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Dramatic Shorts
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Saturday, Aug 29th at 8:00pm
Total Runtime: 100 mins
Location: Zanzibar


Fanatic - Strasbourg Film Festival


FANATIC / Spain, UK (Directed by Paul Robinson) 23 mins - 2009 - “A man works on the 33rd floor of a tall office building. Each day he takes the elevator to the 26th floor, then, climbs the remaining seven flights of stairs to his place of work. Why?” Daniel is a dwarf bicycle courier living and working in Barcelona. One quite normal hot sunny day, a chance meeting and an act of kindness help Daniel take stock of everyday preconceptions. (Daniel, un nain, est un messager à vélo, qui habite et travaille à Barcelone. Une journée de grande chaleur, une rencontre fortuite et une gentillesse inattendue le mènent à réféchir sur les idées préconçues que l’on rencontre tous les jours.) - French Premiere

Catching the Bus / UK (Directed by Antonio Ribeiro) 34 mins - 2009 - A suicide pact formed in an internet chatroom leads to a fateful encounter between an unlikely pair. (Une pacte de suicide fat sur internet ammène deux inconus à se rencontrer.) - Trailer - World Premiere

Isosceles / New Zealand (Directed by Anton Steel) 9 mins - 2008 - A look at the harsh side of love through the eyes of three people. One has everything they want, one has lost what they wanted and one has no idea what they want. (Une observation des l'amour à travers trois regards differents. Un a tous ce qu'ils veut, l'autre l'a perdu et le troisième ne sait pas ce qu'il veut.)

Drop / UK (Directed by Gavin Toomey) 10 mins - 2009 - "I like tiny stories that are allowed to unfold in their own time, between events. "Drop" is driven by an incidental encounter between two, disparate men on the roof of a building in the financial district of London. - French premiere

600 /China (Directed by James Z. Feng) 7 mins - 2008 - A journey about a fresh college-grad who goes oversees on vacation and ending up staying there for a long time and the identity crisis he faces as a result of his prolong stay. - Mainland European Premiere

Historia de Una Hora (Story of an hour) / Mexico (Directed by Salvador García) A woman receives the news of the tragic death of her spouse on an airplane accident. (Une femme apprend que son mari vient de morrir dans un accident d'avion.) - International Premiere



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