SHORT FILM SCREENING
Various Directors - 2011-2012

 

In French with English subtitles.

Program selected in collaboration with Unifrance and with the help of Stéphanie Vasseur in Paris.

Proteigon

Ceux d'en haut

Split time

le cri du homard

Time 2 Split

Avant que de tout perdre

 

 

 

Directors: Various artists

95 min

Not Rated

Followed by Q&A with director Nicolas Guiot.

 

Saturday 23
10:30am

One screening only.

Preceded at 10am by a Petit Déjeuner (French Breakfast) with director Nicolas Guiot. In the lobby of the Crest Theatre.

Breakfast is FREE with Short Film Screening admission!

Proteigon by Steven Briand, 2011 / prod Midi Minuit - 1'30" - Experimental
Paper cubes come to life thanks to the magic of stop motion animation.

Ceux d'en haut (The Inn) by Izu Troin, 2012 / Prod: Folimage Studio - 25' - Animation
A haunting film based on Guy de Maupassant's short story, L'Auberge (The Inn). 1862. A high altitude inn at the foot of a glacier in the Swiss Alps. Each winter, the snow isolates the inn, rendering it totally inaccessible for several months.

Split Time de Fabrice Bracq, 2012 - 3'16"
A man and a woman. Their paths cross everyday but they don't realize that they are made for each other...

Le Cri du Homard (The Lobster's Cry) by Nicolas Guiot, 2012 - 30'
Director Nicolas Guiot will attend.

Natalia, a six-year-old Russian girl who now lives in France with her parents is waiting impatiently for her beloved brother to return from the war in Chechnya. When he finally arrives, she hardly recognizes him.
Awards: Cesar for Best Short Film 2013 - Magritte for Best Short Film 2013 - Festival Tous Courts Aix en Provence 2012 - Festival Europeen du Film court de Brest 2012 - Brussels Short Film Festival 2012.

Time 2 Split by Fabrice Bracq, 2012 - 4'38"
A couple with a young child decide to live their lives separately...

Avant que de tout perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) by Xavier Legrand, 2012 / Prod: KG Productions - 30'
A suspenseful film about a woman and her two children trying to run away from her violent husband, with the help of her co-workers... One of the most talked about French short films of the year. Starring Léa Drucker, Denis Menochet (also starring in In The House playing this year at the SFFF) and Anne Benoît (also starring in Louise Wimmer playing this year at the SFFF).
Awards: Brussels Short Film Festival 2013 - COLCOA 2013 - Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2013 - Prix Unifrance du Court Métrage 2013.

Saturday June 23 - 10:30am
One screening only.

Followed by Q&A with director Nicolas Guiot.

Preceded by a Petit Déjeuner (French Breakfast) with director Nicolas Guiot.
10am in the lobby of the Crest Theatre.
FREE with Short Film Screening admission!