The European Film Academy (EFA) supports the short film as a genre through which a new generation of filmmakers develops and finds its way into the future of European cinema. The EFA is now presenting the SHORT MATTERS! tour, showcasing the best European short films. This year’s program consists of 14 festival winning films.

Silent
Turkey2012
Director & Script: L. Rezan Yesilbas
Camera: Türksoy Gölebeyi
Editor: Bugra Dedeoglu, L. Rezan Yesilbas
Actors: Belcim Bilgin, Cem Bender
Production: L. Rezan Yesilbas
14 Min., DCP, coöour, engl. subtitles

Zeynep wants to visit her husband in prison. She is only able to speak Kurdish. However only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison.

Beast
Hungary 2011
Director & Script: Attila Till
Camera: Imre Juhász
Editor: Béla Barsi
Music: Iván Lantos
Actors: Szabolcs Thuróczy, Móni Balsai, Balázs Szitás
20 Min., DCP, coöour, engl. subtitles

A poor hungarian farmer, lords over his wife, children and his “hired” slave and tries to uphold a family ideal he formulated from rigid traditions.

Two Ships
France 2011
Director & Script: Justine Triet
Camera: Tom Harari
Editor: Damien Maestraggi
Music: Julien Brossier
Actors: Laetitia Dosch, Thomas Lévy-Lasne, Serge Riaboukine
Production: Emmanuel Chaumet
30 Min., DCP, colour, engl. subtitles

A poor hungarian farmer, lords over his wife, children and his “hired” slave and tries to uphold a family ideal he formulated from rigid traditions.

In the open
Austria 2011
Director, Camera & Editor: Albert Sackl
Actor: Albert Sackl
Production: Albert Sackl
23 Min., 35mm, colour, no dialog

The title should be taken literally as the camera turns to details of a meager and untouched landscape, which serves as projection surface. In 75 days the camera took one frame every three minutes, condensing 24 hours in extreme time lapse.

Villa Antropoff
Latvia 2012
Director & Script: Kaspar Jancis, Vladimir Leschiov
Camera: Marje-Ly Liiv
Editor & Music: Kaspar Jancis
Actors: Juuli Lill, Kaspar Jancis, Nancy Phelps
Production: Kalev Tamm, Vladimir Leschiov
13 Min., DCP, colour, engl. subtitles

Once upon a time, there lived a man who had nothing besides himself. And a dream, a great big dream.