2014 COLCOA SHORT FILM COMPETITION

 

20 new French short films will compete for the 2014 COLCOA Awards. This new exclusive selection and competition of French shorts is unique to a film festival in the United States, underlying the creativity of French production and putting new talent in the spotlight. 

 

Each short film will be shown before a feature film presentation during the week (April 21-27). The competition of shorts will take place at the Directors Guild of America on Sunday, April 27, with the rerun of all films selected. Free admission on a First Come First Served basis. Attendance will be invited to vote for the COLCOA Short Film Audience Award.  Schedule will be announced on this page on April 2nd, 2014.

 

In 2013, the COLCOA Short Film Award went to The Lizards by Vincent Mariette. The short drama by Xavier Legrand, Avant que de tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything), won the Special Jury Award and was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award in 2014. 

 

20 FILMS IN COMPETITION FOR THE 2014 COLCOA SHORT FILM AWARDS:

 

PART 1

Sunday April 27 Truffaut Theatre 11:15 am (ends at 1:15 PM)

 

 

37°4 S

Drama/2013/11’42 • DCP • 1.77 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Adiano Valerio

Produced by: oriGine films

Originefilms.fr

 

On a small island, 6152 miles away from London, Anne is about to leave her lover to study in England. (Presented with TURNING TIDE)

 

 

THE AUDITION (Pour le rôle)

Comedy/2013/13’26 • DCP • 1.85 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Pierre Niney

Produced by: Mon Voisin Productions

monvoisinproductions.com

 

A young, shy actor goes to a strange audition for a role he would never have expected. (Presented with VENUS IN FURS)

 

 

ASCENSION

Animation/2013/6’50 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Thomas Bourdis, Martin de Coudenhove, Caroline Domergue, Colin Laubry, Florian Vecchione

Produced by: Supinfocom Arles

Supinfocom-arles.fr

 

In beginning of the 20th century, two climbers carry a statue of the Virgin to the top of a mountain. (Presented with 9 MONTH STRETCH)

 

 

AS IT USED TO BE

Drama/2013/8’13 • DCP • 16/9 • Stereo

Written and directed by: Clement Gonzales

Produced by: Collectif 109

collectifcentneuf@gmail.com

 

In the near future, a teacher holds class in an empty room using a webcam. Routine is disrupted when a student steps into his room.

(Presented with THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN)

 

 

BUTTER LAMP (La Lampe au beurre de Yak)

Drama/2013/15’ • DCP • 1.85 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Wei Hu

Produced by: Ama Productions

amaproductions.fr

 

An itinerant photographer and his assistant ask Tibetan nomads permission to photograph them in front of various backgrounds.

(Presented with THE ROOFTOPS) 

 

 

SLIPPERY GROUND (Dérapages)

Comedy/2012/8’ • DCP • 1.85 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Olivier Riou

Produced by: Les Films au Long Court

www.longcours.fr

 

During a summer night, a man’s sleep is disturbed by an unexpected noise coming from the street. (Presented with SUPERCHONDRIAC)

 

 

THE PASSENGER (La Passagère)

Fiction, animation/2013/27’ • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Amaury Brumauld

Produced by: A Gauche en Montant Production

agaucheenmontant.fr

 

Taken into police custody, a man has to reconstitute the features of a fugitive’s face. (Presented with THE LAST DIAMOND)

 

 

EVE

Drama/2014/6’25 • DCP • 2.35 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Eric Gandois

Produced by: Les Partenaires

lespartenaires.fr

 

In a distant Future, cloistered Eve has to face an invading nature that has become a threat for humans. (Presented with YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL)

 

 

SUPERVENUS

Animation/2013/2’36 • DCP • 1.85 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Frédéric Doazan

Produced by: Autour de Minuit

 

An update of our classic human anatomy (Presented with JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN)

 

 

THE FIRST STEP (Le Premier pas)

Comedy/2014/20’ • DCP • 1.85 • Dolby 5.1

Directed by: Aurélien Laplace

Produced by: La Bise Au Chat Productions

labiseauchat.com

 

From behind his desk, travel agent Eric watches his dream woman leave her building every morning.(Presented with NOT MY TYPE)

 

 

 

PART 2

Sunday April 27 Truffaut Theatre 4:15 PM (ends at 6:15 PM)

 

 

THE RUN AWAY (La Fugue)

Drama/2013/22’20 • DCP • Cinemascope • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Jean-Bernard Marlin

Produced by: Les Films de la Croisade

filmsdelacroisade@noos.fr

 

A youth social worker accompanies Sabrina to court, where she will be tried for an earlier crime. (Presented with SUZANNE)

 

 

BETTY’S BLUES

Animation/2013/12’ • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Remy Vandenitte

Produced by: Les Films du Nord

lesfilmsdunord.com

 

A guitarist tries his luck in an old blues dive in Louisiana. He remembers the legend of Blind Boogie Jones. (Presented with L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE)

 

 

5 MÈTRES 80

Animation/2013/8’ • DCP • Scope • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Nicolas Devaux

Produced by: Cube Creative Productions

cube-creative.com

 

In a deserted Olympic-sized swimming pool, a herd of giraffes on a sequence of high-flying acrobatic dives! (Presented with ME, MYSELF AND MOM)

 

 

MAKE LOVE (Faites l’amour)

Comedy/2013/10’30 • DCP • 1.85 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Tomer Sisley

Produced by: Mon Voisin Productions

monvoisinproductions.com

 

Two actors have to act out a love scene. But the line between acting and reality is thin. (Presented with TRAPPED)

 

 

THE CENTIPEDE AND THE TOAD (Mille-pattes et crapaud)

Animation/2013/10’ • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Anna Khmelevskaya

Produced by: Fargo

fargo.fr

 

In a distant forest, an old, haughty and jealous toad hates a supple and graceful centipede. (Presented with ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL)

 

 

THE END OF THE LINE (Au bout du fil)

Drama/2012/9’55 • DCP • 16/9 • Stereo

Written and directed by: François Raffenaud

Produced by: Kepler 22

Kepler22productions.com

 

Yvette, an eighty-six year old actress, hopes for a positive answer from a casting so that she can put her career back on track. (Presented with ABUSE OF WEAKNESS)

 

 

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON DIED?

Drama, Romance/2013/12’ • DCP • 1.85 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux

Produced by: Les Films Velvet

lesfilmsvelvet.com

 

Paris, a few days after the King of Pop died – he and she meet in a street. They are both looking for a taxi. (Presented with QUANTUM LOVE)

 

 

WOMEN’S LETTERS (Lettres de femmes)

Animation/2013/11’15 • DCP • 1.77 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Augusto Zanovello

Produced by: Pictor Media Animation

pictor-media.com

 

On the battlefields of World War l, nurse Simon patches up the shattered faces of the infantry with love letters. (Presented with FOR A WOMAN)

 

 

DIAGNOSIS (Diagnostique)

Comedy /2013/8’10 • DCP • 1.85 • Stereo

Directed by: Fabrice Bracq

Written by: Antoine Cupial

Produced by: Rusty Production

rustyproduction.com

 

Dr. Semyc is a specialist of a widespread disease for which there is no cure to date. Announcing the diagnosis is a difficult exercise, however, that he mastered to perfection. (Presented with WE LOVE YOU, YOU BASTARD)

 

 

ZYGOMATIQUES

Comedy /2012/18’55 • DCP • 16/9 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Stephen Caffiero

Produced by: Partizan Films

partizan.com

 

What would society look like without second degree, without humor? And what would happen in this austere society if a man began laughing? (Presented with CHINESE PUZZLE)

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