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April 2013 IN

FUTURE SHORTS April 2013

This is the current Future Shorts Festival Programme. Click on the drop-down menu above to view events in your country and use the right-hand drop-down menu to navigate between cities.


FUTURE SHORTS FESTIVAL - SPRING SEASON 2013

Future Shorts Festival brings the best in short film to audiences around the world.

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THE WHISTLE


Dir: Grzegorz Zariczny
Poland - 2012
Marcin, a lowest-leagues football referee who lives in a small town near Krakow, dreams of better times. At his mother’s urging, he decides to change his life and find himself a girlfriend and more satisfying job. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Sundance 2013.

38 – 39°C


Dir: Kangmin Kim
South Korea - 2011
A man enters an old bathhouse where, induced by the intense heat and steam, he relives a memory of his father, and their past relationship ignites. Selected film at ANNECY International Animated Film Festival 2012 and Florida Film Festival 2012.

THE CHAIR


Dir: Grainger David
United States - 2012
The Chair is the story of a mysterious outbreak of poisonous mold in a small town and one boy’s attempt to understand his mother’s death, his grandmother’s obsession with their discarded recliner, and the roots of this short-lived, strange, and inexplicable plague. Jury Award Winner Best Narrative Short at SXSW 2012

MICKY BADER


Dir: Frida Kempff
Sweden - 2009
100 year old Micky has been a member of the local bathing club for almost half a decade. Every day, every season, she swims with her friends. From her story we gain a perspective on ourselves and our existence. Winner of the Jury Prize Cannes 2010.

DOGS ARE SAID TO SEE THINGS


Dir: Guto Parente
Brazil - 2012
An omen, a shred of time only. Suddenly the huge-bellied man jumps into the pool holding a glass of whiskey. Based on the short story by Moreira Campos. Jury Honorable Mention at AFI Fest 2012

WHIPLASH


Dir: Damien Chazelle
United States - 2012
An aspiring drummer enters an elite conservatory’s top jazz orchestra. Winner of the US Fiction Award Sundance 2013.