1. foreword by leo kaneman, artistic director of the festival 2.

CINEMA TOUT ECRAN – INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL
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PROGRAMME 5
Rush
by Claude Luyet and Xavier Robel, Switzerland, 2004, 35mm, 3’, without dialogues
Sudden movement of a crowd in the same direction. The final effort of a runner.
Vet!
by Karin Junger and Brigit Hillenius, Netherlands, 2003, 35mm, 10’30’’, orig. Dutch sub. Eng.
On a hot summer evening, in a suburb of a large city, a teenage girl has her first sexual experience.
Jo Jo in The Stars
by Marc Craste, UK, 2003, BETA SP, 12’30’’, orig. Eng.
In a bleak and brutal world, two lovers make a desperate stand against those who would destroy them.
Love, self-sacrifice, heroism and murderous jealousy are played out against a world that is both
nightmarish but hauntingly beautiful.
Clandestin
by Philippe Larue, France, 2003, 35mm, 12’, orig. Fr.
No is an illegal African worker. He escapes. He tells us his story before ruining his life. Back home, his
family will not receive his payments any longer.
Gardening Tips for Housewives
by Jessica Weigmann, USA, 2004, 35mm, 16’, orig. Eng.
Inexplicably, a homeless man moves into the backyard of a suburban home. The retired couple living
there, Tom and Eve, are at odds as to what to do about the unexpected visitor.
Half Days
by Guillaume and Geoffrey Niquet, France, 2003, BETA SP, 4’, without dialogues
The daily journey of two men sharing the same screen, thousands of miles apart from each other. From
dawn to dusk, a musical adventure through the ordinary.
Wackelkontakt (Faux contact)
by Ralph Etter, Switzerland, 2004, 35mm, 19’30’’, orig. S.-Ger. sub. Fr. and Eng.
Sibylle has to deal with her grandmothers senility, while trying to keep on living an ordinary life. As she
realises this way of life is no longer possible, she decides to protect herself and her grandmother from the
environment.
El Tren de la bruja (Le Train fantôme)
by Koldo Serra, Spain, 2003, 35mm, 17’, orig. Sp. sub. Eng.
A man volunteers as guinea pig for an experiment in human behaviour when faced with extreme terror. If
he can make it through the experiment he’ll be awarded a healthy sum of cash.
PROGRAMME 6
Konserve Irani (Iranian Conserve)
by Mohammad Shirvani, Iran, 2003, mini-DV, 14’ orig. Iranian sub. Eng.
A woman is trapped inside an elevator and has a personal encounter with a man whom she only gets to
know via her cell phone.
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