The Centre for Culture in Lublin invites you to the fall edition of Future Shorts. You will see award-winning short films from Berlin, Cannes and Sundance. What comes to the fore in most of these films are their characters: Marylin who wants to be a perfect good-doer; refugees from Palestine looking for a better place to live in Europe; plumber Colin who transforms into a mad inventor after work; a couple of Iranian lovers struggling with their native law and tradition, or Werner Herzog sharing his thoughts on Miami.
Programme:
Marilyn Myller
Dir. Mikey Please / Great Britain / 2013 / 6’
Animation
Marilyn is trying really hard to create something good. For once, her expectation and reality are going to align. It will be epic. It will be tear-jerkingly profound. It will be perfect. Nothing can go wrong. Awards: Golden Prize (ADC Awards 2014), Best Short Film (British Animation Awards 2014). The film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and SXSX.
Xenos
Dir. Mahdi Fleifel / Great Britain, Greece / 2013 / 12’
Documentary
Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from a refugee camp in Lebanon traveled with smugglers through Syria and Turkey into Greece. Like so many other migrants, they came looking for a way into Europe but found themselves trapped in a country undergoing economic, political, and social collapse.The film was shown at the Berlin Film Festival, Sheffield Doc Fest and Edinburgh Film Festival.
Colin Furze - Inside The Mind Of An Inventor
Dir. David Beazley / Great Britain / 2014 / 3’
Documentary
Colin Furze is a plumber by day - but in his spare time he retreats to his garage and invents all manner of weird and wonderful contraptions, like the Jet Bike and World's Fastest Mobility Scooter. The film was shown at the Sheffield Doc Fest.
More than two hours
Dir. Ali Asgari / Iran / 2013 / 15’
Drama
It is 3 AM. A boy and a girl are wandering in the city. They are looking for a hospital to cure the girl, but it is much harder than they thought. The film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest and Melbourne International Film Festival.
Werner Herzog Defends Dade
Dir. Lindsay Scoggins / USA / 2011 / 1’
Comedy
Werner Herzog shares his thoughts on Miami.
Person to person
Dir. Dustin Guy Defa / USA / 2014 / 18’
Fiction
Waking up the morning after hosting a party, a man discovers a stranger passed out on his floor. He spends the rest of the day trying to convince her to leave. Awards: DAAD Short Film Prize (Berlin 2014), Special Jury Recognition (SXSW), Best Fiction Film (Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival). The film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival.
Swimmer (courtesy of www.cinema16.org)
Dir. Lynne Ramsay/ Great Britain/ 2012/ 18’
Experimental
The film is a poetic journey through the waterways and coastline of the British Isles, following a lone swimmer through lakes, rivers and coves. The journey is framed by a soundtrack of seminal British music, combined with a sound tapestry of hydrophonic recordings and snippets of bankside conversations. Awards: Best Short Film (BAFTA 2013). The film was shown in Cannes.
Total time: 73 mins
Date: 25 November 2014, 6 PM
Venue: Centre for Culture in Lublin, Cinema Hall
Tickets: 7/9 PLN