Official Short Films Competition

Country: France, 2014/
Director: Quentin Montant/
Writers: Quentin Montant, Marc Maurille/
Synopsis: Today, Remy goes away for holidays and nothing or no one will stop him, not even Karma./
Cast: Marc Maurille, Paul Velle, Pauline Gallien, Batiste De Oliveira, Antoine Croset/

Country: USA , 2014/
Director: James Brylowski/
Writer: James Brylowski/
Synopsis: Solid Porcupine Inc., the Toronto-based film and television production company, presents a new fifteen minute short comedic film entitled A Mile in These Hooves.  The film, an epic buddy comedy about two best friends/adopted brothers who set out to break the world record for longest distance travelled on foot in a two-person outfit, was written and directed by James Brylowski.  In this film, the two brothers, played by Ned Petrie and Jordan Gray, create a two-person donkey outfit and begin their 3400 KM trek from Toronto, Canada to Los Angeles, California.  Soon after leaving, the brothers comprehend the level of commitment necessary to walk across a continent in a donkey outfit./
Cast: Jordan Gray, Ned Petrie, Tara Koehler

Country: Romania, 2007/
Director: Marian Crişan/
Writers: Marian Crişan/
Synopsis: Mihai and Alina are two young rastafarian teenagers who see themselves enfants terribles and special. They get married in a different manner, without the regular traditions of wearing a bride suit, having folk music, opening dance or wedding cake./
Cast: Gabriel Dihel, Alexandru Dragoi, Maria Junghetu, Tania Musina, Ana Maria Pislaru, Alexandru Molico, Andreas Petrescu, Petre Pletosu, Radu Dan/

Country: Romania, 2013/
Director: Emanuel Parvu/
Writer: Emanuel Parvu/
Synopsis: In the Danube Delta, people are guided by archaic beliefs that are misunderstood by others. Even the Earth is not in harmony with their antiquated customs and the process of digging up dead after 10 years in order to wash their bones can skid in a real unpleasant event. But one family from Sfantu Gheorghe town decides to ignore the requirement of the priest to stop digging after corpses, believing that they are doing what is right after customs and traditions./
Cast: Dorina Lazăr, Constantin Cojocaru, Andi Vasluianu, Anca Sigartău, Mircea Andreescu, Medeea Marinescu, Dorian Boguţă, Liliana Mocanu, Ana Ciontea, Cosmina Stratan, Vlad Corbeanu, Marius Chivu, Emanuel Parvu, Ilie Gheorhe

Country: Romania, 2008/
Director: Constantin Popescu/
Writer: Doru Lupeanu/
Synopsis: A touching commedy about a couple of old parents that are trying to contact their son who is out of the country, through yahoo messenger, even though they have no skills at all on the computer./
Cast: Luminita Gheorghiu, Teodor Corban/

Country: Romania, 2014/
Director: Daniel Sandu/
Writer: Daniel Sandu/
Synopsis: Every autumn, Mihai carries his motorcycle up to his appartment on the 10th floor with the help of his friends, in order to protect it during winter time. Though, this year Mihai discoveres how fragile his friendships are./
Cast: Adrian Titieni, Costel Caşcaval, Lucian Ifrim/

Country: Romania, 2010/
Director: Paul Negoescu/
Writer: Paul Negoescu/
Synopsis: Mircea has a 15 year old daughter whose boyfriend is invited to dine with the family. He arrives earlier and they go to her bedroom. While watching TV, Mircea can hear his daughter moaning from her room. They start dinner and Mircea finds out that the boyfriend supports a different football team./
Cast: Bogdan Voda, Clara Voda, Nicolas Teodorescu, Maria Mitu/

Country: Norway, 2013/
Director: Oscar F. Udbye/
Writer: Oscar F. Udbye/
Synopsis: The film is a comedy about a taxi driver who one day has to stop for an old man who’s standing frozen in the middle of a street, holding up the traffic. Out of kindness, the taxi driver decides to take the old senile man to his destination – but he soon regrets the decision!/
Cast: Starring Jan Sælid & John Yngvar Fearnley

Country: France, 2013/
Directors: Nicky Marbot, Jan Rouiller/
Writers: Nicky Marbot, Jan Rouiller/
Synopsis: How to get your photos out of a speed camera box? You certainly should not count on the help of Fender and Baguette, and even less on Jose, the Gypsy. As for the police, they’re busy dealing with ravens./
Cast: Gauthier Battoue, Claire Beaugé, Husky Kihal/

Country: France, 2014/
Directors: Jimmy Bemon/
Writer: Jimmy Bemon/
Synopsis: When he finds out that it’s because he’s Jewish that his willy is different, young Benjamin decides to do everything he can to hide his religion and keep his secret…/
Cast: Jean-Marie Lamour, Kolia Abiteboul, Jules Rigault/

Country: USA, 2014/
Director: Joost Reijmers/
Writer: Thomas van der Ree, Thomas van der Ree/
Synopsis: Grandmother Koba has to take care of her grandchild Emma’s digital horse farm./
Cast: Yenthe Bos, Leny Breederveld, Joop Wittermans/

Country: USA, 2013/
Director: Michael Urie/
Writer: Michael Levi Harris/
Synopsis: Despite an unrivaled talent for communicating, Jake has trouble talking to women. When an impossible situation presents itself, Jake ignores the signs and goes on a wild goose-chase to pursue his quest for love. Is this the end of the road for Jake, or will he finally figure out how to talk to some (without even actually speaking?)/
Cast: Michael Levi Harris, Tovah Feldshuh, Antoinette LaVecchia/

Country: USA, 2013/
Director: Cody Blue Snider/
Writer: Cody Blue Snider, Shane Snider/
Synopsis: Fool’s Day is a dark comedy about a 4th grade class that pull an innocent, April Fool’s prank on their teacher…that accidentally kills her. Panicked and convinced they will go to prison, the blood splattered classmates try to cover up the murder and dispose of the body before their D.A.R.E. officer shows up for his weekly lesson./
Cast: Mitchell Jarvis, Justin Absatz, Phyllis Bowen, Dee Snider/

Country: Switzerland, 2014/
Director: Malika Pellicioli/
Writer: Malika Pellicioli/
Synopsis: Two brothers, one sister and their dead father./
Cast: Viviana Aliberti, Julien George, Michel Rossy/

Country: France, 2013/
Director: Fabrice Bracq/
Writer: Antoine Cupial/
Synopsis: Dr. Semyc is a specialist of a widespread disease for which there is no cure to date. Announce the diagnosis is a difficult exercise, however, that mastery to perfection./
Cast: Michel Cymes, Nicole Ferroni, Arnaud Cosson/

Country: France, 2013/
Directors: Jérôme Blanquet, Jérémy Rochigneux/
Writer: Jérôme Blanquet, Jérémy Rochigneux/
Synopsis: Andre Boulet is a wealthy businessman suffering from a rare hallucinatory disease. One day, he learns that his business is about to undergo a tax audit; panic-stricken, he decides to eliminate the tax officer in charge of the case./
Cast: François Jerosme, Dominique Frot, Delphine Théodore/

Country: Switzerland, 2012/
Director: Martin Guggisberg/
Writer: Guy Krneta
Synopsis: Buumes“ is a typically Swiss story that could only take place in this country. The idea – remaining a proposition – namely that a couple “sneaks into” their neighbours’ homes by way of dinner invitations, is a satirical comment on Swiss neighbourly relations. “Buumes” are nice. Stettlers are nice as well. Everybody behaves nicely. Beneath those niceties, however, lies something ominous. Everybody has neighbours. “Buumes” is a movie about neighbourhood, about hospitality and what can go wrong, about closeness and too much closeness and the question “How nice is nice?”/
Cast: Anthony Arfi, Alexis Di Gregorio, Kayla Engeman/

Country: USA, 2011/
Director: Matthew Kowalchuk/
Writers: James Danderfer and Shauna Johannesen/
Synopsis: Just when flannel-clad Tracy Polokowski thinks her ‘Yes’ day has come, her hipster boyfriend breaks up with her, she discovers she has bedbugs, and she’s ostracized by everyone she knows…Maybe the love she’s been looking for was right inside her mattress./
Cast: Shauna Johannesen/

Country: France, 2014/
Directors: Guillaume Clicquot de Mentque (as Guillaume Clicquot) , Guillaume Clicquot de Mentque
Writer: Guillaume Clicquot de Mentque/
Synopsis: Moved and proud of his cute baby, Julien promises again to Sophie his wife to take care of the child tonight. Then begins a horrible night during which the baby wakes up every single hour.
First enthusiastic, Julien gets more and more nervous whereas his wife is exulting at her husband’s misfortune. The following morning, Sophie has an appointment with Ms Chapon who receives her with the baby. We then learn that Sophie has just rented a baby to put her husband’s motivation to become a father to the test./
Cast: Marie-Christine Adam, Laetitia Fourcade, Jean-Pierre Michael/

Country: France, 2014/
Writer&Director: Yacine Sersar/
Synopsis: In a crowded supermarket, a young man quietly awaits his checkout. To have missed a young woman with a single item, it incurred the wrath of the other guests. A sequence of behaviors and incongruous situations will therefore quickly transform the everyday situation in hell of modern life…/
Cast: Jean-Paul Rouve, Guilhem Antoine, Olivier Cabassut, Antoine Coesens, Marie Coesens, Michel Crémadès, Georges Duhourcau, Suzy Giner, Aurélie Julia, Patricia Kazazian Vicaire, Capucine Mandeau, Emmanuelle Osmont

Country: France, 2013/
Director: Fabrice Bracq/
Writer: Antoine Cupial/
Synopsis: Dr. Semyc is a specialist of a widespread disease for which there is no cure to date. Announce the diagnosis is a difficult exercise, however, that mastery to perfection./
Cast: A Michel Cymes, Nicole Ferroni, Arnaud Cosson, Roselyne Bachelot, Jérémie Loiseau, Lucile Leber
Méré Sébastien, Laurent Jeanne, Pascal Courbet

Country: Cyprus, 2014/
Director: Daina Papadaki/
Writers: Fanos Christophides (story), Fanos Christophides/
Synopsis: How many ways are there to commit suicide? Can a suicide attempt be considered successful? Makis over-analyzes this subject, struggling to achieve the most ideal result./
Cast: Andreas Araouzos , Stella Fyrogeni, Mihalis Marinos, Kristie Papadopoulou, Effie Papatheodorou /

Country: USA, 2014/
Writer&Director: Andrew Margetson/
Producer: Nick Hudson/
Synopsis: A young man who has lost his car in a huge airport car park meets a beautiful woman in the same predicament. Stuck together at the Help Point, his attempt to charm her does not quite work out as planned./
Cast:Cian Barry, Ruta Gedmintas, John Thomson

Country: France, 2014/
Director: Casas Olivier/
Writers: Serge Lamadie (co-writer), Casas Olivier (co-writer), Casas Olivier (story), Audrey Schecroun  (co-writer)/
Synopsis: Two buddies visit a friends couple-urban sophisticate, inhibited parents. While they meet with the baby in his room, the two buddies start on bad jokes about his physique. But they ignore that in the kitchen, everyone hears them through the baby monitor !/
Cast: Marie-Christine Adam, Charlie Bruneau, Simon Casas, Sébastien Castro, Pascal Demolon, Pascal Nicolas Medad, André Penvern

Country: Canada, 2012/
Director: Remi St-Michel/
Writers: Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau, Rémi St-Michel/
Synopsis: Marc’s lack of serious brings him on a slippery slope./
Cast: Louise Portal, Guillaume Girard, Denis Harvey, Eric K. Boulianne, Francis Ouellette/