On the second day of the Art Forum, the visitors will have the opportunity to watch the best short films of 2017 that have been nominated for the European Film Academy Award in 3 sessions.
European Film Academy’s short film tour brings the nominated short films to audiences across Europe – and beyond. The programme featuring the European Short Film Nominees 2017 is a manifold panorama of young contemporary European filmmaking. This year’s programme is composed of productions/co-productions from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey & UK.
Film sessions:
EN LA BOCA
EN LA BOCA (2016)
In Buenos Aires, the Molina family lives and works in the shadows of the legendary Boca Juniors stadium. Selling fake tickets to the soccer games, they constantly get in conflict with the corrupt police. As her family sinks deeper into this underworld, the mother tries in vain to keep them all from falling apart.
Production Countrie: Switzerland, Argentina
Original languages: Spanish
Length: 26 min
Category: documentary
Age: U
Director: Matteo Gariglio
Festival Nomination: Krakow Film Festival (Poland)
THE CIRCLE
HEVÊRK (2016)
In Mesopotamia, there are children of different ethnicities, religions and languages. Zelal, 7 years old petite girl, is an ethnic Kurd as well as religiously an Ezidi (Yazidi). An ordinary school day turns into a life changing event for Zelal and her introvert admirer, Zeki, after their Turkish teacher introduces the letter of the week ‘O’…
Production Countrie: Turkey
Original languages: Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic
Length: 14 min
Category: fiction
Age: U
Director: Rûken Tekeş
Festival Nomination: International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece)
THE ARTIFICIAL HUMORS
OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS (2016)
The Artificial Humors, is a film about humor, anthropology and artificial intelligence. It focuses on how humor is central to human relationships across, used as a form of social control, and one of the most complex forms of communication. The film was shot in Mato Grosso (Canarana and the Yawalapiti and Kamayura villages inside the Xingu Indigenous Park) and São Paulo. Blending a certain Hollywood aesthetic with documentary approaches, the film tells the story of an indigenous girl who falls in love with a robot that is a rising stand up comedian in Brazil. Gabriel Abrantes' films address historical, political and social matters while discussing postcolonial, gender and identity issues. His works create layers of unlikely readings, altering traditional narratives and touch upon the absurd, folklore, humor and politics.
Production Countrie: Portugal
Original languages: Portuguese
Length: 29 min
Category: fiction
Age: U
Director: Gabriel Abrantes
Festival Nomination: Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
LOVE
LOVE (2016)
LOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet, caused by the change of gravity and light. This pulsing planet makes the inhabitants become one with each other in various ways.
Production Countrie: Hungary, France
Original languages: no dialogue
Length: 15 min
Category: animation
Age: U
Director: Réka Bucsi
Festival Nomination: Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Sweden)
TIMECODE
TIMECODE (2016)
Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.
Production Countrie: Spain
Original languages: Spanish
Length: 15 min
Category: fiction
Age: U
Director: Juanjo Giménez
Festival Nomination: Film Fest Gent (Belgium)
Film subtitles in English.
Tickets: 2.00 EUR (No discounts for the event tickets)
Venue: Experimental stage
Organised by: Great Amber, in cooperation with Riga International Film Festival and European Film Academy
General tickets to the event are available for purchase. These will grant a person the possibility to visit all the events of the forum for a more favourable price. When entering the venue, the general ticket will be swapped for a general entrance pass for all the events. No discounts are applicable.
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