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The 2006 BRIDGE FEST official selection
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in short film category selected films
are:
Lawrence Bridges
USA
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, William Shatner,
Michael Richards, Bill Pullman, Christina Applegate, Michael
York
Synopsis:
An Inspirational documentary showing how live theatre
is decisive in changing people's lives. This documentary
shows the importance of theatre and Skakespeare through interviews
with kids who live in communities affluent with gangs and
testimonials from many successful actors such as Tom Hanks,
William Shatner, Martin Sheen, Michael York, Bill Pullman,
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christina Applegate among others.
The Showdown
Fulvio Sestito, Antony Sestito
USA/Italy
Baseball and the Old West. It is a
short action / drama film, about the confrontation between a pitcher and batter
in the bottom of the ninth inning of a one-run baseball game, juxtaposed against
a deadly duel between two gunfighters in the Old West.
A Cigar at the Beach
Stephen Keep Mills
USA
A man withdraws to
a beach. His fantasies propel him to the very edge of himself and to
a surprise yearning greater than flesh.
Anna und der Soldat
Christian Prettin, Soeren Hueper
Germany
Italian girl Anna
is haunted by her past that she lost her family by the German soldiers
in 1944.
And Now a Word from Our Sponsors
Wojciech Lorenc
USA
A young man's quest
for a condom turns strangely surreal as he is bothered by an army of
supermarket sellers soliciting their products. If he doesn’t outsmart
them on time he will lose his chance with a beautiful girl waiting in
his apartment. Will he make it on time?
Old Man Music
Scott Slone
USA
Living alone and isolated
in his own private world, Old Man (Geoffrey Lewis)
spends his days immersed in a fantasy of concert halls and
music. One fateful afternoon during his standard routine,
tragedy strikes and Old Man is forced to examine his life, and whether
or not it is still worth living. Co-Starring
J.A. Preston (A Few Good Men), Chris Owen (American
Pie), Jade Harlow (NBC's Passions), Charlie Talbert (Angus),
and Leigh Rose (My Fellow Americans).
Marina:
La Última Bala aka Marina The Last Bullet
Richard Jordan
Spain
A magical realist story about the
Spanish civil war, time travel, parallel dimensions and death.
A Short Film about Chandu
and Chameli
Purva Naresh
India
This super short film tells story about people with disabilities.
Guns to
Gogo
Dean Bajramovic
Canada
This film has won the Gold Medal for Excellence in the Short Film
Category - Jury Choices for Best Impact of Music in a Narrative Short
Film at 2006 Park City Film Music Festival, Utah, USA 19-29th January.
Binta
Y La Gran Idea aka Binta And A Great Idea
Javier Fesser
Spain
Binta's father
has an idea. But he doesn't know if it is or not a good idea.. Film is shot in Africa
and is sponsored by UNESCO.
Binta is a 7 year old girl who lives
in a small charming village on the Casamance river in southern Senegal.
She goes to school. Her cousin Soda does not have the same good fortune.
She is not allowed to learn about the things of the world.Binta admires
her father, a humble fisherman who, concerned about the developement of
mankind, is determined to carry out an idea that has ocurred to him.
Gypsy Blood: The Roma, Ashkali,
and Egyptian IDPs of Mitrovica, Kosovo
Daniel Lanctot
USA
Seven years ago, after the end of
the NATO bombing of Serbia, Roma Ashkalis, Egyptians and others regarded
as “Gypsies” (“RAE”) were violently cleansed from their homes in Kosovo by
Albanians and by means of arson, mass destruction of houses, killings and
rape. Today, persecution of the members of these communities continues, manifested
in their systematic exclusion from access to fundamental human rights. Racial
discrimination against RAE communities in Kosovo is pervasive, depriving
tens of thousands from even a bare minimum of dignity. Anti-Gypsy sentiment
among the majority Albanians is widespread, ranging from assaults on RAE individuals
to verbal abuse and dissemination of defamatory images, including images
stigmatising RAE as perpetrators of crimes against Albanians, in the media.
Skin Horse
Nick Goso
Canada
Baxter shares his
experience with the inhabitants of the urban wasteland, offering them bizarrely-crafted
sculptures he fashions from bits of urban detritus, until his brother's murder
leaves him abandoned to the perils of the inner-city nightmare.
Dark Decisions
Scott Lawson
Australia
While camping with his girlfriend and best mate, James
awakens to them in an "intimate" embrace. He could stay or confront
them, or leave and start a new journey. From a life
altering snap decision, James moves to a new city to start a new
life. Escaping those who betrayed him. Will he find new love? Or
will he be forever controlled by his fears and desires.
Luna's Dance
Susie Dias
Canada
Film offers a space
and freedom to female energy in our world.
Diversity As Beauty - A Step And Two Further Steps
Towards Art
Danijela Gvozdenovic
Serbia and Montenegro
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