We’re pretty excited to present the lineup for our next screening, our tenth quarterly presentation of the best in Canadian and international short film. For the first time, we’ll have a Q&A between a director and the actor in his films (who also happens to be a Shorts That Are Not Pants subscriber!). We also present a film whose title might be longer than the film itself. And some bugs. And George Takei’s voice. All of that and a whole lot more awaits you in just a few weeks. Please join us!
Thursday April 17 at 7:00pm
Carlton Cinemas
20 Carlton Street (steps from College subway station)
MORE THINGS
Dir: Demetre Eliopoulos
Canada – 2006
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
– Hamlet
- Official Selection – One Minute Video and Film Festival (Toronto)
- Official Selection – Video Minuto PopTV (Italy)
- Toronto Nuit Blanche 2007
- Official Selection – World One Minute Expo (China, Brazil, Surinam, South Africa, Egypt, Belgium, Mozambique)
Director Demetre Eliopoulos will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A conducted by the actor featured in both films, Matt Brown.
Duration: 1:10
SEASICK
Dir: Eva Cvijanovic
Canada – 2012
A meditative exploration of one’s love of the sea, to the soundtrack of traditional Croatian music.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
- Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival
Duration: 3:30
Dir: Eoin Duffy
Ireland – 2013
Albert the Squirrel makes a startling discovery… an empty space where once his favourite scarf lay. He heads off into the forest only to find everyone else is preoccupied with worries of their own. He helps who he can before moving on but never seems to get any closer to his goal. Ultimately, Albert’s problem is put in perspective by the friends he helped and the problems they faced and overcame together. Narrated by George Takei.
- Best Animated Short – LA Shortsfest
- Best Animated Short – Galway International Film Fleadh
- Nominated for Best Short Film – European Film Awards
Duration: 6:30
Dirs: Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen
Finland – 2010
In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die.
This tragic story was constructed using dead insects gathered from forgotten attics and tool sheds, between window panels and cobwebs. It combines a number of animation techniques from classic stop-motion animation to animated 3D models of x-ray CT-scanned insects.
- Best Experimental Short – CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
- Official Selection – Venice Film Festival
Duration: 7:00
NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Dirs: James Spinney and Peter Middleton
UK – 2014
In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind.
In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Upon its publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as ‘the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read. It is to my mind a masterpiece.’
With exclusive access to these original recordings, NOTES ON BLINDNESS encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness.
- Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival
- Official Selection – Sarasota Film Festival
Duration: 13:00
NASHORN IM GALOPP (RHINO FULL THROTTLE) – AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
Dir: Erik Schmitt
Germany – 2013
Bruno roams the streets of Berlin with his head full of questions, looking for what’s behind the many facades and surfaces. He is seeking the soul of the city, that little something that others might never notice. He unexpectedly meets an ally.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
- Official Selection – Berlin Film Festival
- Official Selection – Palm Springs Shortsfest
Duration: 15:00
SUPERVENUS
Dir: Frédéric Doazan
France – 2013
In real time, a plastic surgeon is creating the new goddess of beauty.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Duration: 2:30
DOS CARAS (TWO FACE)
Dir: Francisco Bendomir
Argentina – 2013
When Sergio accidentally discovers an old Russian jewel hidden in his girlfriend’s grandmother’s house, he begins planning a heist.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Duration: 14:00
Dir: Mikey Please
UK – 2013
Marilyn maketh. Marilyn taketh awayth.
- Official Selection – Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
- Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival
- Official Selection – South by Southwest Film Festival
Duration: 6:00
LA INVIOLABILIDAD DEL DOMICILIO SE BASA EN EL HOMBRE QUE APARECE EMPUÑANDO UN HACHA EN LA PUERTA DE SU CASA (THE INVIOLABILITY OF THE DOMICILE IS BASED ON THE MAN WHO APPEARS WIELDING AN AXE AT THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE)
Dir: Alex Piperno
Uruguay/Argentina – 2011
In the garden of a villa in the countryside, a series of transactions are carried out involving a man, a woman and a group of subjects with certain convictions.
- Official Selection – Semaine de la critique (Cannes)
Duration: 6:30
BLACKOUT
Dir: Sharron Mirsky
Canada – 2013
Blackout is a short, animated documentary film in which several storytellers share their experience of the 2003 “Northeast Blackout” which affected much of Ontario, and 7 US states. The unexpected effects on the community highlight the best of humanity under adverse conditions. A variety of direct-animation techniques were used to capture the warmth and spontaneity of the events described.
- Official Selection – TIFF Student Film Showcase
- Official Selection – DOK Leipzig
- Official Selection – Athens Animation Festival
Duration: 4:00
ONE MORE THING
Dir: Demetre Eliopoulos
Canada – 2013
“I concur, Hamlet, but what will befall us when we run out of DVDs?”
-Horatio
Director Demetre Eliopoulos will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A conducted by the actor featured in both films, Matt Brown.
Duration: 1:20
Join us as we continue our third season! The Facebook RSVP is free, advance tickets are $10, door tickets are $12, and subscriptions are just $50 for the rest of the year.