Les Mardis Ciné-Courts au Palais

From animated slapstick to everyday tensions, these short films play with our flaws, our silences and our human impulses, in a session where humor often reveals what is most sincere.

DESCRIPTION BY SHORT FILMS

– Welcome speech by Noman McLaren
Duration: 07 min
Directed by: Norman McLaren
Production: National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis: An animated film showing McLaren attempting to welcome the audience at a film festival. A microphone possessing his own life and will prevents him from doing so. McLaren will eventually animate objects magically.

– Are you coming back?
Duration: 02min20
Directed by: Léo Grandperret
Production: Carnival production
Synopsis: Max and Chloe are shy. Can a drama class change that?

– It's a lost cause
Duration: 16 min
Directed by: Benjamin Charbit
Production: Velvet Films
Synopsis: Burgaud is struggling to find his place within the police force. So, when Franck arrives to confess to a double murder, it's a godsend! Except he can't produce any evidence to support his confession. This casts doubt on the veracity of the crime. But why is Franck so determined to go to prison?

– Please wait
Duration: 23 min
Directed by: Solal Bouloudnine
Production: Yukunkun Productions
Synopsis: Laurent and Sophie call on Gagu, the home furniture assembly specialist, to assemble the crib for their little Lea, due in a few weeks, in just one hour. But Laurent and Sophie didn't choose the automatic departure option, and their "GaguMan" ends up spending a little over an hour at their home…

– The Skid
Duration: 15 min
Directed by: Aurélien Laplace
Production: Breakfast Productions, Alpaga Films, Eldorado Production (ex-Blast Production)
Synopsis: This morning, Paul Sérédat, a member of parliament campaigning for re-election, hears it on the radio: he's made a gaffe. He and his wife immediately jump on the computer to find out what caused the scandal. They're in for a surprise.