EUROPEAN NIGHT/MEDIA DESK SHORTS PROGRAMME 1
THE PHOENIX - DINGLE - TUESDAY 24th OCTOBER 2006 TIME 9.00pm
Germany - 2005 - 10mins 22secs - 35mm - Colour
During the Nazi period in Germany, young Marie meets the Jewish clown Jakob who gives away balloons for the price of a smile. But Marie cannot satisfy his wish.
Writer/Director Michael Scháfer Producer Pit Riethnuller
Ireland - 2005 - 20mins 4secs - 35mm - Colour
Stew, a world weary salesman on the road around rural Ireland with Bernie his apprentice, checks into a less than friendly hotel late at night. He should have taken Room 20 instead of 22...
Writer/Director Conor McDermottroe Producer Patrick Fitzymons
Spain - 2005 - 11mins - 35mm - Colour
‘Amar’ (to love). A young couple, passionately in love, in a mutual giving action, exchange their sexual identity.
Director Esteban Crespo Writer Juan Carlos Carmona & Esteban Crespo
Spain - 2006 - 24mins - 35mm - Colour
Laura wants to divorce Mario. He agrees to give her whatever settlement she wants on one condition: she must accept to re-enact the details of their first meeting.
Writer/Director Joseba Fuentes
This short film includes: scene selection/ trailer/selected cut scenes/alternative ending/eliminated scenes/video clips/ featurette ‘What’s a freak?’/ audiocommentary/character selection and a boy meets girl story. Writer/Director Ciro Altabás
The forces of dark and evil are all around.
A three fingered man with a shady past
threatens to end the exciting career of
Michael Hardy Super Spy.
Writer/Director Brian Durnin Producer Macdara Kelleher
Ireland - 2006 - 3mins - 35mm - Colour
A bitterly cold winter makes the heating of a church impossible ... A simple tale full of charm, dear old ladies, shivering organists, disgruntled bell-ringers and the all-encompassing joy that is the hot water bottle.
Director/Writer Cat Little Producer Annette Kinne