| Film | Running Time | Description | Country | Director |
Baby Pepper |
1 | Choosing the proper crowd control technique is tricky as the protestors get younger and younger. | USA | Carl Russo |
Banish The Darkness |
90 | DOCUMENTARY: The year is 1999. The peace process is at its
peak. A group of Educators from different ethnic communities in Israel, starts to work
together on a 'different' educational book on common citizenship for all communities
without ethnic, religious, and communal differences Already at the beginning of the
workshop, the dialogues tend to go in the direction of the 'Jewish ? Palestinian
conflict', and Rebecca, the Ethiopian, protests. And indeed, from the moment that Aziza,
the Arab woman, expressed her feelings about two pictures of 'A deserted house' and 'A
soldiery roll-call', which two Jewish teachers also picked out, the drama erupted in the
group, and the 'Jewish-Palestinian conflict' and the 'Shoah' occupied the whole stage.
Three years go by.In Hannuka 2002 the group meets again. The words 'faith' and 'insanity'
are in the air. Where is hope buried? 'Not in force' says Marzuk. Hope can be found where
there is distress, confusion and than questions'. Festival: Hanouka 2005 |
Israel | Ziva Postec |
Beyond Iraq |
9 | DOCUMENTARY: Five newly disabled Iraqi veterans travel to
Colorado to participate in an adaptive winter sports program. Soldiers are at first
skeptical, not wanting to cause more harm to their bodies. They soon find they find a
certain freedom skiing and snowboarding and return to the hospitals with a new outlook on
life. Soldiers like Jeremia, whose body was littered with shrapnel and Bradley, who was
shot by a sniper, awaiting surgery in his twelfth hospital, tell their stories without any
restrictions. Uplifting and intriguing, this documentary includes incredible footage of
disabled veterans skiing, snowboarding and sit skiing. Viewers will be moved by the
veteran's efforts to succeed despite adversity ... these are unsung heroes who have
embraced their fears, and are realizing their potential despite adversity. Festivals: Sundance Film Festival 2006, Aspen Shortsfest 2006, IndieProducers Award 2006 (Second Place), United Nations Association Film Festival 2006 |
U S A, United Kingdom | Tom Eldridge |
Big Story in a Small City |
90 | The story begins in the city of Yerevan, where Grigor Janoyan, a professor of agriculture at the University of Yerevan, dies. In accordance with the Armenian tradition, the relatives bring the deceased into their home for the 'viewing' of the deceased, by his friends and family. Suddenly, one of his relatives discovers that they have brought someone else's corps by mistake, who apparently looks exactly like Grigor. Thus, it is left up to his son Hayk and his friends to begin the quest of finding his father's body. After some investigation, they find out that Hayk's father looks exactly like Ruben Pashayan, who is the head of one of Armenia's organized crime families and who coincidentally had also passed away a few days before. | Armenia,U S A | Gor Kirakosian |
Binta and the Great Idea |
30 | Binta is a 7 year old girl who lives in a small charming
village on the Casamance river in southern Senegal. She goes to school. Her cousin Soda
does not have the same good fortune. She is not allowed to learn about the things of the
world. Binta admires her father, a humble fisherman who, concerned about the development
of mankind, is determined to carry out an idea that has occurred to him. Festivals: Academy Awards 2007, NFY Film & Video 2006 (Gold World Medal), Smogdance Film Festival 2006 (Best Comedy), Garden State Film Festival 2006 (Family International Short Winner), Tribeca Underground Film Festival 05/2006 (1st Place Narrative Category), IndieProducer Short Film Competition 2006 (Best Short Film), Eugene Film Festival 2006 (Best Narrative Short) |
Spain | javier fesser |
Bittersweet Place |
96 | The film looks at two sisters in their 20s returning home to their diamond-in-the-rough dad (Seymour Cassel) on Long Island and coping with a changed neighborhood and the younger’s reluctance to take her lithium. | USA | Alexandra Brodsky |
| Chick Peas
|
16 | Holden moves to London with the pretext of getting on with
his life after being dumped by his girlfriend Anna. However, he hears that Anna is going
to be in London for a day and puts together a meticulous plan to pull off the seduction of
the century to win her back. Festivals: VC Filmfest 2006, Oxnard Independent Film Festival 2006 (Audience Choice Award) |
Switzerland | Risa Madoerin |
Choque |
10 | A couple in their late twenties discovers an underground
drag-racing track. Festival: Basque Film Festival 2006 |
Spain | Nacho Vigalondo |
Chrysanthemums the Word |
1 | They have an argument. Later, she receives some flowers. She
forgives him. They make love. Then he suddenly remembers something crucial...All done in
15 seconds. Festivals: Fifty Quid Film Festival 12/2005 (Best Film), Halloween Short Film Festival 2006, Lille International Short Film Festival 2006, World of Comedy International Film Festival 2006, Filmstock International Film Festival 2006 |
United Kingdom | Toby Roberts |
| Circulating Currents
|
12 | There are circulating currents flowing between us. Even if we can't see them, they're still there. Joining us together. Tearing us apart. Love is one of these currents. | Spain | Mikel Alverino |
Cirugia |
2 | Animation: Pay no attention to this tremor. Festival: Basque Film Festival 2006 |
Spain | Alberto González Vázquez |
Contact |
12 | Contact is, together with the short film De Getuige, one of
the two films which are selected within the framework of KORT! 2006. KORT! is a
cooperation project of the NPS Television, the Dutch Film Fund, The CoBO fund and the
Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotion Fund to promote the Dutch short film.
|
Netherlands | Hanro Smitsman. |
