Short Films Without Barriers
Macropolis
United Kingdom, 2013, 7 minutes, Color, No Dialogue
2013 Irish Film and Television Awards; Best Animation
Director: Joel Simon
Screenplay: Ciaran Morrison, Mick O’Hara, Joel Simon
Cinematography: Erea Arzurmendi
Editing: Nathan Mateer
Music: Andrew Simon McAllister
Production: Flickerpix Animations
Two toys discarded from a factory production line. Coming to life, they chase the factory delivery van in the hope of rejoining their friends.
Anatole's Little Saucepan
France, 2014, 6 minutes, Color, French; Turkish subtitled
2014 2014 Annecy Animated FF; Audience Award
Director: Eric Montchaud
Screenplay: Eric Montchaud
Cinematography: Nadine Buss
Editing: Gwenaëlle Mallauran
Music: Pierre Bastien
Production: JPL Films
Anatole always pulls along behind him his little saucepan tied to his ankle. Despite his sweet nature and his talent for painting, people never seem to notice anything about him except his saucepan, and this makes him feel excluded from the world.
Hear Me
France, 2014, 18 minutes, Color, French; Turkish subtitled
Director: Nicolas Coquet
Screenplay: Nicolas Coquet
Cinematography: Nicolas Berteyac
Editing: Nicolas Coquet
Music: Nomenklatür
Production: Koklico Production
Cast: Loïse Prévost, Sylvie Prévot, James Gaillot, Pauline Descours, Nicolas Gabion Mathieu Josse, Brigitte Chambon-Jouffre
Marisol, a young deaf woman raised by a mother who has always denied her deafness, finally empowers herself when she meets the deaf community.
Sense
Turkey, 2016, 11 minutes, Color, Turkish
Director: Ali Demirtaş
Screenplay: Ali Demirtaş
Cinematography: Enes Gülbaş
Editing: Ali Demirtaş
Production: Blog momamijournalist
Cast: Koray Çivril, Büşra Gökçe
The Sense tells the story of a hearing-impaired young man’s psychological and sociological periods in nuances. The young man with his friends are in preparation for the first issue of their literary magazine. For this, they meet up and work everyday. During this time, with some factors, the dialogue between the two will improve, which will directly affect the hearing-impaired young man who has some dilemmas in his life.
Blind Vaysha
Canada, 2016, 8 minutes, Color, English; Turkish subtitled
2016 Chicago FF; Best Animated Short Film
Director: Theodore Ushev
Screenplay: Theodore Ushev
Music: Mandra, Nikola Gruev, Kottarashky
Production: Marc Bertrand
From the moment she was born, Vaysha was a very special girl. With her left eye she can only see into the past, and with her right she can only see the future. The past is familiar and safe, the future is sinister and threatening. The present is a blind spot.
Fixing Luka
United Kingdom, 2011, 11 minutes, Color, No Dialogue
2011 BAFTA Awards; New Talent Award
Director: Jessica Ashman
Screenplay: Jessica Ashman, Rosie Crerar, Paul Welsh
Cinematography: Ruan Suess
Editing: Rachel Tunnard
Music: Pete MacDonald
Production: DigiCult
Lucy thinks her brother, Luka, is broken. His obsessive, infuriating arrangements of sugar cubes and thimbles prove it. Lucy thinks he should be fixed, but not in the way she imagines.
The Moment
United States, 2016, 3 minutes, Color, English; Turkish subtitled
Director: Karis Oh
Screenplay Karis Oh
Production: School of Visual Arts
A story about an artist who learns about the importance of the things unseen as she gets to draw a stranger’s portrait.
Just Two Minutes
Canada, 2010, 4 minutes, Color, French; Turkish subtitled
Director: Yan Giroux
Screenplay: Daniel Beaumont
Cinematography: Olivier Laberge
Production: Moelle épinière et motricité Québec, ALT, Cart1er Communication
Cast Alexandre Fortin, Pierre-Alexandre Fortin, Gaston L’Heureux
Short film on the importance to respect parking places reserved for the wheelchair users.
Beyond Words
France, 2014, 4 minutes, Color, No Dialogue
Director: Jérôme Thomas
Screenplay: Jérôme Thomas
Music: Anthony Touzalin
Production: Lycée Arthur Varoquaux
Cast: Lison Dedieu, Nicolas Krückemeier
In a public library, a young man falls in love with a young woman. How will they be able to communicate in a such a silent place? What if this situation put them both on an equal footing?