Short film festival at the library

This year, for the first time, the library is taking part in the Short Film Festival! A selection of short films made in stop-motion or pixilation will be screened at the library during 2 sessions:

Thursday 21 and Monday 25 March at 5pm

Programme

LE DÉSHABILLAGE IMPOSSIBLE By Georges Méliès - 1900 1:54 - France - Fiction Production: Lobster Films, Star Film
Before going to bed, a man undresses, but new clothes appear on top of the old ones.

ELECTRIC HOTEL De Segundo de Chomón - 1908 7:30 - France - Fiction Production : Pathé Frères
In a hotel room, a couple is surprised to see their suitcases open by themselves and their clothes hanging in a wardrobe...

TWO BAGATELLES By Grant Munro, Norman McLaren - 1953 2:30 - Canada - Fiction With : Grant Munro Music: Norman McLaren Production: NFB Two short films by Norman McLaren in which the animation technique is used with live actors.

VICIOUS CYCLES By Len Janson, Chuck Menville 1967 - 06:04 - United States Animation Production : Len Janson, Chuck Menville A wild and unbridled parody of biker gangs, in which tough-looking cyclists pick up a hitchhiker and find themselves up against another gang.

CHÉRIE, ÔTE TES RAQUETTES By André Leduc - 1975 3:00 - Canada - Fiction With : Angéline Parent, Jacques Bélair Music: Monsieur Pointu Production: NFB This pixilated animated short tells the story of an unusual attempt at seduction.

THE ORIGINAL HUMAN TETRIS By NOTsoNOISY G. Reymond 2007 - 2:38 - Switzerland Animation Self-production Discover this real game of the mythical game "Tetris", in which the pixels are replaced by a hundred or so humans moving from seat to seat in the bleachers of an auditorium.

SORRY I'M LATE By Tomas Mankovsky - 2008 3:12 - United Kingdom Animation Music: Keith Kenniff Production: Blink Productions
A stop-motion story about the whimsical adventure of a man who is late.

LUMINARIS By Juan Pablo Zaramella - 2011 6:00 - Argentina - Animation Music: Osmar Maderna Production: JPZtudio In a world ruled and timed by light, an ordinary man hatches a plan that could change the normal course of things.

FRESH GUACAMOLE By PES - 2012 1:40 - United States Animation Production: PES, Sarah Phelps
Two hands transform familiar objects into a dish of fresh guacamole using stop-motion animation.

ASMAHAN LA DIVA By Chloé Mazlo - 2019 6:00 - France - Animation Music: Bachar Mar-Khalifé Production: Causette Prod, Doncvoilà productions, Manuel Cam Asmahan, Druze diva and princess, had a short life, but what a life!

Event reserved for students of Beaux-Arts de Paris