INSTINCT

Synopsis:
What happens when the maker loses control of his creation?

Best Animation Short Film, Tampere, Finland 04, Special Prize, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Animation Film Festival, Japan 04.

Producer:
Arno Nuut
Director/Writer:
Rao Heidmets
Contact:
nukufilme@nukufilm.ee

BEET (BITE)

Synopsis:
A moment of pain . . . and pleasure.

Dutch Entry - 76th Academy Awards 03.

Festivals:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 04.

Director:
Annemarie van de Mond
Producer:
Jacqueline de Goeij, Ruud van der Heyde
Writer:
Rob Bloemkolk
Contact:
info@houseofshorts.nl

A VITAL ACTIVITY

Synopsis:
Chang-no and Song-e are a couple in their early twenties. They feel like making love while they have a date in the middle of the day. But they don't have enough money and time for it. Our poor hero and heroine search around for an available place for love . .

1st Prize, Granada International Short Film Festivals, Spain 04.

Festivals:
Clermont-Ferrand SFF, France 04, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil 04.

Director:
OH Jeoum-Kyun
Producer:
Korean National University of the Arts.
Writer:
CHO Mi-ra
Contact:
indiestory@indiestory.com

EI SIIHEN KUOLE (DON'T LET IT KILL YOU)

Synopsis:
A family is reunited by grief. They reminisce, laugh and comfort one another until everything is alright again. Then Uncle Svante shows up.

Festivals:
Clermont Ferrand 05, Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 03, Nordisk Panorama 03, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada 04.

Producer:
Liisa Penttila
Director/Writer:
Kimmo Taavila
Contact:
ses@ses.fi

EIFFELTORNET(THE EIFFEL TOWER)

Synopsis:
One Sunday morning Jacob, a middle aged man, tries to tell his wife about a dream he had during the night. In the dream he was in Paris. The city had its usual French charm, but the only thing he could think about was that the Eiffel Tower was nowhere to be found.

Odense Film Festival, Denmark 04, Palm Springs International Festival, USA 04, International Short Film Festival, Munich, Germany 04.

Producer:
Malte Forssell, Frida Asp
Director/Writer:
Niklas Rådström
Contact:

YU MING IS AINM DOM (MY NAME IS YU MING)

Synopsis:
A young Chinese man learns Gaelic before travelling to Ireland and is puzzled when nobody understands him.

Best Irish Short, Galway Film Festival, Ireland 03, Audience Award, Cork Film Festival, Ireland 04, Best Comedy, Aspen, US 03, Stella Artois Short Film Award 04.

Festivals:
Melbourne International Film Festival 04.

Producer:
Grainne O'Carroll, Ingrid Goodwin
Director/Writer:
Daniel O'Hara
Contact:

SLIDING FLORA

Synopsis:
Flora was born in a field, that's what she keeps telling everyone. She is a waitress in a coffee shop that requires complex acrobatic skills. Flora cannot take it anymore. But she still hasn't lost her dramatic talent.....

Special Commendation for Best Student Production-Melbourne International Film Festival, 04, Special Mention-Fresh Film Festival, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia 04.

Director/Producer/Writer:
Talya Lavie
Contact:
tal@jsts.co.il