ZOOM SHORT FILM NIGHT TIRANA, TIRANA EKSPRES
MAY 15th, 2015
19_00 >>> 20_00 ZOOM POLAND
FROM BED THOU AROUSE
bartek konopka
POLAND_2014_fiction_23min
A comically absurd parable that tells the story of a furniture-beds maker who, after the fall of communism, expands his business, from camp beds right through to run-ins with the mafia.
OF A FOREST
katarzyna melnyk
POLAND_2014_animation_4min
In her subtle animation Katarzyna Melnyk draws a portayal of a dog living among people. Its life is ruled by the rhythm of the human day which sets the time for eating or training.
KILLING AUNTIE
mateusz glowacki
POLAND_2013_fiction_30min
Jurek, who is twenty three, lives with his aunt who does her best to provide the boy with everything he may need. Tired by the stability and security of life under constant care, he decides to change his fate.
20_00 >>> 21_00 ZOOM NORWAY
JACKIE
Rolf and Turid are a married couple in their forties, living in a small village at the western coast of Norway. Rolf is a cabdriver and Turid a host at the local TV station. Rolf spends his days driving passengers, drinking coffee and smoking sigarettes. And he enjoys it. But this is all about to change thanks to Turid´s new co-host, the handsome and worldly Edvard. Every week the audience can see the warm chemestry between them. One day Turid gives Rolf a gift, a brand new pair of shoes. When he discovers Edvard has an identical pair he experiences a jealousy-driven fear of losing his wife. Instead of articulating his jealousy he tweaks the truth with the intention of making her jealous of him aswell…
Director: Dino Murselovic
Norway
2012, 25min
I LOVE YOU TOO
Semir has spent the last two years living in his homeland Bosnia and in Norway. With a wife and child both in Mostar and Lillehammer, unaware of each others existence, the is living a double life.
Director: Liv Karin Dahlstrom
Norway
2012, 25min
21_00 >>> 22_00 ZOOM ISRAEL
DIPLOMA
yaelle kayam
ISRAEL_2009_22min
It is the night of the Jewish settlment masquerade party. Fifteen year old Samer insists on taking her older sister Ayat to collect her diploma from the Palestinian University.
THE SUBSTITUTE
talya lavie
ISRAEL_2005_19min
Zohara is an Israeli soldier on an isolated military base who is about to get a much-anticipated transfer. Her hopes are shattered when her substitute appears to be suicidal.
COCK FIGHT
sigalit liphshitz
ISRAEL_2000_14min
It is a hot summer day. Israeli chicken breeder Marziano is driving his stock to the market with his worker. Upon arriving at Palestinian read – block, they are brought to a halt.
MAY 16th 2015
19_00 >>> 20_00 ZOOM NORWAY
HJERTEKLIPP
Eva is 16 years old and falls in love with Inger. Inger is her fathers new girlfriend. Heartcut is a warm and humorous drama between a father, a girlfriend, and a daughter that didnt want to, but couldnt resist. A story about first love.
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Norway
2006, 27min
ISOLA
A film about grief and soul-searching. About loneliness and partnership. About the process where the surviving party after a sudden, fatal accident scrutinizes their past life together in search of answers.
Director: Andreas J. Riiser
Norway
2006, 27min
20_00 >>> 21_00 ZOOM ISRAEL
UNDERDOG
eran merav
ISRAEL_2002_21min
Natti, a rejected boy in a boarding school, is unaware of this true situation. He meets a girl he wants and learns some painful home truths.
TOLYA
rodeon Brodsky
ISRAEL_2009_10min
On International Women's Day, when all his fellow alien workers call their distant wives to greet them, Tolya remains speechless as he calls Natasha, his wife. He can't pronounce anything but a whistling mumble with his toothless mouth.
SLIDING FLORA
talaya lavie
ISRAEL_2003_12min
Flora is born in the field, that's what she keeps telling everyone. She is a waitress in a coffee shop that requires complex acrobatic skills. Flora can not take it anymore. But she still hasn't lost her dramatic talent...
21_00 >>> 22_00 ZOOM FINLAND
HYPERMARKET NATION
paula korva
FINLAND
2011_26min
Brothers Ingvar and Stig Palmen run a small grocery store in the suburbs of Helsinki. The store has persisted through six decades but is now faced with fierce competition from huge hypermarkets.
MOTHERS
elina hyvarinen
FINLAND
2011_10min
A poetic short story about becoming a mother. Based on archive footage.
MIGRATORY BIRD
katja lautamatti
FINLAND
2012_24min
Esther, 9 years, was born in the Middle East to parents who were illegal immigrant workers from Nigeria. The film is a portrait of Esther, a child ever prepared to pack her bags.
