SELECTED 35MM SHORT
TRALEE OMNIPLEX
SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 12:00 PM
Ireland
Teeth is a short “last laugh” tale of two old friends, their teeth and a series of events that leaves them lost for words.
Director - John Kennedy & Ruairi O'Brien
Itsy Bitsy
USA
Before tonight, David’s only fear was marriage.
Director Marc Brummund
Heim
Germany
Sometimes the truth is hard to face: An old man tries desperately to defend his house against burglars and gets a rude awakening.
Director - Marc Brummund
Delivery
Germany
An old hermit lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.
Director Till Nowak
Frankie
Ireland
Frankie is 15 and preparing for fatherhood he is determined to be the best dad ever, but as his day goes on, he starts to realize how impossible this will be for him.
Director Darren Thornton
Coming to Town
USA
JoBeth Smalls is an eleven-year-old girl who gets bullied at school. With her mother in a coma and no one else to go to for help, she writes a letter to Santa Claus asking for revenge. Her wishes come true when Klaus, a deranged version of Santa Claus with a taste for blood and automatic weapons, pays her foes a visit.
Director Carles Torrens
Sproessling
Germany
Sprössling tells the story of a woman who grows her dreamchild in a flower pot. But the perfect motherhood has unexpected side effects. Writer/Director/ Animator - Anne Breymann
Writer/Director/ Animator Anne Breymann
The End is Night
Ireland
When a farmer discovers an ancient amulet with the power to destroy the world, he does what any of us would do… Writer/Director - James Cotter
Writer/Director James Cotter
On A Tuesday
USA
On A Tuesday is a short film about a couple getting married in the middle of their work day: a beautiful moment hidden within busy life. Director - David Scott Smith
Director David Scott Smith
FILMARE FESTIVAL EXCHANGE SHORTS
4.00 PM THE OLD PRESBYTERY
This year as part of our increasing programme of international film, Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival twinned with the Filmmare Festival in Ostia, Rome. Our partnership provides opportunities for each festival audience to see the winning short films from the other festival
First Prize: ARMANDO
Also winner of Filmare Audience Award
Armando was always small and thin, however over a couple of weeks he started to gain weight exponentially. One morning the scales registered his weight at 121kg …. Director - Massimiliano Camaiti
Second Prize: THE OBSCURE BROTHER
A revisit of the biblical story of Cain and Abel, we find a family torn apart by a son’s obsessive love of his mother…. Director - Linda Di Franco
Third Prize: UOVA (EGGS) The bicycle, shopping at the supermarket, around the corner, making the way home to prepare lunch. One morning just like any other. Director - Alessandro Celli
Schools Category Winner: LA GOMMA (ERASER)
During a school lesson, time stood still and every most bizarre fantasy could become reality…. Director - Dante Albanesi
Runner Up: BAIANO The distance between 2 friends is reduced by the sending of calendar pages through the post. Their friendship will last a lifetime.
Runner Up: COME A CASSANO Optimistic hopes of breaking free from the confines of rural Italy are portrayed through a young boy fantasy of playing football like his hero Cassano.
CLAIRE LYNCH MEMORIAL AWARD
in association with Corona Cork Film Festival
The Claire Lynch Award for Irish Shorts by First-Time Directors went to Sam Keogh for ‘Wednesday’. The jury described the film as “a personal and well-told visual poem of daily life, delivered in colourful but not flippant way.”
SELECTED SHORTS
TECH AMERGIN 7:30 PM
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FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY
IMPERIAL HOTEL, TRALEE 8:30 PM
SATURDAY 3RD