Future Shorts 未來影展 2012 Spring

Future Shorts is the world's biggest short film festival, with more than 200 screenings around the world in every season. 
未來短片影展 是全球最大的短片影展社群， 每季我們在全世界都舉辦超過200場場次的影展。

Future Shorts Taipei brings you the latest, 2012 Spring programme of 7 short films.
未來短片 X 台北 2012 春天帶給你七部精采短片！

Information:

The films are for Over 18 years only.
Every film is with English subtitles.

!注意! 本影展含有成人內容，未滿十八歲請勿入場
每部影片皆配有英文字幕，無中文字幕。

Please make sure you bring the confirmation code with you to the screening!

Location:

NTU Applied Mechanics Building, International Conference Hall (click here for map)
台灣大學, 應用力學館國際會議廳 (click here for map)

Public transport: Close to MRT Gongguan (Danshui line) or MRT Technology Building (Wenhu line).
捷運: 靠近公館站（紅色淡水線） 科技大樓（文湖線)

Map (the yellow outlined part with IAM label):


 

The films / 放映短片簡介 :

《Bear》 2011│11min│Australia│Nash Edgerton

Edgerton, who wrote, directed and starred in “Bear”, the sequel to “Spider” (2007), centers around the main character Jack to unfold his tangled relationship and examines whether he’s learned his lesson or not. Described as a black comedy without social commentary, “Bear” is a follow up but also stands alone as it’s own piece. “Because I tend to play things fairly straight and never set things up like it's a drama or a comedy, the audience doesn't know what it's going to be, and something about that really works,” said Edgerton.

  
《Quadrangle》 2010│20min│USA│Amy Grappell

An examination of a four-way affair, this documentary explores the story of two “conventional” couples who swap partners and live in a group marriage in the early 1970s. Set in Long Island, New York, this domestic living experiment unravels and challenges and boundaries of social convention, marriage, monogamy and desire. “Inspired by the discovery of my father’s photographs, taken at the height of the poly-amorous affair, and in an effort to come to terms with my own past, I decided to interview my parents. The film does not propose answers and strives to remain objective. It explores two people in a certain time. It tells a story,” said Grappell.
一種實驗性的四角關係，這部紀錄片性質的短片揭露了70年代兩對"開放關係"的伴侶如何交換著另一半和在一個團體婚姻的情況下生活。 坐落在長島，紐約，這個實驗性的生活揭開和挑戰，社會習俗，婚姻，一夫一妻和慾望的界限。"我的靈感來自於受到我父親過去的照片所啟發， 在高度複雜的近似外遇關係之下，同時我也算是刻意探討自己的過去，我決定去採訪我的父母。影片沒有提出答案，並力求保持客觀。它探討了兩個人在一定的時間。它講述了一個故事“ Grappell 說。

    
《Venus》 2012│8min│Denmark│Tor Fruergaard

"Venus", a 7-minute claymation, is an erotic comedy about rediscovering one another and finding the spark where you least expect it An official selection at the Los Angeles and Annecy Animation Festival, among others; Venus tells the story of Caroline and Rasmus, a confused couple who've not had sex in for four months. To solve this, they decide to visit a swingers club and see if it will salvage their relationship, or not.

 一部七分鐘的粘土動畫，一部情色喜劇，內容主要關於重新認識彼此，找到彼此身上重新找到愛的火花----在一個你覺得最不可能。 本片為洛杉磯和安納西動畫節的官方指定影片; 故事描述一對四個月沒有發生關係的，對彼此產生疑惑的愛侶-卡羅琳和拉斯穆斯。為了解決這個問題，他們決定訪問一個交換伴侶俱樂部，看看它是否會挽救他們的關係，也許。

  
《L'Homme Sans Tete》 2003│18min│France│Juan Solanas

Created over 4 years, Solanas’ short debut is the story of a man who lives alone, head-less, in a room overlooking a vast industrial space. Visually astounding and technically accomplished, this animated short reveals love and happiness and one man’s pursuit for romance amidst life without a head. "We're living in a period where cinema is a product; movies are becoming more and more commercialized. Short films are one of the last real places for artistic freedom - they're important to celebrate just for that," said Solanas.
索拉納斯“經過4年多的製作，Solana 的出道之作是講述一個獨自生活的男人，沒有頭，在一個房間裡面對著唯一的風景是巨大廣闊的工業廠房的景色。視覺驚人的和技術上的完成，這個動畫短片揭露了一個無頭的人生裡 追求著愛情和幸福，浪漫與對生活的追求。Solana 說:  “我們生活在這樣一個電影被視為產品的時代，電影越來越商業化。 短片是藝術自由的最後一個真正的地方之一 - 即使只因為這樣短片都重要的職得我們慶祝讚美。

  
《The Arm》 2012│9min│USA│Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis

Directed and written by a female trio, "The Arm" tells an up-to-the minute social commentary on teen love in a time of technology. Written over the course of 3 hours on a Greyhound bus from Dallas to Austin, this short centers upon two main characters, Chance and Genevieve, who start a texting relationship only to realise they were never in a relationship at all. At Sundance this year, “The Arm” was acknowledged with a Special Jury Award for Comedic Storytelling.
由女聲三重唱編導，“手臂”講述了現代青少年每秒都在改變更新的現代愛情，在技術的社會評論。在從達拉斯到奧斯汀3個小時灰狗巴士編寫出來，這兩個主角，Chance 和 Genevieve，只為了消除他們從沒有過男女朋友這個標籤，兩人開始了一段建築在簡訊上的感情。在今年的聖丹斯，“手臂”喜劇故事的評委會特別獎。

  
《Mourir Auprès De Toi》(To Die By Your Side) 2011│6min│France│Spike Jonze & Simon Cahn

Created from 3,000 hand-cut pieces of felt, Jonze’s tragicomic stop-motion animation takes place in an old, Parisian bookshop where at night the covers come to life. It’s the story of a felt skeleton who falls in love with a beautiful and sassy vixen. Co-directed by filmmaker Simon Cahn with designs by Olympia Le-Tan, this Cannes selected short is sweet, sad, spooky and a bit whimsical. Jonze said, “A short is like a sketch. You can have an idea or a feeling and just go and do it.”

  
《Love You More》 2007│15min│United Kingdom│Sam Taylor Wood

Inspired by the hit song "Love You More" by the Buzzcocks, this short is the tale of two punk lovers, Georgia and Peter, in London, 1978. Tender and explorative, this short film directorial debut by Taylor-Wood was written by Oscar nominee Patrick Marber and produced by Oscar winner Anthony Minghella.