Competition Shorts 1

The shorts competition distinguishes between narrative and non-narrative films. From 930 entries, 38 were selected (27 narrative and 11 non-narrative). The winners in both categories receive the Dioraphte Grand Prix HAFF and a cash prize of € 2,500, made available by the Dioraphte Foundation. The winners of this competition will be invited as guest curators to compile a carte blanche programme for the next festival. The jury members of the shorts competition are Alexey Alexeev (filmmaker, Hungary), Isabelle Favez (filmmaker, Switzerland), Osbert Parker (United Kingdom, filmmaker), Fons Schiedon (filmmaker, Netherlands), Han Schuil (visual artist, Netherlands).

Showing in this program

Jam

Mirai Mizue
Japan, 2001
2 min.

Kudan

Taku Kimura
Japan, 2008
9 min.

A man accidentally transforms into a Kudan.

Naïade

Nadia Micault / Lorenzo Nanni
France, 2008
12 min.

Ava rules over on a swamp where live fairy creatures… A strange boy secretly observes her flourishing kingdom, trying to figure out a way to save the life of his sick twin brother…

No Place Like Home

Rosto
The Netherlands, 2009
6 min.

There is no place like home, There is no place like hell…NOT a musicvideo: Thee Wreckers is an imaginary music band, and Rosto's musical project spawned by his graphic novel « Mind my Gap »