SW@POFF: European Film Academy Short Matters III

SW@POFF: Euroopa Filmiakadeemia lühikad III

MS12

Genre

Shorts

Run time

1h 27min

The Short Matters! programme showcases the best films that were nominated for the European Short Film Award in 2012. The third compilation includes 4 films from Hungary, UK, Portugal and Switzerland.

CSICSKA / BEAST - Hungary, 20 min, fiction

Režissöör: Attila Till, osades: Szabolcs Thuróczy, Móni Balsai, Balázs Szitás

István Balogh, a not very affluent Hungarian farmer, lords over his wife, children and his “hired” slave. Cut off from the rest of the world on a distant farm in the Great Plains, he tries to uphold a family ideal he formulated from rigid traditions.

BACK OF BEYOND - UK, 25 min, fiction

Director: Michael Lennox, cast: Martin McCann, Iwan Rheon, Brian Milligan, Bronagh Taggart

"Back of Beyond" is a dark psychological thriller centring on Petesy who works in a petrol station in the arsehole of nowhere. Petesy gets travellers of all sorts but today a young fella called Gabriel stops at the station to gather up supplies for a long road trip. But he is broke and demands that Petesy pay for the items out of his own pocket. Gabriel claims that there’s a rifle aimed to blow Petesy’s head off if he doesn’t service this request. Petesy must determine the truth of Gabriel’s threat and choose whether he's been played for a dummy or take him for his word.

MANHÃ DE SANTO ANTÓNIO / MORNING OF SAINT ANTHONY’S DAY - Portugal, 25 min, fiction

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues, cast: Alexander David, Mariana Sampaio, Miguel Nunes, Lydie Bárbara

Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon's patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love.

EINSPRUCH VI / OBJECTION VI - Switzerland, 17 min, fiction

Director: Rolando Colla, cast: Abel Jafri, Catriona Guggenbühl, Linda Olsansky, Nicolas Rosat, Aaron Hitz, Tony Fidelis, John Jerry as Alex, Silke Geertz

The story of a deportation that ended with the tragic death of an asylum seeker in March 2010. In the film, the camera itself is this asylum seeker, and what it captures is a subjective view of reality.

Genre

Shorts

Run time

1h 27min

The Short Matters! programme showcases the best films that were nominated for the European Short Film Award in 2012. The third compilation includes 4 films from Hungary, UK, Portugal and Switzerland.

CSICSKA / BEAST - Hungary, 20 min, fiction

Režissöör: Attila Till, osades: Szabolcs Thuróczy, Móni Balsai, Balázs Szitás

István Balogh, a not very affluent Hungarian farmer, lords over his wife, children and his “hired” slave. Cut off from the rest of the world on a distant farm in the Great Plains, he tries to uphold a family ideal he formulated from rigid traditions.

BACK OF BEYOND - UK, 25 min, fiction

Director: Michael Lennox, cast: Martin McCann, Iwan Rheon, Brian Milligan, Bronagh Taggart

"Back of Beyond" is a dark psychological thriller centring on Petesy who works in a petrol station in the arsehole of nowhere. Petesy gets travellers of all sorts but today a young fella called Gabriel stops at the station to gather up supplies for a long road trip. But he is broke and demands that Petesy pay for the items out of his own pocket. Gabriel claims that there’s a rifle aimed to blow Petesy’s head off if he doesn’t service this request. Petesy must determine the truth of Gabriel’s threat and choose whether he's been played for a dummy or take him for his word.

MANHÃ DE SANTO ANTÓNIO / MORNING OF SAINT ANTHONY’S DAY - Portugal, 25 min, fiction

Director: João Pedro Rodrigues, cast: Alexander David, Mariana Sampaio, Miguel Nunes, Lydie Bárbara

Tradition says that on 13 June, Saint Anthony’s Day (the national holiday of Lisbon's patron), lovers must offer small vases of basil with paper carnations and flags with popular poems as a token of their love.

EINSPRUCH VI / OBJECTION VI - Switzerland, 17 min, fiction

Director: Rolando Colla, cast: Abel Jafri, Catriona Guggenbühl, Linda Olsansky, Nicolas Rosat, Aaron Hitz, Tony Fidelis, John Jerry as Alex, Silke Geertz

The story of a deportation that ended with the tragic death of an asylum seeker in March 2010. In the film, the camera itself is this asylum seeker, and what it captures is a subjective view of reality.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2013

Global distributor

-

Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/29/2013