An Abstract Day
A day in the life of a couple, who make love, fight and escape the hot and crowded city. Semi-abstract film based on a story which is told in sound.
Competition Shorts 2
70 minutes
The two categories of the international competition for shorts are narrative and non-narrative. From 905 entries, 43 productions were selected (30 narrative and 13 non-narrative). The winners in both categories are granted the Dioraphte Grand Prix HAFF and a cash prize of € 2,500, made available by the Dioraphte Foundation. The winners in this competition will be invited as guest curators to compile a carte blanche programme for the next festival.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2010
Showing in this program
Esterhazy
The story of a small Esterhazy and his research of Bunnies's Paradise that truly existed between East and West part of the Berlin Wall.
In a Pig’s Eye
Quite an ordinary family lives in quite an ordinary house. The only thing is, there is an enormous pig lying in front of it.
Lipsett Diaries
Capturing a descent into depression and madness, this short is a portrait of the anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at the age of 49. It's an intoxicating diary of images and sounds, charting a prodigious frenzy of creation. A mad genius indeed.
Playtime
Homage to the dedication, spirit and subject matter of the late Jock MacDonald, a Canadian painter and member of the art collective Painters 11.
The Trenches
World War I. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood.
Triumph of the Wild
A film about the trials of war and nature. It explores the impulse of hunting and the resilience of people and animals in times of battle and covers over 400 years of history in 5 minutes. Paintings and puzzles evolve from animal form to human, from hunted to hunter and from war zone to wilderness. With music by pianist Thollem McDonas.
