Pilala

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 20:30 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 15:00 (SALTY); Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 18:00 (BEST OF 2006)

pilala

Country of Origin: Greece
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Theo Papadoulakis
Screenplay: Theo Papadoulakis, Giorgios Papadopoulos
Cinematographer: Evangelos Vlachakis
Editor: Donny Boocock
Music: Giannis Psaroudakis
Producer: Alki Ditsa
Cast: Adipas Ntamotsidis, Adipas Ntamotsidis, Zoi Maniti, Christos Gianoularis

Synopsis: A big day is set ahead for twelve year old Adipas. He prepares to watch his idol on TV but an electricity failure in his village ruins his plans. His Granddads Café is the only place with electricity and in a rush to get there, he causes pandemonium in the village.

Festivals & Awards: International Film Festival Drama 2004 (Best Greek Short Jameson Award / Greek Film Centres Distinction Award / Greek Independent Film Press Award / Special Award for Technical Excellence), Festival Cinema Mediterraneen Montpellier 2004 (Special Prize by Canal Plus), Greek State Film Awards / Thesaloniki International Film Festival 2004 (1st Prize Best Greek Short Film Award), Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2004 (Audience Award), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2005 (Special Jury Best Short Film), Larisa International Film Festival 2005 (Silver Horse Award), Ecofilms Rhodes International Films and Visual Arts Festival 2005 (Special Mention), Festival Of Nations Austria 2005 (1st Prize Best Film in Competition), The Mediterranean Short Film Festival Tangier 2005 (Jury Award), International Panorama of Independent Film and Video (1st Prize Best Short Film / Best Male Leading Actor), Roshd International Film Festival 2005, Berlin International Film Festival 2005, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2005, Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 2005

Weblink: www.pilala.com

The Last Farm In The Valley (Síðasti Bærinn Í Dalnum)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 22:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 12:30 (SOUR); Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 18:00 (BEST OF 2006)

thelastfarminthevalley

Country of Origin: Iceland
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 17’09“
Category: Fiction

Director: Runar Runarsson
Screenplay: Runar Runarsson
Cinematographer: Magni Agustsson
Music: Kjartan Sveinsson
Cast: Jón Sigurbjonsson, Kristjana Vagnsdóttir, Sigurdur Skúlason

Synopsis: Somewhere in Iceland there is a lonely farm where old Hrafn and his wife live. When she dies, Hrafn stops at nothing to hold on to his independence and his dignity.

Festivals & Awards: Best shortfilm Nordisk Panorama 2004, Best shortfilm Kiev International Film Festival Molodist 2004, FIPRESCI Jury Diploma for the best shortfilm Kiev International Film Festival Molodist 2004, Best Short at EDDA awards 2004 The annual Icelandic film Academy awards, Nomination for Jón Sigurbjörnsson in Edda Award 2004, The annual Icelandic film Academy awards, Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, Danzante Award – Best film of the Huesca Film festival 2005, The jury of the critics – Special mention at the Huesca Film festival 2005, Jury’s special mention – Shortshorts Filmfestival Tokyo 2005, The audience’s choice-The 16th São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2005, Honorary Distinction- Drama International Short Film Festival 2005, Audience-award at the 9th International Short Film Festival Winterthur Schweiz 2005, Best Film of Spiritual Competition of 10th International & 22nd National Short Film Festival of theIranian Young Cinema Society in Iran, Oscar nomination 2006, Best Short at Durango Independent Film Festival

Weblink: thelastfarm.blogspot.com

Hope’s Choice

German Premiere

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

hopeschoice

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 19’18“
Category: Fiction

Director: Garrett Thompson
Screenplay: Jerry Whitfield
Cinematographer: John Savedra
Editor: M.R. Stiff
Music: Tony Morales
Producer: Jessica Funches
Cast: Jocko Sims, Ruel Samuels, Rochelle Lee, Stephanie Sanders-Smith, Koury Brown, Kim Estes, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Kevin L. Rushing, Karen Dolittle, Robert Heap

Synopsis: Dante made a choice. Now, all he has is Hope.

Festivals & Awards: Cannes International Film Festival 2005 (Kodak Emerging Filmmakers Showcase), Showtime Black Filmmaker Showcase 2005, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Student Television Award 2005 (1st Place), Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards 2005 (Honorable Mention), San Francisco Black Film Festival 2004 (3rd Place Winner / Best Short / Melvin Van Peebles Award), Santa Barbara African Heritage Film Series 2005 (Favorite Pic), Christian Film & Television Market 2004 (Opening Night Selection), Hollywood Black Film Festival 2004, Indianapolis Film Festival 2004, Denver Pan-African Film Festival 2004, Baytowne Film Festival 2005, Temecula Valley International Film Music Festival 2005

Weblink: home.earthlink.net/~hopeschoice

Butterflies

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 20:00 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 15:00 (BITTER)

butterflies

Country of Origin: Luxembourg
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 12′
Category: Fiction

Director: Max Jacoby
Screenplay: Max Jacoby
Cinematographer: Fredrik Bäckar
Editor: Amine Jaber
Music: Frambo
Cast: Glyn Pritchard, Joanna Scanlan, Federay Holmes, Jules Werner

Synopsis: A man gets interrogated by the police about the drowning of a little girl that he claims he witnessed.

Festivals & Awards: Letzebuerger Filmprais 2005 (Meilleur Court Metrage), Cynenygma 2005, Zagreb Film Festival 2005, Festival de Venise 2005 (Best European Short / Prix UIP), Mediterranean Festival of New Film Larissa 2006

Between Us (Mellem Os)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, March 24, 2006, 18:00 and Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:30 (SWEET); Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 18:00 (BEST OF 2006)

betweenus

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 35′
Category: Fiction

Director: Laurits Munch-Petersen
Screenplay: Laurits Munch-Petersen, Jeff Matthews, Ine Urheim
Cinematographer: Jan Pallesen
Editor: Cathrine Ambus
Production Designer: Sabine Hviid
Sound: Allan Holmberg
Music: Flemming Nordkrog
Producer: Emilie Luke
Cast: Kristian Ibler, Helle Fagralid, Thomas Bendixen, Maria Stokholm, Farshad Kholghi

Synopsis: ‚Between us‘ is a modern, humorous and sexy love story which takes place during one night, in one apartment with four young copenhageners. The little brother Adam invites his closest family for dinner; his beloved girlfriend, his successful big brother and his brother’s beautiful wife. They’re having a good time! But there’s a special reason for the invitation. Adam has prepared a highly untraditional plan for the night; a plan which will make up for all the humiliations suffered in the past as a little brother…especially one of them!

Festivals & Awards: International Student Film Festival Amsterdam 2005 (Audience Award), Kodak Student Filmmaker Award Cannes 2005 (Emerging Filmmaker Award), Oscars 2004 (Foreign Student Academy Award), Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival 2004 (Best Fiction Film), FIPA International Film Festival Biarritz 2004 (Best Short Film), Premiers Plans Angers 2004 (Audience Award, Prix des Etudiants d’Angers), European Festival of Film Schools Bologna 2003 (Best European Graduation Film), Mexican International Film School Festival (Special Prize, OCIC-Prize), Danish Film Talent of The Year 2003 (Best Director), Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2003 (Audience Award), Nordisk Panorama Film Festival Malmø 2003 (Special Award)

Weblink: www.laurits.com/titles/between us.html

Echo (Eko)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 20:00 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 15:00 (BITTER)

echo

Country of Origin: Sweden
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 16′
Category: Fiction

Director: Goran Kapetanovic
Screenplay: Alexander Skantze, Lotta Lättström
Cinematographer: Jonas Alarik
Editor: Karin Tallroth
Music: Magnus Andersson performed by Katzen Kapell
Producer: Osiel Ibañez
Cast: Vera Veljovic, Ariel Petsouk, Anders Johannisson, Peter Perski

Synopsis: Things are going pretty well for Sonja. She left the ex-Yugoslavian war and lives peacefully with her family in Sweden. The normal life she is trying to live is interrupted by her trauma from the war.

Festivals & Awards: Paris Short Films Festival 2004, Telluride Film Festival 2004, MIFED Emerging European Filmmakers 2004 (Emerging European Filmmakers Award), International Student Film Festival Hollywood 2004, International Festival of Filmschools Montevideo 2004, Stockholm Film Festival 2004 (Jameson Award), Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival Tallinn 2004, Short Cuts Cologne 2004, Sofia International Film Festival 2005, Filmfest Dresden 2005, Sehsüchte Potsdam 2005, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2005, International Short Film Festival Berlin 2005

Weblink: www.draminst.se

Films by Country

Australia
Marco Solo

Belgium
Meander

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paycheck (Prva Plata)

Bulgaria
Before Life, After Death (Predi Zjivota, Sled Smartta)

Brazil
The Age Of Men (A Idade Do Homem)

Czech Republic
Letters From The Czecho (Dopisy Z Česka)

Denmark
Between Us (Mellem Os)
Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)

France
Mekong Interior

Finland
Hankerchifs For Sale (Nenäliinoja myytävänä)

Greece
Protection (Prostasia)
Pilala

Hungary
Rendezvous (Randevú)
The Bus – The Yellow Bus (A Busz – A Sárgabusz)

Iceland
The Last Farm In The Valley (Síðasti Bærinn Í Dalnum)

India
Little Terrorist

Ireland
Killing The Afternoon

Italy
Who’ll Stop Us Now (Chi Ci Ferma Più)

Lebanon
Miracle

Luxembourg
Butterflies

Mexico
A Trip (Un Viaje)

South Korea
Miracle Mile

Spain
Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)
The Fence (El Cerco)
Brave Girl (La Valiente)
Minotauromaquia, Pablo In The Labyrinth (Minotauromaquia, Pablo En El Laberinto)

Sweden
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (Scen Nr 6882 Ur Mitt Liv)
Echo (Eko)
Mebana

United Kingdom
Susie

United States
9
Chaos Theory
Frog
Hope’s Choice
Love Thy Neighbor
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
Sign Of The Times
Wake

Veröffentlicht unter 2006

Wake

German Premiere

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

wake

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 17′
Category: Fiction

Director: Keun-Pyo Park
Screenplay: Keun-Pyo Park
Cinematographer: PJ Raval
Editor: Keun-Pyo Park
Sound Design: Chris Keyland, Jorge Murakami, Todd Smith
Producers: Bo-Lim Han, Keun-Pyo Park
Cast: Eun Jee Wang, Sung Mi Kim, Ji Won Kang, Erin Imbrie, Temsy Chen

Synopsis: Wake is the heartbreaking story about a 5-year-old girl who spends four days in a small apartment when her mother doesn’t wake up from sleeping, and not understanding the concept of death.

Festivals & Awards: Kodak Award Competition 2004 (Grand Prize Winner), ASC Student Heritage Award 2004, McGuffin Film Festival 2005 (Best Short), Arizona International Film Festival 2005, Spindletop Film Festival 2005 (1st Place: College Shorts), Kodak Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at Cannes Film Festival 2005, Seoul Net Festival 2005 (Special Jury Mention), Newport International Film Festival 2005, Jackson Hole Film Festival 2005 (Best Student Short), Texas Filmmakers Showcase 2005, Dallas Video Festival 2005, GwangJu International Film Festival 2005, Palm Springs International Film Festival of Shorts 2005, Hawaii International Film Festival 2005, Austin Film Festival 2005 (Best Student Short), Savannah Film Festival 2005, Lyon Asian Film Festival 2005 (Jury Award for Best Short Film / Public Award), Edge works Film Festival 2005, Slamdance Film Festival 2006, San Francisco Korean American Film Festival 2006, San Francisco Asian American Film Festival 2006

Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)

Bavarian Premiere

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

cleopatrasnose

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 11’36“
Category: Fiction

Director: Richard Jordan
Screenplay: Richard Jordan, Lola Pantoja
Cinematographer: Alex Catalan
Editor: Richard Jordan
Music: Jesus Garcia
Producer: Richard Jordan, Pedro Lopez Luna
Cast: Antonio Navarro, Maria Alfonsa Rosso, Sebastian Haro, Rebeca Torres, Carmelo García, Beatriz Prior, Alejandro Munoz Biggie, Santiago Gonzalez Sarrion

Synopsis: Seville, 6th May 1943. While Franco passes through the streets in open-top car, the conspirators lie in wait….

Festivals & Awards: Caja Madrid Short Film Festival 2004 (Best Photography), Edinburgh International Film Festival 2004 (Best European Short / Prix UIP), Tampere Film Festival 2005, Filmfest Dresden 2005, Jerusalem International Film Festival 2005, Helsinki International Film Festival 2005, Uppsala Film Festival 2005, Muestra Nacional de Nuevos Realizadores Cuba 2006