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Sundance Film Festival · 2007

Sundance Film Festival 2007

International Shorts: Dramatic

The best short films from around the globe. The International Short Film prize went to The Tube With A Hat.

Programme

21 films · 5 reviews

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Ask The Insects

Part homemade science (before it became doctrine and law), part animated video reverie, Reinke's brief and episodic compression is an incendiary release which opens by announcing the death of the reader, and ends with the death of the author.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2006; Director: Steve Reinke)

Cubs

Teenagers take up a sinister urban sport.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Tom Harper; Writer: Tom Harper; Stars: Ashley Walters, Harry Eden, Tara Hodge, Jared Garfield, Ria Horsford)

Dad

A husband and wife remain sexually active in later life to the disgust of their son, but who is it that has the problem?

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Daniel Mulloy)

A Day Out

Repressed sexual longings between a stern military sergeant and his submissive private come to a violent boil when the two spend a night with a prostitute in a motel room.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2007; Director: Lee Jong Yoon)

Family Reunion (Gódir gestir)

New York lesbian, Katrin, struggles to come out to her relatives back in Iceland, but revelations at a family reunion challenge all her assumptions.

(Country: Iceland; Year: 2006; Director: Isold Uggadottir; Writer: Isold Uggadottir; Stars: Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir, Grétar Snær Hjartarson, Theódór Júlíusson, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Amy Lewis, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Stefán Hallur Stefánsson)

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

What could possibly go wrong when two elderly gentlemen go for a day's painting in the beautiful English countryside?

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jonathan Hopkins; Writer: Jonathan Hopkins; Stars: Tony Bluto, James Fox, Robert Hardy)

Graceland

One night in Bangkok, Jon and a mysterious women embark on a journey to a foreign land - the human heart.

(Country: Thailand; Year: 2006; Director: Anocha Suwichakornpong)

Hard To Swallow

Review preview for Hard To Swallow

A delightful ensemble piece depicting the funniest dinner party from hell since Bringing Up Baby.

Dylan Matthew · 4 out of 5
Grab a seat at the dinner party from hell.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Mat Kirkby; Writer: Mat Kirkby; Stars: Nicholas Burns, Katherine Parkinson, Kerry Godliman, Jimmy Lance, Daisy Haggard)

Induction

The unexpected meeting of a shaman, a lonely woman and a young boy whose paths will cross and slip away in a labyrinth of unresolved mystery.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2006; Director: Nicolas Provost)

I Want To Be A Pilot

Review preview for I Want To Be A Pilot

You can’t failed to be moved by the plight of the child as he picks his way over a mountain of rubbish, and yet the voice-over poem keeps you at arm’s length.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A child's brutal life in East Africa's largest slum.

(Country: Kenya; Year: 2006; Director: Diego Quemada-Diez; Writer: Diego Quemada-Diez; Stars: Collins Otieno) , Official site

Make A Wish (Itmanna)

Review preview for Make A Wish

It is the natural, often charming, performances that give this 12-minute film its heart.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
The difficulty of buying a birthday cake in Ramallah. Showing at EIFF - World Shorts 1

(Country: Palestine; Year: 2006; Director: Cherien Dabis; Writer: Cherien Dabis; Stars: Mayar Rantisse, Lone Khilleh, Iman Aoun)

Men Understand Each Other Better

A man gets a call from a friend seeking comfort when his wife hasn't arrived back home.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2006; Director: Marjan Alizadeh)

Peace Talk

Little Jonna and her friend Emilie play at being soldiers, but Jonna's mother doesn't approve of the course their game takes.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2006; Director: Jenifer Malmqvist; Writer: Jenifer Malmqvist; Stars: Josefina Blomberg, Ylva Larsson)

Penpusher (Gratte-papier)

An unexpected spark of hope in the gray and ordinary Paris metro.

(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Guillaume Martinez; Writer: Guillaume Martinez; Stars: Benjamin Bellecour, Gaëlle Brunet, Régis Desfeux, Régis Iacono, Lucienne Troka)

Salt Kiss

On a secluded island off of Rio, the carefree 45-year-old Rogério struggles to bring his recently engaged best friend back to the good life.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2007; Director: Fellipe Barbosa)

Sophie

After a pregnant wife asks her husband if he's ever been with a prostitute, their night takes a radical change.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2006; Director: Birgitte Stærmose)

The Substitute (Il Supplente)

Review preview for The Substitute

The substitute of the title is a delirious, rictus-grinning comic creation.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
Comedy about the supply teacher from hell. Showing at the EIFF as part of European Shorts 1.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2006; Director: Andera Jublin; Writer: Andera Jublin; Stars: Andera Jublin, Valentino CampitelCicco, Lisa Galantili, Arianne Dal Buono, Lorenzo De)

The Tragic Story of Nling

In his struggle to survive beyond the walls of slum city, a man soon finds that he is no more humane than his animal friend.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2006; Director: Jeffrey St. Jules; Writer: Jeffrey St. Jules; Stars: Tom Barnett, John Neville, Steven McCarthy, Kate Campbell)

Trout

A bizarre chain of events shakes up the otherwise quiet life between a young couple in the Scottish Highlands.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Johnny Barrington)

The Tube With A Hat (Lampa Cu Caciula)

A boy from a small village wakes up his father and persuades him to go to the city to fix their TV.

(Country: Romania; Year: 2006; Director: Radu Jude; Writer: Florin Lazarescu; Stars: Gabriel Spahiu, Marian Bratu, Natalia Calin, Alexandru Georgescu,)

William

On his taxi ride home, an indigenous sideshow magician encounters an unwelcome passenger forcing him to revisit a past he would rather forget.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Eron Sheean)