IT’S A HOLD-UP! – Take the Money and Run…

Broke? Then go to a bank or gas station. But beware of hold-ups!

These 10 short films show a diverse collection of amateur and professional attempts at procuring ‘easy money’, with varying degrees of success.

And complications are bound to occur: whether it’s criminal rivals, a wrong telephone number, a sudden onslaught of paternal feelings or even the undead – things never seem to go to plan. Featuring brilliant actors Florian Lukas and Inga Busch in a real classic!

So, Hands up and eyes open!

The Program:

Life is too short to dance with ugly women
Lars Kraume, Germany 1997, Short Fiction
8 min

When your girlfriend has the best idea ever, you just have to stage a hold-up. Whether you want to or not.

 

The Trainee
Craig Rosenthal, Singapore 2006, Short Fiction
8 min
After a failed robbery in a 24-hour shop a criminal is forced to become a trainee.

 

La Huida / The Runaway
Victor Carrey, Spain 2010, Short Fiction
10:30 min
Chewing gum . A dog leash. A stain shaped like Australia. A bent traffic light. Each of these elements has its own story, but together they create an entirely new plot.

 

Tempus Fugit
Frederic Grivois, France 2010, Short Fiction
11 min
They had the perfect plan to rob an oil company. What they didn’t anticipate is that a suicide-bomber would beat them to it.

 

The Rip-Off
Kun Chang, Canada 2006, Short Fiction
10 min
At a small camera shop things aren’t quite what they seem. What you see is not what you should have seen. A story told twice, from two different perspectives.

 

Paf Le Moustique
Jean Francois Bourrel, Jerome Calvet, France 1999,  Animation
2 min
Somewhere in Paris. A man in love with music and bubblegum serves as an attractive target to a mosquito.

 

 

Ao Meu Pai Com Carinho / To My Dad with Love
Fausto Renier Noro, Brazil 2010, Short Fiction

15 min
Kidnapping Marcio and demanding a high ransom seemed like a perfect plan. If only the four kidnappers hadn’t accidentally dialled the wrong number…

 

Dead Shift – [ Zombie-Groteske ]
Ana Djordjevic, Australia 2005, Short Fiction
7 min

A naive gas station clerk receives a visit from a zombie in the dead of night. The zombie’s ex-partner in crime arrives and attempts to rob the station, followed by the zombie’s pregnant girlfriend.

 

Papalsya / Fall into the fatherhood
Gennady Fadeev, Russia 2010, Short Fiction
8:30 min

Becoming a father is sometimes criminally simple.

 

Late Night Shopper
Tim Bullock, Australia 2002, Short Fiction
6 min
A shoplifter risks paying the ultimate price.

 



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