wed 16 September
WESTBOURNE STUDIOS



INTERNATIONAL


6pm


Daniel
Bowen Ellames 15 minutes 12A
What happens when the one thing that defines you is
taken away? ‘Sammy’ is struggling to raise her son
Daniel alone. But eight-year-old Daniel is dealing with
problems of his own; he’s bullied at school and he
feels abandoned by his father. Then Sammy bumps
into James who invites her out on a date. Sammy
declines, worried about Daniel home alone. But Daniel
wants his mother to be happy and she accepts James
in. But her one night with James has consequences; it
will change her life forever. Drama. Australia

The Birthday / Der Geburtstag
Carla Muresan 9 minutes U
It’s Jonas’ eleventh birthday and his mother Eva is
driving him into the countryside. The boy should spend
the afternoon with his father Hollund. But Hollund, a
priest at the countryside, completely forgot about the
birthday and is not prepared for the visit. Will he still
be able to find a present for Jonas? Drama. Germany

Do We Know Each Other?
Jan Frehse 10 minutes 15
A woman follows her husband into a steel - gray cabin
of an elevator to take him to task. It emerges a
vexing dialogue, nevertheless the elevator leads us
into surreal worlds, in which we see the same man
with a second woman. Drama. Germany

This Is Not A Fly / Ceci n’est pas une
mouche. Carlos Fraiha N. de A. Barbosa 2 mins
12A story about a man in an art gallery, a painted fly
that seems to be playing mind games on him, and an
angry security camera that will not let him get too
close to find out what is going on. Animation. Britain

The Scanner
Gerard Lough 4 minutes U
An alien uses a device to scan an area for a hidden
space craft. Sc-Fi Drama. Ireland

Feileachan
Cecilia Mc Allister 12 minutes 12
A daughter helps her mother who has suffered a
mental breakdown. (English subtitles). Drama. Ireland

Ranger
PJ. Dillon 10 minutes 15
Connermara, 1854 – A soldier visits a neighbour to
inquire about his family. Drama. Ireland


7pm


The 15th Encounters
International Short Film Festival
takes place between 17–22 November 2009.

AWARD WINNERS 2008:
SEPTEMBER
Best British Short Film Award
Dir: Esther May Campbell. UK 2008 21 mins
Prod: Stewart le Marechal
In an in-between world of flyovers, grass verges and
dead-ends, Marvin is not going anywhere. In this
forgotten corner arrives an adolescent who changes
his world forever.

STAND UP NAHEMI
Kodak Prize for Creative Filmmaking
Dir: Joseph Pierce. UK 2008 6 mins 50 secs
Told through a single standup comedy routine, John J
Jones performs to an unforgiving audience. As he
loses interest, his body rebels against him, and the
truth behind the one-liners leaks through the cracks.
This is car-crash comedy at its most compulsive.

ENOUGH
DepicT! Jury Award for Best Film
Dir: Tor Kristoffersen. UK 2008 90 secs
This urban tragedy shows the disastrous consequences
of youth violence.

OUR WONDERFUL NATURE
4Mations Newcomer in Animation Award
Dir: Tomer Eshed. Germany 2008 5 mins
Prod: Martina Liebniz. The mating habits of the water
shrew as never seen before...

WHAT'S VIRGIN MEAN?
NFTS / DepicT! Special Mention Award
Dir: Michael Davies. UK 2008 90 secs
Sometimes little questions need big answers...

LEAVING
Best SW Short / ITV West Audience Award
Dir: Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn.
UK 2008 22 mins. Helen is fighting for her life. She
knows that her husband Jim will kill her unless she
escapes. One night, following another vicious attack,
she finds the courage to leave.

BREAKING THE MOULD
DepicT! / Shooting People Audience Award
Dir: Rebecca Manley and Luca Paulli. UK 2008 90 secs
A colourful journey through life with an adventurous
apple.

TIME TO FLY
Mini-Masterpeices finalist. Dir: Lara Parker
UK 2008 3 mins

DENNIS
Best International Short Film Award
Dir: Mads Matthiesen. Denmark 2008 18 mins
Dennis is the story of a boy’s attempt to cut loose
from his possessive mother; and a fragile teenage
mind captured in a huge macho body.


8.30pm


I’ll Tell On You! (Io Parlo)
Marco Gianfreda 20 minutes U
Bruno 12 year old, would like to be friend of Luca
(25), the boyfriend of sister Claudia, but Luca doesn’t
even see him. When Bruno catches him talking with
another girl, he sees the chance to reach his goal.
Drama. Italy

The Red Chapel
Alexander Boehle & Andy Bittner 20 mins 12A
Germany in the thirties of 20th Century. In a small
town seven miners lose their lives in a devastating
mine disaster. Many years later, everything seems
forgotten. Nicole, a young journalist, goes into the
incidents of disaster with the help of her good friend
Ben. More and more they discover strange contradictions
and tragedy suddenly appears in an entire
different light. to find out the truth Nicki and Ben
decide to get to the bottom. But things turned out
differently... Drama. Germany

Mascot Of The Cowboy
(Kovboyun Maskotu)
Mehmet Volga Suren 37 minutes 12A
Mehmet, disinterested with external world, has created
his inner world in which only himself is there.
However, he finally comes to a point where he has to
make a choice between his own inner world and
external real life. Drama. Turkey

Elevator
George Dorobantu 85 minutes 15
A boy and a girl, high school teenagers, want to get
away from the world and be alone for a while, so they
hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts. But
there they fall in a trap of their own intention, and get
stuck in the cargo elevator. Drama. Romania


6–11pm


VIDEO CAFE
IN THE BAR

YOU CHOOSE THE FILMS THAT WE SHOW
The bear pit of the Portobello Film Festival.
Come and enjoy 3 nights in the Westbourne
Studios Bar, where you choose the films from
the menu.
If your film is listed, get here early, bring
your friends and we’ll screen it!
Time permitting, directors may also bring a
short film along on the night for inclusion.
Video Café menu




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