CIFF Friday, Block 2: Shorts Program

ROCKY TANDOORI
Animation (11 mins.) Canada, East Coast Premiere

Director: Daniel De Celles
Writer: Vito Viscomi
Producers: Sylvain Viau, Bonita Siegel and FranÇois-Pierre Le Scouarnec
Cast: Rick Jones, Sonja Ball and Mark Camacho

Synopsis: Tandoori is not himself… Well, he’s not Tandoori but an escaped chicken that has taken his place. The real Tandoori is cooped up at a chicken farm, about to box it out with the coop’s HUGE head chicken. Finally, Walter learns of the switch and comes to rescue Tandoori just as he wins the fight, proving that bigger is not always better, and organic feed makes healthier chickens.

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SHOOTING CHRIS
Mocumentary (34 mins.) East Coast Premiere

Director/Writer: Gil Hacohen
Producers: Gil Hacohen and Sabin Lomac
Cast: Sabin Lomac, Chris Lam, Gil Hacohen, Julie Mond, Jeannie Lomac, Ralph Tarr, Michael Cohen, Denzil Meyers, Jeff Fader, Scott Bruno, John Piergallini and Ilana Hacohen

Synopsis: Set in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11 three teens, in a small town 20 mins. from downtown NYC decide to videotape their exploits. What is captured portrays the fear and angst and confusion they felt, ultimately ending in tragedy. Ten years later the tapes are assembled with interviews from various people involved in the boys lives, in order to get a better understanding of why they did what they did.

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COTARD’S REALITY
Psychological Thriller (14 mins.) East Coast Premiere

Director/Writer: Gustavo MontaÑa
Producer: At Dusk Media
Cast: Evgeniya Radilova and Brian Uhrich

Synopsis: After dying in a car accident two years ago, Scientist Michael Kandel keeps living his normal life but trapped not only in the certainty of his own death but also in the predictability of his every day routine and events… until he meets Anna.

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UH LA LÁ!
Dramatic Comedy (8 mins.) Spain, East Coast Premiere

Directors/Writers/Producers: IsaÍ Escalada and Carlos G Velasco
Cast: Flora LÓpez and Quico GarcÍa

Synopsis: He and she never had an easy life and now they live on the street, with the faint buzzing of flies as their life’s unwanted soundtrack. Every day he goes to beg alms and she takes care of the little home that have been built using useless objects that others have thrown away. On his return, he pauses to look at her sleeping on the tired mattress, briefly free from the drudgery of their life. With good news, he shakes her awake.

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THROAT SONG
Dramatic Short (17 mins.) Canada, SC Premiere

Director/Writer: Miranda de Pencier
Producers: Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Miranda de Pencier
Cast: Ippiksaut Friesen

Synopsis: In the icy landscape of Iqaluit, Nunavut, a young Inuk woman is suffering from the pains of an abusive relationship. Lost in a community tragically separated from its past, she begins to connect with other victims of violence and seeks to reclaim her voice.

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TIME 2 SPLIT
Short (5 mins.) France, SC Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Fabrice Bracq
Cast: Flora Brunier, Charly Totterwitz, Andreas Mallah and Franck Pech

Synopsis: A couple, a young child. Life is such that sometimes it is time to separate and live his life.

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GUTTERSNIPE
Comedy (12 mins.)

Director/Writer: Brooks Larson
Producers: Brooks Larson, Robert Seay, Colin Penney and Clay Westervelt
Cast: Robert Seay, Jose Rosete and Art Roberts

Synopsis: "Guttersnipe" rockets through the cracked reality of homeless Joel (Robert Seay), a talking red shopping cart, and a ghost-faced apparition with a penchant for sports cars and an eerie haricut. When Joel's friend is kidnapped, reality blurs into something…else. A genre mash-up with a Coen Brothers vibe, “Guttersnipe” gleefully leaps from horror to comedy to drama, then leaps out the front window. Why watch this short? Because you have absolutely no idea what this movie is about (and because you love the title).