Shorts Attack in August

11 films  in 90 minutes

The programme:

ARIA FOR A COW
Dan Lund, Mare Aehlich
USA • 2015
Animation engl.
7 min
Cow-Musical
Dreaming of a better life, a cow sings loudly into the night. Will the farmer hear her aria? Will he change what he is used to do?

NILS FRAHM – RE
Balázs Simon
Hungary • 2014
Animation without dialogue
4 min
Stag-Fantasy
A stag springs gracefully from cliff to cliff, until its fragile world begins to change – from the past to the future.

TWO FRIENDS
Natalia Chernysheva
France • 2014
Animation without dialogue
4 min
Pool-Action
While fleeing from a stork, a caterpillar and tadpole become unlikely friends. When they grow up, their friendship is put to the test.

SERIOUSLY DEADLY SILENCE
Sara Koppel
Denmark • 2015
Animation
without dialogue
1 min
Close to death
60 endangered species in one minute of tortuous silence.

THE OLD MAN AND THE BIRD
Dennis Stein-Schomburg
Germany • 2015
Animation without dialogue
7 min
Bird-Saga
The sight of a robin crashing into his window gives an old man pause. Deciding to take the poor creature in, he begins caring for it it.

DIGGING TO HEAVEN / Podkop do nieba
Maciej Lorenc
Poland • 2014
Animation engl. – 7 min
God experience
A little mole sees a divine light. Seeking to save the world, he convinces his fellow moles to dig with fervor, assuring them their digging will lead to heaven.

THE MASTER / Isand
Riho Unt
Estonia • 2015
Animation
without dialogue
17:30 min
Monkey-and-Dog-Thriller
Popi the dog and Huhuu the chimp are waiting for their owner, who one day just doesn’t arrive.

ALL THE PAIN IN THE WORLD
Tommaso Pitta
England • 2014
Short Fiction engl.
12:30 min
Fish-Thriller
London at Christmas time: A man desperately tries to save the life of a minuscule fish, but the situation spirals out of control.

BIOTOPIA
Liesbeth Eeckman
Belgium • 2014
Animation engl.
5 min
Zoo-Visit
A nature film without the nature: Have zoo animals adapted to their environment? What about the people watching them?

THE FOX OF SHICHIGOROSAWA
Yumiko Sugihara
Japan
2014
Animation engl.
13:30 min
Fox between city and countryside
With her territory endangered and fallen prey to pollution, the fox sets out for the city.

PENNY`S FOR TEA
Sophie Jarvis, Kane Stewart
Canada
2014
Short Fiction engl.
6 min
Dogs have tea
A little afternoon coffee (or tea) and gossip reveal the true nature of this ladies group.

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 174 of Shorts Attack!