The World According to Shorts
Short films from around the world
The six films in the program have been chosen from previous programs, with many considerations in mind—among them, a balance of geographical origins, tones, styles and genres.
La Perra
Hugo Maza, Chile, 17 min. A couple with an empty life make up a story about the new maid in order to satisfy their sexual obsessions.
We Have Decided Not to Die
Daniel Askill, Australia, 11 min, experimental. Three rituals. Three people. Three modern-day journeys of transcendence.
Ring of Fire
Andreas Hykade, Germany, 15 min, animated. Replete with outrageous sexual imagery, this tale of innocence lost and ultimately redeemed is accompanied by a lyrical voiceover (in appropriate cowboy drawl) that seems to have only the loosest of connections to the action on-screen.
United We Stand
Hans Petter Moland, Norway, 9 min. Eight old timers come upon a young woman stuck in a swamp. This short film was inspired by the Norway's Labour Party, and is a part of the collective feature film Utopia: No One is Perfect in the Perfect Country.
Antichrist
Adam Guzinski, Poland, 28 min. A group of boys play in a barren, seemingly post-apocalyptic landscape. The group's leader believes he is the Antichrist. He goads the others into increasingly daring games until events spiral out of control.
The Old Woman's Step
Jane Malaquias, Brazil, 15 min. An old lady travels from the fishermen's village where she lives to the city to sell a chicken so she can buy her grandson a present.
The World According to Shorts
Wed November 8, 2006, 7:00 & 9:00, Muenzinger Auditorium
Chile, Australia, Norway, Poland, Brazil, and Germany, 95 min • official site
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus
International Film Series
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Established 1941 by James Sandoe.
First Person Cinema
(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.
C.U. Film Program
(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil
Grillo.
Celebrating Stan
Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.
C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.