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Third Eurochannel Short Films Tour Program 6 - Family Love Presentation: The Eurochannel Short Films Tour offers an authentic trip around Europe through exceptional programming. It is a look at European cinema through the eyes of 54 innovative directors, known for their talent, originality and independence. With this selection of the best creations from all European countries, Eurochannel invites fans of cinema and European culture to discover the newest faces and perspectives of the European film scene. Regularly awarded at short film festivals and often being shown for the first time outside of their country, all the shorts presented have a strong identity taken from a particular region of Europe. They all reflect unknown dimensions of European reality. The Eurochannel Short Films Tour has a strong regional footprint, revealing the creative genius of how cinema can be very diverse and surprising. Shaped by geographical and cultural features, those shorts films are as much charming as a work of one director’s passion. Stories of love or friendship in an adult’s brutal world, paintings of childhood feelings, stories of war or poverty, and comedies with unpredictable humor, Eurochannel brings you the complexity of humanity as the European artists of the new generation sees it. |
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Skimming Pebbles (2009) Wales Director: Tariq Ali Synopsis: Seventeen year old Ed is asked to look after his grandfather, Lorwerth, who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Lorwerth is desperate for one last road trip to his childhood home, but refuses to tell Ed why until they arrive. |
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The Cage (Colivia, 2006) Romania Director: Adrian Sitaru Synopsis: A sick dove brought home by Mihaes's little boy rises new conflicts between father and son but also a possible "reconciliation" that Mr. Mihaes does not want to lose. In the end, the dove dies but the father and son relationship is saved. |
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Masks (2009) Montenegro Director: Andro Martinovic Synopsis: From a carnival celebration to a funeral procession of one disguised and, even so, revealed person... Our face is our first mask but is it the last one? Award:Berlin (The Short Film World Cup, III Prize, 2010) |
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Lumen (2006) Germany Director: Philip Koch Synopsis: "Lumen" tells the story of Franka, a young woman who struggles with a severe allergy towards light, which forces her to lead a life in a completely darkened house – a high psychological strain not only for herself, but for her caring sister Marie. When Franka is confronted with Marie's plan to leave her and move together with her boyfriend Ludwig, she tries everything not to lose her – including accepting dire sacrifices. |
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The Last Things (2010) Sweden Director: Levan Akin Synopsis: In an instant, everything changes and life as you know it will never be the same again. Everyone keeps telling little Hugo how it is but Hugo is certain that things are not as they seem. He knows that he can't move with his mother and baby sister and leave everything behind, especially not his older brother and best friend Simon. Awards: Stockholm International Film Festival (2008) Jury's Honorable Mention |
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Grandpa (2010) Lithuania Director: Andrius Paskevicius Synopsis: A young 23 years old student living and studying in the city comes to visit his grandfather after a long time. Once he arrives at his grandfather's house and starts doing every day work, mysterious things start happening – oranges appear out of nowhere. Eventually the young man realizes that it is some kind of a riddle. Will he find the answer in his childhood? |
