SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2009
French Short Program
French Shorts in Yokohama Brillia Short Shorts Theater only! The French short film program from "Festival du Film Francais au Japon 2009" will be screened again on June 11th and 13th. The program features short films directed by French actors and features the participation of popular singer Benjamin Biolay and the voice of Julien Boisselier.
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The story of a young French left-wing woman.
She knows that the left-wing party is losing the election, and is shaking and crying with anger. The next day she rises up for the sake of her child…
This handsome monochrome film closely resembles works by Philippe Garrel with a style unlike that of newcomers to film and won the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Documentary and Short Film in Bilbao 2008.
A large meteorite falls over Henri’s head. From then on he exists exactly 91cm out of place from his body. When opening a door, sitting down or even answering the phone, he has to perform these actions from 91cm away.
A surreal comedy from a fresh animator active in the TVCM.
Benoît moves from the countryside to Paris and holds a party to make some new friends. After the feast, he returns to his living room where, for some reason, three people, who seem to have no intention of leaving, have made themselves at home and are deep in conversation...
A drama painted with a comedic touch about a mysterious encounter with a lonely person living in a big city.
13-year-old Abraham’s grades are bad and the school has pronounced him a failure. But he lies and tells his father that he can graduate.
A tragic comedy unfolds as a situation develops where he cannot take back his lies. This is a family drama that focuses on an Arab father and son living in Paris. This film received the Audience Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2008.
Coralie is a woman who disappeared 30 years ago and Mr.Conforme is searching for traces of her. Virginie, a woman who works at his printing office decides to post missing person posters along the avenue…
French rock authority, Phillippe Paulier participates as the composer on this charming musical fantasy that mixes deception with the truth. Shown at Critics Week of the Cannes Film Festival 2008.
It was surely love at first sight. That was when she was eating candy with the children at a birthday party. Cake, robbers, hysteric sisters, and the in-laws that dropped by…
The many different things that happened from the moment they fell in love at first sight continue to become clear. A comedy with a twist about the details of a romance that was awakened in that apartment.