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Saarbrucken

The 15th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
in Berlin
Germany

January 21 - 22 , 2017

 
Acud Kino
 
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Competition International
Short Films
# 2
Saturday 21, January 2017 / 10 pm
ACUDkino
Berlin /
Germany

 

Topcoat
 
Topcoat


Inka Rusi

Finland
2016 | 0:08:30

The films opens with an elderly woman is in a taxi coming home from a party carrying a bouquet of flowers and a cake box. She begins to listen to a poem by William Blake. She arrives at her house, unaware that she is being watched by someone. The looker is a young man working on his inspiration. Gradually their two worlds begin to merge as the poem works as a bridge. He is working through his obsessions in his art as the woman is reflecting on life. She moves within the realms of the classical world and he as a young maker is working on reworking the classics. The elderly woman is displayed on his wall when she was young wearing the same dress and coat that she is wearing now. As the film unfolds the question about who is the inspiration and who is the muse becomes unclear .



 
 

 

Counterlight
 

Counterlight

GERMAN PREMIERE


Maya Zack

Israel
2016 | 0:23:30


A hypnotic journey into the depths of consciousness that follows the traces of poet Paul Celan An archivist listens to extracts from recordings by Celan and resurrects the past in a female alchemy.



 
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/172386697

 

Ferris Wheel
 
Ferris Wheel


Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

Thailand
2015 | 0:24:00


A stateless woman crosses the river between Thailand and Myanmar with her 5-year-old son to find a job in the city. On their journey, they meet a mysterious monkey mascot who takes them to an unexpected destination with a colourful ferris wheel.



 
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQObSOG2Ng

 

Schwarm
 

Schwarm

GERMAN PREMIERE


Eugen Meher

Germany
2016 | 0:12:00


12-year-old Leon would to anything to belong to a group of youngsters from his school. While seeking for attention, he gets into a conflict with the ruthless leader Ecke. He dares him to shoot a bird with an airgun to be accepted as a full member.



 

 

0068 Sniper's Nest
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0068 Sniper's Nest

BERLIN PREMIERE


Radu Barbulescu

Roumania
2015 | 0:19:00


A sniper is planted inside a top floor apartment to keep the area secured for the ongoing NATO Summit. He discovers the owner of the apartment lying in bed - a half paralyzed, old woman that never talks. Once Neluta, the caretaker, is gone, the two of them are left together in an awkward silence. Suddenly, the old lady makes the sniper an odd request that will change both of their lives.



 
Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/175684159

 

American Reflexxx
 
American Reflexxx


Ali Coates, Signe Pierce

USA
2014 | 0:14:00


A social experiment with performance artist Signe Pierce who walked the streets of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in a sexy tight dress and mask. Director Alli Coates and Pierce agreed not to communicate until the experiment was over, but never expected the terrible responses. A technicolour spectacle that elicits questions about gender stereotypes, mob mentality and violence in America.



 
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXn1xavynj8

 

January 21 - 22, 2017

An international jury overview the sections of short films coming from all over the world. The festival prefers film treating important subjects in an original way, films which don't avoid ambiguity and complexity, films, which are sometimes stay enigmatic, so that refection and mind are going on moving, exceptional films, which covers all kind of artistically expressions, films open for esthetical innovation, shortly films reflecting the perturbing strangeness of the modern world in a complex way.


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