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Ararat and Taboulé
Ararat
(Country: Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Engin Kundag; Stars: Pinar Erincin, Claudio Schulz-Keune, Erdal Kacar)
Shorts programme 2
A man tries to keep the peace in his brother’s home after a ten-year absence.
Chiralia
(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Santiago Gil; Stars: Lenio Amory Einbeck, Monika Hetterle, Michael Krabbe, Julia Becker, Stephan Bürgi, Hans-Jürgen Alf)
Shorts programme 3. New York premiere
The disappearance of a child becomes a focal point for anxieties at a gathering by a forest lake.
Everything Near Becomes Far
(Country: Colombia, US; Year: 2011; Director: Mauricio Arango; Writer: Mauricio Arango, Mauricio Arango; Stars: Wendy Rojas)
Shorts programme 1. US premiere
The peaceful daily rhythm of a farmer is violently interrupted in the heart of the breathtakingly beautiful Andean mountains.
Flamingos
(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2012; Director: Francesca Coppola; Writer: Francesca Coppola; Stars: Fabio Ghidoni, Sofia Cotromano, Giulia Rupi)
Shorts programme 2. North American premiere
Father and daughter share a sentimental moment, but trouble boils under the surface.
Ouverture
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Bracey Smith, Neil Dvorak; Writer: Bracey Smith)
Screening with The Shine Of The Day
Story about a little girl in Soviet-controlled Bulgaria.
Take A Deep Breath and Wonderland
The Pirate Of Love
(Country: US, Iceland; Year: 2012; Director: Sara Gunnarsdóttir; Stars: Baldur Björnsson, Helgi Þór Harðarson, Árni Sveinsson)
Shorts programme 2. New York premiere
A filmmaker chases the legends surrounding a CD of popular Reykjavik love songs, supposedly written by a lovelorn trucker in Canada.
RP31
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Lucy Raven; Writer: Lucy Raven)
Screening with Upstream Color
Animation composed from 31 film projection test patterns and calibration charts.
The Search For Inspiration Gone
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Ashley Michael Briggs), Official Site
Screening with Viola
Combining animation, special effects, and live action, this silent film asks: will a writer who searches for inspiration find it in help or hindrance?
Sequin Raze
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro; Writer: Sarah Gertrude Shapiro; Stars: Anna Camp, Ashley Williams, Frances Conroy, Lily Rains, Beau Bonness, Molly Haldeman, Robert Sanchez)
Shorts programme 2
A reality-show contestant tries to protect herself from the psychological onslaught of one of the producers.
Southwest
(Country: Turkey, US; Year: 2013; Director: Jordi Wijnalda; Writer: Jordi Wijnalda; Stars: Carine Crutzen, Matthijs van Bakhuyzen de Sande, Aali Erguvanli, Reha Soysal, Irmak Okcebe)
Shorts programme 1. World premiere
A Dutch woman helps save the lives of illegal immigrants but is forced to confront the unattended needs of those who love her.
To Put Together A Helicopter and The Search For Inspiration Gone
Stampede
(Country: Germany ; Year: 2012; Director: Cyril Amon Schäublin)
Shorts programme 1
Snapshot of the moment when a city and its crowds create chaos and claustrophobia.
Taboulé
(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Richard Garcia)
Shorts programme 2. New York premiere
How can you measure trust? A story about secret codes.
Take A Deep Breath (Derin Nefes Al)
(Country: Turkey; Year: 2012; Director: Basak Buyukcelen; Writer: Basak Buyukcelen; Stars: Nesrin Cavadzade, Ercan Kesal, Celal Kadri Kinoglu, Mine Tüfekçioglu)
Shorts programme 2
When a teenager’s parents take her to see a gynaecologist, her life takes an unexpected turn.
To Put Together A Helicopter (Para armar un helicóptero)
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Izabel Acevedo; Writer: Izabel Acevedo; Stars: Roberto Pichardo)
Shorts programme 3. North American premiere
When summer rains bring power outages to his neighborhood, 17-year-old Oliverio comes up with an ingenious solution.
The Village (A Cidade)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2012; Director: Liliana Sulzbach; Writer: Liliana Sulzbach, Liliana Sulzbach; Stars: Eva Pereira Nunes, João Francisco Saldanha)
Shorts programme 3. New York premiere
A small village’s inhabitants are all elderly, and no one new is moving in.
What Can I Wish You Before The Fight (Que puis-je te souhaiter avant le combat?)
(Country: France; Year: 2012; Director: Sofia Babluani; Writer: Sofia Babluani; Stars: Aziza Arslanova, Liana Babluani, Elodie Chanut, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Nastassia Legrand)
Shorts programme 1. US premiere
A touching story about a case of mistaken identity and communication that transcends barriers.
Wonderland
(Country: Romania; Year: 2012; Director: eter Kerek)
Shorts programme 1
As a mother seeks to improve life for her family, her son explores the cavernous rooms of a stranger’s house - perhaps costing the two of them a better future.
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