Archiv der Kategorie: International Competition

Butterflies

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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)

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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)

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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

Cleopatra’s Nose (La Nariz De Cleopatra)

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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

Wake

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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

Paycheck (Prva Plata)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

paycheck

Country of Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year of Production:
Duration: 13’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Alen Drljevic
Screenplay: Alen Drljevic
Cinematographer: Milenko Uherka
Editor: Almir Kenovic, Aida Huseinovic
Music: Mostar Sevdah Reunion, Vuneny, Saša Lošic
Producer: Ademir Kenovic, Pjer Žalica, Srdan Vuletic
Cast:

Synopsis: Bosnia and Herzegovina today, eight years after the war. Not far from Sarajevo, which, on the surface, got back to its normal everyday life only, an illegal bet shop has been organized – people bet on riding a motorbike through the minefield. Those who got rich overnight are betting on life or death of the drivers – the Russian roulette on Bosnian way. In a country where majority of people live below the poverty line, it is really easy to find „a death driver“. Sakal, the organizer of this brutal spectacle makes money on the misfortune of these desperate men. Muris, one of those desperate men, comes out of his deadly ride alive. His hungry family celebrates his „first paycheck“, not knowing the truth of how he earned it.

Festivals & Awards: PRIX UIP SARAJEVO / Nomination for the European Film Academy Award (EFA) / Sarajevo Film Festival 2005 (Special Mention)

Weblink: www.refresh.ba

Brave Girl (La Valiente)

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Bavarian Premiere

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

bravegirl

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 5’30“
Category: Fiction

Director: Isabel Ayguavives
Screenplay: Isabel Ayguavives
Cinematographer: Ignacio Gimenez-Rico
Editor: Jose Manuel Jimenez
Music: Douglas Roberts
Producer: Isabel Ayguavives, Rafael Álvarez, Ignacio Monge
Cast: Laura Ballesta, Blanca Nicolas, Pedro Miguel Martinez, Nicolas Barrero

Synopsis: A girl closes her eyes, trying not to think anything for 10 seconds, which become eternal.

Festivals & Awards: Sofia Internatinal Film Festival 2005, Kortfilmfestivalen Grimstad 2005, Stockholm International Film Festival 2005, CineEspanol Tuebingen 2005, Short Cuts Cologne 2005

Weblink: www.elmedanoproducciones.com

Chaos Theory

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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)

chaostheory

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2004
Duration: 30′
Category: Fiction

Director: Suny Behar
Screenplay: Suny Behar
Cinematographer: Alexa Ihrt
Editor: Amy Ferraris, Suny Behar
Music: Kaz Boyle
Producer: Jocelyn Hublau, Angela Sostre, Suny Behar, Cheryl Rave
Cast: Greg Lee, Donovan Oakleaf, Jim Grollman, Alexandra Ford Thum, Shelby Janes, Michael Troynel, Lorinne Vozoff, Darryl F. Saraga, Fairly Tull, Fred Tatasciore

Synopsis: CHAOS THEORY is a comedy about the outrageous misadventures of a meteorologist, Thor (Donovan Oakleaf), desperate to stop the endless cycle of disorder that is ruling his life. When Lisa (Alexandra Ford Thum) accidentally walks into his life, introducing a new element into his predetermined equation, she unknowingly sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of chaotic and zany events. The result is an unpredictable, whirlwind romantic adventure that will forever change Thor’s life. If a butterfly flapping its’ wings in Brazil can cause a Tornado in Texas, imagine what it could do to his love life.

Festivals & Awards: Queens International Film Festival 2005, California Independent Film Festival 2005 (Best Student Film), Kyoto International Student Film Festival 2005 (Competition Winner), San Diego Film Festival 2005, Temecula Valley International Film Festival 2005 (Jury Prize – Best Student Film, Audience Award – Best Student Film), Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2005, Rhode Island International Film Festival 2005, BAFTA Los Angeles 2005 (Best Student Film), WorldFest Houston 2005 (Grand Jury Prize – Gold), Newport Beach International Film Festival 2005, Beverly Hills Film Festival 2005 (Audience Award – Best Short), Student Emmy Award 2005 (1st Place Comedy), DIY Film Festival 2005, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2005, Beijing International Film Festival 2004 (Audience Award), Crosstown Film Festival 2004, Ojai International Film Festival 2004, Lake Arrowhead International Film Festival 2004 (Best Student Film), Reel Film Festival 2004, Los Angeles IFP „UCLA Winners“ 2004, UCLA Spotlight 2004 (Best Narrative, Best Visual Design, Best Sound Design)

Weblink: www.chaostheorythefilm.com