Friday 24 Sep 2010

20.00, Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St Andrew’s Street Cambridge CB2 3AR; Box Ofice: 0871 902 5720

Part of the ‘International Shorts II: Wishful Thinking programme

Romania/Australia/Iran/Italy/Sweden/Germany, 2009-2010. 88 mins. Various languages with English subtitles.
This compilation of shorts offers delightful moments, speaking straight into our deep desires that form decisions according to what is pleasing to imagine.

Featuring diverse mixture of styles, it will keep you alert about the modern trends of contemporary international filmmaking.

DEAF ROCK N’ ROLL (BETISOARE ROCK N’ ROLL)
Romania, 2010, 14 mins Director: Cristian Pascariu
In a world that takes hearing for granted, this is an exploration of a deaf woman who tries to find where her son’s rock concert is held. A magnetic experience of music performance through the eyes and ears of the deaf woman.

THREE HOURS (TRE ORE)
Italy, 2010, 12 mins. Director: Annarita Zambrano
Rome, nowadays. The father is convicted for murder, his daughter speaks her mind. The river Tiber splits the city, yet it is bonding their lives together… for a few hours in an afternoon.

BANQUET UNDER THE WATER
Iran, 2010, 15 mins. Director: Babak Amini
A young couple defusing the mines remained from war, out of the country and in a camp near the border. One day before the New Year, they find an antique under the ground that will change their life grievously.

INCIDENT BY A BANK
Sweden, 2010, 10 mins. Director: Ruben Ostland
Detailed and humorous account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 96 people perform a meticulous choreography for the camera. The film recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm back in June 2006.

GISBERTA (2009, 24 mins)
Director: Lisa Violetta Gass (Germany)
As a tender friendship blossoms between 14 year old Elischa and Gisberta – the new cleaning help at the orphanage – the jealousy of the other boys becomes dangerously brutal.

CONTENDER/ SKIRMISH/ THE ITCH
Australia, 2010, 10 mins. Dir. Joey Hitten
A story about the origin of desire, in three distinct chapters:
Part I: Contender – a boy on the brink of adulthood has to make his natural selection.
Part II: Skirmish – two warriors compete for survival of the fittest.
Part III: The Itch – man learns to evolve from a primal condition into a higher state of being.