Follows an everyman’s ATM deposit into the underbelly of a multi-billion dollar financial institution where minions sort through the transactions in a low tech sweatshop.
Section: International Short Film Competition
CONTAMINATION
THE DOOR
Sometimes even the heaviest load can be light to bear.
PATIENTE 69
It’s the first shift for the new night watchman at the psychiatric institute. There’s one corridor that’s he’s not allowed to enter. You’d wish !
EL TREN DE LA BRUJA
For a large sum, a man participates in an experiment in extreme terror.
CROIT
Wintertime in an isolated hamlet in the Belgian Ardennes. The daughter of the doctor begs the kind milkman François for his help.
STRICTETERNUM
A quaint little house in the middle of nowhere and a car stuck into the snow. Time is passed in front of the TV.
IF I COULD ONLY
In the name of love, a man fights the finality of death.
THINNING THE HERD
A young albino woman falls into the hands of a satanic serial killer with a predilection for the disabled.
IN HEAVEN AS IT IS ON EARTH
In the Bermuda Triangle of the North, scientists study the law of cause and effect.
EL SONADOR
The count orders the doctor to find out why his brother needs such unnatural quantities of sleep.
WATER
A leaking pipe doesn’t seem to bother the family at all, with the exception of little Mary. But the water keeps rising and rising and rising.
LUCIA
Thanks to x-rays, Lucia discovers a head that can stimulate the imagination.
DYSMORPHO
Every morning, millions try to make themselves presentable in front of the mirror. But sometimes a single hair can prove to be very obstinate.
PILOU
By accident, a man runs over the dog of his mute son, who then starts to behave in increasingly strange ways
THE BIG THING
Did you know that the world already came to an end in 1889 ?
THOU SHALT NOT!
Amelia is about to depart from this world. To leave with a clean conscience, she confesses her sins to the local catholic priest.
VIANDS
A remote restaurant in the mountains. The chef insists that his customers try everything on the menu… everything !
FAR AWAY
What’s connecting a man on a beach and an astronaut on Mars ?
A MESSAGE FROM OUTER SPACE
A lonely astronomer searches for extraterrestrial life to find the friendship he lacks on Earth.
THE PAWN
If you suffer from inconsolable grief, you can always pawn your faith and your soul at the pawn shop.
FEETSTEPS
You’d better not miss the last train. The consequences of “one for the road” might be far-reaching.
SCHIJN VAN DE MAAN
By the light of the moon, things happen that do not stand the light of day.
ORBITAL TANGO
200 years after the exodus. Mankind now lives in orbit around an inhospitable Earth. Two space workers get involved in a thrilling adventure.
PLASTICAT
Not giving money to a beggar may act upon your conscience… or should we say consciences.
A MIND’S
A young man is trapped by strange sexual family structures. Or is it just his imagination ?
MOT COMPTE DOUBLE
Bored thirthysomethings waste their time with child games.
MOUSTACHE
Betty’s moustache is giving her lots of trouble. No matter how much she shaves, it keeps coming back. What will hubby say ?
NEON
A weird noise from the bathroom interrupts the getting-toknow- each-other between a man and a strange woman.
CULTIVATION
You have to assume responsibility for your acts, because there’s no escape.
THE TUB
Everything happens for a reason.
MAELSTROM
A man is judged between life and death.
REPOSE EN PAIX
A parody on the great horror classics; more Tex Avery than Freddy Krueger.
A + E
Seb arrives in a hospital unlike any other.
DERNIER CRI
A blood curdling confrontation between a thief and his victim.
MILO 55160
A dutiful bureaucrat from paradise embarks for purgatory to save a young boy’s soul.
EXPLODE RU486
In the near future, technology has gotten the upper hand on mankind. Everybody lives alone, trapped in an imploded, virtual version of reality.
DOLL N° 639
A story that takes place in a future that could be the past.
LES PETITS HOMMES VIEUX
Imagine yourself a young person living in a world dominated by the elderly.
BUONGIORNO
A mirror that doesn’t stop with one reflection.
PROTOCOLE 33
A couple ends up in a sad nightmare.
DER BESTE
Harry, aka “the best”, is offered the job of a lifetime.
THE HIDDEN FACE
An eight-year-old girl asks herself whether her grandmother is still her grandmother ?
LOS OJOS DE ALICIA
She’s trapped and can only communicate with the outside world through a television.
PLASTIC
I knew something was wrong with that girl when I killed her the first time.
THE TEN STEPS
A babysitter and a spooky cellar stairs.
ANGEL DUST by Guillaume Foresti
A man reads in his bed. He doesn’t notice how the sheet is slowly wrapping itself around him.
DAMNATION
A doctor contracts a strange disease. A young man will witness the horrific consequences.
DROOMTIJD
In a society tyrannized by time, only dreams will be able to save us !
DEMAIN LA VEILLE
In this world, time goes backwards, except for one man !
THE UN-GONE
In the future, teleportation has become an accepted way of travel. But the system still has a few defects.
MOLOCH
A colossal machine produces endless hordes of soldiers for a senseless war.
THE TROPHEE
Christmas Eve. Santa Clause’s head adorns the wall as a hunting trophy.
DOSES OF ROGER
A scientist has succeeded in stocking his memories in fluid form. An injection is all that it takes to bring back the past.
THE HANDYMAN
A lonely woman hires a stranger to work on her farm, even though the area is terrorized by a serial killer.
LOVEPROOF
A chemical war has devastated the Earth. Those who have become unfertile, are banished from the city.
LES MORVEUX
A must for everybody who hates children’s choirs.
SIRENE DE LUNE
At the night of the full moon, a handicapped young woman turns into a graceful lady.
LA LEYENDA DEL HOMBRE LENTO
He was born with a serious defect; he lives in slowmotion !
LOST CARGO
A robot is no longer able to keep up with the production rate at an intergalactic travelling factory.
THE PUB
A surreal excursion to a very particular pub and its weird patrons.
THE FAERIES OF BLACKHEATH WOODS
Little girls should know better than to follow the faeries of Blackheath Woods.
MAQUINA
A woman discovers her true nature in a painful and confusing environment.
SNIFFER
In a world where everybody can fly, people prefer to stay anchored to the ground with anti-gravity boots.
JUST CALL ME TOBI B.
Knarcksen falls from the sky and doesn’t know why. Count on Tobi B to tell us more.
FACE
A man’s face is subjected to a series of experiences and degrades to reveal the beast within.
FILM FOR THE BOXED
It’s hard to grow up when your head’s a TV !
FOLD
The tranquil life of this young couple will soon be disturbed by an old classmate.
STROOM
S.I.T.E.
Earth invades another planet. The conflict is captured by a webcam.
OF CATS , WOMEN
VADATA
A man receives pieces of a puzzle in his mailbox. They open a door to another dimension.
THE GIRLS
Dad returns from work and goes to play with his daughters in the garden. He doesn’t know he’s going to be played with.
SANDIK
The fate of one family is sealed inside a chest.
FERTILIZE
A beautiful young girl in a futurist environment is surrounded by thousands of warriors. She becomes the centre of a dazzling choreography of dance and combat.
UNIVERS PARALITS
Eugène is lying in bed waiting for his wife to come out of the bathroom. But it’s his ex-girlfriend who slides between the sheets. And she’s just the first of many.
CENTIGRADE
He’s white trailer trash and he’s being taken, trailer and all, on a ride to hell.
BERNI’S DOLL
Lonesome Berni buys a woman by mail-order… piece by piece.
L’ALLER-RETOUR
A boy and a girl meet on a train. They don’t know how they got on and where it’s going. And their fellow passengers are all really strange.
SNIP
A man is frantically zapping in front of his TV and sets something free.
SELF-GLUED LOVE
What if you were really glued together while making love ? !
THE QUIET
I’m mostly the quiet type, but on some days…
JUSTE L’EMBRASSER
MORSURE
Who’s the hunter and who’s the hunted ?
LAS HORAS MUERTAS
There’s no escape from this vacation full of horror, sex and death !
A MERE ET MAREES
Fred’s life takes a tragic turn when he realises he’s transforming into something inhuman !
FUN ON EARTH
Boy meets Girl. He’s from Earth. She’s from somewhere else and it’s definitely not Kansas !
LA MAIN DES MAITRES
In the midst of a revolution, two young labourers try to build up an existence.
DAS ZIMMER
A businessman books a room and a call girl. When he switches on the flat screen, the Tv offers him a look inside his soul… and it’s not a pretty sight.
WELGUNZER
A man builds a time machine to travel to the future… to kill himself.
MI AMOR VIVE EN LAS ALCANTARILLAS
Who doesn’t dream of receiving love letters ? But what if they come out of the toilet ? A very unusual love story.
IN CHAMBERS
A horrifying coma out of which it seems impossible to awake.
MY FOUR INCH PRECIOUS
Size doesn’t matter when it comes to love. But you should watch where you step !
MAUVAISE ERREUR
Scare movies are hardly scary anymore. But this one…
DIX
Marc is afraid of stepping on lines. He’s in therapy to overcome his phobia.
BROTHER’S KEEPER
Two brothers live together in an isolated mansion. Both are monsters, one from the inside and the other from the outside.
SIDE EFFECT
With new drugs, you always have to watch out for side effects, especially when they’re meant to combat stress !
TRAS LOS VISILLOS
Martos is on the run and in urgent need of facial surgery. But his paranoia gets the better of him.
NEXT FLOOR
A decadent dinner party becomes a surrealist and grotesque descent from floor to floor.
COTTON CANDY
When it gets cold, you’d better put on your blue sweater… or maybe not.