Berlin Shortfilm Festival: IC 05 “Accidents and Incidents”
Just wondering since there barely are any comments as well as recent poll answers, hahaha. (Then again, the poll this time is very silly and difficult to answer, I know. XD)
But I really cannot help it – it was a coincidence that I stumbled upon “Chacun son Cinéma” recently, and there was no way I would miss the short film festival as mentioned. So, with 36 shortfilms in total, I have decided to make one posting each for the four programs we have seen. I don’t really like epic postings after all (although they tend to end up like that). Finally, there will be an epic conclusion posting at the end, harr harr.
Without further ado, here’s the first thing we saw:
Fathom (Switzerland 2007, 6:30)
I must admit that I didn’t know what this guy actually did. I only knew those things for mine searching, and so I was quite irritated. By the end of the film, I finally understood and was thoroughly amused. What black humour!
Playing President (Germany 2008, 1:36)
Now it doesn’t surprise me that this is german – germans love making fun of Bush after all. Bush is passé and Afghanistan pretty much as well, but apart from that, it was a nice little clip, albeit nothing more.
Gehrig kommt! (Switzerland 2008, 15:00)
Another one of those silly swiss productions, and with this one, I have started getting a little uneasy about the fact that all films in this program are likely going to be funny. I have liked this film about that eccentric swiss house owner, but despite its black humour touch, it’s not my type of comedy it seems.
Office Noise (Denmark 2008, 3:45)
Denmark again, huh? Heh. This one merely had a bunch of in-your-face hilarious situation comedy, so I didn’t truly find it funny either. And so, it made me wonder about my own perceptions of funny short stories. As I established in my post of Chacun son cinéma, I tend to prefer funny stories over serious ones. However, when a funny story fails to deliver the quality that I would expect from hilarity, it nearly always completely loses its value for me.
Teeth (Irland 2006, 2:00)
Hahahaha! This one was truly hilarious again. I had a lot of fun watching this, especially since it was short and to the point.
Ripple (UK 2008, 18:00)
It was a little long for its own good, but the end saved it in my opinion – the punchline was quite great, while the rest was mostly infuriating and scary (to me at least T_T)
Occupations (Denmark 2007, 3:00)
Err, I know that I have been talking about this a little bit too much, but… It’s “Occupations”! *emolarsfangirling*
Hot Dog (USA 2008, 5:50)
I wasn’t that fond of the drawing style and the atmosphere, but I found the story to be really cute. Concerning its uglicuteness, it’s on par with Densuke. XD
A trailer of this film as well as Shuteye Hotel can be seen on the official website.
Arrêt Demandé (France 2007, 10:14)
A really really delightful french movie, I must say. The best was the moment when the woman revealed: “Leave, I am married with three children.” and the guy replied: “The third one is not even on that picture!” Ahahaha.
Careful with that Axe (New Zealand 2008, 2:00)
Wow wow, I didn’t even know they make movies in New Zealand! Okay, I did from this map, but I haven’t expected I would end up liking this one so much. It’s nothing special, but a short funny film.
Istället för Abrakadabra (Sweden 2008, 22:00)
Oh, I don’t know what to say. This film managed to start off a little suspiciously (“Oh goodness, this ‘chimay’ is too stupid for its own good, ahaha”) and then turn out to be the best out of the whole lot, in my opinion. The end was shocking, funny, beautiful and the punchline made me laugh out loud.
Finally, the majority of these films, if not all, were pretty good, with some even being outstandingly nice. Also, the compilation order perfectly suited my taste: it started off with a pretty good movie and ended with the best. So, I was very pleased.