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Le 16e Festival International
Signes de Nuit
Paris
4 - 14 octobre, 2018
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Competition International Short Films
# 1 |
Thursday 4, october 2018 / 8 pm
Maison du Mexique
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris |
Fait divers |
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
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Léon Yersin
Switzerland
2018 | 00:17:00
It is barely dawn when Gregor is woken up by the sound of the police
knocking on his door. They need to use his balcony to access the
apartment of his neighbor, whom no one has heard from for almost two
years. The discovery of a rotting corpse will haunt Gregor for an
entire day, which will prove crucial for the next stage of his life.
Once night falls, it will no longer be possible to go back.
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A Foreman |
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FRENCH PREMIERE
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Daniel Drummond
USA
2017 | 00:17:00
When an inspector from the Department of Labor shows up at her
doorstep, a foreman at a machine shop must keep the business running
while protecting her workers’ interests. But she soon realizes she may
not be able to do both.
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End of Season |
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PARIS PREMIERE
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Zhannat Alshanova
Great Britain
2018 | 00:23:00
At the end of summer, Rosa arrives at her husband’s resort – a small
hotel in the vast dry steppe, to check on staff and collect the
accounts. An unexpected encounter interrupts the routine of her stay
and awakens long gone passion for swimming.
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All These Creatures |
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Charles Wiliams
Australia
2018 | 00:13:00
An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious
infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures
inside us all.
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Hector's Nightfall |
Los Tiempos de Hector |
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Ariel Gutiérrez
Mexico
2018 | 00:29:00
Hector is a lonely man who assists suicides in Mexico City. Monica is
a young woman who longs for death. Their encounter will unleash
unsuspected consequences for both.
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4 - 14 october 2018
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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