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The 15th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
in Berlin
Germany
January 21 - 22 , 2017
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Competition International
Short Films
# 2 |
Saturday 21, January 2017 / 10 pm
ACUDkino
Berlin / Germany
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Topcoat |
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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 .
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Counterlight |
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GERMAN PREMIERE
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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.
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Ferris Wheel |
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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.
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Schwarm |
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GERMAN PREMIERE
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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.
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0068 Sniper's Nest |
Dispozitiv 0068 |
BERLIN PREMIERE
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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.
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American Reflexxx |
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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.
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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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