Independent Shorts 4

80 minutes
Independent Shorts 4

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

(A Long Day of) Mr. Calpaccio

(A Long Day of) Mr. Calpaccio

  • Delvi Uruma
  • Japan, 2005
  • 7 min.
Beryl, Family Ties, Dreams and Desires

Beryl, Family Ties, Dreams and Desires

  • Joanna Quinn
  • United Kingdom, 2006
  • 9 min.
Careful

Careful

  • Damian Gascoigne
  • United Kingdom, 2005
  • 6 min.
Collider2

Collider2

  • Didi Bruckmay
  • Austria, 2005
  • 5 min.
Institute of the Dream

Institute of the Dream

  • Mati Kütt
  • Estonia, 2006
  • 10 min.
McLaren’s Negatives

McLaren’s Negatives

  • Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • Canada, 2006
  • 10 min.
Memories of Dogs

Memories of Dogs

  • Simone Massi
  • Italy, 2006
  • 8 min.
Rabbit

Rabbit

  • Run Wrake
  • United Kingdom, 2005
  • 8 min.

In this tale of lost innocence a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit. Its magical abilities lead to riches. The vintage children's book style is inspired by a selection of 1950s educational stickers that director Run Wrake found in a thrift store. A retro and adult fairytale.

Tester

Tester

  • Michaela Schwentner
  • Austria, 2004
  • 5 min.
Vered Don’t Die and Other Stories

Vered Don’t Die and Other Stories

  • Yanai Pery
  • Israel, 2004
  • 6 min.
Warning, Petroleum Pipeline

Warning, Petroleum Pipeline

  • Jan van Nuenen
  • The Netherlands, 2005
  • 4 min.

A desolate desert landscape is slowly transforming into a futuristic industrialized world. Indefinable machines are branching off into more complex mechanisms which are producing an industrial soundtrack while moving rhythmically.