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  • SOO FILM FESTIVAL
  • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
  • Sept 12-17, 2017

Foreign Films

Shorts Program, 125 min, not rated

Jon Kenzie - Can You Decide
Jon Kenzie - Can You Decide
Qaleraliq
Qaleraliq
I've Just Had a Dream
I've Just Had a Dream
My Little Brother
My Little Brother
Pampa
Pampa
Desarming
Desarming
40th Anniversary
40th Anniversary
Georgia & the Time Machine
Georgia & the Time Machine
Red Light
Red Light
Ya No Te Quiero (I Donʼt Love You Anymore)
Ya No Te Quiero (I Donʼt Love You Anymore)
Return Address
Return Address
BUZz
BUZz
Once Upon a Dream
Once Upon a Dream
Hatcat
Hatcat
Fomo Sapiens
Fomo Sapiens

About This Shorts Program

This shorts program is a mix of genres, all from far away from the Great Lakes.  Universal stories, different perspectives.

Jon Kenzie - Can You Decide

Audience Choice Award - Best Foreign Music Video

Director: Lu Pulici

Music Video, Italy, 2016, 5 min, English, Color

This is the official music video of the track “Can You Decide” written by the Manchester (UK) singer song writer, Jon Kenzie.  The video tells a story of a lonely robot musician who is struggling between the desire to travel and play music throughout the galaxy or go back home to be with the one he loves.   This short film has been a global collaboration, co-produced by Italian film company 22S Productions and the Spanish puppet company, Trukitrek.  All the puppets and scenery have been recycled and skillfully crafted from waste materials.

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Qaleraliq

Director: Nina Schipoff

Documentary Short, Germany, 2016, 1 min, None, Color

Qaleraliq is a spot on the map of South Greenland. Uninhabited and uncultivated, it is situated at the very end of a fjord, facing three glaciers. Space and time are out of focus.

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I've Just Had a Dream

Director: Javi Navarro

Narrative Short, Spain, 2014, 7 min, Arabic, Spanish, Color

Irene is eight and she just woke up from a horrible dream.

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My Little Brother

Director: Anthony Bennett

Narrative Short, New Zealand, 2016, 7 min, English, Color

A young boyʼs story of his little brother, the scary internet, and a nightmare vision

Great Lakes Connection: None (but I am a lifelong Chicago Bears fan for my troubles!)

Pampa

Director: Martje Schreier

Narrative Short, Germany, 2017, 18 min, German, Color, Student Project (Filmarche Berlin)

Lucie, a spirited young urban woman, ends up in the middle of nowhere in the Brandenburgian province. Wandering about the fields in the sweltering midsummer sun, Lucie tries to make her way back home. When she stumbles upon a bus stop, she meets some strange people. The man who lives on potato chips, the bickering hippies, the mysterious billboard man--are they real or are they creatures of her tortured mind?

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Desarming

Director: Nicole Desjardins

Narrative Short, France, 2015, 2 min, French, Color

All the weapons of the world will never make us forget that we are all equals before nature.

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40th Anniversary

Audience Choice Award - Best Foreign Narrative

Director: J. Enrique Sánchez

Narrative Short, Spain, 2015, 14 min, Spanish, Color

Forty years of marriage provides time for a lot of things. Sometimes too much.

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Georgia & the Time Machine

Audience Choice Award - Best Foreign Narrative

Director: Daniel Utrilla Cerezo

Narrative Short, Spain, 2016, 7 min, English, Color

Itʼs a special day for Georgia. Her amazing invention is about to take its first flight, but she canʼt go without her father. She needs him to help make her time machine work, and to accompany her on the incredible journey of the imagination she is about to go on.

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Red Light

Director: Toma Waszarow

Narrative Short, Bulgaria, 2016, 21 min, Bulgarian, Color

A bus stops at the villageʼs only intersection, where the traffic light is stuck on red. The bus driver refuses to move forward, which provokes a conflict. A story about the funny side of apathy, selfishness, and loneliness in a world where following the rules is a misunderstanding.

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Ya No Te Quiero (I Donʼt Love You Anymore)

Director: Francisco Hervada Martín

Narrative Short, Spain, 2016, 2 min, Spanish, Color

The time ends with everything, except with the promises.

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Return Address

Director: Matt James

Narrative Short, United Kingdom, 2017, 3 min, English, Color, Student Project (Staffordshire University)

A short film about a woman that suffers from agoraphobia. She is delivered a letter that is not intended for her and she is forced to face her fears.

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BUZz

Director: Niccolo Bello

Narrative Short, United States, 2016, 6 min, English, Color

A no-dialogue dark comedy about a man and a drone.

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Once Upon a Dream

Director: Anthony Nion

Narrative Short, Belgium, 2016, 13 min, French, Color

When Valentin meets Ludivine, he is convinced sheʼs the girl he has been dreaming of for the past weeks... Literally, the girl of his dreams! Only, Ludivine has a feeling this boy-meet-girl scenario will take a nightmarish turn...

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Hatcat

Director: Tom Gargonne

Narrative Short, France, 2016, 10 min, French, Color

Gaspard does everything lightly until he finds a wacky project that motivates him. But his enthusiasm will be broken by criticism of his relatives. At work, he meets Nina, a full-of-life young woman who gives him courage to take the plunge.

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Fomo Sapiens

Director: Viktor Hertz

Narrative Short, Sweden, 2016, 7 min, Swedish, Color

A young couple suffering from the worst imaginable form of "fear of missing out" decides to take on a tough challenge.

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Screenings

Sunday, September 17, 6:00pm
Soo Theatre

Foreign Films

Shorts program
Not rated
125 min

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