Shorts Programme 1: Animation
Sat 7th Nov | 15:30 | 40′ | Pálás
We have selected five excellent international animated shorts, bursting with style and vibrant visual storytelling.
La Fille du Lac (By the Lake)
France | 9′
Living alone in a lakeside house shaken by WWII bombings, a young girl discovers a sleeping child brought to her shore by a wooden boat unlocking a pathway to healing and moving on.
Dir: Louise Bacou, Olessia Fedko, Mathieu Leguay, Ludivine Miermont, Elisa Martin, Marion Fuchs, Achille Houplain, Luna Schwertz
Dir: Louise Bacou, Olessia Fedko, Mathieu Leguay, Ludivine Miermont, Elisa Martin, Marion Fuchs, Achille Houplain, Luna Schwertz
Gauze
France | 8′
Zain, a 14-year-old Palestinian swimming champion becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother all while facing war and man-made famine.
Dir: Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
Dir: Noran Fikri Alezabi, Nicholas Arujah, Xinyue Ma, Yulin Yue, Xiaonan Zhou
Marseille
France | 7′
A young Algerian immigrant and his crew of friends embark on a surreal, magical adventure through 2000s Marseille leading him toward a leap on the calanque rocks that will define his courage and sense of home.
Dir: Wassim Bekhtaoui, Romeo Costa, Léa Beraud, Yanis Graça, Bryan Kacioui, Loubna Khider
Dir: Wassim Bekhtaoui, Romeo Costa, Léa Beraud, Yanis Graça, Bryan Kacioui, Loubna Khider
Tumbleweed
France | 7′
In a small desert village, a dreamy cafe worker sets off into the sands to retrieve her stolen spyglass from a mysterious traveler, only to be swept into a sky-high storm that reveals the breathtaking world of her dreams.
Dir: Marie Hareux, Arthus Mariet, Masha Moran, Louis Creuzet, Wilson Hinh, Johanna Bouaouiche
Dir: Marie Hareux, Arthus Mariet, Masha Moran, Louis Creuzet, Wilson Hinh, Johanna Bouaouiche
The Amazing Adam
New Zealand | 9′
Visiting his eccentric magician-butcher grandfather deep in the rural West, a young boy confronts his memories of the man he thought he knew.
Dir: Areito Echevarria