Future Shorts Dublin - Short film festival/Live music

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The Short Revolution Storms Dublin…

International short film label Future Shorts finally launches in Dublin.



Future Shorts, the largest short film network in Europe, delivers the most eclectic, electric and explosive short film from around the globe. From Morocco to Moscow and back through Mexico, prepare yourself for surreal satire, animation, social commentary and musical abstractions.



Sourcing the most diverse and raw shorts, each monthly screening incorporates an international buffet of quality cinematic experimentation - from the aching, esoteric beauty of Daniel Askill’s ‘We Have Decided Not To Die,’ the scathing satire of Tom Puttnam’s ‘Tom Hits His Head’, and the stylized technical perfection of Chris Cunningham’s ‘All Is Full Of Love ‘.



Although showcasing established names such as Michel Gondry and Vincent Cassel, Future Shorts aims to provide a public platform for outstanding shorts and the filmmaking talent behind them. It acts as a forum for the emerging talent to display their goods.



Propelling the short into the future demands a nod to the past. The Future Shorts experience embraces the community spirit of earlier cinema and each event is a medley of music, mayhem and madness. Think 50’s vintage, rollergirls and burlesque intimacy. Shake with alcohol and serve up with some raw sounds…Rather than a film night, Future Shorts is an event.



Future Shorts is hitting Dublin on the first Sunday of every month, beginning October 2nd. The glammed-up grime of the Belvedere, on Denmark Street, will play host for the evening, providing an atmosphere of 50’s nostalgia with retro mischief. The beautiful and baffling acoustics of the Red Squares will continue the event well into the witching hour…



“Future Shorts aims to do for short film what MTV has done for the music video”, comments Fabien Riggall, founder of the Future Shorts label. “We filter out the best of the best from around the world, and provide the venue and atmosphere for audiences to come and enjoy.

“Our network events are much more than sitting in a darkened room watching a screen in silence; they are about being challenged and inspired by a collection of hand-picked, brilliant slices of visual entertainment”.

"A refreshingly eclectic approach to the art of short film, films range from the bracingly hilarious to the mysteriously poignant."
Evening Standard

"Seemingly random but certainly very strong collection of recent short hits"
Time Out London

"Future Shorts is bent on proving that the short film is not just for people with short attention spans but a genre unto itself a little something for every taste."
Kulture Flash

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more info:

Films for the Oct 2nd show:

Sentimental Journey
a beautiful and highly original music video for Yuki, one of Japan’s biggest
pop stars. Directed by NagiNodaJAPAN

CityParadise
When Tomoko arrives in London she has no idea that soon she will discover a
mysterious secret hidden beneath the city. BAFTA nominated
Directed by Gaelle Denis FRANCE

How they get there
A short film from legendary director Spike Jonze US

Fast Film
Virgil Widrich's extraordinary, award-winning animation is a technical
masterpiece. Hundreds of great movie moments are distilled into 14 minutes
of animated magic by the director's clever use of technology. Directed by
Virgil Widrich AUSTRIA

Human
Beautiful music clip offering an artful and dream-like insight into the
world of school children.
Directed by Martin de Thurah DENMARK

Le Cheval 2.1
The Story of a man who thinks he is a horse. Directed by Stephen Scott
Hayward UK

Forklift Driver Klaus
It is Klaus first day at work as a forklift driver. Directed by Jorg Wagner
and Stefan Prehn GERMANY

Lift
Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The
residents come to trust him and reveal the things that matter to them
creating a humorous and moving portrait of a vertical community. Directed
by Marc Isaacs UK

Free Dub
The animal is a thinking human. Directed by Stephane Elmadjian FRANCE

On S'embrasse
A girl arrives at her audition ten minutes early. Finding it difficult to
learn her lines, she approaches a man sitting near by for help. Directed by
Pierre Olivier FRANCE

We have decided not to die
Ten minutes to die for. A breath taking, burnished triptych, it evokes a
surreal, ritualistic world whose characters appear to float free of space
and time. Directed Daniel Askill AUSTRALIA

Overtime
A tribute to Jim Henson. A beautiful and moving story of a dead puppeteer's
rise back to life. Directed by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien
Ferrie. FRANCE

Yu Ming is Ainm Dom
The story of a young Chinese man who, feeling disillusioned with his dull life in China, spins the globe and chooses Ireland as a destination. Further research informs him that the official language of Ireland is Irish, which he diligently learns only to find out upon arrival that few people in Ireland can understand him.
Directed by Daniel O'Hara. IRELAND

There also may be premiere screenings of Irish work, yet to be confirmed.

MUSIC

Herv has been added to the bill playing a live set, hoorah! Also Red Squares will of course still be playing.

Also the website has been updated, so take a wee trip over to www.futureshorts.com/ireland and say hi!

Adios!