Archiv für das Jahr: 2012

Seeing sorrow (At se sorg)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 21:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: Martin Winther
Screenplay: Martin Winther
Cinematographer: Martin Winther
Music: Nicolai Høi
Editor: Martin Winther
Producer: Martin Winther
Cast: Nanna Tange, Martin Winther

Synopsis: Can we ever really see and understand each others deepfelt sorrow? A young man tries to understand his girlfriend’s sorrow after she has gone through an abortion. They embark on an emotional voyage where the young man tries to get insight into the womans complex feelings of doubt and dismay.
Inhalt: Können wir jemals die tiefe Trauer anderer Menschen sehen oder verstehen? Ein junger Mann versucht, den Schmerz seiner Freundin nach einer Abtreibung zu verstehen. Sie machen sich auf eine emotionale Reise, auf der der junge Mann versucht, die Betroffenheit und die Zweifel seiner Freundin nachzuvollziehen.

Festivals: Danish Film Academy Awards 2012

Weblink: www.vimeo.com/martinwintherdirector

Firecracker (Fatakra)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 21, 19:00 (film.coop) and Saturday, June 23, 21:00 (City Kinos)
SWEET

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 19′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Soham Mehta
Screenplay: Soham Mehta, Jenny Connell
Cinematographer: Iskra Valtcheva
Music: Samrat Chakrabarti
Editor: Soham Mehta
Producer: Ninaad Vaidya
Cast: Samrat Chakrabarti, Meena Serendib, Ritik Goyal

Synopsis: Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Today, three years and a recession later, his wife and son join him. Sparks fly as a family reunites.
Inhalt: Um seine Träume in Amerika zu verwirklichen, hat Naveen Indien verlassen. Heute, drei Jahre und eine Wirtschaftsflaute später, kommen seine Frau und sein Sohn ihm nach. Funken fliegen, als die Familie wieder aufeinander trifft.

Festivals: Ashland Independent Film Festival 2012, USA; Take Two New York 2012, USA; Vail Film Festival 2012; Cleveland International Film Festival 2012, USA; Charlotte Film Festival 2012, USA; U. Short St. Petersburg 2012, Russia; SF Indie Fest San Francisco 2012, USA; Ion Film Festival Phnom Penh 2011, Cambodia; Oaxaca International Independent Film Festival 2011, Mexico; Boston Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Napa Valley Film Festival 2011 USA; Cinema Arts Festival Houston 2011, USA; Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Rockport Film Festival 2011, USA; Jam Fest Indie Film Festival Hammond 2011, USA; Southern Appalachian International Film Festival Kingsport 2011, USA; Ojai Film Festival Ojai Valley 2011, USA; Reel Dakota Film Festival 2011, USA; San Diego Asian Film Festival 2011, USA; Petaluma International Film Festival 2011, USA; Sante Fe Film Festival Sante Fe 2011, USA; Golden Door International Film Festival Jersey City 2011, USA; Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis 2011, USA; DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival Washington D.C. 2011, USA; Tasveer: Seattle South Asian Film Festival 2011, USA; U.Frame Film Festival Porto 2011, Portugal; Tucson Film & Music Festival 2011, USA; Dallas Video Fest 2011, USA; Twin Cities Film Festival Minneapolis, Minnesota 2011, USA; Clearwater Film & Music Festival 2011, USA; Indian Film Festival of Houston 2011, USA South Dakota Film Festival Aberdeen 2011, USACinmatik International Film Festival Piestanv 2011, Slovakia; Harlem International Film Festival New York 2011, USA; Cinesol Film Festival Rio Grande Valley 2011, USANew York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival 2011, USA; Nevada City Film Festival Nevada City 2011, USA; New York Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; Slant Film Festival Houston 2011, USA; Rhode Island Film Festival 2011, USA; Hard Acre Film Festival Tipton 2011, USA; International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2011, India; Topanga Film Festival – Los Angeles, California – July 2011South Asian Journalists Association Convention 2011, USA Texas Filmmakers Showcase 2011, USAPalm Springs International ShortsFest 2011, USA; deadCenter Film Festival Oklahoma City 2011, USAStudent Academy Award Screening 2011, USALonghorn Film Showcase Austin 2011, USA; New York Indian Film Festival 2011, USAAtlanta Film Festival 2011, USA; Newport Beach Film Festival 2011, USALos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2011, USA; Dallas International Film Festival 2011, USA; Aspen Shortsfest 2011, USA; Sarasota Film Festival 2011, USA; San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2011, USA; SXSW – Austin 2011, USA; India International Film Festival Tampa 2011, USA
Awards: Narrative Winner at 38th Student Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Student Film Award, Linda Mabalot New Directors/New Visions Award, Audience Award for Best Short at Sarasota Film Festival, Best Fiction Award at U.Frame Film Festival of Portugal; Best Narrative Short at Napa Valley Film Festival; Best Short Narrative Award at South Dakota Film Festival; Best Short at Indian Film Festival of Houston; Best Short at Golden Door International Film Festival; Drama Short Gold at Jam Fest Indie Film Festival, 2nd Place Best Short at Bayou City Inspirational Film Festival; Best Short Drama and Bset Short International Film Award at Southern Appalachian International Film Festival; Finalist at Angelus Student Film Festival, 2nd Place Narrative Short at Boomtown Film & Music Festival

Weblinks:
www.sohammehta.com
vimeo.com

Films by English Title

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5 Pounds (Khamsa Geneh)
A Purpleman
Adieu, N
Beats
Body Memory (Keha mälu)
Brazil by Pero Vaz de Caminha (O Brasil de Pero Vaz Caminha)
Bye (Dag)
Chicken Chasseur (Duo de volailles, Sauce chasseur)
Could see a puma (Pude ver un puma)
Crosshairs
Dear Lisa (Kjaere Lisa)
Destination North
Dirty Friday
Dolls vs dictators
Drifting home
Duty (Velvollisuus)
Empty bucket (Kofja e Zbrazet)
Five lives by silence
Firecracker (Fatakra)
Girl A
It is nothing (Ce n´est rien)
Late
Let live (Leben lassen)
Litlle Horses
Masi´s Law
Motovun my love (Motovun mon amour)
Mountainous (Bergig)
Nearby (Muy cerca)
Oh Willy…
Over the seven hills and far away (Hinter den sieben Bergen)
Pikku-Kalle?
Raimo does not look like Kevin Costner (Raimo ei näytä Kevin Costnerilta)
Seeing sorrow (At se sorg)
Silent (Sessiz-be Deng)
Superman, Spiderman or Batman (Superman, Spiderman sau Batman)
Syncope (Synkope)
The Bird Spider (La Migala)
The future, today (L´avenir c´est aujourd´hui)
The Miami Dentist
The South Seas (Südsee)
True Love
Tumult
Ursus
Utöpia
What remains (Quel che resta)
When I grow up (Cuando sea grande)
Which cheese do you want? (Qual queijo você quer?)

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Duty (Velvollisuus)

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Screening: Saturday, June 23, 23:00 (City Kinos)
CINE-BOAT BY NISI MASA

Country of Origin: France, Hungary, Bulgaria
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 8´
Category: Documentary

Director: Severine Beaudot, Linda Dombrovszky, George Groshkov

Synopsis: 9 people recount their most remarkable memories from the Finnish army service; they try to reconstruct the situations again… and this leads to unexpected experiences…
Inhalt: Neun Menschen teilen ihre außergewöhnlichsten Erinnerungen an den finnischen Armeedienst mit uns und versuchen, die Situationen zu rekonstruieren, was zu unerwarteten Erlebnissen führt.

Weblinks:
www.nisimasa.com
www.turku2011.fi

Dolls vs dictators

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 11′
Category: Short Fiction, Experimental

Director: Martha Colburn
Screenplay: Martha Colburn
Cinematographer: Martha Colburn
Editor: Martha Colburn
Producer: Martha Colburn

Synopsis: Puppets use their powers to rid the world of the last remaining dictators. A LOUD statement.
Inhalt: Puppen machen sich ihre Kräfte zu Nutze, um die Welt von den letzten verbliebenen Diktatoren zu befreien. In einer bunten Science-Fiction-Landschaft treffen Charlie Chaplin und Lieutenant Uhura auf Kim Jong II, Robert Mugabe und Co. Ein lautes Statement.

Festivals: International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011, Festival Oddstream Nijmegen 2011, Galerie Diana Stigter Amsterdam 2011, Impakt Utrecht 2011, Alternativa Barcelona, Filmhuis Cavia – Martha Colburn Program, Bosch Art Film Festival

Weblink: www.marthacolburn.com

Little Horses

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German Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 21, 19:00 (film.coop) and Saturday, June 23, 21:00 (City Kinos)
SWEET

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Fiction

Director: Levi Abrino
Screenplay: Levi Abrino, Luke Matheny
Cinematographer: Kai Orion
Music: Sasha Gordon
Editor: Levi Abrino, Doug Lenox
Producer: Mollye Asher, Meredith Kaulfers
Cast: Patch Darragh, Rebecca Henderson, William Peden, Ryker Bullis

Synopsis: A divorced small town postal worker tries to win his family back by getting his son a pony for his 8th birthday. The only pony he can afford though is blind and deaf.
Inhalt: Ein geschiedener Postbeamter versucht seine Familie zurück zu gewinnen, indem er seinem Sohn zum 8. Geburtstag ein Pony schenkt. Das einzige Pony, das er sich jedoch leisten kann, ist blind und taub.

Festivals: Slamdance Film Festival, USA; CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Toronto, Canada; Austin Film Festival, USA; San Francisco Independent Film Festival, USA; NYU First Run Film Festival, USA
Awards: Best Student Short at Austin Film Festival; Audience Award at San Francisco Independent Film Festival; 3rd Prize King Award, National Board of Review Award and Audience Award at NYU First Run Film Festival

Weblink: www.imdb.com/name/nm1583966

Syncope (Synkope)

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Screening: Friday, 22nd of June, 23:00 (City Kinos)
BEST OF GERMANY

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 25
Category: Fiction

Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Screenplay: Nora Fingscheidt, Carl Gerber
Cinematographer: Roy Irmer
Music: John Gürtler
Editor: Stephan Bechinger
Producer: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Cast: Peter Benedict, Kim Riedle, Christian Blümel, Kerstin Reimann, Holger Daemgen

Synopsis: After years of distance Matthias is hosting a dinner to celebrate the engagement of his daughter Lina in his home. Although he is striving to be a good host and a loving father, the evening is getting more and more out of control due to the fact that Matthias is longing for something he cannot give himself.
Inhalt: Nach Jahren der Distanz lädt Matthias anlässlich der Verlobung seiner Tochter Lina in sein neues zu Hause ein. Bemüht ein guter Gastgeber und ein liebevoller Vater zu sein, gerät der Abend immer mehr außer Kontrolle. Denn Matthias fehlt, was er selbst nicht geben kann.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmtournee.de

Dear Lisa (Kjære Lisa)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 19:00 (film.coop)
SOUR

Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 10′
Category: Fiction

Director: Charlotte Blom
Screenplay: Charlotte Blom
Cinematographer: Øystein Mamen
Music: Kjetil Schander-Larsen
Editor: Zaklina Stojcevska
Producer: Gudrun Austli
Cast: Tone Beate Mostraum, Tiril Muri Krahn, Ågot Sendstad, Trond Høvik, Berit Thofte

Synopsis: In Charlotte Blom´s humorous yet bitter-sweet short film, Dear Lisa, we start out with the speeches Lisa have received through life, from her father’s confirmation speech to her friend’s birthday speech, her husband’s words for her on their wedding day, and during her funeral. The last speech, however, is given by Lisa, when she films herself while addressing her daughter in connection with her future confirmation. When the daughter, seven years later, is watching her mother’s speech on video, past and present meet.
Inhalt: In Charlotte Bloms lustigen und bittersüßen Kurzfilm „Dear Lisa“ werden wir Zeugen der Reden, die Lisa zu Ehren gehalten wurden, von der Konfirmations-Rede ihres Vaters über die Rede einer Freundin an ihrem Geburtsag bis zu den Worten ihres Ehemannes auf ihrer Hochzeit und bei ihrer Beerdigung. Die letzte Rede stammt allerdings von Lisa selbst, als sie sich filmt und zum Anlass der baldigen Konfirmation an ihrer Tochter wendet. Als diese sieben Jahre später die Rede ihrer Mutter auf Video sieht, treffen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart aufeinander.

Festivals: The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund, Norway; 5 Cities Festival Aarhus, Denmark; Kort på Kinokino Sandnes, Norway; Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden

Weblink: www.nfi.no

Crosshairs

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European Premiere

Screenings:Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 11′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Mike Hoath
Screenplay: Peter Templeman
Cinematographer: Jimmy Frater
Music: Ash Gibson Grieg
Editor: Stefan A. Radonovich
Producer: Dan Wood
Cast: Lindsay Farris, Luke Ledger, Michael Muntz

Synopsis: Beau and Jamie, two brothers from a rural Western Australian town are caught poaching a lamb from a neighbouring property. When Beau refuses to go quietly his younger brother becomes a pawn in a violent showdown.
Inhalt: Beau und Jamie, zwei Brüder aus einer Stadt im ländlichen Westen Australiens, werden dabei erwischt, wie sie auf dem Grundstück des Nachbarn eines dessen Schafe schießen. Als Beau sich weigert, ruhig zu bleiben, wird sein jüngerer Bruder zu einer Figur in einem brutalen Kräftemessen.

Weblink: www.17south.com.au/
Trailer: www.vimeo.com

Body Memory (Keha mälu)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Estonia
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 9′
Category: Short Fiction, Animation

Director: Ülo Pikkov
Screenplay: Ülo Pikkov
Cinematographer: Raivo Möllits
Music: Mirjam Tally
Editor: Ülo Pikkov
Producer: Arvo Nuut

Synopsis: Our body remembers more than we can expect and imagine, our body remembers also the sorrow and pain of the predecessors. Our body sustains the stories of our parents and grandparents as well as their ancestors. But, how far back is it possible to go in your bodily memory?
Inhalt: Unser Körper erinnert sich an mehr als wir uns vorstellen oder erwarten könnten. Unser Körper erinnert sich auch an die Trauer und die Schmerzen unserer Vorgänger. Unser Körper trägt die Geschichten unserer Eltern und Großeltern, wie auch unserer Vorfahren in sich. Doch wie weit kann man in seinem körperlichen Gedächtnis zurückgehen?

Festivals: Viennashorts 2012, Austria; Art Film Fest IFF Trencianske Teplice Bratislava, Slovakia; PAZZ Oldenburg, Germany; New Horizons Int´l Film Festival 2012, Poland; Incubate Festival Tilburg 2012, Netherlands; 14th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany; Rooftop Films Brooklyn 2012, USA; CFC Worldwide Short film Festival Toronto 2012, Canada; 38th Seattle International Film Festival USA; Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine; The Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 22nd Animafest Zagreb, Croatia; Animated Film Festival Lille, France; Tampere Film Festival, Finland; The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Kowloon, Hong Kong; Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands; International Festival of Animated Films AniFest Praha, Chech Republic; CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz, Austria; ANIRMAU`12 Animation Film Festival Lalin, Spain; ANIMA 2012 Brussells, Belgium; 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Laputa Animation Festival, Japan; Animpact Animation Festival Seoul, Korea; 26th Brest European Short Film Festival, France; Montreal Animated Film Summit Quebeck, Canada; 31st International Film Festival Amiens, France; 7th Istanbul Animation Festival, Turkey; Petaluma International Film Festival, USA; Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway; 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden; ALCINE – The European Short Film Competition Madrid, Spain; 8th European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA Belgrade Serbia; International Animated Film Festival CINANIMA Espinho, Portugal; 11th Cortopotere Shortfilmfestival Bergamo,Italy; European Short Film Festival Cologne UNLIMITED,Germany; OSLOANIMA International Independent Animation Film Day Oslo, Norway; International Animation Film Festival& Forum Hermoupolis,Syros Island,Greece; 13th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brasil; Budapest Short Film Festival BUSHON, Hungary; Shnit International Shortfilmfestival Berne, Switzwerlnd; XXI “Message to Man”International Documentary ,Short and Animated Film Festival St.Petersburg; Russia; 8th SEDICICORTO International Film Festival Forli, Italy; 18th Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival, Spain; China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF) Bejing; 18th KROK International Animated Film Festival Kiev, Ukraine; The Ourense International Film Festival, Spain; The 4th International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR Poznan, Poland; 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi), South Korea; Supertoon International Animation Festival Zagreb, Croatia; International Film Festival TOFIFEST Torun, Poland…
Awards: Best director at Gulf Film Festival GFF Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Avant-garde and Experimental Special Award at 3rd Skepto Internatinaol Film Festival Cagliari,Italy; Experimental Jury Grand Prix at 3rd Roanne Animation Short Film Festival, Roanne; Best Film at 11th edition of Monstra Lisbon Animation Film Festival,Portugal; Best Animation Film Award at 34th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France; Best Story Award at Animated Dreams Tallinn, Estonia; Best Experimental Animated Film Award at 2nd International Animation Film Festival “Golden Kuker” Sofia, Bulgaria; Best Photography Prize at ANIMAGE III International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Best Animation at Se-ma -for Film Festival Lodz, Poland and Lugano, Switzerland; Honourable Mention at Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada…

Weblink: www.nukufilm.ee