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The Second Eurochannel Short-Films Tour - Program 2
Part 2 - European Comedies

BELGIUM
Phone Story (Phone Story, Belgium, 2005)
Director: Berivan Binevsa
Runtime: 15 minutes
Synopsis: Mémo, a Kurdish immigrant in Brussels, is managing a phoneshop in the city. His curiosity and loneliness are pushing him to listen to hiscustomers' conversations, in particular those of the beautiful Leïla ...

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GERMANY
Dentissimo (Dentissimo, Germany, 2008)
Director: Maurice Huesni
Runtime: 10 minutes
Synopsis: Have you ever had toothache? Ever felt that pulsating painclose to your ears? If so, this film is for you.

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ITALY
The Substitute (The substitute, Italy, 2007)
Director: Andrea Jublin
Runtime: 16 minutes
Synopsis: Why does the supply teacher, rather than teaching, behave as hedoes? A comedy about the teen world and the existential confusion of grown-uppeople. A film about nostalgia for youth and the virtues of courage. It's nevertoo late to oppose a dull life.

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LATVIA
Sesils (Sesils, Latvia, 2009)
Director: Robert Kulenko
Runtime: 10 minutes
Synopsis: Sesils is a story about a regular guy with an unusual problem -he's being followed around by a tiny foe, a dung fly that just won't leave himalone. It makes his daily encounters with colleagues and other people aroundhim uncomfortable, to the point where the tiny buzzing creature becomes aserious nuisance.

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SWEDEN
George (George, Sweden, 2008)
Director: Alain Darborg
Runtime: 26 minutes
Synopsis: Ulf and Eva are so happy! They are finally becoming adoptiveparents. But when they are picking up their little son from the airport, itturns out that the orphanage has sent them the wrong George...

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SWITZERLAND
Au Café Romand (Au Café Romand, Switzerland, 2008)
Director: Richard Szotyori
Runtime: 9 minutes
Synopsis: Thirty-year-old Grégoire has arranged to meet his fiancée Anneand his future in-laws in a restaurant and arrives much later than theappointed time. The atmosphere is tense by the time the food is served.Grégoire feels uncomfortable and escapes to the restroom, where he happens tofind a pistol with a silencer in the wastebasket. The ensuing drama could notbe any more implausible or absurd.

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