Independent Shorts 3

80 minutes
Independent Shorts 3

In total 34 narrative and 18 non-narrative films were selected for the Competition Independent Short Films. The jury consisted of Evert de Beijer, Sandra Gibson, Nicole Hewitt, Tim Hope and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2006

Showing in this program

Dehors Novembre

Dehors Novembre

  • Patrick Bouchard
  • Canada, 2005
  • 6 min.

This short is a bleak, yet engaging ode to Dédé Fortin, frontman and vocalist of the Québecois band Les Colocs. To the sounds of "Dehors novembre", one of the band's songs, animator Patrick Bouchard weaves a haunting tale of death and ruin in the dark of night.

Fable

Fable

  • Daniel Sousa
  • United States, 2005
  • 7 min.
Goodbye Mister Chu

Goodbye Mister Chu

  • Stéphanie Lansaque / François Leroy
  • France, 2006
  • 15 min.
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine

  • Peter Tscherkassky
  • Austria, 2005
  • 17 min.

An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greed tragedy. The hero suddenly realizes that he is not only subject to the gruesome moods of spectators, but also at the mercy of the filmmaker.

Never Like the First Time!

Never Like the First Time!

  • Jonas Odell
  • Sweden, 2006
  • 14 min.

Four people each tell the story of their first time. All their stories have one thing in common: it's never like the first time! Based on documentary interviews.

Play

Play

  • Georges Schwizgebel
  • Switzerland, 2006
  • 3 min.

A visual and musical game.

Susie

Susie

  • Catherine Snelling
  • United Kingdom, 2004
  • 4 min.

An ironic animated film about the male terror of "the swallowing vagina." Out of the blue, Susie suddenly deviates from her traditional role in the kitchen, and begins masturbating.

Three Graces

Three Graces

  • Hanna Nordholt / Fritz Steingrobe
  • Germany, 2006
  • 14 min.