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2003
Festival Short Films
Comme un silence
- directed by Dominique Guillo
presented
by director Dominique Guillo
A man in his 50s comes home to his wife after
having rehearsed his speech to end their relationship… Rehearsed
but not easily delivered…
Good Luck Mr. Grosky
- directed by Félicie Dutertre
and François Rabes
presented
by directors Félicie Dutertre and François Rabes
July 1969, on his voyage back to Earth,
astronaut Neil Armstrong sent a mysterious message to the control
tower: « Good luck Mr. Grosky ». Today, the astronaut
gives an exceptional interview to a young French journalist who
will try to solve the mystery that lies behind the first man to
walk on the moon.
 
J’attendrai
le suivant (I’ll wait for the next one)
- directed by Olivier Orreindy
presented
by actor Thomas Gaudin
Metro. Lyon. 6:36 pm: "Ladies and Gentleman, I’m sorry
to have to bother you… Don’t worry, I’m not
asking for money… Let me introduce myself, my name is Antoine,
I am twenty-nine years old… I read in a magazine that there
were close to five million single women in France … Where
are they?… I’m looking for a woman from 18 to 55 who’s
also had trouble meeting someone in a conventional way and who
wouldn’t mind giving an honest relationship a shot..."
Mon
plus beau mariage - directed by Guillaume Husson
presented
by director Guillaume Husson
A young woman stares at the wedding dresses displayed
in a shop window. She pictures herself getting married in each
of the dresses. Which one will she choose?
Monsieur William, les traces d’une
vie possible - directed by
Denis Gaubert
presented
by assistant director
Louise
Revoyre
On the 22nd of July 1969,
Simon Edelman is admitted to Richmond Hospital (yes, Richmond, Virginia!)
in Dr. Arthur Glass's neurology department, with the transfer note:
"Abandoned, confused and disorientated. Identity unknown".
We only know that he is French. The nurses nickname him Monsieur
William.
Papier glacé
- directed by Jean-Luc Perréard
presented by director Jean-Luc Perréard
Alain meets Alex, a young
hitch-hiker who will help him to prepare his meeting with a woman
that he secretly observes, a waitress in a rest-stop restaurant.
 
Pensée assise (Sitting
Thought) - directed by Mathieu
Robin
presented
by director Mathieu Robin
A young man in a wheel chair
meets a young Russian student. Their love story takes a complicated
turn when Théo is determined to kiss her standing up.
 
Rio
- directed by Olivier
Bardy
presented by director Olivier Bardy
We can re-route a plane, a
car, a scooter EVERYTHING except a train. Even if it runs at 185
mph to Marseille. Briefly, it’s a story about a man who dreams
of lying underneath the sun and golden sandy beaches. You’re
probably thinking that he’s not the only one!!!
 
Square couine (Squealing square)
- directed by
Fabrice Luang-Vija
presented
by director Fabrice Luang-Vija
In a square, two children have a
go on a seesaw. It won’t quit squealing. A music-loving and
grumpy neighbor will try everything to stop them…
  
Tu devrais faire du cinéma
(You should make movies) -
directed by
Michel Vereecken
presented
by actor Paul-Loup Rajot
In a small suburban studio,
Paul edits X-movies, a long shot from his childhood dreams. As he
steps out to go back home, a limousine stops and the famous director
Claude Chabrol (playing his own part) asks Paul the favor to edit
his first film.
 
Undercover
- directed by Olivier
Ayache-Vidal
presented
by director Olivier
Ayache-Vidal and actor Arnaud
Delalande
You think you’re watching
a commercial for a Hollywood thriller movie, but the projection
becomes a nightmare when one of the spectators stands up in the
movie theater after recognizing his wife on the screen. A dialogue
then begins between the man and the characters hanging in front
of him on screen… A turn of events sure to please any festival
organizer or theatre manager who has ever wanted to take the audience
by surprise.
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