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Shorts Attack turns 100!

We’re celebrating with a record-breaking screening of 22 hot-shot shorts in 85 minutes

+ Ghettoblaster-Party with drinks and MotorFM and surprise!

Wednesday 28 July 2010 at 8pm
at Babylon Cinema, Rosa Luxemburg Platz

Ever since 2002 we’ve been screening specially curated short film programs EVERY MONTH! An undertaking that’s not only unique to Europe, but probably the world! Month after month we keep on conjuring up new themes, researching films and celebrating with international guests and adventurous, discerning audiences. We have succeeded at boosting the image of short film and helped established its ongoing presence in Berlin’s cinema landscape. Thanks to all those hard-boiled, daring and loyal Shorts Attack followers out there, we’d be nothing without you!

The 100th edition will be going off with a bang: 22 films in just 85 minutes! HOT SHOTS is a summery collection of punch-lines and compelling gems, like the premiere of the animated series “Log Jam”. There’ll be Shorts Attack audience favourites and internationally celebrated works, where high-end meets pure fun. See you there!

Don’t miss the after-show ghetto blaster party with DJ Rumsbums on the square outside Babylon!

THE PROGRAM

LE PLACARD / THE CLOSET
Matthijs van Heijningen / Stéphane Xiberras, France 2009, live action, French with English subitles

1 min

[ Surprise wardrobe ]

 

A secret that has puzzled husbands for years has finally been revealed! Never underestimate the power of a good story...

 

LOG JAM: THE PILOT
Alexei Alexeev, Hungary 2007
animation, no dialogue

2 min

[ Musical woodland story ]

 

Three professional musicians, the bear, the rabbit and the wolf are busy rehearsing in the forest when they are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a hunter.

 

PRICKLY HEAT - FIVE EASY PIZZAS
Ray Boseley, Australia 1994
live action, English

6 min

[ Pizza delivery disaster scenario ]

 

 

Work as a Pizza delivery man can be pretty tough, but in summer it's unbearable!

 

ROMEO AND JULIET
Samuli Valkama / Tapjo Schultz
Finland 2002, animation
no dialogue

1 min

[ Shakespeare condensed ]

 

William Shakespeare's “Romeo & Juliet” redone in 30 seconds!




SPIN
Jamin Winans, USA 2005
live action, no dialogue

8 min

[ Time scratching ]

 

A mysterious DJ is sent to a busy city block to intervene in a series of chain reactions that occur in our everyday lives, but chaos ensues because the timetracks get tangled up.


 

LOG JAM: THE RAIN
Alexei Alexeev, Hungary 2007
animation, no dialogue

1 min

[ Wet performance ]

 

The forest musicians keep on practising despite unfriendly weather conditions.

 

VIDEOGIOCO - LOOP EXPERIMENT
Donato Sansone, Italy 2009
experimental film, no dialogue

2 min

[ Killer sketch ]

 

 

A cleverly construed experimental piece that begins with a punch in the face and results in decapitation.

 

CARAVAN
Dag Mork, Norway 2002
live action, Norwegian with English subtitles

9 min

[ Camping slapstick ]

 

 

Marianne has left Morton - again. He visits her in the hope of winning her back, but things take a turn for the unexpected as the couple's old caravan decides to have a say in the matter.

 

NON-FAT
Oliver Manzi, Great Britain 2003, live action, no dialogue

00:30 min

[ Cafe drama ]

 

A fat bartender has a problem with non-fat milk.


JOHN AND KAREN
Matthew Walker, Great Britain 2007, animation, English

4 min

[ Timid reconciliation]

 

"I came to apologize". This admission marks the beginning of a beautiful reconciliation between polar bear John and the small, but not to be underrated penguin lady, Karen. Tea and biscuits are naturally de rigueur.

 

LOG JAM: THE LOG
Alexei Alexeev, Hungary 2007
animation, no dialogue

1 min

[ Art and pain ]

 

 

Making music sometimes requires painful moves.

 

MUSIC FOR ONE APARTMENT AND SIX DRUMMERS
Ola Simonsson / Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Sweden 2001, live action, no dialogue

10 min

[ Beat happening ]

 

 

Six people break into an apartment and make music with the furniture and appliances they find within.

 

TEETH
Ruairi O’Brien, Ireland 2006
live action, no dialogue

2 min

[ Ageing buddy film ]

 

Teeth is a short "last laugh" tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words.





KWIZ
Renaud Callebaut, Belgium 2006, live action, no dialogue

5 min

[ Quiz madness ]

 

Two middle-aged women armed with mobile phones plunge themselves into a merciless quiz game.

 

LOVE & THEFT
Andreas Hykade, Germany 2010, animation, no dialogue

6 min

[ Cartoon high ]

 

„And I'm still carrying the gift you gave, / It's a part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, / It'll be with me unto the grave / And then unto eternity." / (Bob Dylan)

 

LOG JAM: THE SNAKE
Alexei Alexeev, Hungary 2007
animation, no dialogue

1 min

[ Animal ambush ]

 

 

The forest band are not be stopped, not even when band members disappear.

 

LAUF / RUN
Philipp Fleischmann, Germany 2006, live action, no dialogue

1:30 min

[ Business sprint ]

 

 

A young man runs like a maniac. From the promenade to the street and even over the highway. But why is he doing that?

 

SPIDER
Nash Edgerton, Australia 2007, live action, English

9 min

[ Prank with consequences]

 

 

It´s all fun and games until someone looses an eye...

 

BIRDS
Pleix, France 2006
experimental clip

3 min

[ Dog-dance ]

 

A poetic study of dogs at the disco.

 

HOLD-UP
Thierry Samitier, France 2006 live action, French with English subtitles

5 min

[ Gangster routine ]

 

 

A pretty gangster is caught off guard by the kindness of the lady baker he is holding up.

 

LOG JAM: THE MOON
Alexei Alexeev, Hungary 2007
animation, no dialogue

1 min

[ Night music ]

 

 

Practising at night makes rehearsals rather slow...

 

PLAYIN' HARD TO GET
Tim Bullock, Australia 2001
live action, no dialogue

5 min

[ Seductive jazz ]

 

Musicians in a jazz quartet dispute the attention of a beautiful lady in a bar, playing their instruments to the limit.


 

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This is the 100th edition!

shorts attack! – it’ll knock your socks off!


For more information please take a look at the Archive and watch the Shorts Attack Trailer.

Ever since March 2002, interfilm Berlin has been presenting “Shorts Attack!” every month at Kino Babylon Berlin:Mitte. “Shorts Attack!” is as diverse and surprising as the short film medium itself, taking in foreign focuses, political, outrageous or seldom-seen films, film school projects, independent productions, fiction, or animation. The driving force behind the Shorts Attack vision is the intention to further establish the presence of short film in the Berlin cinema scene. The program has been met with great response by audiences and media alike.

The next attack: Tuesday, 24. August 2010

 

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