International Programme - International 4 - Repeat
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: 99
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Friday, January 14, 2005
Show time: 4:30 pm
BIKINI
Running Time: 7mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Sweden
BIKINI
Synopsis:
Bikini is an animated musical starring a young man who is afraid to come out of the locker. The plot takes place on a beach in 1960, where a couple of happy twins and their lady friend like to spend the summer.
Audience Award, Best Short Film Mix, Brazil 04.
Festivals:
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 04.
Lasse Persson
Contact:
petter.mattsson@sfi.se
GARDENING TIPS FOR HOUSEWIVES
Running Time: 16
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: USA
GARDENING TIPS FOR HOUSEWIVES
Synopsis:
A retired couples glass-enclosed existence is shattered by a mysterious visitor.
Multiple Awards, Columbia University Film Festival, USA 04.
Festivals:
Clermont-Ferrand 04.
Jessica Weigmann
Contact:
jw330@columbia.com
THE BIG CHARADE
Running Time: 5mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Canada
THE BIG CHARADE
Synopsis:
A young farm boy with a gift for the game 'charades' delves into the seedy underworld of charades in search of his father's killer.
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Festivals:
Sydney Film Festival 04, Melbourne Film Festival 04, Vancouver Film Festival, Canada 04.
Carwyn Jones
Director/Writer:
Jesse McKeown
Contact:
carwynjones@telus.net
VIOLA FONDENTE (CANDY VIOLA)
Running Time: 13.5mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Italy
VIOLA FONDENTE (CANDY VIOLA)
Synopsis:
Viola is an overweight beautiful woman in her mid 30's. Her frustrating life is pivoted on a monotonous job and a hateful husband. But she will take her revenge soon thanks to the very candies and chocolate she likes so much. Then everyone will be conquered by her newly-found art.
Fabio Simonelli
Producer:
Francesco Scura
Writer:
Chiara Bellini
Contact:
BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7
Running Time: 14.5mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: UK
BLAKE'S JUNCTION 7
Synopsis:
Cult Sci - Fi rebels need to stop off at freeway service stations too. Starring "The Office's" MacKenzie Crook and Martin Freeman.
Slamdance Film Festival, USA 05, Endinburg International Film Festival, UK 04, Raindance London Film Festival, UK 05.
Ben Gregor
Writer:
Tim Plester
Contact:
DESASTRE
Running Time: 22mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Canada
DESASTRE
Synopsis:
Smoking, drinking, seducing women - Garth Jones is not your average eleven year old, but he doesn't need a psychiatrist he just needs a translator. Classic French cinema meets American Gothic in this hilarious comedy about a French boy born into an English family.
Platinum Award, Houston International Film Festival, US 04, Palm Springs Short Film Festival, US 04. Los Angeles Short Film Festival, US 04.
Jane Michener
Director/Writer:
Jay Field
Contact:
L'AINE DE MES SOUCIS(THE MOST OF MY WORRIES)
Running Time: 10mins
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: France
L'AINE DE MES SOUCIS(THE MOST OF MY WORRIES)
Synopsis:
If young Thomas and his father fail to find a solution to the problem of the woman of their life, they know they might lose her . . .
Audience Award, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France 04.
Amelie Covillard
Director/Writer:
Carine Tardieu
Contact:
SEVENTY TWO FACED LIAR
Running Time: 15mins
Year: 2002
Format: 35mm
Country: UK
SEVENTY TWO FACED LIAR
Synopsis:
72 Faced Liar is the story of Terry, a young man who relaizes that the only way he can remove the series of masks from his head is to apologize to everyone he has ever wronged.
Best British Short Film, The British Independent Film Awards 03, Best Short Film, World of Comedy International Short Film Festival, Toronto 04.
Matt Buels
Director/Writer:
Marc Waiter
Contact:
