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SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

15th of May 2008

FIRST BLOCK
20:00 - 21:00

WEIRD FISHES IN MY HEAD, 02:16
Animation from Evelina Silberlaint (Latvia/ United Kingdom)

ANTJE UN WIR, 12:07 / German
Felix Stienz (Germany)
"Boah. She looked astonishing, really good. From the first moment I saw her I thought it looks like from the movie!" Eight young people tell a bit of their lives. And in all stories a woman called Antje plays a special role.

BACK TO THE FUCHSIA, 02:50 / English
Toby Roberts (United Kingdom)
She: "Thank you for the flowers! I'm sorry for the things I said."
He: "What fucking flowers?"

OVER HEADS, 03:14
A. Zoldnare (Latvia / Estonia)

FRESHET, 03:04
Experimental film from Eline Ventere (Latvia)
This film is about nature protection - how people can ravage very important parts of nature.

VIOLINISTA, 03:03
Chiara Cavallazzi (Italy)
A violinist plays on the street. A man follows her, and he wants to protect her and take care of her.

DUSHECKA, 13:23 / English subtitles
Dzintars Dreibergs (Latvia / Estonia)
In the film is showed true story about a woman. In a daytime she is taking care of her 5 kids but in the night time she has a different life.

ANONIMITATE, 02:38
Martinš Rusinš (Latvia)
Not really classic "getting lost" in quite classic forest that's not as scary as it looks in the beginning. Also the stranger is not as strange as it looks like.

THE 60'S YEARS, 05:31 / Italian, English
Chiara Cavallazzi (Italy)
A trip into the 60's years: design, fashion, family, television, disputes, the Cold War, Martin Luther King, the Kennedy murder, the construction of the Berlin Wall, pacifism, hippies, Art …

BREAK 21:00 - 21:15

Surf trip 07, 12:08 / Latvian
Maris Lazdins (Latvia)
Have you ever seen all those nice American movies about cool surfers with flowers around their neck and romantic touch all through the movie? Then this is almost the same - just in Europe - with additional sand, palms and Bob Marley…

SECOND BLOCK 21:15 - 22:30

RICHIE_BEAT, 02:57 / English subtitles
Thomas Lapperre (The Netherlands)
Video clip explorers the concept of Silly NED Dancing.

THE TROJKATRIP / German subtitles
St.Petersburg story - 05:40,
Kazan story - 08:25,
Sahalin story - 06:51
Marc Hannemann (The Netherlands)
Three Dutch guys, some guts and a border sign. Those were the ingredients for the Trojkatrip that was made from Berlin to Sachalin to discover the Eastern border of Europe. The geographical borders of Europe seems settled, however the historical, political, cultural and mental borders are not. The Trojkatrip proved to be an exhilarating rollercoaster between East and West, between borders on the map and borders in the mind.

VOICES, 08:31 / English
Stuart Laws (United Kingdom)
A young man starts to hear an unusual voice in his subconscious and is led on a journey that he really doesn't want to go on.

ALCHEMYSTICAL, 08:30
Michiel Reiminik (The Netherlands)
The film was made in the last year for art school in visual arts course. The assignment was- mind map.

RED NARCISSUS, 02:59
Matthew Hollings (United Kingdom)

SIRREALISM, 02:37
Agnese Ivane (Latvia / Estonia)

THE CASTLES OF AIR, 20:05
Cinematic journey from Matthias Fritsch (Germany)
Since ages architecture and faith is connected. This is an uncommented film that shows ideas about mass-cultural phenomena and dreams, with the focus on architecture, religion, capitalism and their overlaps in using symbolism and rituals. The film is less a documentary than more an audio visual poem that uses documental footage in a lyrical way.

INTERCELLFREFLACTION, 06:55
Sander Reiminik (The Netherlands)
This film is about how people see themselves and it was made during year for high-school in visual art course. In a scale of 10, this film was graded with 11.

BREAK 22:30 - 22:45

Squash - open Project, 03:25
Music video from Matthias Fritsch (Germany)

THIRD BLOCK 22:45 - 23:50

PHOTOGENIC, 01:19
Julia Vernersson (Sweden / Germany)
Beauty snaps.

I HAD TO STOP THE RAIN, 07:45 / Greek with English subtitles
Experimental film from David L Butler (United Kingdom)
An experimental love story which combines dialogue and poetry, with song structure and film. It charts a relationship and its demise.

PUBLIC ENEMY, 15:05 / French with English subtitles
Clément Ducourty (France)
Two guys, after their last "deal", have decided to leave the country. They want to spend their night in a quiet place, discreet to be exact. Unfortunately, things are not going to be so simple.

GRAVE, 12:20 / English
John Stewart (United Kingdom)
This film is a dark piece with a comic twist at the end.

LITTLE SAPS OF HORROR, 02:16
Graham Rathlin (United Kingdom)
The film takes place at an old photo booth in East Berlin.

CHAIN MAIL, 06:50 / English
Jamie Montgomery (United Kingdom)
Danielle cannot forgive her boyfriend for cheating on her. One night she receives a mysterious e-mail from a sender known only as regret, the e-mail details the importance of forgiveness and the effects it can have for not forgiving. Ignoring the e-mail Danielle soon finds herself face to face with its sinister sender.

JUST CALL ME TOBBI B, 15:22 / German
Felix Stienz (Germany)
Knarcksen has just fallen from the sky and has no idea why. It's Meadow. Nothing is around except grass and strange types in strange suits. No one has the time, but the craving for cigarettes and vodka. Tobi B. knows what that is supposed to be...

10 WAYS TO GET OVER AN ARTISTS BLOCK, 04:50 / English
Damian Albers (The Netherlands)
This animation shows some simple and creative examples about how to get over an Artists Block.

THE END! :)

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