INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The main focus of the festival is the international competition shnit-Open. This year’s competition fields 80 short films from 32 countries, chasing prizes to the value of ≈ € 26'600.- / ≈ $ 38'500.- / CHF 35'000.-. Any participant within shnit-Open is already a winner - he or she has prevailed against thousands of fellow filmmakers. As a result, shnit presents a competition program of exceptional quality and density.
shnit-OPEN 1
The movies
Túneles en el río | 2009 | 20:00 min | fic | AR | Igor Galuk
Toute ma vie | 2009 | 06:00 min | fic | FR | Pierre Ferriere
After Tomorrow | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | GB | Emma Sullivan
Conversation Piece | 2009 | 07:00 min | exp, fic | GB | Joe Tunmer
Fard | 2009 | 12:55 min | ani, fic | FR | Luis Briceno, David Alpont
Nora sa mi paci | 2009 | 12:00 min | fic | CZ | Aramisova
Fallobst | 2010 | 02:27 min | ani | DE | Viktor Stickel, Julia Urban
Een Kleine Duw | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | BE | Philippe Verkinderen
shnit-OPEN 2
The movies
Lykken | 2009 | 04:50 min | fic | DK | Aleksander Lyngesen
Yuri Lennon's Landing on Alpha 46 | 2010 | 14:59 min | fic | DE, CH | Anthony Vouardoux
Caron | 2010 | 20:00 min | fic | FR | Pierre Zandrowicz
Charlie and the Rabbit | 2010 | 09:42 min | fic | US | Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian
vorher / nachher | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | DE | Sonja-Marie Krajewski
Moj Put | 2010 | 06:40 min | ani, fic | CR | Veljko Popovic, Svjetlan Junakovic
Sid and Mel | 2010 | 15:00 min | fic | US | Dave Kost
Bob | 2009 | 03:15 min | ani | DE | Jacob Frey, Harry Fast
shnit-OPEN 3
The movies
Hayerida | 2010 | 20:00 min | fic | IL | Shai Miedzinski
Cathy | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | FR | Elsa Barrere
Juli | 2009 | 10:30 min | fic | NL | Tim Klaasse
L'homme qui ne perd jamais | 2010 | 05:00 min | fic | FR | Morgan S. Dalibert
Gömböc | 2010 | 20:00 min | fic | DE | Ulrike Vahl
Cabaret de la dernière chance | 2010 | 10:49 min | fic | CA | Ismaël Auray
Shahre Khamoosh | 2009 | 07:00 min | ani | IR | Amir Mehran
Los Gritones | 2010 | 01:10 min | exp, fic | ES | Roberto P. Toledo
shnit-OPEN 4
The movies
Lecon de tenebres | 2010 | 15:00 min | fic | FR | Sarah Arnold
Hranice | 2009 | 05:00 min | fic | CZ | György Kristóf
Wagah | 2009 | 13:34 min | doc | DE, IN, PK | Supriyo Sen
Mehmani zir aab | 2010 | 15:00 min | fic | IR, FR | Babak Amini
Diplomacy | 2009 | 09:00 min | fic | US | Jonathan Goldman
Siemiany | 2009 | 18:44 min | fic | PL, BE | Philip James McGoldrick
Marisa | 2009 | 03:00 min | fic | ES | Nacho Vigalondo
Daddy's Girl | 2009 | 08:31 min | fic | NO | Helen Komini Olsen
shnit-OPEN 5
The movies
störfaktor | 2010 | 09:17 min | fic | CH | Manuel Wiedemann
Aprilis Suskhi | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | GE | Tornike Bziava
Rummel | 2010 | 07:22 min | fic | DE | Benjamin Teske
The Light of Family Burnam | 2009 | 19:45 min | fic | CA | Marshall Axani
Get out | 2009 | 07:30 min | ani, fic | FR | Fanny Roche & Team
Sister | 2010 | 03:50 min | fic | AT | Michael Rittmannsberger
Vahetus | 2010 | 15:00 min | fic | EE | Aun Anu
Lezare | 2010 | 14:00 min | fic | ET | Zelalem Woldemariam
shnit-OPEN 6
The movies
Oro verde | 2009 | 13:50 min | doc | AR | Ignacio Busquier
Le joueur de citernes | 2010 | 14:10 min | fic | FR | Emmanuel Gorinstein
section 44 | 2008 | 04:38 min | fic | GB | Daniel Wilson
Cigarette Candy | 2009 | 13:39 min | fic | US | Lauren Wolkstein
Cabossés | 2009 | 16:11 min | fic | FR | Louise de Prémonville
videogioco (loop experiment) | 2009 | 01:30 min | ani, exp | IT | Donato Sansone
Frog | 2010 | 15:00 min | fic | CA | Austin Andrews
Three in a Boat | 2009 | 06:00 min | fic | RO | Razvan Muraru
shnit-OPEN 7
The movies
41 | 2010 | 18:00 min | fic | IT | Massimo Cappelli
Zev | 2008 | 03:40 min | fic | BG | Kristina Grozeva
Cuando Corres | 2010 | 05:00 min | fic | ES | Mikel Rueda
Jour sans joie | 2009 | 14:30 min | fic | CA | Nicolas Roy
Betty B. and the The's | 2010 | 13:00 min | fic | DE | Felix Stienz
As simple as that | 2010 | 02:45 min | doc,fic | IL | Chagay Shomrony
L'occupant | 2009 | 14:00 min | fic | FR | Gabriel Le Bomin
Separations Agency | 2009 | 04:54 min | fic | IRL | Shane Martin
shnit-OPEN 8
The movies
Deeper Than Yesterday | 2009 | 19:43 min | fic | AU | Ariel Kleiman
Modern Life Is Rubbish | 2009 | 12:58 min | fic | GB | Daniel J. Gill
Umar | 2009 | 04:08 min | doc, Exp | PL | Karol Jurga
Workhorse | 2010 | 12:00 min | fic | GB | Adrian Tanner
Regret | 2009 | 02:26 min | exp | BR | Robin Glass
Marina | 2009 | 13:30 min | fic | ES | Álex Montoya
Loom | 2010 | 05:25 min | ani | DE | Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay
Brainstorming | 2008 | 12:00 min | fic | FR | David Freymond
shnit-OPEN 9
The movies
Big Mouth | 2010 | 14:30 min | fic | GB | Henry Darke
Millefeuille | 2010 | 14:46 min | fic | FR | Christian Sonderegger
alpha | 2009 | 03:25 min | fic | CH | Sanford McCoy
Les ventres | 2009 | 17:00 min | ani | FR | Philippe Grammaticopoulos
The Last Day of Bulkin I.S. | 2009 | 13:00 min | fic | RU | Alexey Andrianov
Iron & Butterfly | 2009 | 06:00 min | fic, exp | AT | Dominik Hartl
Tröst | 2009 | 15:00 min | fic | SE | Linnéa Roxeheim
Der praezise Peter | 2010 | 05:35 min | ani | DE | Martin Schmidt
shnit-OPEN 10
The movies
Beast | 2009 | 14:55 min | fic | DK | Lars p Arendt
Try on | 2010 | 08:00 min | fic | LV | Aleksandrs Rusevics
Junk | 2010 | 06:00 min | ani | UK | Kirk Hendry
God of Love | 2010 | 18:36 min | fic | US | Luke Matheny
Plama | 2010 | 15:16 min | fic | PL, DE | Igor Chojna
/…liquidpaper 2010 | 2010 | 03:40 min | exp | DE | Michel Klöfkorn
Marker | 2009 | 12:00 min | exp, fic | GB | Susanna Wallin
Das Paket | 2010 | 09:00 min | fic | DE | Marco Gadge