A selection of short films from Euroshorts 2012 Film Festival, Part 1 (90 min.)
Animations:
Luminaris 6:00, Spain, directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella (Grand Prix Euroshorts 2012)
In a world controlled and planned by light, an ordinary man has a plan that can change the order of things.
The story of Kunegunda, an evil princess 2:00, Poland, directed by Arkadiusz Jurcan
The inaccessible castle Chojnik in the Sudety mountains and a brief history of the beautiful but choosy princess Kunegunda, who spent so long picking one among her suitors that she ended up living a long and lonely life in the castle’s keep.
Sirató (Farewell) 4:33, Hungary, directed by Ferenc Cakó
A farewell with love, family and friends does not have to be sad when the music of Magna Cum Laude is playing in the background.
Untitled 1:11, Poland, directed by Paulina Wyrt
An apparently simple story: a bored teenager in an empty city. A film filled with trivial events: tapping out a rhythm on a fence, walking past buildings, birds on electric lines, which give a disquieting rhythm to recurring events.
Preti (Priests) 21, Italy, directed by Astutillo Smeriglia, Euroshorts Special Mention for animation
A deep friendship forms between two priests who are considered somewhat homophobic.
LasPalmas 13:00, Sweden, directed by Johannes Nyholm
A middle-aged woman wants to have fun and meet new people during an exotic holiday. She is played by a one-year old girl; other characters are puppets.
Beerbug (Biofuel), 7:00, Spain, directed by Ander Mendia
Joe is busy running a roadside petrol station. As he takes a break for a beer, he finds he is being brutally robbed.
Experimental:
Dawn Of The Rainbow 4:00, UK, directed by Katie Goodwin
The director used the original blank frames (the part of a film only seen by the projectionist) of the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” to create an animation set to Wayne Urquhart’s original soundtrack intended - but never used - for “The Wizard of Oz”. Has she managed to capture the essence of cinema in this way?
2 Cents 2:00, Greece, directed by Michalis Lygkiaris
A homeless man has collected enough cash to buy a sandwich. But will that be enough?
Documentaries:
XRonix 26'24, Poland, directed by Aleksandra Rek
xRonix (Roni) has horns on his forehead, implants in his hands, and is the first person in Poland and the sixth worldwide to have tattooed his eyeballs. But there’s an entirely different person hiding under the makeup and the cynicism: someone who looks after his grandmother, his younger brother Alan, and his mother, who is lonely. She is finding it difficult to cope with his bodily alterations.
Venue: Marian Lutosławski bridge on the Bystrzyca river