Screening of Saturday oct. 02
Gaumont Rennes –9:30 PM
Screening of Saturday oct. 02
Length: 1 hr 06 min 1h07
In competition for the Jury’s Awards
This lineup contains content that may not be suitable for young viewers. Discretion advised.
VOSTF (Foreign films with subtitles)
THE REEL LIES
What do a cruise ship, bereavement, an extra and a guy stuck in a closet have in common? Nothing, you may say at first. The films in this screening, however, beg to differ, and incite you to challenge the notion of reality. Fact or fiction? That is the question. Somewhere between denial and dissimulation, between riveting what ifs and non compos mentis pipe dreams, each film offers a unique take on this vital matter in cult cinema. As Philip K. Dick (not to be confused with his Breton homonym) once wrote, "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away."
Antoine Mottier - Film programmer
ARKA
Natko Stipaničev, 14 min 41 sec, 2020, Croatia
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.
vanja@bonobostudio.hr
BLACK SHORE
Jon Park, Grant White, 22 min 13 sec, 2019, United Kingdom
In a bleak British seaside town, a family is stalked by an amorphous presence.
jon@white-rabbit.tv
MOONJUMP
Lasse Holdhus, 5 min 23 sec, 2019, Germany
Major Luna will soon be headed to the moon. In a swimming pool, she explores her fantasy of floating weightlessly around in space.
lassehold@gmail.com
FIGURANT
Jan Vejnar, 13 min 45 sec, 2019, France
A man follows a group of temporary workers in an industrial zone. He is quickly deprived of his clothes and his identity, to then be armed and dressed in a military uniform. His determination to not lag behind is then tested by a series of troubling events.
festivals@originefilms.fr
POLTER
Álvaro Vicario, 11 min 33 sec, 2019, Spain
José faces a paranormal event that breaks into his home. To regain control while fighting for his life, he will have to uncover the secret behind the supernatural forces.
info@ismaelmartin.com
Gaumont Rennes –11:00 AM
Screening of Saturday oct. 02
Length: 1 hr 06 min 1h06
In competition for the Jury’s Awards
This lineup contains content that may not be suitable for young viewers. Discretion advised.
VOSTF (Foreign films with subtitles)
THRASH OF THE FIGHTIN’
It’ll pinch, it’ll burn, it’ll hurt, it’ll itch. During this screening, the fists are up, and are ready to
rumble. Unabashed bruisin’-cruisin’ hellions, the film programmers at Court Métrange invite
you to step into the ring ‘cause it’s showtime for the showdown, and come hell or high
water, this gang isn’t about to surrender its blue-ribbon class during these rounds of
nauseating disgrace. An eye for an eye. Smoke and mirrors. A clean fight. A devastating ruse.
No matter what your fetish, you’ll get your fix, and won’t be forgetting it anytime soon.
Whether heroic quests, grueling ordeals, urban hunting or long-awaited retribution, it’s no
holds barred on violence and this knockdead whip-and-lash out fest just waiting to erupt on
the silver screen. Today’s Saturday, the weekend’s begun, so here’s to blood and uppercuts!
Revanche ou trahison, combat loyal ou piège pernicieux, il y en a pour tous les goûts et on en voit de toutes les couleurs. La rando qui tourne mal, la quête héroïque, la mise à l’épreuve et la punition bien sentie, autant de prétextes à expérimenter la violence sur grand écran. Nous sommes samedi, le week-end commence, alors ouvrons les hostilités !
Cyrielle Dozières - Film programmer
THE HAUNTED SWORDSMAN
Kevin McTurk, 16 min 33 sec, 2019, United States
In this handcrafted epic puppet film, a lone samurai and his odd companion, a cursed severed head, seek vengeance in a haunted world.
PILAR
Yngwie Boley, Janis Joy Epping, Diana van Houten, 10 min, 2020, The Netherlands
To keep safe from harm, the young Pilar and his friend, Baldr, lock themselves away. One
day, their peaceful home is victim to yet another attack. They capture and kill the dangerous
intruder: a wild animal.
info@squareeyesfilm.com
MONDO DOMINO
Suki, 6 min 15 sec, 2021, France
In a deafening noise of chainsaws, loggers happily hum while they cut down trees to be used
as decor for a fashion show. A contemporary cartoon satire, in the form of a burlesque
action, tragicomedy musical, leads us into a delirious whirlwind of chain reactions as chaotic
as they are grotesque.
distribution@utopi-production.com
STUCK
David Mikalson, 14 min, 2020, United States
The female coach of a girls’ gymnastics team takes a persistent pervert "to the mattresses" with deservedly-gory results.
drmiklow@gmail.com
OFFSEASON
Ioachim Stroe, 18 min 04 sec, 2019, Romania
Two people wake up on a deserted beach in the aftermath of a curious incident. They don’t remember how they got there nor who the other is. On the foreground of a broken car radio obsessively playing the same tune, the clues start to unravel one by one.
jan@augohr.de
Gaumont - Rennes9:30 PM
Screening of Saturday oct. 02
La séance Trash
Length: 1 hr 06 min 1h02
En compétition pour prix du public
This lineup contains content that may not be suitable for young viewers. Discretion advised.
Inappropriate for those under 14.
HORNY, PORNY, MINEY, MOE
For this final screening in competition, it is an adulturated honor to present you with the
most lecherous lineup of this edition.
Fist, sin, sex, stairs will be the evening’s new mantra. This hour-long, multihued session will
have not only your potbelly spewing, but also your peepers for there’s more to the
imagination than meets the eye. Do you experience salivatingly-misbegotten pleasure when
to-ing and fro-ing from one film to the next? If the case, keep the splatter shield handy
because the joyrides are a-cummin’! This People’s Choice Award screening will be prodding
you to penetrate even further into the nature of beings and their feelings, where seeing is
anything but believing. So, get down and dirty with us where smut’s got the whip hand.
SPOILER ALERT: Mickey Mouse fans, best to sit this one out. As for those with cold feet, run
for your lives.
Anne-Claire « Annsé » Guéguin – Programmatrice
LITTLE MISS FATE
Joder Von Rotz, 8 min 09 sec, 2020, Switzerland
Little Miss Fate lives in a world driven by fate. When the opportunity arises, she slips into the role of world leader. Unintentionally, she creates a monster that greedily wants to suck up all the love of the world. Overwhelmed by its rapid growth, she loses control.
jvonrotz@gmx.ch
Drive
Pedro Casavecchia, 6 min 57 sec, 2019, Argentina
Drive is a mysterious piece that explores the twisted story of a kid growing up in a dysfunctional family. This psychological thriller follows the character along a spiraling descent into madness, piecing together the portrait of a killer.
pulsionshortfilm@gmail.com
UPSTAIRS
Phillip Trow, 17 min, 2020, United Kingdom
Jennifer Saint finally receives validation that she’s not delusional when her late father reaches out from beyond the grave to confirm that their dark family secret is in fact the disturbing and sinister truth.
productionupstairs@gmail.com, philliptrow@me.com
TOMORROW I WILL BE DIRT
Robert Morgan, 8 min, 2019, United Kingdom
Following his death, Lother Schramm finds himself in a disorientating and nightmarish afterlife. A short, animated sequel to Jörg Buttgereit’s 1993 film, Schramm.
robmorgan@fastmail.fm
BAD HAIR
Oskar Lehemaa, 14 min 30 sec, 2019, Estonia
Insecure and balding, Leo has locked himself up in his apartment. A mysterious hair growth liquid arrives at his doorstep, and Leo uses it to fix up his looks. Very quickly, the evening turns to chaos.
mirjamruut@gmail.com
NOX INSOMNIA
Guy Charnaux, 7 min 53 sec, 2019, Brazil
A three-act epic about a seven-year-old boy who can't sleep, thinking about his issues. He hears something coming from his parents' room, some loud and disturbing noises. What could it be? A story about childhood, sex and insomnia.
charnauxguy@gmail.com
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