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

Dying of Love

• Gil Alkabetz
• Germany, 2004
• 12 min.

While their owner is having his siesta, two old caged parrots reminisce, leading to unexpected consequences for them all.

Intolerance 3

• Phil Mulloy
• United Kingdom, 2004
• 24 min.

Two thousand years into the future, the battle fleet from Earth is still searching for the Planet Zog. Those on board are irreconcilably divided between those that believe the Planet Zog exists, and those that don't. Caught between these warring factions Ade and Eva Hokum are determined to find happiness with each other. Will the Planet Zog be a Paradise for them?

The Wallet

• Vincent Bierrewaerts
• France, 2003
• 10 min.

A man who just missed a job opportunity finds a wallet on his way home. A part of himself takes it while the other continues on his way.

Through My Thick Glasses

• Pjotr Sapegin
• Norway, 2004
• 13 min.

Grandpa tells his granddaughter a story about the time he was a boy, during the war.

Zinc Garden

• Michiel van Bakel
• The Netherlands, 2004
• 10 min.

A visual poem. A dream-like voyage that slowly hovers from a dandelion flower to a traffic cloverleaf to a highway at night.