April 2013 IN

FUTURE SHORTS April 2013	All Cities

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. To host a screening click here. 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.