Shorts Attack in July 2023

9 films in 80 minutes

A movement-intensive and entertaining short film program about sports, summer and fitness in different situations in life. It’s all about handball, swimming, boxing, high diving, weightlifting, saunas, skiing and soccer, all in a quirky and surprising way!

The program:

MITCH-MATCH SERIES #06  
Géza M. Tóth
Hungary 2020
2 min
Animation
Matches football
How exciting can a story be that is told only with matches? Here we see a gripping soccer match! So follow the ball.

3X3
Nuno Rocha
Portugal 2009
5:30 min
Live Action
Compete!
A night watchman plays basketball all night, perfecting his game. While the young cleaner is unable to keep up with him, he doesn’t give up.

11
Vuk Jevremovic
Croatia / Germany 2022
5:30 min
Animation
Sport painting
Three masters of football… They can perform wonders during the match … But what happens in their heads when they are making penalty kicks?

LE GRAND BAIN /Home Swim Home
Valerie Leroy
France 2016
17 min
Live Action
Swim course
Mia would love to help her neighbor learn to swim, but the swimming pool is closed. When they decide to practice on dry land, they soon draw a crowd.

RAMÒN
Natalia Bernal Castillo
Columbia / Mexico 2020
7 min
Documentaryfilm
Boxer kid
After months of training, 8-year-old Ramón is about to finally participate in his
first national kickboxing championship.

SVEN NICHT JETZT, WAS DANN …
Jens Rosemann
Germany 2021
3:30 min
Animation
Jump!
It’s a beautiful summer’s day at the outdoor swimming pool. Sven has been planning this for a long time: He is going to jump off the diving tower.

DAS SPIEL
Roman Hodel
Svitzerland 2020
17 min
Documentaryfilm
Referee in action
A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee.

KACHALKA    
Gar O’Rourke
Ukraine / Ireland 2019
9:30 min
Dokumentaryfilm
Fitness parcour
A journey to the heart of a place considered the toughest fitness studio in the world: Kachalka, Kiev’s massive outdoor gymnasium.

HORS PISTE
Léo Brunel u.a.
France 2018
6 min
Animation
Rescue action
The two best rescue workers of the region are ready for their new mission. Despite their professionalism and their determination, it will not go as planned…

Founded in 2002 and every month new: This is edition 247 of Shorts Attack!