A royal collection of 53 films from all parts of the world and a great range of narrative and as much as 20 non-narrative films.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2017

Showing in this program

Casino

• Steven Woloshen
• Canada, 2016
• 3 min.

A film dedicated to my father, who gambled with love.

Cloacinae

• Serge Onnen / Sverre Fredriksen
• The Netherlands / China, 2016
• 24 min.

The story of a cent that has dropped into the sewer. With Chinese shadow puppets.

Life Before Life

• Rao Heidmets
• Estonia, 2017
• 7 min.

The new-born butterfly Bruno flies into the wide world to look for something better.

Nighthawk

• Spela Cadez
• Slovenia / Croatia, 2016
• 8 min.

A
badger lies motionless on a local road. A police patrol approaches the
body in the dark. They soon realise that the animal is not dead; the
badger is dead drunk! When they attempt to drag the creature off the
road, he wakes up and things take a strange turn.

Our Wonderful Nature – The Common Chameleon

• Tomer Eshed
• Germany, 2016
• 3 min.

The feeding habits of the common chameleon as never seen before.

Panda

• Jie Shen
• China, 2016
• 3 min.

A soldier wants to make love to the statue of Venus.

Pearl

• Patrick Osborne
• United States, 2016
• 5 min.

Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It’s a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.

The Gap

• Patrick Vandebroeck
• Belgium / The Netherlands, 2016
• 14 min.

Manikin is a compulsive, cubical shaped figure who lives in a very straight desolate world.