SHORT FILMS PRIOR TO FEATURE FILMS
Various Directors - 2002-2011

 

In French with English subtitles.

Program selected in collaboration with Unifrance.

L'accordeur

Les Perdrix

la carte

dix

anna lovenstein

Cul de Bouteille

ad vitam

tout le monde dit je t'aime

jean-francois

gilles corporation

ridicule

Various artists
Not Rated

Various times

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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