YARAT to screen Future Shorts, the other side of Hollywood

Nizami Cinema, 19:00

Baku will host spring pop-up film festival Future Shorts, organised by YARAT Non-Profit Organisation. Seven classic, cult and award-winning short films will be screened at the Nizami Movie Theatre at 19:00 on 14th April 2012.

The Future Shorts ambition is to celebrate how our community and audience see the world and experience cinema – ‘another Hollywood’ – from the municipal buildings in post-communist Bucharest, Romania, the army camps of Basra, Iraq, to the cinemas of Austin, Texas, and cinema shacks of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is the next wave of film-making with a two-million-strong audience.

Future Shorts programmes are a short variant of modern art. Organisers are trying to achieve balance. So the programmes consist of the latest festival hits, the works by the most famous film-makers and animation films.

Fabien Riggall, Founder and Creative Director of Future Shorts said: “The Future Shorts festival will continue to allow people wherever they are to be able to host their own mini film festival whilst allowing filmmakers to reach the largest global audience for their work. With over 25,000 attending and 2 million watching the FS channel online, this is the next generation film festival where anyone can take part.”

Kareem El Shafei, Cairo Future Shorts Festival screening partner, said: “Earlier in the year, the communal bond between Egyptians was tested when the police had withdrawn from the streets during the revolution and we were forced to camp out in the street to protect the neighbourhood from escaped prisoners. Future Shorts Festival came at a time when the sense of camaraderie was at its peak; taking part in bringing the community together for a night of art appreciation gives people the hope and strength to stay true to their dreams."

Featured films:

Mourir Auprès de Toi ('To Die By Your Side') – Dir: Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn 2011, France

Love You More – Dir: Sam Taylor-Wood, 2007, United Kingdom

Bear – Dir: Nash Edgerton, 2011, Australia

L’Homme Sans Tete (The Man Without a Head) – Dir: Juan Solanas, 2003, France

Quadrangle – Dir: Amy Grappell, 2010, USA

Venus – Dir: Tor Fruergaard, 2012, Demark

The Arm - Dir: Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis, 2012, USA

Tickets: 10 AZN