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CFC
WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
BEST SHORTS OF 2008
NATIONAL TOUR
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Friday,
November 21, 2008
Cinema
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Wednesday,
November 26, 2008 Plaza
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Tuesday,
December 2, 2008
Scotiabank
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*You may RSVP for yourself and one guest. Seating provided on a first come, first served basis.
**All guests must be 18+ years of age.
Boar Attack
Jay White | Canada | 2006 | 4 minutes | Animation
Producer: Jay White | Screenplay: Jay White | Editing: Jay White | Cinematography: Jay White | Animation: Jay White | Sound: Mario Vaira | Music: Mario Vaira
When his ballet dancer father goes missing on his walk home, a son must confront his fears and, of course, his baggage. Hilarious and inventive, you won’t soon forget this animated romp in the woods.
C.O.R.E
Digital Pictures Award for Best Animated Short, WSFF 2008
Peter and Ben
Pinny Grylls | UK | 2007 | 10 minutes | Documentary
Producer: Victoria Cameron | Editing: Pinny Grylls | Cinematography: Pinny Grylls | Sound: Will Hood, Animal Monday | Music: Will Hood, Animal Monday
Peter lived a quiet and contemplative life of self-exile in rural Wales until his tranquility is rocked by a most unlikely source: a doggish sheep named Ben. What wiles its way into Peter’s life like a burr ultimately wears into his heart in this touching documentary.
Manon On the Asphalt (Manon sur le bitume)
Elizabeth Marre | Olivier Pont | France | 2007 | 15 minutes | 35mm | Fiction
Producer: Sébastien Hussenot | Screenplay: Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont | Editing: Marcela Figueroa | Cinematography: Pierre Gantelmi d'Ille | Sound: Vincent Goujon | Music: Christophe Julien | Cast: Aude Léger, Bastien Ehouzan
What really flashes before your eyes at the end? It’s a lovely spring day and Manon is on her way to a rendezvous with her boyfriend until an unexpected bump in the road has her seeing life from an entirely fresh perspective.
Best Live-Action Short Film, WSFF 2008
The Funeral
Sara St. Onge | Canada | 2007 | 9 minutes | Fiction
Producer: Michael Smith | Screenplay: Sara St. Onge, Bob Kerr | Editing: Muzafar Malik | Cinematography: Rion Gonzales | Music: Pan Ancoin | Cast: Inessa Frantowski
With no wedding on the horizon, a single girl plans a rather unorthodox celebration in this completely original, not to be missed comedy.
Dennis
Mads Matthiesen | Denmark | 2007 | 18 minutes | 35mm | Fiction
Producer: Jonas Bagger | Screenplay: Mads Matthiesen, Martin Zandvliet | Editing: Mads Matthiesen, Martin Zandvliet | Cinematography: Mads Matthiesen, Michael Noer | Sound: Lars Halvorsen | Music: Sune Martin | Cast: Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft
Dennis is an elite bodybuilder. But under his unbelievable brawn hides an insecure and lonely man desperate to give love and be loved in return.
Honourable Mention for Best Male Performance, WSFF 2008
Roastbeef
François Bégin | Miryam Bouchard | Canada | 2007 | 6 minutes | Experimental
Producer: François Bégin, Miryam Bouchard | Screenplay: Miryam Bouchard | Editing: François Bégin | Cinematography: Jean-Pierre Gauthier | Sound: Serge Bouvier | Music: Tim Rideout | Cast: Reynald Bouchard, Louise Lecavalier
The strange noise from a butcher's knife excites the woman of his dreams to express herself physically in the refrigerated section. Dance and desire are revealed in this choreographed love story.
Best Experimental Short, WSFF 2008
I Love Sarah Jane
Spencer Susser | Australia/USA | 2007 | 13 minutes | 35mm | Fiction
Producer: Mike Seymour | Screenplay: Spencer Susser, David Michod | Editing: Spencer Susser | Cinematography: Adam Arkapaw | Sound: Luke Mynott, Sasha Zastavnikovic | Music: Michael Lira | Cast: Brad Ashby, Mia Wasikowska
Ah, young love. The air seems clearer. The sun seems brighter. There’s a spring in the step. Too bad about the zombie apocalypse.
The Flower
Dale Hayward | Phil Dubrovsky | Canada | 2007 | 2 minutes | Animation
Producer: Dale Hayward, Sylvie Trouve | Cinematography: Dale Hayward | Cast: Dale Hayward, Phil Dubrovsky
Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence? Not for one downtrodden daisy…
A Dose of the Guilts
Bryan Baker | Ireland | 2007 | 8 minutes | Fiction
Producer: Ed Beausang | Screenplay: Bryan Baker | Editing: Alan Tully, Steven Tully | Cinematography: Alan Tully | Music: Sean Needham | Cast: Aideen O'Donnell, Ed Beausang
Post coital talk proves an exercise of ill communication between a naughty housewife and her hard-of-hearing afternoon delight.
Le Grand Content
Clemens Kogler | Karolina Szmit | Austria | 2007 | 4 minutes | Experimental
Cast: Andre Tschinder
Is it possible to measure teenage angst and the effects of junk food consumption with pie charts and graphs? Why not try in this wry look at how nonsensically funny logic can be.
New Boy
Steph Green | Ireland | 2007 | 11 minutes | 35mm | Fiction
Producer: Tamara Anghie | Screenplay: Steph Green | Editing: Lee Hickey | Cinematography: PJ Dillon | Music: Len Arran | Cast: Olutunji Ebun-Cole
It’s the first day at a new school for nine-year old Joseph. But as the hijinks and awkwardness set in, so do his memories of his old life in Africa. Based on the short story by Roddy Doyle, this sweet and funny film captures childhood innocence.
The CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival is North America’s premier marketplace event for short film, showing hundreds of Canadian and International short films, awarding over $125,000 in prizes, and attracting hundreds of delegates including buyers, distributors and programmers from around the world. WSFF is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Festival (June 16-21, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
Submission deadline is February 20, 2009. Visit us online for more info.
