Flickerfest 2007 Programme Calendar

International Programme - International 2 - Repeat

Five sessions of the best International and Australian short films in competition. This program tours nationally to all major cities and regional centres after the Sydney season.

Total Running Time: 100
Session rating: 15+
Show date: Monday, January 08, 2007
Show time: 6:45 pm
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WHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT

WHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT
Running Time: 7.5
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Wales

WHO I AM AND WHAT I WANT

Synopsis:
This film is about who I am and what I want. It is NOT about who YOU are and what YOU want. You always think everything I make is about you, but it's not. It's all about me.

Award icon Tiger Award - Short Film, Rotterdam 06, Baby Cow Best Animated Short, Manchester Kinofilm 06, Animation Award, Darklight Dublin 06, Best Animation, Expresion en Corto 06, Mexico

Festivals: London 05, Brief Encounters 05, Clermont-Ferrand 06, Melbourne Animation Festival 06
Producer: Maria Manton
Director/Writer: Chris Shepard, David Shrigley

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HOME (HEIM)

HOME (HEIM)
Running Time: 6
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Germany

HOME (HEIM)

Synopsis:
Sometimes the truth is hard to face: An old man tries desperately to defend his house against burglers and gets a rude awakening.

Award icon Audience Award, Short Film Slam, Hamburg 06, Special Mention, Fano Italy 05

Festivals: Cannes 06, Sao Paulo 06, Melbourne 06, Message to Man Russia 06, Dresden 06, Manchester 06, Clermont-Ferrand 06
Director: Marc Brummond
Producer: Katharina Dufner

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The WATER AND THE MILK (LA LECHE Y EL AGUA)

The WATER AND THE MILK (LA LECHE Y EL AGUA)
Running Time: 12
Year: 2006
Format: 35MM
Country: Mexico

The WATER AND THE MILK (LA LECHE Y EL AGUA)

Synopsis:
A woman tries to get back her only companion in life: a cow.

Award icon Grand Prix, Drama Film Festival, Greece 06

Producer: Iván Ávila
Director/Writer: Celso García

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TODAY'S SPECIALS (OFFERTE SPECIALI)

TODAY'S SPECIALS (OFFERTE SPECIALI)
Running Time: 7
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Italy

TODAY'S SPECIALS (OFFERTE SPECIALI)

Synopsis:
Shoppers flock to a supermarket during the summer holidays to take advantage of the summer sales. But one shopper, a shy and quiet transsexual, is about to experience something beyond her wildest imagination.

Award icon Best Short Award, Naples 05, Best Short Award, International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Barcelona 05, Prix Canal+, Montpellier 06

Festivals: Melbourne 06
Director: Gianni Gatti

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HOLD PLEASE

HOLD PLEASE
Running Time: 10.5
Year: 2006
Format: 35MM
Country: Australia

HOLD PLEASE

Synopsis:
When a woman on the brink of killing herself calls a crisis helpline, her thoughts turn from suicide to murder as she becomes trapped in their new-age automated phone menus.

Award icon Special Jury Prize, Anonimul Intl Film Festival 06, Nominated for Golden Bear - Berlin 06.

Festivals: AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Director: Chris Cudlipp
Producer: Lizzy Nash

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JELLYBABY

JELLYBABY
Running Time: 10
Year: 2005
Format: 35MM
Country: Ireland

JELLYBABY

Synopsis:
Jack and Jill had a great relationship. Then they had a baby. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Award icon Best Short, Celtic Film Festival 06, Nominated Best Short, Montreal 06, Best Short, Crested Butte Film Festival 06, Best Comedy, Golden Star Shorts Fest Hollywood 06

Director: Ronan & Rob Burke
Producer: John Wallace

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ONE RAT SHORT

ONE RAT SHORT
Running Time: 10.5
Year: 2006
Format: 35MM
Country: USA

ONE RAT SHORT

Synopsis:
The mesmerizing ballet of a discarded food wrapper leads a New York subway rat into an adventure of love and loss.

Award icon Audience Award, Best Animation ArtFutura, Spain 06, Best 3D Animation, California Animation Festival 06, Highly Commended Animated Short Film Award, Melbourne International Film Festival 06, Future Filmmaker Award Palm Springs Intl Short Film Festival 06

Producer: Bryan Godwin
Director/Writer: Alex Weil

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THE LAST DOG IN RWANDA (DEN SISTA HUNDEN I RWANDA)

THE LAST DOG IN RWANDA (DEN SISTA HUNDEN I RWANDA)
Running Time: 30
Year: 2006
Format: 35mm
Country: Sweden

THE LAST DOG IN RWANDA (DEN SISTA HUNDEN I RWANDA)

Synopsis:
David is like so many 10 year old boys fascinated by war. He builds plastic models of all kinds of military vehicles and plays wargames with his friends. At the age of 24 he establishes himself as a news photographer with the world´s theatres of war as field of occupation. We meet him in Rwanda in May 1994 in the midst of the genocide of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Together with the thirty year older reporter Mats, he travels through the war-torn country in order to depict the massacres. The Last Dog in Rwanda is a film about the fascination of war and the coupling between the little boy´s exciting wargames and the attractiveness of real wars to the adult.

Festivals: Berlin Intl Film Festival 06, Palm Springs Intl Film Festival 06, Nordic Panorama Arhus 06
Producer: Anna Carlsten
Director/Writer: Jens Assur

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THE SURPRISE

THE SURPRISE
Running Time: 10.5
Year: 2004
Format: 35mm
Country: Germany

THE SURPRISE

Synopsis:
Olaf is trying to reanimate his already dead relationship. Will a fancy surprise dinner do the job? Who will be taken by surprise in the end?Silver Hugo, Chicago Film Festival 04, Future Filmmaking Award, Palm Springs 04, Best Student Film Rome Independent Festival

Festivals: Melbourne Intl Film Festival, World Film Fest Montreal
Director/Writer: Lancelot von Naso