Competition Shorts 2

75 minutes
Competition Shorts 2

For the international competition shorts 54 films have been selected, of which 23 non-narrative.

This program screened as part of Haff 2015

Showing in this program

8 Bullets

8 Bullets

  • Frank Ternier
  • France, 2014
  • 12 min.

My name is Gabriel and I live in Taipei. I lost my wife during an assault. A red-haired man entered my home, smelling of dried fish. He was carrying a weapon ; he used it on my family. Since then, I've been feeling a void ; a whole in my head.

Ants’ Songs

Ants’ Songs

  • Sasha Svirsky
  • Russia, 2014
  • 12 min.

Dramatic story of a man and a woman who had a short but torrid love affair. The affair had high consequences - the young woman was pregnant and dreamt to get married with the father of a future baby, but the man chose a not young but rich bride instead of her. To hide his relationship with the young woman he went in for a terrible act. Some ants became witnesses of that act. As time passes the an

Elsewhere, the Survivors

Elsewhere, the Survivors

  • Ali Aschman
  • United States, 2014
  • 3 min.

Two connected figures wander endlessly through a desolate landscape, haunted by anxiety and doubt.

Mr. Sea

Mr. Sea

  • Xue Geng
  • China, 2014
  • 13 min.
Myself Universe

Myself Universe

  • Andreas Hykade
  • Germany, 2015

MYSELF tries to remember the secret of the universe.

On Hanne Darboven/ In Conclusion

On Hanne Darboven/ In Conclusion

  • Thomas Mohr
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 8 min.

Based on 1853 pictures handheld taken in the last space of the exhibition “The order of time and things. The home studio of Hanne Darboven” organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Sammlung Falckenberg in collaboration with the Hanne Darboven Foundation.part 4 of 'The last books/ on Hanne Darboven'. Music: Hanne Darboven (1941 - 2009): Requiem, op. 22, book 61 / Thomas Dahl, Beckerath organ, Hauptkirche St. Petri, Hamburg. with kind support: Hanne Darboven Stiftung, Hamburg.
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Simulacra

Simulacra

  • Ivana Bosnjak / Thomas Johnson
  • Croatia, 2014
  • 8 min.

Which image is real - the one staring at us from the mirror or the one standing in front of it? In hallways filled with illusions, a simulacrum behind the looking glass, he is trying to find out if he is looking at a stranger or a hidden part of himself.

Teeth

Teeth

  • Daniel Gray / Tom Brown
  • United Kingdom / Hungary / United States, 2015
  • 5 min.

Things of worth are often neglected in favour of that which is more immediately gratifying. Unfortunately, things that are neglected are often lost forever.

The Sleepwalker

The Sleepwalker

  • Théodore Ushev
  • Canada, 2015
  • 4 min.

With the shade around her waist / she dreams on her balcony, […] Under the gypsy moon, / all things are watching her / and she cannot see them.
A surrealist journey through colours and shapes inspired by the poem Romance Sonámbulo by Federico García Lorca. Visual poetry in the rhythm of fantastic dreams and passionate nights.

The Swallow

The Swallow

  • Xi Chen / Jian Jiang
  • China, 2014
  • 5 min.

Three women, three generations, this is a chinese family without love in 1940s.
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