After a deliciously off-the-wall Cape Town launch in 2010, shnit is back!

The 9th edition of the shnit International Shortfilmfestival takes place from the 5th to the 9th of October 2011 in Berne, Cologne, Cape Town and for the first time this year, Vienna. Every year, shnit serves an outstanding menu of short masterpieces. Only thrilling, entertaining and high-quality films find their way into the shnit program. Genre is trivial - the only criteria: that a film is simply "shnittingly shnitly"! In other words, mind-blowing.

Selected from 5000 entries from all corners of the globe, some 200-odd films will screen over the festival weekend...

The shnit-OPEN international competition presents jury awards in three international categories, plus national awards in each host country, and an international audience prize.

Out of competition, shnit proudly presents a number of curated film programmes (from animation to experiment, frightfest to peepshow, and more), and 2011 will see a bigger, bolder and more extensive Kaapse Bobotie programme, showcasing a full spectrum of Cape Town's filmic output, including a focus on music videos. There truly is something for everyone in our comprehensive and cutting-edge programme.

But shnit would not be shnit without a world beyond the popcorn and the silver screen. The cinematic experience is a doorway into shnit EXPANDED, a playground in front of, beside and behind the screen, incorporating music, art, collaboration, discussion and expression. Daily shnit videologs shared among host cities and live-crossings between countries make it a global exchange of culture - not a collection of individual festivals but one festival in many cities.

shnit is expanding rapidly, adding new cities to the family each year. With prospects including South American, American and Australian cities, it's on its way to becoming a truly global film celebration.


NATIONAL COMPETITION
For the first time in 2011, an awards category just for Mzansi, celebrating South African short film on a world-class level. Nine films will be evaluated by a jury at the top of their collective game in the local industry. One prize to be awarded... and the winner takes all!

Made in South Africa
* NEW DIGS | Martin Sen | 2:10 | ani | SA | 2010
* PROTECT THE NATION | Candice Reisser | 16:00 | fic | SA | 2010
* FOCUS | Ari Kruger | 5:25 | fic | SA | 2010
* STRIFE | William Nicholson | 20:50 | fic | SA | 2009
* MINI CAPE | Timmy Henny | 2:02 | exp | SA | 2011
* FORGOTTEN FACES | Quaanitah Allie | 9:26 | fic | SA | 2011
* HOOKED | Friedl Jooste | 2:47 | ani | SA | 2011
* A FLIGHT THAT LOST ITS FEATHERS | Jonas Staerk | 12:38 | fic | SA | 2009
* DIRTY LAUNDRY | Stephen Abbott | 15:00 | fic | SA | 2010

South African Jury
- Moonyeenn Lee
- Simon Hansen
- Akin Omotoso



shnit OPEN
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The main focus of shnit, the OPEN competition fields 75 short films, with shnit's international jury awarding prizes in three categories. Any participant within shnit OPEN is already a winner - he or she has prevailed against thousands of filmmakers from all corners of the globe. As a result, shnit presents a competition programme of exceptional quality and density.

shnit OPEN 1
The movies
* LA CULPA | David Victori 14:00 fic Spain 2010
* FRAN'S DAUGHTER | Eric Martin 12:44 fic United States of America 2010
* THE ORIGIN OF CREATURES | Floris Kaayk 11:45 ani Netherlands 2010
* VIKTORIA by Svetozar Golovlev 10:22 fic Russia 2010
* ¿TE VAS? by Cristina Molino 6:00 fic Spain 2010
* JADEH MASDOOD AST | Vahid Hajilouei 22:30 fic Iran 2011
* DAS BESTE DRAUS MACHEN | Eckhard Preuss 14:00 fic Germany 2011

shnit OPEN 2
The movies
* DIRECTO | Luís Alvarães, Luís Mario Lopes 13:27 fic Portugal 2010
* DANCE OF THE LITTLE OLD MEN | Kulchera Matson 5:00 fic Canada 2011
* L'ANNIVERSAIRE | Jérémie Saindon 15:00 fic Canada 2009
* O PLANTADOR DE QUIABOS | Santa Madeira 15:00 fic Brasil 2010
* FRITT FALL | Carin Bräck 13:30 fic Sweden 2010
* 5 MINUTES EACH | Vojin Vasovic 9:41 fic Serbia 2011
* THE THIRD ONE THIS WEEK | Felix Thompson 4:00 fic United States of America 2010
* CATHARSIS | Cédric Prévost 15:00 fic France 2010

shnit OPEN 3
The movies
* BAD NIGHT FOT THE BLUES | Chris Shepherd 16:00 fic UK, England 2010
* MOKHTAR | Halima Ouardiri 15:00 fic Canada 2010
* RUBIKA | G. Plantevin & team 3:58 ani France 2010
* JAG ÄR KONSTNÄR | Lode Kuylenstierna 14:19 fic Sweden 2010
* THE PALACE | Ruud Satijn 10:28 fic Netherlands 2010
* THE STRANGE ONES | Christopher Radcliff & Lauren Wolkstein 14:36 fic France 2011
* THE PHILOSOPHER | Abdulla Alkaabi 16:00 fic France 2010

shnit OPEN 4
The movies
* PROSOPAGNOSIA | Hugo Keijzer 15:00 fic Netherlands 2011
* LES CONQUÉRANTS | Tibor Banoczki, Sarolta Szabo 12:00 ani France 2011
* WHERE THERE'S SMOKE | Andrew Brand 15:00 fic UK, England 2011
* GUET-APENS | Michael Barocas 8:45 fic France 2011
* PUDE VER UN PUMA | Eduardo Williams 15:00 fic Argentina 2011
* SUPPORT | Borkur Sigthorsson 1:30 fic Iceland 2010
* IK BEEN EEN MEISJE! | Susan Koenen 15:00 doc Netherlands 2010
* LASSES LODD I LIVET | Robin Jensen 8:00 fic Norway 2010

shnit OPEN 5
The movies
* LE LAC NOIR | Victor Jaquier 19:15 fic Switzerland 2011
* CATHERINE | Kun Chang 14:46 fic Canada 2010
* LOST (PERDIDO) | Alberto Dorado 4:00 fic Spain 2009
* JAM TODAY | Simon Ellis 14:40 fic UK, England 2011
* LA PROMESA | Erwin Jaquez 10:10 fic Mexico 2010
* THE FATHER | David Easteal 16:15 fic Australia 2011
* ACROSS | Michiel Doekes 10:00 fic Netherlands 2010

shnit OPEN 6
The movies
* DER BESUCH | Conrad Tambour 8:30 ani Germany 2011
* O VOO DA PAPOILA | Nuno Portugal 15:00 fic Portugal 2011
* TURNING | Karni arieli & Saul Freed 10:00 ani, fic UK, England 2010
* 3 HOURS | Regan Hall 14:00 fic UK, England, Jordan 2010
* DOG SITTING | Yannick Privat & Sara Verhagen 8:26 fic France 2011
* INJURY TIME | Robin Pront 14:30 fic Belgium 2011
* SANG FROID | Martin Thibaudeau 4:32 fic Canada 2011
* 108.1 FM RADIO | Angelo Capasso & Giuseppe Capasso 15:00 fic Italy 2011

shnit OPEN 7
The movies
* PRZEZ SZYBE | Igor Chojna 14:57 fic Poland 2009
* EVEN | Aniëlle Leonore Webster 7:36 fic Netherlands 2010
* JUST BEFORE DAWN | Loren Slater 11:05 fic UK, England 2010
* BARRACUDA | Nicola Martini 15:00 fic Italia 2011
* 15 SUMMERS LATER | Pedro Collantes 5:00 exp, fic Spain 2011
* CORAL | Ignacio Chaneton 14:53 fic Argentina 2010
* THE EVOCATION OF SADNESS | Erwin Olaf 11:00 fic Netherlands 2010
* VOODOO | Mark Ratzlaff 12:50 fic Canada 2010

shnit OPEN 8
The movies
* THE POOL | Thomas Hefferon 11:40 fic Ireland 2010
JERICHO | Liam Gavin 12:00 fic Ireland 2009
* VERS LE NORD | Youssef Chebbi 15:00 fic Tunisia, France 2010
* SCENE FRA ET PARFORHOLD: #2 | Glenn Erland Tosterud 10:00 fic Norway 2010
* ESTEREOSCOPIA | Xacio Baño 12:00 fic Spain 2011
* SPASI I SOHRANI | Olga Shulgina-Moskalenko 12:59 fic Ukraine 2010
* AMAR | Javier Alba de Alba 4:00 fic Spain 2011
* NORTH ATLANTIC | Bernardo Nascimento 14:58 fic UK, England, Portugal 2010

shnit OPEN 9
The movies
* EL SOMRIURE AMAGAT | Ventura Durall 13:00 doc Spain 2011
* THE FOUNDLING | Barney Cokeliss 7:00 fic UK, England 2010
* AU MILIEU DE NULLE PART AILLEURS | Annick Blanc 15:00 fic Canada 2010
* DER LETZTE GAST | Markus Engel 15:00 fic Austria 2011
* DIRTY LAUNDRY | Stephen Abbott 15:00 fic South Africa 2010
* FÖRTRÄNGD | Jimmy Olsson 14:40 fic Sweden 2010
* BEAR | Nash Edgerton 10:22 fic Australia 2011

shnit OPEN 10
The movies
* LA MIGALA | Jaime Dezcallar 14:30 fic Spain 2011
* TWENTY DOLLARS | Lam See Chit 14:56 fic China 2011
* MORIR CADA DÍA | Aitor Echeverría Molinero 13:00 fic Spain 2010
* SUIKER | Jeroen Annokkeé 9:00 fic Netherlands 2010
* MISJA NA MARSA | Haukur M. Hrafnsson 14:14 fic Poland 2011
* FISH | Sergio Bosatra 1:40 exp Italy 2010
* ARMADINGEN | Philipp Kässbohrer 23:00 fic Germany 2011


To join our Cape Town team, or for information on volunteering, please contact capetown@shnit.org. For general information get us at info@za.shnit.org.

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