Archiv der Kategorie: Best of Germany

On the line (Auf der Strecke)

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Screening: Friday, June 19, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

on-the-line

Country of Origin: Germany, Switzerland
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 30′
Category: Fiction

Director: Reto Caffi
Screenplay: Reto Caffi, Philippe Zweifel
Cinematographer: Piotr Rosolowski
Editor: Thomas Bachmann
Music: Ivo Ubezio, Daniel Jakob, Oli Kuster
Producer: Daniel Leuthold
Cast: Roeland Wiesnekker, Catherine Janke, Leonardo Nigro, Hanspeter Bader, Julie Bräuning u. a.

Synopsis: Rolf is a store detective and secretly in love with Sarah, who is a saleswoman in the in-house bookstore. He frequently watches for the subway she takes after work. One evening a man is with her. Rolf watches them jealously, until they have a fight and Sarah gets off the subway. When the supposed rival in love is accosted by three teenagers, Rolf gets off the subway. This has fatal consequences.

Festivals & Awards: Nominierung Best Live Action Short Film, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles 2009, Studenten-Oscar 2008, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles Grand Prix der internationalen Jury, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2008, Best European Shortfilm, Les Lutins du court metrage, Paris, 2008, Grand Prize, Angelus Student Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2008, Grand Prix des internationalen Wettbewerbs, 3. Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan, 2008, Grand Prix (goldener Engel) für den besten Kurzfilm, Tofifest Torun, Polen, 2008, Grand Prix für den besten Kurzfilm, Ourense International Film Festival, Spanien 2008, Grand Prix, Brno Sixteen Festival, Tschechien 2008, Grand Prix für den besten internationalen Kurzfilm und Publikumspreis, FIDEC (Festival international des ecoles de cinema), Belgien 2008, Audience Award für den besten internationalen Kurzfilm, Cork International Filmfestival, Irland, 2008, Best Student Film, Aspen Shortsfest, USA, 2008, Förderpreis Bester Absolventenfilm 2008 der GWFF bei den Babelsberger Medienpreisen, Potsdam, 2008, Luna de Valencia en plata (Silber), Festival Internacional de Cine Cinema Jove Spanien 2008, Grand Prix und Audience Award, Student Film Festival Belgrad, Serbien 2008, Audience Award und Best Camera, Festival Rencontres Henri Langlois, Poitiers, Frankreich 2008, Best Fiction Film (ex-aequo), Tirana International Filmfestival, Albanien 2008, Best Editing Award, Certamen Internacional de Cortos, Ciudad de Soria, Spanien 2008, Beste Regie Deutscher Film: ProSieben Nachwuchspreis, Beste Produktion Deutscher Film: Panther Preis und Bestes Drehbuch: Luggi-Waldleitner-Preis, Filmschulfest München, 2008, Succes Zürich, Preis für den erfolgreichsten Kurzfilm und Zürcher Filmpreis für den besten Kurzfilm, Schweiz 2008, Berner Filmpreis für den besten Kurzfilm, 2008, Schweizer Filmpreis für den besten Kurzfilm, 2008, Grand Prix, Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival, Tallinn, Estland 2008, Hauptpreis des deutschen Wettbewerbs, Kurzfilmfestival Interfilm, Berlin 2008, Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, Alternative Festival Madisz, Rumänien 2008, Audience Award für den besten Kurzfilm, Cinessonne-Festival, Frankreich 2008, Best Narrative Shortfilm, Brooklyn International Shortfilmfestival, New York 2008, Award of the Student Jury, Krakow International Filmfestival 2008, Jurypreis und Publikumspreis im deutschen Wettbewerb, Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, 2008, Best Actor (Roeland Wiesnekker), Montecatini Filmfestival, Italien, 2008, Best Actor (Roeland Wiesnekker), Special Jury Award, Expresion en corto, Mexiko 2008, Best Fiction Film, FICA Algarve International Filmfestival, Portugal 2008, Audience Award und Best Narrative Short, Kratkofil Kurzfilmfestival, Bosnien-Herzegovina, 2008, Nominierung Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2008, Kategorie Spielfilme bis 30 Min., Nominierung First Steps Award 2008, Kategorie Spielfilme bis 60 Min., Nominierung Beste Regie, Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis 2008, Prädikat Besonders wertvoll, Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden 2008, 1. Preis der Jury, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2008, Best Narrative Shortfilm, Tabor International Short Film Festival, Kroatien 2008, Best Director Award, Festival du court-metrage d’Altkirch, Frankreich 2008, 2. Preis, Wettbewerb um den Besten Hochschulfilm, OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg 2008, 3rd place Jury Award, International Best of Short Films Festival of La Ciotat, Frankreich 2008, Honorable Mention, Lago Filmfestival, Italien 2008, Publikumspreis, Kinofest Lünen 2007.

Weblink:www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=9

Thanks anyway (Trotzdem danke)

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Screening: Friday, June 19, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

thanks-anyway

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 7′
Category: Documentary

Director: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke
Screenplay: Matthias Wermke
Cinematographer: Mischa Leinkauf
Editor: Mischa Leinkauf
Producer: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke
Cast: Matthias Wermke

Synopsis: Berlin: Cleaning a windowpane without being asked, a young man’s act of friendship, whether at the metro station or at an urban bus at a red traffic light. It is all free of charge, nevertheless people are irritated, uncomprehending or even annoyed. But every now and then they are even thankful.

Festivals & Awards: Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2008, Nomination (German Shortfilm Award), Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Hamburg, Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Interfilm Berlin, Best Experimental Short, International Filmfestival „Ohne Kohle“ Vienna, Audience Award, „Betting On Shorts“ The London Consortium, UK, Best Performance, International Filmfest La.MeKo, Landau, Best Shortfilm, Contravision Shortfilmfestival Berlin, Best German Upcoming Filmmaker Nomination, Filmfest Hannover, Special Mention for Best Short Documentary, Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, International World Wide Shortfilm Festival Toronto, Canada, International London Film Festival, UK, International Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republik, 14. Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 20. exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, 24. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Zeitgeist International Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, Bianco FilmFestival, Perugia, Italien, MIT Short Film Festival, Cambridge, USA, „Open City“, Gallery „Eyebeam“ New York, USA.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=5

Mickey and Maria (Mickey und Maria)

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Screening: Saturday, June 20, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

mickey-und-maria

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 11′
Category: Fiction

Director: Steffen Reuter
Screenplay: Laurent Daniels
Cinematographer: Peter Przybylski
Editor: Bernhard Wießner
Cast: Stefanie Stappenbeck, Max Schmuckert
Synopsis: Maria ist Gast auf dem Kindergeburtstag des Sohnes ihrer besten Freundin. In Sachen Liebe ist sie recht desillusioniert, bis der neunjährige Mickey ihr Avancen macht.

Festivals & Awards: International Film Festival Emden, Norderney 2007 (2nd East Friesian Short Film Award), Short Cuts Cologne 2007 (Michael Lenz Memorial Award for the best screenplay), FilmZ Mainz Short Film Competition 2007 (FILMZ-Flame for the best film), 9. Landshut Short Film Festival 2008 (1st Audience Award), Romance In A Can: Romantic Shorts / Miami Beach, Florida, USA 2009 (3rd Short Film Winner), Filmfest Dresden / 17./18./21.04.2007, Shorts at Moonlight / Hofheim / 10./12./18.08.2007, OpenEyes Festival / Marburg / 12.-15.07.2007, Weiterstadt Filmfestival / 18.08.2007, Kinofest Lünen / 16.11.2007, EI(N)FÄLLE Studentenkabarett-Festival / Cottbus / 12./18.01.2008, 33. OPEN OHR Festival / Zitadelle Mainz / 09.-12.05.2008, BUNTE ZEITEN, 5. Jugendkulturfestival Geisenhausen / Landkreis Landshut / 15.-17.08.2008, AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS Independent Film Festival / Berlin / 28.11.-06.12.2008, Sun Screen Festival / Clearwater, Florida USA 06.-08.04.2007, Sevastopol International Film Festival Ukraine 20.-25.07.2007, BUSHO Film Festival / Budapest Hungary 03.-07.08.2007, Alpinale / Bludenz Austria 10.08.2007, CineGlobe / Genf Switzerland 08.-09.11.2007, Betting on Shorts Europe 23.-28.11.2007 Resfest Turkey / Eskisehir, Istanbul, Izmir Turkey 19.03.-13.04.2008, International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE / Balchik Bulgaria 23.-30.06.2008, Festival Internacional San Luis Cine / San Luis City Argentina 31.10.-08.11.2008, FIKE International Short Film Festival / Evora Portugal 21.-29.11.2008, EuroAsiaShorts Festival / Washington, DC USA 01.-06.06.2009

BEST OF GERMANY I

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BEST OF GERMANY I

Friday, June 19, 23:00

On the line (Auf der Strecke)
Our wonderful nature
Styx – An animated film about the underworld
Thanks anyway (Trotzdem danke)
The Girl with the yellow stockings (Das Mädchen mit den gelben Strümpfen)
The Suspicion (Der Verdacht)

BEST OF GERMANY II

Friday, June 19, 23:00

Cosmic Station
Hitchhiker (Anhalter)
Mickey and Maria (Mickey und Maria)
Robin
What’s left (Was bleibt)

What’s left (Was bleibt)

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Screening: Saturday, June 20, 23:00 ( BEST OF GERMANY II)

whats-left

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 17′
Category: Fiction

Director: David Nawrath
Screenplay: David Nawrath
Cinematographer: Markus Koob
Editor: David Nawrath
Producer: Susanne Mann, Paul Zischler
Cast: Maximilian Köster, Andrej Kaminsky, Nora von Waldstätten, Wiebke Frost, Alexander Flache, Markus von Lingen, Siggi Pawellek, Helmut Michel

Synopsis: After a long period of time a father and a son spend their day together, to attend the funeral of the grandmother. The sad occasion Der traurige Anlass birgt allerhand Konfliktpotential: Zunächst muss der Sohn angemessen gekleidet werden, doch Opas alter Anzug vermag nicht zu begeistern, und ein Kaufhausbesuch entwickelt sich schwierig. Trotz aller Differenzen ist am Ende aber etwas anders geworden.

Festivals & Awards: Nominierung für den Deutschen Kurzfilmpreis 2009

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=10

The Girl with the yellow stockings (Das Mädchen mit den gelben Strümpfen)

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Screening: Friday, June 19, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

the-girl-with-the-yellow-stockings

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 6′
Category: Fiction

Director: Grzegorz Muskala
Screenplay: Grzegorz Muskala, Hannes Held, Phillip Kaminiak
Cinematographer: Phillip Kaminiak
Editor: Grzegorz Muskala
Producer: Sol Bondy
Cast: Rosalie Thomass, Thomas Fränzel

Synopsis: A young couple, two rings, one question and one answer. A power game.

Festivals & Awards: Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in Gold, Category: Films with a duration till seven minutes.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=4

Cosmic Station

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Screening: Saturday, June 20, 23:00 Uhr (BEST OF GERMANY II)

cosmic-station

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 30′
Category: Documentary

Director: Bettina Timm
Screenplay: Bettina Timm
Cinematographer: Alexander Riedel
Editor: Bettina Timm
Producer: Philip Vogt
Music: Daniel Kluge, Edouard Stork

Synopsis: In 1943 a cosmic ray research station was set up on the top of Mount Aragaz in Armenia. During the 1980s the team of scientists here embarked upon an ambitious research project which, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, was never completed. Today the vast and considerably run-down complex located at an altitude of 3,500 metres is home to only six people, including two women who clean and cook for the group. This intimate and sensitive film uses long shots and masterful compositions to capture the total isolation of this surviving relic of the Soviet space programme.

Festivals & Preise: Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in Gold in der Kategorie Dokumentarfilme mit einer Laufzeit bis 30 Minuten, Visions Du Réel, Nyon, Oberhausen, Karlovy Vary, FIDMarseille, Dok Leipzig, Vancouver, Golden Apricot, Armenien.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=6

Shift (15 Minuten Wahrheit)

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Screening: Saturday, June 14, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

shift

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2007
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Nico Zingelmann
Screenplay: Nico Zingelmann
Cinematographer: Felix Poplawsky
Editor: Marco Baumhof
Music: Christopher Bremus
Producers: Birke Birkner, Jean-Young Kwak
Cast: Herbert Knaup, Christoph Bach

Synopsis: 50-year-old Georg Komann and his colleagues surprisingly get laid off by their company, without even any decent severance pay. Knowing that no-one will rehire fifty-years-olds, they need a good plan to avert their personal and financial ruin. Komann risks everything by asking his boss for a meeting that could change his life in any direction – a personal 15 minute meeting.

Festivals & Awards: Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival Italy 2008 (Best Short Film & Best Actor Herbert Knaup), Festival de Cannes France 2008 (Short Film Market), 13th Street NBC Universal Film Festival USA 2008 (Nominee for Shocking Shorts Award), Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand France 2008 (Short Film Market), International Short Film Festival Clergy-Pontoise France 2008 (1st Prize: Communauté d’agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise), FEC European Short Film Festival Reus Spain 2008 (Special Mention), Studio Hamburg Prize for Young Filmmaker 2008 (Best Short Film, Audience Award), Nominee for Best German Short Film Potsdam Germany 2007, Shorts at Moonlight Hofheim Germany 2007 (Skoda – Short Film Prize), German Short Film Prize Bonn Germany 2007 (Nominee for Best German Short Film), Tatort Eifel Daun Germany 2007 (Winner of Short Film Competition), Unlimited Cologne 2007 (Jury Award – Local Competition), International Festival Of Student Film Belgrade Serbia 2007 (Best Fiction Film Award), Kustendorf Film Festival Mokra Gora Serbia 2008 (Nominee for Short Film Competition), Tribeca Film Festival New York USA 2008 (Nominee for Short Film Competition), “Shorts At Moonlight” Germany 2007 (1st Prize, Audience Award), “Tatort Eifel” Germany 2007 (1st Jury Prize), „Unlimited“ 2nd International Film Festival Cologne Germany 2007 (1st Jury Prize), 9th International Student Film Festival Belgrade Serbia 2007 (Best Fiction Film Award), Kinofest Luenen Germany 2007 (Best Short Film, Audience Award), Filmfestival Münster Germany 2007 (Audoence Award), Kurzfilmtage Bamberg Germany 2008, Berlin&Beyond Film Festival San Francisco USA 2008, Filmfest Landshut Germany 2008, Kurzfilmtage Guetersloh Germany 2008, International Short Film Festival Dresden Germany 2008, Oskariada 7. IIFFF Warsaw Poland 2008, Week Of The European Film Panevezys Lithuania 2008, Kurzfilmtage Thalmaessing Germany 2008, International Student Film Festival Tel Aviv Israel 2008, Kurze Nacht der noch kuerzeren Filme Pfaffenhofen Germany 2008, Salento Finibus Terrae International Film Festival Italy 2008, Max-Ophuels-Prize Saarbruecken Germany 2007, „Sehsuechte“ Film Festival Potsdam Germany 2007, Filmfest Emden Germany 2007, European Short Film Biennale Ludwigsburg Germany 2007, Open Eyes Film Fest Marburg Germany 2007, Short Film Festival Luechow Germany 2007, Filmfest Muenster Germany 2007, Kurzfilmfestival Flensburg Germany 2007, „interfilm“ International Short Film Festival Berlin Germany 2007, Kinofest Luenen Germany 2007, Filofest Ljubljana Slovenia 2007, Goethe-Institut Los Angeles USA 2007, FILMZ Festival Of German Film Mainz Germany 2007

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/shift

The Runt (Der Kloane)

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Screening: Saturday, June 14, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

the-runt

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 10′
Category: Animation

Director: Andreas Hykade
Screenplay: Andreas Hykade
Animators: Andreas Hykade, Ralf Bohde
Editors: Andreas Hykade, Ralf Bohde
Music: Ulrich Reuter

Synopsis: „Alright, I’ll give you the runt. But you take care of it, and you kill it in one year,“ my uncle said.

Festivals & Awards: German Short Film Prize Potsdam Germany 2007, Nominee For World Short Film Award 2008 New York USA 2007, International Festival of Animation Arts „Multivision“ St. Petersburg Russia 2007 (Best Story), Kalamazoo Animation Festival International USA 2007 (First Prize For Independent Works), AniFest Prague Czech Republic 2007 (Grand Prix), International Animated Film Festival Annecy France 2007 (FIPRESCI Award), „Anima“ Argentinia 2007 (Grand Jury Price), RICA Wissembourg France 2007 (Grand Prix des Rencontres), 10th Tallinn Black Night Festival Estonia 2006, 8th Animated Dreams Tallinn Estonia 2006 (Wooden Wolf GRAND PRIX), Riofan Brazil 2008, 47th Krakow Film Festival Poland 2007, Platform International Animation Festival USA 2007, Lenolafilmfestival Italy 2007, CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival Canada 2007, „In the Palace“ International Short Film Festival Bulgaria 2007, Kinofest Romania 2007, Aye Aye Filmfestival France 2007, Fantoche – Internationales Festival für Animationsfilm Switzerland 2007, London International Animation Festival UK 2007, 29th International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2007, Slow Film Festival Hungary 2007, 27. Atlantic Film Festival Canada 2007, 8th International Animation Festival Madrid Spain 2007, „Animanima“ International Animation Festival Serbia 2007, Eksjoe Animation Festival Sweden 2007, Milano Film Festival Italy 2007, Akbank Shortfilm Festival Turkey 2007, Animpact Korea 2007, Uppsala International Short Film Festival Sweden 2007, Cinanima International Animated Film Festival Portugal 2007, Valsusa Filmfest Italy 2007, 25th International Young Audience Film Festival ALE KINO Poland 2007, PLATFORMA VIDEO 7 International Film Festival Greece 2007, Kurz und Knapp Switzerland 2007, Aubagne International Film Festival France 2007, „The Magic Lantern“ Film Festival Glasgow UK 2007, „Animabasauri“ Spain 2007, „Anima“ Belgium 2007, Granada International Young Filmmakers Festival Spain 2007, Short Film Festival Landshut Germany 2007, International Film Festival Dresden Germany 2007, International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Germany 2007, International Short Film Festival Hamburg Germany 2007, Shorts at Moonlight Hofheim Germany 2007, International Short Film Festival Detmold Germany 2007, Open Air Film Festival Weiterstadt Germany 2007, DokFestival Leipzig Germany 2007, Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival Germany 2007, „zwergWERK“ Short Film Days Oldenburg Germany 2007, Short Film Week Regensburg Germany 2007, Ottawa International Animation Festival Canada 2006, Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Spain 2006, London Film Festival UK 2006, Bradford Animation Festival UK 2006, Cinematheque Quebequoise Montreal Canada 2006, Tampere 36th Short Film Festival Finland 2006, Brest European Short Film Festival France 2006

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/the-runt

Gaining ground (Land gewinnen)

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Screening: Friday, June 13, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

gaining-ground

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 20’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Marc Brummund
Screenplay: Fabian Wiemker
Cinematographer: Bettina Herzner
Editors: Ulf Albert, Magdolna Rokob
Music: Carsten Rocker
Producer: Yildiz Ozcan
Cast: Radik Golovkov, Olga Kolb, Andreas Schust, Hedi Kriegeskotte, Jan Peter Heyne

Synopsis: Andrej and his family have been living in Germany illegally for years. When his son reaches school age, he can´t hide any longer. Mischa´s future is at stake.

Festivals & Awards: International Creativ Award Of The Senate Of Hamburg Germany 2008, Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers Larissa Greece 2008 (Second Prize: Silverhorse), 18. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage Germany 2008 (Third Audience Award), 30. International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 2008 (Kodak Showcase), 34th Annual Student Academy Awards USA 2007 (Nomination For Student Oscar), Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis Germany 2007 (Best Directing), International Women Film Festival Cologne Germany 2007(Best Cinematography, Special Mention), 57th Berlin International Film Festival Germany 2007 (Best Short Film, Special Mention), Golden Knight International Film Festival Moskau Russia 2007 (Silver Knight XVI), Vilnius Film Shorts Lithuania 2007 (Special Mention), Wendland Short Luechow Germany 2007 (Best Script), 37th International Children Film Festival Giffoni Italy 2007 ( Best Short Film, Special Prize), Nomination for First Steps Award 2007 (Best Short Film), International Competition VGIK International Filmschool Festival Moskau Russia 2007 (Audience Award), Konstanzer Kurzfilmspiele Germany 2007 (Best Short Film), CILECT Prize Competition Bulgaria 2007 (Fifth Prize), „My Europe“ Film Festival Germany 2007 (Audience Award), Nomination for Best German Short Film 2007

Weblink: http://www.kurzfilmtournee.de/gaining-ground