International Panorama One

Stories by modern masters and literary legends, queasy family reunions, apocalyptic futures, and lots and lots of ice, in the first of our International Panorama Programmes.

LOST FACE NORTH WEST PREMIERE
(Wri / Dir: Sean Meehan, Prod: Sam McGarry, Star: Martin Dubreuil Gerald Auger, Canada, 2016, 14 min 13 sec)
A fur thief must think fast to escape the terrible, protracted death that awaits him at the hands of the native tribe he had helped enslave. Adapted from the Jack London story.

WHOEVER WAS USING THIS BED
(Wri / Dir / Prod: Andrew Kotatko, Prod: Marie Slaight, Star: Jean-Marc Barr, Radha Mitchell, Jane Birkin, Australia, 2016, 20 min,
A married couple is woken in the dead of night by a mysterious phone call. Unable to sleep, they are drawn into an unsettling examination of their fears and desires. Based on a story by Raymond Carver.

FORGIVE ME FATHER
(Wri / Dir / Prod: Mark Datuin, Prod / Star: Adrian Milan, Canada, 2016, 12 min 58 sec)
Mathieu and Élise are ex-lovers, forced to reunite at a family breakfast where a war of words and revelations threaten an otherwise peaceful household.

THE RAVENS
(Wri / Dir /Prod: Jennifer Perrott, Australia, 2016, 20 min)
When young Ruby’s father returns unexpectedly from war, his volatile state makes it difficult for the family to reconnect. Ruby’s anxieties are projected onto a pair of ravens, vigilantly defending their nearby nest.

RUAH
(Wri / Dir /Prod: Flurin Giger, Prod: Fabian Villiger, Silvan Giger, Switzerland, 2016, 18 min 18 sec)
Nine characters, four stories, one situation. Something big, something irreversible, something terrible is going to happen. Something bigger than anything humans have ever experienced.

COLD STORAGE
(Wri / Dir: Thomas Freundlich, Wri: Valtteri Raekallio, Finland, 2016, 8 min 45 sec)
On a desolate arctic shore, a lonely fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother.

Part of Kinofilm Festival. See the full Burgess programme here. See the full Kinofilm programme here.