FIRST LEAGUE
7., 13. and 14.6. 2017
The cream of the crop from film festivals around the world! Come check the iShorts: Premier League! You are only going to see the brightest of the short film stars from festivals from Canada, USA and Europe.
A Love Story (UK)
BAFTA - Best British Short Animation
Director: Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara | Producer: NFTS |
Year: 2016 | Length: 7 min | Animation |
Two creatures fall in love, weaving a colourful world together. But when darkness threatens to consume one of them, the other must fight to stay together, or risk being torn apart.
Lucia, Before and After (USA)
SUNDANCE - Jury Award US fiction
Director: Anu Valia | Producer: Gabrielle Nadig |
Star: Gloria Laino, Doran Butler, Zach Saunders |
Year: 2016 | Length: 15 min | Live Action |
After traveling hundreds of miles, a woman must wait another twenty-four hours before she can get an abortion.
Rocket (USA)
STUDENT OSCAR - Bronze Narrative
Director: Brenna Malloy | Producer: Sarah Hulsman |
Star: Lizzie Clarke, Cameron Diskin, Danny Downey |
Year: 2016 | Length: 29 min | Live Action |
Rocket tells a bittersweet fairy tale set in the world of 1950's dirt track racing. With a legacy traditionally passed down from father to son, Annie Pankratz strives to build a destiny all her own.
Mutants (Canada)
TORONTO - Best Canadian Short Film
Director: Alexandre Dostie | Producers: Hany Ouichou, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette |
Star: Sandrine Bisson, Joseph Delorey, Francis La Haye |
Year: 2016 | Length: 17 min | Live Action |
In the summer of 1996, life throws a curveball in the face of Keven Guénette; and it strikes. Guided by his paraplegic baseball coach, Keven discovers the mutation, sex and love.
No Other Way to Say It (USA)
SLAMDANCE - The Sparky Prize
Director: Tim Mason | Producers: Emma Jubinski, Gretchen Praeger |
Star: Cayne Collier, Ed Flynn, Megan Kellie |
Year: 2016 | Length: 7 min | Live Action |
A voice over actor tries to deliver the right performance while receiving confusing text messages and confusing direction.
Anna (Israel)
CANNES - Cinéfondation 1st prize
Director: Or Sinai | Producer: Sam Spiegel Film and Television School |
Star: Daniel Brosoveni, Alon Dahan, Evgenia Dodina |
Year: 2015 | Length: 24 min | Live Action |
On a hot summer day, Anna embarks on a little journey in the deserted desert town she lives in. She tries to find a man to give her a comforting touch, even for a brief moment.
Total length of the screening 98 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
