European Short Film Program
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Luz de Mono
8:00 pm:
The Chef's Letter
Directed by: Sybil Mair - 14 min. - UK
A successful, married chef is overwhelmed by the unrequited love he feels for one of his employees.
Crescendo
Directed by: Pierre Terrade - 14 min. - France
Steph, a young mother, lives in precarious conditions with JB, her abusive boyfriend.
How will she get out of this nightmare drifting her towards violence?
Frizon
Directed by: Jan-Eje Ferling - 27 min. - Sweden
A married, beloved vicar, Curt Sander, is secretly cross-dressing with fixation for Rita Hayworth. At an alarm situation the priest is drunk driving and stopped by the police. He is revealed as a transvestite and forced by his friend, the policeman, to stop his behavior and burn his female accessories. The priest becomes depressed. But the wife of the vicar, Anna Sander, supports her husband when others confront her. However, the priest is forgiven by his church and also by the bishop. But life becomes solemn and less playful for the priest.
Landskaber
Directed by: Kristoffer Kioerboe - 23 min. - Denmark
A father and his two twin sons, which he hasn’t seen for the first 21 years of their lives, set out for a walk in the wilderness while they get to know each other and the causes of the fathers lack of presence in his sons lives.
Mannen med kulorna (The Man with all the Marbles)
Dir. Hans Montelius - 15 min. Sweden
This is story of the rivalry between two brothers. Håkan is the successful one, running the family business. Martin is homeless. Håkan has always won over Martin in everything, from the marbles they played as children to control of the business. And Martin is fixed on the idea of beating his brother in a game of marbles. If he can just beat him, everything will turn around. Håkan wants Martin to sign over the business to him. But Martin won't do it unless they play one more game.
