Welcom to #InShortFF Programme for 2015! InShort Film Festival is an international, intercultural & independent short film festival based in London. We are proud to present 86 films from 26 countries in 17 languages across 5 days in 3 amazing venues in London (Rich Mix, Canada Water Culture Space & 01Zero-One) as well as 2 international screenings in Gdansk, Poland & Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Our multi-national programme aims to break down the boundaries between cultures and ideologies, unifying diverse communities through the medium of film.
NOMADIC CINEMA // 89′ // (curators: Mark Joffe & Gati Gatuszewska) + NETWORKING
TUESDAY 1st September 2015 (InShortFF Opening Night) // 19.45 – 21.30 // Rich Mix, East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door
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A selection of bold, cinematic voyages, where travel companions will share their stories, and transport you on their many and varied journeys. See the world from different countries and perspectives.
1234 (animation / 2014 / Japan) En Route* (fiction / 2014 / USA) Sweat* (experimental / 2015 / Palestine) February* (fiction / 2014 / Netherlands) The Coin* (fiction / 2014 / Ecuador) Mascara* (fiction / 2014 / India) Call Me Cappy* (fiction / 2014 / USA) 97%* (fiction / 2013 / Netherlands) Boulevard 168* (fiction / 2014 / Dominican Republic)
* UK PREMIERRES
WORKSHOP: CREATING SUCCESSFUL FILM FESTIVAL EXPOSURE // 3h // (Dr Rebekah Smith, The Film Festival Doctor) + NETWORKING
WEDNESDAY 2nd September 2015 // 17.30 – 20.30 // 01Zero-One, Central London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door bit.ly/InShortFF15Workshop
An in-depth interactive workshop focused upon how to design, manage and create independently an effective film festival strategy. The workshop is open to filmmakers with completed or in-development short & feature films that are either fiction or non-fiction.
MEMORIES IN CONFLICT // 62′ // (curator: Celia Turley) + NETWORKING
THURSDAY 3rd September 2015 // 19.45 – 21.00 // Canada Water Culture Space, South-East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door bit.ly/InShortFF15Memories
Beneath the pomp and platitudes of commemoration, forgotten foot soldiers and inconsequential victims lie hidden, unacknowledged amongst the grand narratives of war. Spanning heady hallucinatory recollections, intimate eulogy and playful homage to a local hero, these 5 films redress the balance. From both celebrated artists and emerging new talent, we showcase stories which shine a light on the personal memories within the political drama of war.
Diary (experimental / 2010 / UK) That Day In September* (drama / 2014 / Lebanon) WTC Haikus (art video / 2001 / USA) A Bonus Chapter From Cooking History* (documentary / 2009 / Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia) Dear Hassan – Traces of The future (experimental / 2014 /France)
EMOTIONAL VOYAGE // 68′ // (Music, Experimental, Dance) (curators: Saskia Tempest-Radford & Dejonie Langellier)
FRIDAY 4th September 2015 // 16.30 – 17.30 // 01Zero-One, Central London
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A selection that examines the weird, wonderful and strange approaches to human emotion. Tested, is the model of ritual, relationships and mental health. Join an odyssey of exploration in experimental film-making, music, and dance videos.
Falling Like Fools* (music video / 2014 / USA) THE BOUDOIR* (music video / 2014 / Canada) Fåån (music video / 2014 / Sweden) KaraFISTIK* (music video / 2014 / USA) Man’s Paradox* (music video / 2015 / Belgium) The Line* (experimental / 2015 / Iran-Malaysia) Orpheus* (experimental / 2014 / Italy) SinfonicaMENTE* (experimental / 2014 / Italy) Ships in Distress in a Datamosh* (experimental / 2014 / Belgium) Disturbtion (experimental / 2015 / UK) Continuum* (experimental / 2014 / France) ARISING* (art video / 2013 / USA) Heather Duby’s One Canary, Two….* (music video / 2014 / USA) 20 meters of love in Montmartre (fiction / 2014 / France) Way Out (art video / 2014 / Italy) The shower at the end of the day* (music video / 2014 / Israel)
* UK PREMIERES
BRAZIL IN FOCUS // 63′ // (curators: Luciana Rossi and Daniel Gaggini)
FRIDAY 4th September 2015 // 18.10 – 19.15 // 01Zero-One, Central London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door bit.ly/InShortFF15BrazilInFocus
Programme straight from Sao Paulo in partnership with MUK, organisers of Cine Inclusao and many more film festivals in Brazil.
Children and adolescents form the most vulnerable age groups in Brazil. A social point from their perspective, in the poorest of communities. A selection of short films that cross genres, and boundaries.
Nego* (fiction / 2011) Meu Guri – Além Do Castigo* (documentary / 2014) A Rua É Pública* (fiction / 2013) Maldito Judim* (experimental / 2010) Samba E Silêncio* (fiction / 2015) Proibidão* (documentary / 2012)
*UK PREMIERES
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CINESTER // 60′ // (curator: Maciek Markowski) + Q&A with crew behind ONE NIGHT
FRIDAY 4th September 2015 // 19.30 – 20.30 // 01Zero-One, Central London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door bit.ly/InShortFF15Cinester
Evil, ominous and ultimately unlucky. When you find yourself in a wrong and terrifying situation. Welcome to the Cinester zone, a dark and twisted, sometimes terribly funny journey, to the other side of the human mind. Where evil lurks waiting to snap; dating has a darker side; and revenge mixes terror with error.
The Case of Evil* (fiction / 2014 / USA) A Private Man (fiction / 2014 / UK) Getting Ready for a Lunch Date* (fiction / 2014 / Canada) One Night* (fiction / 2014 / Spain) Sweet Sweet Clara* (fiction / 2015 / Germany)
*UK PREMIERES
FAMILY MATTERS // 66′ // (curator: Mark Joffe)
SATURDAY 5th September 2015 // 12.30 – 13.15 // Rich Mix, East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/inshort-film-festival-closing-night // BOX OFFICE 020 7613 7498
Happy families share a common bond; unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Love and hate are not a choice we consciously make, just as we cannot choose our children, siblings and parents. A selection of short films focussing on the drama and comedy found at home that we can all relate to.
Stuckey, Private First Class* (fiction / 2015 / USA) Mama, Please Forgive Me* (documentary / 2014 / USA) It Hit Upon The Roof* (fiction / 2012 / Iran) Painless* (fiction / 2015 / USA) Belly Flop* (fiction / 2015 / USA) Theatre* (fiction / 2015 / Spain)
*UK PREMIERES
JOB TITLES // 60′ // (curators: Gati Gatuszewska & Mark Joffe)
SATURDAY 5th September 2015 // 13.45 – 14.50 // Rich Mix, East London
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Appointments and interviews, CV’s and covering letters. Whether you loath or enjoy the process, finding and keeping a job is part of life. A selection of films from around the world about employment and unemployment.
JOB. (fiction / 2014 / UK) Mirror #1 (art video / 2014 / UK) Our Market* (documentary / 2015 / Korea) Office Kingdom* (animation / 2013 / Italy) The Mute Call* (expe rimental / 2015 / India) The day of the bleeding gums (animation / 2014 / Bulgaria) Sorej* (fiction / 2014 / Bahrain) Kid from Gamboa* (fiction / 2014 / Brazil) The shower at the end of the day* (music video / 2014 / Israel)
*UK PREMIERES
IRAN IN FOCUS // 60′ //(curators: Mark Joffe & Anna Mazurkiewicz)
SATURDAY 5th September 2015 // 15.20 – 16.30 // Rich Mix, East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/inshort-film-festival-closing-night // BOX OFFICE 020 7613 7498
Sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, just like a pomegranate. We are proud to present an excellent selection of Iranian short films. The subjects are as contrasted as the choice of media. Animation and film comprise this selection, from the third most prolific country to submit for InShortFF ’15.
My Sardasht* (animation / 2014 / Iran) Play Date* (animation / 2014 / Iran) Redpoint* (animation / 2013 / Iran) Pomegranate Is The Fruit Of Paradise* (fiction / 2014 / Iran) B+ * (fiction / 2014 / Iran) Cut* (fiction / 2014 / Iran) On The Path* (fiction / 2014 / Iran)
*UK PREMIERES
IN THE MIX // 82’// (curators: Gati Gatuszewska & Mark Joffe)
SATURDAY 5th September 2015 // 17.00 – 18.30 // Rich Mix, East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/inshort-film-festival-closing-night // BOX OFFICE 020 7613 7498
Imagine making a selection of films from eight different countries around the world. You have chosen them for their cinematic story telling, but they share no other common bond. This is an exciting programme of global-cinema, not to be missed.
El Bostan El Saeed Street* (fiction / 2014 / Egypt) La Botanique des Amours* (animation / 2014 / Belgium) Damn Girl (fiction / 2013 / Denmark) Lose It* (animation / 2014 / Singapore) The Barber’s Cut (fiction / 2015 / UK) The Real Truth Behind the Real True Story: Donnie Miller* (mocumentary / 2014 / USA) Dead Hearts (fiction / 2014 / Canada)
* UK PREMIERRES
THE BEST OF INSHORTFF // 84’// (curators: Mark Joffe & Silvio Barca) + PUBLIC AWARD + TROPICAL AFTERPARTY
SATURDAY 5th September 2015 // 20.00 – 00.30 // Rich Mix, East London
TICKETS: £5 in advance / £7 on the door
www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/inshort-film-festival-closing-night // BOX OFFICE 020 7613 7498
InShortFF is about inclusion and diversity, our finalists have a multi-national collaboration within the cast/crew. With over 1000 submissions, from almost 100 countries, across all continents, selecting the 10 best films was no easy task. We’ve watched every film to narrow the choice for our panel of international judges. InShortFF are very proud to present that final selection.
Mediation* (fiction / 2014 // USA ) Somewhere Down The Line (animation / 2014 / Ireland) My Ride (documentary / 2014 / UK) Nu-life* (experimental / 2015 / USA) Vertiginous Hole (music video / 2014 / Belgium) James (periodic drama / 2014 / UK) Good Hands* (fiction / 2014 / Argentina) 09:55-11:05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4b* (fiction / 2014 / Sweden) All In The Value (music-dance video / 2014 / UK) Grown Ups (fiction / 2014 / Spain)
* UK PREMIERRES
All shorts selected for The Best of InShortFF were made by international cast and crew from the following countries: USA, Spain, Italy, Norway, Japan, France, Ireland, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Danmark, UK, Germany, Korea, Romania, Finland, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Sweden, Former Yugoslavia, North America, Peru
All shorts selected for The Best of InShortFF will go on tour this year; from London, UK to Gdansk, Poland, and then to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Best of InShortFF ticket holders are allegeable to enter the afterparty.
IN POLAND – THE BEST OF INSHORTFF // 84′// (curators: Mark Joffe & Silvio Barca) + SPECIAL PROGRAMME // 70′ // (curator: Jacek Wachulewicz)
FRIDAY 4th September 2015 // 19:00 – 22:10 //
SUNDAY 6th September 2015 // 19:00 – 20:45 //
KinoPort, The LAZNIA – Centre for Contemporary Art (Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia 2)
GDANSK, POLAND
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