Betting on Shorts 2009 - screening of short films

Saturday 14 November at 8 pm, MMC Kibla - the screening of short films – Betting on Shorts.

The screening concluded the competition for the best short film organised by Irini Marinaki, Konstantinos Stefanis, Sarah Sparkes and Ricarda Vidal and hosted by ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) from London. 12 selected films were screened and the winner was chosen from among them. Maribor voted for the greek film The House (Το Σπίτι). The final winner of this year's contest Betting on Shorts is Memotech (Memotekid).

Simultaneous screenings were held in Athens, Barcelona, Bucharest, London, Maribor (MMC Kibla), Naples, Novi Sad, Poznan, Stockholm, Thessaloniki and Wiesbaden.

Topic: Control

Selected films:

1. At 7.35 in the morning (7:35 de la Mañana)
director: Nacho Vigalondo, Spain, 2003, 8 min
2. Mapping CCTV in Whitehall
director: Manu Luksch, UK, 2008, 2.43 min
3. Section 44
director: Daniel Wilson, UK, 2008, 4.42 min
4. A Family (O familie)
director: Emanuel Parvu, narrative, Romania, 2008, 15.00 min
5. A Tag (Metka)
director: Malgorzata Jablonska & Piotr Szewczyk, Poland, 2009, 2.22 min
6. Invisible Light (Unsichtbares Licht)
director: Simon Weber, 2008, Germany, 8.20 min
7. Windows Vista: Predator Edition
director: Paul Kamuf, USA, 2008/9, 5.05 min
8. Memotech (Memotekid)
director: Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir, Faeroe Islands, 2009, 5.52min
9. Uncle (Wujek)
director: Maciej Sznabel, Poland, 2008, 8.00 min
10. The House (Το Σπίτι)
director: Angelos Spartalis, Greece, 2009, 5.30 min
11. Complex
director: Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat & Daniel Mann, Israel, 2008, 9:30 min
12. Topeka
director: Asier Altuna, narrative, Spain, 2002, 3.50 min

Expert Jury (Maribor): Uja Irgolič, Dejan Pestotnik and Lidija Pačnik

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