Independent Shorts 2

70 minutes
Independent Shorts 2

In total 38 narrative and 14 non-narrative films were selected for the Competition Independent Short Films. The jury consisted of Dick Arnall, Peter Chung, Bady Minck, Joost Rekveld and Dennis Tupicoff.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

Accordion

Accordion

  • Michèle Cournoyer
  • Canada, 2004
  • 6 min.

An exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology. A woman connects to the Internet. She not only embraces technology but surrenders to it entirely as she sends her entire body and soul to her electronic lover. In this world of Pandora's boxes, sexual desire and dehumanizing machines intertwine till they're finally and brutally disconnected.

Birthday Boystudents

Birthday Boy

  • Sejong Park
  • Australia, 2004
  • 9 min.

The Korean War. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village, dreaming of life at the front. When he returns home, he finds a birthday present that will change his life.

In

In

  • Philipp Hirsch
  • Germany, 2004
  • 24 min.

The existential situation of Hanna. Her spectrum embraces seeming voyeurism, playful observation of microscopic processes and the direct view at herself by leaving her body.

La Piccola Russia

La Piccola Russia

  • Gianluigi Toccafondo
  • Italy, 2004
  • 16 min.

The young assassins, papa rabbit, mama lunar, a little dancing dog, the snail lady, sister cops... The characters are imaginary, Little Russia is real.

Nibbles

Nibbles

  • Chris Hinton
  • United States, 2003
  • 4 min.

The unvarnished truth about the pleasures of the road, the beauty of nature, and the unbridled desire for food consumption that lies at the heart of every family outing.

The Separation

The Separation

  • Robert Morgan
  • United Kingdom, 2003
  • 9 min.

The separation of conjoined twins and its extraordinary consequences.