Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival

150 INDEPENDENT SHORTS The 37th Cleveland International Film Festival
P R O G R A M 7
P R O G R A M 8
P R O G R A M 9
111 minutes
Sunday, April 7
9:15 AM I Code SHRT07
Monday, April 8
5:10 PM I Code PROG08
The Collector’s Gift
Ryan Kravetz, USA, 9 min.
Indoor
Simon Atkinson & Adam Townley,
United Kingdom, 16 min.
Kolona
Ujkan Hysaj, Kosovo, 22 min.
Room Service
Glen Matthews, Canada, 5 min.
The New Woman: Annie
“Londonderry” Kopchovsky
Gillian Willman, USA, 27 min.
Khaana
Cary Sawhney, United Kingdom, 8 min.
Bear Me
Katarzyna Wilk, Germany, 6 min.
ASAD
Bryan Buckley, South Africa/USA, 18 min.
A young girl discovers an amazing world
of possibilities in the animated THE
COLLECTOR’S GIFT • a boy will go to
great lengths to help his new friend get
outside in the charming INDOOR • a man
faces an unthinkable choice as he tries to
get his family out of Kosovo in the gripping
KOLONA • ROOM SERVICE is about
to deliver a big surprise in this quick-hitting
short • THE NEW WOMAN documents
the life of Annie Kopchovsky, who in 1894
set out to prove that women were much
more capable than thought at the time •
a Muslim woman desperately wants to
share in the delectable foods she sees
all around her new city in KHAANA • a
woman shares her knack for developing
unhealthy attachments in the funny and
charming animated film BEAR ME • ASAD
is the Oscar ® -nominated tale of one boy
who will have to decide if he is ready to
meet life’s ever-growing challenges.
108 minutes
Monday, April 8
9:10 AM I Code SHRT08
Tuesday, April 9
5:00 PM I Code PROG09
Bydlo
Patrick Bouchard, Canada, 9 min.
Haleema
Boris Schaarschmidt, Germany, 18 min.
Anosmia
Jacob LaMendola, USA, 10 min.
Domestic Tale
Ann Sirot & Raphael Balboni, Belgium, 24 min.
A Tooth Tale
Ron Fleischer, USA, 7 min.
Picture. Perfect.
Winston Titus Tao, USA, 25 min.
Saturday Girls (Les Filles
du Samedi)
Emilie Cherpitel, France, 15 min.
Music and art collide on film in the animated
BYDLO • a young girl must find
water for her family in the stirring HALEEMA
• people who have lost their sense of
smell share their experiences in the documentary
ANOSMIA • a man will be forced
to face the consequences of his jealousy
in the crafty DOMESTIC TALE • having
lost his first tooth, one young boy stumbles
upon a plan in the animated A TOOTH
TALE • a drug addicted father has taken
a step too far when he sells his son’s
camera in PICTURE. PERFECT. • a young
woman awakes to find that her night on
the town has left her in a surprising situation
in SATURDAY GIRLS.
106 minutes
Tuesday, April 9
12:00 Noon I Code INDY09
Wednesday, April 10
4:35 PM I Code INDY10
Marking the Distance
Tim Rauch & Mike Rauch, USA, 3 min.
A Better Place Than This
Daniel Grove, USA, 24 min.
Touch Me (Corps Solidaires)
Pascal Roy, France, 28 min.
Howard
Carolyn Wong, Canada, 19 min.
Béatrice Coron’s Daily Battles
James Stewart, Canada, 7 min.
The Louder The Better
Michael Toscano, USA, 14 min.
Coming Soon
Fabrice Maruca, France, 11 min.
MARKING THE DISTANCE is a StoryCorps
animated film detailing how one woman
has tried, with the help of her partner,
to deal with her short-term memory loss •
an executioner tries to help his prisoners
come to terms with their fate in A BETTER
PLACE THAN THIS • TOUCH ME is the
story of a hairdresser who develops a very
special fondness for her handicapped customer
• a young woman investigates the
incredible life and tragic death of the
uncle she never really got to know in the
mesmerizing documentary HOWARD •
a fantastic paper cut-out is used to tell
the dramatic story of life in the animated
BÉATRICE CORON’S DAILY BATTLES •
a right-wing radio host has second thoughts
about his practices in THE LOUDER THE
BETTER • COMING SOON is a comical
take on movie previews.
ASAD Saturday Girls The Louder The Better