{"id":2676,"date":"2009-06-23T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfilmfest.sk\/en\/blog\/uncategorized\/2009\/06\/users-manual-in-competition-of-short-films\/"},"modified":"2016-02-08T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T11:38:49","slug":"users-manual-in-competition-of-short-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iffartfilm.com\/en\/blog\/news\/2009\/06\/users-manual-in-competition-of-short-films\/","title":{"rendered":"User\u2019s Manual in Competition of Short Films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"align-justify\">It compiles the life of humans on planet Earth, from birth until death. The picture is a quick, pocket-size user\u2019s manual to life here on Earth at nine different points, each its own chapter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-justify\">Its development took roughly one year, with filming in fifteen production plants in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, most of which were assembly lines. Among those involved were former and current V\u0160MU students, together with members of the artists\u2019 collective Almostar. The creators of the fascinating picture included guests Koen Dejaegher (director of the film <i>The Altruists<\/i>), Mihala Brezis (Israeli director of the film <i>Lost Paradise<\/i>), experimental film legend Christoph Girardet (director of the film <i>Contre-jour<\/i>) and R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson&nbsp;(director of the film <i>Two Birds<\/i>), who has won six film awards. The film\u2019s story plays out in a single summer night. A young teenager is in love with his friend, but he is too shy to tell her. When the party ends with drugs, alcohol and a rape, their childhood ends as well, ushering in the tough reality of adulthood. 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