InShortFF 2019’s programme screens 28 short films from 15 different countries showcasing the innovation, skill and bold voices of global filmmaking teams, we hope to inspire and engage an equally global audience in the most diverse city in the world, by celebrating films that are independent, inclusive and international.
InShortFF 2019 OPENING GALA – OUT IN THE WILD // 128’ with interval //
WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER @ Canada Water Theatre (21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR)
Box office: 19.00 // Part One: 19.30 // Interval: 20.20 // Part Two: 20.40 // Post Show Drinks: 22.00
SINGLE DAY ENTRY: £7 in Advance // £10 on the door
FESTIVAL PASS: £10 in advance // £15 on the door
*Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the screening to collect your tickets – there are no trailers / All films are accompanied by English subtitles. The venue is fully step-free. Please inform us if you need any access assistance.
When night falls, not everyone is asleep. Who’s up, who dances in the glory of the city lights, and what’s hiding in the shadows? When darkness comes, is there anywhere we can escape if we have to hide from the reality? Expect unexpected, that’s the theme for the first part of the programme. In the second half, we will teleport you into the wild, where, surrounded by nature you can finally relax and take a break from your everyday problems. Or is that too good to be true?
PART I
HALAYLA (TONIGHT) by Emily Shir Segal // 14′ // Narrative // Israel // 2018 // First-time Filmmaker // Student Project // FFF-Rating // LGBTQ+ // London Premiere
Meeting your partner’s best mates can be unsettling. As the evening unfolds, Tom discovers a different side of herself, her girlfriend, and their relationship.
SWEET NIGHT by Lia Bertels // 14′ // Animation // Belgium // 2018 // F-Rating
During a beautiful winter night in the Himalayas, one bear finds it difficult to fall asleep.
SOMEONE ELSE – THE STORY OF TITUS GANDY by Alexandre Degardin // 14′ // Documentary // France, USA, UK // 2019 //
Have you ever wished to become someone else? When he came to New-York, Titus Gandy chose to follow Robert Burck and become the first “Naked Black Cowboy” of Times Square.
THIRSTY EYES – 838 by Ioan Gavriel // 6′ // Experimental Music Video // 2018 // Austria, Poland //
Triggered by a sudden encounter on a lonely road, the protagonist’s grasp of reality starts to fall apart — at a fast pace.
SPORTS DAY by Lin Tu // 11′ // Dark-Drama // 2018 // China // First-time Filmmaker // F-Rating
A teenage girl is confronted with her inner demon when forced to lose her virginity on school’s sports day.
THE CABINET by Thomas Nelstrop // 3′ // Comedy // 2018 // UK // First-time Filmmaker
What happens when the bathroom cabinet you just bought reveals an unearthly fault.
PART II
BTY by Curtis Essel // 7′ // Experimental Music Video // 2018 // UK //
Some things are just better than yesterday.
HEAT WAVE by Fokion Xenos // 7′ // Stop-motion Animation // 2019 // UK, Greece, USA, Norway, Peru // Student Project
In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down! A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid technique between cut out, clay-animation and thousands of replacements pieces.
JAULA by David Oeo // 12′ // Drama // 2018 // Spain // F-rating*
Sometimes, everyday moments can turn into nightmares.
CIRCUIT by Delia Hess // 9′ // Watercolour Animation // 2018 // Switzerland, Germany // First-time Filmmaker // FF-rating*
On a small planet, caught up in their own little private universe, the inhabitants perform their poetically surreal actions, which repeat themselves in an endless loop.
GOLDFISH by Yorgos Angelopoulos // 14′ // Narrative // 2018 // Greece // First-time Filmmaker
A young boy thinks his new goldfish is gay, much to the horror of his conservative father.
SKÓGAFOSS by Niels Bourgonje // 10′ // Narrative // 2018 // Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland //
While on vacation with his girlfriend, Gijs receives a phone call from his mother, that reveals her troubled mental state and their complex relationship.
YOU ARE VENICE by Sergio Marquez // 7′ // Experimental // 2018 // UK // First-time Filmmaker
An essay film composed of tourists’ YouTube footage is taking the plight of Venice as a metaphor, exploring humanity’s dangerous fascination with destruction.
* We’ve included an F-Rating scale (F/FF/FFF), for films directed by women and/or written by women and/or have significant women on screen. 12 out of 28 films in our programme fall under a category of F-Rated shorts. We are also very proud to promote 10 First-Time-Filmmakers and 7 Student Projects.
InShortFF 2019 CLOSING GALA – YOU ARE BEING WATCHED // 120’ with interval //
THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER @ Canada Water Theatre (21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR)
Box office: 19.00 // Part One: 19.30 // Interval: 20.20 // Part Two: 20.40 // Post Show Drinks: 22.00
SINGLE DAY ENTRY: £7 in Advance // £10 on the door
FESTIVAL PASS: £10 in advance // £15 on the door
*Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the screening to collect your tickets – there are no trailers / All films are accompanied by English subtitles. The venue is fully step-free. Please inform us if you need any access assistance.
Are we always on our best behaviour when we know we are being watched? Every day we make decisions on how much of our true selves we want other people to see, desperately trying to keep our anxieties and traumas under our skin. Regardless of who is watching us, our audience, government or the higher power, this programme calls out to look out for each other. In times when there’s a rise of hate, division and invasion of our privacy, we can stand together joined by empathy and love, becoming a better friend and a better human. Respecting what makes us different and embracing what unites us.
PART I
EVERY GRAIN OF RICE by Carol Nguyen // 6′ // Narrative // 2018 // Canada, Vietnam // FF-rating // Student Project
They say it takes three generations for a culture to assimilate… What happens next? An exploration of cultural identity through food and recipes.
A STRANGE TRIAL by Marcel Barelli // 10′ // Animation – Documentary // 2018 // Switzerland
”I have always wanted to make a film about hunting…I mean… against hunting! But that’s not so easy when you come from a family of hunters… my thoughts are intermingled with my memories.”
LIRIDONA by Thilo Gundelach // 8′ // Narrative // 2018 // Germany, Albania // Student Project
It’s Liridona’s wedding day. Pregnant, she finds herself married to a complete stranger. As her mother coerces her through the rituals of the ceremony, the young bride struggles to submit to the expectations placed on her.
UNDER THE SKIN by María Sanz Matín // 3′ // Experimental – Documentary // 2018 // Spain, France, Argentina // FF-rating // First-time Filmmaker // Student Project
A poetic essay that breaks the stigma of self-harm, anxiety, anguish, despair, loneliness. By giving voice to those who usually are silent and invisible, this film brings awareness through powerful images.
MAID OF STARS by Gareth George & Darren Jeffries // 14′ // Narrative // 2019 // UK, Iran-Italy, Spain, Malaysia, India //
Tarot reader Iris Moon has provided reassurance and comfort to people in need her entire life. Now due to personal circumstances, she finds herself searching for someone that might provide a small ounce of happiness to her own troubled times.
HOW FATHER LAWRENCE BRIEFLY CONSIDERED A CAREER IN LANDSCAPING by Nathan Raine // 4′ // Comedy // 2018 // Canada // First-time Filmmaker
An ageing priest questions God about His eternal silence.
2nd CLASS by Jimmy Olsson // 14′ // Narrative //
Charlotte has got a new job as a second-grade teacher. One night she is attacked by a nazi and is severely injured. When she returned to school she has a chance to inspire the young generation by talking about tolerance, love and truth.
PART II
LOVE ME, FEAR ME by Veronica Solomon // 6′ // Clay Animation // 2018 // Germany, Romania, Columbia, Hungary // FF-rating // Student Project
A dance metaphor about the roles we play and the shapes we take, about the stages we chose, the audience we try to impress and the price we pay for wanting to be accepted.
THE NEED TO BE ALONE by Tom Fisher & Catherine Prowse // 4′ // Puppet Animation // 2018 // UK // F-rating
A film about an introvert and how his time alone makes him a better friend. In collaboration with Alain de Botton for The School of Life.
PATER FAMILIAS by Giacomo Boeri // 10′ // Dark Comedy // 2018 // Italy // F-rating
Augusto, a fifty years old family man, while pretending to be his son, gets caught up in a virtual chat with a teenage girl. How long can this game last?
SWEET LIKE SUGAR by Yun Ru Chin // 12′ // Documentary // 2019 // Singapore // FF-rating // First-time Filmmaker // Student Project
Sugar dating platforms are growing and gaining more traction with Singaporeans, as society views it as glorified prostitution, where girls provide sexual favours in exchange for a glamorous life. But is this just an illusion?
THE INTERNET by Jelle Pothoven // 7′ // Comedy // 2018 // Netherlands // First-time Filmmaker
It’s 1994. Bo infiltrates The Internet to retrieve a personal photograph.
WAR FOR KEYBOARD WARRIORS by Lam Can-zhao // 3′ // Animation // 2019 // China // London Premiere
The keyboard allows the keyboard warriors to manifest their true fight-mode in a safe and removed environment, with no real-life repercussions.
HAPPY NEW YEAR by Brandon Grötzinger & Wander Theunis // 9′ // Narrative // 2018 // Netherlands, Greece, Belgium, Guatemala-Mexico // F-rating // London Premiere
On the last day of the year, a dispirited work-at-home phone interpreter has her moribund life turned upside down when she answers an unexpected emergency call.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE HUNGOVER by Viktor Hertz // 10′ // Comedy // 2018 // Sweden
A man wakes up at a clinic specialized in malignant hangovers. The doctor prescribes 600 ml of ice cream and two action comedies but also shares some news, which doesn’t make him feel any better…
* We’ve included an F-Rating scale (F/FF/FFF), for films directed by women and/or written by women and/or have significant women on screen. 12 out of 28 films in our programme fall under a category of F-Rated shorts. We are also very proud to promote 10 First-Time-Filmmakers and 7 Student Projects.
* poster design by SuperSized Studio
* artwork by PANG
* trailer soundtrack by Gizmo Varillas
VENUE INFORMATION:
CANADA WATER THEATRE – SOUTH EAST LONDON, ENGLAND
ADDRESS:
Canada Water Theatre (within the Canada Water Library)
21 Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 7AR
CWT is situated directly above the Canada Water station.
Tube: Canada Water (Jubilee line or Overground )
Bus: 1, 47, 188, 199, 225, 381, C10 and P12.
ACCESS: Step-free access throughout the venue, induction loops and accessible toilets available
Canada Water Theatre is a part of an innovative partnership with Southwark Council. A 150-seat Culture Space is managed and programmed by the Albany, South East London’s leading performing arts venue. The Albany has a reputation for visionary programming that reflects the cultural diversity and creative mix of the area.
