Short films R-Z

Rosalie und Bruno
Director: Katharina Nobis, D 2005, 23 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
We, November 8 5:30 pm City-Filmpalast
Fr, November 10 8:00 pm City-Filmpalast



After Bruno is kidnapped at gunpoint by Rosalie, a break-in at an undertaker’s, the robbery of a coffin and the drive to the crematorium ensue...




Security
Director: ALars Henning, D 2006, 13:30 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Fr, November 10 1:00 pm CinemaxX 3
Su, November 12 8:15 pm CinemaxX 3



Lonely Becker is a security guard at a DIY store. One day the thief Marina walks into his life and places him before a difficult decision.




Silence is golden
Director: Chris Shepherd, F/GB 2006, 14:30 min, 35 mm, colour, OV
We, November 8 10:15 pm CinemaxX 2
Fr, November 10 8:00 pm CinemaxX 1



Billy’s neighbour is crazy and always hits his head on the wall. Exactly what he does remains secret, letting Billy imagine the liveliest of things.




The Cleaner
Director: Dustin Rees, CH 2006, 3 min, 35 mm, colour, without dialogue
Th, November 9 5:45 pm CinemaxX 1
Sa, November 11 8:15 pm CinemaxX 2



The Cleaner goes about his work cleaning this and that. Meanwhile we follow the highs and lows of a relationship – which he wordlessly presents to us.




The Island (L'isle)
Director: Chiara Malta, F 2005, 8:50 min, 35 mm, colour, bw, without dialogue
We, November 8 5:30 pm CinemaxX 1
Fr, November 10 8:00 pm CinemaxX 3



A man is creating an animation film while a camera watches him. Over and again the line between fiction and reality blurs...




The Lake - The Beach
Director: Matthieu Salmon, F 2006, 17 min, BetaSP, colour, ES
Sa, November 11 11:00 am CinemaxX 2
Su, November 12 11:00 am CinemaxX 2



Everything begins harmlessly. Two girls, two boys, having a picnic on the beach. Resulting in an unexpected end at the sea.




The Procession
Director: Sjaak Meilink, NL 2005, 3 min, 35 mm, colour, without dialogue
Th, November 9 10:00 pm CinemaxX 1
Sa, November 11 5:45 pm CinemaxX 2



As a funeral procession moves through a town, a boy enters the house of the dead old man and we are offered a fleeting look at his last, lonely day.




The suicide of a ventriloquist (Le suicide du ventriloque)
Director: Samuel Hercule, F 2005, 18 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
We, November 8 10:30 pm CinemaxX 1
Fr, November 10 7:30 pm CinemaxX 2



Didier discovers that as last descendant of Marpot he must learn the family trade of ventriloquism and soon becomes a successful and loved star.




Wackled (Traqueteo)
Director: Vanesa Viarás, E 2005, 8:33 min, 35 mm, colour, ES
Fr, November 2:45 pm CinemaxX 2
Sa, November 11 11:30 am CinemaxX 3
Su, November 12 8:00 pm City-Filmpalast



A man on a train journey. Annoying fellow-passengers and his state of anxiety, turn the carriage into a horror-chamber. But the journey has an end.




Way of the flounder
Director: Johannes Stjärne Nilson/Ola Simonssen, S 2005, 10 min, 35 mm, colour, without dialogue
Th, November 9 7:45 pm CinemaxX 1
Sa, November 11 10:15 pm CinemaxX 2



A flounder lives in the North Sea. One day it gets caught in a net and lands on a trawler. It dies. But the journey has only just begun for its body...




Who I am and what I want
Director: Chris Shepherd/David Shrigle, GB 2005, 7:30 min, 35 mm, bw, OV
We, November 8 3:15 pm CinemaxX 1
Su, November 12 8:00 pm CinemaxX 1



A wood gnome soliloquises about his life, views and aims, thereby remaining always agreeably real. Fake-autobiography based on a book by David Shrigley.




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