An insight into the complex nature of our relationships with the people we don’t choose to love - our families. These films are by turn touching, humorous and sinister. Featuring The Oates Valour, nominated for the Golden Palme at the Cannes Film Festival 2007, and Simon Ellis’ powerful multi-award winning Soft.

The Oates Valour
Director: Tim Thaddeus Cahill, USA, 2007, 14m
Fourth Chair Trombonist, Boyson Oates, flees home after several failed attempts to appease his fathers’ militant demands.
Nominated for the Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival 2007

Soft
Director: Simon Ellis, UK, 2007, 15m
A father rediscovers his fear of confrontation, at the worst possible time.
Best of Festival Award, Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2007
Best Short Film Award, European Film Awards 2007 Prix UIP

Hinterland
Director: Geoffrey Boulange, France, 2007, 28m
Leaving the beaten path of the mountain, David leads his younger brother and his mother to an unsettling choice.
Tiger Award for Short Film, Rotterdam Film Festival 2007

Bare
Director: Santana Issar, India, 2006, 11m
Using only telephone conversations and old home movies, this is an intimate and unsentimental drama about a father’s alcoholism from a daughter’s point of view.
François-Ode-Award, Hamburg Film Festival 2007

My Sister (Het Zusj)
Director: Marco Van Geffen, Netherlands, 2006, 9m
A 5-year old girl is the silent witness of the growing tensions in her family, but is too little to intervene.
Nominated for Golden Palm, Cannes Film Festival 2007

The Tube with a Hat (Lampa Cu Caciula)
Director: Radu Jude, Romania, 2006, 23m
A short road-movie about the father-and-son relationship and the importance of small things in life.
Hamburg Short Film Award, Hamburg Short Film Festival 2007
Silver Dragon, Krakow Film Festival 2007
Best Short Film, Sundance 2007

(Total Dur.100m)