TIES

International Short Film Competition TIES

Kaņepes Kultūras centrs Bean Screen /  28.09. / 17.00

Kino Bize / 02.10. / 19.00

TICKETS

 

THE BATHTUB

Die Badewanne
Tim Ellrich
Comedy / Austria / 2016

The brothers, Georg, Alexander and Niklas, are preparing an original present for their mother. But the idea to re-enact an old bathtub picture from their childhood is way too stupid for the oldest one. Little by little they bare all and three brothers remain who have grown apart in the meanwhile.

 

ADAPTATION

Adaptacja
Bartosz Kruhlik
Fiction / Poland / 2016

adaptation:
1. Structural or functional evolution of an organism towards higher survivability.
2. Process of an individual becoming better suited to environment and more resistant to outer stress.
3. The ability of eyesight to adjust to seeing in the dark.

 

LOVE

Réka Bucsi
Animation / France, Hungary / 2016

LOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet, caused by the change of gravity and light. This pulsing planet makes the inhabitants become one with each other in various ways.

 

SHE / HER
Sonja Wyss
Drama / Neatherlands / 2016

SHE/HER is a film about the balance of power and the deep underlying emotions of a mother-daughter relationship: the uncertainties, manipulation, dependence and ultimately love.

 

HASTI

هستی
Kamal Parnak
Fiction / Iran / 2016

Hasti is the story of a little girl whose mother’s death becomes the starting point of an inner journey, which leads her to perceive the death concept.

 

MANTRA

Ho Lam
Drama / France / 2015

Kim comes to France for the funeral of his ex-wife. He spends some days of cohabitation with his daughter. They communicate without speaking the same language.

 

WAITING FOR THE NEW YEAR

Gaidot Jauno gadu
Vladimirs Leščovs
Animation / Latvia / 2016

A lonely woman street cleaner’s letter to unknown person, written on the first day of the New Year: a year spent observing the seasons and dreaming of a miracle for the following New Year.