International Programme

INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

International shorts include our own Another Country touring programme plus the winners of the 2009 Budapest Short Film Festival (BuSho).

Another Country International Short Film Award

15 November 1430–1630, Phoenix Cinema 4

Films in this category are eligible for the £1,000 Another Country International Short Film Award. Audiences have been voting on these films around the county throughout the autumn. Today is the final vote. Collect your voting slip from the Information Desk, or upon entry to Screen 4.

In addition to the films in competition, two longer films will be screened:

Ashura: Blood and Beauty

The mix of modernity and tradition in southern Lebanon has made the 1,300-year-old Shia Muslim ritual of Ashura an annual opportunity for young people to meet and find potential spouses. A fascinating insight.

Sotto il Mio Giardino (Under My Garden)

Marco, a 10-year-old boy with a passion for insects, is convinced that his neighbour has killed his wife and buried her under Marco's garden.

For more information, and the complete programme, please visit the Another Country page.
  

Best of BuSho

15 November 1000–1200, Phoenix Cinema 1

GOOL’ • ash noun 1. A Hungarian stew of beef or veal and vegetables, seasoned mainly with paprika. 2. A mixture of many different elements; a hodgepodge. 3. A submission of award-winning international shorts by the 2009 Budapest International Short Film Festival (BuSho) to the 2009 Cornwall Film Festival, a.k.a. GOOL FYLM.

These films have not been rated.

The Ground Beneath

Award: BuSho Gold.

(Drama / 2008 / Australia / 16mm)

Kayden's encounters with friends and enemies propel him on a journey of self-discovery.

Baby

Award: BuSho Silver.

(Drama / 2008 / France / 35mm)

The tribulations of an ordinary man anxious over his wife’s pregnancy, until childbirth casts him into the surprising world of fatherhood.

The Carousel Rite

Award: BuSho Bronze

(Drama / 2005 / Hungary / 35mm)

The Magnus group arrives in a small town in order to carry out the mysterious Carousel rite. Many have heard about it, but only one in a thousand have been lucky enough to witness it.

Victor and the Machine

Award: Best Idea

(Drama / 2006 / Spain / 35mm)

Victor is a little boy who dreams about bringing his father back to life by using the parts of an old motorcycle.

On the Road to Tel Aviv

Award: Best Screenplay

(Drama / 2008 / Israel / 16mm)

In the wake of a terrorist attack, a young Israeli and his fiancée find themselves in a tricky situation when a suspicious-looking Arab woman boards their bus.

Four-of-a-Kind Aces

Award: Best Comedy

(Comedy / 2008 / Hungary / HD)

After an accident ends Béla Horn’s sports career, he turns to poker, though his talent doesn’t begin to match his enthusiasm. Béla spends less and less time with his family. Then the day of the World Championship of Poker arrives …

Chick

Award: Best Animation & Student Jury Best Animation

(Animation / 2008 / Poland / Beta)

A humorous true-life story about male-female relations. Infatuation and its consequences are depicted in a ironic way: meeting a guy, dancing, having fun, a sexual act.

Ten

Award: Best Experimental

(Fiction / 2008 / France-UK / HD)

Marc needs to move the paving stones, for fear of stepping on the lines – then starts treatment to overcome his phobia.

Evening Song

Award: Best Performance

(Fiction / 2008 / Germany / 35mm)

Josef is old and in poor health. His son has hired a young Polish housekeeper, but in a telephone conversation with Nadja the old man bitterly rejects her help. But before he can hang up the phone, his world is turned upside down.