2016 COLCOA SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

 

21 new French short films competed for the 2016 COLCOA Awards. This exclusive selection of new 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 is shown before a feature film presentation during the COLCOA week . The competition of shorts takes place at the Directors Guild of America on Sunday, with the rerun of all films selected. (Free admission on a First Come First Served basis.) Attendance  vote for the COLCOA Audience Short Film Award while a professional jury decide for the COLCOA Short Film Award

 

For the second year, in May, a part of the COLCOA Short Film Program was broadcasted on TV5 Monde Cinema On Demand, a SVOD service available in select markets in the United States.

 

2016 Program: 


SHORT FILMS COMPETITION PART 1

Sunday April 24 Truffaut Theatre 11:00 am (ends at 1:00 PM)

 

 

CARAPACE

Animation, Fiction/2014/16’ • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Flora Molinié

Produced by: Dark Prince

darkprince.fr

Lili is in love, but can't make love. She is frustrated, desperate and scared that her relationship with Leo comes to an end.

(also presented before NEITHER HEAVEN NOR EARTH)  

 

THE WALL (Mur)

Drama/2014/17’ • DCP • 1.85 • Stereo

Written and directed by: Andra Tévy

Produced by: Les Films du Cygne

lesfilmsducygne.com

A cleaner is going to work. The surroundings are hostile, the labor is backbreaking. And a window doesn’t close anymore: it snows inside the building.

(also presented before HOPEFULLY)

 

ANNA

Animation, Drama/2015/8’ • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Liu Yunhan, Sophie Bracmard, Alexis Choquard, Jordann Jacobé, Alexia Rubod, Antoine Poyard

Produced by: MOPA

Ecole-mopa.fr

Spring 1941. A plane crashes in the Canadian Rockies. The only survivor is a little girl.

(also presented before FANNY'S JOURNEY)

 

MILLIONS OF TEARS (Des Millions de larmes)

Drama/2015/23’ • DCP • 4/3 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Natalie Beder

Produced by: Yukunkun Productions

In an empty restaurant, a sixty-year-old man meets a young woman with a rucksack. She looks worn out. He proposes to give her a lift.

(also presented before LAND LEGS)

 

14

Animation, Comedy/2015/7’05 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: David Jurine, Roxane Martinez, Charlotte Da-Ros, Cyril Flous, Amelie Graffet, Juliette Coutellier 

Produced by: MOPA

ecole-mopa.fr

French Pyrénées,1914. The national champion is leading the Tour de France when he falls on the descent of the Col du Tourmalet.

(also presented before ONE MAN AND HIS COW)

 

MOTHER(S) / Maman(s)

Drama/2015/21’03 • DCP • 2.39 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Maïmouna Doucouré

Produced by: Bien ou Bien Production

Eight-year-old Aida lives in an apartment in the Parisian suburbs. Her family's world is turned upside down when her father is back from Senegal with a woman.

(also presented before FATIMA)

 

ENEMIES WITHIN / Ennemis intérieurs

Drama/2016/27’33 • DCP • 2.39 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Sélim Azzazi

Produced by: Qualia Films

qualiafilms.fr

In the 1980s, France is targeted by Algerian terrorism. A longtime resident is interviewed while applying for French citizenship.

(also presented before MADE IN FRANCE)

 

 

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION PART 2

Sunday April 26 Truffaut Theatre 4:15 PM (ends at 6:45 PM)

 

 

ESTATE

Drama/2016/7’25 • DCP • 16/9 • Digital 5.1

Written and directed by: Ronny Trocker

Produced by: Autour de Minuit, Stempel Films

autourdeminuit.com

On a Mediterranean beach, time seems to be frozen. An utterly exhausted  man crawls painfully off the sand among vacationers.

(also presented before COME WHAT MAY)

 

 

I AM THE SHADOW OF MY DESIRES (Je suis l’ombre de mes envies)

Comedy/2015/2’24 • DCP • Scope • Stereo

Written and directed by: David Merlin-Dufey

Produced by: Autour d’un film

agencecm.com

The story of a man under the influence.

(also presented before MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT)

 

 

REFLEX (Un Reflexe)

Dark Comedy/2015/2’24 • DCP • Scope • Stereo

Written and directed by: Zulma Rouge

Produced by: Zulma Rouge

The boring life of a fishmonger who cuts off fish heads during the day and gets saddled with his hated wife’s fish soups at home

(also presented before MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT, A DECENT MAN)

 

 

OUR FALLEN HEROES (A ses enfants, la patrie reconnaissante)

Drama/2015/22' • DCP • 16/9 • Dts 5.1

Written and directed by: Stéphane Landowski

Produced by: Fulldawa Films

fulldawafilms.com

1919. Paul, a sculptor, goes from village to village to erect war memorials that bloom all over the country.

(also presented before COURTED)

 

CAPTAIN 3D

Animation, Comedy/2014/2’24 • DCP • 16/9 • Dts 5.1

Written and directed by: Victor Haegelin

Produced by: Partizan Films

partizan.com

When super hero Captain 3D puts on his relief glasses, it is time to save the most charming prisoner from the most terrifying monster.

(also presented before MONSIEUR CHOCOLAT, THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX)

 

YÚYÚ

Documentary/2015/7’11 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Marc Johnson

Produced by: Atelier Marc Johnson

marcjohson.fr

To find an environmental balance in the valley of Yangtze in the Chinese province of Chóngqìng, beekeeper Shé Zuo Bin begins a trance and becomes at one with the universe.

(also presented before MARIUS, TOMORROW)

 

 

 

ON THE ROAD

Comedy/2015/12’45 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby SR

Written and directed by: Marion Laine

Produced by: Mon Voisin Productions

monvoisinproduction.com

In a highway restaurant three women share without knowing the same secret: they have just murdered a man. Then a policeman stops by.

(also presented before THE CONVOY, I AM A SOLDIER)

 

DELIVERY

Animation, Comedy/2015/6’30 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Thibault Scalesse, Kai Huang, Loan Torres, Leslie Belot

Produced by: MOPA

ecole-mopa.fr

A peaceful neighborhood, a peaceful home, and a peaceful couple who is about to celebrate the arrival of their new collector's item of African Art.

(also presented before MORE, ALL GONE SOUTH)

 

THE SESSION (La Séance)

Drama/2015/12’21 • DCP • Scope • Dolby Srd

Written and directed by: Edouard de La Poëze

Produced by: Crew du Chapeau Productions

Paris,1899. Pierre-Louis a young and talented photographer visits the sulfurous Countess of Castiglione, his muse for a long time.

(also presented before THE INNOCENTS, THEY WERE FIVE)

 

AMA

Animation, Drama/2015/3’24 • DCP • 16/9 • Dolby 5.1                    
Written & directed by: Juliette Peuportier, Tony Unser, Emilie Almaida, Lang Huang, Mansoureh Kamari, Julie Robert                                
Produced by: Gobelins – L’Ecole de l’image                                     
gobelins-school.com

Japan, 1950.  An American woman visiting the country encounters Namiko, a young local ama fisherwoman.

(also presented before ONE WILD MOMENT)

 

IT’S CAVIAR (C’est du caviar)

Comedy/2016/23’ • DCP • Scope • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Sarah Lelouch

Produced by: Watch’Us

watch-us.fr

Charlie is shocked to learn from Leo, her boyfriend, and Camille, her best friend, that they are having an affair. The double betrayal deserves an equal revenge.

(also presented before UN PLUS UNE)

 

 

COLD COFFEE (Café froid)

Animation, Drama/2015/14’54 • DCP • 1.85 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Stéphanie Lansaque, François Leroy

Produced by: Je Suis Bien Content

jsbc.com

Saigon, Vietnam. After the death of her mother, a young girl is forced to abandon school to take over the family cafe.

(also presented before KALINKA)

 

 

PAPA, ALEXANDRE, MAXIME & EDOUARDO 

Dark Comedy/2015/12’27 • DCP • Scope • Stereo

Written and directed by: Simon Masnay

Produced by: Arts Premiers

artspremiers.org

Alexander and Maxime come with little surprises to please their sick father.  Today it is their father who gives them an unpleasant one.

(also presented before AS I OPEN MY EYES, A MATTER OF RESISTANCE)

 

 

MY FIRST ANALYST  (Premiere Séance)

Comedy/2015/10’45 • DCP • 4/3 • Dolby 5.1

Written and directed by: Jonathan Borgel

Produced by: Les Fées Productions

lesfeesproductions.com

Ivan has an appointment with a psychoanalyst for his first session.

(also presented before FAMILIES)

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