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2007 EDITION - 16th to 24th of June 2007
 
PLEIADES 2007 > Movies Program 2006
 

Grand Prix 2006

Director : Juan Pablo Zaramella
Duration of film : 16 min
Year of production : 2004
Type of film : animation
Resume :  "Antonio is a boy who wants to go to Mars, luckily his grandfather knows how to get there."

Country: Argentina

Palmares 2006

1 - Viaje a Marte
2 - Wir Sind Dir Treu
3 - Run

More about the Jury President of the Festival : Pippo Delbono...

   
PLEIADES 2006 > Movies Program
RUN ! (Japan)
Jun AOKI

 

RUN !
Director : Jun AOKI
Duration of film : 30sec
Year of production: 2003
Type of film : Digital animation
Résume : A one man runs through his life without stopping in 30 seconds
Country: Japan

 

 
EL CHOQUE (Spain)
Nacho Vigalondo

 

EL CHOQUE
Director : Nacho Vigalondo
Duration of film : 10 min
Year of production : 2005
Type of film : film
Résume :A couple in their late twenties discovers an underground drag-racing track.
Country : Spain

 

MISSING (USA)
Kit Hui

 

MISSING
Director : Kit Hui
Year of production : 2005
Type of film : film
Résume : Samuel’s girl friend Jenn is missing. To search for her, he follows a mysterious trail of words written on pieces of paper left by Jenn in the most unlikely places. As he uncovers the mystery of her disappearance, Samuel catches a haunting glimpse of New York and realizes something unexpected.
Country : USA

 

VIAJE A MARTE (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Zaramella

 

VIAJE A MARTE
Director : Juan Pablo Zaramella
Duration of film : 16 min
Year of production : 2004
Type of film : animation
Resume :  "Antonio is a boy who wants to go to Mars, luckily his grandfather knows how to get there."
Country: Argentina

 

VOID (China)
Han Yan

 

VOID
Director : Han Yan
Duration of film : 10 min
Year of production :
Type of film : film
Résume : Un vieux moine tibétain et son jeune disciple montent à bord d’un bus dans lequel les passagers se renvoient tour à tour, avec dégoût, un préservatif gonflé rentré accidentellement dans le véhicule par l’orifice d’une fenêtre ouverte… Un film complexe et poétique, parfaitement maîtrisé, lauréat du concours du Centre Culturel Français avec Unifrance et l'Ambassade.
Country : China

 

LA GALLINA CIEGA (Spain)
Isabel Herguera

 
LA GALLINA CIEGA
Director : Isabel Herguera
Duration of film : 7 min
Year of production : 2005
Type of film : animation
Résume : A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.
Country : Spain

 

DEADLINE  8:45 (Australia)
Ben Weir

 
DEADLINE  8:45
Director : Ben Weir
Duration of film : 7 min
Year of production :  2006
Type of film : Comedy, Sony HDV, Digital Betacam, DVD (PAL)
Résume : School is hell. Especially when there are no girls, everybody hates you, and you don’t have any pubes. “ Jones is a junior and a coxwain for the school rowing team. After a gruelling confrontation with Mr Walsh, the school’s unofficial disciplinarian, Jones is left to decide his own fate – does he bend to pressure from his teammates or does he get squashed into the locker, again? A day in the life of a junior is reflected through the black comedy of bully cycle.”
Country : Australia

 

WIR SIND DIR TREU (nous vous sommes fidèles) (Suisse-Allemand)
Mickael Koch

 

WIR SIND DIR TREU (nous vous sommes fidèles)
Director : Mickael Koch
Duration of film : 9 min 20
Year of production : 2005
Type of film : Film DV
Resume : En tant que chauffeur de tribune attitré du FC Bâle, Haufner est chargé de mettre l'ambiance pendant le match. Il lance les chansons, donne le tempo, fait l'animation et les chorégraphies parmi les supporters.
Country : Suisse - allemand

 

PLATFORM (Japan)
Jun AOKI+Atsushi EDO+Yusuke KOYANAGI+Kenji HACHIYAMA

 

PLATFORM
Director : Jun AOKI+Atsushi EDO+Yusuke KOYANAGI+Kenji HACHIYAMA
Duration of film : 3min
Year of production: 2003
Type of film : Clay animation
Resume: An epic businessman action film which takes place at the platform of subway in Tokyo.
Country: Japon

 

IN THE ROUGH (USA)
studio Blur

 
IN THE ROUGH
Director : studio Blur
Duration of film : 5 min
Year of production: 2005
Type of film : 3D + 2D animate film
Resume :Man has evolved throughout the ages…Relationships, unfortunately, have not. After being kicked out of his cave, Brog discovers that living a bachelor’s life is not all that it’s cracked up to be. In the Rough is currently setting the Festival circuit on fire!"
Country : USA

 

DEUX HOMMES ET UNE ARMOIRE (France)
Roman Polanski


 

DEUX HOMMES ET UNE ARMOIRE
Director: Roman Polanski
Duration of film : 15 min
Year of production : 1958
Type : film        
Resume : Deux hommes surgissent de la mer et arrivent sur la plage en portant une armoire. Ils essayent de se débarrasser de l'armoire, mais tous les gens qu'ils rencontrent refusent
de la prendre. Déçu de ce monde indifférent et cruel, ils retournent dans la mer.
Country : France

 

UNE HISTOIRE D’EAU  (uniquement USA et Japon + Argentine) (France)
Jean-Luc Godard

 

UNE HISTOIRE D’EAU  (uniquement USA et Japon + Argentine)
Director : Jean-Luc Godard
Duration of film : 18 min
Year of production  : 1958
Type: film          
Resume : Un couple essaye de rejoindre Paris malgré les inondations.
Country : France

 

The films of the 2005 edition accepted for the contest have got their excellence confirmed by the prestigious prizes that they have obtained at festivals such as the Los Angeles Short Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Festival of Clermont-Ferrand, the European Short of Créteil, etc.


The Pleiades Festival is composed of 10 short films (under 15 minutes only) by new film-makers and students, films that will be competiting for the Festival Awards. In addition the festival program will present 5 non-competing shorts by renowned directors… But also shorts developing new cinematographic techniques.

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