Spring ‘17 Archive
As iFF you can't spring back!
April 22nd at 7:30pm
AsiFF Spring '17 Winners
Jury Awards:
Best Director - Charlotte Regan (Standby)
Best Cinematographer - Philippe Brelot (A Whole World for a Little World)
Best Animation - Light Sight
Best Editor - Céline Cloarec (After the Ashes)
Best Screenplay - Charlotte Regan (Standby)
Best Sound/Score - Victor Hugo Fumagalli (A Love Story)
Best Actor - Charif Ghattas (After the Ashes)
Best Actress - Leslie Caron (The Perfect Age)
Audience Award:
Best Over All Short
A Whole World for a Little World
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A Love Story
—New York Premiere
England
Director: Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara
Synopsis: Told through the medium of stop-motion animation, two creatures believe themselves to live in a deceptively innocent, richly-textured world without sharp edges in which they weather the harsh reality of love.7 minutes -
After the Ashes
—US Premiere
France
Director: Eduardo Sosa Soria
Synopsis: Through storytelling, hunger, and sensuality, a man and a woman find comfort and conflict as they revisit and heal from life-changing physical and emotional wounds.28 minutes -
Cradle
—New York Premiere
Iran
Director: Zanyar Lotfi
Synopsis: A little girl tries to do her homework; but her grandfather’s snores keep waking her younger sibling, disturbing the otherwise quiet afternoon-- which causes things to get a bit more complicated.5 minutes -
Edmond
—Holland
Director: Nina Gantz
Synopsis: Told in reverse chronological order, this darkly-funny, surprisingly tender animated story portrays a man with cannibalistic urges who slips through floors into the past (and the deepest parts of his psyche) in his pursuit of self-understanding.9 minutes -
Light Sight
—New York Premiere
Iran
Director: Seyed Tabatabaei
Synopsis: An animated character imprisoned in a room is attracted to a hanging light and tries to catch it. But the room itself becomes an obstacle in his way as he seeks to reach beyond his captivity.7:30 minutes -
The Perfect Age
—World Premiere
France
Director: Thomas Brunot
Synopsis: An active, young boy is forced to spend the evening with his grandmother, an 80-year-old stage actress (played by Leslie Caron) who asks him to rehearse with her, as her premiere is the next day and she can’t remember her lines.16 minutes -
Roommates
—US Premiere
Canada
Director: Matthew Adetuyi
Synopsis: Two roommates, with very different lives and interests, inadvertently explore each other’s – and their own -- identities, revealing with humor and thoughtfulness what they have in common.7 minutes -
Ruby
—England
Director: Emma Allen
Synopsis: A provocative meditation on life, death, rebirth, and the possibility of reincarnation, this stop-motion face animation captures in the blink of an eye the timeless cycle of human life.1 minute -
Standby
—Director: Charlotte Regan
England
Synopsis: Two police officers share the same cramped “office space” as all beat cops: the front seat of a patrol car. Their evolving relationship is an emotional rollercoaster ride in often-comedic contrast to the procession of thugs and criminals filling the back seat.5:30 minutes -
Wannabe
—United States
Director: Matthew Manson
Synopsis: Set in NYC in 1991 during a time of tremendous racial strife, a neurotic Jewish boy attempts to win over his crush by first impressing her skeptical Jamaican family, which includes her overbearing father (played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner).16 minutes -
A Whole World for a Little World
—France
Director: Fabrice Bracq
Synopsis: Describing princes and princesses in a magical castle that transcend real life limitations, a woman tells a spectacular fairy tale to her baby that is based on their own family.15 minutes