Till Day’s End (Ad Sof Hayom)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Country of Origin: Israel
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 19’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Amitai Ashkenazi
Screenplay: Amitai Ashkenazi, Yona Rozenkier
Cinematographer: Oded Ashkenazi
Music: Yakir Ben Tov
Editor: Yinon Porat
Producer: Ayelet Weissman

Synopsis: 18 years old Elai works with his brother in the fish ponds at the kibbutz. After he is saved from thieves by an Arab kid from the nearby village, he tells a lie that will come back to haunt him.

Festivals & Awards:
Sehsüchte Film Festival. award for best short fiction.
LISFE. Jury’s Special Mention.
Clermont Ferrand Film Festival.
Camerimage.
Cinemed.
Jerusalem Film Festival.
Tel Aviv International Students Film Festival.

Weblink: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770820182

You Have A Problem

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: Russia, USA
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 08’59“
Category: Fiction

Director: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Screenplay: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Cinematographer: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Music: Lena Tsodykovskaya
Producer: Bogdan Apetri

Synopsis: Denis, a Russian teenager obsessed with American TV, struggles to convince his family to throw an intervention for his older brother’s drinking problem. The only thing is, none of them have any idea of what an intervention actually is.

Weblink: vimeo.com/105599592

Transit Game

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: Canada, USA, Lebanon
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 18’00“
Category: Fiction

Synopsis:In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man encounters two Palestinian children on the side of the road. Their moving stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.

Director: Anna Fahr
Screenplay: Anna Fahr
Cinematograper: Bassem Fayad
Editor: Anna Fahr
Producer: Anna Fahr, Habib Battah, Niam Itani, Idil Ibrahim

Festivals & Awards:
Middle East Now Festival 2015 (WINNER: Critic’s Jury Prize) – Italy
Yorkton Film Festival 2015 (NOMINATED: Best Drama) – Canada
CourToujours Short Film Festival Geneva 2015 – Switzerland
SPE Women’s Film Festival 2015 – USA
Aan Arbor Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève 2015 – Switzerland
Houston Palestine Film Festival 2015 – USA
Sofia Menar Film Festival 2015 – Bulgaria
Cinetopia International Film Festival 2015 – USA
Interfilm Berlin 2014 (WINNER: 2nd Prize, Confrontations Competition) – Germany
Arab Film Festival 2014 (WINNER: Best Short Film) – USA
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2014 – Canada
BBC Arabic Film Festival 2014 – UK
International Diaspora Film Festival 2014 – Canada
Boston Palestine Film Festival 2014 – USA
London Palestine Film Festival 2014 – UK
Mostra Cinema: Oriente Medio 2014 – Brazil

Weblink: sepasifilms.com/transit-game.html

Toy Car

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 17’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Muamer Celik
Cinematographer: Ross Heran
Music: Valentina Ignjic
Editor: Patrick Wimp
Producer: Hamzah Jamjoom, Muamer Celik

Synopsis: After moving to Chicago in hopes for a better life, a family from Bosnia is on the verge of collapse.

Festivals & Awards:
Sarajevo Film Festival / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina / August 2014
Dallas VideoFest / Dallas, USA / October 2014
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival / November 2014 – Won an Audience Award for Best Film
Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival / Istanbul, Turkey / April 2015
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival / New York City, USA / May 2015

Weblink youtu.be/OZO_cKFSU6Q

09:55 – 11:05, Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

Countries of Origin: Sweden
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 14’41“
Category: Fiction

Director: Cristine Berglund, Sophie Vukovic
Screenplay: Cristine Berglund, Sophie Vukovic
Cinematographer: Josua Enblom
Music: Niklas Aldén
Producer: Jessica Liander

Synopsis: 67 year old Ingrid ignores her cancer treatment and refuses to leave her apartment. One day home care employee, Frida, knocks on her door and awakens feelings that Ingrid can’t shut out.

Festivals & Awards:
Slamdance 2015, Park City, USA

Millionaires (Millionnaires)

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Countries of Origin: Belgium
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2013
Running Time: 15’00“
Category: Fiction

Director: Stéphane Bergmans
Producer: Isabelle Truc

Synopsis: Keeping up their mother’s tradition of choosing the same numbers each week, Christian and Ludo play the lottery. One day their mother’s numbers are announced…

Weblink: vimeo.com/85744932

Between Sky and Sea (Mellom Himmel Og Hav)

German Premiere

Screenings: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 19:00 (SALTY)

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Country of Origin: Norway
Year of Completion / First Public Screening: 2014
Running Time: 10’05“
Category: Fiction

Director: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Screenplay: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Cinematograper: Jardar Solli
Music: Fridtjof Wesseltoft, Simen Aasen, Julie Ofelia Østrem Ossum
Editor: Håkon Anton Olavsen
Producer: Samir Zedan

Synopsis: Jens struggles to come to terms with his father’s heartbreaking decision.

Festivals & Awards:
KORT på KINOKINO Sandnes (Norway) 2014
3rd Delhi Shorts International Film Festival 2014 Delhi (India) Best cinematography, student
12th International Festival Signes de Nuit 2014 Paris (France)
Lecce Film Fest – Cinema Invisibile Lecce 2014 (Italy)
El Corto del Año Madrid 2015 (Spain) Special jury mention
DaKINO International Film Festival Bucharest 2015 (Romania) Best Director Award
Festival Taglia Corti Trieste 2015 (Italy)
The Plein la Bobine Film Festival La Bourboule 2015 (France)
The Norwegian Student Film Festival Lillehammer 2015 (Norway)

45 Degrees

Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 21, 21:00 and Monday, June 23, 19:00 (Monopol-Kino)
SALTY

45degrees

Country of Origin: Greece
Year of Production: 2012
Duration: 15′
Category: Fiction
Language: Greek with English subtitles

Director: Georgis Grigorakis
Screenplay: Georgis Grigorakis
Cinematographer: Claudio Bolivar
Editor: Thodoris Armaos
Producer: Georgis Grigorakis
Cast: Stelios Ksanthoudakis, Yiannis Tsortekis, Eleutheria Komi

Synopsis: Athens, August 2012. 45 degrees. The fridge is empty. The situation is very tense. A father changes under the burden of the economic crisis. It’s getting dark and it’s still boiling hot. A capital on the verge of exploding.
Inhalt: Athen, August 2012. 45 Grad. Der Kühlschrank ist leer, die Situation angespannt. Ein Vater verändert sich unter der Last der Wirtschaftskrise. Es wird dunkel und es ist immer noch kochend heiß. Eine Hauptstadt, die kurz davor ist zu explodieren.

Festivals: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (France, 2013), Festival de Tetouan (Marocco), Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium), Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine), Human Rights Film Festival of Donostia (Spain), The Norwegian International Short Film Festival (Norway), International Short Film Festival Cinefiesta (Puerto Rico), Greek Film Festival (USA), Maryland Film Festival (USA), Costa Rica International Film Festival (Costa Rica), MedFilm Festival (Italy), Linea D’ombre Fest (Italy), Psarokokalo Film Festival (Greece), International Sequence Short-Film Festival (France), Telluride Film Festival (USA), Odense International Film Festival (Denmark), Ljubljana International Film Festival (Slovenia), Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival (Italy), Universo Corto Elba Film Festival (Italy), Festival Ciné-Rencontre (France), Brest European Short Film Festival (France), Festival International du Film Independant de Bordeaux (France), shnit international shortfilmfestival (Switzerland), Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market (Japan), Jameson CineFest International Film Festival (Hungary), International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival (Turkey), Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada), International Short Film Festival Winterthur (Germany), Other movie‘-Festival (Switzerland), St. Louis International Film Festival (USA), International Festival Signes de Nuit (France, 2013), Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany), Alcine – Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid Film (Spain), Festival du Film Court de Villeurbnne (France), Festical Tous Courts (France), Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium), XXI Short Film Festival (Indonesia), FEC – European Short Film Festival (Spain), Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Awards: Special Mention at Festival de Tetouan

Weblinks:
www.georgisgrigorakis.com