EFA SHORT FILM NOMINEES - PRIX UIP WINNERS ON TOUR

Sa, November 11 12:15 pm CinemaxX 3
Su, November 12 1:15 pm CinemaxX 2


The short film is a genre allowing creative experiments and provocation, inviting playful use of stylistic elements and often offering the first stepping stone in a young filmmaker’s career. Both the European Film Academy (EFA) and the European Coordination of Film Festivals (ECFF) are supporting the short film as a genre through which a new generation of filmmakers develops and finds its way into the future of European cinema.

The Prix UIP is an initiative by the distributor United International Pictures (UIP) and the European Film Academy in co-operation with twelve festivals throughout Europe. At each of these film festivals, EFA and UIP present a Prix UIP which includes a donation of 2,000 Euro and an automatic nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. Out of the twelve nominated films, the EFA members (currently 1,600 European film professionals) select the winner of the European Film Academy Short Film – Prix UIP, an award which is endowed with 10,000 Euro.

Bringing their efforts together, ECFF and EFA/UIP present "Short Matters! European Film Academy Short Film Nominees - Prix UIP Winners on Tour". This programme features the films nominated for the European Film Academy Short Film Award 2005 – Prix UIP. The filmfest will present a selection of this programme.




Undressing my mother
Director: Ken Wardrop, IRL 2004, 5 min, colour, OV, Prix UIP Tampere



A woman reveals her aging body and a self assured approach to life.




Randevú
Director: Ferenc Cakó, H 2004, 7 min, 35 mm, colour, without dialogue, Prix UIP Valladolid



Our hero is going to have a date, so, like all of us, he is very excited...




Rain is falling
Director: Holger Ernst, D 2004, 15 min, 35 mm, colour, ES, Prix UIP Valladolid



"Rain is falling" makes a connection, takes a look into a foreign world and encourages a dialogue between the worlds of strangers.




Paycheck (Prva Plata)
Director: Alen Drljevic, BIH 2005, 13 min, 35 mm, colour, ES, Prix UIP Sarajewo



Bosnia and Herzegovina, eight years after the war. An illegal bet shop has been organised – people bet on riding a motorbike through the minefield - Russian roulette, Bosnian way. In a country where the majority of people live below the poverty line, it is really easy to find "a death driver".




Little Terrorist
Director: Ashvin Kumar, GB 2004, 15 min, 35 mm, colour, ES, Prix UIP Ghent



Jamal, a 10 year old Muslim Pakistani mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan, finding an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola.




Hoi Maya
Director: Claudia Lorenz, CH 2004, 12 min, 35 mm, colour, OV, Prix UIP Berlin



After decades, two old ladies run into each other at the hairdresser‘s. Even after so many years, the recognition is instant.




Butterflies
Director: Max Jacoby, L 2005, 12 min, 35 mm, bw, ES, Prix UIP Venezia



A man gets interrogated by the police about the drowning of a little girl that he claims he witnessed.




Bawke
Director: Hisham Zaman, N 2005, 15 min, 35 mm, colour, ES, Prix UIP Grimstad



They have been on the run for a long time, a man and his very young son. When they reach their destination, they realise they are still in trouble.




Autobiographical Scene Number 6882
Director: Ruben Östlund, S 2005, 9 min, 35 mm, colour, ES, Prix UIP Edinburgh



A 30-year old man is celebrating Midsummer’s Eve. He makes his friends come and watch as he is going to jump into the sea from a very high bridge.




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