Longer Shorts

Maltings cinema
Sunday 23 14.00

A programme of three international short films which question our perception of reality in contrasting ways.
Each of these films reflects the position of an individual, or group of individuals, against a specific location or environment.

No official cert. Sugg. cert. 15

Mic Jean-Louis
France, 2007, Beta SP, 26 min 30 sec
English subtitles

dir/scr: Kathy Sebbah
prod: K Production
dop: Javier Ruiz Gomez
editor: Emmanuelle Mimran
music: Mathieu Boogaerts

The touching story of a middle-aged man, Jean-Louis Mic, and his relationship with the inhabitants of the rural French community of Puiscasquier. A film that crosses genres in surprising and unexpected ways.

Kathy Sebbah was born in 1976 in Toulouse, France. She studied cinematography at the La Fémis film school, Paris.

Director’s filmography:
1998 Ouvrières-ouvriers!
2001 La Changa
2002 La Foire de Saint Julia
2003 Making of C’était le chien d’Eddy
2004 Autre Chose de meilleur
2005 Riobamba
2006 Point

I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You
(Nemam ti šta reć’ lijepo)
Croatia, 2006, Beta SP, 30 min
English subtitles
dir/scr: Goran Dević
prod: Nenad Puhovski
dop: Jure Černec
editor: Vanja Siruček
music: Jeff Tweedy

A moving Croatian documentary about a generation of young people whose lives have been powerfully affected by the recent war. Inspired by the story of the unsolved murder of Ljubica Solar, a young woman from Sisak, the director returns back to the town, where he talks to his contemporaries who face the eternal dilemma of people in small towns – to stay or to leave.

Goran Dević was born in Sisak, Croatia, in 1971. He studied law, archeology and film art at the Academy for Drama Art in Zagreb, Croatia.

Director’s filmography:
2004 Jesam li se zajebo?
2004 Uvozne vrane
2004 Knin
2005 Nemam ti šta lijepo za reći

City Scene
China, 2005, DigiBeta, 23 min
No dialogue

dir/prod: Zhao Liang

City Scene comprises a series of long takes which depict everyday life in Beijing. Collected over a number of years, these sometimes bizarre images reveal the raw side of urban existence, against the background of a fast-changing city preparing itself for the Olympic games.

Zhao Liang was born in China in 1971. He lives and works in Beijing.

Director’s filmography:
1997–2001 Paper Air Plane
1996–2006 Shangfang
1997–2006 Miss Xiao Rui
1998–2006 Zaji Tun
2004–2005 Return to the River