International Panorama 3

Wednesday 18 November 11.00 Watershed Cinema 2
£5

Saturday 21 November 11.00 Arnolfini
£3.50 (£2.50 delegate rate)



An opportunity to see a snapshot of global creativity in the short film form. The International Panorama series showcase seven programmes of outstanding International shorts presenting some of the most talented Directors from around the globe.

Still image from EL EMPLEO

EL EMPLEO (THE EMPLOYMENT)

Directed by Santiago 'bou' Grasso
Argentina, 2008, 06 minutes 19 seconds
Animation

A man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the use of people as objects is an everyday thing.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Patricio Plaza
Distributed by Patricio Plaza
Also screened in 4Mations Emerging Talent 1
Still image from WERNER HERZOG'S LA BOHÈME - SHORT

WERNER HERZOG'S LA BOHÈME - SHORT

Directed by Werner Herzog
Germany, 2009, 04 minutes 28 seconds
Music

German director Werner Herzog's moving interpretation of Puccini's love duet 'O Soave Fanciulla' from La Boheme is set among the Mursi people of south-west Ethiopia: Herzog combines powerful imagery to produce a wholly original marriage of opera and film.

Produced by Andre Singer
Still image from GHOSTS

GHOSTS

Directed by Jan Ijäs
Finland, 2009, 14 minutes 54 seconds
Documentary

Film about the building originally built as an envelope factory (located 500 km from Arctic Circle), and is now a center for asylum seekers - a warehouse for humans.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Paula Korva
Distributed by Saara Toivanen
Still image from MORGENROT

MORGENROT (DAWN)

Directed by Jeff Desom
Luxembourg, 2009, 03 minutes 35 seconds
Music

A burning piano falls from a building in 1920s New York.

Still image from מקסיקו

מקסיקו (MEXICO)

Directed by Olga Sitovotsky
Israel, 2009, 32 minutes 20 seconds
Drama

A middle-aged woman's fears and bitter disappointments fuel her anxieties towards her estranged daughter. However, one day that summons a mutual cry for help offers the possible chance for closeness

Produced by Hila Aviram
Distributed by Hila Aviram
Still image from EXCERPT

EXCERPT

Directed by Guli Silberstein
Israel, 2008, 04 minutes 35 seconds
Experimental

An excerpt from a flow of Internet news: a family is hiding behind a wall in a neighbourhood that turned into a war zone. The compressed video is slowed down and transformed into a psychedelic landscape: anxiety deconstructed into pixels.

UK PREMIER
Still image from LAS PELOTAS

LAS PELOTAS

Directed by Chris Niemeyer
Switzerland, 2009, 14 minutes 45 seconds
Drama

In bad economical times, there's nothing like a son with football talent. If you don't have one, it takes a good mix of science, sex and a grandma to get there.

UK PREMIER
Produced by Hc Vogel
Distributed by Hc Vogel
Also screened in Online Award