Svetovni jagodni izbor/Best of the Rest

MOTORKA / CHAINSAW
Dennis Tupicoff (Jungle Pictures)
Avstralija/Australia, 2007, 35mm, 24'10''

Frank in Ava Gardner živita na podeželju med govedom in divjimi živalmi. Opravljata pritlehna dela, a po srcu sta prava romantika. Film, ki bega med dejanskim in domišljijskim, Hollywoodom in Å panijo, preteklostjo in sedanjostjo, niza zgodbe o ljubezni in slavi, mačizmu in motorkah, fantaziji in smrti — in o vztrajnem kljubovanju narave.

Frank and Ava Gardner live out in the country, amongst the kookaburras and the cattle. Their jobs are menial, but they are true romantics at heart. Moving between fact and fiction, Hollywood and Spain, past and present, Chainsaw is a chain of stories about romance and celebrity, machismo and chainsaws, fantasy and death. And how the natural world endures.

JOHN IN KAREN / JOHN AND KAREN
Matthew Walker (Arthur Cox Ltd.)
VB/UK, 2007, BetaSP, 3'30''

Pingvinka Karen se prav nič ne razveseli, ko na svojem pragu zagleda severnega medveda Johna. Zaradi sinočnjega prepira je še vedno slabe volje in John mora biti skrajno previden. A medved je imel čas za razmislek in je pripravil opravičilo, ki bo — upajmo — pomirilo duhove. Potrebuje le priložnost, da ga glasno izreče. Pa tudi skodelica čaja mu ne bi škodila. Karen mu nejevoljno ustreže.

Karen the penguin is not pleased to see John the polar bear on her doorstep. Their argument last night has put her in a very bad mood and John is on egg shells. John has had time to think, however, and has put together an apology that he hopes will appease her bad temper; he just needs an opportunity to say it out loud. A cup of tea   would also be good. Karen reluctantly obliges.

GLOBALNO SEGREVANJE / GLOBAL WARMING
Sheldon Lieberman (Bigfish)
Avstralija/Australia, 2007, BetaSP, 1'50''

Jaz ne verjamem v globalno segrevanje. Zdaj zapojte pa še vi! Oooooooo!

I don't believe in Global Warming. Come and sing it now! Oooooooo!

HIÅ A IZ KOCKIC / LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES / THE HOUSE OF SMALL CUBES
Kunio Kato (Robot Communications Inc.)
Japonska/Japan, 2008, miniDV, 12'30''

Hiša je videti, kot bi bila narejena iz kock. Dedek, prebivalec te hiše, je vsakič, ko je narasla gladina vode, postavil novo hišo vrh prejšnje. To je zgodba njegovih družinskih spominov.

The house is almost like "blocks". A grandpa who lives in the house has been constantly building houses on top, as water level rises. This is the story about his memories of his family.

ASTONOVI KAMNI / ASTONS STENAR / ASTON'S STONES
Uzi & Lotta Geffenblad (Zigzag Animation)
Å vedska/Sweden, 2007, 35mm, 8'55''

Astonu se smilijo kamni, ki ležijo na tleh, in tako jih nosi domov. Kmalu pa v hiši zmanjka prostora in Astonova starša predlagata, naj gredo kamni na počitnice. Čeprav se družinica tako reši kamnite zbirke, je videti, da nastaja neka čisto nova ...

Aston picks up stones he feels sorry for and takes them home. Soon it's too crowded at Aston's house and his parents suggest the stones take a vacation. While the stone collection maybe comes to an end a new one seems to begin...

SEKVENCA 01 — POSNETEK 02 / SÉQUENCE 01 — PLAN 02 / SEQUENCE 01 — SHOT 02
Remi Durin (ADIFAC — Atelier de production La Cambre)
Belgija/Belgium, 2007, BetaSP, 7'45''

Neke noči na podzemni železnici mož opazi, da se svet okoli njega ustavlja ...

One night, while he is in the subway, a man sees the world stopping around him...

SKHIZEIN
Jérémy Clapin (Dark Prince)
Francija/France, 2008, 35mm, 13'05''

Kaj bi bilo, če bi vas zadel 150.000-tonski meteorit? Prav to je namreč doletelo ubogega Henryja. Pa je še vedno tu. No, ne ravno 'tu', nekaj centimetrov dalje. Natančneje: 91 cm od kraja, kjer je bil, kjer bi moral biti, od koder se lahko dotakne sveta okoli sebe. Če pa hoče zdaj odpreti vrata ali dvigniti telefon, mora to storiti z razdalje 91 cm. Morda norost lahko merimo v centimetrih ...

What would happen if you were struck by a 150-thousand ton meteorite? That's precisely what happened to poor Henry. And yet he's still there. Well, not exactly "there". To be precise, he's 91 cm from where he was and from where he can touch the world around him. Now If he wants to open a door or pick up the phone, he has to do so from 91 cm away. And what if madness could be measured in centimetres?

SPOZNAL SEM MROŽA / I MET THE WALRUS
Josh Raskin (I Met the Walrus Inc.)
Kanada/Canada, 2007, digiBeta, 5'10''

Leta 1969 se je Jerry Levitan, 14-letni navdušenec nad Beatlesi, opremljen z magnetofonom in kopico vprašanj, vtihotapil v hotelsko sobo Johna Lennona v Torontu. 38 let pozneje je Jerry produciral film o tem dogodku. Režiser Josh Raskin je s pomočjo originalnega zvočnega posnetka spletel vizualno pripoved, ki nežno zapeljuje vsako Lennonovo besedo v kaskadi mešane animacije.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck and a head full of questions, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation.

UPORNIK Z RAZLOGOM / REBEL WITH A CAUSE
Kristian Labusga (Stuttgart Media University)
Nemčija/Germany, 2008, digiBeta, 2'18''

Kratki film skicira družbeno-okoljske posledice sledenja najnovejšim modnim trendom. Z drugimi besedami, ekološko breme majice, ki si jo ravnokar kupil.

This short outlines the socio-environmental impact of chasing the newest fashion trends, or rather the ecological baggage of that new shirt you just picked up.

VRNITI SE KOT ŽIVAL / RETURN AS AN ANIMAL
Bruno Dicolla
Brazilija/Brazil, 2008, DVD, 1'31''

Večno vračanje življenja po smrti.

The eternal return of life after death.

BELA KAČA / WHITE SNAKE
Yun Ting Ruan (China Academy of Art)
Kitajska/China, 2006, digiBeta, 5'40''

Po več tisoč letih se Bela kača že vešče spreminja v prelepo dekle. Nepričakovano se zaljubi v moškega, ki ga sreča ob Zahodnem jezeru pri mestu Hangčou.

After practicing for a thousand years, White Snake has perfected being a beautiful woman. She unexpectedly falls in love when she meets a man by Hangzhou's West Lake.

VRTENJE V KROGU / RETURNING ROUND
Malcolm Sutherland
Kanada/Canada, 2008, DVD, 2'30''

Preobrazba kroga, polna energije.

The energetic transformation of a circle.

ORKESTER / ORCHESTRA
Masaki Okuda, Yutaro Ogawa, Ryo Okawara (Tama Art University)
Japonska/Japan, 2008, miniDV, 6'35''

Preobrazbe linij ustvarjajo pravo harmonijo podob.

The harmony of images performed by the metamorphosed lines.

NE DOVOLI, DA SE SVET RAZPARA / DON'T LET IT ALL UNRAVEL
Sarah Cox (Arthur Cox Ltd.)
VB/UK, 2007, BetaSP, 2'05''

Ne vlecite niti. Zakrpajte luknjo.

Don't pull the end of the thread. Darn it.

SLUŽBA / EL EMPLEO / THE EMPLOYMENT
Santiago Bou Grasso (Opusbou)
Argentina, 2008, BetaSP, 6'19''

Mož gre kot ponavadi na delo, pogreznjen v sistem, kjer je uporaba ljudi kot predmetov nekaj povsem vsakdanjega.

A man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a system in which the use of people as objects is part of everyday life.

JEZIK SKRIVNOSTI / TONGUE OF THE HIDDEN
David Alexander Anderson (Anderson Films/Glasworks)
VB/UK, 2007, digiBeta, 5'45''

Pesnik Hafez, pripovedovalec skrivnosti, je z jezikom človeške ljubezni ter metaforami vina in opojnosti opisoval svoje hrepenenje po božanskem in slo po skrivnostih vesolja. Postavite današnji, omejen pogled medijev na Iran nasproti globini in modrosti perzijske kulture in njenemu vplivu. Krajine in liki filma so narejeni iz perzijske kaligrafije.

The poet Hafez, the Teller of Secrets, used the language of human love and the metaphors of wine and drunkenness to describe his desire for the Divine and intoxication with the mysteries of the Universe. Contrast the current, often narrow, view of the media on Iran with the profundity and sophistication of Persian culture and its influence. The landscapes and characters are all constructed of Persian calligraphy.

ČLOVEK JE EDINI PTIČ, KI NOSI SVOJO KLETKO / L'HOMME EST SEUL OISEAU QUI PORTE SA CAGE / MAN IS THE ONLY BIRD THAT CARRIES HIS OWN CAGE
Claude Weiss (Sacrebleu Productions)
Francija/France, 2007, 35mm, 12'

Mrzel svet. Po velemestu se sprehajajo ljudje, ki namesto glav nosijo kletke.

A cold world. People whose heads have been replaced by cages pass each other in a huge city.

BERNIJEVA LUTKA / BERNIE'S DOLL
Yann Jouette (Dummy Productions)
Francija/France, 2008, 35mm, 11'15''

Žalosten tovarniški delavec Bernie hrepeni po ljubezni in bližini. Nekega dne ga premami televizijska reklama, ki ponuja idealno rešitev za njegovo osamljenost.

Bernie, a sad factory employee, is longing for love and a relationship. One day he gets tempted by a TV commercial, which has the perfect solution to his loneliness.

SRCE AMOSA KLEINA / THE HEART OF AMOS KLEIN
Michal & Uri Kranot (TinDrum Animation/Les films de L'Arlequin/IJssel Productions/NIAF)
Izrael, Francija, Danska, Nizozemska/Israel, France, Denmark, Holland, 2008, 35mm, 14'40''

Medtem ko se Amos Klein med operacijo presaditve srca bojuje za preživetje, se vrača k pomembnim mejnikom svojega življenja. Ti sovpadajo s ključnimi dogodki izraelske preteklosti. Njegovo popotovanje je hkrati premislek o moralni korupciji, militarizmu in indoktrinaciji.

During a heart transplant operation, as he struggles between life and death, Amos Klein returns to his life's significant milestones. These correspond with key moments in Israeli history. His journey is a reflection on moral corruption, militarism and indoctrination.

KABARET KADNE / CABARET KADNE
Marc Riba, Anna Solanas (I+G Stop Motion)
Å panija/Spain, 2008, 35mm, 4'50''

Stara kabaretna mačka Otto in Lola, katerih nekdanja slava je že dodobra zbledela, si krajšata dneve s svojo edino ljubeznijo: igranjem. Vse do pričakovanega, bridkega konca.

Otto and Lola, two old cabaret artists that have seen better days fill their lives with their passion: Acting. Right to the predictable and tragic end.

DESET / DIX / TEN
BIF (Autour de Minuit/The Mill)
Francija, VB/France, UK, 2008, 35mm, 7'

Marc se brez tlakovcev ne more niti premakniti, saj se boji stopiti na črte med njimi. M. X. mu pomaga na poti zdravljenja njegove fobije.    

Marc needs the paving stones on which he walks to move, for fear of stepping on the lines. With the help of M.X., he starts a treatment to overcome his phobia.

LAŽI / LÖGNER / LIES
Jonas Odell (FilmTeckarna F. Animation AB)
Å vedska/Sweden, 2008, 35mm,13'

Tri popolnoma resnične zgodbe o laganju. V treh epizodah na osnovi dokumentarnih intervjujev spoznamo vlomilca. Ta se ob razkrinkanju pretvarja za računovodjo, ki dela na črno; dečka, ki v laži prizna zločin, katerega ni zakrivil; in žensko, katere življenje je eno samo nizanje laži.

Three perfectly true stories about lying. In three episodes based on documentary interviews we meet the burglar who, when found out, claims to be a moonlighting accountant, the boy who finds himself lying and confessing to a crime he didn't commit and the woman whose whole life has been a chain of lies.

LAHKO NOČ / GOOD NIGHT
Marco Morandi
Nemčija/Germany, 2008, BetaSP, 3'10''

Metuljevo čudežno popotovanje skozi pokrajine življenja, vojne in smrti.

A fantastic journey of a butterfly through life, war and death.