Archiv des Autors: Martin Blankemeyer

The Fence (El Cerco)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

thefence

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 12′
Category: Documentary

Director: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Cinematographer: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Sound: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Producer: Héctor Fáver, Joan Gonzalez

Synopsis: It’s the same gory ritual, every summer. Thousands of migrating tuna fish crowd into the Mediterranean on their way through the Strait of Gibraltar. In a centuries-old tradition, Spanish fishing boats await the arrival of the fish in this narrow channel, armed with a veritable wall of nets to block their path. “La Almadraba” is the name of the original Moorish ritual, during which knives and harpoons are also used.

Festivals & Awards: Berlinale Panorama 2006 (Prix UIP), Internacional Festival del Cine de San Roque 2006 (Best Documentary), Festival de cine español de Málaga, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, Documenta Madrid 2006, PLAY-DOC Festival Internacional de Documentais de Tui, CIEMCINE Festival Nacional de Cine de Ciempozuelos

Weblink: www.cecc.es

Mekong Interior

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 22:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 12:30 (SOUR)

mekonginterior

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 33’43“
Category: Fiction

Director: Vanessa Ly
Screenplay: Vanessa Ly
Cinematographer: Gerald Forster
Editor: Selby Siegel
Music: Dave Soldier
Producer: Vanessa Ly, Gerald Forster
Cast: Freddy Ly, Dominique Ly

Synopsis: The story of Mekong Interior covers a period of several days during a visit to Cambodia by a French couple designated as He and She. He is Cambodian on his father’s side, and this visit marks his first trip to Cambodia, which his father left, never to return, during the 1960s. The son is curious to search out what traces still exist of his ancestral heritage. The woman accompanies him as a tourist, and we join them during the first days of their sojourn in Cambodia, seeing them as they visit the temples of Angkor Wat, stroll through the streets and dine out in the restaurants of Siem Reap, and pass the time at their hotel. Immediately we can see that there is a profound tension in their relationship. For his part, the trip to Cambodia is turning into a deeply disappointing experience as he is frustrated in his attempts to find the lost traces of his family, and must deal with the growing awareness that there is in reality nothing for him in Cambodia. She on the other hand, unburdened by inherited memories, is enjoying her time there, experiencing the unfamiliar and exotic elements of its culture – the people, the climate, the food, the colors – in a much more direct and immediate way; she impresses us as open and receptive to this new environment, in contrast to his increasing introspection and withdrawal. The tension between them is played out to the point of a decisive rupture in their relationship, after which she returns to France on her own while he stays on in Cambodia alone, discovering at last an evanescent trace of his ancient patrimony.

Festivals & Awards: Rotterdam International Film Festival 2004, Bangkok International Film Festival 2004 (Winner of the Overall Short Film Award / Jameson Short Film Award), Edinburgh International Film Festival 2004, New York Asian American Film Festival 2004, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2004, Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2004, Festival de Pantin Côté Court Paris 2004, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2003, Washington DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival 2004, Sofia International Film Festival 2005, Festival du Court Métrage de Bruxelles 2005, Message to Man International Film Festival St. Petersburg 2005, Festival de Curtas Metragens de Vila Do Conde Porto 2005, Drama International Short Film Festival Greece 2005, Stockholm International Film Festival 2005, In Curt Tarragona Film Festival 2005

Rendezvous (Randevú)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 18:00 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:30 (SWEET)

rendezvous

Country of Origin: Hungary
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 6’40“
Category: Animation

Director: Ferenc Cakó
Screenplay: Ferenc Cakó
Cinematographer: Antal Kazi
Animation: János Szabolcsi
Editor: Magda Hap
Music: Zoltán Mericske
Producer: Ferenc Cakó

Synopsis: Our hero is going to have a date, so like all of us he is very excited…

Festivals & Awards: Interfilm Berlin 2005, Brest International Short Film Festival 2005, Chieti MATITA Film Festival 2005 Ferenc Cakó Retrospective), Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2005, Dresden International Festival for Animation and Short Films 2005, European Film Academy Sort Film Awards 2005, Ghent Flanders International Film Festival 2005, Granada International Short Film Festival 2005, Istanbul International Short Film Days 2005, Kiev KROK International Animated Film Festival 2005, La Bourboule PLEIN la BOBINE 2005, Ljubljana ANIMATEKA 2005, Lleida Animac 2005, Odense Film Festival 2005, Riga BIMINI 2005, Sarajevo Film Festival 2005, Sevilla Festival de Cine 2005, Tehran International Animation Festival 2005, Valladolid International Film Festival 2005, Amiens International Film Festival 2004, Interfilm Berlin 2004, Genzano di Roma I Castelli Animati 2004, Seoul SICAF 2004, Valladolid International Film Festival 2004

Weblink: www.cakostudio.hu

Miracle

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 20:30 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 15:00 (SALTY)

miracle

Country of Origin: Lebanon
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 25′
Category: Fiction

Director: Georges Homsy
Screenplay: Georges Homsy
Cinematographer: Toufic Tabbal
Editor: Leila Kanaan, Riad Chebli
Music: Bassem Rizk
Producer: Dima El Joundi
Cast: Carmen Lebbos, Carlos Azar, Raymonde Gelalian, Joelle Homsy, Mona Chahine, Roland Tomb

Synopsis: The story sheds light on the life of the Lebanese applying for visas at the American Embassy in Cyprus. The main role centers around Jad’s personality, a 27 years old man, and his interaction with other applicants at the embassy. 8h05, the hall is full. At 8h10, Jad is called by the employee who conducts the interviews at the embassy to translate for the Lebanese… The story starts from there…

Festivals & Awards: Festival du Film Européen Beirut 2003, Sehsuechte Potsdam 2004 (Best Original Idea), Next Frame Film Festival 2004 (Best Writing / Best Director), Festival des Jeunes Cinéastes Budapest 2004 (Best International Short Film), FIKE Portugal 2004, MedFilm Festival Rome 2004, Curta Cinema 2004, International Student Short Film Festival Beirut 2004, Cinestud 2005, Festival de Cannes 2005 (Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase), Internationall Student Film & TV Festival Beijing Film Academy 2005

Weblink: www.iesav.usj.edu.lb

Protection (Prostasia)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 20:30 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 15:00 (SALTY)

protection

Country of Origin: Greece
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 15’20“
Category: Fiction

Director: Christos Nikoleris
Screenplay: Panayotis Iosifelis
Cinematographer: Dimitris Stmabolis
Editor: Christos Nikoleris
Music: CMYK
Producer: Yannis Exintaris, Dionisa Dimitrakellou
Cast: Michaelis Iatrooulos, Toni Souli

Synopsis: The “Venetian”, a known felon, has taken out the “Eskimo” and the market is now his. He’s afraid of no one – or is he?

Weblink: www.n-orasis.gr

Films by Director

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Acker, Shane: 9
Andersson, Jan: Hankerchifs For Sale (Nenäliinoja myytävänä)
Ayguavives, Isabel: Brave Girl (La Valiente)
Behar, Suny: Chaos Theory
Bosch, Adrian: Marco Solo
Brereton, Ole: Sign Of The Times
Cakó, Ferenc: Rendezvous (Randevú)
Conforti, Christopher: Frog
Corkery, Margaret: Killing The Afternoon
Cupellini, Claudio: Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)
Drljevic, Alen: Paycheck (Prva Plata)
Etcheverry, Juan Pablo: Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)
Helminen, Suvi Andrea: Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)
Homsy, Georges: Miracle
Hwang, Dong Hyeuk: Miracle Mile
Íscar, Ricardo and Nacho Martín: The Fence (El Cerco)
Jacoby, Max: Butterflies
Jordan, Richard: Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)
Kapetanovic, Goran: Echo (Eko)
Kattman, Stacey: Love Thy Neighbor
Koutský, Pavel and others: Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)
Kumar, Ashvin: Little Terrorist
Liberge, Joke: Meander
Ly, Vanessa: Mekong Interior
Monroy, Gabriela: A Trip (Un Viaje)
Munch-Petersen, Laurits: Between Us (Mellem Os)
Nikoleris, Christos: Protection (Prostasia)
Nunes, Afonso: The Age Of Men (A Idade Do Homem)
Östlund, Ruben: Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (Scen Nr 6882 Ur Mitt Liv)
Papadoulakis, Theo: Pilala
Park, Keun-Pyo: Wake
Runarsson, Runar: The Last Farm In The Valley (Síðasti Bærinn Í Dalnum)
Sholev, Dragomir: Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)
Snelling, Catherine: Susie
Szabolcs, Pálfi: The Bus – The Yellow Bus (A Busz – A Sárgabusz)
Thompson, Garrett: Hope’s Choice
Wallentin, Daniel: Mebana
Woo, Alexander: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher

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Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

whollstopusnow

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Claudio Cupellini
Screenplay: Claudio Cupellini, Michele Pellegrini
Cinematographer: Rocco Marra
Editor: Domenico Martoccia
Music: Alessandro Linzitto, Marco Fasolo
Cast: Roberto Citran, Maurizio Donadoni, Ana Caterina Morariu

Synopsis: Silvano lives in Sottomarina, nearby Venice. He’s forty years old, he’s got a young and beautiful wife, a very nice child, a comfortable house. He’s a car thief. A late summer day, Mario, a friend of the childhood, comes to see him after many, many years…

Festivals & Awards: Tel Aviv Intl. Student Film Festival 2004, Mostra Internazionale Del Cortometraggio Montecatini 2004 (Jameson Award), Cinema Student Festival Spoleto 2004, Karlovy Vary Fresh Film Festival 2004, China International Student Film Festival Beijing 2004, Turchia Intl. Short Film Festival Izmir 2004

Frog

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

frog

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 4′
Category: Animation

Director: Christopher Conforti
Screenplay: Christopher Conforti
Animation: Christopher Conforti
Cast: Marc Tatti, Garrett Koeppicus, Melissa Jordan, Christopher Conforti

Synopsis: In an attempt to escape the heat of the sun, a frog get himself in even more trouble.

Festivals & Awards: Student Academy Awards (2nd place), Television Academy Student Competition (2nd Place), ASIFA East Animation Awards (Best Student Film), Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival (1st Place Student), Marco Island Film Festival (Best Student Film), World Fest Houston (Platnium Remmi Award), Kalamazoon Animation Festival (Bronze), Brooklyn International Film Festival (Audience Award), Texas Film Festival (Audience Award), Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, Annecy (Avoid Eye Contact), Cannes (Kodak Student Filmaker Showcase), Los Angeles Film Festival, KROK, Woodstock Film Festival