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International Competition Documentary
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Thursday, December 3, 2015 / 6 pm
Maison du Japon
Cité Universitaire de Paris
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Starting Point
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Michal Szczesniak
Poland
2014 | 00:25:00
Aneta ‘rebelled to the max’ at the age of nineteen and wound up in
prison for murder. Nine years later, her daily routine takes her from
behind the walls of the prison to a care home for the elderly. One of
the residents, Helena, has been ill ever since infancy. She is
fascinated by the phenomenon which is Aneta. In her opinion, the young
woman has everything she could want for. And so Helena, whose
knowledge of the world has come “from the windows of hospitals and
coaches”, avidly asks Aneta about her life. A test awaits Aneta… and
help will come from Helena.
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Shoulder the Lion
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Erinnisse Rebisz, Patryk Rebisz
United States
2015 | 1:17:00
Three artists, three tragedies. The usual story told in a very unusual way.
Photographer who is blind. Painter who was the title character of the
Academy Award® winning film "Million Dollar Baby." Musician
reinventing his future due to his hearing loss. Three artists, three
tragedies. The usual story is told in a very unusual way in the
upcoming documentary "SHOULDER THE LION." The film attempts to ask a
seemingly banal question, what it takes for someone to keep on going,
and uses unique film form to produce unexpected answers. The film
takes viewers on a journey into the lives of these artists through
haunting images that avoid prosaic documentation. Talking is largely
eschewed in favor of long meaningful shots trying to put form to the
indescribable, making for a rare film that is more an artwork in
itself. The film asks serious questions about art, self-image, meaning
of images and sound but leaves it to the audience to work through the
answers.
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November 26 - December 6, 2015
An international jury overview the sections of short films coming from all over the world. We prefer documentaries which succeed in representing the complexity of reality and discover in a new way its sensible and perturbing aspects on the same time accentuating the ambivalent and enigmatic status of reality in avoiding sterotypes and simplifing conclusions.
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