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A FINELY-TUNED BALANCING ACT The choreography of a festival is all about finding the point of equilibrium within the instability, the harmony in the myriad constraints, in order to spend six days promoting lively, inventive and free-spirited European culture. Our mission is the orchestration of the diversity that is characteristic of the short film format, and to continue admiring it.

Come jig among the different programmes that make up our personal selection of the continent's best short films, films that throw into question our world in order to keep on reinventing it and telling stories about it. By offering up more than two hundred different perspectives on our European societies, we are inviting you to throw yourself body and soul into a grand ball of genres, themes, moods and forms.

From euphoria to rage and from tears to love, the year's harvest of films will have you joining in with all the dances and experiencing the full range of emotions, and we want to pull you into our embrace and share them with you. Young and old, cynics and innocents, everyone can come together through the diversity of our programmes and activities, all your different viewpoints generating debate and discussion.

So allow yourself to start swinging along to the rhythm of the short film and come and join the dance!

CONTENTS PAGE > P.3 OFFICIAL JURY > P.4 COMPETITIONS > P.5 OUT-OF-COMPETITION PROGRAMS > P.6 EVENT SCREENINGS > P.7 SPECIAL SCREENINGS > P.8 YOUNG AUDIENCE PROGRAMS > P.9 LIVE FROM THE FESTIVAL > P.10 THE FESTIVAL IN FIGURES > P.11 INFOS, TICKETS, CONTACTS

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THE VICTORY OF CHARITY OFFICIAL JURY

JULIEN HALLARD DIRECTOR / FRANCE A graduate in Political Science, Julien Hallard took his first steps in the world of cinema writing and co-directing a trilogy of short films set in New York: Brooklyn 02, Valentine and Résurrection, selected at the Festival de Locarno and at la Mostra in Venice, among others. In 2008, he wrote and directed the mid-length filmMeeting Vincent Gallo, selected at the Festival Hors Pistes, at Locarno and at the CATHERINE COSME Miami International Film Festival. In 2009 he filmed Vinyl and Cheveu, SET DESIGNER / BELGIUM both selected at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont- Catherine Cosme is an artistic director and stage and set designer Ferrand in 2010. His latest short film, People are strange, was selected for theatre and films. Having graduated in stage design at La Cambre in competition at the Brest European Short Film Festival. And his (Brussels), she regularly collaborates with theatre collectives and first feature film Comme des garçons was released on the 25th April simultaneously works alongside filmakers such as Stephan Streker this year. (Noces), Mathieu Donck (La Trêve) or Stéphane Demoustier (La fille au bracelet). All of these encounters, and her time spent observing theatre and film direction, brought her to think about starting out in writing and directing, a project which came to fruition with a debut short film entitledLes amoureuses, selected for the French Competition at the Brest European Short Film Festival in 2015. Catherine Cosme has just completed her second short film Famille, recently selected for the FIFF in Namur. ACTOR / FRANCE After his studies in Art History, Benjamin Siksou made a reputation for himself in the jazz and blues arena, with both covers and original compositions. In 2008, he featured for the first time in two feature films, and the same year he reached the finals of the programme on the TV channel M6. Following on, he has appeared in Mes chères études by Emmanuelle Bercot (2009), La vie au ranch by Sophie Letourneur (2010), Toi, moi, les autres by Audrey Estrougo (2011), La vie d'Adèle by Abdellatif Kéchiche (2013), Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse by Arnaud Desplechin (2015), La Taularde by Audrey ARNAUD LE Estrougo (2016) and Villeperdue by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri (2016). Benjamin Siksou has also appeared as an actor, or participated as GOUËFFLEC composer, in several short films. His first album Au chant du coq was MUSICIAN / FRANCE released in September 2017. Arnaud Le Gouëfflec loves mystery and although the common denominator of all his projects is writing, he enjoys going down different artisitic highways. A novelist and graphic novel writer, he is also a musician and songwriter, both for himself and other artists. Brought up on rock music and with a fascination for rock’s most shady characters, pulled towards the underground scene, he also gets inspiration from popular literature, from graphic novels and comics to crime fiction. The founder of the Festival Invisible, for indefinable musicians, leader of the Le Studio Fantôme collective, he has also been the driving force for the last fifteen years behind the “underground and mysterious” record label, L’Eglise de la petite ALICJA GANCARZ folie. Holding the city of Brest, a place steeped in mythology, in great DISTRIBUTOR / POLAND affection, he is really only interested in one thing – stories, the ones Since 2011 Alicja Gancarz has been in charge of a series Ale krótkie for we are told, the ones we might tell, the ones he invents and adapts Ale Kino+, a television station dedicated to short films. Since 2014, tirelessly. she has been a short films selector for Canal+ in Poland. p / 4

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COMPETITIONS EUROPEAN FRENCH COMPETITON COMPETITION By showing almost exclusively short films, our desire is to spot new talent and we work closely with young filmakers whose The competition is part of the vocabulary of any film festival. imaginary worlds come into being before our very eyes. This Even if this section is at the heart of our own festival, it is really section goes even further with our mission by venturing into an opportunity for us to put on display the diversity and vitality the world of debut films and film school creations. of European short film creation. The films in this competition are like a breath of fresh air, Emanating from more than 20 different countries and exploring fantasy, video games and the burlesque, blowing the highlighting radically different issues, attempts to make us dust from the narrative forms. They are united through the fact laugh or give us a warning, shift our point of view or face up to a that they explore human relationships, otherness and finding particular subject, the short films that we show here constitute one's place in an ever-changing world. a mosaic portrait of today's Europe. Our French competition is an attempt to surprise you, and also Because cinema is above all a form of expression, we look show you what tomorrow's films will look like. And the future for films by people who don't take anything for granted and looks bright, this competition reminding us of the vitality of readily bring us their view of the world but most importantly, French film production. It proves that despite the difficulties, tell us a story. These films which are complementary rather than schools, organisations and professionals are ready to put their opposing, which go together rather than go against each other, faith in uncelebrated filmakers, hoping to shake things up for prove that cinema is a cosmopolitan, shape-shifting, polyglot filmaking and for the audiences. With these three programmes, art-form that brings people together. we can prove they are right to do so.

We hope that through this non-exhaustive and subjective selection of the best of European cinema you will find plenty MADE IN BREIZH to talk about! Made in Breizh is our pride and joy, and this year it joins the realms of the competition categories! Again this year, many OVNI COMPETITION short films have been filmed and/or produced in Brittany, a true home to cinema. The industry here is becoming better- Out of the ordinary, on the margins of their genres, radical, structured than ever and is starting to make waves outside uncompromising, challenging, hybrid or in “smell-orama”! Such the region. The César Award for best short film was given to a are the films in the OVNI competition. Breton film, Les Bigorneaux, which was screened in this category at the Festival last year. Here is an opportunity to plunge into the depths of societal issues on the crossroads between documentary, fiction, As Breton films are becoming a sought-after export, so the animation and experimental films. These films get the audience region is becoming attractive to other filmakers, as shown by to change their perspective and are permanently scrutinising the film La Bête, an Italian film in Breton, and the fact that well- human nature. Brought together they write a cruel, but not known directors such as Céline Devaux or Bertrand Mandico humourless, definition of our wayward societies. have filmed their latest films here. You are going to see the cream of the regional crop in a variety of forms, the proof of More than ever, our selection for the most adventurous and the quality of local film production. experienced audiences is an invitation to discover these films, whose only common ground is in their willingness to hold a fairground mirror up to the world in the mad but excited hope of changing it. p / 5

HELSINKI MANSPLAINING MASSACRE OUT-OF- COMPETITION PROGRAMS

Next to the Festival competitions, the “off” programmes Following on from the Brest Off, we are bringing you the À throw out the rule-book and venture off into the world l'aventure ! programme, as well as the third edition of our of short film creativity. Themed programmes, animation European comedy tour, Rire sans frontières. We will also programmes and retrospectives, there's something for be checking out new work by filmakers already seen at the everyone! Festival in the past, with the Le court d'après programme.

This year, we are hosting the Portuguese festival IndieLisboa Two retrospectives will be shown. L'imagination au pouvoir and the Norwiegan Grimstad Kortfilmfestivalen for two will take a look at the short films that revolutionised exceptional screenings. To celebrate 100 years of Estonian filmaking in the 1960's, whose directors became household independence, the Estonian Short Film Center has put names later on. And as our Festival ends on the date of the together a surprising selection to remind us that Estonian 11th November 2018, we just had to commemorate the end cinema is well-worth watching. of the Great War and the Armistice signed 100 years ago to the cries of « Never again! ».

We will, of course, be showing our traditional animation panorama, with two programmes in order to celebrate the FREE! rise of drawing, modelling clay and paper animation for LES COURTS DU MIDI adults. TUESDAY 6th NOVEMBER - 12.30PM FAC DU BOUGUEN - SALLE DU CLOUS LE COURT D’APRÈS WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 1.30PM NORDIC NOIR LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 8PM ESTONIAN THOUGHTS LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 3.30PM PANORAMA ANIMATION 1 LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 10PM À L’AVENTURE ! LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER - 10PM PANORAMA ANIMATION 2 LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 4PM L’IMAGINATION LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE AU POUVOIR 100 YEARS SINCE THE FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 2PM ARMISTICE LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 9.30PM INDIELISBOA: 15 YEARS LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE OF FREE CINEMA RIRE SANS FRONTIÈRES #3 FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 4PM SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 10PM LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE p / 6

EVENT

SCREENINGS CE MAGNIFIQUE GÂTEAU

Events within the event, we are bringing you several “heightened” > The opening and closing events are also high points of the festival, or otherwise exceptional cinema screenings: in particular the awards ceremony, where the audience will see the film from the European Competition that has been awarded the > Screenplay readings as radiophonic drama, with the participation Audience Award, as an extraspecial ending to the festival's run. of Longueur d'ondes (radiophonic festival in Brest) and web radio station Oufipo; Premiers Jobs, an inclusive screening which will be > To finish, there will be a special selection of contemporary French translated live in sign language (French) and with audiodescription, short films picked out by apprentice film programmers from as well as a dystopian ciné-concert at the University. Don't miss out! community centres around Brest, bringing another point of view to the festival. > More traditionally, but still exceptionally, we will be hosting some of our partners for one-off screenings. Zoom Bretagne will be celebrating its 5th anniversary with a programme of award-winning Breton films, the Festival des Droits Vivants will be opening up cinema for all, and France Télévisions will be bringing out the best of their catalogue for an open-house screening.

OPENING NIGHT FREE! TUESDAY 6th NOVEMBER - 7.30PM FESTIVAL LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE DES DROITS VIVANTS FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 7.30PM #C’ESTMONCOURT LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 4PM LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE STARTING WORK th FREE! SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER - 2PM LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE SCREENPLAY READING WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 7.30PM FREE! LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE FRANCE TV PREVIEW SCREENING SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 6PM WE, THE COYOTES MULTIPLEXE LIBERTÉ WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 8.30PM SUCCÈS BRETONS 2018 CINÉMA LES STUDIOS SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 7.30PM LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE FREE! CINEMA SCREENING FREE! WITH LIVE MUSIC AWARD CEREMONY THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER - 7.30PM SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 8PM FAC DU BOUGUEN - SALLE DU CLOUS LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE p / 7

FANGS OUT

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

One of the strong points of the Festival is being lucky Our usual encounter-screenings will begin at 5.30pm enough to bring in many filmakers and producers from each day; these hold a magnifying-glass up to a particular all around Europe. Encounters with the people who make European or French organisation, or a particular theme, films are a major part of our Festival. Although you may just such as this year's look at composing for short films. meet filmakers in the theatre corridors, a certain number of screenings provide the audience with the opportunity Once again we have a programme that puts two film to exchange ideas with professionals about their work. schools side-by-side in order to take a look at learning about These showings have a very particular flavour and are an cinema - this year it's Berlin and Lisbon. Every lunchtime absolute must for real film-lovers. It's all about unveiling at the Capucins library, for the programme Un court, un the mechanisms at work behind the making of and the parcours, a filmaker will be presenting one of their films distribution of films, a way of reminding ourselves that and talking with the audience. We also have two preview although cinema is art, making it is a truly creative industry. screenings of the programmes Questions de jeunesse and Questions de famille, which will be used as educational films with audiences around the region in 2019.

FREE! UN COURT, UN PARCOURS FROM WEDNESDAY 7th EUROPEAN SCHOOLS: TO SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER BERLIN VS LISBON FROM 12.30PM TO 1.30PM FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 10.30AM MÉDIATHÈQUE DES CAPUCINS LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE IT’S ALIVE NOUVELLE TOILE WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 5.30PM FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - 5.30PM LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE QUESTIONS DE LES COMPOSITEURS À JEUNESSE L'HONNEUR THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER - 10.30AM SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 5.30PM LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE MANIFEST QUESTIONS DE FAMILLE THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER - 5.30PM SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 3.30PM LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE p / 8

BELLE À CROQUER

YOUNG AUDIENCE PROGRAMS

IN THEATRE 2 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 40 MIN CINÉ-FRIMOUSSE > 5 programmes of short films for 2 year-olds and upwards. SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 11am > 3 cinema-events at the weekend: LE QUARTZ, MÉRIDIENNE - Ciné-frimousse, for the little ones, with the musician

Sharlubêr. 2 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 30 MIN - La nuit sous mon lit, for children who wonder what POUR LES BAMBINS happens once the lights are off for the night... For schools only - Les ritournelles de la Chouette, the cinema Chouette [owl] is back with another exciting programme. 3 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 40 MIN LA NUIT SOUS MON LIT SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 11am OTHER EVENTS LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE

> Secrets de fabrication – learn how a film is made! 4 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 50 MIN > Encounters with film directors from all over Europe – an LES RITOURNELLES DE LA CHOUETTE opportunity for young audience-members to talk with the SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 2pm people who make the films they see. LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE

DÈS 5 ANS 5 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 30 MIN SECRETS DE FABRICATION SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 3pm LE QUARTZ, MÉRIDIENNE

5 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 50 MIN POUR LES PITCHOUNES WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 10am LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE

7 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 75 MIN GAMINS DU MONDE WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 2pm LE QUARTZ, GRAND THÉÂTRE

8 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 65 MIN DES CONTES ET DES COULEURS For schools only

13 YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS 70 MIN MINES DE RIEN > WEDNESDAY 7th NOVEMBER - 10.30am LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE > SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 13.30pm LE QUARTZ, PETIT THÉÂTRE p / 9

LIVE FROM THE FESTIVAL FREE!

FOR EVERYONE LIVE RADIO BROADCAST FROM WEDNESDAY 7th TO SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER FRÉQUENCE MUTINE FROM 12:30PM TO 13.30PM RADIO U FROM 6PM TO 7.30PM LE QUARTZ, FIRST FLOOR

Every day, filmmakers selected for competition will be interviewed on live radio. Come and be part of the audience!

FOR EVERYONE DISCOVERY OF THE AUDIODESCRIPTION SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER - 4PM LE QUARTZ, COMMISSION ROOM

What are the elements to bring together to offer an audiodescription of quality? And what are the different stages of manufacturing an audiodescription version? In collaboration with the collective Le Cinéma Parle, the festival organizes this year a large workshop open to all to discover by experience the stakes of the audiodescriptive practice. An unprecedented encounter with an author's cinema.

FROM 5 YEARS OLD SECRETS DE FABRICATION SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER - 3PM LE QUARTZ, MÉRIDIENNE

Discover the secrets behind model animation with the characters of Les Ritournelles de la Chouette. The filmmaker will take you behind the scenes and show you how to get a puppet to move on screen. p / 10

BELLE À CROQUER THE FESTIVAL IN FIGURES 6 CINEMA DAYS 30 000 ENTRIES (OF WHICH 14 000 YOUNG AUDIENCE AND FAMILY ENTRIES) 2 200 FILMS SIGNED UP 240 FILMS PROGRAMMED 30 COUNTRIES OF EUROPE REPRESENTED 68 FILMS IN COMPETITION 8 YOUNG AUDIENCE PROGRAMS 400 FILM PROFESSIONALS PRESENT AT THE FESTIVAL 500 FILMS AT THE FILM MARKET 180 VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EVENT 7 000 FACEBOOK FANS 2 500 SUBSCRIBERS ON TWITTER 1 500 SUBSCRIBERS ON INSTAGRAM THEY'VE COME TO THE FESTIVAL Since its creation in 1986, many well-known faces have attended the Brest Festival, either as members of the Festival Jury, or representing films in competition.

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