Projections

All in high relief!

The cherry on the cake this year is a screening of short films in 3D! The association Prenez du relief, which organises the Courant 3D Festival in Angouleme, militates for the development and diffusion of 3D short films. The goal here is not to make 3D just for the sake of making 3D, but to promote cinematic stories to which this technology brings a new dimension of meaning. Watch out, the future is already here!



Soir de Fête
Soir de Fête (Party Night)
David Robert
France / 2013 / Fiction / 18′
Nurse in a psychiatric hospital, Joachim, a young man in his twenties, is leaving his workplace to go join his family for the New Year’s Eve celebrations. His patients, determined to celebrate the turn of the year in all merriness themselves, are not so ready to let him go.
Chase (Poursuite)
Chase
Adriaan Lokman
France, Netherlands / 2011 / Animation / 13′
A thrilling chase in a world of triangles will leave you short of breath.
Lapse of Time
Lapse of Time
Céline Tricart
France / 2013 / Experimental fiction / 15′
Strasbourg, a winter afternoon. Une game of hide-and-seek is arranged, and a little boy finds himself a hiding spot in the cathedral’s imposing astronomical clock! While sidling in, he accidentally gets his jacket stuck in the gears and brings about the complete stop of the mechanism… and of Time itself!
Vertige
Vertige (Vertigo)
Mathieu Brisbras, Christophe Gautry
France, Belgium / 2013 / Experimental fiction / 15′
In this urbanized world of ours, the system knocks down men with utter mechanical indifference. But seen from another angle, the city becomes a space for rediscovery and reconstruction…
5 mètres 80
5 mètres 80 (5m80)
Nicolas Deveaux
France / 2013 / Animation / 6′
A group of giraffes perform a series of acrobatic high dives into a deserted Olympic swimming pool.
Souviens-moi-moi
Souviens-moi (Make me Remember)
Joséphine Derobe
France / 2013 / Fiction / 15′
Thomas, a thirtysomething man, returns to his childhood home for a strange tête-à-tête meeting…
Subconscious Password (Jeu de l'inconscient)
Subconscious Password
Chris Landreth
Canada / 2013 / Experimental animation / 11′
A forgotten first name triggers a disturbing foray into the subconscious in the form of a puzzle-quiz.
Mr Hublot
Mr Hublot
Alexandre Espirages, Laurent Witz
Luxembourg, France / 2013 / Animation / 11′
Full of obsessive quirks and compulsions, terrified by the outside world, withdrawn into himself, Mr. Hublot hates change and the unexpected. The arrival of the dog Robot Pet will turn his universe of old habits topsy-turvy as he is forced to learn to live with this new and very invasive companion…

Clermont puts on a show!

On the beach of Tamarin, a look at the best of international short films of the last few years with the selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. Bring your picnic blankets and a sweater for a night of cinema under the stars! For those who want to make the most of the beach, Canal+ invites you as from 19:00 for a surprise show!



L'Ombre de Ratsitatane
L’Ombre de Ratsitatane (The Shadow of Ratsitatane)
From the Notre Histoire n’a pas d’images collection
Patrice Canabady
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 28′
Ratsitatane! This name echoes in the collective memory of Mauritians, echoes of a story that has never been fully told. From the highlands of Madagascar to the jail of Port Louis, tracking down this figure occulted by History brings us into direct confrontation with the mystery surrounding the events that led to this Malagasy prince to be transformed into a tragic hero.

In the presence of the director.
La Lampe au beurre de yak
La Lampe au beurre de yak (Yak Butter Lamp)
Hu Wei
France, China / 2013 / Fiction / 16′
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant ask some Tibetan nomads to have their pictures taken against various backdrops.
MeTube: August Sings Carmen 'Habanera' (MeTube : August chante la Habanera de Carmen)
MeTube: August Sings Carmen ‘Habanera’
Daniel Moshel
Austria / 2013 / Animation / 4′
A homage to these thousands of Youtube users and videobloggers overflowing with ambition, keen subscribers who are more or less skilled at self-promotion on the internet and have forged for themselves an audience at the international level.
Lettres de femmes
Lettres de femmes (Women’s Letters)
Augusto Zanovello
France / 2013 / Animation / 11′
On the front lines of the Great War, the nurse Simon repares the broken jaws of French infrantrymen on a daily basis with love letters, with women’s words which have the power to heal the wounds of these paper soldiers.
Molii
Molii
Mourad Boudaoud, Carine May, Yassine Qnia, Hakim Zouhani
France / 2013 / Comedy / 13′
Steve is in his twenties. That night, he has to replace his father as guard of the municipal pool. All goes as planned until the young man starts hearing some strange sounds.
Habana
Habana
Edouard Salier
France / 2013 / Fiction / 22′
In the near future, the city of Havana is occupied by a foreign military power. A guided tour by Lazaro, un kid from the ghetto, allows us to get a grasp on the chaos that reigns in the capital.
Meu amigo Nietzsche (Mon ami Nietzsche)
Meu amigo Nietzsche (My friend Nietzsche)
Fáuston da Silva
Brazil / 2013 / Fiction / 15′
The unlikely meeting between Lucas and Nietzsche marks the beginning of a revolution in the young boy’s mind, in the midst of his family and his society. At the end, he’s no longer a little boy, he’s a li’l bomb!
Welkom
Welkom
Pablo Munoz Gomez
Belgium / 2013 / Fiction / 17′
Jorge loves his father. His father loves a hen. Jorge doesn’t love the hen, he wants to have it put in a henhouse. Before building this henhouse, Jorge needs to get himself a construction permit. But it’s difficult to obtain something when your garden is in Flanders but you do not speak Flemish.

Stepping into the realm of feature films

Let us turn our gaze from one island to another of this archipelago of ours. This evening, you have the choice. Of an urban atmosphere at l’Atelier littéraire of Port Louis, for a feature-length Malagasy documentary, to meet its director and the Malagasy Way of Life. Or of an evening of short films and picnic blankets under the stars of Chemin Grenier in the garden of the village church, as near as possible to the filming location of La Leçon d’Anglais.



The screening will be followed by an open discussion with the director and producer of the film, all in a casual and friendly atmosphere. The bar of l’Atelier will be open for the evening, which will be an occasion to prolong the conversation.

Ady Gasy, the malagasy way
A​DY ​G​ASY​, ​T​he ​M​alagasy ​W​ay
Lova Nantenaina
Madagascar / 2014 / Documentary / 80′
“The Chinese manufacture things, the Malagasy repair them!”.
Watching a film, let’s have fun inversing the established roles… let’s imagine that it’s no longer the economists who present models for economic growth but the peasants, artisans and artists who display their know-how, their “ady gasy.”.
There are those who make shoes out of tires, lamps out of empty condensed milk cans and even medicine and soap from zebu bones left behind by stray dogs…It’s with a good dose of humour that in Madagascar, sayings, music and recyclage defy the economy!

Island to island . Indian Ocean evening #2

Let us turn our gaze from one island to another of this archipelago of ours. This evening, you have the choice. Of an urban atmosphere at l’Atelier littéraire of Port Louis, for a feature-length Malagasy documentary, to meet its director and the Malagasy Way of Life. Or of an evening of short films and picnic blankets under the stars of Chemin Grenier in the garden of the village church, as near as possible to the filming location of La Leçon d’Anglais..



The Bee / L'Abeille
The Bee
Tojosoa Andrianarison « Cid »
Madagascar / 2014 / Animation / 5′
A bee finds itself stuck in a window and asks itself existential questions.

In the presence of the director.
Le petit bonhomme de riz
Le petit bonhomme de riz (The Little Rice Man)
Ludovic Randriamanantsoa
Madagascar / 2012 / Fiction / 25′
In the slums of Antananarivo, a man carrying half a sack of rice has his goods routinely stolen by a small boy.

In the presence of the director.
La Leçon d'Anglais
La Leçon d’Anglais (The English Tuition)
Sophie Robert
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 16′
Lakshmi et Ravin, childless couple, dream of emigrating far from their native island. Faced with obstacles, they are close to abandoning this dream. But a peculiar encounter will remind to Lakshmi that she is not a woman to give up so easily.

In the presence of the director.
Yellow Fever / Fièvre Jaune
Yellow Fever
Ng’endo Mukii
Kenya, United Kingdom / 2012 / Documentary / 7′
How is it that African women often feel “uncomfortable in their own skin”? In an era of globalisation, beauty standards are being homogenised. In some countries, women try to live up to these by using skin-lightening creams.
Waiting
Waiting
Jon Rabaud
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 1′
A man roams the streets one night in the hope that he will no longer have any more reason to wait.
Dany et Kevin
Dany et Kevin (Dany and Kevin)
Christine Ème
Mauritius / 2014 / Docufiction / 8′
Let’s dive in! A sea turtle makes us discover the unique relationship between the diver Kevin and a dangerous marine creature, the triggerfish Dany.

In the presence of the director.
Madame Esther
Madame Esther
Luck Razanajaona
Madagascar / 2013 / Fiction / 15′
Madame Esther, in her fifties, has just been fired from her job. She has promised her grandson to take him to the seaside, so the only solution left is to host illegal rooster fights in her yard.
Keeper / Gardien
Keeper
Wassim Sookia
Mauritius / 2012 / Fiction / 26′
Kevin is nine years old and a goalkeeper. He is a fan of the famous keeper Dev Gopala and owns only worn-out oven mitts as gloves. His neighbour and coach gives him woollen gloves as gifts, and Kevin soons attains perfect mastery over their use. But he subsequently loses the new gloves in a most unfortunate manner.

Island to island . Indian Ocean evening #1​

Because today in the Indian Ocean, we are witnessing a new dawn for cinema. Because in the Indian Ocean, young filmmakers are today describing our realities, our identities and our imaginary worlds. Because in the Indian Oceans, multiple festivals share the same inkling that a unique cinematography is starting to see the day. Bring your picnic blankets and a sweater for an evening of cinema under the stars!



Carton Rouge
Carton Rouge (Red Card)
Jon Rabaud
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 3′
A woman is making dinner in the kitchen and, without knowing it, disturbs her husband who is watching TV.

In the presence of the director.
Magid, le Magicien
Magid, le Magicien (Magid, the Magician)
Mohamed Saïd-Ouma
Comoros, France, Reunion Island / 2014 / Fiction / 23′
Amin et Magid, two brothers, are illegal immigrants on the French island of Mayotte in the Comoros archipelago. Sara, a young nurse, still lives with her parents, who have already traced out the contours of her destiny. Magid is ill, he needs to be given medical treatment, Amin takes the risk of playing the game of love and luck for the sake of his younger brother. Will Sara, smothered by maternal love, be their savior?

In the presence of the director.
The Bee / L'Abeille
The Bee
Tojosoa Andrianarison « Cid »
Madagascar / 2014 / Animation / 5′
A bee finds itself stuck in a window and asks itself existential questions.

In the presence of the director.
Étrangers chez eux
Étrangers chez eux (Strangers at Home)
Collection Notre Histoire n’a pas d’images
Bhimsen Conhyedoss
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 9′
A look into the lives of Rodriguans who leave their island to settle in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis. In the neighbourhood dubbed “Bangladesh” because of its poverty, the newly-arrived survive under harsh living conditions, still hanging on tight to their dream of a better life.
Selamanana
Selamanana
Herizo Ramili Jaonina
Madagascar / 2014 / Animation / 4′
In the great dry southern part of Madagascar, in an environment of dust and baobab trees, lives Selamanana. One day, he comes across a very pretty girl and falls in love.
Inosan
Inosan (Innocent)
Jameel Peerally
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 15′
Let’s return to the “Amicale Case.” In May 1999, a working-class neighbourhood of Port Louis is set ablaze with ethnic tension. Four persons are condemned and imprisoned. Let us hear voices from the streets and those of the prisoners’ suffering families…

In the presence of the director.
Keeper / Gardien
Keeper
Wassim Sookia
Mauritius / 2012 / Fiction / 26′
Kevin is nine years old and a goalkeeper. He is a fan of the famous keeper Dev Gopala and owns only worn-out oven mitts as gloves. His neighbour and coach gives him woollen gloves as gifts, and Kevin soons attains perfect mastery over their use. But he subsequently loses the new gloves in a most unfortunate manner.

In the presence of the director.
Pour être un bon jockey
Pour être un bon jockey (In Order to be a Good Jockey)
Radha-Rajen Jaganathen
Mauritius / 1996 / Documentary / 12′
This Mauritian child silently observing the comings and goings of jockeys and horse races has a secret. He dreams of a horse, of his horse. He also dreams of victories and parties.

Île Courts 2014

Île Courts Festival is a real little film factory! Tonight, the 2014 Collection will be screened, the four latest productions of the Festival, fiction films as well as documentaries.

Put into place by the association Porteurs d’Images, the Film Fabrik program has been, since 2008, offering Mauritian writers/directors the technical, financial and logistical means to produce their film, from the stage of writing to that of screening. To this day, 28 short films have this way been produced in 5 collections. Film Fabrik defines itself by its passionate drive to support the emergence of a unique cinema, one that is emblematic of our region yet capable of reaching horizons much beyond our own.

The screening will be followed by a free and open discussion with the public, in the presence of the directors.





Un Arbre, une rencontre
Un Arbre, une rencontre (Whispering Trees)
Sébastien Sauvage
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 9′
On the island of Mauritius, a few trees are trying to survive to their confrontration with Humans. Portrait of four of these beings full of life and resisting the erosion of the environment. Here, the fragile mangrove lives at the rhythm of the lagoon’s backwash. There, a stubborn filao faces the ocean. Further off, a generous banyan gives refuge to men, while an endemic palm tree suffers from the loneliness of being the last survivor of his species.

​From the No Picture, No History collection
Premiere screening in the presence of the director

Étrangers chez eux
Étrangers chez eux (Dreams come Untrue)
Bhimsen Conhyedoss
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 9′
A look into the lives of Rodriguans who leave their island to settle in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis. In the neighbourhood dubbed “Bangladesh” because of its poverty, the newly-arrived survive under harsh living conditions, still hanging on tight to their dream of a better life.

From the No Picture, No History collection
Premiere screening in the presence of the director

La Leçon d'Anglais
La Leçon d’Anglais (The English Lesson)
Sophie Robert
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 16′
Lakshmi et Ravin, childless couple, dream of emigrating far from their native island. Faced with obstacles, they are close to abandoning this dream. But a peculiar encounter will remind to Lakshmi that she is not a woman to give up so easily.

Mauritian premiere screening in the presence of the director
International competition. Vues d’Afrique (African Perspectives) Festival. (Montreal, Canada). 2014
International competition. International Pan-African Film Festival of Cannes (France). 2014
International competition. Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival (Delhi, India). 2014
Regards d’Afrique (African Perspectives) programme. Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France). 2014
Indian Ocean programme. Short Film Festival of Madagascar. 2014

L'Ombre de Ratsitatane
L’Ombre de Ratsitatane (Ratsitatanina)
Patrice Canabady
Mauritius / 2014 / Documentary / 28′
Ratsitatane! This name echoes in the collective memory of Mauritians, echoes of a story that has never been fully told. From the highlands of Madagascar to the jail of Port Louis, tracking down this figure occulted by History brings us into direct confrontation with the mystery surrounding the events that led to this Malagasy prince to being transformed into a tragic hero.

From the No Picture, No History collection
Premiere screening in the presence of the director

Keeping It Short!

In this programme, we will take you on quick a tour of some of the best international films for children. As proof that filmmaking is not only for grown-ups, a short film made by Mauritian children will be shown at the beginning of the screening.



Quelque chose de nouveau
Bonus
Quelque chose de nouveau (Something New)
L’École du Nord puts on its show, Class CE2B
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 7′
Christopher Columbus sets off to discover the Americas…
Dogonauts / Enemy Line (Astrochiens / Ligne de démarcation)
Dogonauts / Enemy Line
Justin Rasch, Shel Rasch
United States / 2013 / Animation / 16′
Two sworn enemies, a Dogonaut and a Space Flea find themselves nose-to-nose on a desert-like planet after a fierce battle. A truce is secured by a line drawn in the sand, but will that be enough to keep in check the hate that has been keeing these two great intergalactic enemies apart for generations?
Vigia
Vigia
Marcel Barelli
Switzerland, France / 2013 / Animation / 7′
My grandfather tells me a story which he has made up and asks me to translate it into film. Because of pollution, pesticides and other toxic substances, a bee decides to leave her hive to go look for a better place to live.
Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Lengua (Notre arme est notre langue)
Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Lengua (Our weapon is our language)
Cristián Cartier
Argentina / 2013 / Animation / 15′
The peace of a small village is shattered by the assault of an invader. All the inhabitants are killed, except for one woman who is kidnapped and taken into the jungle. Her husband, who wasn’t at home during the carnage, goes to her rescue.
Wind (Le vent)
Wind (Le vent)
Robert Löbel
Germany / 2012 / Animation / 4′
In the face of the natural power of the wind, human beings seem helpness. Yet, they have learned to adapt to their harsh living conditions.
Molii
Molii
Mourad Boudaoud, Carine May, Yassine Qnia, Hakim Zouhani
France / 2013 / Comedy / 13′
Steve is in his twenties. That night, he has to replace his father as guard of the municipal pool. All goes as planned until the young man starts hearing some strange sounds.
Cargo Cult
Cargo Cult
Bastien Dubois
France / 2013 / Animation / 12′
For Arthur C. Clarke, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” In Papua New Guinea, during the Pacific War, some Papuans are trying to win the favour of the deity Cargo by creating a new religious ritual.
5 mètres 80
5 mètres 80 (5m80)
Nicolas Deveaux
France / 2013 / Animation – fiction / 5′
A group of giraffes perform a series of acrobatic high dives into a deserted Olympic swimming pool.

Short Films For Those In Short Trousers

In this programme, we will take you on a quick tour of some of the best international films for children. As proof that filmmaking is not only for grown-ups, a short film made by Mauritian children will be shown at the beginning of the screening. Adults not scared of an antidote against ageing are also most welcome to be part of the audience!



Le Petit Chapeau Rouge à l'école
Bonus
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge à l’école (The Little Red Riding Hood at School)
L’École du Nord puts on its show, CE1C Class
Mauritius / 2014 / Fiction / 4′
The Little Red Riding Hood doesn’t spend her time wandering in the woods. Today, she goes to school, and the whole class has decided to make her a delicious galette…
The Gallant Captain (Le Vaillant Capitaine
The Gallant Captain (Le Vaillant Capitaine)
Graeme Base, Katrina Mathers
Australia / 2011 / Animation / 6′
Thanks to a vibrant imagination, a boat and a bottle, a little boy and his cat are going to sail into uncharted waters.
Premier Automne
Premier Automne (First Autumn)
Carlos de Carvalho, Aude Danset de Carvalho
France / 2012 / Animation / 10′
Abel lives in winter, Apolline in summer. They have never met and they are not supposed to cross paths. When Abel crosses the boundary and meets Apolline, they are taken over by curiosity. But the situation soon becomes complicated.
Mille-Pattes et Crapaud
Mille-Pattes et Crapaud (Millipede and Frog)
Anna Khmelevskaya
France / 2013 / Animation / 10′
In a distant forest, a supple and graceful millipede elicits the admiration of all the insects. Only an old frog, haughty and jealous, hates him. One day, he decides to get rid of the millipede.
Snejinka (Flocon de neige)
Snejinka (Snowflake)
Natalia Chernysheva
Russia / 2012 / Animation / 6′
One day, a little African receives a letter. Inside, he finds a paper snowflake. And here is born his desire to see snow in the real.
5 mètres 80
5 mètres 80 (5m80)
Nicolas Deveaux
France / 2013 / Animation – fiction / 5′
A group of giraffes perform a series of acrobatic high dives into a deserted Olympic swimming pool.
Nyuszi Es Oz (Le Lapin et le cerf)
Nyuszi Es Oz (Rabbit and Deer)
Pèter Vácz
Hungary / 2013 / Animation / 16′
The friendship between the rabbit and the deer is put to the test due to a new obsession of deer’s: finding the secret to gaining access to the third dimension.
Wind (Le vent)
Wind
Robert Löbel
Germany / 2012 / Animation / 4′
In the face of the natural power of the wind, human beings seem helpness. Yet, they have learned to adapt to their harsh living conditions.
Forward, March !
Forward, March!
Guillaume Lenoel, Garrick Rawlingson, Pierrick Barbin, Rimelle Khayat, Loic Le Goff
France / 2013 / Animation / 4′
In London, a troop of soldiers marches to music. A hairy and jolly monster wants to invite himself to join the parade.

île courts . un ailleurs : la Tunisie

all audiences Saturday 29 September . 6 pm l’Atelier littéraire . Port Louis free admission T : 208 29 15


This year, Île Courts invites a Tunisian festival, Les Rencontres Cinématographiques de Hergla. The selected films offer a journey in the lands of Maghreb, through several generations of Tunisian film makers.
Errance Nouri Bouzid Tunisia / Fiction / 2009 / 13’
A representation of black Africa in the mind of Tunisian people. This film is part of “L’Afrique vue par…”, a collective film composed by ten short films written by African directors and produced and presented at the 2nd Pan-African Festival in Algiers (Panaf’ 2009, Algeria)
L’Ambouba Nadia Raiss Tunisia / Animation / 2010 / 10’
Ambouba must not forget her appointment with Meherzia and Beya before 5 pm in Tunis. But time flies…
Tabou Meriem Riveill Tunisia / Fiction / 2011 / 15’
During a long, lonely night in Ramadan, Leila, a young eighteen year old girl, confronts her demons and her body pushes her to recall what happened to her…
Le Cuirassée de Abdelkarim Walid Mattar Tunisia / Fiction / 2004 / 10’
Young Tunisians are waiting to get their visa.
La Poule de Sabaa Meriem Riveill Tunisia / Animation / 2011 / 10’
Before she sleeps, Sabaa asks her mother to tell her a story. Between her mother’s version and Sabaa’s imaginary world, an unexpected story emerges…
Vers le Nord Youssef Chebbi Tunisia / Fiction / 2010 / 16’
It’s a dark night. Lost on a beach in the middle of nowhere, Mehdi and Nito, two smugglers of illegal migrants, are preparing to conclude a deal with the Albanian Mafia.

île courts en voyage #2

all audiences Thursday 29 September . 8 pm Stade Le Clézio . Grand Gaube free admission
program Jacques KERMABON, BREF Magazine


Île Courts goes to meet new audiences for decentralized screening sessions around the island: Tamarin, Grand Gaube and Port Louis. The program includes a surprise selection of Mauritian films, followed by a French program chosen by BREF, the French magazine dedicated to short films. The screenings are open to all. Bring your mats, a picnic and a sweater for a cinema evening under the stars!
Bisclavret Émilie Mercier France / Animation / 2011 / 14’
A lady remarks the repeated absences of her husband, a lord. She asks him about it and learns that he has the habit of undressing to become Bisclavret.
Diane Wellington Arnaud de Pallières France / Documentary / 2010 / 15’
Diane Wellington disappeared in South Dakota in 1938 at the age of 15. She has just been found.
Aglaée Rudi Rosenberg France / Fiction / 2010 / 19’
In the schoolyard, thirteen-year-old Benoît loses a bet with his mates. His dare is to ask out the most repulsive girl in the school. The girl’s name is Aglaée. She’s fifteen and suffers from a hip handicap. However, Aglaée’s not going to react as expected to his proposal.
La vie parisienne Vincent Dietschy France / 2011/ Fiction / 35’
A couple of Parisian teachers, Pierre and Marion, have a rather humdrum life. By chance, they meet Rémi, Marion’s childhood love. He invites them to a concert at the Élysée Palace for the President’s birthday, an occasion for a surprising evening.

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