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The 15th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
Lisbonne
23 November - 3 December, 2017
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Competition International Short Films
# 2 |
Thursday, November 30, 2017 / 5 pm
Ruadas Gaivotas 6
Lisbonne |
Ten to the minus forty three seconds |
10 puissance moins 43 secondes |
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Francis
France
2016 | 00:12:00
An Instant in the universe: a few seconds above in space, a few
minutes here below for a man, and how much for the plant staring at
him… Little by little, these three journeys overlap, fuse with one
another and plunge into the heart of matter.
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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If People Such as We Cease to Exist |
Kung Wala Nang Tulad Natin |
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Shiela Anne Mae Manacsa
Philippines
2016 | 00:17:00
The film tells the story of a grieving widow's attempt to find the
missing piece of her husband's remains.
* L'histoire d'une jeune veuve qui tente de retrouver le morceau qui
manque sur le cadavre de son
POR PRE
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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High Grounds |
Les Hauts-Pays |
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Jérémy van der Haegen
Belgium
2016 | 00:29:54
A recent medical school graduate, Emil Petrescu leaves Romania to take
over a retiring doctor’s medical practice in the Belgian countryside.
He moves to a house not far from an old mining pit, in a region
undergoing profound changes caused by a crumbling mining economy and
agricultural crises. During the winter, a meteorite disintegrates in
the sky, a phenomenon that will leave an old man mute. The young
doctor is called to his aid.
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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Fifo |
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Sacha Ferbus
Belgium
2017 | 00:12:45
First in first out (FIFO) is a shelving technique used in
supermarkets. Stephan must place the freshest products behind the
oldest ones. Products nearing their sell-by date must be destroyed.
When going to the bins in the basement, Stephan will have to face
those who could still benefit from them, but who are excluded by the
system. He will also have to confront who he was before getting a job.
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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Mother |
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Shin-ya Imaizumi
Japon
2017 | 00:18:34
A long distance from Tokyo, Okinawa is still part of Japan. Yumiko has
raised her daughter alone since her husband died. Ocean, their common
hang - out. They watches the sunrise each morning. A normal day
quietly begins.
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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One Hour Real |
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Miriam Grossing, Lina Sieckmann
Netherlands
2017 | 0:13:00
Coulisses and facades of a contemporary free-time phenomenon,
real-life escape games. In its unbiased observation, the film raises
questions of surveillance, roleplay, desire and imprisonment.
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PORTUGAL PREMIERE |
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November 23 - December 3, 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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