Short Stories B'
Fan Club (1ο prize shoot-it)
The super band The Babetones are coming to town for a single concert. Our three friends though are broke... will they manage to watch their favorite band live? A stop motion film featuring playmobil figures.
Greece, 3' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Nikos Rakkas
Little Yellow Car (2o prize shoot-it)
Through the perspective of a little yellow car we discover different facets of Athens.
Greece, 1' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Panagiotis Manolis
Thessaloniki by Night (3o prize shoot-it)
A tour through Thessaloniki, that differs from all the others. What it includes? A car, a mobile phone and night vibes.
Greece, 2' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Panagiotis Vratsidas
Cadence
She’s the neighborhood coffee shop waitress. People know her, the regulars love her and her microcosm is neat and settled. The days go by in the same repetitive pattern, until Raphaëlle offers her a chance to break out of her bubble. Ch.Tz.
Ελβετία / Switzerland, 11' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Maude Litzistorf
Dream Girl / Traumfrau
After many failed relationships and having spent the best part of his life looking for the girl of his dreams, Dirk has finally found the ideal partner. Walking the fine line between fiction and documentary, "Dream Girl" is bizarre and disarmingly familiar at the same time. Ch.Tz.
Ελβετία / Switzerland, 20' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Oliver Schwarz
Mobile Homes
A young mother trapped in sex trafficking moves from one city to the next at the command of her bosses, along with her 7-year-old son Alex. One day, Alex discovers a cluster of mobile homes and hopes he has finally found a permanent roof over his and his mother’s heads. Special Jury Mention at the Seattle International Film Festival. Ch.Tz.
ΗΠΑ, Γαλλία / USA, France, 13' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Vladimir de Fontenay
Gloria Victoria
Recycling elements of surrealism and cubism, this animated short leads us from Dresden to Guernica and from the Spanish Civil War to Star Wars. With an editing style and symphonic music that will take your breath away, "Gloria Victoria" is an epic undertaking of miniature proportions. FIPRESCI Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Ch.Tz.
Καναδάς / Canada, 7' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Theodore Ushev
Suffocation
When the System becomes more important than human existence and the Authorities annihilate personal life and the freedom of choice, then we’re in big trouble. At 7 minutes, this silent film speaks volumes. Ch.Tz.
Σουηδία / Sweden, 7' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Jenifer Malmqvist
Rhino Full Throttle / Nashorn im Galopp
A modern falneur wonders the street of Berlin, looking for the essence of the city until he meets his soul mate that will complete his very being. Animated touches add color the cityscape and a fairy tale dimension the idiosyncratic special relationship of the leading duo. Ch.Tz.
Γερμανία / Germany, 15' - Σκηνοθεσία / Director Erik Schmitt
The Captain
A man wakes up with a tremendous hangover, trying to remember what happened last night. What are all these dead bodies doing all around him? Nash Edgerton takes Opening Nights by storm after the triumphant screenings of “Spider” (2007) and Bear (2011). Ch.Tz.
Αυστραλία, ΗΠΑ / Australia, USA, 6' - Σκηνοθεσία / Directors Nash Edgerton & Spencer Susser
Nation for Two
A man and a woman take a journey through land, sea and sky in order to be together. Dream-like images with a haunting atmosphere in a brilliantly orchestrated audiovisual work with a masterful finale. Ch.Tz.
Ολλανδία / Netherlands, 15' Σκηνοθεσία / Directors Chaja Hertog & Nir Nadler
* Screens on 24th September
