International Programme - International 3
Five sessions of the best International and Australian short films in competition. This program tours nationally to all major cities and regional centres after the Sydney season.
Total Running Time: 104
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Show time: 9:15 pm
THE DOG WHO WAS A CAT INSIDE
Running Time: 3.5mins
Year: 2002
Format: 35mm
Country: UK
THE DOG WHO WAS A CAT INSIDE
Synopsis:
The dog who was a cat inside is a special animal: the dog and cat live together in the same body but this causes conflict. They learn that only by resolving their differences can they find happiness.
Audience Award for Best Animated Short, Britspotting, Independent Film Festival, Berlin 04, Animated Eye Award, Aspen, USA 04.
Siri Melchior
Producer:
Andrew Ruhemann/Siân Rees
Director/Producer:
joanna@passion_pictures.com
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SOYONS ATTENTIFS (BEWARE)
Running Time: 6.5mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: France
SOYONS ATTENTIFS (BEWARE)
Synopsis:
A man . . .
A suburban train by night . . .
Everything might happen, even the unthinkable. . .
Jury Prize & Audience Prize, Cinerail International Film Festival, France 04, Best French Short Film, Avignon/New York Film Festival, USA 04.
Patrick Young
Director/Writer:
Thierry Sebban
Contact:
WOW AND FLUTTER
Running Time: 17
Year: 2003
Format: 35mm
Country: USA
WOW AND FLUTTER
Synopsis:
In an intimate portrait of one boy's infatuation, Wow and Flutter reminds us of the wonder and fragility of adolescent love.
Best Short Film, Hamptons 04, Programmer's Pick, Palm Springs 04, Finalist, Austin 04, Official Selection, AFI 04.
Anne Lundgren
Director/Writer:
Gary Lundgren
Contact:
anne.lundgren@mac.com
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LA LUNA DE ANTONIO (ANTONIO'S MOON)
Running Time: 18mins
Year: 2003
Format: 35mm
Country: Mexico
LA LUNA DE ANTONIO (ANTONIO'S MOON)
Synopsis:
July 1969. A puzzled peasant tries to understand the arrival of the man on the moon and of a reality beyond his comprehension.
Best Fiction Film, Morelia Film Festival, Mexico 03.
Festivals:
Clermont-Ferrand 03.
Angeles Castro/Hugo Rodiguez
Director/Writer:
Diana Cordozo Benia
Contact:
carla@ccc.chart.mx
LA SEQUENCE SILVERSTEIN (SILVERSTEIN SEQUENCE)
Running Time: 9mins
Year: 2003
Format: 35mm
Country: Belgium
LA SEQUENCE SILVERSTEIN (SILVERSTEIN SEQUENCE)
Synopsis:
Stan works as a publicist in the commercial area of the town. One day the sliding doors don't open anymore.
Festivals:
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France 04, World Wide Short Film Festival, Toronto 04.
Gerald Frydman
Director/Writer:
Jean-Luc Gason
Contact:
gerald.frydman@skynet.be
NOEL BLANK
Running Time: 23mins
Year: 2003
Format: 35mm
Country: Canada
NOEL BLANK
Synopsis:
A man with Alzheimer disease leaves his senior residence for a few hours to enjoy one last Christmas dinner with his family.
Special Mention, Clermont-Ferrand , France 03, Best Foreign Short, Los Angeles Film Festival 03.
Christiane Ciupka
Director/Writer:
Jean-François Rivard
Contact:
egrenier@locomotionfilms.com
SKELETON WOMAN
Running Time: 7mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: UK
SKELETON WOMAN
Synopsis:
This haunting and beautiful Inuit folktale tells of a fisherman who unwittingly hooks a skeleton. Terrified, he races home trailing the bones in his line, but as he sleeps, the skeleton woman sings back her human form.
Grand Prize, Annecy Animation International Film Festival, France 04.
Edith Pieperhoff
Producer:
Mary Morrison
Writer:
Jill Brett
Contact:
bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.com
HAPPY NOW
Running Time: 18mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Denmark
HAPPY NOW
Synopsis:
Happy Now is a bittersweet story about wanting to be seen as an individual. A typical American family goes to the beach. Their seemingly perfect life is turned upside-down when the mother Carol, who has long felt overlooked in her marriage, kisses a lifeguard and is caught by her husband.
Premier Prix de la Cinéfondation, Cannes 04, Best Short Film, Deauville Film Festival 04.
Festivals:
Odense Film Festival, Denmark 04, Norwegian International Film Festival 04.
Sydney Burtner, Bo Ehrhardt
Director/Writer:
Frederikke Aspöck
Contact:
annettel@dfi.dk
AGRICULTURAL REPORT
Running Time: 2.5mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Ireland
AGRICULTURAL REPORT
Synopsis:
A short comedy about the bliss of ignorance.
Festivals:
Galway Film Festival, Ireland 04, Fantastisk Film Festival, Sweden 04, Uppsala Film Festival 04.
Barry John O'Donoghue
Director/Writer:
Melina Sydney Padua
Contact:
