A SHORT AFTERNOON PART II

KALÉÏDOSKOP

Drama - France, 2007 - 7min
Beta SP - Stereo

Written and directed by: Thierry Espasa
Produced by: Productions Autrement Dit
International Sales: Premium Films

An 18 year-old girl who just broke up with her boyfriend decides to take her life in her hands to make the world a better place.

DRIFTING (Dérives)

Drama – France, 2006 – 19min30sec
35mm – Scope – Dolby SR

Written and directed by: Bill Barluet
Produced by: Quad productions
International sales: Agence du Court-Métrage

Francis is released after forty years in prison. Lucie, the young lady in charge of his rehabilitation, waits for him at the exit.

THE DOOR (La Porte)

Fantasy – France, 2006 – 6min
Beta SP – Color - Stereo

Directed by: Renan Delaroche
Written by: Alain Le Navenec
Produced by: Wooz Woo
International Sales: Wooz Woo

A man is woken abruptly. Panicked and confused, he is immediately taken to judges. The crowd surrounding him is asking for the supreme punishment: THE DOOR!

CUT!

Fantasy – France, 2006 – 2min3sec
35mm – 1.66 - Stereo

Written and directed by: Alain Riou
Produced by: Esperanza Productions

Two people fall in love at first sight while waiting in line for a movie.

MING OF GOLD (Ming d’or)

Romance, Comedy – France, 2006 – 14mn 25 sec
35mm – 1.77 – Dolby SR

Directed by: Jennifer Devoldère
Written by: Jennifer Devoldère, Alexandre Coffre
Produced by: Quad Productions
International sales: Quad Productions

For the first time in her life, Ming is in love; nothing will prevent her from loving Paul. Neither their difference of culture, nor her father, nor even the fact that Paul is a kleptomaniac, and that he steals from all the community...

SHADOW OF VEIL (A l’ombre du voile)

Animation – France, 2006 – 9min
35mm –1.66 – Dolby SR

Written and directed by: Arnaud Demuynck
Produced by: Les Films du Nord
International sales: Les Films du Nord

Two Muslim women, a mother and her daughter, go to a demonstration against the banning of Muslim headscarves at school. When they get back home, the mother encourages her daughter to remove her headscarf for good.

NYAMAN'GOUACOU

Drama – France, 2006 - 19mn
35mm – 1.66 – Dolby SR

Written and directed by: Laurent Sénéchal
Produced by: GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
International sales: GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques

Nyaman’Gouacou (meaning "Mother’s meat ») is the story of a mother-daughter relationship during a teenage crisis.

PENPUSHER (Gratte-Papier)

Romance, Comedy – France, 2006 – 8min 7sec
35 mm – 1.85 – Dolby SR

Silverbear Short Film Jury Prize Berlin Film Festival 2006

Written, directed and produced by: Guillaume Martinez

A man and a woman who have nothing in common and don’t know each other are sitting on the same bench in the subway. Something quite unexpected occurs between them.

ABSENCE

Documentary – France, 2006 – 35min
Bêta SP – Color/ B&W

Written and directed by: Catherine Abécassis
Produced by: Everybody on deck

How do you go from 4 to 3? After her husband passed away, the Kyoto based director tries and answer this obsessive question.