LA REVOLUTION DES CRABES(THE REVOLUTION OF THE CRABS)

Synopsis:
The crabs from the Gironde estuary have a serious problem: they can't change direction and during all their life they are condemned to follow the same straight line . . .How do they live this tragedy?

Public Award, Annecy 04, Jury Special Mention and Animation Award, AKA Cartoon Public Prize, Ottawa 04.

Festivals:
Mouviz Festival 04

Producer:
Jérémy Rochigneux
Director/Writer:
Arthur de Pins

LAS VIANDAS (VIANDS)

Synopsis:
In a restaurant lost in the mountains, a new guest comes in. Papandrev, the chef, will make him enjoy his best dishes.

Project Prize, Cinema Jove, Spain 03.

Director/Producer/Writer:
Jose Antonio Bonet
Contact:
mastercluster@jazzfree.com

TWO CARS ONE NIGHT

Synopsis:
In the most unlikely of places first love is found.

Best Performance, Best Technical Contribution & Best Script, NZ Film Awards 03, Best Short Film, Panorama Section, Berlin Film Festival 04, Best Short Film, Hamburg Short Film Festival 04, Best Short Film, Seattle Film Festival 04, Best Fiction Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival 04, Best Drama, Aspen Film Festival 04, Prize of the Cinema Jury, Oberhausen 04.

Director:
Taika Waititi
Producer:
Ainsley Gardiner, Catherine Fitzgerald
Writer:
Taika Waititi
Director/Producer:
claire@nzfilm.co.nz
Contact:

WASP

Synopsis:
When single mum Zoe gets asked on a date she lies about having kids and leaves them outside the pub.

Academy Award Winner, Short Film Live Action Category 05, Best of Festival, Palm Springs 04, Grand Prix The Golden Dragon, Cracow ISFF, Poland 04, Best Live Action Film, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada 04, Best International Short Film, Cork IFF, Ireland 04, Special Jury Mention, Aspen ISFF 04, Nominated Best Short, British Independent Film Awards 04, Best Short Film, Stockholm IFF, Sweden 03.

Director:
Andrea Arnold
Producer:
Natasha Marsh
Writer:
Andrea Arnold
Contact:
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V. http://www.shortfilm.com

BIRTHDAY BOY

Synopsis:
Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.

Best Animated Short Film, SIGGRAPH, USA 04 , Best First Film, Annecy 04, Dendy Finalist 04.

Director:
Sejong Park
Producer:
Andrew Gregory
Writer:
Sejong Park
Contact:
ruths@aftrs.edu.au

PLASSMANGEL (SHORTAGE OF SPACE)

Synopsis:
A man ends up in a hospital corridor. He is moved around because he is in the way.

Best Film, Message to Man Short Film Festival, Russia 04, Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK 04, Cinema Jove, Spain 04.

Director:
Geir Henning Hopland
Producer:
Yngve Saether
Writer:
Geir Henning Hopland
Contact:

FLATLIFE

Synopsis:
Hanging a painting on the wall, building a house of cards, doing the laundry, and watching TV: utmost innocent and harmless actions in the daily lives of four ordinary people. But of all the bad luck, these people had to live next to each other.

Grand Pix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival, France 04.

Director:
Jonas Geirnaert
Producer:
Jean-Marie Demeyer
Writer:
Jonas Geirnaert
Contact:
philothee.buttol@labigfamily.com

MEINE ELTERN (MY PARENTS)

Synopsis:
Marie has a problem. Her new boyfriend wants to meet her parents. Everything could be fine, except she told him that they were cool, madly in love, and pretty liberal. Dream on . . .

Public Prize, Canal + Award, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France 04, Best Student Film, Aspen Shortsfest 04.

Director:
Neele Leana Vollmar
Producer:
Caroline Daube
Writer:
Maggie Peren
Contact:
eva.steegmayer@filmakademie.de