Amsterdam Shorts! | CROOKS!
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A Day in a Life
</b><br /><i>A Day in a Life
</i><br />R: Nicolas Daenens (Belgium, 2007, 21’, fiction, DigiBeta)
<br />Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver for the day. Emin, who does not have a car, is in need of money and accepts the job.
<b>Polish Roadmovie</b><br /><i>Polska Roadmovie</i><br />R: Bartosz Grudziecki (Germany, 2007, 30’, fiction, 35mm)<br />Twenty years ago the German Maria made a promise to her Polish penpal that she would come to visit him one day. Testing the relationship with her husband Christoph she insists on keeping her promise. An unexpected hitchhiker sheds new light on their marriage.<br /><br /><b>Wild West</b><br /><i>Wilder Westen</i><br />R: Die Koenigin (Oostenrijk, 2006, 5’, experimental documentary, MiniDV)<br />A wiretap on a noble Viennese escort agency shows how Eastern European girls are delivered to the beds of affluent gentlemen. This documentary was inspired by the newspaper FALTER 35/05 in which the transcription of a wiretap from the Viennese police was published.<br /><br /><b>A Good Day For a Swim</b><br /><i>O zi buna de plaja</i><br />R: Bogdan Mustata (Romania, 2008, 10’, fiction, 35mm)<br />Three juvenile delinquents break out of prison, kidnap a prostitute, a driver and play mindgames with them on and deserted beach.<br /><br /><b>7002</b><br /><i>7002</i><br />R: Ferry van Zijderveld & Jay Sunsmith (The Netherlands, 2007, 10’, experimental, 35mm)<br />7002 is a unique collaboration between the designers from Hotel and the rapper Duvel. This absurd mosaic is an amalgamation of memories, fantasies, sheer lunacy and an ongoing musical heartbeat.<br /><br /><b>Dirty Work</b><br /><i>Dirty Work</i><br />R: Carl Allegard (UK, 2007, 11’, fiction, Digibeta)<br />Dirty Work is a story about Steve Turner, who is told by his psychiatrist that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, due to a life in crime-scene cleaning.