SHORT MATTERS is the European Film Academy’s short film tour which brings the films nominated for the European Film Awards to a number of film festivals and institutions across Europe and beyond.
DISSONANCE, Till Nowak, animation, Germany, 2015, 17'
A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there is nobody to listen. One day his animated world collapses and he must face reality. He only has one wish: to share his music with his daughter, but her mother doesn‘t allow it.
THE RUNNER, José Luis Montesinos, fiction, Spain, 2014, 12'
Five years ago the boss closed the company and fired 300 workers. The first day that he goes out to run he meets one of them.
OUR BODY, Naše Telo, experimental, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vācija, 2015, 14'
From here, you can see everything:
the sea to the right,
the mountains to the left,
the sky in between.
SON OF THE WOLF, Lola Quivoron, fiction, France, 2015, 23'
Between the walls of an ancient military fort, Johnny, a young boy, learns how to train and dominate Iron, his first guard dog.
THIS PLACE WE CALL OUR HOME, Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Marie Wester Tuxen, documentary, Denmark, 2014, 30'
In this film war is an atmosphere, rather than journalistic facts. Through music we visit all layers of society. In the form of a poem we show how it feels when your country is in an invincible conflict.
With a main focus on imagery over dialog and with a fragmented storyline, the film depicts the conflict in Ukraine, and how it affects everyday life of those who stay at home; of those who is waiting.
Films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.
More info http://2annas.lv/en/partner-screenings/short-matters-i/