SHORTS PROGRAM: TWIST AND SHOUT 81 minutes HIFF 2017 Short Film Programs VIEW HIFF ARCHIVE VIEW 2020 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