One of Art Film Fest\u2019s biggest crowd-pleasers is the yearly International Competition of Short Films. At the 20th Art Film Fest, running from 16 to 23 June in Tren\u010dianske Teplice and Tren\u010d\u00edn, the competition will feature a prolific collection of 37 films from around the world, including fiction, documentary, experimental and animated pictures, from professional studios and film students alike. The victor will be awarded with a Blue Angel.<\/p>\n
One of the section\u2019s most anticipated films is English director Grant Orchard\u2019s Oscar-nominated A Morning Stroll, recipient of prizes at Sundance and the BAFTA Awards for best animated short. The story is set in New York City, where a local on a morning stroll passes a chicken. Audiences are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.<\/p>\n
Another Oscar nominee, the Norwegian Tuba Atlantic, tells of a 70-year-old who learns that his death is only six days away. Will he manage to fulfil his dreams before hi final deadline?<\/p>\n
Art Film Fest\u2019s competition will also feature a project by Oscar and Palme d’Or laureate Danis Tanovi\u0107: Baggage, whose protagonist Amir returns home to Bosnia to collect the remains of his parents, whose bodies were long missing after they were murdered during the war. This short film marks the director\u2019s return to his homeland\u2019s harrowing, bloodstained past.<\/p>\n
The Italian picture The Chief joins the fray decorated with the Grand Prix from Clermont-Ferrand, the world’s most prestigious short film festival. Set in a marble quarry, the film observes the work of men and machines, all coordinated by the chief using nothing but gestures. Conducting an orchestra both fearsome and sublime, his work is as delicate and beautiful as it is dangerous.<\/p>\n
In the Finnish All Hallows\u2019 Week, a senseless shooting is witnessed by Aki, a bouncer, and Kati, the victim\u2019s own teenage sister. The two emotionally brittle eyewitnesses are left to work through their inner anguish alone. With this film about the effects of random violence on the inhabitants of his northern Finland hometown, director Jussi Hiltunen earned several awards at the distinguished Tampere International Short Film Festival.<\/p>\n
The Canadian It is Nothing is equally tragic, focusing on the single father Michel and his little daughter. Director Nicolas Roy has created an impressively precise, emotionally powerful short about familial problems gone unnoticed until they come to fateful fruition. The film was premiered at Cannes. <\/p>\n
Speaking of fate, the fainthearted heroes of Poland\u2019s Frozen Stories are on a search for life’s meaning. When two supermarket workers are named its worst employees, their boss gives them two days to find their purpose in life. To their aid comes the popular television show \u201cUnhappiest Person of the Month\u201d.
Art Film Fest 2012 \u2013 the 20th International Tren\u010dianske Teplice\/Tren\u010d\u00edn Film Festival
The festival is held under the auspices of Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico.<\/p>\n
Organizers: ART FILM, n.o., FORZA, a.s.<\/p>\n
Co-organizers: The Town of Tren\u010dianske Teplice, the City of Tren\u010d\u00edn, K\u00fapele Tren\u010dianske Teplice
Financial Support: The Audiovisual Fund<\/p>\n
General Sponsors: KOOPERATIVA pois\u0165ov\u0148a Vienna Insurance Group, Privatbanka<\/p>\n
Main Sponsors: Omnia Holding SE, Slovnaft, AquaCity Poprad, Hydrotour Travel Agency<\/p>\n
Official Transport Provider: Lancia <\/p>\n
Logistics Sponsor: DHL <\/p>\n
Student cinepasses for only \u20ac5 provided by Prv\u00e1 stavebn\u00e1 sporite\u013e\u0148a, a. s. <\/p>\n
Sponsors: TIPOS, Slovak Telekom, Penzi\u00f3n Baske, Cinemax, Forza CZ, Omnia Motors, Omnia 2000, DOMO Omnia, Omnia KLF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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