Loneliness (Solitudes)

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 23, 19:00 (Filmtheater Sendlinger Tor) and Tuesday, June 25, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
BITTER

loneliness

Country of Origin / Land: France, Romania
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 17′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: French and Romanian with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Jedlicki Liova
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Badea Alexandra
Cinematographer / Kamera: Poupard Julien
Editor / Schnitt: Larre Laurence
Producer / Produktion: Bernard Tanguy
Main Cast / Darsteller: Oprea Razvan, Constantin Madalina

Synopsis: Overnight procedure after the rape of a young Romanian prostitute. She does not speak French. A Romanian translator must make the link between the administration and the victim.
Inhalt: Ein Blitzverfahren nach der Vergewaltigung einer jungen, rumänischen Prostituierten. Sie spricht kein Französisch, deshalb muss ein rumänischer Übersetzer die Verbindung zwischen der Behörde und dem Opfer herstellen.

Festivals: Festival Clermont Ferrand, Festival Itinerances, Ales Festival Combat, Josselin Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille, Festival Tout Courts, Aix en Provence, Festival MECAL, Barcelone, Rencontres Cinémaginaire, Argelès-sur-mer

Weblinks:
www.rezinaprod.com

Smoke and Mirrors (Rauch und Spiegel)

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

smoke-and-mirrors

Country of Origin / Land: Australia
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 5′
Category / Kategorie: Experimental
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Nick Moore
Cinematographer / Kamera: Marcus Dineen
Music / Musik: Nick Moore
Editor / Schnitt: Nick Moore
Producer / Produktion: Simone Taylor
Cast / Darsteller: Tank

Synopsis: The moving image <-> the body in motion. A one minute trapeze routine is transformed into an elementary stage trick, a music box automaton and a kaleidoscopic carousel. This is where slight-of-hand meets spectacle and circus becomes cinema.
Inhalt: Das bewegte Bild – der bewegte Körper. Eine einminütige Routineübung auf dem Trapez wird umgewandelt in einen elementaren Bühnentrick, eine Musikbox und ein kaleidoskopisches Karussell. Das ist die Grenze, an der zierliche Hände zum Schauspiel werden und Zirkus zum Kino wird.

Festivals: Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013, Mecal Short Film and Animation Festival (Barcelona, Spain) 2013, Message to Man (St Petersburg, Russia) 2012, Sydney Film Festival 2012, Melbourne International Film Festival 2012, Athens International Film and Video Festival (Ohio, USA) 2012
Awards: Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2013, Prix Canal+ in The Lab Competition

Weblinks:
www.nickmoore.com.au

The Date (Treffit)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Thursday, June 20, 19:00 and Saturday, June 22, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SWEET

the-date

Country of Origin / Land: Finland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 8′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: Finnish with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Jenni Toivoniemi
Screenplay / Drehbuch:Jenni Toivoniemi
Cinematographer / Kamera:Jarmo Kiuru
Music / Musik:Tuomas Klaavo
Producer / Produktion:Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski / ELO Film School Helsinki and Elli Toivoniemi / Tuffi Films
Cast / Darsteller: Oskari Joutsen, Päivi Mäkinen ja Anna Paavilainen
Editor / Schnitt:Tuuli Alanärä
Synopsis: Tino’s (16) manhood is put to test in front of two women, Mirka (25) and Lissu (54) when he has to host a date for Diablo, family’s stud cat.
Inhalt: Tino’s Männlichkeit stellt sich unter Beweis, als er zwei unterschiedlichen Frauen gegenübertritt, die an seinem Zuchtkater Diablo interessiert sind.

Festivals: Nordisk Panorama, Göteborg International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Sundance London, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Berlinale, Minimalen, Tampere Film Festival, Helsinki Short Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest
Awards: Winner of the Short Film Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2013, Special mention at Berlinale Generation, Best nordic fiction at Minimalen

Weblinks:
www.tuffifilms.com

When One Stops (Hänen tilanne)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

when-one-stops

Country of Origin / Land: Finland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 6′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Jenni Rahkonen
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Jenni Rahkonen
Music / Musik: Jukra
Editor / Schnitt: Jenni Rahkonen
Producer / Produktion: Eija Saarinen

Synopsis: The world won’t stop turning even when one stops turning with it.
Inhalt: Die Erde wird nicht aufhören, sich zu drehen – selbst dann nicht, wenn ein Einzelner aufhört, sich mit ihr zu drehen.

Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2013, Helsinki Short Film Festival 2012, Animasyros, Animation Volda, Animage, DOK Leipzig, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Flip Animation Film Festival, Animated Dreams, Helsinki Short Film Festival, L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Zubroffka, Premiers Plans, Akbank Short Film Festival, ALTER-NATIVE IFF, SKENA UP, Monstra Festival, Minimalen Short Film Festival, Animac, Tricky Women, Animfest Athens, Holland Animation Film Festival, Animatricks, Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Anifest, Mediawave, European Short Film Festival, Anifilm, Annecy International Animation Festival, Jerusalem International Film festival, Reykjavik Shorts & docs
Awards: Main Prize (national competition), Tampere Film Festival 2013, Scolarship to live and work under the artist-in-residence program, Tricky Women 2013, Special Award, Animation Volda 2012

Weblinks:
www.jennyrahkonen.weebly.com

Tengri

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

tengri

Country of Origin / Land: Canada
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 5′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Alisi Telengut
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Alisi Telengut
Cinematographer / Kamera: Alisi Telengut
Music / Musik: David Fiorentino, Huun Huur Tu, Carmen Rizzo
Editor / Schnitt: Alisi Telengut
Producer / Produktion: Alisi Telengut, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

Synopsis: Wind burial, influenced by Shamanism, is an old Mongolian tradition. When someone dies, the corpse is carried on a cart until a bump causes the body to fall. The place where the body lands becomes a simple tomb.
Inhalt: Vom Schamanismus beeinflusste Windbestattungen sind eine alte mongolische Tradition. Wenn Jemand stirbt, wird der Leichnam auf einem Wagen transportiert, bis eine Unebenheit des Bodens den Körper zu Fall bringt. An dieser Stelle wird ein einfaches Grab errichtet.

Festivals: 2013 Melbourne International Animation Festival, International Competition category Melbourne, Australia, 2013 Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2013 Australian International Animation Festival, International Program #3 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 2013 1st Cinema Turbulent International Film Festival at the Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, 2013 Festival Golden Anteaters, Animation Contest category Lublin, Poland, 2013 Festival l’Inconnu Paris, France, 2013 Canada International Film Festival, Animation Competition, Vancouver, Canada Award: Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, 2013 2nd International Motion Festival Cyprus, Take It to The Limit program Cyprus, Greece, 2013 Festival du Film Ethnographique du Que´bec, Experimental Bloc Montreal and Quebec city, 2013 Le11eFestivalduFilmE´tudiantdeQue´bec Quebec city, 2012 Les 11es Sommets du Cine´ma d’Animation a` Montre´al, Student International Selection Category, Montreal, Canada, 2012 19th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, International Competition Category Krakow, Poland, 2012 Animpact Animation Festival Max 2012, International Competition Category Seoul, South Korea, 2012 54th ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, International Competition Category, Bilbao, Spain, 2012 16th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, It’s Not What You Think Program, Toronto, Canada, 2012 Youngcuts Film Festival 2012, Animation and Music Screening, Montreal, Canada, 2012 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canadian Student Show Case, Ottawa, Canada, 2012 19th KROK International Animated Film Festival, International Competition Category, Kiev, Ukraine, 2012 Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Canadian Student Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 2012 16th Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
Awards: 2012 Best Animated Film, Montreal World Film Festival, 43rd Student Festival Montreal, Canada 2012 Honorable Mention of Best Canadian Student Animation, 36th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2013 Meilleur Film d’Animation, 11e Festival du Film E´tudiant de Que´bec, Que´bec city, Canada 2013 Rising Star Award in Animation Competition, Canada International Film Festival 2013 Vancouver, Canada

Weblinks:
www.vimeo.com

The City of Gao Feng (La ciudad de Gao Feng)

German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 25, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

the-city-of-gao-feng

Country of Origin / Land: Spain, China
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 14′
Category / Kategorie: Fiction
Language / Sprache: Chinese with English subtitles

Director / Regie: Oriol Martínez
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Oriol Martínez
Cinematographer / Kamera: J. Oriol Vila
Music / Musik: Cálido Home
Editor / Scnitt: Laura Tresserras
Producer / Produktion: Chi – Shin Hou
Main Cast / Darsteller: Zhu Liu Sheng, Wang Jun Feng

Synopsis: Gao Feng, an old rural widower with senile dementia, comes to town to settle with his son in the city. He became fascinated by the city, but his health prevents him from speaking and acting out his feelings and his son locked him in his small apartment. After the boredom and frustration, Gao Feng is visited by some strange fantasy animals that help him escape.
Inhalt:Gao Feng, ein greiser, verwitweter Bauer mit Altersdemenz, kommt in die Großstadt, um sich bei seinem Sohn niederzulassen. Die Metropole beeindruckt ihn, aber Gao`s Gesundheit versagt es ihm, zu sprechen oder seine Gefühle auszudrücken. So wird er von seinem Sohn in dessen kleinem Appartment eingeschlossen. Aber dann finden plötzlich drei Fantasiewesen den Weg zu ihm…

Festivals: Sitges, Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya, Filmets, Badalona Film Festival, Almeria en Corto, Zinebi 54 Festival de Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao, La Pedrera Short Film Fetsival, Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia, Festival Internacional de Cine Fantastico de Monachil, Kinoki Film Festival

Weblinks:
www.flavors.me
www.vimeo.com

Mouth Wide Open, Ears Shut Tight (Bepe Paur Ve’oznaim Atzumot)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, June 22, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 25, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SOUR

mouth-wide-open-ears-shut-tight

Country of Origin / Land: Israel
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 16′
Category / Kategorie: Animation
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Tom Madar, Emlly Noy
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Tom Madar
Cinematographer / Kamera: Tom Madar
Music / Musik: Dror Shiman
Producer / Produktion: Tom Madar
Main Cast / Darsteller: Dana Ivgy

Synopsis: A young woman, who lives a life of solitude and silence, finds herself drawn into a world of sounds by her new neighbor on the other side of the wall.
Inhalt: Ein Tag im Leben einer jungen Frau, die ein ruhiges, einsames Leben mit ihrem Freund, dem Fisch, verbringt. Die Stille zerbricht, als ein neuer Mieter in die Wohnung nebenan einzieht. Trotz der ständigen Geräusche und des durchdringenden Lärms auf der anderen Seite des Zimmers, beginnt die junge Frau, sich in ihren Nachbarn zu verlieben.

Festivals: Animix International Animation Festival, Israel, 2012, StopTrik International Stop Motion Festival, Slovenia, 2012, Rehovot International Women Film Festival, Israel, 2012, Alexandria International Film Festival, Virginia (USA), 2012, ReAnimania International Animation Festival, Armenia, November 2012, Euroshorts International Film Festival, Poland, 2012, Animax International Animation Festival, Macedonia, November 2012, Dawn Breakers International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2012, George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, Alabama (USA), 2013, EPOS Film Festival, Israel, 2013, Tricky Women Animation Festival, Austria, 2013, Be There! Animation Festival, Greece, 2013, FilmFest Dresden International Shorts Film Festival, Germany, 2013, Sarasota International Film Festival, Florida (USA), 2013, Amelia Island International Film Festival, Florida (USA), 2013, Mujeres en Foco Women Festival, Argentina, 2013, BAFICI Independent Film Festival, Argentina, 2013, SKEPTO International Film Festival, Italy, 2013, International Film Festival of Uruguay, Uruguay, 2013, ANIMFEST International Animation Festival, Greece, March 2013, Cyprus International Motion Festival, Cyprus, 2013, TAUFF International Student Film Festival, Israel, 2013, Canada International Film Festival, Canada, 2013, KINOKI Student Film Festival, Mexico, 2013
Awards: Animix International Animation Festival, Israel, 2012, Best Student Animation, StopTrik International Stop Motion Festival, Slovenia, 2012, Special Mention, Rehovot International Women Film Festival, Israel, 2012, Special Mention, Alexandria International Film Festival, Virginia (USA), 2012, Best Short Animation, Euroshorts International Film Festival, Poland, 2012, Best Animation Short, EPOS Film Festival, Israel, 2013, 2nd Place for Best Film, Canada International Film Festival, Canada, 2013, Rising Star Award, KINOKI Student Film Festival, Mexico, 2013, Best Fiction and Best Film Editing

Weblinks:
www.mouth-wide-open.com
www.youtube.com

Feral Painter

German Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 19:00 and Monday, June 24, 21:00 (Monopol-Kino)
UMAMI

feral-painter

Country of Origin / Land: France
Year of Production / Jahr: 2012
Duration / Länge: 4′
Category / Kategorie: Experimental
Language / Sprache: No dialogue

Director / Regie: Frank Vroegop
Producer / Produktion: Pascal Chinarro

Synopsis: A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed.
Inhalt: Ein barbarisches Lebewesen ist eines, das von einem gezähmten zu einem ungezügelten und wilden wurde.

Festivals: Let’s All Be Free Festival 2012