18/11/2016 14:15, Artis 2
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The films selected into the SHUT UP! competition programme have to meet the requirement of using no dialogue and voice-over text. The idea behind SHUT UP! is to highlight and cinematographic expression. The SHUT UP! jury consists of postgraduate students of the Estonian Academy of Arts.
After a tough week at the office, Richard and George like to play war games over the weekend to relax. The dispassionate atmosphere and minimalist style with which the growing brutality is handled slowly wipes the smile from your face, before making sure that it doesn’t return.
ENDGAME
United Kingdom 2016 6’
Dir: Phil Mulloy
Prod: Spectre Films, Middlesex
THIS AIN’T DISNEYLAND A personal surreal account of the New York September 11 attacks, juxtaposing the destruction of the Twin Towers and Disney neo-archetypes.
Hong Kong 2015, 6’
Dir: Faiyaz Jafri
Prod: Faiyaz Jafri
Wacky relatives give way to mounting tensions with broken dolls, boiling stew and a bang.
BATFISH SOUP
United States of America 2016, 5’
Dir: Amanda Bonaiuto
Prod: California Institute of the Arts
One of the three monkeys died. The idea for the short film was born at a grandfather’s funeral. When the author saw his grandfather lying in the coffin, it felt like seeing the future of his father and himself.
MONKEY
China 2015, 5’
Dir: Jie Shen
Prod: Jie Shen
A scarecrow, a storm, a broken leg. The resonant sound of a sea shell. Leaving forever.
AU REVOIR BALTHAZAR
Switzerland 2016, 9’
Dir: Rafael Sommerhalder
Prod: Stella Händler
You fall down every time before reaching your goal. At each fall, the glass you held in your hand breaks, then everything starts again from the beginning. But there are things one can only discover through repetition. The answer lies within yourself.
STARTING OVER
Japan 2016, 9’
Dir: Mika Seike
Prod: Tokyo University of the Arts
A kid is climbing a hill. On the hill he’s going to meet a peculiar hedgehog.
THE KID AND THE HEDGEHOG
Spain 2016, 3’
Dir: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
Prod: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.
GARDEN PARTY
France 2016, 7’25”
Dir: Théophile Dufresne, Florian Babikian, Gabriel Grapperon, Lucas Navarro, Vincent Bayoux, Victor Caire
Prod: MoPA
A miniature surrealist portrait of epic dimensions takes place in a sunny Spanish beach. Stop motion short made with scale H0 miniature figures.
MADE IN SPAIN
Spain 2016, 11’
Dir: Coke Riobóo
Prod: Lourdes Villagómez, Coke Riobóo