Archiv der Kategorie: Friends & Family

The Prisoner Of The Month (Der Häftling Des Monats)

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Screening: Wednesday, June 18, 19:00 (BOYFRIENDS)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 23′
Category: Fiction

Director: Mario Dircks
Screenplay: Mario Dircks
Cinematographer: Edwin Krieg
Editor: Uli Schön
Music: Steffen Kaltschmid
Producer: Axel Donath
Cast: Mike Langhans, Johanna Falckner, Benjamin Koller, Daniel Bucher

Synopsis: A young man walks home when he gets stopped and arrested by two policeman. In the cellar of a police station, he is thrown into a dirty cell. After he recovered of the first fright, he assesses that there is also a young girl in this cell. First of all he thinks, she got arrested the same way, but soon he realizes, that she is part of a cruel and inhuman story, that forces the young man to change he’s world picture or to die yet in this night.

Festivals & Awards: Portobello Film Festival UK

Weblink: www.derhaeftlingdesmonats.de

The Secret Adventures Of The Projectionist

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Screening: Wednesday, June 18, 19:00 (BOYFRIENDS)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 3’15“
Category: Fiction

Director: Max Sacker
Screenplay: Max Sacker, Heleen Gerritsen
Cinematographer: Dustin Wallrap
Editor: Max Sacker
Music: Dmitri Petrovski
Cast: Nikolai Kinski, Senta Dorothea Kirschner, Mark Gisbourne

Synopsis: The Secret Adventures of the Projectionist starring Nikolai Kinski and Senta Dorothea Kirschner, tells the (very short) story of a cinema projectionist (Kinski) who becomes entangled in a dangerous liaison with a silver screen femme fatale (Kirschner). Spanning several cinema styles from silent movie to sword and scandals Technicolor to Film Noir, the film was shot on 16mm film in under four days in Berlin, Germany using old cameras from the Soviet Union.

Weblink: www.maxsacker.com/projectionist_about.html

The Pheasant (Der Fasan)

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Screening: Sunday, June 15, 19:00 (GIRLFRIENDS)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction

Director: Zorana Musikic
Screenplay: Zorana Musikic
Cinematographer: Rene Gorski
Editor: Heike Parplies
Music: Simon Stockhausen
Cast: Thomas Bestvater, Juergen Verch

Synopsis: „The Pheasant“ tells the story about two homeless men, Bodo and Gerd, who live in Berlin – a city that runs up to Christmas preparations. It is a bizarre odyssey through the night in search of the Christmas dinner they dream of.

Festivals & Awards: La Cittadella del Corto – International Short Film Festival Italy 2006 (Best International Short Film), Shorts at Moonlight Bad Soden Germany 2006 (Winner of the Day), Film Festival Max-Ophuels-Prize Saarbruecken Germany 2006, „Sehsuechte“ Film Festival Potsdam Germany 2006, Shortmoves Film Festival Halle Germany 2006, International Film Festival Belgrad Serbia 2006

Weblink: www.schafoderscharf.de/de/derfasan.html

Heart’s Beating (Herz Sticht)

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Screening: Wednesday, June 18, 19:00 (BOYFRIENDS)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 22′
Category: Fiction

Director: Mario Wimmer
Screenplay: Mario Wimmer
Cinematographer: Christian Schraml
Editor: Mario Wimmer, Christian Schraml, Stefan Lülf, Julia Goltsche
Cast: Andreas Speth, Antonia Goltsche, Stefan Lülf, Dominik Sennes, Benjamin Driller, Maximilian Poidinger

Synopsis: In a small Bavarian village a catastrophy has to be avoided: the innkeeper’s daughter wants to marry a Prussian boy, who just moved into the town. The mayor’s son doesn’t want to marry at all and the group of regulars, as always, wants the opposite. What a relief to know that the mayor is the one who makes the decisions. Everything is clear now, isn’t it?

Festivals & Awards: „Jugend filmt“ Landshut Gemany 2007 (Best Screenplay), Jufinale Oberbayern Germany 2007 (Young Filmmaker Award), Bavarian Film Festival Of Amateurs Falkenstein Germany 2008 (Bavarian Lion), Bavarian Jufinale Germany 2008

Weblink: www.vagenwood.de

Lea

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Screening: Sunday, June 15, 19:00 (GIRLFRIENDS)

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Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 43′
Category: Fiction

Director: Steffi Niederzoll
Screenplay: Steffi Niederzoll
Cinematographer: Steph Ketelhut
Editor: Rita Schwarze
Music: Herwig Zamernik
Producer: Tobias Horn, Christian Mueller
Cast: Alma Leiberg, Martin Kliefer

Synopsis: Lea is in her mid-twenties. Her parents finance her student life, which is colored by boredom and affluence. With no foothold and no direction Lea is letting herself drift. To escape the emptiness of her life she is continually testing the limits. A brief meeting with Lukas results in a closeness that is new for Lea. At first Lukas is prepared to follow Lea unquestioningly and they go to the deserted house of Lea’s grandfather. Here, time seems to have stood still. Surrounded by memories of a bygone time Lea and Lukas try to find a way to connect with each other.

Festivals & Awards: 58. International Film Festival Berlin Germany 2008

Weblink: https://vimeo.com/lea