| Short Films Programs |
| All the shorts films selected here are 2010 or 2011 productions. Most of them have been presented at court metrages festivals: Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Brussels, Toronto, Montreal... |
| Program 1 |
Sélection Francophonie |
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Belgium 2011
LA GARDE-BARRIERE (The Level Crossing Keeper) - Animation 12min
FIFF 2011 (Belgium) Official selection
Media 10-10 2011 (Belgium) Prix du meilleur court-métrage d’animation
An old lady lives alone with her cow and is keeper of a level crossing on a disused road. She overcomes her solitude by doting on her beloved cow and playing the violin. Until the day she decides to stop the passing trains... |
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Canada 2011
TROTTEUR Arnaud Brisebois & Francis Lecler - Mythological fiction 8min
Québec Gold 2011
Sélection: Courts du Quebec Festival Cannes 2011
Sélection officielle: Festival court-métrages Clermont-Ferrand 2012
Metaphor for adversity, A young outcast pits himself in a race against a raging locomotive. Fantastic visual effects add to this powerful tale of man versus machine.
The Totteur is based on the live of Alexis Lapointe called le Trotteur (1860-1924). He was a Quebec athlete in the early 20th century who has become a legendary character of Quebecois folklore. |
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Nouvelle Calédonie 2011
LE PIANO 2011 - Fiction 8min
Sélection: Courts Festival Cannes 2011
This bitter and lonely old man loves no one. Especially children. Yet in this neighborhood center around a piano, a wind calm and melancholy will float. |
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Belgium 2011
LA VERSION DU LOUP Ann Sirot & Raphael Balboni - Fiction 10min
Media 10-10 2011(Belgium): Selection
Magritte 2012 (Belgium): Selection
Like in the traditional fairy tale, the wolf longs for the little red riding hood and disguises to reach what he’s aiming for. But this version reveals a little red riding hood more mischievous than the legend’s innocent little girl. |
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Canada 2010
LUMIERE DANS LA NUIT Pierre-Luc Lafontaine - Fiction 11min
Sélection: Courts du Québec Festival Cannes 2011
Festival court-métrages Saguenay 2011 Meilleur scénario
Filmed overnight, Lumière dans la nuit reaches its full paroxysm within two weeks, expressing an utter desire to share. Slowly starting with an anecdotal moment between two juveniles on an October night, a friendly walk turns into a profound phenomenon. This episode continues, unrelentingly. |
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Belgium 2011
L’APPEL Cécile Mavet - Fiction 19min
A strong faith inhabits Anna. Dancer by profession, she now dedicates her life to God.
As she is preparing to pronounce her vows, she becomes troubled between the call of the body and the spirit, the desire of movement and the need of engagement. |
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Belgium 2011
KIN Delphine Renard - Animation 11min
Anima 2011 (Belgium): Prix RTBfet Grand Prix de la Communauté française
Kin is a social photography in Kinshasa, which combines a series of characters around the theme of resourcefulness and recycling. |
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Canada 2011
OPASATICA Eric Morin - Fiction 18min
Festival Court-métrages Saguenay 2011 Meilleure réalisation
Northerm Quebec, a young Spanish woman lives a short but intense love affair. |
| Program 2 |
Regards sur Haïti |
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HAITI Coproduction France -Canada 2011
ELEGIE DE PORT-AU-PRINCE Maigre-Touchet - Documentary 11min
Sélection RIDM (Montréal)
The poet Dominique Batraville wanders through the ruins of the Haitian capital. Evoking moments of happiness and others of sorrow, the wandering poet shares with us his city, Port-au-Prince, still very much alive despite the quake, and gives us an insight into the city's soul. |
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MOYEN METRAGES-DOCUMENTAIRE
HAITI 2011
HAITI APOCALYPSE NOW Arnold Antonin - Documentaire 19min
On the 12th January 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck and destroyed the western department of the Republic of Haiti. The Presidential Palace, the Palace of Justice, Parliament, the cathedral and half of the houses are destroyed. There are 300,000 deaths. It was like if there were five million deaths after a similar earthquake in a country like the United States. In 20 minutes, Arnold Antonin documents the drama, the courage, the beauty of the Haitian people and international solidarity. He also questions about the responsibilities and mistakes that led to this apocalypse, whoseimmense had been expected around the world for at least two years.
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