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SHORT FILMS PRIOR TO FEATURE FILMS
Various Directors - 2013
-2017

Various artists
Not Rated
Various running times

In French with English subtitles.

PURCHASE 16th SFFF
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Films selected in colalaboration with Unifranceunifrance
FILMS PRESENTED ON THE
FIRST WEEKEND (JUNE 16-18)
FILMS PRESENTED ON THE
SECOND WEEKEND (JUNE 23-25)

Sabine

SABINE by Sylvain Robineau, 2015 - Filmo - 13'
After his break-up with Sabine, Franc decides to heal his grief by directing experimental films.
Shown with THIS IS OUR LAND
Friday, June 16 - 7:00pm - OPENING FILM
ONE SCREENING ONLY
!

Gokurosama

GOKURŌSAMA by Aurore Gal, Clémentine Frère, Yukiko Meignien, Anna Mertz, Robin Migliorelli, Romain Salvini, 2016 - MOPA L'École de la 3D - 6'53" - ANIMATION
In a Japanese shopping center, an old cook bends over to pick up something and gets stuck! Her young employee must find a way to take her to the chiropractor, on the other side of the mall.
Shown with THE MIDWIFE
Friday, June 23 - 6:00pm & Saturday, June 24 - 12:50pm

en bout de course

ON THE RUN (EN BOUT DE COURSE) by Gianguido Spinelli, 2015 - Offshore - 10’
Jacques has 10 minutes to go from the hotel room where he spent the night with his mistress, to his house where he will find the phone number that his wife, away for the weekend, urgently needs...
Shown with THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...
Saturday, June 17 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY

Reveiller les morts

WAKE THE DEAD (REVEILLER LES MORTS) by Morgan Simon, 2015 - Kazak Productions - 11'11"
Two Brothers try to bring back their dead mother. Morgan Simon's Wake the Dead will be presented prior to the screenings of his first feature!
Shown with A TASTE OF INK
Friday, June 23 - 8:35pm & Saturday, June 24 - 3:25pm

Le monde du petit monde

A WHOLE WORLD FOR A LITTLE WORLD (LE MONDE DU PETIT MONDE) by Fabrice Bracq - 2017 - Offshore, 15'6"
A woman tells her story to her baby. A story that sounds like a fairytale.
Shown with A WOMAN'S LIFE
Saturday, June 17 - 1:20pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY

Le jour ou j'ai battu le ciel

THE DAY I BEAT THE SKY (LE JOUR OU J'AI BATTU LE CIEL) by Hughes Valin, 2016 - Ecole Estienne, 2'48" - ANIMATION
Alone at home for the day, a young boy must face his greatest fear: a storm.
Shown with MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
Saturday, June 24 - 11:00am & Sunday, June 25 - 1:05pm

Caramel mou

UNLEAVENED BREAD (CARAMEL MOU) Wilfried Méance, 2016 - Hilldale - 8'30"
Vanessa and Rémi are in love. But they have a problem: his "bread" won't rise...
Shown with BACK TO MOM'S
Saturday, June 17 - 3:55pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY

Notre monde

OUR WORLD (NOTRE MONDE) by Benjamin Rancoule, 2017 - 11'
A man has the power to bring back to life people he has lost. To ease the pain of his best friend, he decides to bring back her deceased sister.
Shown with A KID
Saturday, June 24 - 5:40pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Mi-Temps

HALF TIME (MI-TEMPS) by Marie Sauvion & Lotfi Bahmed, 2016 - Ketchup Mayonnaise - 15'45"
Karim (comic actor Manu Payet) has reached the exact half of his life and is visited by an astonishing messenger (cult French singer Dick Rivers) who gives him the choice between continuing to live his life as it is, or starting all over again. He has fifteen minutes to decide.
Shown with THINGS TO COME

Saturday, June 17 - 6:10pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY

Mustang Sally

MUSTANG SALLY by Julien Hérichon - 2014 - Durée : 8'47
Things are getting sour between Samuel and Sally, who blames him for not being the man of her dreams. She wants a cowboy, he is afraid of horses. Samuel must find a way to save their relationship.
Shown with DIVORCE FRENCH STYLE
Saturday, June 24 - 7:55pm & Sunday, June 25 - 5:40pm


Jusqu'a ce que la mort nous separe

TILL DEATH DO US PART (JUSQU'A CE QUE LA MORT NOUS SEPARE) by Germain Huard, 2016 - Films en Bretagne - 11'39"
In the midst of his upcoming wedding preparations, Julien receives a call from his troubled best friend who needs his help.
Shown with THE UNKNOWN GIRL
Saturday, June 17 - 8:30pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY

Le grand Bain

HOME SWEET HOME (LE GRAND BAIN) by Valérie Leroy, 2016 - Offshore, 16'21"
Thirty-year-old Mia, going through a difficult divorce, moves into a small apartment in a public housing project and finds herself giving swimming lessons to the building's inhabitants. Without a swimming pool.
Shown with SLACK BAY
Saturday, June 24 - 10:00pm & Sunday, June 25 - 2:50pm

Seconde

SECONDE by Julien Hérichon - 2013 - Durée : 8'05
Eva investigates her brother's murder with the help of "Time dealers" who sell very brief trips into the past.
Shown with PERSONAL SHOPPER
Saturday, June 17 - 11:00pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Sirocco

SIROCCO by Romain Garcia, Kevin Tarpinian, Avril Hug, Thomas Lopez-Massy, Lauren Madec, 2016 - MOPA L'École de la 3D - 5'24" - ANIMATION
On the Sicilian coast, the Family is gathered to celebrate the birthday of the Godfather. Unfortunately, the wind rises...
Shown with THE TALL BLOND WITH ONE BLACK SHOE
Sunday, June 25 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Invasion day

INVASION DAY by Vincent De Bellis, Milos Eratostène, Terence Guilpin, Léo Lefèbvre, Raphael Leylavergne, Arthur Loiseau, Mohamed Oumoumad and Dimitri Trouvé, 2016 - ISART DIGITAL L'École du Jeu Vidéo & de l'Animation 3D, 2'59" - ANIMATION
A gigantic alien spaceship hovers over Paris, sucking everything in its path...
Shown with FULL SPEED
Sunday, June 18 - 11:00am - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Simon

SIMON, YOU ASS! (T'ES CON SIMON !) by Claire Barrault, 2016 - Films en Bretagne - 13'41"
Alain (André Wilms) visits his grandson, Simon, who is in the hospital after a suicide attempt, and tries to communicate with the distressed teenager.
Shown with HEAL THE LIVING
Sunday, June 25 - 7:45pm - CLOSING FILM
ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Les Spectateurs

THE SPECTATORS (LES SPECTATEURS) by Gregory Corraze, Lucas Monjo, Agathe Ricart and Mélanie Rossignol, 2016 - ECOLE ARTFX - 7'43''
Laura and her husband live in a settlement on a satellite orbiting around Earth. Today is their last chance to fly back to Earth before the satellite moves out of orbit forever.
Shown with THE ODYSSEY
Sunday, June 18 - 1:05pm & 8:55pm

 

Garden Party

GARDEN PARTY by Florian Babikian, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro, 2016 - MOPA - L'École de la 3D, 6'50" - ANIMATION
Amphibians have invaded an abandoned mansion where a crime seems to have been committed.
Shown with 150 MILLIGRAMS
Sunday, June 18 - 3:40pm - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 

Poilus

POILUS by Guillaume Auberval, Léa Dozoul, Simon Gomez, Timothé Hek, Hugo Lagrange, Antoine Laroye, David Lashcari, 2016 - ISART DIGITAL L'École du Jeu Vidéo & de l'Animation 3D, 3'52" - ANIMATION
In the French trenches, Ferdinand, a young hare, is playing the harmonica when the attack begins. In the no man's land he encounters a strange and scary creature.
Shown with FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON
Sunday, June 18 - 6:20am - ONE SCREENING ONLY!

 


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