SHORT FILM   < back to short films     < feature films           International Shorts Programme 1 25 NOV 07 11 AM   27 NOV 07 9 PM     Maestro, The Mousetrap, Ujbaz Izbeneki has lost his Soul, I turn my face to the forest floor, Jeu           Le Petite Histoire de l’image Animee (A tale of the Animated Image) 2006, France, Color, 3’37” Directed by: Joris Clerte A highly entertaining zip through History - from the time when images were first seen as shadows to present time when ones and zeros animate our movies. Las Pinatas 2007, USA, Color, 4’45” Directed by: Thomas Leavitt Chronicles the tale of two ill-fated pinatas, a cowboy and a bull. Winner Student Emmy A Prarie Story 2006, Canada, Color, 1’33” Directed by: Anne Koizumi Set to a pulsing techno beat, a prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis. Maestro 2006, Hungary, Color, 4’56” Directed by: Geza M Toth Five minutes before the Big Performance, behind the curtains Maestro is getting ready for the execution. Time is slowly ticking away. Nominated for Best Animated Short Film 2007 - Academy Award, USA 2005 - Special Prize GLITCH Filmfest, Montreal, Canada I turn my face to the forest floor 2005, UK, Color, 05’00” Directed by: Thomas Hicks A film about the processes of filmmaking based around the area of Soho in London, a place crammed with animation studios, post production facilities, film labs etc. t.o.m. 2006, UK, Color, 2’57” Directed by: Tom Brown, Daniel Gray A young boys journey. The Passenger 2006, Australia, Color, 7’00” Directed by: Chris Jones Storm clouds gather as a timid bookworm discovers what awaits him on board a bus and realizes he'd have been better off outside in the storm. 2006 - Best Animation Los Angeles International Short Film Festival The Mousetrap 2007, South Korea, Color, 6’14” Directed by: Han Woon A man is like a mouse caught in a trap and the city is like a minefield. Puzzled 2007, Belgium, Color, 4’20” Directed by: Maarten Vranken A streaming audiovisual trip. Jeu 2006, Canada/ Switzerland, Color, 3’51” Directed by: George Schwizgebel In Jeu, a landscape scenery constantly morphs and mutates. Silver Dove Award 2006 - International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film - Germany Sou 2006, Canada, Color, 3’00” Directed by: Theodore Ushev Set to a kinetic soundtrack, a dazzling multi-layered animated collage of the pell mell kitsch that is the modern Japanese society. Audience Choice Award - Best Mobile 2007 - Platform International Animation Festival Tower Bawher 2006, Canada, Color, 3’46” Directed by: Theodore Ushev Tower Bawher is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art. A homage to the movement with cascading, energetic animation. Award for Best Abstract Film 2006 - International Animation Festival – LIAF, London Sleeping Betty 2007, Canada, Color, 9’13” Directed by: Claude Cloutier In a sumptuous palace in the basement of a house in a Montreal working-class neighbourhood, Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. Best Canadian Animation & Audience Award 2007 - Ottawa International Animation Festival Ujbaz Izbeneki has lost his Soul 2006, UK, Color, 5’00” Directed by: Neil Jack When Ujbaz Izbeneki descends into Hell, nobody is prepared for the chaos that follows in the wake of the man who has lost everything. My Love 2006, Russia, Color, 26’35” Directed by: Aleksandr Petrov Moscow at the end of the 19th century. Anton is a 16-year-old high school student with dreams of finding his first true love. 2006 – Audience Prize & Special International Jury Prize 11th Hiroshima International Animation Festival 2007 – Grand Prix, Best Direction and Best Visuals 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film