SHORTS
Short films (les courts-métrages)have given many ?lm-makers a valuable
forum in which to make their mark before progressing to fully-fledged
features.France nurtures the short film-maker with such organisations
as the Agence du court-métrages and such dedicated festivals as
Clermont-Ferrand and Brest all helping exposure.This selection of
shorts will be shown as a surprise bonus with some of our features and
has been selected by our short film co-ordinator Amanda Stubbs.
| Carcan
2002,3mins |
Leather-clad,a sinewy,iridescent,trance-like figure writhes and contorts
for the camera in a provocative,sex-charged dance.A spidery hand reaches
up and undoes a zip,exposing a patch of skin,vulnerable against the metal.
Dir:Stephane Levallois.
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| Courtes Histoires
de Train 2003,14mins |
Short Stories from the Railway We're on a train,maybe in the thirties,
maybe in France or somewhere else. The train ’s passengers include
an old, nostalgic woman, a Russian woman searching for her husband, a
Russian ticket controler who has fled his country and several other people
whose paths may or may not cross...
With Micheline Presle and Stanislas Mérhar.
Dir:François Aunay
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| Hommage à Alfred
Lepetit 1999,9 mins |
Who really is Alfred Lepetit? Respected by his profession,but ignored by
the public, Alfred is about to win an award for his career in cinema.
A portrait of a living legend among film stars with Charlotte Rampling,Jean-Claude
Brialy and Roman Polanski.Berlin Festival,Golden Bear for Best Short Film
Dir:Jean Rousselot
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| J ’attendrai
le suivant / I ’ll Wait for the Next One 2004,5 mins |
" Ladies and Gentlemen,ever so sorry to bother you...Don ’t worry,I ’m
not here to beg for money... Let me introduce myself. My name ’s Antoine,I ’m
29...I recently read in a magazine that there are about 5 million single
women in France...Where are they? I ’m looking for a lady aged between
18 and 55 who ’s also had trouble meeting someone in a conventional
way and who wouldn ’t mind giving a honest relationship with someone
a shot “
Dir:Philippe Orreindy
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| Ligne de vie /
The Line of Life 2003,12 mins |
A harrowing tale of survival in a terminally grey, rain sodden concentration
camp where art threatens to bridge the gap between prisoner and guard
until one night they are taken by surprise...
Dir:Serge Avedikian
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| Millevaches /
(expérience) 2001,10 mins |
A 60-year-old man,faced with doubt and the experience of his strange metamorphosis,
panics in the middle of the Millevaches plains...
Dir:Pierre Vinou
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| Requiem(s) 2001,8
mins |
In an abandoned quarry, a hitman is forcing another man to dig his own
grave...With François Berléand, Daniel Rialet.
Dir:Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
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| Aujourd ’hui
Madame 2003,5 mins |
" My name is Christophe Toubart, I got married yesterday in my home town,and
I danced a lot with Isabelle Martin,my childhood friend. My
name is Christophe Toubard,yesterday,I got married..."A bitter-sweet
tale of romantic foibles.
With:Patrick Fontana,Fabyenne Llorens,Zoé Félix,Pierre Belot,Maryse
Feral.
Dir:César Vayssié
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| Nosferatu Tango
2002,13 mins |
A mosquito falls in love with a vampire. Forever looking for blood,love
and a whole new experience,he rushes off in pursuit of Count Nosferatu,diving
headlong into a weird and dangerous world.Fantastic animation.
Dir:Zoltan Horvath
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| We are winning,don ’t
forget 2003,6 mins |
A presentation of the workplace – a microcosm where we see the struggle
between the classes …
Winner of the Press Prize at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film
Festival.
Dir:Jean-Gabriel Periot
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