Archiv der Kategorie: International Competition

Bye (Dag)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: The Netherlands
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 10′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Tamar van den Dop
Screenplay: Esther Duysker
Cinematographer: Gregor Meerman
Music: Tim van Peppen
Editor: Katarina Türler
Producer: Marc Bary
Cast: Jona Jungerman, Tamar van den Dop

Synopsis: Through the eye of his camera, Jonathan sees how grown up people deal with the death of his father and say their last goodbyes to him. Maybe he could postpone this farewell.
Inhalt: Durch das Auge der Kamera sieht Jonathan, wie Erwachsene mit dem Tod seines Vaters umgehen und sich von ihm verabschieden. Vielleicht kann er den Abschied noch hinauszögern.

Festivals: The Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht 2011, The Netherlands; Cinemateca International Film Festival Montevideo 2012, Uruguay; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2012, Germany.

Weblink: www.imdb.com

Could see a puma (Pude ver un puma)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Argentina
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 17′
Category: Short Fiction

Director: Eduardo Williams
Cinematographer: Manuel Bascoy
Screenplay: Eduardo Williams
Music: Alex Del Río, Eduardo Williams
Editor: Eduardo Williams
Producer: Alexan Sarikamichian
Cast: Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Fernando Contigani García, Juan Manuel Soler, Felipe Villanueva, Jerónimo Quevedo

Synopsis: The accident leads a group of young boys from the high roofs of their neighborhood, passing through its destruction, to the deepest of the earth.
Inhalt: Der Unfall führt eine Gruppe Jungs von den hohen Dächern ihrer Nachbarschaft durch ihre zerstörte Umwelt zum Mittelpunkt der Erde.

Festivals: SHNIT Bern, Switzerland; International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Curta Cinema Río de Janeiro, Brazil; International Film Festival Guadalajara, Mexico; 3rd Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antarctica; BAFICI Buenos Aires International Independent Filmfestival, Argentina; Cannes Cinéfondation, France; Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria; Award from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires, for 35 mm print.
Awards: Award for Best Short at BAFICI Buenos Aires, Argentina; Honorary Mention at International Short Film Festival Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Award for 35 mm print from Fondo Metropolitano de Cultura de Buenos Aires

Weblink: www.vimeo.com

Nearby (Muy cerca)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 21:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 16′
Category: Fiction

Director: Iván Caso
Screenplay: Iván Caso, Silvia Nanclares
Cinematographer: Iván Caso
Music: Nacho Alvarez
Editor: Carolina Martinez
Producer: Koldo Zuazua Iván Caso
Cast: Isable Blanco, Juana Caso Hedo, Manolo Solo, Mateo Caso Riera, Mercedes Almarcha

Synopsis: Julia has arranged to meet her partner Jaime on a beach, who has left her some cryptic clues. Julia and the children will follow the clues until they get lost in a forest near the beach. During this little odyssey she will show us the fragile link she has with reality and her true nature.
Inhalt: Julia hat sich mit ihrem Partner Jaime zu einem Treffen am Strand verabredet, der ihr mehrere rätselhafte Zeichen hinterlässt. Julia und die Kinder verfolgen die Anweisungen, bis sie sich in einem in der Nähe des Strandes gelegenen Wald verirren. Während dieser kleinen Odyssee wird die fragile Verbindung aufgezeigt, die Julia zur Realität, ihren Kindern und ihrer wahren Natur pflegt..

Festivals: MECAL Festival Internacional de Cine de Barcelona, Spain; ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Spain; ZINEBI Festival Interacional de Cine de Bilbao, Spain
Awards: Best Cinematography Award at MECAL Festival Internacional de Cine de Barcelona, Spain; Best Musical Score Award at ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares Madrid, Spain; Best Screenplay Award at ZINEBI Festival Internacional de Cine de Bilbao, Spain

Weblink:www.imdb.com

The future, today (L´avenir c´est aujourd´hui)

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World Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 21, 19:00 (film.coop) and Saturday, June 23, 21:00 (City Kinos) SWEET

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: Anne Zinn-Justin
Screenplay: Anne Zinn-Justin
Cinematographer: Anne Zinn-Justin
Music: Eric Neveux
Editor: Isabelle Manquillet
Cast: Armande Boulanger, Arthur Vaughanwhitehead, Agathe Dronne, Gauthier Baillot

Synopsis: May 1981. The eve of the French presidential elections. 15 year old Claire feels smothered by the environment at home. Marc, the 16 year old son of a trade union mechanic. Against the backdrop of political battle, they watch, attract, repel, and find one another…
Inhalt: Mai 1981, kurz vor der französischen Präsidentschaftswahl. Die 15-jährige Claire fühlt sich zu Hause eingeengt. Der 16-jährige Marc ist der Sohn eines Mechanikers und aktiven Gewerkschaftlers. Vor dem Hintergrund des politischen Wahlkampfes nähern sich die beiden langsam an…

Weblink: youtu.be/B73dxEeH3qg

A Purpleman

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German Premiere

Screenings:Friday, June 22, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 19:00 (film.coop)
SOUR

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 13′
Category: Animation

Director: Tak-hoon Kim
Screenplay: Hyung-Kee Lee
Cinematographer: Ki-Man Kim
Music: Tae-Keun Kim
Editor: Tae-Sik Han, Jun-Ho Cho
Producer: Tak-hoon Kim
Cast: Hyuk Kim

Synopsis: 18 year-old North Korean-born Hyuk Kim is tortured in prison for illegal trading to China. He is released on a special amnesty and succeeds in escaping from North to South Korea. Hyuk Kim now lives happily here, being able to eat his favorite boiled eggs as much as he wants at a buffet. But sometimes he is disheartened by the economic crisis or discrimination in South Korea. He does not think he’s a red man, the color symbolizing the North, nor a blue man of South Korea. Then what is he? A purple man? This is the tale of Hyuk Kim as a North Korean refugee in South Korea with no political intention.
Inhalt: Der 18-jährige Nordkoreaner Hyuk Kim wird im Gefängnis für illegalen Handel mit China gefoltert. Er wird bagnadigt und kann nach Südkorea fliehen. Dort lebt er glücklich, da er in den Selbstbedienungs-Restaurants unendlich viele seiner Lieblingseier essen kann. Manchmal stimmen ihn die Wirtschfatskrise und die Diskriminierung dennoch traurig. Er sieht sich selbst weder als roten Mann Nordkoreas, noch als blauen Mann des Südens. Aber was ist er dann? Lila? Dies ist die Geschichte von Hyuk Kim als nordkoreanischer Flüchtling ohne politische Absichten in Südkorea.

Festivals: ION Animation Game and Short Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Tampere Film Festival 2011, Finland; San Francisco International Film Festival 2011, USA; AMC Theatre Kansas City Film Festival 2011, USA; Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival 2011, Japan; Cinema Digital Film Festival 2011, Korea; DMZ Film Festival 2011, Korea; Gwangju Human Rights Film Festival 2011, Korea
Awards: DMC Contents Award Korea; Best Asian International Film at Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival 2011, Japan

Weblink:
www.youtube.com

Dirty Friday

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 22, 21:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 19:00 (film.coop)
UMAMI

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 8′
Category: Animation

Director: Adrián Miguel Delgado, Tenesor Cruz Niesvaara
Screenplay: Adrián Miguel Delgado, Tenesor Cruz Niesvaara
Music: Tenesor Cruz Niesvaara, Ruth Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Daniel Negrín Galván
Editor: Adrián Miguel Delgado, Tenesor Cruz Niesvaara
Producer: Carlos Roca Ramírez
Cast: Juan Aguiar Clavijo, Tamara Vázquez Schröder, Johnathan Ip, Tenesor Cruz Niesvaara, Adrián Miguel Delgado

Synopsis: A man very fussy about order punishes his cat in a very exaggerated manner. The owner of the animal starts to lose his mind as he obsessively speculates about the pet’s possible plans for revenge.
Inhalt: Ein ordnungsliebender Mann bestraft seine Katze auf sehr übertriebene Weise. Er beginnt seinen Verstand zu verlieren, als er obsessiv darüber spekuliert, welche möglichen Rachepläne sein Haustier nun hegen könnte.

Festivals: 11th International Animation Film festival Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria; 3rd Festival TOFUZI 2011, Georgia; 7th FAIAL FILMES FEST – Festival de Cinema dos Açores, Portugal; 31st Festival de cine d’Amiens, France; FICG27 Festival Internacional de cine de Guadalajara, Mexico; 1st Festival de Animación Cromafest, Mexico; 5th International Film Festival „STEPS“ 2012, Kharkov, Ukraine; 30th Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay; 22th MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Festival, Hungary; 8th Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes FENACO Perú; Festival Baumann 2011, Terrassa, Spain; Festival Internacional de Cine de Albacete, Spain; 16 Certamen Nacional de Creación Audiovisual de Cabra, Spain; Festival Int’l de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao – ZINEBI 53, Spain; XXIII Concurso de cortos fantásticos y de terror de Sants, Spain; Muestra Cine Club UNED – Sección La Factoría de cortos Nacionales, Soria, Spain; Concurso cortos de terror y suspense de Orès, Zaragoza, Spain; Cinemad 2011 – XVII Festival de Cine independiente y de culto, Spain; VIII Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario KO & DIGITAL. Sant Sadurní D’Anoia. Barcelona, Spain; XIII Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes “Ciudad de Soria”, Spain; Festival de cine de Zaragoza, X Certamen de Cortometrajes de Animación, Spain; XII Certamen de Cine Corto de Salas de los Infantes, Spain; Mostra Internacional de Cinema d’Animació de Catalunya; Spain; 18ª Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Catalunya, Leida
Awards: Best Canaries Animated Short at Canarias Media Fest, Spain; Audience Award for Best Animated Short at Festival Baumann 2011, Terrassa, Spain; Best Islands Short at 7th FAIAL FILMES FEST Festival de Cinema dos Açores, Portugal; Best Direction at Cinemad 2011, Spain;

Weblinks:
www.canariasencorto.org
www.youtube.com

Masi´s Law

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin : South Africa
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14′
Category: Documentary

Director: Aaro Hazak, Adam Jacobi Møller
Cinematographer: Aaro Hazak, Adam Jacobi Møller
Music: Roger Bashew
Editor: Aaro Hazak, Adam Jacobi Møller
Producer: Chandler Griffin, Alison Fast, Adam Jacobi Møller, Aaro Hazak

Synopsis: Masiphumelele or Masi is a township near Cape Town, South Africa, where high crime rates and limited access to the police have necessitated community-based security measures. The film portrays the way of the Bambanani and Street Committee volunteer movements‘ fight against the crime in Masi.
Inhalt: Masiphumelele, auch Masi genannt, ist ein Township in Cape Town, Südafrika. Eine hohe Kriminalitätsrate und ein beschränkter Zugang der Polizei haben die Bürger dazu veranlasst, selbst für ihre Sicherheit zu sorgen. Der Film porträtiert den Kampf der Bambanani, die sich in einer nachbarschaftlichen Freiwilligen-Gruppe organisieren, gegegen das Verbrechen in Masi.

Weblink: www.imdb.com/title/tt2170664

Silent (Sessiz-be Deng)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 24, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Tuesday, June 26, 21:00 (film.coop)
BITTER

Country of Origin: Turkey
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 14′
Category: Fiction

Director: Rezan Yesilbas
Screenplay: Rezan Yesilbas
Cinematographer: Turksoy Golebeyi
Editor: Bugra Dedeoglu, Rezan Yesilbas
Producer: Rezan Yesilbas
Cast: Belçim Bilgin, Cem Bender

Synopsis: The year is 1984. Zeynep, who lives in Diyarbakir with her three children, wants to visit her husband in prison. Zeynep is only able to speak her mother tongue ‘Kurdish’; however, only the Turkish language is allowed to be spoken in prison, so she’s unable to utter a word there. On the other hand, she wants to bring a new pair of shoes to her husband but it’s forbidden to bring anything to prisoners from outside…
Inhalt: Im Jahr 1984 möchte Zeynep, die mit ihren drei Kindern in Diyarbakir wohnt, ihren Mann im Gefängnis besuchen. Sie spricht nur Kurdisch, im Gefängnis sind Unterhaltungen allerdings nur auf Türkisch erlaubt so dass sie nicht ein Wort sagen darf. Auch braucht ihr Mann ein neues Paar Schuhe, Häftlingen darf aber nichts mitgebracht werden.

Festivals: 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; 65th Cannes Film Festival, France
Awards: Best Short Film and Best Audience Award at 8th Akbank Film Festival 2012, Turkey, Best Short Film at Atif Yilmaz Film Festival 2012, Turkey; Palme d´Or at 65th Cannes Film Festival, France

Weblink: www.rezanyesilbas.com

Brazil by Pero Vaz de Caminha (O Brasil de Pero Vaz Caminha)

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European Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 23, 19:00 (City Kinos) and Monday, June 25, 21:00 (film.coop)
SALTY

Country of Origin: Brazil
Year of Production: 2011
Duration: 18′
Category: Fiction

Director: Bruno Laet
Screenplay: Cecilia Vasconcelos, Tania Carvalho, Janaina Diniz, Bruno Laet, Os Empoeirados
Cinematographer: Fernando Demello, Bruno Laet
Music: Davi Moraes, Zé Ricardo, Arnaldo Antunes
Producer: Janaina Diniz, Tania Carvalho
Cast: Isnard Manso and Ruy Guerra

Synopsis: In 1500, Pero Vaz de Caminha wrote a letter to inform the king of the Portugal about the discovery of Brazil. With humor and irony, the film confronts two Brazils: the one described by Caminha and the one we know today.
Inhalt: Im Jahr 1500 schrieb Pero Vaz de Caminha einen Brief an den portugiesischen König, um ihm von der Entdeckung Brasiliens zu berichten. Auf humorvolle und ironische Weise stellt der Film zwei Länder gegenüber: das von Caminha beschriebene Brasilien und das Land, das wir heute kennen.

Festivals: Mostra Competitiva do Cinema Popular Brasileiro 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; VI Cine MuBE 2011 São Paulo, Brazil; VII Fest Aruanda João Pessoa, Brazil; III Festival de Cinema da Fronteira Bagé, Brazil
Awards: 2nd Best Short Film by Popular Vote at 1st Mostra Competitiva do Cinema Popular Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro 2011; Best Director Award at VI Cine MuBE São Paulo 2011; Best Documentary Short Film Award and Best Edition Award at VII Fest Aruanda João Pessoa; Best Screenwriter Award at III Festival de Cinema da Fronteira Bagé

Weblink: www.youtube.com