The Strawberry Shorts Film Marquee
@ Fordham Fest 2010
Programme 3: Foreign Language:
Friday 6th August 2010 Screening 20:00 – 22:00
A selection of the very latest and best short foreign language films from all over the world.
Who’s Afraid of the Water Sprite?
Filmmaker: William McGregor, Manca Gale
The intertwined fates of a young girl, a blacksmith and a malevolent Water Sprite unfold.
A dark and moving tale of injustice and deception
(18:02, Drama/Fantasy, SI UK, 2009)
Infinite Memory
Filmmaker: Relinde de Graaff
We all have memories. Until what point do you remember . . . ?
(2:27, Comedy, ES, 2010)
Nora Sa Mi Paci/ I Like Nora
Filmmaker: Aramisoua, Jakub Slama – Famu
She is a weirdo, gracefully confusing everyone.
(11:53, Comedy/Drama, CZ, 2009)
Passionaria
Filmmaker: Leonor Bruna
Esperanza (Aida Folch) 17, lives in the last days of Franco.
She faces important decisions with the transition from adolescence to maturity, as does Spanish society.
(17:00, Drama, ES, 2010)
Cloister Fobia
Filmmaker: Jesus Palop, Jaun de Dios Marfil
Restoration of an unpublished movie filmed in Ceuta in the twenties and censured at the time.
(7:28, Science Fiction, ES, 2009)
A Matter of Life and Death
Filmmaker: Mehmet Basak
Serkan is in a extraordinary hurry, clocks out. Meanwhile people are waiting for the funeral ceremony of a women. While Serkan aiming to reach his destination he receives a vital news.
(9:20, Drama, TR, 2010)
Mie2
Filmmaker: Ivan Ruiz Flores
A filmmaker is afraid to leave his room. A writer is afraid to enter it.
(20:00, Drama, ES, 2010)
Vinyl Blossom
Filmmaker: Hong Yane Wang, Wang Yongxing
Inspired by Bejing Olympics, a satiric look at artificial prosperity, a metaphoric and critical review on what remains for the people when the expensive show is over.
One man’s weird dream shows how absurd the reality is.
(3:01, Drama, CN UK, 2009)
Extinition II – Quadrature of the Circle
Filmmaker: Fernando Uson
A married couple dresses up to attend a Ceremony.
(11:22, Fiction – Experimental, ES, 2010)
The Advantage of the Hitman
Filmmaker: Luis Morillo Bernardeo, Ismael Morillo Ramos, Yolanda Moreno-Burgos Sanz
Melvin is going to kill a man.
He never thought he would, if not because those 3000 Euros will be the passport that will bring Maria to him…perhaps, Spain is not so different from El Salvador
(7:27, Drama/Thriller, ES, 2009)