Shorts Attack in November 2022

7 films in 85 minutes

There’s an incident on the ISS, a teacher gets involved with a mother, politicians intervene, artificial intelligence turns out to be stupid and a demo is taking place somewhere. Meanwhile, even animals are fighting and animated characters are having a hard time: Here we have the salad!

The program:

BAD SEEDS  / Mauvaise herbes  
Claude Cloutier
Canada 2020
6:30 min
Animation
Quarrels
A fable that uses surrealism and metaphor to show where the perpetual wish for one-upmanship and disempowerment leads.

SO WEIT SO GUT
Leon Schwitter
Switzerland 2021
13:30 min
Live Action
Urban actionism
On a hot summer day, four groups are sweating without realizing that they are up to their necks in water. Because there’s something in the air.

SCHOOL´S OUT / Tienminutengesprek
Jamille van Wijngaarden
Netherlands 2018
11:00 min
Live Action
School Scandal
When mother Marit wants to discuss the behavior of her son during a parent-teacher conference, teacher Yvonne can’t repress her pent-up feelings anymore.

LAND OF GLORY
Borbála Nagy
Germany 2020
27 min
Live Action
Political comedy
A school somewhere in Hungary. An ordinary literature class. It feels like a normal day, except that the Hungarian Prime Minister is about to visit.

IEVA
Domas Petronis, Vytautas Plukas
Lithuania 2020
14 min
Live Action
AI in Action
A robot is created in a lab. Like a new-born, the machine analyses its surroundings with its sensess. What does it mean to be alive?

FLOTANDO  
Frankie de Leonardis
Spain 2019
8 min
Live Action
Space incident
Following a collision in outer space, an astronaut floats. Calls for help fall on deaf ears, as his awareness seems to become disembodied.

TIM TOM
Christel Pougeoise
France 2002
4 min
Animation
Short film classic
Two animated characters Tim and Tom want to meet each other, but their creator does not agree. They quarral and quarrel.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 239 of Shorts Attack!