Île Courts 2018

FIM ZEKLER 2018

THE SIX FINALIST SHORT FILMS

AWARDS // FRIDAY 12th OCTOBER 2018 AT 19:00PM AT THE SINEMA KOLTAR OF TAMARIN

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GATO PIMA

GATO PIMA

by ASHLEY ITTOO. Mauritius / 2018 / Animation
No dialogue

A little boy and his cat, under pouring rain, in front of the street shop of a Gato Pima seller…

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by LAURENT FREDERIC. Mauritius / 2018 / Fiction
No dialogue

Chased by the unknown, but known to the chaser. Forget and you’re trapped, stop and you’re dead.

ENN ZOURNEE LAPLAZ

ENN ZOURNEE LAPLAZ

by THOMAS JEAN-LOUIS. Mauritius / 2018 / Documentary
Mauritian Creole

What would happen if most of the island’s public beaches disappeared?

LAMANN

LAMANN

by DANIEL APPASAMY. Mauritius / 2018 / Animation, Experimental
Mauritian Creole

A youngster buys a scratch card in a place where making noise is prohibited…

SOUFFRANCE APAISEE

SOUFFRANCE APAISEE

by GREGORY THIBOUDOIS . Mauritius / 2018 / Fiction
No dialogue

A man commits suicide to appease his suffering, following the death of his wife and child.

DUEL

DUEL

by NARESH ROODUR . Mauritius / 2018 / Fiction
No dialogue

A duel between two gangs

Masterclass – Chantal Richard – Documentary : Cinéma Vérité, Direct Cinema, Real, Screenplay, Fiction…

The masterclasses are unique training sessions where the opportunity is given to experts to express themselves on their subject. This year we will explore the documentary before delving into the analysis of short films. 

Le Documentary : Cinéma Vérité, Direct Cinema, Real, Screenplay, Fiction…

In partnership with the Institut Français de Maurice.

Whether it carries the history of men and their struggles, our utopias or our dreams, documentary cinema invites us to meet the world and meet others. We sometimes tend to believe that this form of filmmaking, because it seeks the truth, because it testifies, because it is created with reality, is manufactured without artifice, without mise-en-scene, without screenwriting… It’s also ignoring that documentary cinema is above all cinema.

Masterclass – Jacques Kermabon – The Criticism of Short Films

The masterclasses are unique training sessions where the opportunity is given to experts to express themselves on their subject. This year we will explore the documentary before delving into the analysis of short films. 

The Criticism of Short Films

In partnership with Promotion and Development Limited.

This workshop is aimed at journalists wishing to develop their skills in the field. The world of short films is too vast to be able to gain an oversight on the basis of a few titles. The questions that a short film director asks himself/herself, the solutions he/she brings, the pleasures viewers take, are very close to the considerations that goes into a feature length film.

Incursion de Long – The Feature Film of the Godmother – Ce Dont Mon Coeur a Besoin (What My Heart Needs)

Since 2012, the Ile Courts Festival invites an independent filmmaker to be the godfather/godmother of the Festival. Creating an opportunity for the filmmakers and cinephiles of Mauritius to challenge their views on cinema by meeting major filmmakers. 

This year, Chantal Richard will be coming from France to present her documentary feature ‘Ce Dont Mon Coeur à Besoin’(What My Heart Needs). The screening will be followed by an open discussion between the Godmother and the audience.

CE DONT MON COEUR A BESOIN

How do you fulfill your dreams when you’re 20 years old and living in a small isolated village in the Senegalese Sahel? While searching for friendship, love and ways to make contacts overseas, day by day Ibrahima, Djiby and Abou are building a double life for themselves on Facebook. Sending messages in a bottle, writing their diaries? Their posts and research on social media are their only link with the outside world – our world from which they know they are excluded.

The Director and Godmother of the Festival – Chantal Richard

After studying philosophy and literature, then cinema at I.D.H.E.C, Chantal Richard dedicated herself to the making of her films. Whether fictional or documentaries, those have often taken her to Africa. She also animates film workshops, among others at FEMIS, ENS Lyon, CREADOC Angoulême, the University of France Télévisions, the MRSH of the University of Caen, the Association Porteurs d’Images in Mauritius, Varan Workshops…

La Tête Ailleurs #4 : Imagine – Afrofuturisme

La Tête Ailleurs #4 : Imagine – Afrofuturisme

The La Tête Ailleurs screenings of the Île Courts Festival are an opportunity to venture on the cinematic path of a region of the world or on a particular theme. As well as a unique opportunity to meet the directors of some of the presented films and open up to foreign perspectives.    

A vision of the Africa of tomorrow. This is what we propose with those three ‘Afrofuturist’ short films. With different styles and approaches, they do not fail to exhibit unique and unusual images. A particular film genre that this 11th edition of the Île Courts Festival invites you to discover.

In collaboration with the Institut Français de Maurice.

DREXCIYA

DREXCIYA

by SIMON RITTMEIER. Germany, Burkina Faso / 2012 / Fiction / 28’
English, Dyula, with French subtitles

Thomas is a trafficker, shipping European refugees who hope to find a better life in Africa. Left as sole survivor when his boat sinks off the African coast, he heads towards the nearest city – Drexciya.

JONAH

JONAH

by KIBWE TAVARES. United Kingdom, Tanzania / 2013 / Fiction / 17’
English, without subtitles

Mbwana’s and Juma’s dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourists’ hotspot as a result.

BLACK STAR : REBIRTH IS NECESSARY

BLACK STAR : REBIRTH IS NECESSARY

by JENN NKIRU. United Kingdom / 2017 / Experimental / 10’
English, without subtitles

This film explores the magic and dynamism of Blackness in a realm where time and space are altered. The now, the past & the future are rethought and reordered to create something soulful and ‘mindbendingly’ visceral.

La Tête Ailleurs #3 : Islands Connection – Kouman Ou Ye Haïti

La Tête Ailleurs #3 : Islands Connection – Kouman Ou Ye Haïti

The La Tête Ailleurs screenings of the Île Courts Festival are an opportunity to venture on the cinematic path of a region of the world or on a particular theme. As well as a unique opportunity to meet the directors of some of the presented films and open up to foreign perspectives.    

Nicknamed “the Pearl of the Caribbean”, Haiti has many stories to tell. This is what the Ciné Institute based in Jacmel in the south of the country proposes with four Haitian short films screened in the presence of director Wood Jerry Gabriel. Offered by the Île Court Festival as part of a series of Tête Ailleurs screenings dedicated to the exploration of islands through cinema.

In collaboration with the Ciné Institute and the Institut Français de Maurice.

VEV LA – LA VEUVE

VEV LA – LA VEUVE

by WOOD JERRY GABRIEL. Haiti / 2014 / Fiction / 09’
No dialogue

After her husband’s funeral, Martha is consumed with grief and gradually sinks into the abyss of her memories.

SITWAYEN LARI

SITWAYEN LARI

by EDDY FLEURSAINT . Haiti / 2015 / Fiction / 15’
Haitian Creole, with English subtitles

Junior, 15, fuelled by the flame of brotherly love, starts all kinds of activities to take care of Peter, his 10-year-old brother. Following an incident with Maxime, they will fight to survive.

KOT SA – LA-BAS

KOT SA – LA-BAS

by NEPHTALIE BERTIN. Haiti / 2016 / Documentary / 14’
Haitian Creole, with French subtitles

Two mothers, Maricide and Lovely, live in Baie d’Orange, a secluded village in Haiti. The lack of access to sexual education, combined with their personal beliefs, make their everyday life an ongoing battle for survival.

LE FLEAU – INVASION

LE FLEAU – INVASION

by GASNER FRANCOIS ET LEEL PAUL . Haiti / 2014 / Documentary / 09’
Haitian Creole, with English subtitles

In Haiti, a silent disease is attacking Nature. Plastic bottles and waste are increasingly visible, everywhere. The population is becoming aware of this terrible trend and is taking steps to stop the invasion.

La Tête Ailleurs #2 : Islands Connection – Voyage à Malte

La Tête Ailleurs #2 : Islands Connection – Voyage à Malte

The La Tête Ailleurs screenings of the Ile Courts Festival are an opportunity to venture on the cinematic path of a region of the world or on a particular theme. As well as a unique opportunity to meet the directors of some of the presented films and open up to foreign perspectives.   

The Film Grain Foundation, organizers of the Valetta Film Festival, offers you a journey to the island of Malta through four short films shot on the Mediterranean island. A screening in the presence of director Angélique Muller. Offered by the Ile Court Festival as part of a series of Tête Ailleurs screenings dedicated to the exploration of islands through cinema.

In collaboration with the Valetta Film Festival, the Film Grain Foundation and the Institut Français de Maurice.

SHEEP 84

SHEEP 84

by THOMAS GEORGIADIS. Malta, Germany / 2018 / Fiction / 11’
English, Maltese, with English subtitles

A farmer discovers that by not registering his sheep, the sheep are now illegal. He is fighting in the courts to save the family herd.

MOV BAK PLJIZ

MOV BAK PLJIZ

by KEITH ALBERT TEDESCO . Malta / 2017 / Fiction / 14’
English, Maltese, with English subtitles

Malta, 2003. A British tourist unwillingly sparks up a very political conversation about Malta’s accession to the EU aboard a traditional Maltese bus.

TOXICITY

TOXICITY

by ANGELIQUE MULLER . Malta / 2017 / Fiction / 11’
English, Maltese, with English subtitles

It takes no longer than a second for best friends to become worst enemies. A poetical modern-day satire inspired by the western spaghetti genre.

PRICKLY PEAR

PRICKLY PEAR

by ALEX CAMILLERI . Malta / 2017 / Fiction / 12’
English, Maltese, with English subtitles

Feeling guilty that he told his sister she could eat the prickly pears that were meant for his grandmother’s birthday, a boy embarks on a mission to secure replacement fruits.

La Tête Ailleurs #1 : Islands Connection – Cap sur Groix

La Tête Ailleurs #1 : Islands Connection – Cap sur Groix

The La Tête Ailleurs screenings of the Ile Courts Festival are an opportunity to venture on the cinematic path of a region of the world or on a particular theme. As well as a unique opportunity to meet the directors of some of the presented films and open up to foreign perspectives.    

Head to the Isle of Groix, off the coast of Brittany (France), with a program proposed by the Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Ile de Groix (FIFIG). Offered by the Ile Court Festival as part of a series of Tête Ailleurs screenings dedicated to the exploration of islands through cinema. 

In collaboration with the Festival International du Film Insulaire de l’Ile de Groix (FIFIG) and the Institut Français de Maurice.

ICARE

ICARE

by NICOLAS BOUCART. Belgiqium / 2017 / Fiction / 27’
French, with English subtitles

Obsessed by the dream that man could one day fly like a bird, an inventor experiments his machines on a tiny abandoned island.

LES SENTINELLES DE L’AMER

LES SENTINELLES DE L’AMER

by LAURIE-ANNE COURSON. France / 2016 / Documentary / 26’
French, without subtitles

The story of Louis, Jean-Pierre, Lanig, Serge, Jean and the others… Those who have been watching the fires and kept the lighthouses.

Sinema Koltar #4 : Waterfront – Mahebourg | Île Courts 2018

All Audiences

Sinema Koltar #4 : Waterfront – Mah
All Audiences

Sinema Koltar #4 : Waterfront – Mahebourg

Offered by the Ile Courts Festival since its inception, the Sinema Koltar screenings bring Mauritians together in an outdoor public space to discover, under the stars, short films of different genres and from around the world. 

We will conclude this series of Sinema Koltar screenings in the south with a stopover at the Waterfront of Mahébourg. Seven short films from six different countries will enlighten the Waterfront with stories of different genres and open to all.

In collaboration with the District Council of Grand Port.

RUN ROSTAM RUN

RUN ROSTAM RUN

by HOSSEIN MOLAYEMI. Iran / 2017 / Animation / 11’
Persian, with English subtitles

Rostam, the old Persian national hero, travels to the future and comes to Teheran in 2017, in order to make up for what he has done to his own son.

DOUBOUT

DOUBOUT

by MALLEON SARAH, LE GALL PIERRE. Martinique / 2018 / Fiction / 19’
French, Martiniquan Creole, with English subtitles

On the island of Martinique, 8-year-old Joseph decides to confront Lentikri, an ancestral monster, which may be prowling around the house to attack his family.

ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL ?!

ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL ?!

by MOHAMMAD BAKHSHI. Iran / 2018 / Fiction / 15’
Arabic, English, with English subtitles

Asylum seekers clash with border soldiers until a deaf-mute child becomes a catalyst for better communication between the two groups.

PROBABLY

PROBABLY

by MADAN GAURAV. India / 2017 / Fiction / 23’
Marathi, with English subtitles

Vinoba, a farmer, decides to take an extreme action to scare away the local authorities who intend to forcibly acquire his fields.

SPEAKING DAGGERS

SPEAKING DAGGERS

by SALLY MCLEAN. Australia / 2017 / Fiction / 11’
English, with French subtitles

Love and revenge over coffee and cakes. Eight Shakespeare characters. Five different plays. One café. This is Speaking Daggers.

ANANDRANO

ANANDRANO

by NANTENAINA FIFALIANA. Madagascar / 2017 / Documentary / 06’
English, without subtitles

A pretty crazy start-up creates donuts of watercress from waste water and waste thrown by people.

#GOODPERSON

#GOODPERSON

by KHOMTHONG RUNGSAWANG. Thailand / 2017 / Fiction / 01’
Thai, with English subtitles

Two girls walking along a city sidewalk, talk about their family troubles when they find a homeless man asleep.

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Offered by the Ile Courts Festival since its inception, the Sinema Koltar screenings bring Mauritians together in an outdoor public space to discover, under the stars, short films of different genres and from around the world. 

We will conclude this series of Sinema Koltar screenings in the south with a stopover at the Waterfront of Mahébourg. Seven short films from six different countries will enlighten the Waterfront with stories of different genres and open to all.

In collaboration with the District Council of Grand Port.

RUN ROSTAM RUN

RUN ROSTAM RUN

by HOSSEIN MOLAYEMI. Iran / 2017 / Animation / 11’
Persian, with English subtitles

Rostam, the old Persian national hero, travels to the future and comes to Teheran in 2017, in order to make up for what he has done to his own son.

DOUBOUT

DOUBOUT

by MALLEON SARAH, LE GALL PIERRE. Martinique / 2018 / Fiction / 19’
French, Martiniquan Creole, with English subtitles

On the island of Martinique, 8-year-old Joseph decides to confront Lentikri, an ancestral monster, which may be prowling around the house to attack his family.

ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL ?!

ARE YOU VOLLEYBALL ?!

by MOHAMMAD BAKHSHI. Iran / 2018 / Fiction / 15’
Arabic, English, with English subtitles

Asylum seekers clash with border soldiers until a deaf-mute child becomes a catalyst for better communication between the two groups.

PROBABLY

PROBABLY

by MADAN GAURAV. India / 2017 / Fiction / 23’
Marathi, with English subtitles

Vinoba, a farmer, decides to take an extreme action to scare away the local authorities who intend to forcibly acquire his fields.

SPEAKING DAGGERS

SPEAKING DAGGERS

by SALLY MCLEAN. Australia / 2017 / Fiction / 11’
English, with French subtitles

Love and revenge over coffee and cakes. Eight Shakespeare characters. Five different plays. One café. This is Speaking Daggers.

ANANDRANO

ANANDRANO

by NANTENAINA FIFALIANA. Madagascar / 2017 / Documentary / 06’
English, without subtitles

A pretty crazy start-up creates donuts of watercress from waste water and waste thrown by people.

#GOODPERSON

#GOODPERSON

by KHOMTHONG RUNGSAWANG. Thailand / 2017 / Fiction / 01’
Thai, with English subtitles

Two girls walking along a city sidewalk, talk about their family troubles when they find a homeless man asleep.

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