These shorts stand tall. An international sampler of our favourite short films on glorious 35mm.
Films
All in All (Alt I alt)
Torbjørn Skårild | Norway | 2003 | 4 mins
Caught in a world of rhythm, repetition and CCTV, a diver prepares to take the plunge.
Birthday (Syntymäpäivä)
Kari Juusonen | Finland | 2004 | 15 mins
A technical malfunction at the abattoir results in a battle of wills between a man and a cow.
Little Man
Martin Brierley | South Africa/UK | 2004 | 10 mins
Simeon is 13, a silent loner growing up in poverty in redneck South Africa. When he’s caught peeping at Marianna all hell breaks loose.
Peptalk
Andrea Östberg | Sweden | 2004 | 3 mins
A life-affirming peptalk.
Floating
Mark Walker | UK | 2004 | 18 mins
Jonathan’s marriage to Grace is easy. One night, working late in his office, he meets Mitsy, a cleaning woman. Intriguing though she is, Mitsy confronts Jonathan with a truth he would rather not acknowledge.
Shortage of Space (Plassmangel)
Geir Henning Hopland | Norway | 2003 | 6 mins
Can you imagine an episode of The Green Wing directed by Jacques Tati and scripted by Kafka? Well…
Cut
Royston Tan | Singapore | 2004 | 13 mins
The latest short from enfant terrible Tan is a musical extravaganza about Singapore’s repressive censorship system complete with dance routines, chorus lines and an homage to Abba.