#37
- Joost Rekveld
- The Netherlands, 2009
- 31 min.
Competition Shorts 3
75 minutes
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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).
This program screened as part of HAFF 2009
Showing in this program
#37
Damaged Goods
Damaged Goods is a classic boy meets girl tale - but one with shattering consequences. On the cluttered floor of a bric-a-brac shop a poor, down-at-heel boy looks up to the top shelf to see a beautiful girl in tears amongst the crystal and silver. Played out by ceramic figurines and accompanied by an original composed score, the story follows the boy’s attempt to rescue the girl – and the tragedy that inevitably occurs when high culture falls for low.
Dix
Marc needs the paving stones on which he walks to move, for fear of stepping on the lines. He starts a treatment to overcome his phobia…
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Lies
The Man in the Blue Gordini
The Royal Nightmare
This animated short tells a story of an Evil King, whose life is turned into a nightmare by a pilgrim who constantly reappears by the Royal Tower and totally ignores The King.
