Competition Program 2013
FATHER/SON 10’ Bryan Reisberg USA 2012
Oliver brings his girlfriend on a hunting trip to meet his father.
NORTHERN LIGHTS 13’ Ben Rafael Keren France 2013
4 o’clock in the morning. Louise sleeps peacefully in her apartment. Her father, Jacques, drags her out of bed and marches her out into the forest. He’s heard on the radio that the Northern Lights are going to appear in France.
MAYBES 33’ Florian Pochlatko Austria 2012
Maybes is a reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen film. Florian Pochlatko explores the agonies of adolescence and the rage and frustration caused by being dissatisfied with oneself.
ANACOS 6’ Xacio Bano Spain 2012
The life of a person can be as easy and straightforward as his recipe for sponge cake.
BIRTHDAY 11’ Zohar Kaminski Israel 2012
Alex, 17, takes care of her dying mother and her young sister. She takes a portion of the medical marijuana that belongs to her mother and goes to sell it in order to produce a moment of light in the poor and gloomy house.
PRORA 23’ Stephane Riethauser Switzerland 2012
Prora, on the Baltic Sea. Mysterious, endless. In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that confronts their identities and puts their friendship at risk.
IN VINO VERITAS 10’ Aneta Kyrova Zabkova Czech Republik 2012
After 25 years, three middle-aged women meet and compare their life stories. Who is the happiest and most satisfied?
ALL SOUL’S DAY 18’ Aleksandra Terpinska Poland 2012
On her eighteenth birthday, Lena is trying to bond with her family. All Souls’ Day, a time for contacting the dead and getting together to return to one’s roots, puts our protagonist in a special mood and changes her outlook on her own problems.
MOBILE HOMES 13’ Vladimir de Fontenay USA, France 2013
Mobile homes tells the story of a young woman, trapped in sex trafficking, and her son who explores an unlikely way out.
THE BIRTH 14’ Xavi Sala Spain 2012
A sterile worker who wishes to have a child must assist a young woman in labor who does not want to have the baby.
PREMATUR 17’ Gunhild Enger Norway 2012
The story of Norwegian Martin and his pregnant Spanish girlfriend, Lucia. We are observing Lucia’s first encounter with this new culture and her in-laws. The car trip is full of social tensions, expectations and misunderstandings.
INCREASER 17’ Sergii Bazhenov Ukraine 2013
Simple slacker sits sipping beer in the fresh air. Suddenly he gets a tempting offer: to take part in a medical experiment for money. Poor guy does not understand how it will change his life.
ELLEN IS LEAVING 16’ Michelle Savill New Zealand 2012
On the eve of departing overseas Ellen makes the fateful decision to give her boyfriend to another girl, but can she really give him up?
BLACK MULBERRY 21’ Gabriel Razmadze France 2012
In the mining city of Chiatura (Georgia), two teenagers spend a day together, far from their respective lives.
JAMON 8’ Iria Lopez United Kingdom 2012
Jose is a teenage pig living in a Spanish town, and he is the only pig in his family. One day a new neighbour moves in next door, and Jose starts to come to terms with who he really is.
WATER! 16’ Mikel Rueda Spain 2012
Guille and Alex don’t know each other. Although they come from different worlds, they are united by something – their passion for swimming. And today, there’s a competition.
PUNCHED 11’ Michael Rittmannsberger Austria 2012
On a nightly bus ride, the thin line between good and evil gets devastatingly blurred.
THE RIVER 13’ Tarquin Netherway Australia 2012
A short film about aliens, water, kids and TVs set in a quiet neighbourhood around a small river that snakes through town.
JUNKYARD 18’ Hisko Hulsing The Netherlands 2012
A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in the last second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes.
THE ROUTE 43 MIRACLE 14’ Ronnie Sandahl Sweden 2012
Holger Johansson is a very lonely man. Before it’s too late, there’s something he needs to get off his chest: a secret to reveal. The time has come to unfold the story of what happened that night, fifteen years ago – the night a miracle took place at a dreary concrete motel somewhere along Route 43.
