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16-18-4 (Country: Japan; Director: Tomonari Nishikawa)
This film was shot by a still camera with 16 lenses, which takes a series of 16 pictures within 1.5 seconds. It shows scenes of Tokyo Racecourse, when it was holding the biggest race of the year, Japanese Derby. Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
26.4 (Country: Belgium; Director: Nathalie André; Cast: Da Boit Lisa)
A young woman clad in bike leathers looks for her mobile in the brambles. Berlinale Shorts III & Sunday Mix II.
Akbulak (Country: UK; Director: Tatiana Korol; Writer: Tatiana Korol; Cast: Janina Rudenska, Sergey Vidrashku, Milla Kaminskya)
Eight years after moving from Russia to Germany, 17-year-old Olja spends her summer holidays with her grandmother in a Russian village. Olja no
longer feels attached to the country of her birth. Yet when she meets her
childhood friend, Sasha, Olja begins to look at her experience from another
perspective.
Generation Mix & Short Films 2 14plus. Full Review
Ali And the Ball (Ali & The Ball) (Country: Australia; Director: Alex Holmes; Writer: Alex Holmes; Cast: Ali Soummaka, Camilla Ah Kin, Luci Hughes, Rayan El-Saghir)
Eight-year-old Ali lives with his mother and sister Fatima in a refugee camp.
When the guards take away the knitting needles that are so very important
to his mother Ali just has to do something. He hatches a plot involving a ball and a girl on the other side of the barbed wire fence. Short Films 2 Kplus.
Aphrodite's Farm (Country: New Zealand; Director: Adam Strange; Writer: Peter Force, Adam Strange; Cast: Ashley Hawkes, Geneva Alexander-Masters, Cherie James, Rod Lousich, Serai Te Kani, Tayla-Lee Griffin, Maiya Collins, Merv Smith)
The milk from Aphrodite’s Farm is truly a dream. What is the secret of the
milk’s legendary creaminess? Mother knows the answer and protects her
three enchanting daughters with a shotgun under her arm. But you can’t
extinguish a smouldering heart. Short Films 1 14plus.
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Birth (Country: Italy, US; Director: Signe Baumane; Writer: Signe Baumane; Cast: Clyde Baldo, Kim Gatewood, Kimmy Gatewood, Karen Gilliam, Rebecca Honig, Kamala Sankaram, Eileen Stevens, Anne Thibault)
Amina, 17, is pregnant. She is afraid of giving birth. She asks her friends and aunts for more information, sympathy and support. She receives quite the opposite.
Berlinale Shorts II & Sunday Mix II. In Competition. Official Site
Block B (Country: Malaysia, Canada; Director: Christopher Chan Fui Chong; Writer: Toni Kassim; Cast: Shanthini Venugopal)
A building becomes a living painting. Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
Blooming In Spring (Bom-e Pi-eo-na-da) (Country: South Korea; Director: Jung Ji-yeon; Cast: Gim Ye-ri, Gwon Ji-won, Bang Eun-ju, Kim So-suk)
Sometime during spring Yeon-ah discovers that her body doesn’t only
smell – it actually stinks. She lets her classmates know immediately. Class
representative Seong-eun takes an interest in this strange phenomenon... but it isn't long before they are both victimised. Short Films 2 14plus.
Bric-Brac (Country: Romania; Director: Gabriel Achim; Cast: Paul Ipate, Ioana Blaj, Gabriel Achim)
A director tries to convince his leading man to take on the main role in a
film about the Romanian revolution. But the actor is having problems with
his girlfriend and, before long, the borders become blurred between fact and fiction. Berlinale Shorts I & Sunday Mix I.
Bronx Princess (Country: US; Director: Yoni Brook, Musa Syeed; Cast: Rockyatu Otoo, Yaa Otoo, Chief Nii Adjedu)
Rocky Otoo lives with her mother in the Bronx in New York. She has just finished
high school and wants to study. She is always arguing with her mother,
a Ghanaian immigrant, who expects her daughter to start working in her
hairdressing salon. But before she obliges her mother Rocky wants to visit
her father, a tribal chieftain, in Ghana. Generation Mix & Short Films 2 14plus.
Buddha's Smile (Ulybka Buddy) (Country: Russia; Director: Bair Dyshenov; Cast: Lkhasaran Tangatov)
Gombo lives in the Buryat Republic in a tiny village on the banks of Lake
Baikal. Dawdling on his way home from school, the boy doesn’t get back to
his house until nightfall. Nobody is at home and there are some sweets next
to Buddha on the family shrine on the wall. Does he dare to steal one of the
goodies? But then, just as Gombo reaches for the grub, he hears a voice… Short Films 2 Kplus.
Cathrine (Country: Denmark; Director: Mads Matthiesen; Writer: Mads Matthiesen; Cast: Helena Wagn Ivansdottir, Mads Riisom)
Sixteen-year-old Cathrine has fallen in love with Lars. She met him while out
shopping at the local mall. But Lars is 33. And that’s why she’s keeping her
relationship hidden from her parents... Short Films 1 14plus.
Cocoon Child (Country: Germany; Director: Sonja Rohleder)
A poetic film about the imagination of an autistic child showing the moment where the inner world connects with the world at large. Short Films 1 Kplus.
contre-jour (Country: Germany; Director: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller; Cast: Elisabeth Masé, Ralph Kostrzewa)
Blurs, flashes and stroboscope montages disintegrate reality into shadowy images
that inflict pain on the retina, apparently... needless to say this comes with a warning that it is not suitable for epileptics. Berlinale Shorts III & Sunday Mix I. In Competition.
Diagnosis (Diagnoz) (Country: Ukraine; Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; Cast: Karina Belova, Maksym Kushov, Olexandr Semyshkur, Volodymyr Gubernachuk)
Tragic story of a pregnant woman. Berlinale Shorts III & Sunday Mix I. In Competition.
Dish (Country: USA; Director: Brian Krinsky; Writer: Brian Krinsky; Cast: Matthew Monge, Jeffrey Martinez, Octavio Altamirano)
Two emos in eastern Los Angeles chat about the sexual escapades of others. Berlinale Shorts II.
Dive Into Mankind (Country: Belgium; Director: Ria Pacquée)
From East to West and West to East. Between clean and dirty water. Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
Five Miles Out (Country: UK; Director: Andrew Haigh; Writer: Andrew Haigh; Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Thomas Malone)
A few carefree days away from depressing thoughts at home are what
Mum has in mind. But at the beach Cass doesn’t feel in a very holiday-like
mood. She just wants to fall off the face of the earth. Shorts 3 Kplus.
Good Will (Buenas Intenciones) (Country: Mexico; Director: Ivan Lomelí; Cast: Jorge Adrián Espíndola, Andree Magali, Armando Hernández)
Felipe learns the hard way that good will is not always welcome. Berlinale Shorts V.
Grown Up (Yalda Gdola) (Country: Israel; Director: Dana Neuberg; Writer: Dana Neuberg; Cast: Lia Philosof, Roni Tal, Shimon Mimran, Ariela Rubinowich)
Ami arrives at their rendezvous with a bottle of wine and hopes of a quiet evening in with Dalia. But their meeting turns out to be nothing like they expected as the border between childish flirting and seduction begins to blur. Short Films 2 14plus.
Hocus-Pocus (Hokus-Pokus) (Country: Germany; Director: Anna Samoylovich)
Story of a lonely magician. Short Films 1 Kplus.
The Illusion (Country: Cuba; Director: Susana Barriga)
After having spent the past 26 years imagining what her father is like
Susana sets out from Cuba to England to meet him for the first time. Berlinale Shorts II & Sunday Mix II. In Competition.
Invisible Loneliness (Country: Taiwan; Director: Lin Jung-Hsien)
Combining computer animation and hand drawings, this film explores the
fears and loneliness faced by ‘latchkey children’. Generation Mix & Shorts 3 Kplus.
The Island (Country: Canada; Director: Trevor Anderson)
After receiving a letter which asks: ‘why don’t all gays just go and live
together on an island and infect each other with Aids?’ filmmaker Trevor
Anderson sets out across the ice and creates a gay scenario with a happy
end. Berlinale Shorts III.
Jade (Country: UK; Director: Daniel Elliott; Writer: Daniel Elliott; Cast: Aisling Loftus, Jonathan Phillips, Michael Socha)
Jade is pregnant. She has to make a decision. Which path will she take? Berlinale Shorts IV.
Jerrycan (Country: Australia; Director: Julius Avery; Writer: Julius Avery)
A young boy is bullied into making a life or death decision, but can Nathan prove himself to his mates? Shorts 3 Kplus.
Kaïn (Country: Belgium; Director: Kristof Hoornaert; Writer: Kristof Hoornaert; Cast: Bart Desloovere, Kevin Plet)
Two young men are walking in the woods. They begin to argue and this
escalates into an archetypical situation. A young man runs for his life. Berlinale Shorts I. In Competition.
Kehua (Country: New Zealand; Director: Wiremu Grace; Cast: Arama Vincent-Wihapi, Nicola Kawana, Grant Roa, Api Taylor, Nelson Solomon)
This is the first time that Caleb, a young Maori, has ever been to a Marea, a
Maori public gathering place and ritual site. His mother, Sarah, has never
explained much about his ancestors’ culture and he senses that his initial
fears are more than justified. But it seems as though supernatural powers
are at work because the boy appears to have very special talents. Generation Mix & Shorts 3 Kplus.
Laitue (Country: UK; Director: Nicholas Brooks)
A hand-drawn animation film that describes a short journey of loss and
reunification. Berlinale Shorts V & Sunday Mix I.
Lint Lent Land (Country: Germany; Director: Isabell Spengler)
Rather cryptically, the programme says: "does that mean "Dust has temporarily given this land its form"?" Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
The Little Crow With The Naked Bottom (De Kleine Kraai Met Blote Billen) (Country: Netherlands; Director: Raimke Groothuizen)
No sooner does the little crow hatch from her egg, than feathers begin
sprouting all over her body – except, that is, for her bottom which is quite
bare. This worries her mother a great deal. Together the two birds set out to
find a solution for the problem. Short Films 1 Kplus.
Maggie And Mildred (Country: US; Director: Holly Klein)
Mildred is left to look after Maggie and the two of them now have the whole house to themselves. It doesn’t matter if they are discovering old furniture, saving a young prince or baking huge cakes – every room is full of adventures. Short Films 1 Kplus.
Maima Long-awaited (Maima dolgozhdanniy) (Country: Russia; Director: Inga Korzhneva)
It’s spring again and grandmother is explaining a few things about life to
Maima. He comes to a decision: the evil Sikhircha must be conquered. That
is the way it should be, says grandmother. Maima is to receive some assistance
in the shape of a pair of wings, some courage, and a horde of cunning
mice. Short Films 2 Kplus.
Mama, L'Chaim! (Mama, L'Chaim! (To Life!)) (Country: US; Director: Elkan Spiller; Cast: Chaim Lubelski, Nechama Lubelski)
A non-judgemental look at the way in which the Holocaust continues to affect the lives of
the children of survivors. Berlinale Shorts V.
A Mango Tree In The Front Yard (Country: France; Director: Raveendran Pradeepan)
The programme says: "This film was inspired by the dreams of a generation that have been dashed by the barbaric oppression of the Sri Lankan government and a 25-year-old
struggle for liberation." Berlinale Shorts II. In Competition.
Man Of The North (Karai norte) (Country: Paraguay; Director: Marcelo Martinessi; Cast: Lidia Vda. de Cuevas, Arturo Fleitas)
An old woman in the pampas of the Paraguayan hinterland. A tiny hut. A
rider on horseback. A cowboy. The woman is startled. He wants something
to eat. She has next to nothing, but she shares it with him. He returns what
was taken from her. Berlinale Shorts IV & Short Films 1 Kplus.
The Mouse (Musen) (Country: Denmark; Director: Pil Maria Gunnarsson; Cast: Eva-Theresa Jermiin Anker, Magnus Wettendorff Dyring, Frederikke Hjort Arentz, Christine Exner)
Ten-year-old Liv has fallen in love with her classmate, Mike, who gives her
his beloved white mouse. Shortly afterwards, Liv observes Mike talking to
her girlfriend, who is top of the class, and, for the first time, she feels something
she has never felt before – jealousy. Shorts 3 Kplus.
My Very First Wedding (Meine erste Hochzeit) (Country: Germany; Director: Ralf Kukula)
A young girl asks her mother: “Why doesn’t anybody marry me?” Her mother looks at her daughter, wide-eyed in amazement. “But you’re only five!” she retorts, “Isn’t that a bit early to get married?” Generation Mix & Short Films 1 Kplus.
Netherland Dwarf (Country: Australia; Director: David Michôd; Writer: David Michôd; Cast: Jack Egan, Ewen Leslie, Mirrah Foulkes, Justin Rosniak)
Harry really wants a rabbit. Harry's dad really wants his wife back. And somehow in the middle of all this wanting, they both seem to have forgotten that they already have each other. Short Films 2 Kplus.
Nine Stairwells Together (Devyat prolyotov vmeste) (Country: Russia; Director: Alexander Karavayev; Cast: Anna Goryushkina, Yuriy Tarabanov, Mariya Ryvkina)
Short evoking the French New Wave. Berlinale Shorts IV. In Competition.
Oh, My God! (Country: Norway; Director: Anne Sewitsky; Cast: Ebba Tangen, Julie Solberg, Ella Victorie Henriksen Haagensen)
OH, MY GOD!
It’s pretty exciting, all the stuff you have to find out in order to keep up with
your girlfriends. And it’s good to know that, when it comes to sex, the
others don’t always know everything either. Generation Mix & Shorts 3 Kplus.
Out In The Light (Country: Germany; Director: Martin Ebner, Katja Eydel, Klaus Weber)
Experimental video "follows the elusive line between human consciousness and trustingly giving in to a possible loss of control". Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
Please Say Something (Country: Ireland; Director: David O'Reilly)
Set in the far-off future, this is the story of the difficult relationship between a very emotional cat and her husband, a tedious mouse. Berlinale Shorts I & Sunday Mix I. In Competition.
Point Of View (Eynayim Sheli) (Country: Israel; Cast: Efrat Aviv, Rivka Michaeli, Alex Salucov)
Noa’s parents are away and so this seventeen-year-old girl has to stay with
her grandmother. The old lady is way into her seventies and is a pretty
tough cookie to boot. Granny’s slowly going blind and this is why, at four
o’clock in the afternoon, Noa has to read her the subtitles on her favourite
television series. The task is no easy one for Noa – because Granny Herta has
plenty to moan about when it comes to her granddaughter. Short Films 1 14plus.
The Prince (Der Prinz) (Country: Germany; Director: Petra Schröder; Cast: Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen, Paula Kalenberg, Hannes Hellmann)
It’s summertime. Two young girls are on their way to Rome, by InterRail.
They are looking for adventure – and find a prince. Berlinale Shorts V & Sunday Mix II.
Princess Margaret Blvd. (Country: Canada; Director: Kazik Radwanski; Writer: Kazik Radwanski; Cast: Tim Braddock, William Forrest, Declan McCarthy, Julie McCarthy, Gina Sylvester)
Isabelle Rodarte is out in the snow, looking for her house. The beginning is
the middle is the beginning.
Berlinale Shorts I & Sunday Mix I. Official Site
Pure (Country: US; Director: Jacob Bricca)
Deconstruction of the action film. Berlinale Shorts IV.
Ralph (Country: UK; Director: Alex Winckler)
Showing as part of UKFC Completion Fund Shorts at EIFF 2008. Short Films 2 14plus.
Renovation (Renovare) (Country: Germany, Romania; Director: Paul Negoescu; Cast: Simona Bondoc, Clara Voda, Andrei Runcanu)
A watermelon runs through a family story of a house renovation. Berlinale Shorts III.
The Sea (Havet) (Country: Germany; Director: Jöns Jönsson; Cast: Lennart Jähkel, Ann Petren, Per Lasson)
Pella and Agneta are both around 60 years of age; they’ve been a couple for
many years. Although Pelle is not in the best of health they are both
delighted to accept an invitation to a birthday party.
Nevertheless, Pelle decides to get up and boogie – and it’s not jealousy that
forces Agneta out onto the dance floor. Berlinale Shorts V.
Slaves (Slavar) (Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark; Director: David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn)
Abouk was five years old when he was captured. Like thousands of other children, he was kidnapped in Sudan by militia close to the government and forced to work as a slave. He was later liberated by an organisation led by James Aguer. Slaves is based on an interview that was conducted in 2003.
Short Films 1 14plus. Full Review
Spot And Splodge In Snowstorm (Prick och Fläck snöar in) (Country: Sweden; Director: Lotta Geffenblad, Uzi Geffenblad)
Spot is spotty and splodge is splodgy. They enjoy snowball fights together
and making angels with arms, legs and ears. And when they cuddle up on
the couch inside their warm house everything is just as it should be. Short Films 1 Kplus.
The Suffering Of Mr Karpf The Birthday (Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf Der Geburtstag) (Country: Germany; Director: Lola Randl; Cast: Rainer Egger)
It’s Mr Karp’s birthday and nobody phones him. Berlinale Shorts IV & Sunday Mix II.
Summer Breaks (Country: Australia; Director: Sean Kruck; Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Jake Allen, Cash Weijers, Richard Wilson, Emily Wheaton)
A day in the lives of two teenagers during the summer holidays. Generation Mix & Short Films 1 14plus.
Toads (Kröten) (Country: Germany; Director: Milena Gierke)
Images of a stream in southern France: it's the toads' mating season. Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
Tomorrow (Country: Australia; Director: Simon Portus; Writer: Simon Portus; Cast: Leah Purcell)
When Kirsten, a teenager from a small town in Australia meets Laura, a businesswoman on the way to Brisbane, she makes a discovery that makes a deep impression on her in spite of their differences. Short Films 2 14plus.
Top Girl (Country: UK; Director: Rebecca Johnson; Cast: Rumbi Mautsi, Naomi J. Lewis, Alexis Rodney, Jay Brown, Kerron Darby)
Donna is fifteen and fearless – the hottest babe in the whole of Brixton. She
and her best friend Felicia are looking for Legz, a cool guy of around 20
who has a sound studio – in the bedroom of his mother’s flat. But Donna’s
date with him doesn’t exactly go as she expected... Short Films 1 14plus.
Triangulum (Country: Germany, Egypt, Brazil; Director: Melissa Dullius, Gustavo Jahn)
Past, present and where they meet. Forum expanded Mix: Sensory Spaces.
Trip To The Wound (Country: Indonesia; Director: Edwin; Cast: Ladya Cheryl Baharrizky, Carlo Genta)
Shila meets Carlo on a bus one night.
Shila is a collector. She collects stories of wounds.
Shila is constantly pining for the wound’s existence.
This is a trip that Carlo will never forget. Berlinale Shorts III. Special Screening..
Varmints (Country: UK; Director: Marc Craste)
Dark clouds appear on the horizon, burying the untouched landscape in
grey towers of steel and concrete. A small creature refuses to give up hope
of saving this world. Short Films 2 Kplus.
Vostok' (Country: France; Director: Jan Andersen)
A slant on the Soviet space missions of the 1960s and what could have been. Berlinale Shorts V.
Vu (Country: Belgium; Director: Leila Albayaty; Writer: Leila Albayaty; Cast: Hana Al Bayaty, Leila Albayaty)
A young woman who has lost her memory following a car accident meets
her sister in Rome. The beauty and lightheartedness of the summer is tainted
by painful memories of a beloved dream/man. Berlinale Shorts I & Sunday Mix II. In Competition.
Wanderers (Musafir) (Country: Indonesia; Director: Bagus Wirati Purba Negara)
The film portrays a couple living on the steps of a mosque that scrapes a living together by selling things that can be recycled. Berlinale Shorts IV & Sunday Mix I.
A Way Out (BaDerech Hachutza) (Country: Israel; Director: Elad Pankovski; Cast: Arthur Marchenko, Oksana Peshin)
A story of immigrant Russian Jews in Israel. Berlinale Shorts II.
When Apples Roll (Kad aboli ripo) (Country: Latvia; Director: Reinis Kalnaellis)
A cat lives with a devoted mouse. It’s autumn and, as usual, the cat would
like to pick apples in an orchard on the outskirts of the old town. But the
plan is interrupted when a strange egg suddenly rolls into the field of fruit. Short Films 1 Kplus.
