Austria - 34 min - 2009
Trying to find love after 40 while being verbaly abused by your own mother on a daily basis makes you grow an elephant skin.
ABOUT FISH AND REVOLUTION (Over Vis en Revolutie)
Margien Rogaar - The Netherlands - 12 min - 2008
The humdrum of Gerard and Tine’s familiar, protected existence is disturbed by the arrival of a group of Polish people.
CÓMO CONOCÍ A TU PADRE (How I Met Your Father)
Alex Montoya - Spain - 9 min - 2008
Sex isn't always easy.
Length: 1u 28 min. / Screenings: sat 28/11 (22:30) :: thur 3/12 (14:00) :: fri 4/12 (20:00) / Location: Cinema ZED

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 4
PANTONE 549
Samy Brunett - Belgium - 12 min - 2008
Thomas tumbles from one surprise into the other when he finally wins the Grand Puzzle Prize.
PREMIER ANNIVERSAIRE (First Anniversary)
Pascal Rambert - France - 25 min - 2009
Together with his stepmom, a young man asks his grandparents for his father's ashes.
ARAFAT & I
Mahdi Fleifel - United Kingdom - 15 min - 2008
Marwan is in love with Lisa, a girl who was born on the same day as Arafat. She must be the one.
ALENA UTAZASA (Alena's Journey)
Károly Ujj Mészáros - Hungary - 15 min - 2009
The shy Alena is about to move to Zurich to study.
VANDALEN (Vandals)
Simon Steuri - Switzerland - 17 min - 2008
Two graffiti writers are drawn between the love for graffiti and the love for each other.
Length: 1u 24 min. / Screenings: sun 29/11 (20:00) :: thues 1/12 (18:00) :: fri 4/12 (14:00) / Location: Cinema ZED

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 6
SLITAGE (Seeds of the Fall)
Patrik Eklund - Sweden - 17 min - 2009
There is hardly any passion left between Rolf and Eva until suddenly a digger drives into their living room.
ANYTHING FOR YOU
Toma Waszarow - Bulgaria - 20 min - 2008
Ana thinks she knows exactly what she wants with men, and with life in general.
LES WILLIAMS (The Williams)
Alban Mench - France - 14 min - 2008
A simple question about the caretaking of a dog named William quickly exposes the deep-seated problems between two friends.
AMOR
Thomas Wangsmo - Norway - 14 min - 2009
Thomas earns money by letting himself get beat up. But then he has a strange confrontation.
LOVE
Cristian Solimeno - UK - 14 min - 2008
Angela is terminally ill. Her husband Ernest will help her pass away.
Length: 1u 19 min. / Screenings: thues 1/12 (22:30) :: wed 2/12 (18:00) :: thur 3/12 (20:00) / Location: Cinema ZED

EUROPE IN SHORTS - 8
BALLADEN OM MARIE NORD OCH HENNES KLIENTER (The Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients)
Alexander Onofri - Sweden - 28 min - 2009
An irritatingly nosy economist from the social services headquarters is curious about Marie's impressive but costly social work.
CLINT
Philipp Scholz - Germany - 4 min - 2008
The love triangle between Clint, his girlfriend and his cigarettes is pressured.
BONNE NUIT (Good Night)
Valéry Rosier - Belgium/France - 18 min - 2008
Philippe hides something from his children. Tonight, they will not go to sleep at home.
LA DRUMUL MARE (Life's Hard)
Gabriel Sirbu - Romania - 20 min - 2008
A young man who tries to steal a woman's purse, gets stuck in her car.
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Asitha Ameresekere - United Kingdom - 9 min - 2008
Through the perspectives of three people on a girl's birthday a story unfolds.
Length: 1u 19 min. / Screenings: sun 29/11 (22:30) :: mon 30/11 (18:00) :: thur 3/12 (16:00) / Location: Cinema ZED