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SHORT FILMS CLERMONT-FERRAND 2013
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Special edition Clermont-Ferrand Int'l Short Film Festival 2013
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short filmsclermont-ferrand 2013
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Perfect drUGMisha, Yumiko and Chinatsu are sitting in a parked car in front of a strange motel.In the backseat they have a huge amount of test tubes filled with different substances. It’s clear that their attempted burglary didn’t go as planned… While Yumiko tries to calm down their Albanian boss Hasan on the phone, Misha can’t resist it any longer. He opens up a test tube and drinks it to the drop, causing some extraordinary effects...
director Toon Aertsrunning time 13’ 33” | year 2012
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deatH of a SHadowdirector Tom Van Avermaetrunning time 20’ 18” | year 2012
producer Serendipity [email protected]
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Stuck in a limbo between life and death, Nathan Rijckx, a deceased World War I soldier, has to collect shadows to regain a second chance at life and love. With two shadows left to collect, he discovers something that shakes his world completely.
academY award® nomIneeBEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
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Marc James Roelsrunning time 16’ 42” | year 2011
producer Beast [email protected]
sales Autour de [email protected]
Fifty-something Willy returns to the naturist community where he has spend his youth to visit his dying mother. When she dies shortly after he arrives, Willy is confronted with the choices he made in his life. In confused sadness he flees away into the forest. After a rough start he finds the motherly protection of a big gentle hairy beast.
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roSa, anna’S lIl’ SISRosa is nine years old and admires her gifted sister Anna every bit as much as she feels incredibly jealous of her. She also envies her little sister, Helena, for the moments she shares with Anna and often feels like an outsider when she plays with them, which in turn makes her feel like withdrawing into her own little world.
director Janet van den Brandrunning time 23’ 32” | year 2012
producer Sint-Lukas Art [email protected]@hotmail.com
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BaGHdad meSSIdirector Sahim Omar Kalifa
running time 17’ | year 2012
producer a team [email protected]
Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Just as the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona-Manchester United. The long awaited clash between Messi and Ronaldo. But then Hamoudi’s television breaks down...
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croSSroadSdirector Wouter Bouvijnrunning time 26’ | year 2012
producer RITS School of [email protected]@telenet.be
Maxime is faced with an uncertain future when his father dies from a genetic disease. He must choose: a genetic test or a leap into the unknown.
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A man struggles to escape from an extremely dysfunctional relationship with his wife. While preparing dinner for his spouse, the man contemplates his current predicament and comes to question his sanity.
director Benoit De Clerckrunning time 13’ 10”
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contact Benoit De [email protected]
tHe ImPortance of Sweet and Salt
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loSt In SUBarUdirector Philip James McGoldrickrunning time 20’year 2012
producer Ben [email protected]
Michal joins his brother Lukasz in his Subaru Impreza; they drive their handicapped third brother Krolik to an illegal racing event in the suburbs of Warsaw. Michal, who hasn’t seen his brothers in a long time, observes Krolik, who has Down syndrome, and his obsessions with guns during their trip to the airport where the racing event takes place.
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mont Blancdirector Gilles Coulier
running time 15’ | year 2012
producer [email protected]
A father undertakes a last trip to the mountains with his son. Searching for the Mont Blanc and for each other.
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director Timothy Wennekesrunning time 14’ 35” | year 2012
contact Timothy [email protected]
Thomas, a 16 year old boy, is trying to find his way within the community of Jehovah’s witnesses he is raised in. He finds himself in the middle of his disfellowshipped brother and his younger brother who is just about to get baptized. Will he follow the path of his elder brother or will he set the right example for his younger brother?
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Ali Toumi, born Algerian, has just escaped from a Belgian prison. Buying a new identity he hopes to make a fresh start and provide his son and himself with a normal integrated life. But an encounter with an old acquaintance makes Ali relapse into old habits.
director Jonas Baeckelandrunning time 16’ | year 2012
producer Sieber Marly [email protected]
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director Cecilia Verheydenrunning time 27’ | year 2012
producer Rococo [email protected]
Teenage girl Robyn is desperate about joining her older brothers on parties, but they don’t want her around. When their parents leave for a business trip, Robyns little brother manages to realize what she has never been able to. She totally loses control.
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SKUnKThe brutal bully Olli snaps at everybody who comes near. When his terminal mother organizes a party for his 16th birthday, he desperately needs to find friends in order to avoid her disappointment.
director Raf Roosens, Jan Roosensrunning time 18’ | year 2012
producer Rococo [email protected]
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tSJernoBYl HeartSdirector Emilie Verhammerunning time 21’ | year 2012
producer Minds [email protected]
Two teenagers, Jules and Adrien, decide to revisit the house they used to live in but only to find their past in an unrecognizable state. They meet the current owners of the house who let them look around. The film is a chain of action versus reaction. Will their childlike innocence be scarred by manipulation and their shared memories?
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director Pieter Dumoulinrunning time 26’ | year 2012
contact Pieter [email protected]
Helena and her brother, both in their twenties, are with their mother in the city where they always spend their summers. But the peace and happiness that the holidays are supposed to bring on, has changed suddenly. Their mother is severely ill. The pressure of a possible death weighs heavily on Helena and she turns away.
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alSo aVaIlaBleearlY BIrdS | 21’ | Jeroen Bogaert | [email protected], a 12-year-old rebellious girl has a secret crush on her neighbour.
corPS PerdU | 16’ | Lukas Dhondt | [email protected] young ballet dancer is in a foreign country to take part in a dance competition. Then he meets a stranger on the run.
do YoU Know wHat loVe IS | 20’ | Leni Huyghe | [email protected]. Four young people in four different apartments. Are they waiting for something? Are they waiting for love?
fUcKInG SUBUrBIa | 30’ | Jeff Otte | [email protected], a 32-year-old man, is asked to take care of his 16-year-old brother Jannes with whom he has nothing in common.
KISS me SoftlY | 15’ | Anthony Schatteman | [email protected] Jasper lives in a very grey, small town. In his family, he cannot be himself. Jasper searches a way to handle this.
nIGredo | 23’ | Michael Van Ostade | [email protected], a housewife, is in complete denial after the death of her only son. She keeps getting confronted by external forces.
nIGHtfall | 22’ | Niels Sabbe | [email protected] group of teenage friends tries to reunite by having a barbecue, one year after the loss of their friend.
UntIl It HItS YoU | 19’ | Jan Van Dyck | [email protected] young couple looses their son in a vast wood.
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We all use our garages for various things, except to park our car in it. The garage door is a gateway to a collection of stories of these hidden spaces and their owners. 30m³ is a silent documentary on garage boxes.
Two years ago, filmmaker Sofie Peeters moved to Brussels. She was faced with a very frustrating phenomenon. On a daily basis, she was treated with disregard by strange men in the streets: cheap attempts to flirt, sexist roaring, intimidating persecutions,… Sofie decided to make a documentary about this.
Johannes Vleugels loved the sea, being the captain of a cargo ship that sailed the whole wide world. But a mysterious event in Africa during the seventies would change his life forever. Back home, the seaman refused to speak about it, leaving his loved ones with ever haunting questions since then.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres in circumference, as deep as 175 metres beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The film takes a tour of the countryside under which the LHC ring is laid, in order to gain perspectives from those who inhabit the local surroundings.
director Jeroen Broeckx running time 18’ | year 2012
producer RITS School of [email protected]
director Sofie Peeters running time 25’ | year 2012
producer Lionheart Productions [email protected]
director Mathijs Vleugelsrunning time 30’ 41” | year 2012
producer RITS School of [email protected]
director Bram Conjaerts running time tbc | year 2013
producer a team [email protected]
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HALF DAY TOUR SOWETO
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Soweto is known worldwide as the hotbed of resistance against the former apartheid regime in South Africa. In recent years, the township has become a popular tourist attraction. The slums of Kliptown are one of the highlights for those who visit Soweto with a bus.
A story about a young man travelling across Brussels. About several people and encounters during this journey. It’s also the story of the making of a film, the story of their film.
A young aspiring director tries to find out why his father left his family 13 years ago. With the help of his family and friends he searches for answers that can help him reveal the truth.
An inquiry into the final years of the Nobelprize winning author Maurice Maeterlinck, who in his palace Orlamonde at the Côte d’Azur is encapsulated by a nostalgic desire for his city of birth Ghent, in Belgium.
director Maithé Francorunning time 38’ | year 2012
contact Maithé [email protected]
director Alix Aminianrunning time 33’ | year 2012
producer Sint-Lukas School of [email protected] Alix [email protected]
director Bram Cartignyrunning time 30’ | year 2012
contact Bram [email protected]
director Kevin Dheedene running time 39’ 14” | year 2012
producer vzw SAMO [email protected]
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director Bram Algoed | running time 8’ | year 2012producer KASK School of Arts [email protected] Bram Algoed [email protected]
The backseat of the car is where the fun trip to Ascona starts for Daan. But this time, happy moments make room for hidden tension between his parents.
director Bruno Wouters | running time 14’ | year 2012producer S.O.I.L. [email protected]
A stylish pastiche of memories trailing across the landscape of a normal life.
director Arjan Wilschut | running time 13’ 30” | year 2012co-producer flanders S.O.I.L. [email protected] il Luster Productions [email protected]
Farmer Jack is a man who is trying to live up to the dream that he and his late father shared: a big farm with cows, chickens and sheep, all stretching as far as the eye can see. But prices drop and Jack is forced to call in the help of the pharmacists, who provide him with pills that help his animals produce more.
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director Ben Gijsemans | running time 12’ 31” | year 2012producer KASK School of Arts [email protected] Ben Gijsemans [email protected]
In a play of contrasts we follow an artistic cigar smoker who guides us through his thinking process.
director Hisko Hulsing | running time 17’ 50” | year 2012co-producer flanders Cinété [email protected] il Luster Productions [email protected]
A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in the last second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes. The man and his friend grew apart when the latter was being drawn more and more into the misty world of drugs and criminality.
director Aad Verstraelen | running time 4’ | year 2012contact Aad Verstraelen [email protected]
A small bird has a limitless admiration for the airplanes he sees up in the sky. He wants to fly just like them.
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director Roman Klochkov | running time 14’ | year 2012producer Cinnamon Entertainment [email protected]
The Russian bear Nicolaï immigrated to Europe to prove the love of his life (his beautiful ex- wife Natasha) that he’s not a loser. To convince Natasha that he’s the one and only for her, he wants to get his ‘Official European ID card’ as soon as possible.
director Lander Ceuppens | running time 10’ 53” | year 2012producer Cinnamon Entertainment [email protected]
Tortured by a broken heart Thierry attempts to commit suicide. But Grim Reaper arrives late. Thus both gentlemen decide to go to a bar. They have a crazy drunk night. The next morning, as Thierry moves on with his life, the sobered up Grim Reaper remembers his assignment.
director Pieter Coudyzer | running time 8’ | year 2012contact Pieter Coudyzer [email protected]
A man is sitting under a tree in a dark forest. In a cabin not far away, a woman is lying in bed. They are connected by a strange, spreading fungus.
director Koen De Gussem | running time 5’ | year 2012producer RITS School of Arts [email protected]
A lonely, ill prisoner spends his days in a cold dark cell. One day a dark mysterious passenger brings a present...
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director Enzo Smits | running time 19’ 11” | year 2012contact Enzo Smits [email protected]
The relationship between two brothers is put to the test when they get stuck in an unknown and seemingly endless landscape. The unusual load in the back of their car weighs heavy on them.
director An van Dienderen | running time 11’ 52” | year 2012producer Elektrischer Schnellseher [email protected]
Carly works late at night in a translation booth in a dark plenary hall of the European Parliament. Concentrating on a precise Japanese translation, she becomes attracted and interested by the punk looking girls that are being interviewed.
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director Hans Galle | running time 22’ 43” | year 2012contact Hans Galle [email protected]
A young filmmaker tells a friend about the movie he is trying to make. He is bursting with enthousiasm but seems a bit anxious at the same time. The more he tries to convey his inner motivations, the more he feels a sense of hesitation arising.
director Thomas Peeters | running time 5’ 9” | year 2012contact Thomas Peeters [email protected]
A nightmare in the chamber of the subconscious.
director Joe Vanhoutteghem | running time 11’ 40” | year 2011producer Epidemic [email protected]
Are we struggling to fit in, to go with the flow? Or are we fighting to stand out? Who wants to be in the rat race to end up in a place where there’s no room for personality? Fact is: we will never get any younger although we all believe in the illusion.
director Maurits Wouters | running time 9’ 30” | year 2013contact Maurits Wouters [email protected]
A visual poem about remembering and the unsatisfying necessity to depict the memories and feelings about the brain tumor of the filmmaker’s mother.
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director Nicolas Provost | running time 23’ | year 2012contact Nicolas Provost www.nicolasprovost.comsales Argos Centre for Art and Media [email protected]
Last part of the Plot Point Trilogy by Nicolas Provost with the Japanese capital Tokyo and its inhabitants as the leads.
director Luc Degryse | running time 10’ 30” | year 2012producer Cinnamon Entertainment [email protected]
Hundreds of travellers are waiting to depart. Have they turned their backs on things they want to leave behind? Or are they dreamers on the way to anather dream?
director Sarah Vanagt, Katrien Vermeire | running time 20’ | year 2012producer Balthasar [email protected]
A mass grave from the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) opens and closes itself. On day one of the excavation, a digging crane gently loosened the top layer of soil, until the archaeologists came across a skull with a bullet hole.
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