The HEAVY ORANGE block of shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2021’s international competition features short films made in extremely different genres and styles: among other pictures, it includes a French speculative romcom (Ted Hardy-Carnac), a computer-animated film about the rebellion of cities (Gottfried Mentor), and Gregory Samson’s overwhelming family drama about the search for redemption.
International competition HEAVY ORANGE. Premiere
Date
Schedule
19:30–21:30
Place
Garage Auditorium
Wednesday, October 27
19:30–21:30Garage Auditorium
Un monde sans crise
In the near future, there is no more money and work, but there are love contracts. People go on dates like job interviews, fake marriages are commonplace, and singles live on the street. Thirty-year-old Emilie is awkward and carefree. She has to find a partner urgently before the landlord kicks her out the door. A charming French romcom about the importance we attach to relationships.
Un monde sans crise
Dir. Ted Hardy-Carnac
France, 2020. 27 min. 18+
Blauwe Maandag
A grim and emotionally intense family drama about the search for redemption. A young couple loses a child as the result of a car accident. The father, who did not come to the rescue on time, blames himself for his son’s death, as his wife is increasingly distancing from him.
Blauwe Maandag
Dir. Gregory Samson
Netherlands, 2020. 24 min. 18+
The Last Matador
Due to the ban on bullfighting in Spain, an old matador is forced to make money with photographs with Russian tourists. Then the Russian president enters his bar. Absurdist puppet animation to the accompaniment of Pyotr Leshchenko’s classic romance Barcelona.
The Last Matador
Dir. Katariina Lillqvist
Spain, Czech Republic, 2021. 7 min. 18+
Titan
Young Nathan, nicknamed Titan, is an impenetrable French boy who dreams of getting into a local gang. To do this, he needs to go through an initiation rite—a duel with pneumatic pistols. An exploration of fragile teenage masculinity, starring Nathan's older brother, the young idol Phénix Brossard, star of the short The Van about MMA fights from last year's shnit competition.
Titan
Dir. Valéry Carnoy
Belgium, 2021. 19 min. 18+
Benztown
Benztown, or Stuttgart, where the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz is located, appears in this short film as a buzzing and very angry city. It smokes cars like cigarettes, swallowing them in its tunnels and punishing those that pass the red light. A comic and frighteningly realistic animated film about the riots of cities.
Benztown
Dir. Gottfried Mentor
Germany, 2021. 5 min. 18+
tickets
Standard: 400 RUB
Tickets for seniors, veterans, large families, under 18s, and visitors with disabilities (with one carer): 200 RUB*
Films will be shown in original language with Russian subtitles.
Screening accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing.
*Please bring proof of eligibility