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Summer Shorts: Latin America

Shorts films from the award-winning filmmaker from Uruguay – Adrian Biniez (Gigante), new pictures from the famous Brazilian film collective TEIA and a bright compilation of Mexican and Chilean films in the program of the best Latin American shorts at SUMMER SHORTS.

In cooperation with
Argentinean Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts / INCAA
Cinema Chile
Control Z Films / Uruguay
Mexican Film Institute
TEIA/ Brazil

Spanish, Portuguese languages / russian subtitles

	Luminaris Argentina, 2011 Director Juan Pablo Zaramella 6 min no dialogue Annecy International Animation Film Festival – audience award, FIPRESCI award In a world controlled and timed by light, a common man has a plan that could change destiny.
	Corredores De Verano Uruguay, 2008 Directors Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge 13 min International Film Festival Rotterdam – official selection Summer Runners is a beautifully shot short film about the friendship between a girl and two boys who spend their evenings roaming the streets. They circle around each other and the changing tension between them is tangible. They do not speak. When she finally seems to choose one of the boys, the inevitable question ensues: how far does the 'innocent' friendship go?
	Los Telefericos Argentina, 2010 Director Federico Actis 14 min Spanish dialogues/ Russian Subtitles Washington International Film Festival – official selection International Film Festival Rotterdam – official selection Charming tragicomedy about a young man and his grandfather, who he kidnaps in order to give him a surprise.
	Balancos e milkshakes Brazil, 2010 Directors Erick Ricco, Fernando Mendes 10 min Portuguese dialogues/ Russia Subtitles Krakow International Film Festival – official selection FLIP Intnational Animation Film Festival – official selection ‘This is a story about a dark-haired boy and a girl with large eyes’. Their great friendship and mutual fascination begins with an innocent game of hopscotch. Days spent together, long evenings filled with conversations, consecutive roles they adopt. The Brazilian animation tells, in a very subtle way, a story about the first timid love and happiness resulting from sharing time together.
	Total Disponibilidad Uruguay, 2008 Director Adrian Biniez 15 min Spanish dialogues/ Russian subtitles BAFICI – Buenos Aires International Film Festival – official selection Rosa is looking for a job in the city.
	Handebol Brazil, 2010 Director Anita Rocha da Silveira 20 min International Short Film Festival Oberhausen – FIPRESCI award San Paolo International Short Film Festival – official selection Bia is a teenager just like any other: she's into rock, handball and blood.
	Ensaio Brazil, 2011 Director Clarissa Campolina 7 min no dialogue BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente – official selection 57th International Film Festival Oberhausen – official selection FIDMarseille – 22ème Festival International de Cinéma – official selection Everywhere when it grows dark, the lights and billboards become the only beings alive, occupying the inert and empty streets. Strangers (almost exactly alike) who have never met each other.