TELUS PRESENTS
CFC WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
BEST SHORTS OF 2009
NATIONAL TOUR

*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.

PAUL RONDIN IS... PAUL RONDIN
Frederick Vin | Fance, 2008 | 10 minutes | Fiction

Producer: Emilie Jacobs | Screenplay: Frédéric Vin |Cinematography: Laurent Tangy | Editing: Frédéric Vin | Sound: Lug Lebel | Music: Tom Poisson | Cast: Francois Berland

Meet the man behind that movie trailer voice we know so well. Paul’s day-to-day life lacks the excitement of the blockbusters he voices: will a visit to a dating agency give him the plot twist he’s been looking for?

Telus Audience Choice Award, WSFF 2009

THIS IS HER
Katie Wolfe | New Zealand, 2008 | 12 minutes | Fiction

Producers: Felicity Letcher, Rachel Lorimer | Screenplay: Kate McDermott | Cinematography: Ginny Loane | Editing: Lisa Hough | Music: Geoff Maddock |
Cast: Mia Blake, Fraser Brown

Evie gives birth to her daughter while commenting on all the things that will befall her in the twenty years to come. Speaking of the future over images of the past sparks a jarring juxtaposition that is funny, irreverent, and genius

CRAP (SIMONAC)
Sylvain Lavigne | Canada, 2008 | 11 minutes | Fiction

Producer: Sylvain Lavigne | Screenplay: Sylvain Lavigne | Cinematography: Martin Rioux | Editing: Patrick Pelletier | Sound: Mathieu Morin | Music: Pall Bjornsson  | Cast: Sylvain Lavigne, René-Pierre Bélanger, Anaïs Favron

Guy Gervais struggles to juggle his estranged sister, an insane stranger, and a phone that keeps ringing at the most inopportune times – all within three feet of the breakfast table.

CARPET DIEM
Trevor Anderson | Canada, 2008 | 2 minutes | Experimental

Producer: Trevor Anderson | Screenplay: Trevor Anderson | Editing: Justin Lachance | Sound: Doug Organ | Music: Doug Organ | Cast: Trevor Anderson

When midlife crisis hits early, what’s a filmmaker to do? This first-person travelogue documents Trevor’s journey from the outskirts of anxiety to the centre of the candy-coated farce that is Hollywood.

TENNER
David O'Neil | UK, 2008 | 12 minutes | Fiction

Producer: Andrea Bigger | Screenplay: David O'Neill | Cinematography: Simon Maggs | Cast: Bronson Webb

Vandalizing the corner shop and dodging the court system, young Homer should be out shagging girls instead of getting into trouble. But his rebellious ways slowly reveal a far more calculated agenda in this atypical teen angst story.

SOUND-SHADOWS (LYDSKYGGER)
Julie Engaas | Norway, 2008 | 7 minutes | Documentary

Producer: Cecile Bjørnaraa | Editing: Simen Gengenbach | Sound: Håkon Lammetun |Music: Jon Platou Selvig, Stian Tortenson

A blind woman addresses the misconception that she lives in darkness, when in fact she lives in sound shadows and sonar impressions. A warm and informative rejection of labels, she sees the world not blindly, but as only she can. 

THE HAPPINESS (A FELICIDADE)
Jorge Silva Melo | Portugal, 2008 | 8 minutes | Fiction

Producers: João Matos, Manuel João Águas | Screenplay: Jorge Silva Melo | Cinematography: José Luís Carvalhosa | Editing: Vítor Alves | Sound: Armanda Carvalho|  Cast: Fernando Lopes, Pedro Gil

A father and son bond - at first reluctantly - over the music of Mozart while driving one day. This charming slice of life delivers a bona fide portrayal of a complex relationship: a reminder that the simple moments in life can define us forever.

DANSE MACABRE
Pedro Pires | Canada, 2008 | 8 minutes | Experimental

Producers: Catherine Chagnon, Pedro Pires | Screenplay: Pedro Pires | Cinematography: Pedro Pires | Editing: Pedro Pires | Sound: Pedro Pires | Music: Vincenzo Bellini | Cast: Anne Bruce Falconer

A still, lifeless body contorts in a final dance of death throes. The dead speak with spasms, twists and turns, recalling a life lived in flesh, and speculating on the afterlife. There is definitely vigour in this rigor mortis.

Best Experimental Short, WSFF 2009
Best Canadian Short Film, TIFF 2009

SLAVES (SLAVAR)
Hanna Heilborn | Sweden, 2008 | 15 minutes | Animation

Producers: David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn | Sound: Peter Albrechtsen, Lydrummet | Cast: Abuk, Machiek

Young Abouk and Machiek share their stirring accounts of being enslaved by the Sudanese militia in this undeniably powerful and haunting animated documentary.

Best Animated Short, WSFF 2009

KING CRAB ATTACK
Grégoire Sivan | France, 2008 | 7 minutes | Fiction

Producers: Jérome Barthelemy, Daniel Sauvage | Screenplay: Grégoire Sivan, Noémie De Lapparent | Cinematography: Stephen Barcelo | Editing: Benjamin Weill | Sound: Nicolas Bouvet | Music: Matthieu Langlet | Cast: Jean-Pierre Martins, Charlotte Marin

Transmutated King Crabs threaten the human race and only one man can stop them!  Armed with a denture amulet and the killer catchphrase “Let's check it out,” our hero must save the object of his affection and the world, before it’s too late. A hilarious send-up of Hollywood trailers and formulas.

CHILI & CHEESE
Joe Pingue | Canada, 2008 | 13 minutes | Fiction

Producer: Kerry Young | Screenplay: Joe Pingue, Sean Moore | Cinematography: Brendan Steacy | Editing: Geoff Ashenhurst | Music: Jim McGrath | Cast: Marvin Ishmael, Matt Hopkins

Convenience store clerk Desmond and his laid-back side-kick Mohamed are confounded by a night owl customer’s bizarre eating habits. Frustration and bad nutrition come to a head in the snack aisle.

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 $60,000 in prizes, and attracting hundreds of delegates including buyers, distributors and programmers from around the world. WSFF is now accepting submissions for the 2010 Festival (June 1-6, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

Submission deadline is February 5, 2010. Visit us online for more info.