UK, 10 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Edinburgh 2009
Director, Director of Photography: Johanna Wagner | Editor: Mark Jenkins | Sound Recordist: Ayla Irebring | Sound Design: Matt Hulse | Animators: Owen Rixon, David Ross | Producer: Rebecca Day
Peter is on sick leave and spends most of his time alone in his house, contemplating his past. Little makes sense to him anymore in a world made up of zeros and ones. Comforted by his analogue radios, his memories and his loving wife, Peter is left yearning for the old days. This film shares with us a common fear of change portrayed through Peter’s struggle to find his place in the modern world.

Germany/Romania, 24 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Vila do Conde 2009
Director, scriptwriter: Paul Negoescu | Co-writer: Simona Ghita | Director of Photography: Andrei Butica | Editors: Elisabeth Raßbach, Dragos Apetri | Sound Design: Friedrich Wohlfarth | Cast: Simona Bondoc, Clara Voda, Andrei Runcanu
The events of Renovare revolve around three personal stories: Besides her daily work, mother Doina tries to manage the renovation of the family’s apartment. Her son Alex can hardly find any time for both the renovation and his girlfriend as the deadline for his Master’s thesis comes close. His grandmother Flori insists to help the family although her support is not always welcome.

Sweden, 8 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Valladolid 2009
Director: Magnus Holmgren | Writers: Magnus Holmgren, Anette Brantin | Director of Photography: Ragna Jorming | Art director: Anna Paulson | Sound: Kalle Camnert | Music: Josef Tuulse | Editor: Magnus Holmgren | Cast: Gustaf Hammarsten, Rachel Mohlin
It’s a hot summer day. A married couple are playing Scrabble. Deep down they loathe each other and when the game seems to have magic powers, the man figures out a way to get rid of his wife.

Germany, 17 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Angers 2009
Director, scriptwriter, editor: David Nawrath | Director of Photography: Markus Koob | Sound: Sebastian Luka | Cast: Maximilian Köster, Andrej Kaminsky, Nora von Waldstätten
"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde) Mathis is 19 years old. At the day of his Grandmother's burial, Mathis and his father have to spend a day together after a long time. During that day they get to know each other again. It seems like father and son would come together for a short moment.

Belgium, 10 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Ghent 2009
Director, scriptwriter, editor: Danny de Vent | Animation: Danny de Vent & Vincent Bierrewaerts | 3-D artists: Koen Vermaanen, Bruno Hanssens | Music: Johan Derycke | Voices: Yael & Emma Sertons, Pierre Louis de Clercq
A four-year-old boy is having his first swimming lesson. He undertakes an adventurous trip to the other side of the very deep swimming pool and overcomes his fear.

Poland, 14 min, EFA Short Film Nominee Cracow 2009, European Film Academy Short Film 2009
Director, scriptwriter: Marcel Łoziński | Producer: Dorota Roszkowska | Director of Photography: Jacek Petrycki | Editor: Rafał Listopad | Sound: Tomasz Wieczorek
Letters whose addressees are impossible to find end up at the department for undeliverable letters of the post office in Koluszki. There are around a million of them in Poland each year, among them those addressed to God. The film tells a story of one of those letters.