The critically acclaimed Cinema16 series continues with World Short Films, which will be released on DVD in the UK 17 November 2008.
The 16 films are: From the UK Andrea Arnold's Oscar winning and critically acclaimed festival hit WASP available for the first time on DVD; Guillermo Del Toro's never before released DONA LUPE, re-mastered especially for Cinema16; huge cult hit FORKLIFT DRIVER KLAUS available for the first time in the UK; Park Chan Wook's first and only short film JUDGEMENT; this year's Sundance Jury Prize winner SIKUMI made in Alaska by Iñupiaq filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean; director Sylvain Chomet's Oscar nominated THE OLD LADY AND THE PIGEONS; Japan's Naoto Yamakawa's ATTACK ON THE BAKERY, an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story The Second Bakery Attack; New Zealand director Taika Waititi's Oscar nominated TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT; Alexander Sokurov's 1979 SONATA FOR HITLER originally banned by the Soviet authorities; Guy Maddin's MY DAD IS 100 YEARS OLD a surreal docu-fantasia presented by Isabella Rosellini; Harvie Krumpet director Adam Elliot's first biographical short UNCLE; Alfonso Cuaron's 1983 meditation on isolation CUARTETO PARA EL FIN DE LOS TIEMPOS; award-winning, Oscar nominated stop-motion puppet animation MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI directed by Canada's Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski; Jane Campion's menacing and visually striking A GIRL'S OWN STORY; 'the grandfather of African Cinema' Ousmane Sembene's 1963 BOROM SARRET; and Simon Ellis' frighteningly realistic portrayal of youth culture and violence in SOFT.
With over five hours of films across this special double DVD edition WORLD CINEMA16 is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in the moving image. The majority of the films are accompanied by audio commentaries, almost always by the directors themselves.
