Day 9: Czech These Student Short Films, Sweden!

I'm an official film festival whore (after just 2...) and was pretty stoked about the the Czech Film Center iShorts because 1) It was only 60 Kc (3 fucking dollars) 2) It came with a free DVD of 12 shorts! 3) Alcohol.  This was a film screening for film students at Czech film schools. A committee selected the best 6 films submitted to screen on this night. Let me just say... 

HOLY. SHIT. WOW. GTFO. 

Okay, so part of my intense reaction is do to a few glasses (4) of wine and a beer (2)... BUT look out Sweden! These 20 somethings know there stuff. I just couldn't believe how professional they all were. The stories were damn solid and all very pretty to watch. Bravo Czech students! Bravo! Here's a little summary of my favorites: 

Dessert

So this one was pretty fucking weird, but it was such a cool animated piece I got over it. So this waiter watches this couple eat pasta together and suddenly this bitch eats her date... she swallows him! So the waiter kind of freaks out and runs to the kitchen and has this really bizarre fantasy: this naked guy pours whip cream over this naked woman and eats her piece by piece... they show blood which made me cringe but it was a pretty unique little film. 

5 CZK

This little documentary called 5 CZK gets 5 gold stars! It follows the lives of a few women who run the restroom facilities in Czech. Typically, you need to pay 5 CZK (20 cents) to use the bathroom. Some of the personal stories of these ladies were insane. This student (filmmaker?) got some nice footage. 

TUMORrow Never Knows 

This other animated piece was pretty cute. An old lady discovers a tumor on her neck. But wait... it talks and they become besties! Nuff' said. 

Non-Swimmers

Definitely my favorite. No question. It was just so well-made and was finally a student short with some decent acting. It's difficult to explain, but basically this girl stays with a relative for the summer and meets this group of kids she tries to befriend, but they don't really like her. She has sex with one of the guys and is later humiliated. The ending is pretty ambiguous, but not in a good way. My only complaint.