World Short Films - Cinema 16 - 2-DVD Set ( Wasp / Judgment / Sikumi / Dona Lupe / The Old Lady and the Pigeons / Attack on a Bakery / Two Cars, One Night / Sonata for Hitler / My Dad Is 100 Years Old / Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job / Uncle / Quartet for the End of Time / Mad ) ( Simpan / On the Ice / Doña Lupe / La vieille dame et les pigeons / Panya shugeki / Sonata dlya Gitlera / Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag / Stapelfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag / Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo )

World Short Films - Cinema 16 - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Wasp / Judgment / Sikumi / Dona Lupe / The Old Lady and the Pigeons / Attack on a Bakery / Two Cars, One Night / Sonata for Hitler / My Dad Is 100 Years Old / Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job / Uncle / Quartet for the End of Time / Mad
Alternate Title: Simpan / On the Ice / Doña Lupe / La vieille dame et les pigeons / Panya shugeki / Sonata dlya Gitlera / Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag / Stapelfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag / Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
BAFTA Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
British Independent Film Awards
European Film Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Stockholm Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
303 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1982 - 2008 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )
New Zealand ( Australia, New Zealand )
Senegal ( Africa, Middle East )
South Korea ( India, Eastern Asia )
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Andrea Arnold
Chan-wook Park
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Guillermo del Toro
Sylvain Chomet
Naoto Yamakawa
Taika Cohen
Aleksandr Sokurov
Guy Maddin
Stefan Prehn
Jörg Wagner
Adam Elliot
Alfonso Cuaron
Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
Jane Campion
Ousmane Sembene
Simon Ellis

Written By:
Andrea Arnold
Chan-wook Park
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Guillermo del Toro
Sylvain Chomet
David Freedman
Naoto Yamakawa
Taika Cohen
Aleksandr Sokurov
Isabella Rossellini
Jörg Wagner
Stefan Prehn
Adam Elliot
Alfonso Cuaron
Chris Lavis
Maciek Szczerbowski
Jane Campion
Ousmane Sembene
Simon Ellis

Actors:
Natalie Press ..... Zoë
Danny Dyer ..... Dave
Jodie Mitchell ..... Kelly
Molly Griffiths ..... Sinead
Kaitlyn Raynor ..... Leanne
Danny Daley ..... Kai
Lizzie Colbert ..... Bullet-head
Ashley Routledge ..... Brown-haired girl
Tabitha Crewe ..... Barmaid
Hak-rak Choi
Ju-bong Gi
In-bae Ko
Sun-mi Myeong
Tony Bryant ..... Miqu
Olemaun Rexford ..... Taqi
Brad Weyiouanna ..... Apuna
Josefina Gonzalez de Silva
Jose Luis Vallejo
Jim Pidgeon ..... (voice)
Michoue Sylvain ..... (voice)
Andrea Usher-Jones ..... (voice)
Naoto Yamakawa
Rangi Ngamoki ..... Romeo
Hutini Waikato ..... Polly
Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards ..... Ed
Riwai Waka ..... Koro
Dion Waikato ..... Tangata
Adolf Hitler ..... Himself (archive footage)
Isabella Rossellini ..... Herself
Isaac Paz Sr. ..... The belly of Roberto Rossellini
Konstantin Graudus ..... Staplerfahrer Klaus
Gustav Adolph Artz ..... Schulungsleiter
Jürgen Kittel ..... Springender Kollege
Soncke M. Korries ..... Helmut, der abstürzt (as Sönke Korres)
Erik Roßbander ..... Messer-Werner
Till Hooster ..... Günther ohne Hände (as Till Huster)
Dieter Dost ..... Halbierter Herbert
Michael Sombetzki ..... Winkender Kollege
Clarissa Schröter ..... Sekretärin
Jürgen Kobel ..... Kettensägen-Rudi
Tom Müller ..... Wolfgang, der Hiwi
Douglas Welbat ..... Kopfhörer-Paul
Dierk Rademacher ..... Klaus ohne Kopf
Karsten Fehe ..... Komparse
Michael Haase ..... Komparse
William McInnes ..... Narrator (voice)
John Flaus ..... Uncle (voice)
Angel Torralba
Ramon Barragan
Guillermo García Cantú
Mariagna Prats
Rafael Sánchez Navarro
Laurie Maher ..... Madame Tutli Putli
Gabrielle Shornegg ..... Pam
Geraldine Haywood ..... Stella
Marina Knight ..... Gloria
John Godden ..... Graeme
Joanne Gabbe ..... Sister
Colleen Fitzpatrick ..... Mother
Paul Chubb ..... Father
Jane Edwards ..... Deidre
Cynthia Turner ..... Nun 1
Valda Diamond ..... Nun 2
Katharine Cullen ..... Little Pam
Jordi Austin ..... School Girl
Jeanette Blake ..... School Girl
Jennifer Blake ..... School Girl
Dorothy Blaney ..... School Girl
Ly Abdoulay ..... Le charretier
Albourah ..... Le cheval
Jonathan Phillips ..... Iain (as Jonny Phillips)
Matthew O'Shea ..... Scott
Michael Socha ..... ASBO
Ashley Marshall ..... Gang
Luke Kingston ..... Gang
David Harrison ..... Gang
Jess Buxton ..... Gang
Zara Hearnshaw ..... Gang
Kiddus Salassie ..... Gang
Mark Devenport ..... Shopkeeper
Christine McSween ..... Passing Woman (as Christine MacSween)
Phil Molloy ..... Neighbour
Jane Hooks ..... Neighbour

Synopsis:

CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. Aside from providing short films with a much needed platform CINEMA16 gives filmmakers and movie-lovers access to some great films that would otherwise be near impossible to see, from the fascinating early works of some of the world's greatest direcotrs to award-winning films from its most exciting new filmmakers. With over five hours of films WORLD CINEMA16 is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. The majority of the films are accompanied by audio commentaries, almost always by the direcots themselves. Highlights of the collection include Andrea Arnold's Oscar winner 'Wasp', and Taiki Waititi's Oscar nominated 'Two Cars, One Night'. Also included is 2008 Oscar nominee 'Madame Tutli Putli' and 2008 Sundance winner 'On the Ice'. Full running order; 'Wasp' - Andrea Arnold; 'Judgement' - Park Chan-Wook; 'Sikumi (On the Ice)' - Andrew Okpeaha Maclean; 'Dona Lupe' - Guillermo del Toro; 'Old Lady and the Pigeons (La Vielle Dame et Les Pigeons) - Sylvain Chomet; 'Attack on the Bakery' - Naoto Yamakawa; 'Two Cars, One Night' - Taiki Waititi; 'Sonata for Hitler' - Alexander Sokurov; 'My Dad is 100 Years Old' - Guy Maddin; 'Forklift Truck Driver Klaus - First Day on the Job (Stablefahrer Klaus - Der Erste Arbeitstag) - Stefan Pehn & Jorg Wagner; 'Uncle' - Adam Elliot; 'Quartet for the End of Time (Cuarteto Para el Fin del Tiempo) - Alfonso Cuaron; 'Madame Tutli-Putli' - Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczarbowski; 'A Girls Own Story' - Jane Campion; 'Borom Sarret' - Ousmane Sembene; 'Soft' - Simon Ellis.

1) "Wasp" (Great Britain, 2003, 24 minutes)
Been there, done that, since this one appeared in a previous Cinema 16 volume. A single woman leaves her four kids outside a pub while she goes inside for a date. A wasp crawls into baby's mouth. Andrea Arnold directs. No commentary.

2) "Judgement (Simpan)" (South Korea, 1999, 25 minutes)
Two families have stepped forward to claim the body of a woman killed in a catastrophe. This black-and-white film in Korean switches to color for a literal shocker ending and weaves some graphic disaster footage into its narrative. There's a choice between sloppy original subtitles and new ones with better translation; I chose the sloppy ones and put up with the mistakes. Tense moments are relieved with dark humor, as when we find that a morgue freezer is filled with beer as well as bodies. Director Park Chan Wook talks about the apocalyptic fervor in 1999 in his commentary.

3) "Sikumi (On the Ice)" (United States, 2008, 15 minutes)
Taqi dies after a fight on the ice. Apuna, who witnessed the fight, wants to take the body back, but the killer's a friend who faces jail if he does. The Sundance Jury Prize winner is effective. Directed by Andrew Okpeaha Maclean in Inupiaq. The effects of lighting and cold on a shoot in Barrow, Alaska, are noted in the commentary.

4) "Doña Lupe" (Mexico, 1985, 33 minutes)
A woman facing ruin rents a room to two policemen despite her suspicions about their intent. Her doubts soon prove correct, and a showdown leads to bloodshed in Guillermo del Toro's short in Spanish. Del Toro's commentary anecdotes include a disaster with poor lighting.

5) "La Vieille Dame et les Pigeons" (Canada-France, 1998, 22 minutes)
A cranky gendarme sees an old woman feeding pigeons in the park and schemes to get his own grand repast. Except for tourist comments, a la Playtime, at the start and end, Sylvain Chomet's animation is a dialogue-free surreal delight. He discusses his animation techniques and mentions other works, including The Triplets of Belleville, in his commentary.

6) "Attack on the Bakery" (Japan, 1982, 16 minutes)
A weighty narration about "emptiness" accompanies the story of two hungry men who plot to rob a bakery. When the narration analyzes the lone customer's choice of a melon cake as the two men wait for the store to empty, the jest becomes obvious. Based on Haruki Murakami's short story, "The Second Bakery Attack." Director Naoto Yamakawa tells how he had a cameraman spun to get a bold opening shot in his commentary for the short in Japanese.

7) "Two Cars, One Night" (New Zealand, 2003, 11 minutes)
Kids sit in cars waiting for their parents to leave the pub in this black-and-white short. The commentary reveals the surprising number of special effects director Taika Waititi used.

8) "Sonata for Hitler" (Russia, 1989, 10 minutes)
Archive film of Adolf Hitler is interspersed with other stock footage that gets increasingly grim, eventually showing skulls, tanks, and soldiers. The initially peaceful music grows somber to match. No commentary in this black-and-white short by Alexander Sokurov.

9) "My Dad is 100 Years Old" (Canada, 2005, 16 minutes)
"My father was a genius-I think," Isabella Rosselini says in the surreal centennial tribute she wrote to her father, Roberto Rosselini. Here, he's portrayed as the stomach of a man who lies in bed thinking, and Alfred Hitchcock and Frederico Fellini appear among the many characters Isabella Rosselini portrays. It's more of a debate on film than a family reminiscence. The black-and-white short is directed by Guy Maddin. In the commentary, Maddin talks about his surprise at being asked to direct this "docufantasia."

10) "Forklift Driver Klaus" (Germany, 2000, 9 minutes)
A weird sense of humor pervades this mock instructional film about a newly licensed forklift driver. There's also a lot of gore, since the workplace mishaps include impalement and beheading. It's definitely funny, although whether it's funny ha-ha or funny strange depends on your mood and your tolerance for blood. Directed by Stefan Prehn and Jorg Warner in German. Each does his own commentary; Warner packs a lot of information into his, including the story of how noticing the potential for danger in a wayward knife while working in a book warehouse led to "Klaus."

11) "Uncle" (Australia, 1996, 6 minutes)
A clay animated short about an widower uncle who runs a hardware store, joins a strict religious group, and puts stuff in the incinerator. This one just didn't do much for me. Directed by Adam Elliot in black-and-white. In his commentary, Elliot notes that this is his very first film, done while still at school.

12) "Quartet for the End of Time" (Mexico, 1983, 17 minutes)
A clarinetist practices with his turtle along. He also sends a cascade of balloons out a window. Yawn! In black-and-white. Director Alfonso Cuaron, in his commentary, acknowledges that he was still learning when he made this one and that the ending isn't quite clear. That fuzzy ending ruins the point he was trying to make.

13) "Madame Tutli-Putli" (Canada, 2007, 17 minutes)
The pile looks like a lifetime of possessions, but it's just the baggage Madame Tutli-Putli brings on a train. Saboteurs with a bloody mission and a persistent moth make this an exciting and surreal trip. The detail on the puppets is amazing in this wordless stop-motion short. Animators Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski talk about going on a train to get the feel for motion in the commentary.

14) "A Girl's Own Story" (Great Britain, 1984, 25 minutes)
A girl's experimentation with sex leads to pregnancy. Sexual talk, a kid with a knife, and dysfunctional dinner conversation are featured in this grim black-and-white short directed by Jane Campion. No commentary.

15) "Borom Sarret" (Senegal, 1966, 18 minutes)
The driver of a horse-drawn cart finds trouble when he takes a fare to the rich Plateau in Senegal. The bleakness of his life and the contrast with the Plateau are handled well in this black-and-white short in French directed by Sembene Ousmene, whose son delivers the commentary.

16) "Soft" (Great Britain, 2007, 14 minutes)
A dad's attempts to teach his son how to handle neighborhood toughs without escalation gets complicated when the toughs gather outside their home-leading to an outbreak of violence. A gimmick-widescreen shots for the father/son story and boxed-in mobile phone shots for the toughs-helps convey emotion and perspective well. Director Simon Ellis shares his characters' motivations in the commentary.

Proof that the best things really do come in small packages, CINEMA 16 - WORLD SHORT FILMS is a collection of inspired shorts, and a must-have for any self-respecting film fan. It features the works of some of the world's most gifted directors (Guillermo Del Toro, Sylvain Chomet, Guy Maddin, Alfonso Cuaron, and Jane Campion), who demonstrate their adroitness at conveying their artistic visions simply and succinctly. But it's not just established directors who are celebrated here; a new generation of filmmaking talent is represented by the likes of Andrea Arnolds' Oscar winner WASP, 2008 Oscar nominee MADAME TUTLI PUTLI, and 2008 Sundance winner ON THE ICE (SIKUMI).

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