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1718 is delighted to be hosting the Future Shorts Film Festival on Wednesday August 15, 2012 at 9:00 PM.
Currently, the festival takes place in over 144 cities and 55 countries, showcasing a single program
of the best short films often alongside live music, DJs and art. From
London to Moscow, Perth to Jakarta, and Cairo! The screenings take place
across a huge variety of spaces including, music halls, cinemas,
theatres, galleries, clubs, and warehouses.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Ticket price: 50 LETickets will be sold at the door. Places are limited, so be sure to make it on time. We'd hate for you to miss it!
FILMS FEATURED:
Street Vendor Cinema
Dir: Clarissa Knoll
Brazil - 2011
15mins
A short film producer sells filmmaking on demand in the busiest shopping street of Brazil. The outcome is an extraordinary mix of genres, from a samurai epic to a family melodrama, all born out of popular fantasy shaped amid the market's chaos.
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We Will Become Oil
Dir: Mihai Grecu
Romania - 2011
6mins
A winner at Tampere Film Festival, this experimental documentary inspired by the Golf of Mexico oil spill describes the effect of conflict in geographical spaces.
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Notes on Biology
Dir: Will Madden
United States - 2011
6mins
A stop motion animation, Notes on Biology was the winner of Best Short at SXSW. This very clever short film brought to us by Ornana Films follows a student’s imagination during a Biology class.
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Guest
Dir: Ga Eun-Yoon
South Korea - 2011
20mins
A teenager angry at her father’s affair barges into his mistress’ house to find her two little kids. Winner of the 2012 International Grand Prix at Clermont -Ferrand, Guest is a beautifully acted coming-of-age portrayal of emotions from Korean National University of Arts’ film program.
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A Morning Stroll
Dir: Grant Orchard
United Kingdom - 2012
7mins
Created by Studio AKA, the multi-BAFTA winning company behind Future Shorts favourite Jojo in the Stars, Grant Orchard’s A Morning Stroll is the story of an encounter between a New Yorker and a chicken. Told over three acts spanning over 100 years, this incredibly successful animated short has already won a BAFTA and a Jury Award at Sundance and was nominated for a Short Animated Film Oscar.
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Tumult
Dir: John Barrington
United Kingdom - 2011
13 min
A tribe of norse warriors traipses across a barren land after battle. Their dying chief is about to hand over power to his son when an army of a completely different kind descends upon them.
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Fireworks
Dir: Victor Hugo Duran
United States - 2011
11mins
Growing up in Los Angeles, the fourth of July was always about fireworks. Against the holiday backdrop in South L.A., Fireworks is a coming-of-age story of two adolescent boys on a quest to impress a group of girls.
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