Shorts
Reviews, previews and highlights of features and shorts from the myDylarama team and guest writers.
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Short of the Week: Wañuy - Clermont-Ferrand 2017
21 June 2017, by Abla KandalaftAlejandro Roca Rey’s hauntingly moving film was one of our coups de coeur at this year’s Clermont film festival. Alejandro recently announced Wañuy’s selection at the Palm Springs Festival. Le court du jour : “Wañuy” de Alejandro Roca Rey from ClermontFd Short Film Festival on Vimeo. More on Wañuy on the film’s official Facebook page. -
How To Be Human - SCI-FI LONDON
7 June 2017, by Mydylarama teamIf you were forced to flee your own war-ridden country, would you sacrifice what makes you human to survive? How To Be Human is a crowd-funded ambitious and visually impressive short recently screened at SCI-FI LONDON that follows two sisters, one human, one android, as they escape a devastated, post-apocalyptic London. According to the production team, "the film is about the current refugee crisis but in reverse and we have two British citizens leaving the UK in order to survive." We (…) -
Short of the Week: Q&A with Gunhild Enger & Jenni Toivoniemi, directors of Kommittén
3 June 2017, by Abla KandalaftHow did your collaboration on this film start? We were invited on to the CPH:LAB programme to collaborate and luckily shared the same sense of humour and found the possibility inspiring. For the uninitiated, could you explain a little bit more about this junction between the three countries and its significance? Treriksröset is in Lapland and it’s a ’borderstone’ between Norway, Sweden and Finland. It’s in the middle of the wilderness and a popular place for tourists to visit – even (…) -
Short of the Week : Q&A with Gunhild Enger & Jenni Toivoniemi, directors of Kommittén
9 mai 2017, par Abla KandalaftComment a débuté votre collaboration ? Nous étions invités par l’équipe du programme CPH:LAB à collaborer et heureusement nous partageons le même sens de l’humour, nous avons donc tout de suite donc trouvé cette idée intéressante ! Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas bien la géographie de cette région, pouvez-vous nous en dire plus sur la jonction entre ces trois pays et son importance ? Treriksröset se trouve en Laponie et c’est une pierre qui marque la frontière entre la Norvège, la (…) -
Short of the Week: Squirrel Island - Clermont-Ferrand 2017
23 March 2017, by Abla KandalaftAstrid Goldsmith is an animator based in Kent. Her short, Squirrel Island, was rewarded at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival; the craftsmanship displayed and attention to detail were applauded by the festival’s audience and jury alike. We caught up with Astrid to find out more about her approach to animation and sources of inspiration. Le court du jour : “Squirrel island” de Astrid Goldsmith from ClermontFd Short Film Festival on Vimeo. Find out more about Astrid’s work at (…) -
Clermont-Ferrand Interviews: Bryony Dunne, director of Gasper
7 March 2017, by Abla KandalaftSo, can you tell us more about Gasper and how the idea for the film came about? The film came about when I took a trip back to Ireland, where I grew up, to visit family and friends in the summer of 2015. While I was there I unexpectedly met Gasper, an old friend from Ireland, who was part of a group of friends that I grew up with. One evening, when I was driving Gasper home after a friend’s dinner party, we started discussing the unaffordable housing property for young people wanting to (…) -
Short of the Week: Johnno’s Dead - Clermont-Ferrand 2017
1 March 2017, by Abla KandalaftWe caught up with animator and filmmaker - and Clermont-Ferrand coup de coeur director - Chris Shepherd during the 2017 edition. His latest short, Johnno’s Dead, a sort of sequel to his very successful, dark and mesmerising short film Dad’s Dead, was screened as part of the Lab competition. Both films, voiced by Ian Hart, use a clever and beautiful mix of animation and live action, which immerse the audience in the narrator’s sorry, and at times incongruously comical, tale. Dad’s Dead and (…) -
Clermont-Ferrand Interviews: Douwe Dijkstra, director of Green Screen Gringo
26 February 2017, by Abla KandalaftOne of Mydy’s Lucile Bourliaud’s TOP 5 from this year’s Clermont-Ferrand Film Fest, and winner of the Grand Prix, Douwe Dijkstra’s Green Screen Gringo is a highly original short in which the filmmaker invites ordinary Brazilians to read poems or talk about their country while a green screen superimposes random scenes that jar, complement or clash with the situation at play. Douwe’s previous work, Démontable (2014) and Supporting Film (Voor Film, 2015), have both been lauded on the festival (…) -
Clermont-Ferrand Interviews: Dania Bdeir, director of In White
20 February 2017, by Abla KandalaftCould you tell us a bit more about where the inspiration came from to tell Lara’s story? Are there any autobiographical elements? The inspiration behind In White is definitely autobiographical. I lost my father in 2009 and it was my first experience of a funeral as a “host” as opposed to a guest. The ritual that took part across 3 days, at a time when my heart was pretty much broken, lingered with me long after the funeral. The visual and auditory experience in the film is in some ways my (…) -
Clermont-Ferrand 2017 : TOP 5 #1
18 février 2017, par Lucile BourliaudDeKalb Elementary On comprend qu’il ait gagné le grand prix de la compétition internationale, tant ce film puissant et inattendu reste en mémoire après la projection. Un plan fixe sur le bureau d’accueil d’une école primaire. Nous sommes aux États-Unis. Les gens vont et viennent, la vie suit son cours, jusqu’à ce qu’un jeune homme arrive et, fébrilement, sorte une arme de son sac à dos. Le spectateur se fige dans son fauteuil, craignant une histoire glaçante à la Elephant ou We Need to (…)