SHORTS PROGRAM: TWIST AND SHOUT
81 minutes

HIFF 2017

Short Film Programs

VIEW HIFF ARCHIVE

VIEW 2021 FILM GUIDE

The madcap characters in this collection of comedic shorts are just trying to have a good time, thank you very much.


FUCKING BUNNIES “Saatanan Kanit” 17 minutes | 2017 | Narrative Short
Finnish | Finland

New York Premiere

One Finnish man’s comfortable suburban existence is disrupted when a boisterous, satanic sex-cult moves in next door.

Directed by
Teemu Niukkanen

Produced by
Daniel Kuitunen
Tero Tamminen
Kaisla Viitala

Written by
Antti Toivonen
Teemu Niukkanen

Featuring
Jouko Puolanto
Janne Reinikainen
Minna Suuronen



HOME SWIM HOME “Le Grand Bain” 16 minutes | 2016 | Narrative Short
French | France

A recently divorced, former swimming champion finds new meaning in life upon learning that many of her new neighbors do not know how to swim.

Directed by
Valérie Leroy

Produced by
Fabrice Préel Cléach

Written by
Valérie Leroy

Featuring
Valérie Leroy
Djemel Barek
Pierre Zeni
Carole Massana
Marys Flaquet



LEGAL SMUGGLING WITH CHRISTINE CHOY 4 minutes | 2016 | Documentary Short
English | USA

Why would anyone go to Canada if not to smuggle cigarettes?

Directed by
Lewie Kloster

Produced by
Lewie Kloster
Noah Kloster

Written by
Christine Choy



LITTLE MANIFESTO AGAINST SOLEMN CINEMA “Pequeño manifiesto en contra del cine solemne” 14 minutes | 2017 | Narrative Short
Spanish | Argentina

US Premiere

The lifespan of one couple’s tumultuous relationship—composed entirely of clichéd film tropes.

Directed by
Roberto Porta

Produced by
Roberto Porta
Camila Romero

Written by
Roberto Porta

Featuring
Juan Games
Ayelén Espíndola



MOUNTAIN FEVER “Bergfieber” 8 minutes | 2016 | Narrative Short
German | Germany

East Coast Premiere

Belzinger is gone…

Directed by
Frédéric Hambalek

Produced by
Peter Meister
Felicitas Hammerstein

Written by
Frédéric Hambalek

Featuring
Sven Fricke
Andreas Nickl
Christian Aumer



WOMEN&WINE “Kvinner&Cava” 22 minutes | 2017 | Narrative Short
Norwegian | Norway

East Coast Premiere

Fearing the distance that has started to creep into an old friendship, one woman impulsively tries to reassert her dominance.

Directed by
Liv Karin Dahlstrøm

Produced by
Isak Eymundsson

Written by
Liv Karin Dahlstrøm
Thorkild Schrumpf

Featuring
Marit Adeleide Andreassen
Turid Gunnes
Jeanne Bøe