Barcelona Here We Stand

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

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Countries of Origin: Finland, South Africa, Ghana
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’02“
Category: Documentary

Director: Linnea de la Chapelle, Rafael Donner
Screenplay: Linnea de la Chapelle
Cinematographer: Rafael Donner
Editor: Edem Tengue
Producer: Tyrone Poipao

Synopsis: The residents of the South African township of Barcelona struggle with a world of adversity and hardship, yet still show remarkable human kindness. It seems Barcelona is not where dreams go to die – it is merely where they hide.

Festivals & Awards:
Helsinki Short Film Festival 2014, Finland
Nominated for the national Finnish short film award, Kettu elokuvapalkinto 2014

Millionaires (Millionnaires)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

millionaires

Countries of Origin: Belgium
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Stéphane Bergmans
Producer: Isabelle Truc

Synopsis: Keeping up their mother’s tradition of choosing the same numbers each week, Christian and Ludo play the lottery. One day their mother’s numbers are announced…

Weblink: vimeo.com/85744932

Still Got Lives_ (Ich hab noch Auferstehung_)

Screening: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 19:00 (OUT OF COMPETITION)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 23’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Jan-Gerrit Seyler
Screenplay: Katarina Kokstein
Cinematographer: Jürgen Kemmer
Music: Stefan Paul Goetsch, Vincent Kokot
Producer: Thorsten Heger
Cast: Swantje Kohlhof, Bazon Rosengarth, Jochen Nickel, Tina Eschmann, Pia Fischer

Synopsis: Marco and Lisa are in love. Online, they fight dreadful monsters side by side, but in real life Lisa refuses to meet up. When Lisa stops playing one day, Marco decides to go searching for her. However, he is unprepared for what he discovers…

Festivals & Awards:
★ THE PRESS AWARD | ClujShorts International Short Film Festival 2015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014
★ WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMINATION | 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece 2014
★ SPECIAL MENTION | Salento Finibus Terrae Festival, Alto Salento, Italy 2014
★ OVER ALL FESTIVAL WINNER | Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria 2014
★ LENZING AWARD IN GOLD | Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria 2014
★ CINÉMASTER LYCÉE | Festival CineClass 2014, Tournan-en-Brie, France
★ SPECIAL JURY MENTION | ÉCU – The Européan Independent Film Festival 2014, Paris, France
★ BEST SHORT FILM | 35th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2013, Germany
★ GRAND PRIX – Award of Václav Krška | 13th International Student Film Festival Písek 2013, Czech Republic
★ BROZNE BUSHO MAIN PRIZE | BuSho – The Budapest International Short Film Festival 2013, Hungary
♥ SHORT PLUS AWARD/AUDIENCE AWARD | Fünf Seen Film Festival 2013, Germany
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Shorts on the rock 2013, Burg Alzenau, Germany
★ MASTERS OF SHORT FILM | Golden Anteaters 2013, Lublin, Poland
☆ NOMINATION AUDIENCE AWARD | Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis 2013, Germany
★ GRAND PRIX AWARD | International Studenten Film Festival 2013, Belgrade, Serbia
♥ AUDIENCE AWARD | Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival 2013, Germany
☆ NOMINATION BEST SHORT FICTION & AUDIENCE AWARD | Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013 , Saarbrücken, Germany
NOMINATIONS:
☆ EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2014, Riga, Latvia
☆ Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award 2013, Germany (Audience Award)
☆ Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Saarbrücken, Germany (Best Short Fiction and Audience Award)
• ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2015 (★ THE PRESS AWARD)
• Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014
• Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK 2014
• Fenêtres Sur Courts, Dijon, France 2014
• filmzeitkaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany 2014
• 20th International Short Film Festival in Drama, Drama, Greece 2014 (★ WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARD NOMINATION)
• Kurzfilmtage im PTI, Bonn, Germany 2014 (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Naperville Independent Film Festival, Naperville, IL, USA 2014
• Short Shorts Film Festival, México City, México 2014
• Festival of Nations, Austria 2014 (★ LENZING AWARD IN GOLD; ★ OVER ALL FESTIVAL WINNER)
• 14th Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA 2014
• Salento Finibus Terrae Festival, Alto Salento, Italy 2014
• Nashville Film Festival, Tennessee, USA, 2014
• Deutsche Kinder-Medien-Festival GOLDENER SPATZ, Gera/Erfurt, Germany
• Festival International du Film Scolaire et Universitaire, Tournan-en-Brie, France (★ CINÉMASTER LYCÉE)
• ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France (★ SPECIAL JURY MENTION)
• European Cinema Festival of Lille, France
• 27th Festival de Cine de Medina del Campo, Spain
• Geneva Film Festival, Illinois, USA 2014
• Kontrast – Das Bayreuther Filmfest, 2014
• Cinemagic Film Festival 2013, Belfast, United Kingdom
• 24th Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2013, Germany
• „“Toamna de Aur““ Film Festival Chisinau 2013, Moldawien
• Rencontres Henri Langlois – International Film Schools Festival 2013, Poitiers, France
• Internationales Filmfestival FRONTALE 2013, Vienna, Austria
• 35th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2013, Germany (★ Film BEST SHORT FILM)
• 30th video/film tage 2013, Koblenz, Germany
• 55th Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2013,
• Konstanzer Kurzspielfilme 2013, Germany
• 11th Annual International Student Film Festival HOLLYWOOD 2013, North Hollywood, USA
• 22nd Annual Heartland Film Festival 2013, Indianapolis, USA
• Festival de Cine de Pamplona-Iruñeko Zinemaldia 2013, Mutilva Baja, Spain
• Filmfestival Münster 2013, Germany
• International Student Film Festival Písek 2013, Písek, Czech Republic (★ GRAND PRIX – AWARD OF VÀCLAV KRŠKA)
• Naoussa International Film Festival 2013, Greece
• BUSHO_The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2013, Budapest, Hungary (★ BRONZE BUSHO MAIN PRIZE)
• ECU Escuela de Cine del Uruguay 2013 (13th edition of the International Film Schools Festival), Montevideo, Uruguay
• Fünf Seen Film Festival 2013, Germany (♥ SHORT PLUS AWARD/AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Shorts at Moonlight Kurzfilmfestival_Open Air 2013, Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany
• Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival 2013, Salderatzen, Germany
• Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award 2013, Germany (☆ NOMINATION AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Shorts on the rock 2013, Burg Alzenau, Germany (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• International Studenten Film Festival 2013, Belgrade, Serbia (★ GRAND PRIX AWARD)
• 2nd New York International Short Film Festival 2013, USA
• Almaty International Film FF_“Shaken’s Stars 2013″“, Kazakhstan
• International Student Film Festival „“AMIRANI““ 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Golden Anteaters 2013, Lublin, Poland (★ MASTERS OF SHORT FILM)
• Landshuter Kurzfilm Festival 2013, Germany (♥ AUDIENCE AWARD)
• Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2013, Saarbrücken, Germany (☆ NOMINATION BEST SHORT FICTION AND AUDIENCE AWARD)

Weblink: facebook.com/ichhabnochauferstehung

Good Hands (Buenas Manos)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

good-hands

Countries of Origin: Argentina
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2015
Running Time: 5’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Francisco Bendomir
Screenplay: Francisco Bendomir
Cinematographer: Pedro Álvarez
Editor: Francisco Bendomir
Producer: Luis Montoya

Synopsis: A young couple makes the unfortunate mistake of leaving their baby in the wrong hands…

Festivals & Awards:
Depth of Field International Film Festival (USA) – Exceptional Merit
San Francisco Film Awards (USA) – Award of Excellence
The Buenos Aires Film Festival of New Cinema (Argentina)
Festival Copa dos Curtas (Brazil)
MIA Film Festival (Brazil)
Shock Stock (Canada)
A Night of Short Films (USA)
Big as Texas Short Film Festival (USA)
Chattanooga Film Fest (USA)
Depth of Field International Film Festival (USA)
Equinox Film Fest (USA)
Fantastic Cinema (USA)
International Shorts (USA)
Sanford International Film Festival (USA)
San Francisco Film Awards (USA)
Tally Shorts Film Festival (USA)
The BoneBat ‚Comedy of Horrors‘ Film Fest (USA)
Three Cities Film Festival (Dominican Republic)
Fanter Film Festival (Spain)
Festival de Cine de Alicante (Spain)
Skepto International Film Festival (Italy)
Taglia Corti (Italy)
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (UK)
Plymouth Film Festival (UK)
Golden Palmera (UAE)

Weblink: vimeo.com/105627495

Last Base

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 19:00 (SOUR)

last-base

Countries of Origin: Norway, United Kingdom
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Aslak Danbolt
Screenplay: Aslak Danbolt
Cinematographer: Stian Thilert
Music: Fanny Wadman
Editor: Bjørnar Rydland Thyholdt
Producer: Pål Nordås, Aslak Danbolt

Synopsis: Soon to be father Joachim vows to give up base-jumping after going on one final adventure with his best-friend Øyvind. When a storm approaches their friendship is put to the test. Øyvind wants to turn back, but Joachim will apparently stop at nothing to pull off his very last jump.

Festivals & Awards:
Leeds International Film Festival 2014, UK
London Short Film Festival 2015, UK
Slamdance Film Festival 2015 Park City, Utah, USA
Leuven Short Film Festival 2014, Belgium
Tribeca Film Festival New York 2015, USA
Friss Hús International Short Film Festival Budapest 2015, Hungary
The Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad 2015, Norway
Rooftop Film Series 2015 New York City, USA

Weblink: vimeo.com/102709455

Newborns

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 19:00 and Monday, June 22, 2015, 21:00 (BITTER)

newborns

Country of Origin: India
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 9’00“
Category: Documentary

Director: Megha Ramaswamy
Screenplay: Megha Ramaswamy
Cinematographer: Satya Rai Paul
Music: Pritam, Patrick Pedersen, Dark Ambient Inner Devil
Editor: Anand Gandhi, Rohit Pandey
Producer: Sohum Shah, Anand Gandhi, Ruchi Bhimani

Synopsis: In this moving documentary, the survivors of acid attacks tell us their story.

Festivals & Awards:
Tiff ’14 Shorts Cuts Programme
Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival
3rd Delhi Short International Film Festival
LA No Budget Film Festival
Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival
IndiEarth XChange 2014, Chennai
4th UNA Pasadena Film Festival
Panchkula Literature Festival
FlickerFest
Filmmor
Reno Tahoe International Film Festival
Prague Short Film Festival
11th International Human Rights Film Festival Of Paris

Weblink: youtu.be/5fw28XOR5Xk

Six, Half Past Six (6, pola 7)

International Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 19, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:00 (UMAMI)

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Countries of Origin: Croatia
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 14:40
Category: Fiction

Director: Dalija Dozet
Producer: Hrvoje Osvadic

Synopsis: Ana is getting ready to attend her best friend Maja’s wedding. The groom arrives to give her lift, but first they must confront their secret past.

Festival & Awards:
Pula Film Festival 2014, Croatia

Between Sky and Sea (Mellom Himmel Og Hav)

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

between-sea-and-sky

Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 10’05“
Category: Fiction

Director: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Screenplay: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Cinematograper: Jardar Solli
Music: Fridtjof Wesseltoft, Simen Aasen, Julie Ofelia Østrem Ossum
Editor: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Producer: Samir Zedan

Synopsis: Jens struggles to come to terms with his father’s heartbreaking decision.

Festivals & Awards:
KORT på KINOKINO Sandnes (Norway) 2014
3rd Delhi Shorts International Film Festival 2014 Delhi (India) Best cinematography, student
12th International Festival Signes de Nuit 2014 Paris (France)
Lecce Film Fest – Cinema Invisibile Lecce 2014 (Italy)
El Corto del Año Madrid 2015 (Spain) Special jury mention
DaKINO International Film Festival Bucharest 2015 (Romania) Best Director Award
Festival Taglia Corti Trieste 2015 (Italy)
The Plein la Bobine Film Festival La Bourboule 2015 (France)
The Norwegian Student Film Festival Lillehammer 2015 (Norway)