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THE SHORT FILMS
Saturday, October 8th
2:00pm
Tickets are $20
The Short Films Block reflects the diverse mission of The Classical Arts Film Festival: Celebrating the journey of lives dedicated to the classical arts.
David is about to leave his home. on his last day he is torn between the desire to leave, and the need to protect his father, a violinist who is in the midst of rehearsals for a concert, disturbing the peace of his neighbors which are fighting back.
Running Time: 20min
From Rehovot, Israel,
ZIELNIK/HERBARIUM is the fifth choreographic film directed by Iwona Pasinska. It is a fairy-tale episode, told with tenderness, gushing with the intense colours of flowers and élan vital.
Choreography composed to a suite by Edward Grieg and presented by the artists-dancers of the Polish Dance Theatre takes the audience into the world of flora. It allows to explore a day in the life of a plant from the moment it blooms to the end, drowned in warm nostalgia.
And all this told with movement to the rhythm of the dynamic sounds of the suite Peer Gynt op. 1 performed by Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera.
Running Time: 13min
From Złotniki, Poland
Sardasht is a kurdish city in West Iran. It fell victim to chemical weapons when mustard gas bombs dropped at 4:15 p.m on Sunday, June 28th 1987.
This film is about the before and the after of the bombing: A romantic relationship and finally, the effects of the post-war.
Running Time: 13min
From Mahabad, Iran
"Full Fathom Five" (also known as "Ariel's Song") is from Shakespeare's "The Tempest"; Robert Johnson set the Bard's text to music in 1611.
This animated film takes as its inspiration the line "something rich and strange", creating a fantasy underwater world filled with wonder and beauty.
The song is beautifully interpreted here by Valentina Rybakova (mezzo soprano) and Viktor Rybakov (lute).
Running Time: 2min
From Anherstburg, Ontario
Canada
Growing up, June had a complicated and strained relationship with her father and classical music. When he dies, she inherits her father's cello and has to play at his funeral.
June feels many difficult emotions, and ends up playing a cheerful piece. Through her grieving process, she finds a form of inner peace, and a regained joy for the music.
Running Time: 13min
From Kristiansand, Norway
A little girl lives in a village with her mother where water sources are dwindling by day. Drought effects her imagination: Musing her doodles and drawings.
The unrelenting aridness is ever present. However, the little girl never gives up. She does the best she can, pulling inspiration from the deepest of wells: hope.
Running Time: 5min
From Konyaaltı, Antalya
Turkey
A troupe of actors and stage crew of an amateur theatre company struggle when the lead player is replaced by an understudy.
This performance of Shakespeare's most ill-fated tragedy beckons the supernatural through this backstage dark comedy full of theatre superstitions and mythos as the energy and source of the performance is finally revealed.
Running Time: 15min
From Belgrade, Montana
USA
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