SHORTFUSIONShort filmaking is an artform often relegated tothe shadows of its moretemporally demandingcousin. However, creatinga good short film takesincredible skill. A wellmadeshort film is ableto create the connection,the emotion and sutureof a feature in a moreconcentrated amount oftime. Our five short filmstrands contain films fromthe UK, Ireland, Canada,Belgium, Denmark, SouthKorea, Japan, Israel andthe USA and have beenselected from over 600submission entries.SECRETSSAT 5 SEPT, 6.30Love is BlindUK 2015. 7 mins.When her husband James returns home early to try andmake amends for his recent infidelity and inattentionfor their marriage, Alice finds herself in the midst of anemotional minefield.Director Dan HodgsonStarring Will Best, Sophie Allen, Ace MahbazPRINT SOURCE Bird Flight FilmsA ConfessionUK 2015. 9 mins.A mysterious and damaged young man must confess aterrible sin. What he reveals to the warm hearted priestresonates way beyond the confines of the Church.Director Petros SilvestrosStarring Thomas Finnegan, Del HenneyPRINT SOURCE Petros SilvestrosSamuel-613UK 2015. 15 mins. Yiddish/English with Englishsubtitles.The story of Shmilu, a Hasidic Jew in crisis, tornbetween his community and the romantic possibilitiesof trendy East London. This is the first fictional filmmade with the UK’s Hasidic population, including nonprofessionalactors and Yiddish dialogue.Director Billy LumbyStarring Theo Barklem-Biggs, Samuel Leibowitz,Letty ButlerPRINT SOURCE Billy LumbyMingmongUK 2014. 13 mins.Judy and Annalise are 16 and best friends. However, ona night out autograph-hunting they realise that fallingin love can sometimes tear friendships apart.Director Richard TurleyStarring Saffron Coomber, Jessica RevellPRINT SOURCE Richard TurleyThe Last GirlDenmark 2015. 13 mins. Danish with English subtitles.Life is not the same after a holiday with Jesper andthere is no avoiding the truth now.Director Bjarke de KoningStarring Christian Vincent, Mette Alvang, LarsHjøllundPRINT SOURCE DekoningTracksUSA 2015. 18 mins.An amateur skateboarder is left to care for hisgirlfriend’s young daughter on the day of achampionship tournament.Director Logan SandlerStarring Keith StanfieldPRINT SOURCE Periplus Film CompanyBread and ButterUK 2014. 5 mins.Bread and Butter is an experimental musical that givesvoice to the unspoken dreams and desires we have tokeep the lid on in the workplace...Director Freya BillingtonStarring Jennifer Bell, Blythe Pepino, Andy MarshallPRINT SOURCE BoyandbearfilmsSPACE & ODDITYSAT 5 SEPT, 10.30TestUSA 2014. 10 mins.A seemingly unremarkable man spends a day taking abizarre test at a mysterious facility.Director Jay LiftonStarring Ryan McCarthy, Mickey O’Hagan, DaveShelleyPRINT SOURCE Deluxe NYHelioUSA 2014. 20 mins.On the eve of a rebel uprising in a dystopianunderground society, one miner finds the key tofreedom and attempts to escape before the hostilegovernment kills him first.Director Teddy CecilStarring Barrett James, Dennis Keiffer, DerekCharitonPRINT SOURCE Shadow Council ProductionsStrange WeatherUK 2014. 18 mins.Two strangers witness a natural phenomenon thatreawakens their senses and draws their empty livestogether.Director Tom ShrapnelStarring Maxine Peake, Lex ShrapnelPRINT SOURCE Loose Change FilmsThe SplitUK 2015. 15 mins.Fate? Parallel universes? Quantum mechanics?Mick doesn’t believe in all that. Then a foul weatherencounter with an esteemed professor is about to sethim on a path which will make him wish he did.Director Ed RiggStarring Edward Hogg, Scarlett Marshall, Ian BlackPRINT SOURCE Final Take FilmsRest StopUK 2014. 11 mins.One night, Meredith, a young backpacker desperate tofind meaning in her life, meets a mysterious stranger ina dingy British service station... claiming to know her.Director Kate HerronStarring Cari Leslie, Ben WillbondPRINT SOURCE Kate HerronSatan Has a Bushy TailUK 2014. 15 mins.A charming buddy comedy about grandparents,bereavement and a demonic squirrel.Director Louis PaxtonStarring Tom Bennet, Richard DurdenPRINT SOURCE Rubber Stamp FilmsCHILDHOODTHU 3 SEPT, 8.00TheodoraUSA 2014. 6 mins.Theodora, a young girl left to her own devices, gathersingredients for an unusual feast.Directors Henry Chaisson & Travis BogosianStarring Mackenzie Brooke SmithPRINT SOURCE Slater Hall ProductionsThree BrothersUK 2014. 17 mins.Hamid struggles to care for his younger brothers whentheir father abandons them for Pakistan. A storyinspired by true events.Director Aleem KhanStarring Zain Muhammad Zafar, Yousuf Hussain,Muhammad Mujahi-Ali ShahzadPRINT SOURCE Matthieu De Braconier &Stephanie PaeplowElla and the Blind WitchUK 2015. 6 mins.Grandma tells her grandchildren, Tom and Alice, a scarybedtime story. Later that night, the story comes alive,tormenting the children, but the truth behind the storyis far more shocking.Director Michael A. CimpherStarring Phyllis McMahon, Megan Mary Hart,Joseph PreedyPRINT SOURCE Fazed PicturesDissonantBelgium. 17 mins.Marino resides with his father Tony on an old shippingyard. While Tony is hard at work towing hefty ship engines,Marino searches for sounds on his cassette recorder.Director Jurgen WillocxStarring Matthis Perreaux, Victor PeetersPRINT SOURCE Earlybirds FilmsStringsUK 2014. 13 mins.Convinced his dad is a spy, Luke embarks on a journeythat leads him to discover the awkward truth. FromBAFTA nominated Director Richard Turley.Director Richard TurleyStarring Badger Skelton, Frankie FitzgeraldPRINT SOURCE Vitamin Films LtdPatriotUK 2015. 15 mins.Against the backdrop of simmering racial tensions withinher rural English town, the life of eleven year old Hannahchanges forever when she meets a boy from a mysteriousand forbidden world. Shortlisted for Palme D’Or.Director Eva RileyStarring Halle Kidd, Michael Elkin, Rafael ConstantinPRINT SOURCE National Film and TelevisonSchoolBurglarSouth Korea 2015. 3 mins.One for budding sound engineers. Three burglarswearing masks try to steal a safe.Director Hojin KimStarring Seunghun Jee, Seohu Jee, Youngduck SeoPRINT SOURCE Hojin KimAbigaëlleCanada 2014. 15 mins. French with English subtitles.Nassim dreams of his beautiful classmate Abigaëlle butis all too familiar with the fine line between imaginationand reality.Director Jean MalekStarring Karim Arif Gamez, Robin GarlandPRINT SOURCE Maria Gracia Turgeon32 | <strong>Cambridge</strong>FilmFestival2015 | ShortFusion www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
LOVE & DEATHFRI 4 SEPT, 5.3096 Ways to Say I Love YouUK 2014. 11 mins.As Olive and Al get ready to say I love you for thefirst time, we watch other characters discuss thismomentous event in their own lives.Director Daisy AitkensStarring Georgia Moffett, Joel Fry, David TennantPRINT SOURCE Georgia TennantNorthUK 2014. 20 mins.Isolated on a farm and fighting against his family’sdecision, Aaron struggles to be heard as he watcheshis mother willingly die.Director Phil SheerinStarring Barry Keoghan, Emer McCourt, DesMcAleerPRINT SOURCE National Film and TelevisionSchoolBye Bye DandelionUK 2014. 3 mins.The fleeting friendship between a small imaginarycreature called Mu and a dandelion.Director Isabel GarrettPRINT SOURCE Isabel GarrettParis on the WaterIsrael 2014. 29 mins. Hebrew with English subtitles.Former movie star, Bathya, feels her life is finallyabout to change. After years of frustration she isoffered a part in a movie, but something happens onthe morning of the audition.Director Hadas AyalonStarring Miriam Zohar, Ilan DarPRINT SOURCE Hadas AyalonH PositiveUK 2015. 8 mins.If you had a prolonged terminal illness and moneywas no object, would you manipulate euthanasia sothat you could die on your own terms?Director Glenn PatonStarring Roger BarclayPRINT SOURCE Glenn PatonSexLifeUK 2014. 15 mins.Dan and Mia haven’t had sex since the birth of theirson. Three months on, Dan decides to take action anddresses as Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror toget Mia back in the mood.Director Stefan GeorgiouStarring Jemima Rooper, Dylan EdwardsPRINT SOURCE Chasing The Bear FilmsAbsenceUK 2015. 3 mins.A short film about the grieving process starring PaulMcGannDirector Rob SavageStarring Paul McGann, Carolina GiammettaPRINT SOURCE Douglas CoxMOTIONMON 7 SEPT, 9.00(EMMANUEL)TimekeeperCanada 2014. 15 mins.A watchmaker sells time to anyone willing to acceptthe cost.Director Scott WeberStarring Tom McBeath, Darla Taylor, NathanDashwoodPRINT SOURCE Piece of Mind ProductionsGroup BUK 2015. 25 mins.1986 and rally driver Shane Hunter is facing hiscomeback to Group B competition after a long andtroubled absence.Director Nick RowlandStarring Richard Madden, Michael SmileyPRINT SOURCE National Film and TelevisionSchoolMeatball BoomJapan 2015. 4 mins.This beautifully painted 16mm artist film acts as ametaphor for JapanDirector Akihiro TaniokaPRINT SOURCE Akihiro TaniokaSkateboarding’s First WaveUSA 2015. 20 mins.A look at the early days of skateboarding culture inSouthern California, and the group of kids that wouldshape its role in the media and in society.Director Don BurgessPRINT SOURCE Genevieve FarrellMama AgathaNetherlands 2015. 16 mins. English/Dutch/Twi withEnglish subtitles.Once a week, a group of migrant women inAmsterdam learn how to ride a bicycle.Director Fadi HindashPRINT SOURCE The Sound of ApplauseQUÉBEC EN BREFMON 7 SEPT, 10.30You’ve seen the work of Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Wild), you may have evenwatched films from Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Enemy), now see some of the up andcoming Québécois talent in this programme of French Canadian short films.PasCanada 2014. 15 mins. French with English subtitles.Through her entire life, Rose has follwed her passion for dance by using it as a singularmethod of communication essential to connect with her surroundings.Director Frédérique Cournoyer LessardStarring Sienna Mazzone, Claudia Bouvette, Stéphanie ThellenPRINT SOURCE Travelling, les films qui voyagentBec de LièvreCanada 2014. 24 mins. French with English subtitles.On a Halloween night, Alice and Philip meet by chance and fall in love. Laughter,seduction, until new discoveries lead to something unexpected…Director Louis BélangerStarring Hélène Florent, Danny GilmorePRINT SOURCE La DistributriceMynarski Chute MortelleCanada 2014. 8 mins. French with English subtitles.A completely hand-made historical micro-epic about the final minutes in the life ofWinnipeg’s doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski (1916-1944).Director Matthew RankinStarring Alek Rzeszowski, Robert Vilar, Annie St-PierrePRINT SOURCE La DistributriceOnce Upon a KingdomCanada 2014. 19 mins. French with English subtitles.Settled on the edge of the St. Lawrence river in Quebec City, a century old buildingprotects the fragile existence of 82 Catholic nuns.Directors Terence Chotard & Raphaël DostiePRINT SOURCE La DistributriceMaisons ModèlesCanada 2014. 19 mins. French with English subtitles.Faced with a client devastated by the breakup of his family, Alex finally finds thecourage to open up to his father.Director Mathieu ArsenaultStarring Charles Sirard-Blouin, Louis-David Leblanc, Patrick GoyettePRINT SOURCE Travelling, les films qui voyagentThe Dotty McLeod Breakfast ShowWake up with a smileBox office: 0871 902 5720 ShortFusion | <strong>Cambridge</strong>FilmFestival2015 | 33
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