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A SHORT AFTERNOON PART 1 (1:30 pm)
THE KEY ISSUE (La Clé du problème)
Comedy / France, 2008 / 10’
Beta SP – 4/3 - Stereo
Written and Directed by: Guillaume Cotillard
Produced by: Magali Films
International Sales: www.magalifilms.com, (+33 1.40.82.73.73)
Back to his place to pick up his passport before taking a plane, a man realizes that he also left his key inside the apartment.
(Presented with WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MYSELF)
LETTIN’GO
Drama, animation / France, 2008 / 5’
Beta SP – 4/3 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Malika Whitaker
Produced by: Malika Whitaker
International Sales: www.myspace.com/malikartwork
On a beach, a young woman lets her boyfriend leave and disappear into the sea
(Presented with CHILDHOODS)
CITIZEN VS KANE
Comedy / France, 2008 / 18’10
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Shaun Severi
Produced by: Why Us
International Sales: www.premiere-heure.com, (+33 1.41.12.30.01)
A low-budget remake of Citizen Kane production is threatened by the death of the main actor. However, its unscrupulous producer is ready to continue at any price.
(Presented with SECRETS OF STATE)
WELL PLAYED (Bien joué)
Comedy, Drama / France, 2008 / 5’40
35mm – 1.85 - Dolby
Written and Directed by: Sandrine Veysset
Produced by: Big World
International Sales: Big World (+33 1.53.93.68.00)
A late middle-aged couple strolls through a park. When Jeanne invites Michael to call her mobile, a strange dialogue ensues which will lead from one break-up to the next.
(Presented with SOMEONE I LOVED)
STOP REQUESTED (Arrêt demandé)
Comedy / France, 2007 / 10’20
35mm – Cinemascope – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Thomas Perrier
Produced by: Karé Production
International Sales: Karé Production,(+33 1.58.53.55.05)
Synopsis in English: Patrice encounters Magalie for the first time. For the first time they get ready to make love. But nothing happens as expected.
(Presented with A FRENCH GIGOLO)
TROUBLED WATERS (Eaux troubles)
Drama / France, 2008 / 20’
35mm – 1.66 – Dolby SRD
Written and Directed by: Charlotte Erlih
Based on a novel by: Maylis de Kerangal
Produced by: Why Not Productions
International Sales: www.whynotproductions.fr, (+33 1.48.24.24.50)
Théodora's husband has gone missing in a shipwreck. Seventeen-year-old Louis takes her in his frail craft to find her husband's body.
(Presented with GROWN-UPS)
OKTAPODI
Comedy / France, 2007 / 2’27
35mm – 1.77 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi
Produced by: Gobelins - L'École de l'Image
International Sales: www.premium-films.com, (+1 323 302 1496)
An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot. Oscar nomination 2009 for best animated short.
(Presented with OSS 117, LOST IN RIO)
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME (Fais comme chez toi)
Drama, Comedy / France 2007 / 20’30
35mm – 1.66 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Gautier About
Produced by: Studio Kremlin Productions
International Sales: www.premium-films.com, (+1 323 302 1496)
Benoît invites his new colleagues to a house warming. When the party is over, three of the guests are in no rush to leave.
(Presented with THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE)
LA VITA NUOVA
Animation / France 2008 / 12’
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Christophe Gautry, Arnaud Demuynck
Produced by: Les Films du Nord
International Sales: www.lesfilmsdunord.com, (+33 3.20.11.11.30)
Synopsis in English: A poet is invited by a coachman to follow him. Through the glass door of the carriage, memories flow by: the opera, a marvelous diva...
(Presented with A DAY AT THE MUSEUM)
TONY ZEAR (Tony Zoreil)
Comedy / France 2007 / 20’
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SRD
Written and Directed by: Valentin Potier
Produced by: Sacre Production, La Maison
International Sales: Sacre Production
Tony, a single man in his late twenties, has inherited an unusual physical peculiarity. Like the rest of his family, he has very large ears.
(Presented with ME TWO)
A SHORT AFTERNOON PART 2 (4:15 pm)
ANIMAL BLOOM (Animal singulier)
Comedy / France 2007 / 16’40
Beta Sp – 1.85 – Stereo
Written and Directed by: Hélène Guétary
Produced by: Magali Films
International Sales: www.magalifilms.com, (+33 1.40.82.73.73)
Susanne signs up for a well-paid pharmaceutical testing program to pay her debts. The program consists of taking hormone injections, which in turn attracts males.
(Presented with BABY LOVE)
LESS AND LESS (De moins en moins)
Drama / France, 2008 / 7’
Beta SP – 1.85 - Stereo
Written and Directed by: Mélanie Laurent
Produced by: Manny Films
International Sales: www.premium-films.com, (+1 323 302 1496)
Synopsis in English: Lisa, a young woman, attempts to remember moments of herself with the help of her doctor.
(Presented with BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES)
LOVE IS DEAD
Black comedy / France 2007 / 17’
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Éric Capitaine
Produced by: De Films en Aiguille, TV Rennes 35
International Sales: www.defilmsenaiguille.com, (+33 9.50.78.31.37)
Clarisse has a price on her head. Her husband Loïc has hired someone from "Love is Dead", a company that specializes in break-ups, to finish things off once and for all.
(Presented with THE GIRL FROM MONACO)
MR. COK (Monsieur Cok)
Animation / France, 2008 / 9’45
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SR
Written and Directed by: Franck Dion
Produced by: Papy3D Productions, CRRAV
International Sales: www.papy3d.com
Mr Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers with elaborate robots.
(Presented with LOUISE-MICHEL)
A PRIVATE LESSON (Une Leçon particulière)
Romantic comedy / France, 2007 / 10’14
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby DTS
Written and Directed by: Raphaël Chevenement
Produced by: Les Films du Requin
International Sales: Les Films du Requin, (+33 1.43.87.15.62)
Seventeen-year-old Cyril has a private French lesson with twenty-seven-year-old Éva. They study a love poem by Victor Hugo.
(Presented with QUEEN TO PLAY)
NOUS
Drama, Experimental / France 2008 / 11’21
35mm – 1.66 - Stereo
Written and Directed by: Olivier Hems
Produced by: Mille et Une Films, Paris-Brest Production
International Sales: Mille et Une Films
In an apartment, a police captain discovers a man’s skeleton one year after his death. Several years earlier, the man had shot a home movie about his vacation.
(Presented with MODERN LIFE)
SKHIZEIN
Animation / France, 2008 / 13’35
35mm – 1.66 – Dolby SRD
Written and Directed by: Jérémy Clapin
Produced by: Dark Prince
International Sales: www.premium-films.com, (+1 323 302 1496)
What would happen if a 150 ton meteorite landed on you? Just so for Henri, being now 35.83 inches out of sync with the rest of the world.
(Presented with SERAPHINE)
JUST A PITCH (Juste un pitch)
Comedy, Drama / France, 2008 / 23’
35mm – 16/9 - Stereo
Written and Directed by: Éric Raynaud
Produced by: Blackfeet Pictures, Dviant films
International Sales: +1 310-500-9358
An Indian screenwriter arrives in Paris, on his way to sign his first production contract. But the customs controller notices that Sanjay's passport isn't in order.
(Presented with EDEN IS WEST)
VARIATION SUR MARILOU
Animation / France, 2008 / 6’
35mm – 1.85 – Dolby SRD
Written and Directed by: Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Produced by: Tarmak Films, Noir sur Blanc Animation
International Sales: www.tarmak-films.com, (+33 2.31.47.55.32)
The last moments of an encounter between an old man and a young woman.
(Presented with LA BELLE PERSONNE)
LOOKING FOR STEVEN SPIELBERG
Comedy / France, 2008 / 18’
35mm – 1.85 - optical
Written and Directed by: Benjamin Guillard
Produced by: Lionceau Films
International Sales: lionceaufilms1@gmail.com
Two unsuccessful actors almost decide to give up when they discover that every year one of the greatest directors in America secretly goes on vacation in a little village of France.
(Presented with SO CLOSE)
For more information and contacts in English about new French shorts, please visit www.unifrance.org
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