European Film Awards 3

Saturday 7 May - 10pm - Vendôme I

We're really happy to host the "Short Matters"screening. All awarded shorts from prestigious film festivals such as Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam...

Hanoi - Warsaw Katarzyna Klimkiewicz Poland 2009 – 30' – Color –35mm   A Vietnamese girl, Mai Anh, illegally enters Poland. Now she only has to reach Warsaw, where she will join her boyfriend and start the life she has dreamed of. But the journey through Poland turns into one of humiliation and violence.

 

Diarchy Ferdinando Cito Filomarino Italy, France 2010 – 20' – Color –35mm   Giano and Luc hardly know each other. They are driving through the woods, about to take shelter from the rain in Luc’s immense villa. After having broken the tension talking, disagreeing, they start wrestling playfully, but suddenly an accident happens. Panic-stricken, Giano doesn’t know whether Luc is dead or unconscious. Luc’s sister arrives home unexpectedly. Giano hides, struck by guilt. Then he works up the courage to talk to the girl, but she virtually ignores him. Taking advantage of her wandering around in the villa, Giano recovers Luc’s body and silently carries it out to the car. He sets off again for the woods they came from and he finds the courage to look at the lifeless body.

 

Amor Thomas Wangsmo Norway 2009 – 14' – Color – 35mm   Five minutes. € 1,000. Everybody’s happy. In a city where young, rich people will spend whatever it takes to get what they want, Thomas provides them with a service no one else will.

 

Joseph's snails Sophie Roze France 2009 – 12' – Color –35mm   Joseph is a shy, introverted little boy who collects snails. One day he gets swallowed up by his own tummy-button and discovers the disturbing world of the “navel-gazers”, people who, by only communicating with their navel, curl in on themselves and turn into snails…