L'Accordeur (The Piano Tuner) by Olivier Treiner (13 min 30) - 2011
Adrien is an ex pianist who now works as a piano tuner and pretends to be blind.
Audience & Youth Award - Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2011
Shown with The Names of Love
Opening Night - Friday 17 - 8:30pm
Les Perdrix (Two Partridges) by Jean-Luc Gréco & Catherine Buffat (10 min) - 2009 - ANIMATION
A man brings two partridges to his wife and asks her to cook them for him and his friend.
Shown with The Young Girls from Rochefort
Saturday June 18th - 11:05am & Sunday June 19th - 6:20pm
La Carte (The Postcard) by Stefan Le Lay (7 min 30) - 2009
A young man who lives in a colored postcard falls in love with a woman who lives in a black and white postcard...
Best Short Film Award - Porto International Film Festival 2010.
Shown with The Women on the 6th Floor
Saturday 18th - 1:50pm & Sunday 19th - 3:55pm
Yulia by Antoine Arditi (5 min 45) - 2009 - ANIMATION
A woman finds herself suddenly transported to an empty room with no exit.
Shown with Copacabana
Saturday 18th - 7:05pm & Sunday 19th - 9:05pm
Dix (Ten) by Bif (7 min) - 2008
Marc, who is frightened by the idea of walking on lines, follows a treatment to get over his phobia.
Best Animated Film - Zinebi (Bilbao) 2008, Silver Méliès - International Fantasy Film Festival (Bruxelles) 2009
Shown with The Sentiment of the Flesh
Saturday 18th - Midnight
Anna Lovenstein by Pauline Bureau (8 min 50) - 2009
A little girl lives in a world apart, full of rituals. A little boy is intrigued and follows her...
Shown with Lino
Sunday 19th - 1:25pm
La Vie Simple (A Simple Love) by Luigi Migani (7 min 45min) - 2010
An old man tells the story of his marriage.
Shown with A Man, a Real One
Wednesday 22th - 8:25pm & Saturday 25th - 2:30pm
Cul de bouteille (Specky Four Eyes) by Jean-Claude Rozec (9 min) - 2010 - ANIMATION
Arnaud has to wear glasses and he doesn't like it, not one little bit...
Best Animated Film - Aspen Shortfest 2011, Golden Gate Award, Best family film - San Francisco International Film Festival 2011
Shown with I'm Glad That my Mother is Alive
Saturday June 25th - 12:20pm & Sunday June 26th - 5:55pm
Ad Vitam by Mathieu Labaye (8 min) - 2010 - ANIMATION
An old lady is frightened of losing her husband.
Shown with Angèle & Tony
Saturday June 25th - 5:10pm & Sunday June 26th - 1:30pm
Tout le monde dit Je t'aime (Everyone Says I Love you) by Cécile Dubrocq (6 min) - 2010
16 years-old Marion just texted her "I love you". She discusses with her best friend what it really means.
Special Unifrance Jury Prize - Cannes International Film Festival 2011
Shown with Beautiful Lies
Saturday 25th - 7:10pm & Sunday 26th - 3:30pm
Jean-François by Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku (6 min) - 2009 - ANIMATION
Jean-François is a famous swimmer haunted by childhood memories.
Best First Film Award - Annecy international Animation Film Festival 2010
Shown with Pierrot le Fou
Saturday June 25th - 9:35pm & Sunday June 26th - 11am
Gilles Corporation by Vianney Meurville (7 min 30) - 2009
Gilles, farmer in Troyes has found a way to fight the recession: mass producing Parisians for the Chinese market...
Shown with Don't Look Back
Saturday 25th - Midnight
Ridicule (Weirdo) by Najar & Perrot (4 min) - 2010
Romain always felt different and with a good reason: he was born with deer antlers on his head. One day a chance encounter changes his life.
Shown with Gainsbourg, A Heroic Life
Sunday June 26th - 8:05pm
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