THE 2006 SHORT FILMS

The films being screened at the inaugural Big Mountain Short Film Festival come from 14 countries, and make a strong and eclectic mix of visual styles, storytelling skills and filmmaking talent.

The order of the program is subject to change.

PROGRAM A

The shorts in Program A have budgets over $1,000 and/or were made with professional tools, equipment, crews, etc.

KUB
(Finland) $2,000
Dir: Anastasia Lobkovski
A couple’s long-awaited baby
is born into a wrong dimension.

WINNER OF "THE BIG MOUNTAIN" (BEST SHORT FILM OVERALL)
	DOMESTIC (Australia) $13,000 Dir: Katie Hides It’s crouching lover, hidden agenda when a couple puts their relationship to the test.

HELL OR HIGH WATER
(New Zealand) $1,100
Dir: David Gunson
A lighthouse keeper’s isolation
is broken by the discovery of a
shipwrecked sailor.

VIOLINIST
(Russia) $3,000
Dir: Yulia Payusova
A man discovers the feeling of
life through the sounds of his music.

WINNER OF "THE FLURRY" (AUDIENCE FAVOURITE)
ELEMENOPEE (Australia) $5,000 Dir: Natalia Amoore A sell-out writer is terrorized by strange messages on his fridge.

MAKE EVELYN SMILE
(New Zealand) $3,000
Dir: Geoff Talbot
A secret competition is run in a
1950’s pub to make Evelyn smile.

A FAVOUR
(Poland) $1100
Dir: Lukasz Termer
A brief moment in a pensioner’s
life trapped in an isolated bubble
of his own choices.

WINNER OF "BEST STORY" (from films in any category)
	CROSSING (USA) $12,000 Dir: Riad Galayini A brother and sister learn that sometimes the only way home is to leave it.

THE LETTER
(Canada) $15,000
Dir: Martin Doepner
When a Canadian WWI nurse
tends to a German soldier, grief
and revenge are awoken.

TUG-OF-WAR
(Finland) $2,000
Dir: Anastasia Lobkovski
A lyrical battle between a boy
and a girl over time.

A QUIET SPOT
(Australia) $16,000
Dir: Ashley Fairfield
A significant memory shapes the
life of a professional high diver.

TIGHT HEADS
(New Zealand) $1500
Dir: Beau Cuthbert
Two rugby mates become
obsessed with a beautiful girl
on the sideline.

THE LAST WORDS
(New Zealand) $5,000
Dir: Peter Bell
A man attempts to fake his own
suicide but a bum decides to help.

EVILS
(USA) $1,200
Dir: Kiera L Faber
A world recreated from childhood memories where emotional pain combines
with visual beauty.

WINNER OF "BEST DIRECTOR" (from films in Program A)
BIG BAD WOLVES (New Zealand) $9,000 Dir: Rajneel Singh An alternative interpretation of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood.

MELODRAMA
(Poland) $10,000
Dir: Filip Marczewski
A rite-of-passage story about a
fourteen-year-old boy on the
fringe of manhood.

PROGRAM B

The shorts in Program B have budgets under $1,000 and were made with consumer-grade video cameras and home computers.

WINNER OF "BEST EMERGING DIRECTOR" (from films in Program B)
THE HIT (New Zealand) $95 Dir: Campbell Cooley A street kid is contracted for a “hit” on a gang leader.

THE CONSEQUENCE
(New Zealand) $22
Dir: Nat Brunt
A man learns to think twice
when making decisions.

ELEGANT DISPOSITION
(USA) $10
Dir: Will Forrester
A visual allegory to challenge
mainstream definitions of beauty.

WHAT’S THE MATTER?
(Korea) $150
Dir: Hyun Seung Hoon
An artist who is blinded by his
own art is in for a big surprise.

THE STORY TELLER
(India) $15
Dir: Kanishka Singh
A poetic narrative of two young
lovers who have a meeting of minds.

WINNER OF "THE RUMBLE" (Best short film made for under $100) and "BEST ANIMATION" (from films in any category)
	COUCOU CLOCK (France) $80 Dir: Francois Cailleau Animated battle of kitchen cutlery and a coucou clock.

SOLO SINGER AND THE BLUE CITY
(Germany) $100
Dir: Abhaya Simha
A lyrical collage of a huge
and finished city.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN WELLINGTON
(New Zealand) $500
Dir: Rajeev Mishra
A wild west cowboy drifts
into a Wellington café.

AUTO-MA-TON
(New Zealand) $300
Dir: Jason Howden
A lonely sculptor creates a
partner from stone who longs
to see what’s outside.

THREE ON A PERFECT PAIR
(Russia) $15
Dir: Migel Mareskin
Fake blood and cruel tricks
have a trio crying wolf.

THE SEARCH
(New Zealand) $100
Dir: Brendan Schenk
An alarm clock, a dream, and
a man who leaves his flat.

WASH, WASH, WASH, OI, OI, OI
(Australia) $15
Dir: Rafael Rocha
A father takes his clothes washing
very seriously.

JA05 TBO
(UK/France) $100
Dir: Thierry Bonnaud
A man trapped in his car is
travelling through time and space.

THE LIZARD, THE FLOWER, & THE DOLL HEAD
(Denmark) $150
Dir: Emile Brahe, Danny Chr Jensen, Johan Oettinger
A lonely lizard finds a beautiful flower in a forsaken dumpyard.

WATERPROOF
(New Zealand) $10.95
Dir: Christopher Haines
The employees of a chartiy
decide to help themselves.

SEA SIDE STORY
(India) $128
Dir: Abhaya Simha
A son must come to terms
with his father’s attachment
to his home.

WISHING YOU WERE HERE
(Australia) $500
Dir: Brionny Dunn
A traveller prepares for the journey
of a lifetime -- leaving his room.

SHAKING LIFE
(Hungary) $70
Dir: Péter Vadócz
4500 still images compiled to
remind us that life never stops.

Films are currently awaiting classification from the Office of Film and Literature Classification. The order of the short films is subject to change.

Be sure to join us in Ohakune, New Zealand on October 20 - 22, 2006!