SSF

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

Sunday Punch

A middle class couple, Anna and Jason, speak over breakfast Anna hits a nerve and their routine spins into an alternate reality where their argument is broadcast to millions on TV.

Director
Alan Powell
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Fiction | Canada | 2013 | 0:08:47
    Prize & Screenings:
    Winner, 2014 Canadian Cinema Award – Best Editing in a Short Film
    Finalist, 2014 CBC Short Film Faceoff (winner announced in Sept 2014)
    Winner, Best Short Film Reel Islington Film Festival

    We Keep On Dancing

    Two strangers meet through a haze of smoke from a broken down Volkswagen Beetle in this sweet tale of love, loss and... car trouble.

    Director
    Jessica Barclay Lawton
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    Fiction | Australia | 2013 | 0:08:30
      Prize & Screenings:
      ‘Best Live Action Narrative Under 15 Minutes’ Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013
      Nominated for Grand Jury Prize of ‘Best Narrative Short’ at Slamdance Film Festival 2014
      ‘Festival Honours’ – Newport Beach Film Festival 2014

      Mr. Plastimime

      A story about a man who faithfully practices a dying art, a man whose skills aren’t recognized, a man who is unlucky in love; But he keeps believing he will one day finally be ‘seen’.

      Director
      Daniel Greaves
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      Animation | UK | 2014 | 0:09:43
        Prize & Screenings:
        LA Shorts Festival, USA
        Encounters, UK
        Edinburgh International Film Festival

        Sissy

        When Idunn stays home alone for the first time, her brother Even has big plans for her. This ordinary day will be the scariest day in her life, but are things as scary as they seem?

        Director
        Siri Rutlin
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        Fiction | Norway | 2013 | 0:12:45
          Prize & Screenings:
          European Youth Film Festival of Flanders: Best Short Film, Award of the Children's Jury for Best Short Film (Bruges)
          IndieLisboa: Audience Award IndieJunior
          Giffoni Film Festival: Gryphon Award for Best Short Film - ELEMENTS +6 section

          How I Didn't Become A Piano Player

          Ted, 9 year old, notoriously not good at anything, is determinate to become a great pianist.

          Director
          Tommaso Pitta
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          Fiction | UK | 2014 | 0:17:45
          • Student Director
          Prize & Screenings:
          Los Angeles Short Film Festival
          Sao Paulo Short Film Festival (08/2014)
          Heartland Film Festival (10/2014)

          Butter Lamp

          A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various background.

          Director
          Wei Hu
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          Fiction | France/China | 2013 | 0:16:00
            Prize & Screenings:
            GOLDEN HORSE AWARD du meilleur court-métrage 2013 - Taïwan
            Festival International de Clermont Ferrand 2014 - France
            GRAND PRIX NATIONAL
            Scarborough Film Festival 2014 – Toronto, Canada
            Best short film jury prize

            Waking Marshall Walker

            An encounter with a mysterious stranger brings unsettling premonitions, sending Marshall on a desperate race through memory and time to reunite with his daughter Charlotte.

            Director
            Bjorn Thorstad, Gabriel Baron
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            Fiction | USA | 2013 | 0:15:00
              Prize & Screenings:
              Sonoma International Film Festival - April 2014 (World Premier)
              LA Shortsfest - July 2014
              California Independent Film Festival - September 2014
              • MatureMature
              • Mature/NudityMature/Nudity
              • MatureStudent Director