INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM 8: Filmets en Forma

CROSS COURT – Estats Units d’Amèrica, 2012 – 5’ – Ficció

Following a controversial call, a referee has eighty-four feet to walk across the court, the longest and most excruciating journey imaginable.

THE MAN WHO LIVED ON HIS BIKE – Canadà, 2012 – 3’ 03’’ – Ficció

I love my bike, it gives me a sense of freedom. I get it from my Dad. After days and days of cycling the streets of Montreal, I dedicate this film to him.

FREE WHEEL – França, 2012 – 6’ 26’’ – Animació

In the late fifties, in the world-famous Roller Derby Hall of Fame, the daily routine of an unassuming cleaning lady unexpectedly takes off, throwing her into a whole new life.

IS SOMEONE THERE – Espanya, 2012 – 2’ – Ficció

The voice mail massage of somebody in the reflective relaxation of the underwater world. Far from the madding crowd in a cosmos of sensations and experiences, the problems and distractions of the outside world fade away and all that remains are his breathing and his soul.

JUMP! – Espanya, 2012 – 2’ – Ficció

Two good-looking girls make a dive in a spectatorless pool.

CRAZY ABOUT SPORT! – França, 2010 – 2’ 47’’ – Animació

Couak, an ever-busy frog, persuades his friend Marlou, the image of laziness personified, to take up sport.

NO BALL GAMES – Regne Unit, 2012 – 7’ – Ficció

Playing football where he shouldn’t, a boy starts kicking his ball against the forbidden wall. The ball slips into a world where boys like him are destined to end up.

LUISITO ADRENALINA – Israel, 2012 – 5’ 37’’ – Animació

The friendship between Morsi, a withdrawn and unpopular boy, and Luisito, a simple little fish, goes pear shaped when Andy, the class soccer star, makes Luisito the brunt of his cruel humour.

OBEN – França, 2012 – 5’ – Animació

A mountaineer’s climb between life and death.

PANYEE FC – Tailàndia-Austràlia, 2011 – 5’ 14’’ – Ficció

The true story of Koh Panyee, an artificial, floating village clinging to rocks in the middle of the ocean. With the 1986 Mexican World Cup fever, led a group of kids to create a team in a village with no land.

OLYMPIC VERMIN – Regne Unit, 2012 – 1’ 40’’ – Animació

The street animals of London organise an alternative Olympic torch relay across the city.

BALANCE – Països Baixos, 2012 – 11’ – Ficció

Two mountain climbers are left dangling 1.000 meters above the ground. What had seemed like certain death becomes a delicate balancing act with the two of them hanging from one single rope.

RISING HOPE – Alemanya, 2012 – 10’ – Animació

Rising Hope, once the fastest horse in the world, suddenly turns into a loser. With the help of a new friend he finds hope and himself again.

MY BIKE (SYKKELEN MIN) – Noruega, 2012 – 5’ – Ficció

Laurits is cycling along the beach road on his way to treating himself to an ice cream. However, before sunset he will have a lost something of value, but will have gained something even more precious.